Chapter 59 Chu Yanluo Gets Beaten
Shen Wantang ignored her clamor and turned to Xiao Qingyuan: "Your Highness, today both Granny Chai and Granny Quan, two highly respected nannies, are here. We can ask them to be witnesses. Of course, if Your Highness feels that they have also been bribed by me and do not trust them, you can ask someone you trust to examine Miss Chu's physical condition."
“If I have misunderstood Miss Chu, I will apologize to her. But if she has indeed been having an affair in the Prince’s mansion, then I, as the mistress of the house, will punish the culprit according to the rules of the mansion.”
Xiao Qingyuan trusted Chu Yanluo completely. He said coldly, "Yanluo would never have an affair. You've caused her so much harm, do you think an apology is enough? You're overestimating yourself!"
"What does the young master suggest we do?"
"If Yanluo is innocent and has not had an affair with anyone, then you should ask to be divorced, take my letter of divorce and get out of the palace. You are never allowed to appear in front of me and Yanluo again!"
Granny Chai and Granny Quan exclaimed in unison, "Young Master, you mustn't!"
Shen Wantang smiled calmly and said, "Alright, let's do as the young master says."
Xiao Qingyuan looked at Chu Yanluo: "Yanluo, loosen your collar a bit and let them see that you have nothing on you and that you are innocent."
Chu Yanluo never expected that Shen Wantang could persuade Xiao Qingyuan to look at her body with just a few words! Xiao Qingyuan had always been very strict about the separation between men and women. Unless absolutely necessary, he would never look at her skin, much less touch it!
Her face was pale, but her tone was deliberately arrogant: "I am innocent. I don't need to show it to anyone, and they are not worthy to see it!"
Xiao Qingyuan said softly, "I know you are unwilling, but as long as you can prove your innocence, Shen Wantang will ask to leave the marriage. Once she leaves, we will have no last obstacle, and I can officially marry you as the Crown Princess. From now on, you will be the mistress of the Prince's Mansion!"
Chu Yanluo retorted, "I don't care about being the mistress of the house. No one is allowed to see my body today! If the prince has to see my body before he can marry me, then I'd rather not be the prince's wife! I'll go back to Jixin Nunnery and become a nun. Although it's austere there, everyone respects me and won't try to rip my clothes off at the drop of a hat!"
She finished speaking with great conviction, then turned and left.
"Yanluo!"
Xiao Qingyuan panicked a little. He grabbed Chu Yanluo, but Chu Yanluo struggled to break free. As a result, he accidentally tore off her sleeve and opened her collar, revealing a large area of her chest.
Xiao Qingyuan was stunned, not because Chu Yanluo had revealed her private parts, but because her body from her collarbone down to her chest was covered with bite marks and red welts!
Chu Yanluo was startled and hurriedly pulled her clothes up, trying to cover the marks on her body.
But a loud bang suddenly went off in Xiao Qingyuan's mind. He grabbed her clothes like a madman and ripped them open.
Chu Yanluo exclaimed in surprise, quickly crossing her arms over her chest: "Xiao Qingyuan, are you crazy?! What are you doing?"
Xiao Qingyuan looked at her body, where the marks were even more obvious, red and purple marks were everywhere, and after a day, the marks had not disappeared at all, as if telling the story of her passionate lovemaking with a certain man.
The man seemed to want to devour her, sparing no effort and showing no mercy, pinching her delicate skin until deep nail marks appeared.
Xiao Qingyuan had never been with a woman, but that didn't mean he had never witnessed such things between men and women.
He had been to the brothel, Wan Hua Lou, where the women often had such marks on their bodies. They were all of low social status, and when men went there to have fun, they were never treated with any pity, which is why they would be left with bruises and scars that would not fade for several days.
He had seen Yuan Zheng play around with women before; he was a man who didn't discriminate between men and women, and sometimes he would force himself on women right in front of him.
And now, the marks on Chu Yanluo's body are exactly the same as those on the bodies of those women who have been played with!
In that instant, Xiao Qingyuan couldn't hear anything. There was only one thought in his mind: everything Shen Wantang said was true. Chu Yanluo had an affair with another man!
"Qingyuan, let me explain, it's not what you think... Ouch, Qingyuan, you're hurting me! Let go of me, my wrist hurts so much..."
Xiao Qingyuan couldn't hear what she was saying at all. He didn't even realize that he was gripping Chu Yanluo's wrist very tightly, almost breaking it.
He only saw her lips, which were much redder and fuller than usual, opening and closing as if she were kissing a man.
Anger and pain overwhelmed him in an instant. He raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face without holding back a single ounce of strength!
With a sharp "smack," Chu Yanluo screamed and fell to the ground.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, half of her cheek was swollen, and she looked miserable and disheveled.
But Xiao Qingyuan was oblivious to all of this. With the last shred of his reason, he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the inner room.
Then, without saying a word, he ripped off her skirt and tore her panties.
When he saw what was under her underwear, his vision went black, and his blood almost froze.
The marks were so horrible, with clear purplish-blue finger marks on his thighs!
This was all left behind by another man!
Looking at these marks, Xiao Qingyuan felt ridiculous. He couldn't bear to touch even a single hair on her head; to touch her even slightly felt like a desecration.
Unexpectedly, someone could be manipulated at will, yet Chu Yanluo refused to tell him a single word.
Chu Yanluo felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Xiao Qingyuan's sharp gaze. She barely managed to wrap herself in the rags, then grabbed Xiao Qingyuan's leg and cried, "Qingyuan, I was forced! I'm the victim!"
Xiao Qingyuan's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He raised his hand and slapped Chu Yanluo hard across the face again: "Chu Yanluo, you still want to lie to me?!"
Chu Yanluo let out another scream.
Xiao Qingyuan's eyes were so red they looked like they were bleeding: "Do you really think I'm a fool? Do you think I can't tell what these marks are? Do you think I can't tell whether you did it voluntarily or under duress?"
"I was really forced. I was threatened, so I didn't dare to resist!"
"Then why didn't you tell me? Someone insulted you, threatened you, and you kept it from me? What am I in your eyes? A worthless idiot?"
"No, I didn't tell you because I was afraid of causing you trouble!"
Do you think I would still believe your arguments now?
Xiao Qingyuan felt suffocated whenever he thought about how Chu Yanluo had been having passionate lovemaking with another man in his courtyard and on his bed while he was drunk and unconscious last night.
His heart ached so much it felt like it was about to break: "Why? Why did you do this to me? Wasn't I good enough to you? I gave you my heart, all my love, even my soul! I braved the immense pressure from my father and mother, defying the world, to protect you and take care of you, and this is how you repay me?!"
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