After Ji Yunqing left, fully satisfied, Shen Wei stayed in a daze for a while before staggering out from behind the wardrobe. "If he doesn't like me, why did he marry me? Why does he have to humiliate me like this?!"
Shen Wei had already bitten through her lower lip.
God knows how much self - control she had used to stop herself from crying out when she heard his conversation with Wen Yu just now.
She walked up to Wen Yu, reached out to lift the iron chain, and tried to find a way to unlock it.
At first, Wen Yu's injuries had just looked terrifying. But after hearing her cries of pain and seeing the bloodstains on her body, Shen Wei was truly shocked.
"Does it hurt?" Shen Wei even forgot her own humiliation for a moment. She looked at Wen Yu timidly. "So it turns out that the matter of Madam Liu was true. He told my father that it was all framed by the Second Prince..."
She could hardly believe all that she had learned today.
Ji Yunqing had always been modest and polite in the Shen family, and he had taken good care of her in private.
Moreover, his mother - concubine had even lowered herself several times to send valuable gifts to show her goodwill in order to arrange the marriage between the Shen family and Ji Yunqing.
She never thought that the rumors about Ji Yunqing were true.
She never expected that he would be so bold.
There were many prodigal sons among the aristocrats. What Ji Yunqing did might not be the most excessive, but it was definitely the most audacious.
An ordinary prodigal son would only go as far as to abuse women in brothels, but Ji Yunqing had imprisoned the Anning County Mistress, personally conferred by the emperor, and even found guards to defile her!
Both the Wen and Shen families were not of humble origins.
How dare he!
Shen Wei was both angry and heart - broken. Her body couldn't stop shaking.
"Do you believe what I said now?" Wen Yu said weakly as she struggled to sit up.
Originally, her body was already seriously injured, and she shouldn't have provoked Ji Yunqing today. But in order to let Shen Wei know the truth, she had no choice.
Seeing that Wen Yu was still so rational at this moment, Shen Wei seemed at a loss. "What should I do?"
"Although my Shen family cannot dominate the court, we will not tolerate such humiliation. Once I tell my father about this, they will surely be willing to help me."
As Shen Wei spoke, her eyes flashed with anger.
Although she had been strictly supervised in the boudoir, it was because her family was too worried about her safety.
Although Shen's father, as the Minister of War, was not a military official, he was also highly skilled in martial arts.
When Shen Wei was young, she had learned martial arts with her elder brother from their father. But once, when she and her elder brother were out, they saved a merchant's daughter who had been kidnapped by bandits, and thus incurred hatred.
On the day when her elder brother married the merchant's daughter, several revenge - seeking bandits sneaked into the wedding crowd.
After her elder brother died on his wedding day, Shen's father never dared to let Shen Wei go out freely again.
She had been spoiled by her family since childhood and had a chivalrous nature. What Ji Yunqing had done was truly unbearable for her.
[Is this side concubine crazy? Instead of helping her husband, she wants to help this vicious female lead?]
[Isn't this ancient times? Didn't she learn the Three Obediences and Four Virtues? She's already married to the Third Prince. Does she want to kill her husband?]
[Throw her into the pig cage!]
[I'm saying this female lead is stupid. So what if this side concubine is willing to help her? What waves can two women make? I don't believe it.]
Wen Yu watched the barrage of comments scroll by and suddenly curled her lips.
Perhaps, this was also a good opportunity to involve Li Qilun.
"Maybe I should let you go first. If you stay here, you'll surely lose your life." A look of determination flashed across Shen Wei's eyes. As she said this, she was about to get up and call Lv Luo in to unlock the chain, but Wen Yu grabbed her.
She slowly shook her head and said firmly, "If I leave now, Ji Yunqing will immediately know about our alliance. I can leave, but you're still the side concubine of the Third Prince. If I leave, your situation will be dangerous."
"Don't worry about me. He doesn't want my life for now."
Hearing this, there was more worry in Shen Wei's eyes. She frowned and instinctively wanted to refute.
"Don't be in a hurry. Listen to me. I've already thought of a way." Wen Yu said and motioned for Shen Wei to come closer.
After hearing the whole plan, Shen Wei looked at Wen Yu in surprise.
"Did he also humiliate you?" Shen Wei asked uncertainly.
She didn't want to involve innocent people.
This was her principle.
Wen Yu nodded. "Yes, he also wronged me. This is the price he should pay."
"Since that's the case, I'll follow your arrangement." Shen Wei sighed and glanced at Wen Yu's injuries. "But your injuries..."
[What bad idea is this female lead thinking of? It seems that there's another person involved. Could it be General Li?]
[Are you kidding? What did General Li do wrong to her?]
[Wasn't she willing when she rolled into bed with General Li back then? Now she hates him? Is this female lead just a hater?]
Compared with Ji Yunqing and Pei Shen, what Li Qilun did seemed much milder.
But any kind of harm, no matter how mild, was still harm.
If he never intended to marry her, he shouldn't have coaxed her on one hand while delaying the proposal on the other.
He shouldn't have pretended to be drunk and had a relationship with her after her marriage.
Moreover, if Li Qilun hadn't delayed the proposal, she might not have married Pei Qing.
As things had developed to this point, wasn't Li Qilun also one of the culprits?
In that case, she might as well stir up the water even more and drag him into the mud as well.
None of the people she wanted to take revenge on were innocent!
After Lv Luo unlocked the door again, Xun Ying finally got a chance to come in and see Wen Yu.
"Miss Wen!" Although he had been prepared, he was still shocked. His voice began to tremble. "I... I'll apply medicine to you."
He hurriedly took out the ointment from his bosom. His hands were shaking so much that he almost dropped the medicine bottle.
Such an unsteady reaction was completely out of line with his former identity as a secret guard.
"What are you afraid of? The injury is on me. Why do you look more pained than I am?"
Wen Yu chuckled and couldn't help teasing him.
Hearing this, Xun Ying's eyes darkened. He said dejectedly, "I'm different from Miss Wen. I can bear this injury, but it shouldn't be on Miss Wen."
He rubbed the ointment in his palm to warm it up, and then carefully applied it to Wen Yu's wounds.
Xun Ying was so afraid of hurting her that he deliberately slowed down his movements, as if he was handling a fragile treasure.
But there were too many wounds on her body.
No matter how careful he was, he would inevitably press on a wound.
"I'm sorry, Miss Wen. I'm so clumsy..." There was a sob in Xun Ying's voice. His light - brown eyes were misted with tears. His long, crow - blue eyelashes trembled slightly, and his expression was broken. "Let me take you away. If you really want revenge, I'll kill him for you. Don't stay here anymore!"
Xun Ying's tears began to flow the moment he opened his mouth.
"Stop crying. I'm fine. It just looks scary, but actually they're just skin injuries. You should know better than me."
Wen Yu sighed helplessly and reached out to wipe the tears from the corner of Xun Ying's eyes.
As she did so, the chains rattled.
Xun Ying heard the sound and looked over. His eyes were filled with more pain. "How could he treat you like this? I'll go and kill him. Don't suffer anymore."