Seeing that she didn't speak, He Jiuniang knew that she was feeling guilty. She curled her lips and looked at her as if she were a fool.
It's truly remarkable that someone as brainless as Yan could raise such a stupid daughter.
Could this be the legendary retribution?
"What, are you embarrassed to say it? So Miss Zhuo knows that it's wrong for a young lady like you to come to the prison every day for a man, and it's embarrassing if word gets out, but Miss Zhuo still insists on coming every day. Why is that?"
He Jiuniang was too lazy to try and get information out of her, so she just got straight to the point.
Zhuo Jiayu's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief, as if she had never expected that she would know.
Even Xinran, who had been silent all along, glanced at her, a rare occurrence. She had always known that He Jiuniang was capable, but she hadn't expected that these things had been under her control all along.
Xinran had previously thought that the relationship between the Duke's Mansion and Dongting had been exposed, but now that she thought about it, it was probably just He Jiuniang taking revenge on Zhuo Jiayu. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to the exposure of her affair, Zhuo Jiayu's romantic feelings were nothing.
"you……"
Zhuo Jiayu only managed to utter a single word after a long pause; she was completely dumbfounded.
"Are you curious? Miss Zhuo, you don't think you've covered your tracks perfectly, do you? No wonder you call me 'sister' when you see me, so that's why."
He Jiuniang pouted, "This is really awful!"
"I...I simply admire General Lu..."
Oh my, so you admire them? You're practically begging to get close to them, and you're talking about it in such a poetic way?
He Jiuniang rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. She said, "So, a young lady from the Duke's mansion likes to be someone's concubine. Does Miss Zhuo think she's so great? Do the Duke and Madam know about this? Do they support it? Miss Zhuo's mind is so naive it's worrying. Since you can't figure it out, then think about it carefully. When you figure it out, then we'll let you go."
After saying that, she turned to leave, but after a few steps, she remembered something and turned back with a smile, "Oh, right, I should also remind Miss Zhuo that the last person who dared to covet my man is still busy in a brothel. If Miss Zhuo is kind-hearted, I don't mind sending you there to help her share some of the burden."
Zhuo Jiayu didn't immediately understand what she was talking about. Even after He Jiuniang left, she was still in a daze. It was Xinran, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, who kindly reminded her, "She means that she sent the last woman who had designs on Lu Baichuan to a brothel to work as a prostitute."
At this point, Xinran said with a wry smile, "That woman is far more ruthless than you. If you want to live, don't have those thoughts anymore, you fool!"
If it weren't for the fact that the Duke's mansion had connections with the Eastern Court, she wouldn't have bothered talking to this idiot. It's one thing for Zhuo Wei to be stupid, but to raise such a stupid daughter is truly a tragedy.
Zhuo Jiayu was startled. She never expected that He Jiuniang was targeting her because she knew that she liked Lu Baichuan. But she hadn't shown it that obviously. And how did He Jiuniang know that she was in the military camp at that time?
"I... I'm not vying with her for the position of legal wife, so why is she so angry?"
She murmured to herself, puzzled by the matter. She felt that as the legitimate daughter of a Duke's mansion, being made a concubine by Lu Baichuan and having to call He Jiuniang "elder sister" was already the greatest respect she could show them, so she couldn't understand why He Jiuniang was angry.
Xinran couldn't stand it anymore. No normal person could accept sharing their husband with another woman, right?
Is this woman out of her mind?
Xinran gave her a look as if she were an idiot, turned away in disgust, and simply didn't want to talk to her anymore. Let her do whatever she wanted; she had her own problems to deal with, so why would she bother with this idiot?
Meanwhile, He Jiuniang went to the Third Prince's side.
After the Third Prince attempted suicide, he was moved to a different room because of his injuries and poor health. He was no longer next to Xinran, so Xinran had no idea what the Third Prince's current situation was.
After He Jiuniang led the way to the room, a doctor was there to change the Third Prince's dressing. Seeing that He Jiuniang and Lu Baichuan had gone in, the doctor quickly finished and left.
He Jiuniang took a few steps forward. The room was much better; at least it didn't have those strange smells. Because he was injured, they had even prepared a small wooden bed for him.
Recently, the Third Prince has lost all will to live and can't muster any enthusiasm for anyone. If it weren't for someone specifically assigned to watch over him, he might have tried to kill himself again.
Being arrested was already a dark chapter in his history, but now his little finger has been chopped off, leaving him disabled and out of the running for the throne. All his years of hard work have been for naught. What's the point of him living?
"What, you've all come to laugh at me too?"
When the Third Prince saw the couple, a cold smile appeared on his lips. All his suffering was caused by this couple, so why could they always be so high and mighty?
If he could, he would really like to kill the couple with his own hands to avenge himself.
But he knew he couldn't do it, and the Eastern Court had completely disregarded his life, ignoring the Northern Yan's demands for peace. He was now just a pawn, and it would be better for him to die.
"What other jokes do you have that I haven't heard before?"
He Jiuniang smiled disdainfully and continued, "What, you can't even handle such a small setback? Are you just going to give up all those years of hard work like this?"
"Then what else do you want from me!"
The Third Prince suddenly flew into a rage, glaring at He Jiu Niang, unable to understand how she had the nerve to say such a thing. Wasn't everything he was in now thanks to her?
Seeing him get angry, He Jiuniang was somewhat surprised: "You're not blaming all of this on me, are you? You're really something!"
He Jiuniang was so angry she almost laughed. How dare these people from Dongting?
So she started counting on her fingers and told him: "First of all, wasn't it you Dongting people who were so shameless as to come and harm our Beiyan? Those missing girls and children, and that addictive poisonous tea, weren't they all your doing? As for your finger, isn't it because you people are wicked and don't want to negotiate properly, but always want to take shortcuts, and cut off Mr. Kang's little finger first?"
"What's more, we also lost a scholar who passed the imperial examination. Do you know how difficult it is for a family to raise a scholar who passed the imperial examination? You only lost a little finger, but he lost his life! Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
"Think about it yourself. Since you came here, when have we ever mistreated you? Your people always want to kill you, and we've been protecting you all along. Not only do you have no gratitude, but you also blame it all on me. That's all you're capable of!"
He Jiuniang snorted coldly. There was absolutely no way she would take the blame; she was a master of anti-manipulation techniques.
The third prince was instantly swayed by her and remained silent for a moment, realizing that he seemed to be acting in a somewhat inappropriate way.
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