On our wedding night, my wife acted strangely.

Luo Qingwan nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Sure," Lin Yi's smile grew even more playful. "But what are you going to offer me in return? Just talking doesn't show any sincerity."

Luo Qingwan's face flushed red instantly, filled with both shame and fear.

This...this is exactly the kind of villains described in those storybooks! Villains use relatives to blackmail innocent young girls, forcing them to do things they don't want to do...and then they keep saying it's out of sincerity.

So that's how bad my brother-in-law is!

Sister! You've fallen into a fire pit!

Seeing his sister-in-law's shyness and anxiety, Lin Yi seemed to guess what he was about to do. He immediately devised a wicked plan, grabbed her hand, pulled her over, and then picked her up horizontally.

"Ah!! Brother-in-law! What are you doing!" Luo Qingwan was terrified and instinctively grabbed Lin Yi's neck, screaming in terror.

Lin Yi instructed the people around him, "Stop moving it. Dragging it out will only make things worse. Just lead the carriage back!"

"yes!"

"What?!" Luo Hongtu and Li Shi exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

They moved the things, fine, but they even took the horse?

We're from official families, after all. Are we going to walk to the palace?

Besides, if you're going to lead the horse, fine, but why are you holding my daughter?

The fat man was the first to react, bursting into laughter: "Big brother is brilliant! This sister-in-law looks like she'll bring good fortune to her husband. Snatching her back to be your concubine is perfect! Hahaha!"

"No! You can't do this!" Li screamed frantically. "Wan'er is still a child! You can't take her away! Lin Yi, you beast, let go of my daughter!"

She struggled desperately, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

But Fatty Wang was too strong and couldn't break free at all. He could only watch helplessly as his youngest daughter was kidnapped by Lin Yi.

"No! Let me go! Father! Mother!"

"Wan'er! My Wan'er!"

Luo Hongtu also became anxious.

Those are his own flesh and blood, how could he bear to part with them? He immediately tried to rush forward without thinking, but was held down by two retainers.

"Let me go! Lin Yi! What do you have to do with me? Don't touch my daughter!"

Lin Yi turned around and looked at them coldly, without a trace of pity on his face.

"Father-in-law, you're mistaken. I've come today to invite my sister-in-law to the palace as a guest. How could I possibly ask her to come? Don't worry, I will take good care of her."

He deliberately emphasized the words "please" and "take care of".

Luo Hongtu was terrified upon hearing this.

His eldest daughter is already ruined; his youngest daughter is his only hope for a comeback.

If he has nothing, what good is it if he lives in the palace?

Furthermore, he usually dotes on his two daughters, and now that he sees his youngest daughter about to fall into the wolf's den, he is already in tears.

"Your Highness! I beg you! I'm kneeling before you!" Luo Hongtu knelt on the ground with a thud, hugging Lin Yi's leg, tears streaming down his face. "It's all my fault! I'll give you anything you want! Even my life! I just beg you to spare Wan'er. She's still young, she doesn't understand anything!"

"Father..." Luo Qingwan's heart broke when she saw her father kneeling on the ground, pleading desperately.

But Lin Yi's voice remained icy, "It's too late to realize your mistake now."

"No!!"

Li watched helplessly as Lin Yi carried her most beloved youngest daughter away, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

Suddenly everything went black, and overwhelming grief and despair overwhelmed her, causing her to faint in the fat man's arms.

"Hey? No, no, no, Auntie, what's wrong? Are you trying to scam me? Are you trying to scam me?" Fatty Wang shook the person in his arms, and when there was no response, he immediately said to the people around him, "Everyone's watching! Whatever happens has nothing to do with me!"

He immediately let go after saying that.

Li fell to the ground with a thud, like a rag doll.

"Wan'er! My Wan'er!" Luo Hongtu also bent over and lay on the ground.

It's over, completely over.

The eldest daughter was forcibly taken and became a shameful plaything. Now the younger daughter has been snatched away in public, her future uncertain and her fate unknown.

What terrible things has the Luo family done?!

Your Majesty! Please take a look!

Following you is a damn dead end!

"Lin Yi! You devil! You'll die a horrible death!!" Luo Hongtu lay on the ground, shouting with all his might.

Lin Yi carried his sister-in-law onto the horse, looking down at him with indifference in his eyes.

"Father-in-law, don't get so angry," he said calmly. "Your daughter is living in the Prince's mansion, where she has food and drink. It's much better than her living a life of hardship with you. You should be thanking me."

"I thank your ancestors for eight generations! Pfft, cough cough cough..." Luo Hongtu was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, pointing at Lin Yi, his whole body trembling, "You...you..."

"Alright, stop with the 'you, you, you'," Fatty Wang interrupted impatiently. "Old bastard, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you. Get your dead-dog wife out of here and stop getting in my way!"

Having said that, he mounted his horse and shouted to his retainers, "Brothers, call it a day! Let's go back to the manor for drinks and meat! Our elder brother said that everyone who sees these treasures we plundered today will get a share!"

"Alas!"

"take off!"

The retainers shouted with joy, surrounding Lin Yi and the fat man, and escorting several carriages loaded with valuables, they marched in a grand procession towards the Regent's Palace.

The streets were left with only a distraught Luo Hongtu, the unconscious Li Shi, and a scene of utter chaos.

The onlookers were all still shaken.

"My God, this...this is too domineering!"

"To snatch an official's daughter in broad daylight—is there no law left?"

"The law? You're talking about the law with the Regent? Didn't you see he even dared to tear up the Emperor's edict?"

"Sigh, the Luo family is really unlucky to have such a son-in-law."

"Unlucky? I don't think so. Back when the prince was still a fool, Luo Qingyu made him lick her shoes like a dog every day, and then she got a million taels of silver as a bride price. Why didn't they suffer then?"

"Yeah, now they're getting their comeuppance, they deserved it!"

"It's a pity that those two beautiful daughters have fallen into the hands of that madman."

"Who says otherwise? I heard that the eldest daughter of the Luo family was tortured beyond recognition on her wedding night..."

The whispers of the people pierced Luo Hongtu's ears like needles, making his already broken heart even more riddled with holes.

He struggled to his feet, staggered to Li's side, and reached out to check her breathing.

Thankfully, it's still breathing.

The remaining servants and guards surrounded them, all completely bewildered.

"Sir, what... what do we do now?"

What should I do?

How the hell should I know what to do!

"Entering the palace...cough cough cough..." Li suddenly woke up and murmured the words "entering the palace".

"To the palace...yes, to the palace!" Luo Hongtu suddenly realized. "Madam, you're right! We must go to the palace, to find His Majesty! Only His Majesty can save us!"

After saying this, with the help of several servants, he moved Li Shi onto the carriage shaft, and then picked up a whip and waved it.

"drive!"

The carriage sped through the quiet streets, rushing towards the palace.