Having figured everything out, Song Wanchu felt extremely nauseated.
She had originally thought that, as a prominent and wealthy family, the Yue family, with the well - known Elder Lady Yue who was once the wet nurse of the princess, would at least care about their dignity.
She was also a woman, a woman who had emerged from the ruthless imperial palace.
Yet she would use such malicious and filthy means to ruin her!
Song Wanchu and Chu Yueying had retreated to the corner of the wall with nowhere else to go.
Yue Chengkong glanced at the ginger soup spilled on the ground. Slowly, the corners of his lips curled up, forming a sinister and evil smile.
"You're quite smart, huh? It's just a pity that you're not smart enough."
In his eyes, Chu Yueying was like a skinny little chick.
Since she was unwilling to drink the sleeping drug and fall asleep, he didn't mind giving her a slap.
Knocking her out would achieve the same result.
"What... what are you going to do to Sister Wanchu?"
Chu Yueying instinctively sensed that Yue Chengkong had ill intentions towards Sister Wanchu.
Her own body was shaking like a sieve, but she still bravely tried to stand in front of Song Wanchu.
Song Wanchu's eyes were hot.
Her hands were also shaking as she tightly grasped the dagger on her wrist.
The dagger that Liang Yuzhou had given her.
Yue Chengkong let out a creepy laugh, like a giant python flicking its tongue. His sticky and greedy gaze clung to Song Wanchu's face.
Chu Yueying was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Yue Chengkong swallowed his saliva eagerly. He pinched Song Wanchu's chin with two fingers, his eyes lewd and contemptuous.
Song Wanchu disgustedly shook off his hand and stared fearlessly into his eyes. "You'd better not touch me."
"You're quite feisty, huh? I like it."
"You'd better think clearly about the consequences. If you dare to touch me, I'll die right here on the spot. If I'm ruined, your Yue family will be ruined too. I heard that the new prefect, Lord Shi, is discerning and just. You'll be waiting for a lawsuit!"
Yue Chengkong's face changed slightly, and his eyes turned fierce. "Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! If you don't want me to touch you now, that's fine. Go back and ask your family to come and propose marriage. I can marry you into our family in a grand and glorious way."
Coveting her wealth, lusting after her beauty, yet putting on a superior attitude and looking down on her status, as if marrying her into his family was an act of grace.
This kind of look was simply disgusting.
Chu Yueying trembled all over and roared, "You're just a pile of stinky dung. Sister Wanchu will never marry you!"
Yue Chengkong raised his arm to hit her. Song Wanchu's eyes turned cold. She drew out her dagger and stabbed at his chest.
But Yue Chengkong was a martial artist. Although he was big and stocky, he reacted quickly. He blocked with his arm, and the dagger only left a minor scratch on his palm.
He flew into a rage. "Bitch, you dare to assassinate me?"
Like shaking off a kitten, he grabbed Chu Yueying's arm and flung the little girl aside.
Song Wanchu slapped him, but he grabbed her slender wrist and squeezed it hard.
The pain was like her wrist bone was shattering, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Yue Chengkong grabbed the back of her neck and pressed her onto the table.
A great sense of panic welled up in Song Wanchu's heart. He was too strong. She was no match for him at all.
Just as Yue Chengkong was about to start tearing off her clothes, he suddenly let out a deafening scream. He grabbed his right hand and rolled on the ground, howling continuously.
Song Wanchu's ears buzzed from the shock.
A blur of grayish - blue flashed before her eyes, and her trembling body fell into a strong and warm embrace.
"Liang... Liang Yuzhou?"
She thought she was having a hallucination. How could Liang Yuzhou be here? Wasn't he performing a ritual in the outer courtyard?
Soon she realized that the "Daoist Qingzhou" in the outer courtyard was an imposter!
Liang Yuzhou had come for her. It was as if he had the ability to foresee the future and knew that she would be in danger in the Yue family...
Her panicked and suspended heart finally found a place to rest. Song Wanchu took a deep breath and only then realized that she was covered in cold sweat.
When Chu Yueying saw Liang Yuzhou, she was greatly shocked, but it quickly turned into joy.
In the little girl's eyes, Liang Yuzhou was like a god descending to save Sister Wanchu!
Liang Yuzhou's eyes were frosty. He stared at Yue Chengkong, who was rolling and howling on the ground, with a dark and fierce look in his eyes.
Yue Chengkong made quite a commotion, but unfortunately, this courtyard was very secluded, and all the servants had been sent away in advance.
Elder Lady Yue had originally intended to provide convenience for her son to commit a crime, but unexpectedly, it backfired. She didn't even hear her son's screams.
Liang Yuzhou gently covered Song Wanchu's ears, and she didn't dodge.
When Yue Chengkong's howls gradually turned into painful gasps, he removed his hand from her ears.
It seemed as if his warmth was still continuously seeping into her body.
"Wanchu, if you're scared, you don't have to look."
Liang Yuzhou walked up to Yue Chengkong and looked down at him coldly.
Yue Chengkong was lying on the ground, like a dying pig.
Song Wanchu still looked, and her face immediately turned deathly pale.
Chu Yueying trotted over and threw herself into her arms. The little girl was so scared that she couldn't even cry.
Yue Chengkong was covering his blood - soaked right hand. His thumb and index finger had been cut off.
- It was these two fingers that he had just used to pinch Song Wanchu's chin.
Yue Chengkong was lying on the ground. His overwhelming anger made him want to kill, but when he saw the man in front of him clearly, his body seemed to turn to stone.
It was impossible, absolutely impossible. How could Liang Yuzhou be here?
"You... you..." He was so shocked that he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Wanchu, you two go out first. I have something to talk to Lord Yue alone."
His expression was calm, as if he had really just come to talk about what kind of tea he had drunk today.
But in his eyes, there was a surging and blood - thirsty darkness.
His aura was terrifying.
Song Wanchu could imagine that this would be a bloody conversation.
She pulled the trembling Chu Yueying and walked out of the room.
Behind them, there was another shrill scream from Yue Chengkong.
A man with such a rough voice could actually scream so loudly that it made one's eardrums ache.
It must have been extremely painful.
Song Wanchu didn't want to know at all what Liang Yuzhou had done to him.
After a short while, Liang Yuzhou walked out.
He walked lightly, without a speck of dust on his body. The blood - thirsty darkness had faded, and he had returned to being the noble and extraordinary Daoist Qingzhou.
"Here." He put the dagger back on Song Wanchu's wrist.
There was no more sound in the room.
Chu Yueying asked with trembling pale lips, "Did you kill him?"
"I didn't kill him, but there's no point in him living." Liang Yuzhou said casually. "I'll take you two out. No matter what happens later, you two stay in the carriage and don't come out."
"Wait a minute."
Song Wanchu looked into his eyes. "I need to go to the fish - watching pavilion by the lake."
There was no need for further explanation. Liang Yuzhou understood immediately.
Like a gust of wind, he quickly hid and disappeared without a trace.
But Song Wanchu could feel his watching gaze.
It gave her an inexplicable sense of peace.
"Sister Wanchu, where are we going?" Chu Yueying was completely confused.
"To avenge you." Song Wanchu said concisely.
Along the way, as expected, they didn't see a single servant.
Elder Lady Yue had really thought things through.
On the fish - watching pavilion, Yue Jiaojiao was still gorging herself.
She looked even happier than before.
Song Wanchu walked up and slapped her twice, which stunned Yue Jiaojiao.