"Kneel and kowtow until the Consort is satisfied."
"What?!"
Zhen Fantong widened his eyes in disbelief. Asking him to kowtow to that brat, Lin Wanyue? Could she afford it?
"Prince Qin! Don't go too far!"
Madam Zhen was so angry that her face was trembling. However, the four guards that Nangong Mo had brought with him were like four gods of slaughter, blocking the guards that she had brought with her and some of the guards from the Minister's Mansion.
No one dared to step forward and cross the line.
Domination was almost written all over his face.
Madam Zhen gritted her teeth in hatred, but there was nothing she could do.
"What? You're not going to kowtow?"
Nangong Mo swept his cold gaze over. His voice was like the wind from the Netherworld Palace, bone-chilling.
Zhen Fantong shuddered. His legs went weak. He fell to the ground and kowtowed several times.
His mouth trembled. "Wanyue, please forgive your cousin this time!"
Damn Nangong Mo! When he had the chance, he would personally cut off his flesh and feed it to the dogs. Then, he would break his bones and dig them out one by one!
"Cousin? Wanyue?"
Nangong Mo frowned and said coldly, "Address her as Consort Qin."
Zhen Fantong cursed Nangong Mo a hundred times in his heart and hurriedly kowtowed twice. "Imperial Consort Qin, I'm a bastard! Please forgive me!"
Yun Ran looked at him but didn't say anything. Her eyes flickered and her expression was unreadable.
Once, he sneaked into the backyard and dragged Lin Wanyue, who was trimming the flowers, into the rockery, intending to forcefully get his hands on her.
Although Lin Wanyue resisted desperately, there was a huge difference in strength. If Yan Zichu had not arrived in time, Lin Wanyue would have been deflowered by him.
However, he did not regret it. After that time, he still did not give up on his evil intentions. He pestered Lin Wanyue in all ways and threatened her. There was even one time when he took advantage of the Lin family banquet to drug Lin Wanyue.
It was also Yan Zichu who had saved her at that time.
However, Lin Wanyue had taken a cold shower that night. Her body was weak to begin with, and after that, she fell seriously ill. Since that episode, she had abdominal pain every time she had her period.
Zhen Fantong's heart had already been corroded by filth. Or rather, evil thoughts had taken root in his heart. Don't expect someone like him to turn over a new leaf!
Yun Ran, who was lost in her own thoughts, did not notice the way Nangong Mo looked at her.
Zhen Fantong knelt on the ground and waited for a long time. When he didn't hear Yun Ran speak, he immediately became impatient. "Imperial Consort Qin, didn't you hear me?"
What a pretentious brat!
Did she dare to put on airs in front of him just because of that cripple?
After he killed that cripple, he would imprison her in the residence and not even give her the status of a concubine. During the day, he would let her chop wood and wash clothes, and at night, he would let her warm his bed! At that time, he would play with her however he wanted! He would definitely make her repay the bitterness that he had stomached all these years!
"Feng Xuan, break his legs."
The emotionless and icy voice instantly brought Zhen Fantong back to reality.
Seeing Feng Xuan appear in front of him like a ghost, Zhen Fantong was so frightened that his face turned pale. "D-Don't come over… Ahhh!"
Feng Xuan's technique was clean and efficient. With two cracking sounds, Zhen Fantong's legs were broken. His pig-like screams resounded through the sky, making one's scalp tingle.
This scene happened too quickly. Everyone could not come back to their senses. They really could not believe that that person was so arrogant! It was too brutal!
Feng Xuan found his cries too noisy and unpleasant. He tapped his mute acupoint, and the world instantly fell silent!
Yun Ran looked at Zhen Fantong, who was lying on the ground twitching and writhing in pain. For a moment, she didn't know how to describe her current mood.
Although she was not Lin Wanyue and had not experienced those fears and despair personally, those memories were deeply imprinted in her mind.
That was Lin Wanyue's nightmare. It was the deepest shadow in her heart. Countless times in the middle of the night, she would curl up in bed alone and be drowned in fear, unable to fall asleep again.
The pain and despair swallowed her like a dark web, tormenting her.
She naturally wouldn't let him off. However, before she could do anything, Nangong Mo had already done it for her.
At this moment, it was as if a light feather had quietly landed in her heart, causing shallow ripples.
"Son, my son, how are you? Don't scare me! Open your eyes and look at me!"
Madam Zhen finally snapped out of her shock. She pounced on Zhen Fantong and hugged him tightly, crying her heart out.
Zhen Fantong was speechless. His fingers trembled as he pointed at Nangong Mo, his eyes filled with hatred.
Madam Zhen was in so much pain that her heart was about to break. "Son, don't be afraid. I won't let anything happen to you! Hurry! Go get a doctor! Get me all the famous doctors in the city!"
Lin Qianqiu raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. He frowned and looked at Nangong Mo. "Your highness, you, you… you were too heavy-handed!"
"It's just a small misunderstanding. It would have been fine after an explanation and some punishment. How can we still… If the Marquis of Ding'an pursues this matter and His Majesty blames us, what should we do?!"
In other words, the Marquis of Ding'an would not let this matter rest. This matter would definitely reach the emperor's ears. At that time, they would see how Nangong Mo would deal with it.
"A small misunderstanding?"
Nangong Mo's voice was exceptionally cold, like the water of a thousand-year-old cold lake flowing through the world. "My Consort cannot be humiliated by others."
Lin Qianqiu was shocked by his gaze. He felt a chill run down his spine and spread through his body.
Madam Zhen had always been arrogant and domineering. Furthermore, Zhen Fantong was her beloved son. At this moment, he was being persecuted in front of her!
Immense grief and resentment washed away her rationality. She pointed at Nangong Mo and cursed,
"Nangong Mo! Did you see my son plot against her with your own eyes? What evidence do you have?"
"Although you're a prince, you're blind, crippled, and impotent! That little bitch couldn't stand the loneliness and came to seduce my son! How is that slandering her?"
"You can't control your own woman, so you vent your anger on others. What kind of ability is that? People like you deserve to die on the battlefield! They deserve to be pierced by thousands of arrows! Horses' hooves! Corpses! Never to be reincarnated!"
Madam Zhen's eyes were bloodshot, and her words became more and more vicious. In the end, she simply used the momentum of her madness to pounce on Nangong Mo and scratch his face with her sharp nails.
She was a woman and an old woman at that. At this moment, she was unarmed. Nangong Mo was famous for never bothering to fight with women. She didn't believe that he could do anything to her.
That was Madam Zhen's wishful thinking, but she didn't expect Yun Ran to appear in front of Nangong Mo in a flash. She raised her hand and slapped her face ruthlessly.
Madam Zhen's head tilted to the side. Half of her face was numb, and her ears were buzzing. For a moment, she was shocked and furious. "Did you actually dare to hit me?"