Chapter 65 (2/2)

‘Someone go and tie up that woman scum!’ Pei Zhang ordered.

Pei Zhang left the chamber and Chu Thi smiled at the imposter Feng Lang.

‘Go and receive your reward,’ Chu Thi said.

The imposter Feng Lang thanked Chu Thi and left the chamber.

Xiao Hai met the imposter Feng Lang. The real Feng Lang had bitten off his tongue to prove Dian Thi’s innocence.

It was a pity Dian Thi wasn’t sincerely grateful the real Feng Lang killed himself to protect Dian Thi and their child.

Chu Thi purposely imprisoned Feng Lang to see how Dian Thi would react. If Dian Thi was guilty then Dian Thi would react recklessly. Chu Thi thought it was laughable Dian Thi was fooled by a simple tactic.

In Dian Thi’s chamber she was more anxious because she thought Feng Lang died too smoothly… her anxiety was right, she heard footsteps approached her chamber. She saw guards kicked her door open and her beautiful face whitened.

In the palace Consort Mu knocked over a teapot.

‘Is that true?’ Consort Mu asked.

‘Dian Thi confessed,’ one of Pei Zhang’s personal guards said.

‘Escort me to seventh prince’s manor!’ Consort Mu said.

Consort Mu lied to the emperor that Dian Thi was ill and the emperor consented.

Pei Zhang destroyed everything in the courtyard but no one conscious knew why except for Chu Thi.

After Consort Mu visited the manor, everyone else knew Pei Zhang wasn’t angry over something minor.

Consort Mu frowned to see fear in everyone’s eyes but she calmly walked toward Pei Zhang’s chamber.

Inside Pei Zhang’s chamber he held a leather whip and Dian Thi was bound and unconscious on the floor. It was the fresh blood on Dian Thi’s body that startled Consort Mu.

‘Xiao Zhang, do you want to beat her to death?’ Consort Mu asked.

‘Beating her to death is too soft,’ Pei Zhang said.

‘Xiao Zhang!’ Consort Mu said. ‘Wake up! If you beat her to death, how are you going to explain her death to your imperial father?’

‘I only want to cut this scum into pieces!’ Pei Zhang said.

‘It’s useless to be angry,’ Consort Mu said. ‘How many outsiders know about this?’

‘Two,’ Pei Zhang said.

‘Is there a chance this secret will be exposed?’ Consort Mu asked.

‘No, they’re dead,’ Pei Zhang said.

‘Good, if that fox Huang Guo finds out… I don’t know what your imperial father would do,’ Consort Mu said.

‘How should I deal with this scum?’ Pei Zhang asked.

‘Of course the child can’t be spared,’ Consort Mu said. ‘But if this child dies, it’ll be a disadvantage for us while your ninth brother’s wife is pregnant.’

Consort Mu and Pei Zhang were in deep thought.

‘If the child looks like her then the child can live until you have an heir… but if the child looks like him…’ Consort Mu said.

‘What do we do?’ Pei Zhang asked.

‘If this child must die then your ninth brother’s child must die too!’ Consort Mu said.

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End of Chapter Sixty-Five