Yan Zhen's eyes suddenly turned cold: "That person?"
The sect leader suddenly trembled and repeatedly kowtowed, begging for mercy: "I don't know who that person is... I only know that he is a young master who gave me a large sum of money and said he wanted this woman's life. Please spare my life, sir! Please spare my life!"
Yan Zhen said indifferently, "Use torture."
The sect leader's face turned deathly pale, and he cried out, "My lord, I really don't know who that person is! Even if you beat me to death, you really won't get any information out of me!"
Yan Zhen vanished from his spot in a flash, his cold voice drifting back: "Then let's fight until we're dead."
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When An Xin woke up, she saw a pillow embroidered with datura flowers. The embroidery was beautiful and exquisite, and it exuded a faint, refreshing fragrance... An Xin was slightly startled, and then realized that she was lying face down.
She moved her body, and her whole body immediately felt like it was on fire. An Xin frowned, turned her head, and saw a little girl hurrying over.
An Xin remained silent.
The young maid exclaimed in surprise, "Miss is awake?"
An Xin asked calmly, "Where is this?"
The young maid hurriedly brought over a bowl of medicine and said, "The Prime Minister's residence, the master went to court early this morning, and he should still be in court at this hour. Please drink your medicine first, young lady."
An Xin glanced at the bowl of herbal soup and said calmly, "I can't drink it. How badly am I injured?"
The young girl had never seen a woman so calm and collected despite being injured. She exclaimed in astonishment, "Miss, your injuries are extremely severe. Your original skin will probably be left with unsightly scars. Injuries are not easy to heal, but you were also splashed with chili water, causing the wound to become infected and fester. By the way, Miss has been unconscious for three days and three nights. When the adults brought Miss back, she was covered in blood. It was horrible."
An Xin was taken aback: "Three days and three nights? Father, Mother..."
The maid smiled and said, "Miss, just focus on recovering. The magistrate of Taicang has already informed you. By the way, I've changed my name to Qiuyue. Please just call me by my name."
An Xin asked with slight relief, "Where are the iron shackles on my hands?"
Qiuyue carefully blew on the medicine and said, "Those shackles are made of fine iron. It took the master many precious swords to figure out how to open them."
An Xin said calmly, "The keyhole is complicated, but it's not difficult to open." If she were awake, she could open it herself.
“The young lady is so badly injured, especially her back, which is why she can only lie face down like this. Your bed is always a bit hard, so I had someone stuff a lot of goose down into the cushion. I'm sure that will make you more comfortable.” Qiuyue smiled and fed the medicine to Anxin.
An Xin didn't refuse and drank it casually.
"Thank you for taking care of my injuries these past few days," An Xin said with a slight smile, as if to express her goodwill.
Qiu Yue suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, "The injuries on the young lady's body were not treated by this servant. The master summoned all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital, but the young lady's injuries were all to her body. Those physicians from the Imperial Hospital are all old men. How could the master let them handle it? He does everything himself. Therefore, the injuries on the young lady's body were all treated by the master."
An Xin felt a shiver run through her body, her smile froze on her face, and her lips trembled as she asked, "Who did you say it was?"
Qiuyue smiled and said, "It's an adult! The adult wouldn't allow outsiders like us to touch the young lady's body."
An Xin felt that her expression could no longer convey her feelings. Her face was uncertain for a long time before she finally gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "That bastard!"
If she does everything herself, wouldn't that mean... wouldn't that mean... he'd see right through her?!
Thinking of this, An Xin's ears turned as red as if they were about to bleed, but she was also furious at Yan Zhen, that bastard who took advantage of her misfortune. At this moment, she felt even more pain all over her body!
Despite the pain, An Xin tried to get up, startling Qiu Yue who hurriedly supported her, saying, "Miss, you're seriously injured, you mustn't move!"
An Xin said coldly, "Let go."
Qiu Yue suddenly shuddered and instinctively flinched. An Xin felt as if all her wounds had reopened with that movement. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Qiu Yue, seeing the person outside, cried out as if seeing a lifeline, "My lord..."
"You can go now." Yan Zhen glanced at An Xin, and Qiu Yue didn't dare to say anything more, so she hurriedly retreated.
An Xin stared at Yan Zhen with a gloomy expression and said, "You..." What? At this moment, she felt ashamed to say anything she wanted to say.
Yan Zhen casually closed the door and walked slowly to the bedside. An Xin raised her hand to punch him, but it aggravated her wound. She gasped in pain, and the punch that was about to hit his chest suddenly felt light.
"You can continue fighting once you're done. Lie down first." Yan Zhen casually placed her face down on the bed.
An Xin gritted her teeth and said, "You're shameless!"
Yan Zhen suddenly laughed and said, "Your body has suffered all this, but your mind is perfectly fine."
Anxin was furious.
"Don't move, it's time to apply the medicine." Yan Zhen said, slowly beginning to undress her. An Xin felt a chill run through her body and roared fiercely, "You dare!"
Yan Zhen raised her eyelashes and glanced at her, saying, "Well, it's not like I didn't dare to try."
An Xin felt as if a mouthful of blood was stuck in her chest.
"What are you afraid of? I will take responsibility for you. After all, you are so hard to marry. This time, I will also put your mother's mind at ease." As he said this, he casually pressed An Xin's pressure point.
An Xin's face turned green, and she glared at Yan Zhen with murderous intent: "Stop!"
Yan Zhen indeed stopped, and said calmly, "How about we have those old men from the Imperial Hospital change your dressing?"
An Xin felt a headache coming on and gritted her teeth, saying, "Call me Qiuyue!"
Yan Zhen said with a deep look in her eyes, "Only I can touch your body. I just changed my name to Qiuyue."
An Xin's lips froze!
I've seen people with no bottom line, but I've never seen anyone this shameless!
Yan Zhen looked up to undress her again. Even though An Xin was usually calm, she could no longer remain so, and then she watched helplessly as she was stripped naked...
An Xin stared at Yan Zhen as if she had seen a ghost.