Li Da Niang's actions quickly drew the attention of passersby.
"What's wrong with this person?"
"We don't know."
"It seems these people captured this old woman's son and won't let her see him."
"Alas, some people nowadays are truly lawless."
"..."
As the onlookers spoke, they all shook their heads, filled with sympathy for Li Da Niang.
Li Da Niang continued to create a scene.
"Everyone, come and judge for me! These people have imprisoned my son here for no reason."
Li Da Niang's cry quickly gathered more onlookers.
Before long, Lin Hong Tao, with his bulging belly, walked over, leading two lackeys who cleared the way.
"Move aside! Everyone move aside! Don't block our young master's path," the two lackeys shouted.
Seeing Lin Hong Tao arrive, the gathered commoners scattered like startled birds, disappearing in an instant.
It seemed Lin Hong Tao had a terrible reputation among the people of the capital.
"Old woman, how is the task I assigned you?"
Lin Hong Tao, with dark circles under his eyes and a pale complexion, panted as he looked at Li Da Niang and asked.
"Young Master, didn't you say that as long as I put the medicinal powder you gave me into the general's clothes, you would release my son? Why are you going back on your word now?" Li Da Niang asked Lin Hong Tao, gathering her courage.
"Hmph! You stinking old woman, you have no right to reason with this young master. I ask you, after Leng Jin Yu wore the clothes you put the powder in, did his wounds split open and cause him to bleed profusely?"
Lin Hong Tao asked with a cold, fatty, pig-like face.
"I am just a lowly servant in General Leng's mansion. How could someone like me inquire about the master's affairs? However, when I left, I overheard servants in the front courtyard saying that our general seemed to be in trouble, and Steward Qi had invited many doctors to treat him."
Li Da Niang said, her expression flustered, yet she tried to maintain a calm demeanor.
"So, what I heard earlier from people I sent to inquire is true. This is truly wonderful!"
"Heh heh... Leng Ruo Li, since I can't defeat you, I'll start with your father. Hahaha..."
Hearing Li Da Niang's words, Lin Hong Tao became extremely excited and immensely pleased with himself.
He didn't notice at all that Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han had quietly arrived behind him.
"Is it very funny?"
Leng Ruo Li suddenly asked.
"Indeed!"
Lin Hong Tao replied, lost in his得意.
Then, he realized the voice sounded familiar.
He quickly turned around and saw Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han standing behind him.
"Ah!!!"
He was startled by the sudden appearance.
"Lin Hong Tao, you're scared already? Weren't you quite smug just now?" Leng Ruo Li's voice was bone-chillingly cold, and her eyes were terrifyingly sharp.
"What do you want?"
Lin Hong Tao, seeing the Cold King and his consort approaching with ill intent, felt a bit uneasy.
"You kidnapped Li Da Niang's son and threatened her to poison my father, causing his injuries to worsen. I wanted to ask you, what exactly do you want?"
Leng Ruo Li asked him sharply.
"You, you... Don't falsely accuse me! When did I ever have anyone poison your father?" Lin Hong Tao vehemently denied.
"Heh! You don't need to admit it. I'll let you experience what it's like to wish you were dead."
As soon as Leng Ruo Li finished speaking, Jun Mo Han kicked Lin Hong Tao flying. He formed a parabolic trajectory in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground, several meters away from where the Cold King and his consort stood.
"Ahhhhhh..."
"It hurts so much,呜呜..."
Lin Hong Tao lay on the ground, wailing in pain.
His few lackeys were stunned by the scene for a moment before rushing over to help the pig-like Lin Hong Tao up.
"You... you... light... lightly... lightly!"
Lin Hong Tao, in his disheveled state, was helped up. At this moment, every inch of his body ached, his bones felt as if they were shattered, and he had even lost two front teeth, causing him to speak with a lisp.
"呜呜..."
"My... my body hurts so much!"
Leng Ruo Li looked at his state and a gloating smile curved her lips.
"Lin Hong Tao, doesn't this feel wonderful?" Leng Ruo Li asked deliberately.
"呜呜, you... you are too much! I'm going back to tell my father to report you to the Emperor..." Lin Hong Tao said, enduring the pain, his words stammering.
At the same time, he invoked the Emperor.
"Oh, then go. But before you go to report me, this old lady will give you another gift."
Leng Ruo Li's eyes, like water, held a hint of ice-coldness, and her brows exuded a soul-captivating, icy beauty that made it impossible to look directly at her.
When Lin Hong Tao was not far from her, Leng Ruo Li kicked him again, sending him flying several more meters.
"Ah..."
"呜呜... You are bullying me too much." Lin Hong Tao, after receiving another kick from Leng Ruo Li, was almost half-dead.
What he didn't expect was that Leng Ruo Li took out the small white bottle containing the medicinal powder, which he had given to Li Da Niang earlier, and came before him, half-squatting, shaking it.
"This medicinal powder is what you had Li Da Niang put into my father's medicine, isn't it?"
Leng Ruo Li's voice was calm, without a trace of tremor, yet it was as cold as thousand-year-old ice.
"What do you want to do?"
This time, Lin Hong Tao was so frightened that his voice trembled.
Leng Ruo Li ignored him, immediately opened the stopper of the small bottle, then took out scissors, cut open the clothes on Lin Hong Tao's wounds, and poured the medicinal powder onto his wounds.
The next moment...
"Ah..."
Lin Hong Tao let out another scream of agony.
Because of the distinguished status of the Cold King and his consort, his lackeys dared not step forward to stop them, and could only watch from the side as Leng Ruo Li poured the medicinal powder onto Lin Hong Tao's wounds.
At this moment, Leng Ruo Li looked at Lin Hong Tao's miserable state with great satisfaction, then put the small bottle back into her sleeve and went to Li Da Niang.
"Come, let's go in and see your son."
Leng Ruo Li reminded her.
Li Da Niang came to her senses and hurried into the small hut.
"Son, son, your mother is here to save you."
Li Da Niang saw Shen Da Zhu, beaten black and blue, tied up in the corner, his eyes tightly closed. She called out to him for a long time with no response, and tears immediately streamed down her face.
"My son, how could they beat you like this?"
Li Da Niang cried.
She immediately knelt down and untied her son. She tried to carry him out, but her son was a bit plump, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move him.
"Your Highness, this old servant begs you, please save my son," Li Da Niang cried out toward the doorway.
Leng Ruo Li, who was still standing outside the door and had not left, heard Li Da Niang's cry and walked in, instructing the guards to carry Shen Da Zhu out.