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Xie Xuanjin and Xie Yunli both looked at Shen Yue, whose head was covered by a black cloth bag.

The shadow guard had only pinned Shen Yue's hands behind his back, and hadn't actually made a move yet, but Shen Yue was already screaming so miserably.

Heroine... spare my life?

The two quickly realized that the scream did not come from Shen Yue, but from the neighboring yard.

"I wonder which female knight-errant is so coincidentally resorting to private torture," Xie Yunli said in a low voice, not wanting Shen Yue to hear.

Xie Xuanjin gave the shadow guard a wink.

Before Shen Yue could utter a curse, the shadow guard shoved his head into the water vat beside him.

The two courtyards, separated by a wall, are connected by a circular archway.

All the furnishings in the courtyard are mirror images.

The water tanks are on both sides of the archway, with no obstructions, and you can see the other side as soon as you look up.

As the shadow guards pushed Shen Yue into the water vat, Song Qingning dragged Du Linzhi to the side of the vat and deftly pushed his head into the water.

The screams immediately turned into the sound of choking on water.

Song Qingning showed no mercy, warning Du Linzhi:

"I've killed many people. I'm skilled at chopping off hands, feet, heads, and even waist-cutting. My people are not to be trifled with by your Du family. If I find out again that any member of your Du family is near her, I'll take your life!"

Every word and phrase was like a demon from hell.

Not only was Du Linzhi terrified, but Xie Yunli, who was separated by a wall, also trembled.

Xie Xuanjin frowned, then a slight smile appeared in his eyes.

Even Shen Yue, whose head was being held down in another water vat, felt a sense of fear.

The two people, who were held down in the water tank, struggled and choked on the water.

Just when they were about to drown, the people holding them down released their grip.

The two were thrown to the ground, as if they had escaped death.

"Did you remember what I just said?" Song Qingning said coldly.

Shen Yue covered his head with a cloth bag, so he couldn't see anything.

He hasn't offended any women recently, and besides, how many people in the entire capital would dare to threaten him?

She's still a woman!

"You..." Shen Yue wanted to know who this woman was.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was hit on the head.

Dizziness struck, and I passed out.

Over here, Du Linzhi looked at Song Qingning as if she were a ghost, nodding frantically with terror in his eyes, "I remember, heroine, I remember! Heroine, spare my life!"

"roll!"

Du Lin scrambled to his feet in a panic and rolled away as if his life depended on it.

Song Qingning looked toward the archway and saw a person lying on the ground. Although his head was covered with a black cloth, the jade pendant with the Shen family's insignia on his waist revealed his identity.

Shen Yue, the heir apparent of the Duke of Shen's mansion!

With just one glance, Song Qingning understood.

That night, Shen Yue instructed someone to drag Meng Yushu into the Jinghe River.

While the Meng family cannot be held accountable openly, that does not mean they cannot retaliate in kind.

The image of Xie Xuanjin flashed through Song Qingning's mind, but she quickly dispelled it.

She guessed it was the Prince of Huai's doing, but it had nothing to do with her.

Song Qingning left the courtyard.

Gu Ying was waiting for her at the courtyard gate. Just now, watching Song Qingning teach Du Linzhi a lesson, it felt as if a ray of light was gradually entering her heart.

Just like three years ago.

At that time, she was divorced by the Du family, and her stepmother took over the Gu family.

Her stepmother refused to let her return to the Gu family, citing that her being expelled from the meeting would affect the marriage prospects of the other daughters in the Gu family.

The capital city was so vast that she had nowhere to go.

It was then that she met the general.

At that time, the general was just a fourteen-year-old girl, very thin, and wearing ill-fitting clothes.

She told her, "If there is no road ahead, try to forge one. If you really have nowhere to go, you can come with me to another place in three days, and perhaps you can create your own world there."

Three days later, she went to Youcheng with her.

Over the course of three years, she witnessed a fourteen-year-old girl bleed and fight to the death in the bloody battles, rising step by step from an ordinary soldier, escaping death several times, and being saved by him on several occasions.

She just lectured Du Linzhi, saying that Du Linzhi was her person!

"General..." Gu Ying choked up and threw herself into Song Qingning's arms.

Song Qingning gently patted Gu Ying's back, her voice soft with heartache, "You can't let anyone bully you anymore. The rewards you earned with your military merits shouldn't be used to feed those filthy villains."

Song Qingning retrieved the silver notes and handed them to Gu Ying.

Clutching the silver note, Gu Ying memorized the general's words, and felt as if a certain place in her heart had found its home.

She's the general's woman!

When Song Qingning was about to leave the City God Temple, she unexpectedly saw Madam Liu and Madam Jiang.

"Ah Ying, you go home first," Song Qingning instructed Gu Ying, then followed the two to a side room.

In the courtyard just now.

Xie Xuanjin and Xie Yunli stepped over Shen Yue, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and walked to the water vat. They both looked at the water vat on the other side of the archway.

The woman's "atrocity" was still fresh in my mind.

"The City God Temple is a sacred place. Such a bloody threat, chopping off hands, feet, heads, and even waist-cutting, she said she was very good at all of these."

Ordinary women would be terrified upon hearing this; clearly, she was exaggerating a lot! And yet, even a man was frightened!

Xie Yunli seemed to have forgotten that his heart had also trembled just now.

An ordinary woman, or perhaps it's just boasting.

But Song Qingning is not!

A rare smile appeared on Xie Xuanjin's lips.

He then ordered his shadow guards, "Leave a trace, so that Shen Yue knows that it was I who taught him a lesson today!"

"Fourth Brother!" Xie Yunli exclaimed in surprise.

"Didn't we agree to operate secretly today, so Shen Yue wouldn't know who made the move?"

If Shen Yue finds out that it was Fourth Brother who did it, the Shen family will target Fourth Brother again.

Xie Xuanjin didn't explain, "Weren't you going to get a peace charm for your aunt?"

"Yes, that's the important thing too."

Xie Yunli left the courtyard.

Xie Xuanjin went to the side room to drink tea and wait for Xie Yunli.

Hearing the conversation in the next room, Xie Xuanjin didn't pay much attention at first, but the words "Yongning Marquis's Residence" in the conversation made him notice it more.

The next room.

Madam Jiang's attitude was clear and assertive: "The marriage between the Yongning Marquis's Mansion and the Jiang family is preordained by fate, and no one can change it."

The Jiang family has fallen on hard times.

She repeatedly visited the Marquis's residence to propose marriage, but the Marquis's family always declined.

Their intention to call off the engagement was all too obvious.

Given the current situation of the Jiang family, the Yongning Marquis's Mansion is the only good marriage they can arrange.

She was determined to secure this marriage for Sheng'er!

"No, no, since it's a preordained marriage, wouldn't changing it be like being struck by lightning?" Liu Shi said, contrary to her usual behavior.

Madam Jiang stared at her in surprise for a while before lowering her guard.

"It's good that the Second Madam approves of this marriage. But where is Miss Qingyan? Why wasn't she brought along?"

"Sheng'er knew we had a date, so he specially brought me here. It would be good if Miss Qingyan also came, so that the two of you could meet and nurture your relationship."

The so-called cultivation of feelings is nothing more than an attempt to get the two of them to flirt in private.

Liu was furious, thinking to herself that the Jiang family was despicable.

How could Jiang Sheng possibly be worthy of developing feelings for Yan'er?

Fortunately, Yan'er will not marry into the Jiang family.

The person she is going to marry is Song Qingning.

At this moment, Madam Liu only regretted not bringing Song Qingning along, so that she could have slept with Jiang Sheng in private.

"Madam Jiang, there's something I have to say, something I'm doing privately," said Madam Liu.