At the mention of divorcing her husband, the Sixth Prince nearly fainted.
Only the person beside him catching him kept him from falling.
How blind had he been to mistake one person for another?
Ou Ruoxuan had indeed explained it to him before, telling him that she was the one who had saved his life.
Guagua: [Host, I've finished explaining. Would you like to watch the video?]
Song Yaoyao: *[Yes.*
The video and livestream functions were only just unlocked, so I'm still not used to them. I keep forgetting they exist.
Since you reminded me, I'll take a look.
*I want to see just how blind this Sixth Prince was, and how many things he did to hurt Ou Ruoxuan!]*
Guagua: [All right, Host. Coming right up.]
The Sixth Prince and the others saw a screen appear above Song Yaoyao's head. Gradually, images emerged on it.
A slender beauty appeared on the screen.
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, so this is Noble Lady Qi? She's so beautiful.]
Guagua: [How could any of the emperor's women be ugly? Every one of them is beautiful!]
Song Yaoyao: [That's true.]
The Sixth Prince stared fixedly at the woman on the screen. So this was his birth mother, Noble Lady Qi.
The screen showed Noble Lady Qi's life after entering the palace, how she received the emperor's favor, became pregnant, then the spilled oil and scattered soybeans, the sabotage during her difficult labor, her struggle to give birth, and her death, followed by the Sixth Prince's adoption and Ou Ruoxuan rescuing him...
Then came her marriage into the Sixth Prince's Residence, how Ou Ruoxuan had been falsely accused and beaten with a paddle...
Merely hearing about it came nowhere close to the impact of seeing the video.
When Song Yaoyao saw Ou Ruoxuan beaten within an inch of her life in the video, she began cursing:
*[Guagua, seeing Ou Ruoxuan being beaten makes me feel awful. I really want to go help her.*
Seeing her beaten until she had only one breath left makes me think the Sixth Prince isn't even human.
How useless does a grown man have to be to show off his prowess by beating his wife over and over?
Pah! That damned scumbag!
Only Ou Baiqing would treasure a man like that.
*Scumbag! Repulsive! Absolutely no limits...]*
Song Yaoyao cursed the Sixth Prince a thousand times over in her mind...
Everyone fell as silent as cicadas in winter!
Little Lord Song really wore her heart on her sleeve. When she was angry, she would curse even a prince without hesitation!
Everyone inwardly gave Song Yaoyao a thumbs-up!
The Sixth Prince, however, showed no reaction at all. He was still thinking back over what he had just seen.
He did not know whether the other events were true, but every incident in which he had beaten Ou Ruoxuan was real!
From that, he could deduce that every scene in the video was also real.
When Song Yaoyao looked up, she saw the Sixth Prince staring blankly at the space above her head.
Song Yaoyao glanced up above her own head. There was nothing there!
*[Guagua, this Sixth Prince isn't cooking up some big move to use against Ou Ruoxuan again, is he?*
*He looks like a decent human being, but the things he does are anything but human.]*
Song Yaoyao glanced at the people sitting beside the Sixth Prince and snorted inwardly:
*[Hmph!*
These people who hang around the Sixth Prince probably aren't any good either.
As they say, stay near vermilion and you turn red; stay near ink and you turn black!
They're all jackals from the same hill!
Especially that eye-rolling guy. The moment he arrived, he rolled his eyes at me.
*I bet he's just like the Sixth Prince-the sort who likes picking on women!]*
Su Mu: Little Lord Song, could you please be reasonable? I haven't said a thing this time. What do you mean, I like picking on women too? What a terrible injustice!
Everyone who had come with the Sixth Prince had been cursed by Song Yaoyao, and they exchanged bewildered looks!
They had not done anything! Why were they getting cursed?
Clearly, the Sixth Prince had dragged them down with him!
Just then, the proprietor knocked on the door and said:
"Your Highness, the food is ready."
Only then did the Sixth Prince come back to his senses and say:
"Serve it!"
"Yes," came the reply from outside.
A moment later, the door opened, and exquisite dishes were brought to the table one after another.
Song Yaoyao's eyes sparkled as she looked at the food.
Seeing her expression, the Sixth Prince said:
"Little Lord Song, don't stand on ceremony. Please help yourself."
Only then did Song Yaoyao find the Sixth Prince a tiny bit more agreeable-just a tiny bit-and say:
"Then I won't hold back."
Song Yaoyao picked up her chopsticks and served Song Qingling some food before taking some for herself and beginning to eat.
Everyone present except Song Yaoyao was trembling with apprehension.
The Sixth Prince barely touched his chopsticks, and the others ate very little.
Completely unaffected, Song Yaoyao tucked into the feast.
The Sixth Prince could no longer bear to stay and said:
"Little Lord Song, I just remembered that I have some matters to attend to at my residence, so Wang will take his leave first."
"The bill has already been paid. Please enjoy your meal, Little Lord Song."
Hearing this, Song Yaoyao quickly said:
"Since you have matters to attend to, Your Highness, please go ahead! Don't worry about me!"
As the Sixth Prince left the private dining room, he could still hear Song Yaoyao's thoughts:
[That damned scumbag finally left!]
The Sixth Prince returned to the Sixth Prince's Residence with heavy steps. The first thing he did was order the Shadow Guards to investigate what had happened in the past.
Ou Baiqing seemed to have been so confident that the Sixth Prince would believe her that she had barely bothered to cover up those past incidents. They were riddled with holes, and the Shadow Guards uncovered the truth every time they looked into one.
A day later, the Shadow Guards returned.
The Sixth Prince's hands trembled as he looked at the evidence.
How stupid had he been to believe Ou Baiqing's lies unconditionally without investigating anything?
Since Ou Baiqing and her mother had dared to scheme against him, they had better be prepared for his revenge.
The Sixth Prince wanted to see Ou Ruoxuan right away, yet he was afraid to face her!
How could he have the face to see Ou Ruoxuan?
He had mistaken someone else for his savior, while insulting his true savior and ordering her beaten until wounds covered her body. How could he possibly face Ou Ruoxuan now?
Torn between wanting to see her and not daring to, the Sixth Prince eventually went to Ou Ruoxuan's courtyard.
For the first time, the Sixth Prince realized how remote and shabby Ou Ruoxuan's courtyard was. There were only two servants there.
When the Sixth Prince arrived, an older serving woman and a maid were sitting beneath the eaves, chatting and cracking melon seeds.
"People ought to know their place, don't you think? His Highness only has Second Miss Ou in his heart. So what if Ou Ruoxuan holds the position of princess consort?"
"She still lives worse than us servants."
"Exactly, exactly. If I were her, I'd have thrown myself into the lake long ago. Staying alive is just a waste of air..."
"That's right. If she died sooner, she might even be born into a better life next time!"
"Being assigned to serve this jinx is such rotten luck!"
The two servants kept talking. Not far away, Ou Ruoxuan, dressed in clothes washed pale, was crouching on the ground, scrubbing laundry!
As though she had not heard the two servants' conversation, Ou Ruoxuan continued mechanically washing the clothes, her face utterly still!