"I never liked you; I only hated you," Madam Sheng said hatefully. "Most importantly, my husband and I are deeply in love, and no one forced me. Besides, no one could force me."
Zhou Wenxing refused to believe her words. He stubbornly insisted that Sheng Lengshuang had used despicable and vile means to steal his Qi Shi. "If you have the guts, kill me."
"If I don't have a good life, Sheng Lengshuang won't either, hahaha~~ I won't be lonely in hell because Sheng Lengshuang will be with me. How wonderful is that."
Upon hearing this, Mo Lingxi stomped and crushed his right hand. "You, you are very good!"
"Ah!" A piercing scream echoed through the sky. Zhou Wenxing was in so much pain that sweat beaded on his forehead. "Your Highness Prince Mingrui, I won't say anything about Sheng Lengshuang. I want her to be buried with me!"
Mo Lingxi would not kill Zhou Wenxing, but he had plenty of ways to make Zhou Wenxing confess honestly.
He snapped his fingers.
Two dark guards appeared before him. After the guards saluted, one of them squatted in front of Zhou Wenxing and took out a dagger.
'Shua.'
He cut off a piece of flesh from Zhou Wenxing's face.
"Ah!!" Zhou Wenxing screamed until he was hoarse, trembling like a leaf in the wind.
He wanted to escape, but the dark guards watched him closely. No matter where he ran, he would be kicked back by the guards.
"Don't you want to rescue Sheng Lengshuang?" he threatened with a trembling voice.
Mo Lingxi looked down at him. "I think you'll be confessing honestly very soon."
Seeing the dark guards grab Zhou Wenxing, who was trying to escape again, he coldly scanned the surroundings and walked to General Sheng's side, covering his mouth with his hand.
"Father-in-law, let's wait and see," he whispered.
General Sheng nodded understandingly, covering himself with his sleeve. "Has Your Highness Prince Mingrui made all the arrangements?"
Mo Lingxi said that everything was arranged and they just needed to wait for those fish to make a move to follow the clues.
General Sheng couldn't hide his worry and clenched his fists tightly. He was willing to trade his own life for Leng Shuang's safety.
It was also his fault as a father that, knowing so many people were watching Leng Shuang, he couldn't protect his child, allowing her to suffer such a fate again.
While Zhou Wenxing was being tortured here, Tao Li crept into the village, intending to kill Sheng Lengshuang.
When she saw the sleeping Sheng Lengshuang, she smiled sinisterly. "Sheng Lengshuang, Sheng Lengshuang, so this is your fate!"
Fortunately, she had been keeping an eye on Zhou Wenxing, otherwise, she would have missed this golden opportunity.
Sheng Lengshuang couldn't answer Tao Li.
Tao Li took out a dagger, patted Sheng Lengshuang's face forcefully, her eyes filled with malice. "Don't worry, I won't let you die easily. I'll make you suffer and die a painful death. Only then will it be fitting for what you've done."
At this moment, her gaze fell upon Sheng Lengshuang's peerless beauty, and jealousy and hatred arose in her heart. "A mere lowly peasant dares to be more beautiful than me! I will ruin this vixen's face!"
Saying this, she fiercely stabbed Sheng Lengshuang's face with a knife, her face filled with rampant and excited smiles.
However—
Her hand was grabbed.
"Which dog dares to stop me?" Before she could even turn around, she was forcefully thrown to the ground.
"Tao Li, you seem to be quite disobedient," the veiled woman said, looking at her sinisterly.
This was the first time Tao Li had seen the veiled woman, and she guessed she was one of Zhou Wenxing's helpers. She immediately got up.
"You lowly servant, how dare you treat me like this? Have you no manners?" She pointed at the veiled woman's nose and cursed angrily.
The veiled woman had never been treated with such disrespect. She kicked Tao Li in the chest. "You really think you're something! Tao Li is yours now, treat her well."
As soon as she finished speaking, the burly man walked in and forcibly dragged away the struggling and cursing Tao Li.
The veiled woman forcibly made Sheng Lengshuang swallow a pill, ensuring she wouldn't wake up suddenly before she felt at ease. Before her master's plan was achieved, Sheng Lengshuang was a crucial piece and must not have any mishaps or escape.
She sat in a chair waiting for the burly man and the others to finish.
About an hour later.
The burly man dragged the battered and bruised Tao Li in and casually threw her on the ground. He said to the veiled woman, "She's like a dead fish, not as good at pleasing people as those women in the brothels. Too boring."
The veiled woman glanced at Tao Li, who lay on the ground wishing she were dead, and sneered. "What fun can a fake young lady bring? How is Zhou Wenxing doing?"
"He was caught," the burly man spat, a look of disgust on his face. "Zhou Wenxing, this useless good-for-nothing, had such a good chess piece and still got caught."
"Should we do something?"
The veiled woman indicated it wasn't necessary for now. "Keep an eye on him. Zhou Wenxing will do something else."
Suddenly, her expression changed. "Who!"
A group of dark guards appeared in the room.
The guards were divided into two groups. One group was responsible for rescuing Sheng Lengshuang, and the other was responsible for dealing with the people in the room.
Seeing that Sheng Lengshuang was already protected by the dark guards, the veiled woman almost gritted her teeth. "Withdraw!"
Damn it, she had calculated everything except that the dark guards would find this place so quickly.
Where did things go wrong?
She and the burly man, with Tao Li, fled at the fastest speed.
Glancing at the pursuing dark guards, she signaled the burly man, and they split up.
The dark guards also split into two groups and continued the pursuit.
As for the dark guard guarding Sheng Lengshuang, one was responsible for returning to deliver the message.
...
Mo Lingxi, General Sheng, Madam Sheng, and Little Feng rushed to the village at the fastest speed. By the time the four of them arrived, the people in the village who had not escaped had already been controlled and captured by the dark guards.
The four of them, too preoccupied to settle accounts with these people, went to the house where Sheng Lengshuang was.
"Leng Shuang!" Madam Sheng sat by the bed, holding her daughter's hand, crying profusely. "My poor daughter, you've suffered so much again. It's our fault for not protecting you."
"Grandmother, don't cry, don't cry," Little Feng wiped her tears with his sleeve and sobbed, "Mother definitely wouldn't want us to cry."
Madam Sheng held her grandson in one arm and her daughter's hand in the other. "Alright, grandmother won't cry, won't cry."
"Mother-in-law, the most important thing now is to send Sheng Lengshuang back to Dongdu to see an imperial physician," Mo Lingxi reminded her.
"Right, right! We must send Leng Shuang back to see the imperial physician quickly." Madam Sheng quickly asked General Sheng to carry her.
Mo Lingxi, who wanted to hold his wife, watched helplessly as his father-in-law scooped up Sheng Lengshuang and walked out with steady strides. He felt a pang of discomfort.
Without time to think further, he picked up Little Feng and followed.
He ordered the dark guards to interrogate the people there, and then he, Madam Sheng, and Sheng Lengshuang returned to Dongdu, heading straight for the palace.
They went to the Imperial Hospital to have Sheng Lengshuang examined.
Zi Cheng, who had received the news, rushed over and saw a group of imperial physicians surrounding Sheng Lengshuang for treatment. He quietly asked Mo Lingxi, "Uncle, what's wrong with Aunt?"