“Let her talk—”
Huang Yaning said with a faint smile.
Qing Tian immediately stepped forward and pulled out the thing blocking Sheng Mingzhu’s mouth. Then, Qing Tian exclaimed in surprise.
“Huh—
“Miss, it seems like the Sixth Miss… wet herself… There’s a smell…”
Another mother who was closer to Sheng Mingzhu sniffed the air and said,
“There really is a… certain smell…”
It was probably because Sheng Mingzhu had been so scared by Huang Yaning’s brutality just now that she peed herself.
Everyone stared at Sheng Mingzhu.
Sheng Mingzhu’s face kept changing colors like a palette. Suddenly, her eyes rolled back, and she passed out.
Trying to fake passing out?
Huang Yaning wasn’t buying that act. She walked over, lifted her leg, and stomped hard right on Sheng Mingzhu’s face.
Crack—
Everyone heard the sound of bones breaking…
“Ahhh…”
Sheng Mingzhu’s miserable scream was the sharpest and most piercing among them, like a vengeful ghost.
Huang Yaning lifted her foot and noticed that Sheng Mingzhu’s not-very-high nose bridge… had collapsed…
A trickle of blood was also dripping down from the tip of her nose.
She smiled like a flower and spoke.
“Oh—
“Sixth Sister, you’re awake?
“I thought you were asleep, so I was just trying to wake you up a bit…”
Sheng Mingzhu’s eyes were as if dipped in poison.
“You little bitch—
“Don’t you dare touch me. I am Master Dà Lè’s disciple. My senior brother is a divine healer. Brother Sheng treats me—”
Smack—
Huang Yaning slapped her across the face, knocking Sheng Mingzhu’s head to the side.
That slap also hit Sheng Mingzhu’s nose, causing her to wail a few more times.
Tears poured out like a dam breaking, wildly streaming down her face.
“Sixth Sister, I’m not a fan of being threatened, okay~”
Huang Yaning’s tone was gentle, but her actions were extremely ruthless.
Sheng Mingzhu wished she could turn Huang Yaning into a human pickle and torture her, but at this moment, she didn’t dare utter any more harsh words.
Her teeth were even chattering, because she saw the madness and hatred in the other’s eyes, as if she wanted to carve her up alive and throw her into a frying cauldron of oil…
Sheng Mingzhu struggled to sit up, sobbing.
“Little sister… I beg you…
“I have never actively tried to harm you…”
Sheng Mingzhu started playing the pity card.
It was strange. Sheng Mingzhu’s face was a bloody mess, but her eyes somehow conveyed a hint of pitifulness, enough to evoke sympathy.
This made Huang Yaning momentarily dazed.
In her past life, how many times had Sheng Mingzhu put on that pitiful face and pretended to be a poor little thing?
Deceiving her. Toying with her.
And she had foolishly fallen for it every time.
How many times had she held Sheng Mingzhu in her arms, gently stroked the top of her head, and comforted her?
If Sheng Mingzhu wanted stars, she gave her stars; if she wanted the moon, she plucked the moon for her…
She gave her heart and soul, and even in the past life, she willingly took a knife for Sheng Mingzhu—
“Dear little sister, I truly have never actively tried to harm you… And I will never harm you in the future…
“Little sister, I will also persuade the older brothers and father. I’ll make them treat you well and dote on you too…
“This is what they should do! Because you are their real daughter, their real sister…”
Sheng Mingzhu said this tremulously, her voice shaking.
Huang Yaning looked at Sheng Mingzhu. She mechanically reached out her hand, just like in the past life, and gently placed it on the top of Sheng Mingzhu’s head…
This was the person to whom, in her past life, she had given almost all her tenderness…
But did Sheng Mingzhu deserve to enjoy her love and gentleness?
No—
Sheng Mingzhu did not deserve it!
Even more so, Sheng Mingzhu did not deserve to play the victim!
If Sheng Mingzhu was pitiful, then what about her Minmin?
Suddenly, Huang Yaning exerted force with her hand, grabbed Sheng Mingzhu’s hair and viciously yanked downward—
“Ahhh… aaaaaaaaaah…”
Sheng Mingzhu’s agonizing screams instantly shot straight into the sky.
Huang Yaning, like someone plucking feathers from a hen, pulled and tugged at her hair here and there…
Sheng Mingzhu’s screams never stopped.
Soon, Sheng Mingzhu’s hairdo came undone, and she looked like a crazy hag.
Traces of blood flowed down from various directions on her scalp…
In some places, the scalp had already loosened, revealing the flesh and blood underneath…
The others’ faces were filled with terror, and some involuntarily covered their own heads.
“He… help…”
Sheng Mingzhu shouted weakly, her eyes looking hopefully towards the closed door.
Huang Yaning took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, then tossed it on the ground.
“Sixth Sister, Big Brother and Fifth Brother both got something good to eat. I can’t play favorites—”
With that, her gaze swept over the young servant from earlier. The servant shuddered awake, a smile on his face that looked uglier than crying.
Huang Yaning also smiled back at him. “Your reward will be doubled in a bit.”
The smile on the servant’s face instantly became a bit more genuine.
Familiar with the routine, he picked up a bamboo tube and stuffed it into Sheng Mingzhu’s mouth.
Although Sheng Mingzhu struggled, perhaps afraid that Huang Yaning would pull her teeth out, she didn’t resist particularly fiercely…
Croak—
Croak—
Soon, everyone heard a series of frog croaks coming from Sheng Mingzhu’s throat.
Now, without needing confirmation from the servant, everyone knew what Sheng Mingzhu had eaten…
Sheng Mingzhu’s eyes looked as if they were about to pop out. Then she rolled her eyes back and passed out.
Huang Yaning was about to splash the three awake to “play” some more…
But just then, banging came from the main gate of the courtyard.
“Prince Qi has arrived! Open the door immediately—”
“Open the door—”
All the servants in Haitang Yard turned pale with fright.
Who didn’t know that Prince Qi favored the Sixth Miss? And now, in her current state…
Wouldn’t Prince Qi beat them to death later?
Some people were already trembling.
“What are you panicking about?”
Huang Yaning frowned slightly and scolded.
“I will take full responsibility for what happened today!
“Go get your deed of servitude and banknotes from Qing Tian. Once you have your things, you’ll be free people from now on, and no one can harm or kill you without reason!”
The servants thought about it and it seemed to make some sense.
The main thing was, it didn’t make sense, and they didn’t have any other choice now. They all crowded around Qing Tian asking for their things.
Only the little maid holding the tray didn’t move. This girl usually served closely beside Qing Tian, considered one of her trusted aides.
“Destroy the evidence in your hands, then untie Sheng Mingzhu. Wipe the blood off her body and fix her hair a bit—”
Huang Yaning instructed the little maid.
The little maid was quite brave and immediately set to work.
The others took what they were supposed to take, and worried about being implicated, they also started helping.
By now, people outside were already ramming the door, the rhythmic thuds echoing through.
The people in the courtyard also busied themselves orderly.
When Prince Qi finally broke in with his men, they saw servants with broken arms and legs scattered all over the yard, along with two dead bodies—
The scene looked like hell on earth, making everyone’s scalp tingle with horror.
And Sheng Mingjian, Sheng Mingbo, and Sheng Mingzhu, the three siblings, were all lying on lounge chairs, unconscious…
