Wei Hanzhang walked down the stairs slowly, and when he passed by Xiao Junzhan, his wrist was grabbed again.

He moved his palm down until their fingers were intertwined and clasped. He gently pulled the person closer and smiled slightly. He squeezed the soft little hand in his palm and coaxed her gently, "I have made up my mind about this matter. It's windy tonight. Go back to the palace to rest. Don't waste your breath on such an ungrateful person, okay?"

In Xiao Junzhan's eyes, Wei Hansu's sins could never be redeemed even if she died, and it was not worth it to ruin his mood for someone like her. However, his little girl grew up in a honey pot and had never seen true intrigue or betrayal between blood relatives. She attached great importance to sisterhood, but now she was suddenly betrayed.

...He was worried that she would be sad.

He just wanted to shield her from all the wind and rain, so that she would always be so innocent, pure, smart and lovely.

Wei Hanzhang was unable to appreciate his fatherly words. He frowned slightly and said seriously, "I know she did something wrong. I have no objection if you want to kill her, and I am not begging for mercy for her."

The conversation between the two was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone in the quiet courtyard, including Wei Hansu.

The voice that had been crying and apologizing with the last glimmer of hope suddenly stopped.

Only Wei Hanzhang continued, "She and I are sisters. Although we are not born from the same mother, I am quite sincere to her. But she chose to join forces with outsiders to murder me... I have to get to the bottom of it, otherwise how can I accept it?"

She really didn't understand why Wei Hansu did this. She was the future Crown Princess. With her presence, the Wei family could have two titles. Her status as a concubine was raised to become a girl from the Duke's Mansion. If she had any brains, wouldn't she really hope for her well? Why did she team up with Liu Wanning to harm her? But because of the quarrel a few days ago, she didn't fulfill her wish to marry Chen Zishu, so she was so resentful? To the point that she knew that once this matter was discovered, it would definitely not end well, but she still wanted to do it with the idea of ​​luck? Xiao Junzhan was convinced by these words. He held her hand for a while, and soon loosened his grip and stopped stopping her.

As long as the girl was not soft-hearted and wanted him to show leniency, he was willing to comply with her other requests.

Wei Hanzhang withdrew his hand, and under the gaze of everyone, walked towards Wei Hansu, and stopped only when he was one step away from her.

The two sisters who could be considered close a few days ago, now one was lying on the ground in a cold sweat and in a mess, while the other was standing slenderly, her plain skirt swaying in the night breeze, as cool and calm as a fairy under the moon.

After looking at him quietly for a long time, Wei Hanzhang squatted down and said softly, "Would you like to tell me why?"

Wei Hansu lowered her head and refused to raise it. Her tears soaked the ground beneath her face. She asked, "Then will you spare my life?"

"I have no say in this matter. I can't promise you." Wei Hanzhang's eyes were complicated, and he shook his head and said, "Since you know that life is precious, why did you make such a big mistake?"

...If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place? She never thought of taking anyone's life, even if it was the daughter of the original heroine, even if she was determined to protect the Jiang family and her maternal family and change the direction of the original novel, she never thought of killing the original heroine and getting rid of it once and for all.

Born in a peaceful era, he had a good family background after traveling through time. He grew up in Xuzhou and was well protected by his maternal grandparents. Even the punishment for slaves was just a salary deduction. He had never really seen the cold-blooded and strict feudal society. Wei Hanzhang still had the same concept towards other people's lives as in his previous life and respected them extremely.

She really couldn't understand how someone could treat human life as worthless and take someone's life over a disagreement, so she couldn't understand how a few verbal disputes could lead to the point of using poison to harm her.

She seemed to hate her younger sister so much that she knew she was doomed today, so she simply gave up the thought of begging for mercy. She raised her head suddenly, her eyes full of malice, "Do you know what I hate most about you? What I hate most is your innocent and naive look, as if you are the only kind-hearted person in the world. It's disgusting!"

Her sudden change in attitude made Chen Zishu, who had been paying attention to this side, move. In order to prevent her from making a desperate counterattack at the last moment of death, he said sorry for being rude, bent down, held Wei Hanzhang's arm, and tried to pull her up.

Wei Hanzhang broke free from his hand, without even turning his head, he just stared at Wei Hansu and said, "Am I disgusting?"

"Aren't you disgusted?"

Wei Hansu looked at Chen Zishu with a look of tears and laughter, watching him protecting someone else. Her fingers were covered in blood and she was powerless to hurt anyone, but he treated her like a devil, with a look of caution and disgust. Her chest felt like it was crushed by a heavy object. This was the most embarrassing and humiliating situation she could have, right?

Wei Hanzhang turned her head in the direction of her gaze, only to find that Chen Zishu had been behind her without her noticing.

…The person who just held her arm was him.

She was slightly stunned, turned around and asked in disbelief: "Are you really going to harm me just because I didn't agree to your unreasonable request that day?"

"Haven't I treated you well enough on weekdays? I pity that you are born out of wedlock and are timid. I hope you can stand up for yourself soon. I try my best to show you face outside, fearing that others will treat you badly. If you look at the things here for a second, what have I not given you?"

Apart from the piece of black jade Xiao Junzhan gave her that he could not give away because of its great significance, Wei Hanzhang was really generous to this concubine sister. Even though the two had a quarrel later, she hoped that the nanny hired by Jiang would teach her the rules and marry her off to a good family in the future.

From the beginning to the end, she never had any ill will towards this half-sister, and she never said that she wished the other person to die because she offended her with a few words.

But the more this happened, the more angry she became. She glared at the young man who had no idea what was going on and gritted her teeth, "Besides not agreeing to your request for marriage, how have I ever done anything wrong to you that you would hurt me like this!"

Chen Zishu was stunned by her stare, but as he was quick-witted, he quickly realized what was going on, lowered his eyes and took two steps back.

Xiao Junzhan stood on the steps, quietly looking at the girl who was squatting with her back to him. His hands in his sleeves slowly tightened, but his expression did not change at all, except for his eyes, which were deep.

...So, the sisters turned against each other because of a man? The man Wei Hansu liked was Chen Zishu, and the person Chen Zishu liked was...

So, what is a forced marriage? 　Starting today, I will officially enter the working state. Two chapters a day is the basic, three chapters is the norm, and four chapters is not uncommon. Wait, I will roll my colleagues to death! ! ! ! ! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)