Ye Zhengqing was too weak today. His legs felt like they were filled with lead. He was tripped by the vines and fell to the ground. He didn't know what hit his head on, but the pain brought tears to his eyes.
Before he could even catch his breath, the footsteps behind him grew closer and closer, so he quickly got up and kept running.
Finally, exhausted, he fell off the cliff.
The cliff looked exactly like the one Ye Zhen deliberately rolled down after his rebirth. It was covered with thin bamboo stakes. Whether from exhaustion or from being scratched, Ye Zhengqing fainted.
Ye Zhen stepped on his chin, made him open his mouth, and flicked a pill into his mouth. The already unconscious man completely lost consciousness.
Ye Zhen lifted the man up and carried him back to the cliff. He let go, and the man rolled down again.
This time, they rolled onto the rocks, and Ye Zhen heard the sound of bones breaking. Ye Zhengqing's legs were twisted in a strange position.
These legs are basically useless.
But that wasn't enough. Ye Zhen's gaze swept over Ye Zhengqing's lower abdomen, and he reached out again, preparing to make him fall once more.
"I'll do it."
Xie Tingzhou's voice rang out, "You go back first."
He's in charge of overseeing the banquet tonight, so it's normal that he's not often at the table.
Ye Zhen wanted to break Ye Zhengqing's third leg and also wanted to carve his face so that he could no longer use this to curry favor with Li Chenghai.
Of course, Ye Zhen wanted him dead, but now was not the time.
Xie Tingzhou understood what she was thinking. "I know what to do, don't worry."
Ye Zhen used his light-footed skill to descend the mountain, went back to change his clothes, and then returned to the banquet.
Since she went back to change her clothes because they were wet, it was normal that she was gone for a little longer than usual.
Women's attire is always too complicated.
Xiao never returned, but Li Xiangguo's personal attendants did.
He informed Prime Minister Li.
It was indeed Ms. Su who was discovered having a secret rendezvous with a man tonight.
Using his light-footed skills, he found Su before Xiao, who was still in a state of disarray from fleeing for her life and hadn't had time to tidy up her hair and clothes.
Afterwards, Xiao smelled a man's incense on Su, which was not the scent of Li Chenghai.
Xiao had the old woman remove Su's clothes to check her, and found traces of arousal. Su would not easily admit it.
However, Madam Xiao was already convinced that her daughter-in-law was unfaithful, and Madam Shen had also found evidence against her. Most importantly, Madam Shen said that Madam Su was trying to murder her husband, which was something she could not tolerate.
She wanted to torture Su, but Li Chenghai stopped her.
Li Chenghai told Su to go back to her room, but Xiao was furious at her for being so weak-willed, saying, "You're so foolish! She did such a disgraceful thing, how can you still protect her?"
“Mother, if things escalate, it will be more detrimental to us. Your son also needs a child.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Xiao's eyelids twitched. "What do you mean? Did you know all along?"
The matter had been exposed, and Li Chenghai felt there was no need to hide it from his mother, because without Su Shi, his mother would definitely remarry him.
If one person is infertile, it can be said to be the woman's problem; but if both are infertile, then the world will know that it is the man's problem.
How could he, the son of a high-ranking official, disgrace himself like this?
"The mother should have guessed that her son was incapable of bearing children."
The son found that woman. Once Su is pregnant and gives birth, if her mother dislikes her, then it won't be too late to deal with her.
In the inner courtyard of a grand mansion, it's incredibly easy to make a woman die with a legitimate reason; his mother had that ability.
Su had been infertile for many years, and Xiao did have some suspicions, but she was unwilling to believe that it was a problem with her son.
Therefore, he has been putting pressure on his daughter-in-law all these years.
Hearing Li Chenghai admit it himself, tears instantly streamed down her face. "How could you..."
How can you be childless? What's the point of all these years of fighting for a child?
Who is that person?
She was unwilling to accept that her grandson was someone else's child. If there was really no other way, she would at least choose someone of noble status.
Li Chenghai replied, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, Mother. You and Father have a deep bond, and Father must not know about this. If you find out, you will be caught in a dilemma."
But in reality, he was worried that his mother would cause trouble for Ye Zhengqing. After realizing how much he cared about Ye Zhengqing, Li Chenghai's heart suddenly sank.
Then Xiao said, "But they intend to murder you."
"That's a trick by the first wife to sow discord."
Li Chenghai spoke with certainty.
He knew very well that Ye Zhengqing didn't have the guts.
Moreover, he was only hoping that I would help him get promoted, and he didn't really have feelings for Su, so why would he conspire with Su to harm me?
Madam Xiao assumed that Li Chenghai had been keeping an eye on the two of them, and believing her son's words, she angrily cursed Madam Shen.
Li Chenghai was still worried about Ye Zhengqing, wondering where he had gone after being discovered.
Seeing that his mother had been appeased, he said, "Father still needs your help to deal with things, and the Su family cannot be allowed to get into trouble for the time being."
Although Xiao was unwilling, she had no choice but to nod for the sake of her son's reputation and to prevent the second branch of the family from being looked down upon by Prime Minister Li.
Unexpectedly, not long after he left, Li Chenghai, like an angry lion, rushed into Su's room and beat her unconscious.
"Chenghai, what are you doing?"
Didn't we say we were going to keep it a secret from the Prime Minister? How can we cover it up now that it's been fought like this?
Li Chenghai's eyes were bloodshot, and his chest heaved violently as he kicked Su Shi again.
Ye Zhengqing fell off the cliff, disfiguring his face, crippling his leg, and even having his genitals lacerated by bamboo stakes.
The doctor said he would never be able to stand up again and would never be able to be a man again.
How then could he obtain Ye Zhengqing's child?
And his face, cut by sharp stones, will be left with scars running across his entire face.
He could no longer see what that person looked like through Ye Zhengqing's face.
It's ruined.
Everything is ruined.
All of this was caused by Su Shi. If she hadn't seduced Ye Zhengqing tonight, how could Shen Shi have discovered it?
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