Chapter 1196 - The Engagement (1/2)

She had never expected that… he would give her away to another man. He wanted Xuan Mu to torture and ridicule her.

Maybe he was afraid of dirtying his own hands.

“Are you surprised? I think you and my brother suit each other. The two of you are a match made in heaven. Didn’t he want to make you his concubine? I’m just helping the two of you out.”

Xuan Ying raised his eyes to look at the door as a beautiful figure walked in. It was Shi Xiaoxiao.

“Ying,” Shi Xiaoxiao said as she walked over to Xuan Ying.

Xuan Ying reached out to hold her slim waist and looked down at Feng Lingxue who was kneeling beside his legs. “We’re going to be engaged soon, and you, Shi Xiaoxiao, will be the Silver Mask King’s consort.”

He was getting engaged?

He was getting married?

Oh. How great.

Feng Lingxue clutched the cashmere carpet at her feet, digging her fingernails into her own hand. The two of them had reached a dead end today.

…

South Palace.

Xuan Mu was brought into the room and the doctor ran in and out of his room busily.

The South Palace was in an uproar.

Seeing her son in such a state, the South Duchess was inconsolable. “What happened to my son? Please save him. He hasn’t even married yet, so he can’t be infertile.”

The doctors were all in cold sweat. “South Duchess, the South Duke was kicked by someone… down there. It has burst apart. I’m sorry to inform you that… I’m afraid the South Duke will no longer be able to… carry out bedroom affairs, maybe not even… have a child…”

What? So what the doctor meant was… Xuan Mu was now a eunuch?

How did this happen?

How did things turn out like this?

The South Duchess turned to look at Feng Lingxue. She ran over and slapped her. The slap rang out loud and clear. Feng Lingxue had been hit across her whole face.

“You little b*tch, it’s all because of you that I can’t treat Xuan Mu. Do you want me to beat you to death?”

The South Duchess expression was sinister. She took a cane from a maid and started beating Feng Lingxue with it.

The thin poplar cane struck Feng Lingxue’s skin with a piercing sound. Her clothes were torn apart as red welts started appearing on her skin. She was being hit so hard her skin was splitting.

The South Duchess already had a habit of caning the pretty concubines and maids. Now she was taking all her anger towards Xuan Ying out on her. She would love nothing more than to cane her to death!

One of the maids at the side raised her head to take a peek. It was already late winter now, but Feng Lingxue had been dressed only in a thin dress when she was brought over. She stood in the cold weather being caned by the South Duchess. In this cruel world, she was originally alone and had no means of defense. She was weak and helpless, and now she didn’t hide, she only stood there taking all of the South Duchess’s blows.

Tonight was a battle of rights, and she was just a sacrifice. She had shouldered all her punishment.

Mu Mu and her were just like grains of sand in the great sea. Their lives were tiny and irrelevant.

“That’s enough!” At this moment, the South Duke shouted out loud.

The South Duchess finally stopped. She had caned Feng Lingxue over 10 times and her hand was aching. “Little b*tch, don’t hate me. If you want to hate someone, hate Xuan Ying. He must really hate you to have delivered you to my doorstep for a beating!”

Xuan Ying…

Feng Lingxue processed this name numbly. She placed her hands shakily on her heart. She dug in hard with her fingers, as though she wanted to dig her own heart out.

Then it wouldn’t hurt so much anymore.

She would be free.

Her entire body was burning in pain. Her legs gave way and she collapsed onto the cold ground like a broken doll.

The South Duke’s face was ashen. He stared at Feng Lingxue in hatred. He should have gotten rid of her three years ago.

Now Xuan Ying had made away with Xuan Mu’s tally stick and trapped him in the South Palace. All his efforts had come to naught.

…

Feng Lingxue was thrown into a woodshed. Mo Mo said loudly from the outside, “The South Duchess has ordered that no one is to bring food to her. She will start working tomorrow and she’s not allowed to rest. You’re not to give her even a drop of water!”