Chapter 188 Sister, save me!
Someone exclaimed, and everyone took a closer look.
They were all noble ladies in Shengjing City. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they would run into each other at various banquets. Most of them had met and knew each other, not to mention that Zhou Yao had been quite popular in the past two years and attended every banquet.
But when everyone looked at the person in front of them again and again, they couldn't believe that the skinny and old man in front of them was actually Zhou Yao.
She was only eighteen years old, but now she looked older than a commoner woman in her thirties.
She lay on the ground, without the strength to get up, gasping for breath with her mouth open like a fish coming ashore. Her lifeless eyes lit up for a moment when she saw Su Rui. She looked at her with grievance, helplessness, and expectation.
Even though Zhou Yao's actions were despicable, times have changed and many people know about Chang Ning's methods. Looking at her current appearance, one can't help but feel pity and compare her with Su Rui.
In just over half a year, the two of them have become completely different. Life is truly unpredictable.
One became the concubine of Prince Yong, whose dignity was comparable to that of the principal wife, while the other became a punching bag for Chang Ning to humiliate Su Rui when she was unable to do anything to her.
"Concubine Su came quite quickly. Are you here to save your sister?" Chang Ning stopped whipping and asked Su Rui with raised eyebrows.
Su Rui glanced at Zhou Yao on the ground, her expression unchanged. "Your Highness, you're joking. I don't have any younger sisters."
Zhou Yao's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she looked even more helpless and pitiful.
But will some people say that Su Rui is cold-hearted and heartless, and instead whisper that Zhou Yao deserves it.
"Wrong, it's stepsister." Chang Ning said as he whipped Zhou Yao again, hitting her hard. The pain was so severe that she couldn't help but scream to Su Rui: "Sister, save me!"
"She has already called you sister?" Changning asked provocatively.
Su Rui remained unmoved. "She is now Chen Junma's concubine, and the princess is her mistress. How to discipline her is the princess's business. What she calls me is none of my business. However, at today's banquet, the princess should not dye all the flowers red. It won't look good."
After saying that, Su Rui turned and left.
The others looked at it and followed suit.
And watching Su Rui being surrounded by people and leaving like a hot commodity, Chang Ning felt extremely uncomfortable.
They are a bunch of spineless people with shallow eyes. Yun Ji only won a few battles, but they all fawned over that lowly slave.
Changning had no more thoughts in mind and threw the whip to the person next to him.
Without being told, the other two maids dragged Zhou Yao up from the ground and walked towards the opposite direction of Su Rui.
They dragged her all the way to an empty bamboo forest. Changning waved her hand, and the two maids put Zhou Yao down and left.
"Stop pretending." Chang Ning kicked Zhou Yao's wound impatiently.
Zhou Yao gritted her teeth in pain, but still stood up immediately and said with a smile, "I'm afraid that bitch Su Rui won't believe me, so I have to pretend to be sincere."
Although she was respectful in words, Zhou Yao cursed Changning a thousand times in her heart.
It was clearly agreed that today they were just putting on a show for Su Rui, but Chang Ning whipped himself hard, using the whip with barbs, and started whipping himself from the moment Su Rui's carriage stopped.
If she hadn't been tortured so much in the past few months, she wouldn't have been able to hold on at all. Even at this moment, her whole body was burning with pain, but she didn't dare show it.
She now understood Changning's personality a little bit. He just liked to torture people. The more they begged, the harder he would beat them, until they only had the strength to breathe.
They also wanted to make her want to live but cannot, and want to die but cannot. So every time she was beaten half to death, they would ask the court doctor to treat her. When she was almost recovered, they would drag her up and torture her again.
She hated Changning so much, but she had no way to resist her. The only way to survive better was to stand on the same front with her, share the same enemy with her, and be able to vent her anger.
"This princess doesn't believe Su Rui at all. She hasn't even looked at you." Chang Ning didn't completely believe in Zhou Yao's suggestion, but just wanted to give it a try.
"She is inherently vicious. What I want is not for her to be soft-hearted and save me, but for her to believe that I have been tortured beyond my means by you, the princess."
Chang Ning's eyes darkened as he asked, "What happened next?"
"I have my own plan after this. I guarantee she'll be willing to follow me." Zhou Yao stubbornly insisted on her plan, refusing to reveal it. But seeing Chang Ning's unhappy expression, she immediately added, "When the time comes, I'll get back what she owes the princess and throw her back into the mud."
Changning snorted coldly.
She didn't care what method Zhou Yao used, and she didn't bother to listen to her little thoughts. She just... "Remember what you said. If it doesn't work, you know what will happen."
Zhou Yao shuddered all over.
She knows.
If she fails this time, she will suffer double the torture.
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Chunhui Pavilion.
As the organizer, Su Rui still had to meet each guest herself even with Tang Yuli's help.
It took Su Rui more than half an hour to meet half of the people. The rest were either difficult to deal with or were not of high status enough to enter the Second Hospital. Su Rui was able to have some free time.
But just by talking to these half of the people, Su Rui was exhausted.
Especially the belly.
It was really hard to hide the fact that she was pregnant with twins, and there were many people watching her today, so Su Rui not only wore a loose skirt, but also tied her belly with a belt.
It was okay to stand, but it was really uncomfortable to sit for a long time. The two little ones also protested against it and kicked her from time to time.
When no one was around, she immediately stood up.
I had barely caught my breath when I saw a few small figures running towards me, as if catching butterflies.
One of them is the wolf cub.
Mixed in with the children, he pretended to be innocent, just like these children of the same age. However, when his eyes swept across Su Rui in the pavilion, Su Rui clearly felt it.
The wolf cub came towards her.
After waiting for a while, the butterfly really flew into the pavilion.
Seeing Su Rui standing inside, the other children didn't dare to come in rashly. Only the wolf cub rushed in, swung his net bag, and caught the butterfly that the other children had failed to catch.
"Fortunately, Concubine Su attracted the butterflies, otherwise I wouldn't be able to catch them." The wolf cub smiled, revealing his two fangs, looking a bit naive.
Su Rui wasn't fooled. She sneered and asked, "You've come to see me so openly. Aren't you afraid that your princess's mother will find out and all your efforts to be nice to her will be wasted?"
"You care about me so much, and you know all this?" The wolf cub took a step closer, seemingly not afraid of Su Rui's words about falling out of favor.
"I'm not blind, I can see."
There is no need to ask, just look at the wolf cub's current clothes and the fact that Changning has taken him to several banquets. It can be seen that he has been trained. And the fact that he can appear at the Spring Banquet today may mean that he has passed Prince Long's test.
The wolf cub is scheming and has excellent acting skills. Also, because of his young age, many of his flaws are naturally overlooked.
Moreover, over the past few months, he had become even better at hiding his true intentions, and his eyes were even as sinister as those of the Second Prince.
"Give it to me." The wolf cub suddenly stretched out his hand towards Su Rui.
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