Chapter 396 Even My Daughter Dislikes Me
Chu Youan was so shocked by this sudden accusation that she stood there in bewilderment. She looked at Yu Lingxiu in disbelief and hurriedly explained, "I didn't order the torture at all. It was obviously you..."
"But... but you were the first one to suggest that this matter should be thoroughly investigated! I just... I just wanted to help you and cooperate with you according to your wishes, but I didn't expect that it would turn out like this!" Yu Lingxiu's eyes quickly turned red and tears welled up in her eyes. She looked like she was about to cry and felt extremely aggrieved. Before Chu Youan could speak again, she suddenly swung her sleeves, turned around and quickly left the yard. Her back looked somewhat panicked.
Chu Youan stared at Yu Lingxiu's departing back, his brows furrowed. His heart felt as if being pressed by a huge rock, and he had a strong and ominous premonition.
Chu Youan's small figure froze in place, the sunlight shining on her pale face, making her eyes appear even wider.
On the ground, a young servant in coarse linen clothes curled up, motionless, his chest was a patch of red, shocking in the moonlight.
Fear was like an icy hand, tightly gripping Chu Youan's heart.
She just... just wanted to teach him a lesson, to teach him a lesson...
"Bury him properly!" Chu Youan's voice was trembling, as if it was squeezed out from between his teeth. "No one is allowed to tell anyone about what happened today!"
She turned around abruptly and stumbled back to her room, but the gorgeous quilt and soft bed could not bring her any comfort.
The shock, resentment and disbelief in the servant's eyes before his death were like a sharp thorn that pierced her heart.
That night, Chu Youan had a nightmare. In the dream, the servant was covered in blood, walking towards her step by step, stretching out his cold hands, trying to grab her.
She screamed in terror, but no sound came out.
In the middle of the night, Chu Youan, with a pair of red and swollen eyes and holding his beloved little pillow, went to find Lin Miaoyin.
She needed her mother's embrace and the familiar warmth to dispel the fear in her heart.
A "tug of war" was going on in Lin Miaoyin's room. Beigong You, the prince of the dynasty, was like a naughty child at this moment, pulling Lin Miaoyin's sleeve and insisting that she take him to take a bath.
"You are served by others every day, how can it be that dirty? You just need to endure it for another day or two!" Lin Miaoyin advised helplessly.
"No! I haven't washed for three days! I must go today!" Beigong You said in a firm tone, with no intention of backing down.
In fact, Beigong You didn’t really care that much about washing.
Back then, he had fought on the battlefield and had never complained about being soaked in muddy water for three days and three nights. However, in the past two days, Lin Miaoyin had taken care of him meticulously, but she had always been conscientious about her duties as a doctor, which made him feel that the relationship between them had stagnated. He felt a little anxious, so he deliberately found fault.
The two were in a stalemate when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"Mother, did I disturb you?" Chu Youan's timid voice came from outside the door, with a hint of caution.
Lin Miaoyin was a little surprised: "No, how come you..."
Before she could finish, Chu Youan ran in holding a pillow. Seeing Beigong You's appearance, a look of disgust immediately appeared on his face: "Father, you stink!"
Beigong You looked at Lin Miaoyin helplessly, as if to say, "Look, even my daughter dislikes me."
"Your father has medicine on his body, so he can't take a bath these few days. He will be fine in a few days!" Lin Miaoyin explained quickly, and then said to Chu Youan: "Go to my room tonight and sleep. How about you come and accompany your father after he has taken a bath in two days?"
Chu Youan hugged the pillow, looked at Lin Miaoyin with his big eyes blinking, and shook his little head like a rattle: "No, I want to sleep with my father and mother!"
Lin Miaoyin looked at her daughter's eager eyes, and her heart softened. How could she say no? She sighed helplessly.
Beigong You was secretly delighted, thinking that his daughter was really a caring little cotton-padded jacket. Although there was Chu Youan between them, he was already very satisfied that Lin Miaoyin was finally willing to sleep in the same bed with him.
The family of three lay on the bed, Chu Youan slept in the middle, Lin Miaoyin and Beigong You slept on either side of her. Beigong You lay on his side, greedily looking at Lin Miaoyin's sleeping face. Under the dim candlelight, her skin was whiter than snow, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and even though she had given birth to a child, she was still incredibly beautiful.
He couldn't help but reach out his hand and wanted to touch her cheek, but he was afraid of disturbing her and her daughter's sleep, so he had to give up.
It was late at night and everything was quiet.
Just when Beigong You was about to fall asleep, Chu Youan beside him suddenly twisted his body restlessly, mumbling incoherently: "I didn't... I didn't want to beat you to death... It wasn't me... It wasn't my order..."
Lin Miaoyin woke up instantly, and quickly hugged Chu Youan into her arms, patted her back gently, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, Youan, it's just a nightmare..."
Chu Youan suddenly opened his eyes, and the moment he saw Lin Miaoyin, he burst into tears and hugged her tightly, trembling all over: "Mother, I killed someone... I killed someone..."
Lin Miaoyin's heart tightened, and she quickly asked: "Youan, what's going on? Talk slowly, don't be afraid..."
Beigong You was also awakened by his daughter's crying. He sat up and asked with concern, "Is someone trying to harm you?"
Chu Youan cried out of breath and said intermittently: "Someone...someone said bad things about mother...said mother...mother is looking for an old lover...mother said not to care...but I...I couldn't stand it...so I asked someone...asked someone...and then...then Yu Xiuling came and said...said she wanted to torture...these people said...I didn't stop...Yu Xiuling...beat someone to death...said she...she did it to help me..."
When Lin Miaoyin heard the three words "Yu Xiuling", her face suddenly became as gloomy as water, as if it was instantly covered by a layer of frost and turned ashen.
She turned her head suddenly, her eyes as sharp as torches, shooting straight at Beigong You.
Beigong You was about to open his mouth to try to explain, but before he could utter a word, suddenly, a piercing pain like a sharp lightning struck him rapidly from his back.
The severe pain came without warning, causing him to lose control of his body in an instant and roll off the bed.
A dull "bang" sound suddenly exploded in the quiet room, and Beigong You fell to the ground in a mess, completely dizzy.
His eyes were wide open, full of confusion and astonishment, and he looked up at Lin Miaoyin in a daze, as if he had no idea what had happened. He just felt that he had suffered such an unexpected disaster inexplicably.
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