After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 231 Why You?

Lin Yunche stepped into the inner room, and a strong stench of blood hit him.

Various instruments of torture were scattered on the ground, tables, and beds. A thin boy was tied to a wooden frame, covered in wounds and unconscious.

If it weren't for the occasional groans he made, Lin Yunche would have thought he was dead.

Xueqiao noticed the shock and disgust in Lin Yunche's eyes. She walked to the table, picked up a torture instrument, and handed it to Lin Yunche.

"Young Master Lin, would you like to give it a try?"

"When you are in excruciating pain, listen to these screams."

"I guarantee it will make you forget the pain in your body, and instead give you a feeling of pleasure!"

As she spoke, Xueqiao handed the torture instruments to Lin Yunche again. Lin Yunche frowned. Seeing Xueqiao's indifferent expression, he knew that she often took her anger out on these male prostitutes.

"You shouldn't have done that!" Lin Yunche said coldly.

Xueqiao had anticipated Lin Yunche's reaction, so she withdrew her hand and pouted, acting coquettishly.

"Young Master Lin, how come you only see my cruel side? Haven't you noticed anything else?"

Lin Yunche felt dizzy from the stench of blood filling the room. "What else could it be but cruelty?"

Xueqiao suddenly burst into laughter, "Young Master Lin, you really hurt my feelings."

“Look at him.” With that, Xueqiao walked up to Wushuang, brushed aside the messy hair on his face, revealing his pale but still handsome face.

"Isn't he very handsome?" Xueqiao asked with a smile.

Lin Yunche frowned slightly and did not answer.

Xueqiao didn't care and continued talking to herself, "Such a beautiful face doesn't make me feel any pity at all."

"Simply because he is not you."

"If he were you, I wouldn't be able to treat you like that."

After Xueqiao finished speaking, she released her grip on Wushuang's chin, and Wushuang's head drooped limply.

"Young Master Lin, don't you understand yet?"

"The person I like is you!" Xueqiao said without the slightest bit of shyness. "As for the others, they are just tools for our amusement."

“Just like him!” Xueqiao said, branding the torture instrument she had just picked up onto Wushuang’s chest.

"Ah! Ah!" Heart-wrenching screams followed.

Even Lin Yunche, who had seen the world, had never encountered such a depraved scene. Princess Xueqiao had gone mad!
She's a complete madwoman.

"Stop!" Lin Yunche angrily snatched the branding instrument from Xue Qiao's hand.

Xueqiao looked at Lin Yunche with a puzzled expression. She was very confused. "Young Master Lin, don't all the people in your Lin family love power? Why are you acting all coy now?"

Lin Yunche sneered, "What nonsense are you spouting!"

“I’m not lying!” Xueqiao replied, “Didn’t your uncle abandon me because of her, that woman who had more power?”

"Young Master Lin, I now have power."

"As long as we live in Xuancheng, I am the sky of Xuancheng, I am the king of Xuancheng."

"No one has more power than me."

"Why don't you stay here and live the life of immortals together?" Xueqiao asked, looking up.

Lin Yunche felt that things were gradually getting out of control, so he immediately changed the subject.

“Princess Xueqiao, although I have only known you for a few days, I know that you were not like this before.”

"Release him," Lin Yunche said softly, glancing at Wushuang.

Xueqiao thought that her words had moved Lin Yunche, and that he was already understanding her helplessness.

So Xueqiao readily summoned the male prostitutes and had them put Wushuang down.

"Send him back! Don't let him die!" Xueqiao instructed, and the male prostitutes bowed their heads in agreement.

Wushuang was sent back, and Xueqiao was also a little tired. She lay down on the couch and fell asleep in no time.

Lin Yunche walked out of the inner room and found that the palace door could not be opened, so he sat down on a seat in the palace.

He recalled Xueqiao's incoherent ramblings just now.

She said that Lin Sishu had abandoned her for a more powerful woman.

How could my uncle possibly have done this? Could it be that the Lin family has truly betrayed the Shang Kingdom?
Lin Yunche felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

If that's really the case, then what's the point of him coming all this way?
When Wushuang was sent back to her room, her injuries had already been treated by the doctor.

However, Wu Huan could still tell what Wu Shuang had suffered tonight.

"Wushuang! Wushuang!" Wuhuan whispered in Wushuang's ear.

Wushuang's tightly closed eyes trembled slightly. He struggled to open them and see the person he couldn't bear to part with again, but his body wouldn't obey him.

As if reading Wushuang's thoughts, Wuhuan said to Wushuang, "Wushuang, don't move. Take good care of your injuries. I will always be here for you."

Wushuang gradually calmed down, and her weak breathing gradually became even.

Wu Huan sighed softly, looked out the door, and murmured, "Wu Shuang has returned, but why hasn't that kid come back yet?"

Along with Wu Huan, the man from next door was also watching the commotion in the courtyard.

He knew why Wu Huan was going to see Lin Yun Che tonight, but he never believed that anyone could persuade their master.

But Wushuang somehow managed to return alive.

"I never thought someone would actually trade their life for another's?" The man curled one corner of his lips into a smile, turned around with a flourish, and walked to the mirror.

Before Mr. Yun arrived, he was the most favored person.

He thought he had finally met his match, but his opponent turned out to be far more foolish than he had imagined, actually standing up for a stranger. Even if he died now, it wouldn't be a pity. The man picked up the rouge and applied it little by little to his face, looking at himself in the mirror with satisfaction.

Imagining the scene of seeing his master tomorrow, he realized that he had not seen his master for four days and that his master must miss him too.

The man sat in front of the mirror and waited until dawn.

A beam of sunlight shone through the half-open window and onto his expectant face.

The man peered through the crack in the window, secretly observing the movement outside. Finally, someone arrived.
The man sat up slightly, checked his makeup in the mirror, and waited happily for the male prostitute to knock on his door.

Unexpectedly, the male prostitute Ling'er did not come; instead, he went to the room next door.

"They're all dying! What's the point of them still caring about him like this!" the man muttered angrily, while carefully listening to the sounds coming from next door.

Wu Huan hadn't expected anyone to come so early in the morning, and his heart was in his throat.

Wushuang had a high fever all night last night. If Lin Yunche hadn't really saved him yesterday, he probably wouldn't have made it through the night.

"Brother Ling'er! Wushuang is really badly injured. He really can't take any more punishment."

"Why don't you talk to your master and ask him to let me go?"

"I can handle it."

Ling'er ignored Wu Huan and went straight into their room, heading towards where Wu Shuang was.

Wu Huan wanted to step forward to stop him, but fear made him unable to move.

Ling'er looked at Wushuang, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, and her eyes twitched slightly. "Someone come here!"

At Ling'er's command, four or five male prostitutes rushed in from outside.

Wu Huan felt a sense of despair. Why! Why couldn't they live even after being so lowly? Why! Why did someone as kind as Wu Shuang have to die such a tragic death?

That's not fair! This is not fair!

Wu Huan was prepared to die together with Ling'er. If Ling'er dared to make a move, he would immediately pounce on him and bite off his neck.

Yes! Now he can only act like a wild beast, biting off other people's necks with his own teeth.
But Ling'er did not harm Wushuang, nor did she intend to take him away.

"Change his dressing!" Ling'er ordered, and the other male prostitutes quickly began to wipe Wushuang's body.

Wu Huan looked at Ling'er with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Ling'er, why?" Wu Huan knew that Ling'er would also die. Anyone who disobeyed would die in Xueyan Palace.

Ling'er looked at Wuhuan expressionlessly, "You've got the wrong person. If you want to thank someone, thank Mr. Yun."

Wu Huan was slightly shocked, and even a little excited.

"Thank you, Mr. Yun." Wu Huan knelt down and bowed three times towards the palace where Lin Yunche was.

After changing Wushuang's dressing, Ling'er left the courtyard.

The person who had been waiting in the room for the male prostitute to come and pick him up heard their entire conversation.

"He's not dead?"

"Why isn't he dead?!"

"Xueqiao, I'm willing to be your dog, but why is it him who has won your favor now!"

The man stood by the window, his fists clenched tightly, a hint of fierceness flashing in his eyes.

Perhaps due to the effects of the poison in Xueqiao's body, Xueqiao was listless when she woke up that day, and even eating and changing clothes were done for her by the male prostitutes.

However, she seemed to be in a good mood, especially after seeing that Lin Yunche had stayed with her in the main hall all night.

"Would you like to have a meal together?" Xueqiao asked leisurely.

“Okay!” Lin Yunche said.

Xueqiao smiled slightly and arranged for breakfast to be prepared. Her kind and gentle demeanor made it hard to connect her with the crazy woman from last night.

Breakfast was served quickly, and Xueqiao gestured to Lin Yunche.

"Young Master Lin, please have some!"

Lin Yunche naturally didn't stand on ceremony, nodded slightly, and began to eat with relish.

Xueqiao pursed her lips, "Young Master Lin, aren't you really afraid I'll poison this?"

Lin Yunche, his mouth full of food, muttered, "You can't bear to part with it."

Xueqiao smiled faintly, but did not refute.

Just as the two were having their meal, Ling'er rushed in with her entourage and whispered a few words in Xueqiao's ear.

Xue Qiao frowned slightly and said coldly, "It seems that someone in Xueyan Palace has forgotten their place."

Ling'er lowered her head and dared not respond, for fear of angering Xueqiao.

Xueqiao smiled slightly and said, "Alright, then let's punish them however we should."

Ling'er accepted the order and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Xueqiao called out to him.

"Young Master Lin is still sleeping in the palace today. Please move all his belongings here."

Ling'er turned her head and glanced at Lin Yunche, then lowered her head and agreed.

"Yes, Master!"

Lin Yunche didn't know what the master and servant were up to, but judging from the time, Xueqiao's poison would take effect in two days.

He'll wait two more days, and during those two days he'll be more vigilant.

(End of this chapter)