The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 38 A slut who can't live without a man

"Hmm," the person replied in a low voice.

Rong Xin forced herself to remain calm, lifted the bed curtains, and sure enough, she saw Rong Zhen standing there.

However, the light inside the hall was dim, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.

Even so, Rong Xin still felt an invisible pressure.

He was clearly the emperor, yet he had always been afraid of this imperial uncle, even though the uncle wasn't that much older than him.

Furthermore, this imperial uncle could come and go freely in the heavily guarded palace, as if all the sentry posts and guards were merely for show.

He could easily enter his bedchamber.

If he wants to take his life...

Rong Xin's eyes darkened, filled with shock and anger, and she clenched her hands tightly under the covers.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and his face lit up with joy. "Uncle is alright, that's wonderful."

"Is that really what you think?" Rong Zhen lowered his eyes and scrutinized the nephew he had raised with his own hands.

Rong Xin's heart skipped a beat. "Of course, why do you say that, Imperial Uncle?"

Rong Zhen glanced at him indifferently, then suddenly threw something in his hand onto his blanket.

"What is this?" Rong Xin asked, puzzled, as she reached out and untied the cloth bundle.

The next moment, a bloody head came into his view.

He was so frightened that he waved his hand and threw away the cloth bag.

Freed from the restraints of the cloth bundle, the head rolled off the dragon bed, tumbling several times on the ground before finally stopping.

Rong Xin's face was deathly pale, and she was panting heavily.

Although it was only at a glance, he still recognized him.

That was Wei Ze's head.

He was actually killed by the royal uncle...

Rong Xin's mind flashed back to Wei Ze's bulging eyes, and her stomach suddenly churned. After vomiting a few times, she tumbled off the dragon bed.

"Uncle, your nephew is scared..."

He reached out and grabbed the hem of Rong Zhen's robe, his face covered in cold sweat.

"Since you're afraid, behave yourself and stop causing trouble." Rong Zhen looked down at him with a cold expression.

Rong Xin paused, then withdrew his hand. "Nephew... doesn't understand what you mean, Imperial Uncle."

Rong Zhen stared at him without saying a word.

If the emperor wanted to kill him, he didn't really need to do anything. He only needed to reveal his difficulties to those blindly loyal people and say some ambiguous things, and there would be plenty of people willing to become his knives one after another.

Rong Zhen's expression was gloomy.

After a long pause, he said calmly, "I hope you take care of yourself." Then he turned and left.

As he watched his figure disappear through the palace gate, Rong Xin's expression changed from one of fear and apprehension to one of gloom.

Rong, Zhen!

……

Yunwei stayed overnight at the horse farm and returned to the Li residence the following afternoon.

Upon entering the mansion, one hears a noisy commotion and then sees several men who look like scoundrels being escorted out of the Li mansion by a group of thugs.

Yunwei paused for a moment.

Watching the group of people walk away, he seemed lost in thought. When he turned his head, he met Li Yaoting's gloomy gaze.

"Where did you go yesterday? Why didn't you come back all night?" Li Yaoting questioned.

Yun Wei was too lazy to waste words with him and said perfunctorily, "I'm going back to the Yun family."

Li Yaoting narrowed his eyes. "You're lying. You didn't go back to the Yun family at all." Yun Wei was taken aback, looking at him suspiciously. "If I didn't go back to the Yun family, where do you think I went all night?"

Li Yaoting looked at her scrutinizingly.

He increasingly felt that this Yun woman was not just an ordinary woman.

Who is this woman who possesses extraordinary martial arts skills and stays out all night?
He sent someone to the Yun family to inquire, and it turned out that the Yun family had not returned home at all yesterday.

Since she didn't go back to her parents' home, where did Lady Yun, a woman, go if she didn't return all night?

Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice, "Yun family, I'll give you one more chance. Be honest and tell me where you went last night."

"If I don't confess, what can you do to me?" Yun Wei retorted, showing no embarrassment at being exposed for her lie.

However, she was somewhat surprised that Li Yaoting would send someone to investigate her.

Li Yaoting's face darkened. "Didn't the Yun family teach you the principle of obeying your husband after marriage before you got married?"

“No, not at all.” Yunwei said dismissively. “You know I grew up in the countryside and don’t understand those traditional female rules.”

Li Yaoting was enraged by her nonchalant attitude and ordered in a deep voice, "Since no one has taught you before, then from now on, copy the 'Admonitions for Women' ten times. That should teach you a lesson."

"Who gave you the audacity?" Yunwei found it all laughable.

For someone as heartless and ungrateful as Li Yaoting to act like a husband in front of her and even order her around is utterly ridiculous.

Li Yaoting was furious and was about to raise his hand, but when he remembered her previous counterattack, he reluctantly lowered his hand.

Yunwei saw his cowardice and a look of disdain flashed across her face.

“How can you speak to Tinglang like that, sister?” Just then, Chen Yuniang walked over, her face full of disapproval.

Yun Wei narrowed her almond-shaped eyes. "Aunt Chen is indeed virtuous. So, how do you think I should speak?"

Chen Yuniang feigned kindness and advised, "Sister, we women can't be as strong as men. We need to be gentle and considerate sometimes. If you just soften your stance with Tinglang, he might be happy and come to your room. It won't have to be like this for three years..."

No matter what happened in three years, anyone who isn't deaf can understand what it means.

This is saying that Yunwei doesn't act like a woman at all, which is why she was abandoned by Li Yaoting on their wedding night and left to spend three years alone in her boudoir.

Yun Wei wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, she sighed, "It's precisely because I wasn't gentle and considerate that I gave you an opportunity. Otherwise, if Li Yaoting hadn't gone to the border, who knows what kind of man you would have found to warm your bed during those three years there? Someone as delicate as you wouldn't have survived without a man's care, would you?"

Chen Yuniang's face turned from blue to red, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Yun's implication was that she was a harlot who couldn't live without a man.

Chen Yuniang was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.

"Tinglang, I meant well, but my sister said such things to me..." She held Li Yaoting's hand, tears welling up in her eyes.

Li Yaoting, his face also ashen, looked at Yun Wei and said, "Yun family, don't go too far!"

"Is telling the truth too much?" Yun Wei asked in surprise. "Am I not telling the truth?"

Chen Yuniang's face turned purple with anger. "Sister, don't insult me ​​like that. Tinglang and I are not what you think. We are truly in love."

“Yes, you two are truly in love, which is why you disregard societal norms and are willing to be together even without a matchmaker,” Yunwei said in agreement.

"You!" Chen Yuniang was so angry that her chest heaved, and she almost fainted.

Li Yaoting quickly helped her up.

Yunwei didn't want to pay any more attention to the two of them and was about to leave when she saw a maid standing next to Chen Yuniang. She paused and glanced at her a few more times.

Yesterday, Ah Zheng interrogated the masked men and found out that the person who hired them was a young girl with a red mole on the back of her hand, and that the maid Chen Yuniang also had a red mole on the back of her hand.

What a coincidence!

She couldn't understand who would hire someone to harm her; she even suspected Yun Yao.

Unexpectedly, it was related to Chen Yuniang.

A slow smile curved her lips as she glanced at the master and servant with a hint of interest.

The maidservant felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze. "Madam, is there anything you need?"

(End of this chapter)