Chapter 114: Telepathy

  Xiao Wangfei still had a warm and gentle smile, like the floating clouds in the sky. "Nonsense, you and your brother are both so big now, can you still take baths together? It's not something to be laughed at. Let Huibi and the others take you down, don't let Mother say it for the third time." Her voice was more serious than ever before.

  Xiao Ming only then realized something was amiss, it seemed that his mother had known something all along.

  "Mother..." The words were cut off by the icy gaze of Xiao Wangfei.

  Xiao Ming knew that the more he didn't give in, the worse the outcome would be.

  Once Xiao Wangfei gets angry, she will definitely vent it out. Even if you stop her this time, next time she'll find another opportunity to return it tenfold.

  Xiao Ming held Xiao Qi's hand and trembled slightly, thinking that perhaps because of his own willfulness, his elder brother would receive a severe punishment.

  Xiao Xi felt Xiao Ming's tension and fear, and curled up the corners of his lips in a smile.

  In the past when he was still young and ignorant, he made mistakes and was punished by Xiao Wangfei, and he would be so scared, but at that time no one interceded for him.

  Just like now, no one pleaded for him, the only difference is that he was no longer afraid.

  Xiao Ming was still taken away by Huan Bi, although he had a million unwilling thoughts in his heart, he could not resist the ruthlessness of Xiao Wangfei.

  In the grand courtyard, only Xiao Wangfei and Xiao Qi gazed coldly at each other, along with a group of servants who wished they were invisible.

  "Do you know that you were wrong?" The delicate red lips spat out a few words, cold and piercing to the bone, just like what Xiao Wang Ye said that day.

  Do you know what's wrong?

  It seems like he has never done anything right since childhood.

  His existence is a mistake in itself.

  Xiao Xi smiled again, he was used to smiling. Whether it was joy, sadness, or heartache, he would smile, because only then would others not discover his true feelings.

  "You took Ming'er out without permission, but you didn't take good care of him and even let him suffer such pain and humiliation. Qi'er, what do you think you should do to make amends?"

  What mother would let her own son be sacrificed?

  It's just like Princess Xiao of Xiang.

  Xiao Qi didn't want to explain and wasn't willing to explain, because he knew that no matter how he explained, in Xiao Wangfei's eyes, he was always wrong.

  Xiao Ming is her son.

  "The empress wants her son to atone for his sins, and he will do so." Xiao Qi said with a sly smile, intentionally emphasizing the two words "her son".

  Xiao Wangfei smiled almost viciously. She raised her snow-white delicate chin and said loudly, "Good! You have backbone! Bring the family law here!"

  The Xiao Wang Fu also had a family law, which was a golden silk whip that looked soft but was actually hard and unyielding. Because it was extremely thin, when used to strike someone, it didn't hurt, but could make the skin split open.

  This is an extremely terrifying punishment.

  Several maids who had never seen the world before turned pale with fright.

  Soon, someone handed over the family law.

  Xiao Wangfei took it over. She wanted to execute it personally!

  "Kneel down!" The Xiao Wangfei coldly ordered, "Kneel in the direction of the Imperial Palace, kneel to the ancestors of the Xiao family!"

  Xiao Xi Yi knelt down, her back straight as a board, the corners of her mouth still curled up in a faint smile.

  Xiao Wangfei hated seeing him with this smile the most, she would rather he beg for mercy and run away like when he was a child, than see him pretend to be noble while being lowly to the bone.

  Bang!

  In a rage, she lashed out at Xiao Qi's back with a loud crack, "Let you take charge! Let you think you're right! Everything in the Xiao Wang Fu belongs to your second brother, don't even think about it!"

  This is a misunderstanding of Xiao Ming's injury as Xiao Qi doing it on purpose.

  Xiao Xi hummed and bit her teeth without explaining.

  The servant beside him turned even paler as he watched, and that whip lash was almost audible, the sound of skin tearing open.

  "This whip is for you to look down on others, with no one in your eyes!" Xiaowangfei swung another whip, completely losing the elegance and dignity of her usual royal demeanor.

  Xiao Qi still gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

  Xiao Wangfei was even more furious, "Fine! You're stubborn, you don't beg for mercy, I'll beat you to death!" After saying that, she continued to whip him several times in a row.

  The air was immediately filled with a bloody smell that spread out, and the sunlight finally broke through the clouds and shone down on the earth.

  Xiao Qi's back was wet all over, and even ** dripped down from the hem of his clothes.

  That's blood.

  Bright red blood.

  "Aren't you going to beg for mercy?!" The Xiao Wangfei whipped again, this time so angry that her hands shook and she lost control, striking Xiao Qi's left cheek.

  A blood-red trickle immediately seeped out on his flawless face, a sight that was shocking to behold.

  Xiao Wangfei finally came back to her senses from her rage, she looked at Xiao Qi's precarious state and knew that if they continued fighting, his life would be in danger.

  "You don't admit your mistake, that's fine. You don't apologize, that's also fine. Today, my second brother will be nursing his wounds for a few days, and I'll make you pay ten times more!" After saying this, he fiercely swung the whip to the ground, turned around, and left without any emotion.

  She didn't collapse until she had walked far away, and then she suddenly fell to the ground.

  Blood flowed all over the ground, his face turned pale in an instant, those eyes that were as deep and mysterious as a deep pool, at this moment also became like dead water, making people's hearts chill.

  The old nurse hastily called for someone to help him up, "Young Master, are you alright? I'll go call the doctor right away!"

  "It's fine." A detached voice, with an underlying coldness that pierces one's heart.

  He shouldn't have feelings, he shouldn't have a heart.

  Only in this way can he avoid getting hurt.

  No matter how tortured, it will not be hurt.

  At this time, Lin Zhao Yan, who was far away in the Jian An Hou Fu, suddenly felt a burning pain on her hand. The sweet ceramic white bowl that Lin Ruo Yan handed to her was not caught, and it fell to the ground all at once.

  Tea splashed everywhere, with a few drops flying onto her pink satin embroidered shoes, deepening the color, like fresh blood.

  "Lin Zhaoyan, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Lin Ruoyan hastily stepped forward to check her hand, afraid that she had been scalded.

  Lin Zhaoyan shook his head, pulled out his own hand, and looked a bit dazed.

  What's wrong with her all of a sudden?

  "You're also too careless, I handed you a cup of tea and you couldn't even hold onto it." Lin Ruoyan said, seeing that she was fine, her worry put to rest, but unable to help complaining.

  Lin Zhaoyan touched his own hand, on which there was a winding scar. Although he had used the secret medicine cream sent by Liu's family, the scar had faded a lot, but it could still be felt.

  "I don't know either, it just suddenly hurts here, like being pricked by a needle, like being scalded with boiling water."

  "Ah?" Lin Ruoyan furrowed her brow, pulled over her hand and examined it carefully, "Isn't this all better? What's going on in your mind!"

  "Maybe so!" Lin Zhaoyan also shook his head and didn't let himself think more.

  Lin Ruoyan had the maid come in to clean up the fragments, and then poured a cup of tea for her. Seeing that she had regained her composure, she smiled and hooked her arm around hers, "Tell me about that Second Young Master Xiao! What does he look like? People say that after his face was disfigured by the big fire, he never left the house again, but before that, he was extremely handsome, even more so than Xiao Qi!"

  "You're gossiping again..." Lin Zhaoyan helplessly pushed away her hand, turned around and sat down on the stool, lightly sipping his tea while softly saying: "To be honest, I haven't seen what he looks like."

  "How is that possible!" Lin Ruoyan was the first to express her disbelief, "You were with him alone for so long, how could you not know what he looks like? He's wearing a conical hat on his head, how can he treat illnesses? The doctor will definitely help him take it off!"

  Lin Zhaoyan shrugged, "I'm telling the truth, really. At first, I wanted to help him take off his bamboo hat, but he tightly grasped my hand and wouldn't let me remove it until I said I'd find a cloth to cover his face, then he let go."

  Lin Ruo Yu's eyes sparkled, "You said... he held your hand?"

  "Hey! You're focusing on the wrong thing!"

  "Lin Zhao Yan, you're actually holding hands with a strange man! I'm going to tell mom!" Lin Ruo Yu's eyes suddenly burned with fiery gossip light.

  Lin Zhaoyan was speechless, and no matter how she looked at her, she seemed like the little red who had discovered that the neighbor's daughter Xiaofang was secretly dating and went to report it to the teacher.

  "Then... Mother will force someone to propose to me, right?"

  Lin Ruo Yan smiled mischievously, "I was just joking, don't worry, I won't tell mom." And before Lin Zhao Yan's expression had time to recover, she added another sentence, "At most, I'll tell Mom Lin."

  Lin Zhaoyan was so angry she wished she could strangle her to death, that good-for-nothing sister!

  Lin Ruoyan was completely unaware, and this time they saw injustice on the road, drew their swords to help, and distorted it into n versions. In short, in each version, she was the matchmaker who helped Lin Zhaoyan and Xiao Ming.

  "By the way, Zhou Jingyu also participated, won't she become your love rival?"

  “……”

  "Gosh, I'm so glad I didn't have too much contact with her, otherwise it would be terrible if we ended up like sisters who become sworn enemies!"

  “…………”

  "Lin Zhao said!"

  "What's up?"

  "Let's sleep together tonight! We can discuss again if there are any other possibilities!"

  “……”

  God, kill her!

  In the following days, there were no rumors or gossip spreading outside, and no one visited the Xiao Wangfu. Lin Zhaoyan finally confirmed that this matter had been thoroughly sealed off.

  She then found Manhua's brother to investigate the matter outside, and learned that the Drunken Flower Building had been sealed for several days, and later it was revealed that the mastermind behind the scenes was actually the Second Prince.

  The second prince was severely reprimanded by the emperor, and his work in the Ministry of Revenue was even suspended. Consort Duan, who was in the inner palace, also suffered a not insignificant impact when she interceded on behalf of the second prince.

  Lin Zhaoyan thought that this matter was indeed a conspiracy. Those royal relatives of theirs, nothing they did was ever simple and pure, everything had an ulterior motive.

  She was glad she hadn't been dragged into it.

  Then she thought of the marriage arranged by the Empress Dowager for her, Prince Duan's son. Perhaps that was indeed her good destination!

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