Chapter 161 Beaten to death with sticks
I don't know when the wind started to blow outside, and the strong wind swept past, rustling the windows.
Li Xu hugged Shen Jinghuan tightly and comforted her: "Huan'er, don't cry. I will listen to you. If you say we can't get married, then we can't get married."
Li Xu didn't want to get married either, and he wanted to marry the woman he loved, but his beloved had already married someone else, so he had no choice but to give up.
Shen Jinghuan burst into laughter after hearing this: "Really? Cousin, you are so nice."
"Bang." Just as she finished her words, the door was kicked open from outside.
The sudden noise startled Shen Jinghuan and Li Xu. They huddled together and slowly backed away.
Xie Zihan's face was full of frost: "Bitch, you are so shameless that you actually sneaked into the prince's mansion."
If he hadn't heard the servants' gossip, he wouldn't have known about this.
Ever since Xie Zihan married Shen Jinghuan, he has thrown her into the yard and ignored her.
Especially after discovering Shen Jingxuan's changes and regretting his original decision, he didn't even want to see her.
Ever since he beat Shen Jinghuan in anger last time, he has been completely uncaring and left her to fend for herself.
But he was the prince, and he would throw away the worn-out shoes and would not allow anyone to touch them.
"Your Highness...I..." Shen Jinghuan was panicked and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Li Xu wanted to move forward, but Shen Jinghuan held him tightly, preventing him from moving at all.
The prince was furious. Even if Li Xu stepped forward, it would only mean one more person suffering physical pain, or one more corpse.
Xie Zihan didn't want to hear Shen Jinghuan's voice, and even more so didn't want to see this person.
"Beat them to death with sticks." Xie Zihan gritted his teeth.
His people actually cheated on him. Xie Zihan would not allow such a stain to appear on him, let alone allow them to live.
When Guizhi arrived, she frowned more and more when she heard Xie Zihan's words.
Death? That won't do. Death is so easy. She wants Shen Jinghuan to live. Only living like this will be the greatest punishment for her.
"Your Highness, are you okay?" Guizhi stepped forward and supported Xie Zihan.
"Why are you here?" Xie Zihan pulled Guizhi into his arms.
The wind was particularly strong tonight, and Xie Zihan was afraid that Guizhi would catch a cold, so he left her in the yard. Unexpectedly, she still came.
Guizhi said shyly, "I was worried that Your Highness would get sick from being angry, so I came to accompany you."
Who doesn't like to hear caring and considerate words, especially when they come from the girl he likes.
"Okay." Xie Zihan restrained his breath and responded.
The guards had already dragged Shen Jinghuan and Li Xu out. Guizhi felt relieved when she saw Shen Jinghuan's embarrassed appearance.
Her sister was dragged out in this way. Even though she cried and begged for mercy, Shen Jinghuan did not let her go.
But today is different from the past. If it were in the past, Guizhi would certainly want Shen Jinghuan to be buried with him.
It’s different now. She won’t let Shen Jinghuan die easily.
Guizhi gently shook Xie Zihan's arm: "Your Highness, that man is Concubine Shen's cousin, it should not be what you think."
"Look at her cousin, he's well dressed, he definitely wouldn't do something like that."
After hearing Guizhi's words, Xie Zihan looked at the two of them. They were indeed dressed neatly.
Guizhi continued, "Your Highness, I know Concubine Shen's cousin. He has a strict upbringing and is an upright person. He would never do such a thing."
Li Xu cannot die, even if he dies, he cannot die at this moment.
After all, it was she who brought him into the mansion.
It was also she who asked the maid to tell Xie Zihan the news before he returned home.
If Li Xu died at this moment, she would feel guilty.
Guizhi glanced at Li Xu. She could only save him this time. She hoped that Li Xu could think it over carefully and not get involved again.
Xie Zihan glared at the two people, thinking about Guizhi's words in his heart, but he didn't expect that he had distorted Guizhi's meaning.
Guizhi just wanted him to dispel his suspicion and let Li Xu go, but when Xie Zihan heard it, her meaning changed.
Xie Zihan thought of what Guizhi said, that Li Xu was an upright person and would not do such a thing, so it must be Shen Jinghuan who wanted to do it? Otherwise, why would she hold Li Xu tightly and not let go?
The more Xie Zihan thought about it, the more he believed this was possible. After all, he had never touched Shen Jinghuan since she entered the mansion.
He didn't expect that Shen Jinghuan couldn't stand the loneliness and sneaked in front of him. How could he face others in the future?
Xie Zihan gritted his teeth and said, "Throw Li Xu out of the Prince's Mansion, demote Shen Jinghuan to a concubine, and give her thirty lashes of the cane and throw her back to the courtyard."
Xie Zihan hated Shen Jinghuan so much that every time he saw her, he regretted his original decision even more.
If there was no real evidence, Xie Zihan would have beaten Shen Jinghuan to death.
Li Xu was thrown out of the Prince's Mansion. Shen Jinghuan lay on the bench, looking at the two people who were leaving with vicious eyes. She had long forgotten to beg for mercy or cry.
She hated Xie Zihan for his cruelty, hated Guizhi for her seduction and instigation, and hated Shen Jingxuan even more for her concession in the first place.
But she doesn't regret it.
Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.
If she were given another chance, she would still choose identity and status.
Shen Jinghuan thought that she just took a wrong step and failed to win Xie Zihan's heart, allowing Guizhi to take the lead.
But what she didn't expect was that Xie Zihan's heart had also been seduced by her.
But as things piled up one after another, Xie Zihan saw her true face and began to feel disgusted with her.
The strong wind did not stop all night, and when the sky was dawning, a drizzle gradually fell after the clear sky for several days.
In the early morning, Shen Jingxuan stood by the window, watching the drizzle falling with the wind outside.
Seeing that Shen Jingxuan was wearing thin clothes, Chuntao picked up clothes from the rack and put them on her.
"Miss, the weather is getting colder, you should wear more clothes."
Shen Jingxuan looked back and smiled: "Don't worry, your young lady is resistant to the cold."
It is late autumn now. After this rain, the weather will become colder.
"Chun Tao, ask Ling Huan to go to the cloth shop and ask them to make some clothes for the people in the mansion." Shen Jingxuan said.
As the weather gets colder, clothes must be prepared in advance. If you wait until it gets even colder, the cloth shops will be extremely busy and you will have to wait a long time if you want to make clothes.
Chun Tao said suspiciously, "Miss, I told Ling Huan to take the people from the cloth shop to Fufeng Courtyard and Qinxin Garden to measure the sizes."
"You want to tell me how many sets I need to do?"
At this time of year in previous years, the house had not yet made clothes, why is it so much earlier this time?
Shen Jingxuan tapped Chuntao's forehead: "Who told you to only take her to Fufeng Courtyard and Qinxin Garden?"
"Doesn't your lady need any clothes?"
"And you, the maids and servants in the mansion will each have two sets, and the personal maids and attendants will have two more sets. Masters, you can do whatever you want."
"Yes, Miss." Chuntao responded.
What can she do? The maids and attendants have done so much, how can she do it? She can only do more.
The two wanted to continue discussing their recent interest, but Ling Qiong and Ling Huan walked in together.
"Miss, someone has come from the palace to ask you to enter."
Enter the palace? Why did they let her enter the palace in such weather?
Shen Jingxuan looked outside, wondering when the rain would stop. However, she couldn't delay entering the palace, so she had no choice but to go in despite the rain.