Pingshan County Town.

Ping Haifeng staggered back drunkenly from the tavern to the second courtyard of Phoenix Tree Lane. His wife, from the Liu Family, heard from the servants and hurriedly rushed out to greet him, walking briskly to support her husband.

But Ping Haifeng shook her off with disgust:

"Get lost."

In his drunken state, Ping Haifeng seemed unwilling to cast even a glance at her, instructing the servants to help him to his study.

After their figures disappeared into the distance,

the face of the Liu Family wife, standing there, turned pale and livid alternately, her gaze full of hatred towards the direction of the study. Seeing this, Nanny Liu whispered:

"Madam, that little wretch is nothing more than the master's plaything, never to see the light of day. Why make yourself sick with anger over such a despicable creature? It's just not worth harming your health."

These words.

The Liu wife couldn't hear them.

In his youth, the master would occasionally visit those courtesan houses, but ever since that despicable thing was brought back a decade ago, he hadn't stepped foot into her room again.

She had been living as a widow for a full ten years.

Let that be that!

Now the master's gaze towards her was filled with hatred as if she were an enemy. If things continued this way, how could she have a place in this household!

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Liu Family wife:

"Nanny, that despicable plaything cannot stay any longer. Tonight, we act!"

"Madam, what if the master finds out, what can be done?"

"Well then, make sure he never finds out."

"Madam, you mean?"

The Liu Family wife whispered quickly.

Nanny Liu nodded slightly, a bit nervously:

"Yes, Madam."

The Ping Family had a rule.

Once Ping Haifeng entered the study drunk, no one could approach the courtyard. There had been a new servant who accidentally entered and heard screams from within. Thinking something had happened, he went in to see, and the next day, his body floated in the well.

Since then.

No matter the terrifying screams from the study's direction.

The entire Ping Family, from masters to servants.

Would not take even a step closer. Though everyone was curious about what happened in the study, for the sake of their own lives, no one dared to venture there.

The Liu Family wife and Nanny Liu threw on black robes, standing in the shadow of a peach tree's corner by the study, listening to the screams from the study. Even after ten years, Nanny Liu still found it chilling, recoiling:

"Madam, perhaps... we should let this go. If the master awakens in the middle…"

"Nanny, I have a plan. Just do as I say."

The two listened for over half an hour.

The screams in the study finally subsided.

After waiting a bit longer.

The Liu Family wife quickly walked towards the study.

As the study had become a Forbidden Land, even the door wasn't locked. The Liu Family wife tiptoed to the window at the study's back. The window was half-open.

At this moment.

Regular snoring came from within.

The Liu Family wife quickly pulled a flute-like object from her sleeve, handing it to Nanny Liu, who hesitated for a moment before realizing, and blew the flute toward the window.

Soon.

Wisps of white smoke drifted into the study.

After about half a tea's time.

The snoring inside became even more steady.

Only then did the Liu Family wife rise and head through the front door, entering to the sight of walls lined with various tools, all stained with dark red blood, both new and old, striking fear into anyone who saw them.

In the center of the room on an iron bed.

A young boy was tied up, without a thread, his body bruised and scarred with knife and whip marks, densely covering him head to toe, save for a surprisingly handsome face, without a patch of intact skin.

Seeing this, Nanny Liu was horrified, whispered:

"Madam, looking at this, there's no need for us to make a move."

They had thought the master doted on this person, not expecting him to suffer such inhuman treatment.

The Liu Family wife, pointing at the room filled with gold and jewels, gritted her teeth:

"Look at all these treasures, then look at our courtyard. If we don't act now, when the master passes, won't all our wealth go to this male fox spirit!"

Thinking of this.

Her anger rose.

When her eldest son came of age, she had begged the master for a piece of gold to give him some status, but the master had bluntly refused, constantly lamenting poverty to her.

She too thought the family was truly poor.

Never imagining.

That all the wealth was used to buy gold and silver jewelry to please this male fox spirit!

The Liu Family wife said coldly:

"Nanny, bring water in, quickly!"

"Yes, Madam."

Nanny Liu sighed internally, turned, and left the study.

At this moment.

The young boy on the iron bed quickly opened his eyes, showing it wasn't his first time being drugged, hence recovering consciousness so swiftly.

The young boy had been imprisoned in that study for ten years.

This was the third person he had seen, besides the previous servant who accidentally intruded, a glimmer of hope fleeting across his desperate face. But noticing the unhidden murderous intent on the Liu Family wife's face, hope dwindled, and he glanced at Nanny Liu bringing in water.

He tilted his head back, trying to call out.

At this time,

Nanny Liu noticed his tongue had already been half cut, feeling a twinge of mercy, but under the Liu Family wife's urging, she quickly dampened a sheet of mulberry paper, pressing it firmly over the boy's face. His breathing grew rapid, his features becoming stark against the damp paper.

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