After Being A Slave For Three Years, The Entire Marquis’s Manor Kneels To Beg For My Forgiveness

Chapter 65: This Prince Truly Admires General Xiao

Prince Ming’s expression and words startled Lin Ye.

Birds of a feather?

Him, with Prince Ming?

How could that be possible!

He swung another punch fiercely, “What nonsense are you spouting! How could I possibly be the same as a scoundrel like you! Do you not realize how much innocent blood is on your hands?! Let me tell you, you’d better pray that Nian Nian is alright today, otherwise I’ll risk my life to end you even if it means dying together!”

Prince Ming tilted his head, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The smile finally faded from his face.

He looked at Lin Ye with a gloomy expression, slightly raising an eyebrow, “The Young Marquis is truly righteous, truly the best brother in the world! Why don’t you tell this prince how you, the world’s best brother, personally sent Qiao Nian to the laundry three years ago?”

Hearing this, Lin Ye froze as if he had been hit at a pressure point, standing motionless.

Prince Ming continued, “If it weren’t for the Young Marquis’s actions three years ago, Qiao Nian wouldn’t have such a repressed personality now, and wouldn’t have caught this prince’s fancy…”

He sneered, glancing at Lin Ye disdainfully, “Everything today was set in motion by the Young Marquis. Die together with this prince? Heh, you’re not worthy.”

Lin Ye couldn’t utter a word.

He stared fixedly at Prince Ming, clearly wanting to pounce on him and beat him to a pulp, but now he seemed to have lost all strength.

He couldn’t move at all.

Until Xiao Heng came forward and pulled him.

“The Young Marquis drank today and, seeing his sister severely injured, became impulsive. I beg the Prince’s forgiveness.”

Xiao Heng spoke in a cool voice, devoid of any emotion.

Prince Ming couldn’t help but start to scrutinize Xiao Heng.

He knew that Xiao Heng’s desire to hit him was no less than Lin Ye’s, but Xiao Heng could control himself, and hide it extremely well.

As expected of the young general who conquered the northern frontier!

Prince Ming laughed coldly, glancing at the wine cup beside him before saying, “This prince understands. Today, the Young Marquis and I drank too much and he became drunk and violent.”

After all, this matter couldn’t be blown out of proportion.

Whether it was him beating Qiao Nian, or Lin Ye hitting him.

If word got to the Emperor, the long-standing arrangements between the two families would all come to nothing.

He knew that although he needed the Marquis’s family, the Marquis’s family equally needed him.

So Marquis Lin would surely keep Qiao Nian’s matter well hidden.

As for this Young Marquis…

Prince Ming coldly glanced at Lin Ye, “I hope the Young Marquis doesn’t lose his senses.”

Lin Ye still just stared fixedly at Prince Ming, unable to say a word.

So Xiao Heng responded for him, “The Prince need not worry, the Young Marquis understands. It’s late, we won’t disturb the Prince’s rest any longer. We’ll take our leave.”

With that, he forcibly pulled Lin Ye away.

But before they had taken a few steps, Prince Ming’s voice came from behind, “General Xiao.”

Xiao Heng stopped in his tracks but didn’t turn back.

Prince Ming’s voice drifted over, full of mockery, “This prince truly admires General Xiao.”

Xiao Heng didn’t respond, but his eyes suddenly darkened, faintly revealing a bloodthirsty cruelty…

Qiao Nian was unconscious for a full three days before waking.

Her eyelids were heavy, and it took considerable effort to finally open them.

The first thing she saw was Ning Shuang, dozing by the bedside.

Qiao Nian’s lips curved slightly, and she slowly reached out to touch Ning Shuang’s cheek, but the movement pulled at the wounds on her back.

A sharp pain made her draw in a cold breath.

Ning Shuang instantly woke up, and seeing Qiao Nian awake, her eyes widened in disbelief, then immediately filled with tears.

“Miss is awake?”

The four words were choked with sobs.

She sniffled and quickly stood up, “I’ll go find the doctor right away. Oh, no, there’s medicine, I’ll bring Miss the medicine! No, I should find the doctor first…”

For a moment, Ning Shuang didn’t know what to do.

Seeing her so flustered, Qiao Nian felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.

Ignoring the pain in her back, she reached out to hold Ning Shuang’s hand, “Don’t do anything for now, just stay here and keep me company.”

She desperately needed someone to keep her company…

Her voice was dry and hoarse.

So much so that Ning Shuang’s tears immediately fell.

She quickly knelt by the bed, tightly grasping Qiao Nian’s hand, “Alright, I’ll stay with Miss! I’ll always stay with Miss from now on, and never let Miss be alone again!”

Ning Shuang felt terribly guilty.

She thought that if she had insisted on accompanying Miss to the palace, Miss wouldn’t have been beaten like this by Prince Ming!

Seeing her guilt, Qiao Nian quickly comforted her in a low voice, “Silly girl, this has nothing to do with you.”

She knew that even if Ning Shuang had been there, it would have just meant one more person being beaten!

Moreover, Ning Shuang was far from being the one who should feel guilty.

Ning Shuang sobbed, not knowing what to say.

Qiao Nian raised her hand to wipe away her tears, then asked, “How is Grandmother doing?”

Ning Shuang nodded, “The household told Old Madam that Miss caught a slight cold, and to avoid passing on the illness to Old Madam, you’d visit her after a few days.”

Qiao Nian felt relieved; it was good that Old Madam didn’t know about this.

Seeing this, Ning Shuang sniffled and couldn’t help asking, “Does Miss have nothing else to ask about?”

Qiao Nian knew what Ning Shuang meant, but she had truly given up hope on the others in this household.

So she just sighed softly, “What do you want to say?”

Ning Shuang bit her lip, but still told Qiao Nian what had happened during the days she was unconscious.

She said that on the night Qiao Nian was brought back to the mansion, the Young Marquis didn’t return all night. When he came back the next day, he was covered in injuries, but instead of hurrying to find the doctor, he went to see the Marquis and Madam.

She said they had a big argument, seemingly about calling off Qiao Nian’s engagement.

At this point, Ning Shuang frowned, “Miss, what should we do? It seems the Master and Madam don’t want to call off the engagement.”

Qiao Nian wasn’t surprised.

After all, Marquis Lin and Madam Lin had known about Prince Ming’s character and still sent her to him, so as long as Prince Ming hadn’t beaten her to death, the marriage wouldn’t be called off.

Moreover, there was still the Emperor’s imperial decree for the marriage.

Seeing Qiao Nian not speaking, Ning Shuang became more anxious, “What if Prince Ming raises his hand again? Miss, I’m afraid…”

Afraid that Prince Ming would once again beat Qiao Nian to such a bloody state.

Afraid that next time, Miss might never wake up.

And this was also Qiao Nian’s concern.

Even now, she could clearly recall Prince Ming’s face full of excitement and satisfaction as he tortured her.

He was addicted to it!

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have beaten so many innocent women to death before!

It was one thing when she didn’t know about this before.

But now that she knew, she couldn’t just sit and wait for death!

Fortunately, she wasn’t entirely without resources, there was still a chance to fight back!

Just as she was thinking this, the door was suddenly pushed open.

It was the doctor.

Along with Madam Lin and Lin Yuan…