Yu Miao Qi’s whole body stiffened as she stood frozen for a long time before regaining her senses. She pulled off the purse and handed it to Ma Momo whose eyes were full of mockery. Ma Momo took out the scrap of paper inside and unfolded it for her master to see before tearing it into pieces in passing.
After tossing around for so long, she actually tormented herself all along. Only then did Yu Miao Qi understand that Yu manor is completely different from Shen family and it’s no longer a place where she is allowed to have everything going her way. She has treated and hoodwinked everyone as fools but who knows that others have treated and watched her like a jumping clown.
She has long lost her face completely!
Thinking of this, Yu Miao Qi’s blood surged up and almost exploded her already swollen cheek. Hiding within Lin Shi’s embrace, she timidly walked out and just when she crossed the threshold, she came across Yu Si Yu who was glaring at her. She deliberately avoided her yet was repeatedly blocked by her.
“Yu Si Yu, are you defying the Heavens!” Lin Shi rebuked angrily.
“I am precisely defying the Heavens, what are you going to do then? Kill me if you have the ability!” Yu Si Yu laughed grimly then ruthlessly spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on Yu Miao Qi’s face and cursed, “Slut! Bitch! A creature worse than a dog or pig! I, Yu Si Yu will be at odds with you from now on!”
As Yu Pin Yan was standing by the side and watching coldly, Yu Miao Qi dared not retort but only used her sleeve to silently wipe away the thick spittle.
Yu Si Yu smiled contemptuously and apologized to her elder brother before running towards Yu Xiang, who was not far away then gesticulating while she talked about something. Yu Pin Yan waved at his younger sister then brought both mother and daughter along with Jin Momo to the dungeon.
“Jin Momo had committed murders behind her master, thus her crime is too serious to be pardoned and shall be punished by a hundred beatings with the wooden staves.” Sitting down on the wooden armchair, he spoke coldly.
On both sides of the prison cells held all the children and grandchildren of Jin Momo, there were more than a dozen people and all of whom were here. After hearing those words, they hurriedly pounced towards the door of the prison cells to beg for mercy, and called for help from Lin Shi and Yu Miao Qi.
Lin Shi and Yu Miao Qi huddled together, shivering in fear.
“Sit down and take a good look at what sins you guys have actually created.” Yu Pin Yan patted the two chairs beside him.
With fear and trepidation, Lin Shi and Yu Miao Qi sat down and looked at him with implored eyes from time to time.
Yu Pin Yan, however, ignored them as he beckoned his hand and said, “Execute.”
The guards tied Jin Momo to a chair then swung the staves and struck her with a bang. At first, Jin Momo persevered with gritted teeth but after thirty hits, she began to beg for mercy then her tongue was bitten off after fifty hits yet she was still breathing and stared fixedly at the mother and daughter with a pair of bloodshot eyes.
A short while later, only a muffled cracked sound was heard where her spine actually broken and the badly mangled body severed into two while pieces of flesh splattered everywhere by the waving of the swinging staves.
The family members of Jin Momo on both sides of the prison cells dared not witness such a horrible sight. They hugged each other and cried while several young children had already fainted out of fear.
Lin Shi and Yu Miao Qi naturally did not dare to watch too, each had their heads turned and their eyes shut.
Yu Pin Yan did not care about Lin Shi. He stood up and walked to Yu Miao Qi’s side, clasping her lower jaw to forcefully turn her face around and ordered in a cold voice, “Open your eyes, otherwise this Marquis will personally dig out your eyeballs.” Holding the official title All Commander, Yu Pin Yan knows better than anyone on how to destroy a person’s will or make the other party feel worse than death without hurting the skin and flesh.
Tremblingly, Yu Miao Qi eventually opened her bloodshot eyes to look at the person who had been savagely struck into two. A hundred strokes finally finished, she raised her neck and panted heavily yet seeing Yu Pin Yan leisurely lowering his rolled up sleeves and carefully smoothing out the folds. His tone was unprecedentedly gentle, “As such, this Marquis will no longer pursue your previous crimes. These people are also at your disposal, whether to kill or release will all depend on your words.”
To kill or release? Yu Miao Qi fell into a more painful struggle. Should these people be released, they harbored resentment and knew too much of the shameful secret, thus they would inevitably be detrimental to herself in the future but to kill them off, she would then appear to be heartless and faithless.
But in the heart of Yu Pin Yan and Old Madam, she herself has long become the kind of heartless and faithless person, so what’s there to hide? After all, her own safety is more important!
After making up her mind, Yu Miao Qi gritted her teeth and said, “Kill.”
Snapping her head around, Lin Shi looked at her with a stunned gaze. Jin Momo had nurtured/breastfed Lin Shi since she was a child and her two daughters were like sisters to Lin Shi. According to Lin Shi, she would naturally release them and give some compensation then let them leave the Capital forever. At any rate, they would at least have a way out but she never expected her daughter would choose to have them killed.
No matter how partial she is towards her daughter, Lin Shi could not help but feel traces of chillness in her heart.
Yu Pin Yan laughed superficially and clapped his hands, “Indeed this Marquis’ Di[1] younger sister. Ruthless enough. In that case, all will be beaten to death without exception and you will continue to watch the punishment. This Marquis will leave first.”
He walked to the door and ordered several guards, “They are not allowed to leave until the sentence is over. If Yu Miao Qi refuses to open her eyes, use the bamboo sticks to prop her eyelids up. There’s no need to be polite.”
Those guards undertook the task with profound voices as Yu Miao Qi slumped into the chair instantly.