"Yes, Your Highness!" The guard stepped forward and forcefully pulled the trembling Zhu'er out.
"Princess, save me… Your Highness, please spare me!" Zhu'er cried and begged for mercy as she struggled.
Yin Chujin's eyes were filled with anger. She stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. "Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for a maid!"
"So the 'high and mighty' Princess actually feels sorry for her maidservant. I want to see how much you can do for a little maidservant. There's no need to drag her out to beat her. Just beat her here!"
Xiao Yelei raised his hand and a servant moved a soft chair behind him. With a flick of his clothes, he sat down like a king and enjoyed the good show that was about to happen. With another wave of his hand, the guard immediately pressed Zhu'er to the ground and the pole landed on her body.
"Ah… save me… Your Highness, please spare me… Ah…" Zhu'er's screams and cries for help were accompanied by the sound of the pole falling.
Yin Chujin closed her eyes in pain and felt extremely powerless. She really didn't know anything. What did he want her to hand over? She had borrowed the princess's body, but she didn't inherit her memory. She had no idea what Xiao Yelei wanted from her. He wouldn't believe her even if she told him the truth.
When Zhu'er screamed for help again, she suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Xiao Yelei, stop! The thing you want is in the palace!"
"In the palace?" Xiao Yelei repeated the three words, tapping his fingers on the armrest. "You married into the Xiao Manor and still left such an important thing in the palace? You want to go back to the palace and ask your father for help? Don't be delusional. You should have realized it the moment you married into the manor!"
"If Your Highness wants to think this way, I have nothing to say! Anyway, the thing you want is not with me now. It's useless no matter how much you force me."
"You want to return to the palace, right? I'll fulfill your wish! Come back to the palace with me tomorrow morning, but if you dare to spout nonsense, I can guarantee that your maidservant will lose her life. If you don't care about your maidservant's life, I can tell you something else." Xiao Yelei paused for a moment before waving his hand to dismiss the others. With a dark smile, he leaned close to Yin Chujin and threatened, "Do you want to know the whereabouts of your mother?"
"Did you plan my mother's disappearance?" Yin Chujin stared at him in shock. Although it was a question, she was already certain of the answer. Xiao Yelei actually kidnapped Consort Zhao? What was he planning in secret?
"Hmph, you're not pretending to have lost your memory now? Perform well, and perhaps I'll let you two meet! It's best if you can take out the item when you return to the palace tomorrow. If you can't, you'll regret lying to me!"
"Prince Xiao, I can keep my mouth shut when we return to the palace tomorrow, but the wound on my forehead can't be hidden. It won't heal in a day. If someone asks about it, how do you want me to answer?" Yin Chujin asked sarcastically.
"How you answer is something you need to think about, not me! Someone, get a physician for the 'Princess Consort'!" Xiao Yelei emphasized the word 'Princess Consort', but his tone was filled with endless sarcasm.
After saying this, he left Wuyuan with the guards, leaving Yin Chujin and her servant in a sorry state.
Looking at Xiao Yelei's departing figure, Yin Chujin heaved a sigh of relief. He was like a demon. With her current ability, fighting him was no different from hitting a rock with an egg. He was a cruel and heartless person. She really did not know what the princess saw in him. His good looks?
Yin Chujin helped Zhu'er back to the small house and helped her sit on the small bed. Zhu'er did not dare to sit down. In the end, she was not as stubborn as Yin Chujin and could only sit down trembling.
Looking at her red and swollen eyes as she tried her best to endure the pain, Yin Chujin touched her head pitifully. "Zhu'er, I was unable to protect you!"
"Princess…" Zhu'er was shocked. If she did not misunderstand, the princess's eyes were filled with apology. Although she had confirmed that the princess had changed a lot in the past three days, she was very cold most of the time and rarely spoke to her. Now, she felt that the princess was very close to her. "Princess, I'm fine."
Knock knock. "Princess Consort, I was invited by His Highness to treat your injuries." An old doctor's knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
Zhu'er jumped out of bed and ran to open the door. Yin Chujin sighed but did not stop her. She could not change anything in a short period of time…
After the doctor came in, he carefully applied medicine and bandaged the wound on Yin Chujin's forehead. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped.
"Doctor, can you leave some medicine for me? My maid, Zhu'er, is also injured. Moreover, the wound on my forehead is not a big one. It's not good to trouble you to come every time I change the dressing. Zhu'er can help me apply the medicine and bandage it." When she saw the bottles and jars in the doctor's medicine box, her eyes instantly lit up. A plan had sprouted in her heart. As long as she had medicines in her hand…
"Yes, Princess Consort." The doctor stopped in his tracks and placed the medicine box back on the table to open it. He picked out some medicine to treat wounds and explained its function in detail. In the end, he sighed and shook his head before leaving.
The princess consort, who had just gotten married three days ago, was actually sent to such a remote courtyard. How pitiful!
Yin Chujin looked at the medicine on the table and smiled faintly. As long as she had enough medicine, Xiao Yelei, you would regret what you did! Modern poison makers didn't sit around doing nothing…