In the dungeon of the Dongsheng Kingdom.
It was deep night. The dungeon was far from peaceful. The lecherous second elder brother had heard that Yaoji might be executed. So he planned to do something despicable that night.
He put some knockout drops in the pre - prepared food and wine. After Yaoji passed out, he pounced on her. Unexpectedly, just as he was forcing himself on her, the fourth junior suddenly rushed in.
The second elder brother angrily knocked him down with a wooden stick, but he was too naive...
When he turned around, he saw the fourth junior with a blood - covered face, glaring at him fiercely and roaring, "You dared to deceive me!!!"
Then the fourth junior picked up the wooden stick in his hand and started swinging it at the man in front of him one blow after another. Soon, the second elder brother was knocked to the ground. With blood all over his head, he hugged his head and pleaded, "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. Second brother really didn't deceive you!"
But the fourth junior couldn't hear anything. All he knew was that the beautiful lady he liked was being bullied, and this man had even taken the silver his mother left for his marriage.
The second elder brother never expected the situation to turn out like this. The fool in front of him was extremely strong, and he was holding a weapon. The second elder brother was no match for him.
He only felt the excruciating pain as the wooden sticks landed on his body. Then his mind grew more and more hazy, and soon he fell into a complete unconsciousness.
But the fourth junior didn't stop. It was not until a large pool of blood gushed out from the man on the ground that he absent - mindedly threw away the wooden stick in his hand. Then he murmured in a panicked way, "Blood... so much blood... red, haha..."
At this moment, he was the only conscious person in the dungeon. The second elder brother was lying in a pool of blood, his life or death unknown. Yaoji was also unconscious from the knockout drops.
He walked step by step towards the woman. Seeing that her upper body was almost naked, he murmured softly, "It's so cold. Aren't you cold without clothes?!"
Then he clumsily buttoned up her clothes, but the smooth feeling under his hands made him a bit out of control. This woman in front of him was the "bride" he had been longing for day and night. He would hide in the dark and secretly watch her every night.
He would come to see her whenever he had time and was even willing to give her all his silver. But why did she always look at him with disgust?
"Why..." he murmured.
Obviously, the unconscious woman couldn't give him any answer.
Suddenly, the fool lost control. He stopped his movements, his eyes filled with terror. Then he let out two sinister laughs, tore the woman's clothes apart with brute force, and then pounced on her.
"I, the fourth junior, will also help the lady check her body...!"
...
"Ah——!"
Before dawn the next day, a scream erupted in the dungeon. It was Yaoji.
When she woke up, she found herself half - naked and the man lying in a pool of blood beside her. Immediately, she recalled what had happened the previous night.
That damned servant had drugged her. Then she had passed out, and she couldn't remember what happened later.
She didn't even dare to think about it. Just thinking about it made her feel nauseous. The strange feeling in her body also told her that she must have been violated by that servant last night...
Thinking of this, she summoned all her strength to stand up and kicked the man on the ground. But due to her weakness, she almost fell to the ground.
The man on the ground didn't move at all. Apparently, he was already dead.
Who had been here? What had really happened to her body? Was it someone else?
The more she thought about it, the more her tears fell uncontrollably. This was the first time she felt that beauty was such a trouble - attracting thing. It was precisely because of this face that she had ended up like this.
Thinking of this, she looked up and let out a wild laugh. Then she picked up a gravel and scratched it across her left cheek.
It would be better to destroy this useless beauty!!!
After doing all this, she collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, completely losing consciousness.
All this was clearly seen by the fourth junior hiding in the dark. Now he really didn't look like a fool at all. He even thought of how to frame someone. He shifted all the blame to the second elder brother, claiming that he was just a loyal man who had accidentally killed him while trying to save the lady.
In this way, he had taken all the advantages and would even gain a reputation for being virtuous.
"Hehe..."
He laughed at the air. At this moment, his shrewd and calculating look didn't seem like that of a fool at all. But now he had to continue to act like a fool and report to the emperor...
On the other side, in the Qianqing Palace.
Helian Qi had just finished the court session and was about to ask Eunuch Li to go to the dungeon to read out the imperial edict pardoning Yaoji. But at this moment, Eunuch Li came in first and said in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty, the dungeon guard, the fourth junior, requests an audience."
Helian Qi couldn't help frowning. He was a bit confused and worried that something might go wrong. So he waved his hand to signal the man to come in.
Then he saw a man in a dungeon guard's uniform come in. He was about thirty years old, but his face showed a look of idiocy, which made it obvious that he was mentally handicapped.
"Y - Your Majesty, this servant has something to report!" he stammered, not daring to look up. Obviously, he was a bit afraid of the man sitting on the high seat.
Helian Qi stared at him with a solemn look and asked, "What is it?"
Then he stammered out what had happened last night. But in his story, it was the second elder brother who had committed all the crimes. He just said with a look of guilt that he had accidentally killed the second elder brother while trying to save the lady.
"Your Majesty, please punish the fourth junior!" he said, still trembling with his head down.
After hearing this, Helian Qi's heart skipped a beat. He immediately summoned the imperial physician to go to the dungeon to check on Yaoji. His brows also frowned involuntarily. He didn't expect that in just one night, that woman would have suffered such things.
Did it mean that the servants had become so bold now?!
"How dare you!" he roared angrily.
The fourth junior immediately knelt on the ground in response. His forehead was throbbing. Filled with fear, he still didn't dare to look up at all. All he knew was that the man sitting on the high seat was angry, and his legs had gone weak.
"Stand up and look at me!" Helian Qi said.
He always felt that there was something strange about the servant below. Although he looked like a fool, how could he recount what had happened last night so clearly?