“If your family had treated Xiao Ya well, maybe I would have put the past behind me and let you become Xiao Ya’s slaves and serve her for the rest of your lives, but now… I think Xiao Ya doesn’t want to see you again.”
Xiao Ya had been hurt so badly. She had not fully recovered, but these people had abused her again.
It was all her fault for not protecting Xiao Ya…
“Little Soul…”
Little Soul’s body stiffened.
Feng Ruqing placed Xiao Ya slowly on the ground with an expressionless face. “You and Little Sword protect her. Don’t let anyone hurt her again!”
The black sword was a little scared, trembling.
Little Soul did not say anything as it stood next to Xiao Ya.
‘The Ninth Emperor is a madwoman. No one can stop her when she’s angry…’
Only Qing Zhu was a little envious of Xiao Ya.
‘If Princess treats me like how she treats Xiao Ya, perhaps Master will not dare to threaten me to make me into snake soup again…’
‘Why not ask Princess to be my master? She’ll protect me just like she protects Xiao Ya!’
“You’re Duan Qiong’s second wife, right?”
Feng Ruqing walked toward Zhen Tian and said, “I don’t know what Xiao Ya had suffered back then. I met her with bruises all over her body, and the wounds are still there even after twenty years.
“She was poisoned and mute, and her wound was so deep that she could not recover for years. I could help her heal her wounds and scars, but she refused.
“A woman who doesn’t want to recover her beauty must have reasons related to her love. I asked her if the person who injured her was her lover, she denied it. However, she admitted that… She was hurt because of her lover.”
Zhen Tian trembled as her eyes were filled with panic.
“No matter how much that old man hated Xiao Ya, he would not ruin her face. At most he would just kill her…”
It must be Zhen Tian, who was jealous of Xiao Ya’s beauty!
“No, don’t be ridiculous…”
‘I’ll never admit it. Never!’
She loved Duan Qiong, and she had only him in her heart! If she confessed, Duan Qiong would surely leave her, a pain she could not bear!
“It’s alright if you don’t admit it, as long as I know that you did it…” Feng Ruqing sneered. “I’m not saying all this to make you confess but to make it clear that you lost your life for what you did back then! I want you to regret what you did before you die!”
Whether she pleaded guilty or not was none of her business.
She would never let the people who had hurt Xiao Ya go, but she would not kill them wantonly. All guilt would depend on the act.
For example, Duan Qiong…
He tried to kill Xiao Ya. However, if Xiao Ya could not let go of him, she would turn him into Xiao Ya’s slave.
As for Zhen Tian…
She deserved more than a thousand cuts!
Feng Ruqing raised her hand, and a blast of spiritual qi sprang into Zhen Tian’s brain.
Zhen Tian’s face was pale with pain, and her voice cracked.
