The night is cool as water.

The mansion, which had been bustling all day, became even quieter under the moonlight. The rooms and courtyards had been noisy all day, but now they were all quiet, without a single sound.

After midnight, the door of the bedroom in the deserted courtyard was gently pushed open, and a dark shadow flashed to the side of the bed. Looking at Shen Tang who was sleeping uneasily on the bed, he thought of his master's order to give this woman a painful and fearful death. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. He understood pain, but what was fear?

The shadow stared at Shen Tang for a while, thinking that a woman like her would be afraid of death, right? So the shadow pulled down the bed curtain and hung it on the beam, woke Shen Tang up on purpose, and when he saw the fear clearly visible in her eyes, he blocked her mouth before she could scream.

"Well, why don't you just stop struggling and die quietly?"

Looking at Shen Tang who was struggling non-stop, Hei Ying didn't expect that someone who only ate once a day still had so much energy. With a helpless sigh, Hei Ying carried the person and hung him directly on the prepared bed curtain.

With her neck tightly strangled, Shen Tang struggled more and more fiercely, but the black shadow did not give her a chance. He pulled the bed curtain to prevent it from shaking, and watched Shen Tang's face turn from red to white, and then from white to blue, and finally lifeless.

Shen Tang watched helplessly as she was hanged to death. Any struggle was useless and brought her closer to death. She was afraid and didn't want to die. She stared at the black shadow with terrified eyes, hoping that he would leave her a way out. But the black shadow was indifferent and seemed to appreciate her struggle, which made her completely despair.

She hated it so much, hated the injustice of the world, hated Xiao Yunrou for taking away everything that belonged to her, hated Aunt Liu for taking away her son. She wanted revenge but was powerless, and could only watch herself like a little clown, powerlessly resisting the black shadow until she died unwillingly.

The black shadow checked carefully and confirmed that Shen Tang was completely dead, then he jumped out to report.

In Derou Garden, Pei Lingfeng was sleeping soundly with Xiao Yunrou in his arms. A dark shadow flew in and just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Liufeng who was guarding outside the door.

"Stop! Little Six, the prince and his wife are sleeping soundly. If it's not a big deal, wait until the prince wakes up tomorrow to report it."

The guard who called him Xiao Liuzi glared at Liu Feng. What Xiao Liuzi? It sounded like calling him a eunuch. His name was so powerful. I wonder who called him Xiao Liuzi!

"Don't call me Xiao Liuzi! My name is so powerful!" Xiao Liuzi threatened.

"The woman in the deserted courtyard is dead, and her body is cleaned up. It's obvious that she committed suicide. When the master wakes up, you report to him. I'm going back to sleep."

"Oh, okay, Xiao Liuzi!" Liu Feng glanced at him indifferently and called out again without any courtesy, which made Xiao Liuzi almost explode with anger. He wanted to drag Liu Feng out for a fight.

Finally, Xiao Liuzi snorted lightly to indicate that he would not argue with Liu Feng, and walked away swayingly with a piece of grass in his mouth.

The next day, Xiao Yunrou had just sat down at the dinner table and had not even had a sip of porridge when a maid came to report the news of Shen Tang's death.

Xiao Yunrou originally thought that hearing about Shen Tang's death would have some impact on her, but now her heart was not moved at all, as if Shen Tang was a completely unrelated person.

"I understand. You go down first."

Xiao Yunrou looked indifferent. She knew that the maid came to report the death to ask her how to deal with Shen Tang's funeral. If it were in the past, Shen Tang was a concubine, had children and was loved by the Shen family, the funeral ceremony could be done in a decent manner, but now...

After all, Shen Tang is Shen's niece. Xiao Yunrou doesn't want to make such an idea. As long as Shen doesn't go too far, she doesn't want to bother with a dead person.

"Don't think too much, just eat first."

Pei Lingfeng, who was standing by, saw that Xiao Yunrou was in a trance and frowned slightly, then put a piece of lotus cake into Xiao Yunrou's bowl.

Xiao Yunrou came back to her senses and ordered Nanny Su to go to the deserted courtyard. As the wife of a prince, she asked her most trusted nanny to go and escort a concubine, which was also a way to give face to Shen Tang.

In the deserted courtyard, Nanny Su listened to the court doctor and the old woman guarding the courtyard talking about Shen Tang's condition. She directly concluded that Shen Tang committed suicide because he could not bear the gap, and sent him away with a thin coffin.

It was normal for a concubine to be treated like this after her death, and no one present had any objections. Shen Tang had lost a lot of weight in the past few months, with no flesh on his body, dry hair, and a strange smell on his body. He was very different from the radiant and arrogant man who walked around the mansion in the past. Shen Tang now looked very scary.

Nanny Su had no mercy on Shen Tang. After giving her instructions, she was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Shen came over at this time. After hearing Nanny Su's instructions, she slapped Shen in the face.

"You little dog slave! This is my niece, and you just want to send her away with a thin coffin? Who gave you the courage? Did your petty master tell you to do that? Tang'er is dead, but she's still fussing over this. What a jealous woman!"

Shen criticized Xiao Yunrou in front of everyone without knowing the truth, and even trampled on Nanny Su's face. Everyone in the Marquis's Mansion knew that Nanny Su used to serve Su, and after Xiao Yunrou got married, she followed her. Not only in the Marquis's Mansion and the Xiao family, but also in the Su family far away in Yuncheng, she had some face. Now that Shen had slapped her in the face like this, you can imagine how ugly Nanny Su's face was.

But Shen was the Marquis' wife, Xiao Yunrou's mother-in-law, and no matter how angry Su was, she would not contradict her. She still looked like she would not apologize or beg for mercy no matter what she said. But when she saw the person supporting Shen, her eyes flashed, and then they were covered again in an instant.

After Shen scolded Xiao Yunrou, her recent gloom dissipated a little. When she walked into the room and saw Shen Tang like this, she felt even more sad and disgusted. She was sad that her beloved niece had passed away, and she was disgusted that Xiao Yunrou kept bullying Shen Tang until her death.

"Go, call the prince over to me!" Shen said angrily.

The woman who was holding Shen looked at Shen Tang, her face was calm, if you look closely, there was a hint of disdain and ridicule. But she didn't show it, instead, she went along with Shen and comforted her in a low voice.

"Mother."

When Shen's people invited Pei Lingfeng, he had just stepped out of Derou Garden. After hearing Shen's instructions, although he was not very willing to go to the deserted courtyard to see the woman he had hated for two lifetimes, he went there out of filial piety.

But he didn't expect that after the incident, Shen would complain to him, and even hinted that Xiao Yunrou was jealous of Shen Tang, and that not only did she send her to a deserted yard, but she also wanted to kill her in the end without even giving her a decent funeral.

The maids and servants who were serving beside him all lowered their heads after hearing this, and they were all disdainful in their hearts. Comparing Shen Tang and Xiao Yunrou, one is a wild chicken and the other is a phoenix. What is there to compare two people of different levels? Not to mention that their prince is so good to his wife, how can Shen Tang have any chance?

"Mother." Pei Lingfeng raised his eyes slightly, his face full of coldness.

"I hope mother still remembers that Rou'er is my legitimate wife, the wife of the prince of the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion. How could a lowly maid like her deserve Rou'er's jealousy? It's even more absurd to say that Rou'er killed her. I hope mother remembers that I am the wife of the Zhenyuan Marquis. Slandering your own daughter-in-law like this will make the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion a laughing stock in the capital."

It was rare for Pei Lingfeng to say so many words, but it made Shen even more angry. Her son actually chose to help an outsider instead of her, his biological mother!

"You, you!! You want to piss me off to death!! Tang'er is your cousin, how can you call her..."

Shen couldn't utter the word "slut". She stared at Pei Lingfeng's expressionless face, her whole body shaking with anger.

"If she was still the daughter of Marquis Changning, I would have considered her my cousin. Now that she has entered the mansion of Marquis Zhenyuan, she is a concubine. Moreover, she is only a concubine now, so I think it is not wrong to call her a lowly maid."

Pei Lingfeng was really fed up with staying here, so he stood up and looked at Shen sternly and said:

"It is a great favor for a concubine to be given a thin coffin. The dignity that mother wants is something that the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion cannot afford to lose. Mother, I hope you remember that you are the wife of the Zhenyuan Marquis."

"I'm your mother! How dare you talk to me like that?" Shen was furious.

"If you were not my mother, Shen Tang would have been thrown into a mass grave."

Pei Lingfeng was about to leave after he finished speaking. He didn't want to stay here for a moment, but he stopped at the door and said:

"I am now the head of the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion."

Pei Lingfeng's words made Shen so angry that she threw all the teapot and teacups on the table to the ground. She stared hatefully in the direction where Pei Lingfeng left and couldn't say a word.

The woman who was holding Shen's hand looked at the woman who was leaving in a trance. She could only feel her heart beating hard, and her heart and eyes were filled with this cold man. When she thought of him treating her gently and domineeringly, she felt so happy that she was about to die.

The woman came back to her senses amidst the sharp sounds of breaking porcelain. When she thought about Pei Lingfeng's gentleness towards Xiao Yunrou, the jealousy in her heart began to slowly penetrate into her bones, revealing her ambition bit by bit.

"What a great prince of Zhenyuanhou! This is the good son I gave birth to!!"

Shen was heartbroken. The son she had raised with so much difficulty actually threatened her. How could she swallow this?

Although Shen was sad about Pei Lingfeng's change, she tried her best to excuse him. When she thought that Pei Lingfeng changed because of Xiao Yunrou, Shen became more and more dissatisfied with Xiao Yunrou.

"I thought I had married a virtuous wife, but I never thought that bastard would dare to mess with the mother-son relationship between Feng'er and me! It's simply abominable!!"

Shen's dislike for Xiao Yunrou grew day by day. She seemed to be a distinguished marquis' wife, but because the power of the marquis' mansion was in Pei Lingfeng's hands, the maids in the inner house obeyed Xiao Yunrou. Now, she couldn't even give her niece a grand funeral. She could only watch Shen Tang being carried into a thin coffin and buried at any hilltop, not even in the ancestral tomb.

When Nanny Su returned to Derou Garden to report, Xiao Yunrou looked at the red slap marks on Nanny Su's face and felt distressed and guilty.

"Mother has grown older and has become more confused. It's all my fault that Madam was wronged today."

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