She refused to marry.

Su Wanwan hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, I was wrong!"

"Su Xian was unaware of the situation; Your Majesty, please do not punish him."

"What do you mean by not knowing?" Xiao Xuanjing's eyes were cold.

"I lied to him and said that His Majesty intended to give him guidance." After Su Wanwan finished speaking, her eyes welled up with tears, which then fell down her cheeks.

Xiao Xuanjing ignored her, put the scriptures aside, and lowered his head to review the folded pages.

Su Wanwan knelt for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before finally hearing the voices of the guards outside.

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought here."

Xiao Xuanjing didn't look up, and said in a calm tone, "Take them away and give each of them ten lashes."

In the East Garden, Su Xian was forced onto a stool and inexplicably received ten strokes of the cane.

Then Sister Wan climbed up and received ten lashes.

After the ten strokes of the cane were finished, Su Wanwan was covered in sweat, but she gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound.

She was the eldest sister, and she had implicated Su Xian. Su Xian hadn't cried, so she couldn't shed a tear either.

When Feng Chenjun walked out of the study and came to the two of them, neither of them dared to look up.

He stared at the dark boots in front of him, rubbing his buttocks.

"Su Xian, you will be going to the Princess's residence to study under the tutor there. I have already sent someone to make arrangements."

Su Xian looked up abruptly, in disbelief, even forgetting the pain.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Xuanjing turned his gaze and looked at Su Wanwan. "Second Miss Su, come to the manor at Chenshi every day to settle the accounts between the Su family and the Princess's manor in recent years, make a separate book, and balance the old accounts."

Su Wanwan froze for a moment.

Wouldn't that mean spending the whole day under his nose?

No, she wouldn't.

"Your Majesty..." she was about to speak.

Su Xian secretly tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Sister Wan, Lord Fengchen has asked me to study at the Princess's residence. That's something many people would kill for. Please don't say anything."

Su Wanwan gritted her teeth.

Xiao Xuanjing turned and went back to his study.

Jian Qingshan walked over: "Miss Su, Mr. Su, please."

Su Wanwan slowly stood up, leaning against the wall, her buttocks hurting so much she grimaced.

Su Xian limped over, but couldn't hide her smile: "Sister Wan, do you think Lord Fengchen has taken a liking to my talent?"

Su Wanwan rolled her eyes at him: "What he's after is that you haven't had enough of being punished."

Su Xian chuckled twice, which aggravated her wound, causing her to gasp in pain.

The two supported each other and limped towards the outside of the East Garden.

Chunhua was waiting at the door. When she saw them come out, she was startled: "Miss, what's going on here...?"

"We'll talk about it when we get back." Su Wanwan gritted her teeth, climbed onto the carriage, and lay down on the soft cushions inside.

Su Xian was punished with a beating.

After returning home, Zhao felt very distressed.

But upon learning that he could study under the Princess, he was so happy that he slapped his thigh and kept saying, "It's worth it, it's worth it."

Su Wanwan was depressed. The thought of having to go to the East Garden every day made her feel like the sky was falling.

The next day, she pretended to be sick, with a persistent high fever.

I didn't go to the Su residence.

She always felt that Feng Chenjun would never be so kind to her.

She was happy that Feng Chenjun hadn't sent anyone to look for her.

Ten days later, just after Chenshi (7-9 AM), Fengchenjun's carriage, which had just finished court, stopped directly in front of her door.

"Miss, His Majesty said that either you go yourself, or he will come and invite you over..."

Chunhua stammered.

Su Wanwan reluctantly climbed into Feng Chenjun's carriage.

Once inside, she noticed the air pressure inside the carriage was very low, so low that she dared not breathe.

Xiao Xuanjing sat in the carriage with his eyes closed, holding the dagger in his hand behind his back.

Su Wanwan immediately lowered her head even further. After several encounters, she had some understanding of Feng Chenjun.

When he's in a good mood, he plays with his jade thumb ring.

When I'm in a bad mood, I hold a dagger.

Clearly, he's in a bad mood right now.

"How much do you know about the Shen family's account books?"

Su Wanwan looked up. Feng Chenjun's tone was calm, but his face was very gloomy.

She shook her head.

"Miss Su, you have one more chance." Xiao Xuanjing opened his eyes.

Su Wanwan tightened the handkerchief in her hand. "This humble woman truly does not know the Shen family's account books."

"Miss Su was in Cangzhou when the Shen family's old residence was burned down." Xiao Xuanjing leaned forward.

Su Wanwan raised her eyes, "Even if I possessed extraordinary abilities, I couldn't possibly burn down the Su residence. Besides, if I truly had leverage over the Shen family, why would I have waited until now, and why would I have personally gone to Shixiang Tower to retaliate against Shen Linfeng..."

Xiao Xuanjing leaned back, twirling the dagger in his hand. "Shixianglou?"

"I found a woman to infect Shen Linfeng's lover with a disease. We should have news in a few days." Su Wanwan carefully twisted her handkerchief.

Xiao Xuanjing leaned back against the carriage wall and tapped his knee twice with his fingers.

Where were you the night your old house in Cangzhou burned down?

Su Wanwan's heart skipped a beat: "At the inn. The people from the escort agency were also there that night. Your Majesty can ask them."

"You certainly know how to find witnesses."

"I am telling the truth."

Xiao Xuanjing didn't ask any further questions and closed his eyes to rest.

The carriage was so quiet that you could hear the wheels rolling over the stones.

Su Wanwan secretly lifted the curtain. The carriage wasn't heading to the Princess's residence; it seemed to be heading towards the outskirts.

About an hour later, the carriage stopped.

Su Wanwan looked outside. All around her were forests, with grass taller than a person. The wind howled, mixed with the cries of wild animals.

From afar came the sounds of labored breathing, followed by a man's wailing and pleading.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered two large pits dug in the ground, and a man bound and beaten, his face bruised and swollen, covered in blood.

Two of Feng Chenjun's men stood to the side and kicked it.

"My lord, there's nothing we can do. He's passed out," the guard said.

Xiao Xuanjing squatted down, took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket, and waved it under the man's nose.

The bound man then awoke.

Before the man could even open his eyes, a sharp pain shot through his hand.

"ah!!"

The pitiful cries were drowned out by the mountain wind.

Xiao Xuanjing's dagger had somehow already pierced the man's palm and was now firmly planted on the ground.

"Ah!" Su Wanwan was so frightened that she covered her face and backed away.

However, his retreat was blocked by the guards.

"Tell me, have you seen her?" Xiao Xuanjing demanded.

Su Wanwan's eyelids tightened; she didn't recognize this person.

"Never seen it before! Never seen it before!!!" the person on the ground cried out in pain before denying it.

"Look more closely." Xiao Xuanjing twisted the dagger.

The man trembled violently, his eyes bulging as he glanced at the woman. "Never seen anything like it before!"

"Tell the truth!" Xiao Xuanjing drew his dagger and plunged it into the man's thigh.

The person on the ground was convulsing in pain. "I've been by Her Highness's side for years, and I've never seen her before!"

Su Wanwan looked at the person on the ground with fear in her eyes. Feng Chenjun was torturing him like this, it would have been better to kill him.

"If you have thirty family members and you are lying today, then you can forget about their lives." Xiao Xuanjing stood up. "Bury them."

"Yes." The person standing to the side pushed the person down and began burying them in sand.

Seeing this scene, Su Wanwan was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she felt her throat go dry and she swallowed desperately.

They didn't bury him alive; instead, they left his head on top.

Someone blew a whistle.

Suddenly, there was some movement in the forest. Su Wanwan looked around and heard the roars of wild beasts.

She dared not move.

In the blink of an eye, several jackals appeared in the jungle, baring their teeth and staring at the human head on the ground.

"Please, let me die! I've never seen her before!" the person buried in the ground cried and begged for mercy.

Su Wanwan looked at Feng Chenjun, whose expression was calm and devoid of any emotion.

"Your Majesty, I have never seen this person before, please spare him..."

She was fine when she didn't speak, but as soon as she finished, Feng Chenjun waved his hand, and the jackals pounced on the ground, tearing at the human heads.

Su Wanwan suddenly felt her stomach churning and vomited.