The three of them were picking chrysanthemums and passing by a manor when a low-key carriage sped past them from not far away, finally stopping outside the manor gates.
Two fierce-looking, burly men dragged a disheveled, unkempt woman out of the carriage.
The woman was wearing a tattered, light blue long dress, her bare feet were bloody and bruised, her body was covered in injuries, and a piece of cloth was stuffed into her mouth. This woman was the concubine Meiji from Prince Qing's manor.
Seeing Leng Ruo Li and her two servants standing not far away, she frantically shook her head, widened her eyes, and kept making muffled sounds, "Wu wu... wu..."
As if begging them for help.
Xing'er's heart was immediately filled with pity.
"Miss, that girl is so pitiful."
"Yes!"
Ling'er looked at the woman with mixed feelings. She had just escaped from the den of iniquity known as Yichun Tower two days ago and could deeply empathize.
She was fortunate that her young lady had gone to Yichun Tower in time to rescue her from that fiery pit, otherwise, she would have been defiled by those men.
Unexpectedly, the two burly men dragging the woman also looked towards them and roared loudly, "What are you looking at? Keep looking and we'll drag you three over to accompany her."
This scared the two maids, whose faces immediately turned pale.
"Miss, let's leave here quickly."
Xing'er and Ling'er pulled Leng Ruo Li and hurried away from the manor.
Although both of them sympathized with the woman's plight, they were powerless to save her. For their own safety, they quickly left.
However, after seeing the miserable state of the woman earlier, the two maids lost all interest in picking chrysanthemums.
Leng Ruo Li's mind was also preoccupied with the woman's situation. Therefore, she decided to send the two maids back to the city first, and then return to find a way to sneak into the manor and see what was going on inside.
Half an hour later
Leng Ruo Li sent the two maids back to the city, then returned to the vicinity of the manor, found a hidden spot, entered her system space, changed into men's attire, put on a golden mask, and then returned outside.
Leng Ruo Li used the convenience of her system space to easily evade the manor guards, agilely scaled the wall, and entered the manor.
Her gaze quickly swept across the manor. She found that the manor was quite large, with waterside pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, and a small rockery in the middle of the garden, with peculiarly shaped mountains and rugged rocks, looking quite imposing. Whose manor was this, so luxurious?
"Ah~"
A sharp, tragic female voice emanated from inside the house, accompanied by heavy male panting...
Her eyebrows furrowed tightly, and she walked rapidly in the direction of the sound. After turning two corridors, she found the place where the sound originated.
At this moment, increasingly frantic mixed sounds came from the house, not only heavy male panting and women's screams, but also the continuous lewd laughter of a group of men, which was chilling to hear.
Leng Ruo Li cautiously circled the house for more than half a lap before finding a window. She secretly peeked inside. Seven or eight large men, bare-chested, with evil expressions, were toying with a scantily clad woman. And that woman was the one she had seen at the manor entrance earlier.
Leng Ruo Li's apricot eyes were filled with coldness, and her eyes were clouded with bloodthirsty rage...
Damn it!
These men were too disgusting.
No wonder there were only two guards outside the manor. It turned out that all the guards had run into this room to torment the women.
At this moment, the woman's scream was heard again, "Ah! No... don't come over..."
"No, wu wu wu..."
The woman wept helplessly.
"Girl, stop struggling. Since you've come to this manor, don't think about escaping." One of the men said.
"If you escape and are caught again, your fate will only be worse, so you'd better not try to escape." Another man echoed.
A group of men: "Haha..."
After frightening the woman, they couldn't help but burst into wild laughter.
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and Jun Mo Yao, dressed in a black robe with four-clawed pythons embroidered on it, with gold thread sewn on the pythons and cuffs, his well-tailored clothes made his entire figure appear even more slender. He wore a jade pendant at his waist, symbolizing his noble status.
Jun Mo Yao entered the room with a face full of gloom. The room was filled with the atmosphere of a post-coital encounter, a scent that was very familiar to Jun Mo Yao.
Seeing Jun Mo Yao walk in, the faces of the group of large men in the room instantly turned serious, and they became orderly.
"Your subordinate greets Your Highness!"
Everyone cupped their hands in salutation to Jun Mo Yao.
"You may all rise."
Jun Mo Yao glanced indifferently at the men in the room and the woman curled up in the corner, his face showing no emotion.
Ever since he learned that he had been poisoned with an infertility drug, he had become increasingly grim.
During this period, apart from being summoned by the palace, Jun Mo Yao had barely left his mansion. Every day, he made the mansion guards stage battles of defiling concubines in front of him, and he found amusement in it.
Everyone in Prince Qing's manor thought their prince had gone mad. Everyone acted cautiously, fearing they might offend Prince Qing, especially the concubines and maids in the manor, who kept a far distance from Prince Qing. Thus, the atmosphere in Prince Qing's manor had become very oppressive.
Today, Jun Mo Yao returned to the manor from the palace and suddenly remembered that he had sent this concubine to this manor, so he hurried over.
He, Jun Mo Yao, hadn't had enough of this woman yet, so how could he let her die so easily?
Those around him knew that this manor was used to imprison concubines abandoned by Prince Qing's manor.
And women sent to this manor generally did not survive for more than three days. He was worried that these ravenous guards would play the concubine to death that very day.
Therefore, he galloped to this manor.
"How do you all feel about the woman I sent?" Jun Mo Yao asked with a wicked smile.
The men in the room lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound, fearing they might lose their lives with a single misstep.
"Don't be afraid, you can continue. I will not punish you."
Jun Mo Yao watched these guards attempt to violate his concubine Meiji, and instead of being angry, he ordered them to continue.
The guards were stunned upon hearing Jun Mo Yao's words.
After regaining their senses, they lunged at Meiji...
At this moment, Meiji had no desire to live. She was like a broken doll, thrown on the ground...
Her gaze had become vacant, and her mind was dazed, but these men had no intention of letting her go.
A delicate beauty was thus ruined by men.
And Jun Mo Yao sat aside, watching with relish, not feeling disgusted.
Outside the house, night had fallen, and occasionally the sounds of small animals could be heard.
Leng Ruo Li, hiding beneath the window, felt a great wave, a storm, surge within her heart...
She desperately wanted to rush in and rescue the woman from the clutches of evil, but Leng Ruo Li was alone and outnumbered, and dared not act rashly. After a moment of thought, she came up with an idea and turned to leave.
After half an incense stick of time
An urgent shout was heard from outside: "Fire! Fire! The wood shed is on fire! Hurry and save it!"
Jun Mo Yao immediately got up and flew out. A group of men quickly pulled up their pants and rushed out. They were all anxious to put out the fire, and everyone completely forgot about Meiji in the house.
Leng Ruo Li seized this opportunity to run into the house, trying to rescue the woman inside. To her surprise, the woman did not want to leave. She only begged Leng Ruo Li in a low voice to give her a knife, but how could Leng Ruo Li not know her intention?
"Girl, you're not even afraid of death, so why are you afraid of living?"
Meiji closed her eyes tightly and did not respond.
But Leng Ruo Li did not give up trying to persuade her.
Then she continued.
"Do you hate Jun Mo Yao? Do you want revenge?..."
Meiji still had no reaction.
"..."
Later, with no other option, Leng Ruo Li, while she was in a daze, gave her a sleeping injection and moved her into her system space.
She hurriedly left the manor. Before leaving, Leng Ruo Li set fire to the house again, and instantly the flames soared into the sky.