Su Yuting curled her lips into a mocking smile: "If you kill me with a rock, people will notice!" Qingzhu Garden is flat ground; using rolling stones to kill someone is too clumsy.
Shen Lixue looked at the large stone in her hand, then looked at Su Yuting with a half-smile: "Who said this stone was meant to hit you?"
Su Yuting was taken aback: "Then what will you use it for?"
"Want to know!" Shen Lixue smiled mysteriously: "Then look carefully!"
Shen Lixue raised the large rock high and slammed it down. It didn't hit Su Yuting, but instead smashed it against the side of the nail bed on the ground. The other end of the nail bed was knocked up and hammered into Su Yuting's foot. Four bloody nails instantly emerged from her beautiful embroidered shoe. After the nail bed fell, there were four bloody holes in the shoe...
Blood seeped from her beautiful embroidered shoes, dripping rapidly. A sharp pain shot through her feet, stimulating her fragile nerves. Su Yuting's shrill screams echoed throughout most of the Green Bamboo Garden.
Shen Lixue stared coldly at Su Yuting. Su Yuting had tried every means to set up many shameless traps to harm her. Killing her like this would be too easy for her. The real revenge would be to slowly torture her and drive her to the brink of despair step by step.
"Princess!" Su Yuting's scream was so shrill that it alerted the guards. They dared not enter the bamboo forest and stood outside, asking Shen Lixue for her opinion.
"Miss Su has mistakenly entered the forbidden area and accidentally fallen into a trap. Rescue her and send her back to the Duke of Wen's mansion!" Shen Lixue instructed calmly.
"Yes!" The guard brought a rope and quickly hoisted Su Yuting out of the trap. Looking at the bloody hole in her foot, the bloodstains all over her body, and the two bright bloodstains on her beautiful face, he twitched his lips: "Princess, should we apply some medicine for Miss Su?"
"Does the War King's Mansion have maids?" Shen Lixue asked with a slight smile, seemingly unrelated to the question.
The guard was taken aback: "No."
"Then who will apply the medicine for Miss Su?" Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow.
"Understood!" The guards quickly found a stretcher, carried her out of the bamboo forest, and sent her to the Duke of Wen's mansion.
Su Yuting was seriously injured and had lost too much blood. She was not very lucid and was lying on a stretcher. She was still glaring hatefully in the direction of Shen Lixue, gritting her teeth and cursing, "Bitch, bitch, bitch!"
"Su Yuting's face is ruined, her leg is crippled, and her body is seriously injured. The Duchess of Wen will not let you off the hook." Dongfang Heng, dressed in white, walked out from the depths of the bamboo forest, his flowing white robes contrasting beautifully with the emerald green bamboo, creating a scene as beautiful as a painting.
"Even if I don't hurt Su Yuting, they won't let me go!" Shen Lixue's eyes were deep. Su Yuting already had murderous intent towards her. Rather than passively taking a beating, she might as well take the initiative and beat the enemy!
"Why didn't you let me help you just now?" Dongfang Heng looked at Shen Lixue. Su Yuting was highly skilled in martial arts, and he was worried that she would come out, so he suggested that he help her from the side. Shen Lixue refused and went to deal with Su Yuting alone.
"It's just a small war between women, it's not your place to get involved. If Lady Wen has a bigger scheme, then you can help!" What Shen Lixue was really worried about was that if Dongfang Heng hurt Su Yuting, she could use that as an excuse to force herself to marry Dongfang Heng. She didn't want to drag him into contact with the woman she disliked.
"You saw what happened just now, Imperial Uncle!" Dongfang Heng looked at Shen Lixue, a beautiful smile curving his lips.
Shen Lixue was taken aback: "What did he say?"
"Tell Steward Wang to send his bodyguards to you. If anyone bullies you again, beat them up just like you did before!" Dongfang Heng's eyes narrowed. If it were him, he would have given the same order.
"Didn't they say anything else? Like, that I should restrain my personality and not openly cause trouble?" Shen Lixue guided, as noble families don't like their children causing trouble.
"No!" Dongfang Heng shook his head. As the daughter of the Azure Flame War God Prince, she should not cause trouble, nor should she allow anyone to bully her. It was obvious from the incident just now that Su Yuting had malicious intentions. Li Xue seriously injured her, which was just a lesson for her and not excessive. Of course, the War King would not pursue the matter.
If it had been Shen Minghui who did that, he would have definitely taught her a lesson, and if he were even more shameless, he would have forced her to apologize to Su Yuting.
The War King didn't say a word of reproach and even sent her secret guards. He was wise and could distinguish right from wrong. He truly deserved to be called the God of War of Azure Flame.
"Dongfang Heng, how is the situation at the Prime Minister's residence?" Thinking of Shen Minghui, Shen Lixue recalled the mess at the Prime Minister's residence. Shen Caiyun had already gone to the post station to take care of Qin Junhao, leaving only her two daughters, Shen Yingxue and Shen Caixuan, at the Prime Minister's residence.
"Shen Minghui was so enraged that he had just woken up. Shen Caixuan was tied up in the courtyard by Lei Shi and left to bask in the sun. She was half-dead!" Dongfang Heng had sent secret guards to monitor the Prime Minister's residence. He was very familiar with the actions of everyone in the residence.
Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow, a cold smile playing on her lips. Shen Minghui was ill, and the entire Prime Minister's residence was under Lei Shi's command. It was Shen Yingxue who had an affair with Lei Cong, so how could she let the innocent Shen Caixuan marry a cripple? "I have a way to completely disrupt the Prime Minister's residence!"
Chapter 110: Stepdaughter's Viciousness, Exposing Her Scumbag Sister
In the evening, Shen Lixue was invited by the guards to dine in the restaurant. There were only Shen Lixue, Dongfang Heng, and Prince Zhan at the table. There were twenty dishes, no maids, and the guards served her.
Shen Lixue raised her lips. She also preferred this way of dining. It was like in modern times, where you could pick out whatever you wanted to eat yourself. Unlike in the Prime Minister's mansion, where servants served you and served you food, which was troublesome and tedious. The key was that more than ten maids were watching you closely, making it awkward to eat.
"Li Xue, this is your favorite drunken chicken!" Since the drunken chicken was far away, Dongfang Heng picked some up for her.
"Thank you!" Shen Lixue looked at the setting sun and asked softly, "Does the Prince of Zhan's residence always have dinner this early?" In the Prime Minister's residence, dinner is always served after dark.
Dongfang Heng leaned down and whispered in her ear, "After dark, the Imperial Uncle will go to light the lanterns. He used to light the lanterns before eating. You've just arrived at the Prime Minister's residence, and it wouldn't be good for you to wait for him to light the lanterns while you're hungry, so we had dinner earlier!" Everyone in the War Prince's residence knew that the War Prince had the habit of lighting lanterns every night, and Dongfang Heng often discussed things with him, so he knew as well.
Shen Lixue nodded and lowered her head to eat.
"Li Xue, these are willow leaf dumplings, a special type of steamed dumpling from the imperial court!" Dongfang Heng took a willow leaf dumpling that he had already taken a bite out of and stuffed it directly into Shen Li Xue's mouth. The speed was so fast that even the War King couldn't stop him.
Shen Lixue seemed oblivious, savoring the taste: "It really does taste good!"
The War King's lips moved, but he didn't remind him again. His gaze towards Dongfang Heng was tinged with anger. Just as he was about to remind him not to bully Shen Lixue anymore, Shen Lixue picked up a piece of bitter melon with her chopsticks and quickly stuffed it into Dongfang Heng's mouth: "I remember you like this the most. How does it taste?"
The War King frowned. He remembered that his nephew hated bitter food the most. He would not touch any food with even a slight bitterness. Bitter melon was the most bitter food on the table. How could he eat it?
"Not bad!" Dongfang Heng ate the bitter melon without changing his expression, but his slightly furrowed brows and the pain in his eyes betrayed his true feelings.
"Eat more if you like it!" Shen Lixue smiled slightly, picked up the plate of bitter melon, placed it in front of Dongfang Heng, and then put a piece of bitter melon into his mouth.
Seeing the cunning in Shen Lixue's eyes and the pain in Dongfang Heng's, the War King was no longer worried about her being bullied. He drank the wine in his cup, stood up, and walked outside, saying, "Make yourselves at home!"
Shen Lixue turned to look out the window. It was already getting dark, and the War King had gone to light the lanterns.
As Zhan Wang left the restaurant, his footsteps fading into the distance, Shen Lixue picked up another piece of bitter melon for Dongfang Heng, only to have him grab her wrist. The sharp light in his eyes no longer showed pain, but rather an unfathomable, eerie glint: "Are you full?"
"I'm full!" Shen Lixue replied irritably. Dongfang Heng had eaten a third of the bitter melon on the plate, which could be considered revenge for the half of the willow leaf steamed dumpling earlier.
"I'm not full yet!" In the instant Shen Lixue was stunned, Dongfang Heng's strong arms tightly embraced her slender, soft waist, and his sexy thin lips pressed heavily, firmly, and without leaving any room for doubt.
The bitter taste from Dongfang Heng's mouth seeped into Shen Lixue's mouth through his lips, making her frown. Damn Dongfang Heng, why does it taste so bitter! She kept pushing and shoving, but she couldn't break free from his hold.
Looking at Shen Lixue's angry eyes and furrowed brows, a hint of a smile flashed in Dongfang Heng's sharp eyes.
With Prince Zhan here, it was inconvenient for him to do anything, so he wanted to devise a plan to trick him into leaving. Unexpectedly, Shen Lixue made him eat bitter melon. Now that Prince Zhan is gone, he can punish her without restraint and see if she dares to force him to eat bitter melon again.