"Yes."
Zhong Youyan watched Xie Jinqiu with a beaming smile.
Xie Jinqiu watched Madam Li and his elder brother leave, his eyes filled with despair.
"Husband, let's go back to our own courtyard." Zhong Youyan's voice reached his ears, and Xie Jinqiu trembled all over with fear.
But he had no martial arts skills, and Zhong Youyan held him firmly in her grip. He could only follow her back to their room.
Once the door closed, muffled groans of pain sounded again.
The torment lasted all night.
Xie Jinqiu's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at the man and woman sleeping peacefully in the inner chamber.
They had only been married a few months. It was bad enough that she tortured him in every conceivable way.
His wife had never let him touch her.
And today, she had gone even further, entangling herself with a Hidden Guard right before his eyes.
Zhong Youyan had bound him in the room, leaving him to listen to the laughter and playful sounds coming from the inner chamber. He was in agony.
He was going mad!
The snow fell harder and harder, yet amid that vast, snow-white world, an older servant woman stood hesitantly in the snow, asking to see the Eldest Madam.
Liu Wan asked Pan Chun, "Isn't that Mama Qing, who used to serve the Old Madam?"
Pan Chun nodded. "Yes. After the Old Madam was confined last time, she returned to the Prince's Manor and bribed the woman in charge to secure a job doing menial work. I have no idea why she's come to see you now!"
Liu Wan had not intended to concern herself with the servants' affairs.
But the little baby in her arms grew restless again. She looked up at Mother and pleaded with wide