The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 294 - 298: Battle of the Inner Courtyard (24)

Chapter 294: Chapter 298: Battle of the Inner Courtyard (24)

"Marry a wife for her wisdom," Su Shi finally understood this principle at this time.

He stared deeply at his daughter, her face full of confusion, and at his wife, who showed an expression suggesting it wasn’t a big deal, and let out a forlorn, drawn-out roar, "Are you trying to bring death upon our household?"

Zhu Liusha wiped her tears away, "How could that be... I still couldn’t bring myself to see Ah Yin suffer like that, you don’t know, Ah Yin even reached for scissors in front of me...."

Even though Zhu Liusha had also taken the shattered, ground-down words Su Shi had said to heart, her understanding wasn’t truly profound.

In her subconscious, she always felt that her husband was highly capable.

After all, when everyone had opposed her entering the Duke Mansion, didn’t Lord Duke Ying still marry her into the family?

"If Su Ying refuses to marry me, then let your younger daughter take her place."

There wasn’t a stir in the surroundings, yet the Second Prince, Murong Ya, stood outside the door with an ice-cold smile, hands clasped behind his back, looking at the three people inside the room.

Su Shi was filled with sudden fear and immediately fell to his knees, his heart sinking incessantly.

The Second Prince had arrived so quickly, which could only mean that he must have planted spies within the mansion without their knowledge.

Is this man really the unlearned, short-tempered Second Prince?

Or could it be that he was the deepest hidden figure in the imperial court, and everyone, including Your Majesty, had been mistaken about him?

Su Shi lowered his head, "This servant has failed in teaching his daughter..."

Murong Ya laughed heartily, "Not to worry, I find your younger daughter quite agreeable too, her name is Su Xue, right?"

When the Second Prince mentioned it again, Su Shi couldn’t even pretend not to hear or avoid it anymore.

Zhu Liusha, even more alarmed, "Ah Xue... she’s still young, not yet of age to..."

"Isn’t Su Xue just fourteen years old? Girls from poor families are already mothers at her age, she’s not young anymore."

Murong Ya made a decision that brooked no dissent.

For her part, Su Xue was indifferent; she took a secret glance over and found the Second Prince to be quite handsome.

She hadn’t considered it before, but now that he was mentioning her, Su Xue’s face flushed red, embarrassed.

Murong Ya gave no one the chance to object, "That settles it, then. I hope that when you welcome my bridal procession tomorrow, you will not let me find out that you’ve switched the bride again."

Su Shi hadn’t expected the Second Prince to drop the matter so lightly.

He now worried that this affair had even dragged his youngest daughter into the mire.

He didn’t care about his previous affection, and slapped Zhu Liusha across the face, "Foolish woman, see what you have done? Now Ah Xue will also suffer."

"Su Ying is your daughter, isn’t Ah Xue yours too?"

Su Xue saw her father, who was usually very affectionate towards her mother, change his gentle demeanor for the first time, striking her mother, leaving her almost scared stiff.

Coming to her senses, she spread her arms to shield Zhu Liusha, "Father, how can you hit Mother?"

Su Xue couldn’t understand why her father would say such things; her mother had always been good to her.

Su Shi looked silently at his still naïve younger daughter, "Do you think the Second Prince is such an amicable person?"

"He seems very nice..."

The next day, the wedding at Duke Ying Mansion carried on as usual.

Su Li was aware of all this, and she also knew the whereabouts of Su Ying, who had disappeared without a trace even from Su Shi and Zhu Liusha’s knowledge.

They say that after Su Ying escaped from Duke Ying Mansion, she had intended to contact Yi Yi to help her but couldn’t reach him no matter what.

Without a choice and unable to walk in broad daylight, she thought to disguise herself and contact a caravan heading to Huainan, mixing within them to leave the Capital.

But what she didn’t know was that her whereabouts had long been exposed to those with ill intentions.

She had not even left the Capital when she was suddenly trapped in a sack in a small alley.

It was Su Li who witnessed it with her own eyes.

Su Ying hadn’t expected to be so unlucky. She hadn’t even shown her riches yet, so how had she caught someone’s attention?

Initially, she thought these men, who clearly looked like they were up to no good, were after her money. But even after she threw out all the silver she had on her, they still wouldn’t let her go after taking it.

And their hands kept roaming around her body without stopping.

Su Ying was almost scared to death. She never imagined that in the Capital, beneath heaven’s watch, there would be such audacious people.

By chance, a beautiful girl happened to be passing through the street not far from the alley where she was held.

Su Ying’s eyes lit up as she shouted loudly, "Help...."

The girl was drawn by the shouting and looked over, causing Su Ying’s heart to leap with joy.

This girl’s face was even more beautiful from the front than the side, and the sleazy men holding Su Ying drooled as they looked over.

In a soft voice, Su Ying pleaded, "That girl is even more beautiful than me, and she looks like she comes from a wealthy family.... How about you let me go...."

What Su Ying didn’t expect was that, although the sleazy men kept drooling, they didn’t budge an inch.

It’s not like there was no reaction at all; at least a few of them seemed inclined to go over, but they were stopped by their leader who scolded, "Er Gouzi, control your lower half; let’s get the task our master ordered done first. The girls at Zuixiang Building are much more spirited than these virgins."

Su Li looked on with interest, tilting her head as she observed Su Ying, who was disheveled and in a pitiable state, for quite a while.

This girl is really both stupid and venomous...

Even more ruthless than her mother.

But her experience was still limited. Given room to grow, she might actually make something of herself in the future.

No wonder she was the woman who, in the original owner’s memory, ultimately vied for the position of Crown Princess Consort.

Su Li looked at the increasingly desperate glances Su Ying was sending her way, but all she did was watch before acting as if nothing had happened and walked away.

After leaving the entrance of the alley, she even stood at the only exit for a while out of consideration.

She dissuaded anyone who was trying to enter that street; it wouldn’t do well for her to let someone disturb the men at work inside.

Su Ying watched, in despair, as her only hope floated away, light as a feather.

In her heart, she bitterly cursed the girl she had just seen, imprinting her face in her mind over and over.

She swore that once she got out of this trap, she would make sure the girl from before would pay dearly.

But Su Ying didn’t know that her chances for the rest of her life had already been lost.

The group blindfolded Su Ying and took her to a different courtyard.

Feeling disoriented, Su Ying sensed she was led in many circles. When the cloth covering her eyes was finally removed, she found herself confronted with a face she knew all too well and desperately wanted to escape from.

"My Little Cutie, we meet again."

"This behavior of yours has truly hurt my heart...."

Standing before her, the Second Prince Murong Ya no longer looked like his usual self; he was shrouded in a somber aura.

Talking to himself neurotically, he occasionally burst into laughter, and his sinister gaze, when it fell upon someone, raised goosebumps all over their skin in alarm.

"I’ve told you before, knowing my secret means you must be punished...."

Having said that, Murong Ya took out a whip with barbs on it and swung it a few times in the air.