"Your Highness, feel free."
Liang Yuzhou looked indifferent, treating Song Wanchu as a complete stranger.
After saying that, he took a step forward, helped Yu Huiyan up, took out a handkerchief and gave it to Caidie, asking her to help Yu Huiyan wipe her face.
Yu Huiyan hid behind Liang Yuzhou, sobbing aggrievedly, but her eyes stole a glance in Song Wanchu's direction.
There was a subtle look of triumph in her eyes.
"Your Highness, the person you want to take revenge on is left here."
Without even looking at Song Wanchu, he walked out of the Fenjin Tower with Yu Huiyan in a protective stance.
The sun seemed to become particularly dazzling. A wave of heat welled up in Song Wanchu's eyes, blurring her vision.
So, the reason he wouldn't let her get off the carriage was to leave her there to take the blame for Yu Huiyan and appease Princess Lingyang.
He didn't care at all what kind of humiliation she would suffer.
Liang Yuzhou's actions left Princess Lingyang bewildered. She blinked at Song Wanchu in confusion.
"He just left you like this? You're at least his honored concubine. Is he really so indifferent to you?"
Compared to her hostility towards Yu Huiyan, Princess Lingyang's hostility towards Song Wanchu was much less.
In her eyes, an honored concubine was no different from a regular concubine. Her father loved her mother deeply, but that didn't stop him from having a large number of concubines.
Her mother was virtuous and often taught her that once she got married, as the main wife, she should be generous and magnanimous. It would be beneath the dignity of the royal family to compete with concubines for favor.
Princess Lingyang didn't regard Song Wanchu as a rival at all.
If Liang Yuzhou really liked her, he would have made her the main wife long ago.
Since Liang Yuzhou didn't like her and she was just a concubine, Princess Lingyang was too lazy to argue with someone like Song Wanchu. She was very magnanimous.
However, she firmly refused to allow Liang Yuzhou to marry Yu Huiyan!
No one but her could be Liang Yuzhou's main wife!
Princess Lingyang couldn't vent her anger on Yu Huiyan and always felt that something was missing. She plopped down angrily on the chair with soft cushions.
Two maidservants quickly came up to fan her.
She glanced at Song Wanchu, and her slumped body suddenly straightened up. "You're crying! Liang Erge left you in place of Yu Huiyan. You're very sad, aren't you?"
She had also heard about what happened at the Princess Chang's mansion during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although she looked down on Song Wanchu's status, she did feel a little sorry for her.
Song Wanchu frowned, holding back her tears, and gently shook her head. She smiled faintly and said, "I'm just sad for the stupid and naive me in the past."
"I heard that you love Liang Erge very much. In order to help him win the first prize in the spring hunt, you used yourself as bait to attract the grizzly bear, right?"
Princess Lingyang couldn't help but sigh. Song Wanchu was really brave. If it were her, no matter how much she liked Liang Yuzhou, she wouldn't dare to provoke a man - eating monster.
"I won't love him anymore."
Song Wanchu showed a sad and beautiful smile to Princess Lingyang.
These words seemed to be said to Princess Lingyang, but in fact, they were said to herself.
Princess Lingyang stared at her suspiciously. Could one really give up on someone they loved just like that?
Looking at Song Wanchu's beautiful face with tears in her eyes, she suddenly had a malicious thought. She wanted to test how much Song Wanchu weighed in Liang Yuzhou's heart.
"What if I tie you up and hang you on the big tree outside and call a bunch of hooligans to watch? Will Liang Erge come to rescue you?"
She blinked her bright eyes, looking like an innocent little girl who didn't know what evil was.
A cold sweat broke out on Song Wanchu's back instantly.
Facing an "evil" child who could wield great power and was protected by the highest imperial authority, she had almost no ability to resist.
Moreover, she was sure that no matter how much Princess Lingyang humiliated and tortured her, Liang Yuzhou wouldn't leave Yu Huiyan's side to rescue her.
Comforting the wronged Yu Huiyan was much more important than rescuing the humiliated her.
Looking at Princess Lingyang's excited and eager eyes, her mouth went dry. "I'm afraid I'll disappoint Your Highness. He won't come."
"What if I strip you naked? You're his honored concubine, after all. Won't he care at all that his woman is seen naked by a bunch of hooligans?"
It was impossible to reason with such a naughty child. Song Wanchu's legs felt weak, and she unconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to rush out of the door.
"Quickly catch her, you two. I haven't had enough fun yet. She can't run away!"
Two tall maidservants, holding the hemp ropes that had been used to tie Yu Huiyan, walked towards her step by step.
Her slender shoulders were firmly grasped. The two maidservants twisted her arms behind her back, and the rough hemp rope was wrapped tightly around her slender wrists...
Liang Yuzhou sent Yu Huiyan back to the Yu family.
On the way, Yu Huiyan lifted the curtain of the carriage and stared at Liang Yuzhou on the horse with longing eyes.
"Cousin, it's hot. Why don't you get in the carriage? It's too sunny on the horse."
"No need," Liang Yuzhou replied indifferently. "Your reputation is important when you're out."
Inside the carriage where Liang Yuzhou couldn't see, Yu Huiyan clenched her fists tightly, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.
The reason of caring about her reputation was just an excuse to avoid getting close to her!
Why could that bitch Song Wanchu ride in the same carriage as her cousin?
She didn't know what kind of seductive means she used to make her cousin can't help but kiss and hug her.
Since she framed Song Wanchu and forced her to jump into the lake to prove her innocence, Liang Yuzhou's attitude towards her had become colder. Not only did he talk to her less and less, but he also rarely even looked at her.
Yu Huiyan was very panicked.
Although Princess Chang was acting as the matchmaker, she knew Liang Yuzhou's character well. Even the old master's whip couldn't make him yield, so Princess Chang's coercion might not make him compromise.
"Cousin, are you angry with me?"
She carefully cast a questioning look, looking humble and pitiful.
Liang Yuzhou's eyes shifted and he stared at her fixedly, with a hint of sharpness in the corners of his eyes.
"Why did you make Princess Lingyang angry?"
Yu Huiyan's eyes were filled with mist. Before she could speak, her sobs came out first.
Caidie said, "Second Master, our girl didn't see the sign that the Fenjin Tower doesn't serve outsiders. She accidentally walked in. Coincidentally, she met Princess Lingyang asking the boss where the priceless red agate bracelet had gone. The boss said that you, Second Master, bought it and gave it to our girl. Then the princess flew into a rage and tied our girl up and humiliated her!"
Just thinking about how she was stepped on the face and scolded by Princess Lingyang just now, Yu Huiyan couldn't stop crying.
What was even more infuriating was that Song Wanchu saw her being humiliated like a dog on the ground!
The only thing that could console her now was that Song Wanchu was left by her cousin to take her place and be humiliated. She was eager to hear the news tomorrow morning that Song Wanchu had been so humiliated by Princess Lingyang that she was on the verge of death from shame and anger...
She thought that Caidie's complaint would arouse Liang Yuzhou's pity, but he just curled his lips. There was not a trace of love in his cold eyes. "Did the boss say that, or did you tell the princess?"
This rhetorical question was as cold as the winter wind in a snowy night. Yu Huiyan was stunned. Her heart started to pound uncontrollably, and her eyes darted around, clearly showing her guilt.