After being read, the abstinent prince bullies others with his wife every day

She stopped in front of Lin Shuning, panting: "Miss, someone just sent an anonymous letter to the mansion, saying... saying that Lin Xueyue was kidnapped, and they want Lin to pay 10,000 taels of silver as a ransom, otherwise..."

"Kidnapping?" Lin Shuning frowned: "Why would someone kidnap her for no reason?"

Jiang Yu's name flashed through her mind, but she immediately denied it.

It can't be him.

Lin Shuning suddenly felt that she understood him inexplicably, he would not be like that.

After thinking carefully, she asked in a deep voice: "What did Lin Xueyue do today?"

"Madame Jiang said that after Lin Cheng came back, she hurriedly changed her clothes and went out. Miss, do you think she went to see Prince Chen?" Lian'er said with a gossipy look on her face. "Maybe she was too flashy in her gold and silver jewelry, and that's why she attracted the kidnappers."

Lin Shuning understood instantly, she sneered: "In my opinion, I'm afraid the kidnapper is from Prince Chen's Mansion."

If she guessed correctly.

This Prince Chen must have thrown some bait to Lin Cheng and Lin Xueyue before this, which made them try every means to harm him, but he didn't expect that they would be ruined by her in the end.

Lin Cheng is cunning and can restrain himself, but Lin Xueyue, who claims to be smart but is actually short-sighted, will definitely take action.

It’s just a pity that it looks like her actions are not going well.

"Then how did Lin Cheng react?"

"When Lin Cheng heard the number, he went into the study with a gloomy face. He hasn't come out yet. I don't know whether he will take care of it or not."

"No need to guess," Lin Shuning understood clearly, "Lin Cheng was promoted from the Minister of Personnel. It has only been more than ten years, and he has been relying on the salary issued by the court. He also has to support nearly a hundred people in the mansion. How could he have 10,000 taels?

If he really took out 10,000 taels now, wouldn't it prove his evil deeds of embezzlement, bribery and private dealings? By then, someone in the court would definitely impeach him, and how could he still keep his official hat?

So, even if he really showed his intention to pay the ransom, he was just pretending, as greedy as he was.”

Lin Shuning's eyes flashed. Jiang Chen was indeed a deep and ruthless man. It was obvious that he was killing a chicken to scare the monkeys and give people a warning.

Lian Er nodded in sudden realization: "Miss, what you said makes sense, but it's a pity. If Lin Xueyue really died like this, wouldn't we be unable to take revenge, and I wouldn't be able to slap her twice."

As she said this, she slapped the air twice with a hint of regret.

Such a vicious woman should be retaliated against without mercy. Her death would put an end to all problems and would be a relief for her.

Lin Shuning smiled helplessly, took a sip of tea, looked at the falling snow outside the window, and stopped talking.

At the same time, a sharp slapping sound suddenly came from the study, shocking the servants waiting outside and making them swallow their saliva, staring at their toes and not daring to move.

Wang pointed at the woman kneeling in front of Lin Cheng, crying and swearing, "You bitch, I haven't even settled the score with you for seducing the master yet, and you dare to ask the master to use the money in the mansion to rescue Lin Xueyue?! Are you naive enough to think that just because this little girl is fostered under my name, she will really be the fourth lady of the Shangshu Mansion?!"

Liu's voice was hoarse from crying: "Madam, I beg you, please save Yue'er, she is also the daughter of the master, and the bloodline of the Shangshu Mansion!"

"Snapped!"

There was another loud slap.

Liu covered her face in a daze, and then burst into tears again after a long while. She looked at Lin Cheng and begged bitterly: "Master, Yue'er has loved you the most since she was a child, and she likes you as her father the most. She hopes that you can visit her day and night. Is our daughter not worth the ten thousand taels of silver? No matter what, you must rescue her first!"

She knelt forward a few steps, her voice trembling: "Yue'er is delicate and weak, and she is also very beautiful. If those kidnappers have evil intentions and do something to her, her life will be ruined!"

Lin Cheng, who had been standing with his hands behind his back, angrily threw his sleeves when he heard this: "Are you asking me to spend all my family fortune to redeem her? There are nearly a hundred people in the Shangshu Mansion, and they are going to starve!"

"Humph," Wang stood beside Lin Cheng and frowned, "That's right, who knows what she did behind our backs? Why did the kidnappers kidnap her instead of someone else?"

Liu bit her lip, speechless.

She had originally wanted to send her daughter to the Shangshu Mansion to enjoy a good life and use it as a stepping stone for her to marry into the royal family. However, instead of waiting for the news that her daughter would marry into the royal family, she heard the tragic news that she had been kidnapped.

When she thought about what her daughter might be going through, she was so frightened that her whole body was shaking with sweat.

She raised her eyes and looked at Lin Cheng: "Master, you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a shout from outside the door: "Master, no, it's bad, the fourth young lady has been murdered! The body was sent back by the government. I heard that it was found outside the city where bandits often roam. You should go and take a look!"

"You said...what, Yue'er was murdered?"

Liu stood there with a pale face. Before she could react, tears had already fallen.

Then, she screamed and stumbled out: "Yue'er, my Yue'er, mother is here, mother is here to see you!"

Lin Cheng frowned and shouted sternly: "Stop her, don't let her out!"

"Yes, sir."

The guards outside the door grabbed Liu. Liu struggled frantically, scratching around with her fingers and tears streaming down her face. No matter how ambitious she had been in the past, she was now just a mother who had lost her daughter.

"Let me go, I want to see my Yue'er, why don't you let me see her, why!"

She collapsed little by little: "Yue'er, wuwuwu... my Yue'er... you won't even let me see her for the last time?"

Lin Cheng's face turned pale: "Don't forget, you are just a shameful prostitute. How can a prostitute appear in front of everyone?"

Hearing this, Liu, with disheveled hair, suddenly laughed. Her laughter was crazy, cold and sad. "Now you know I'm a prostitute. Why didn't you tell me when we were lingering on the bed and talking sweetly to each other? It was you who let Yue'er into the mansion. You promised me that you would protect her and compensate her for the suffering she had endured over the years, but what happened?!"

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she suddenly rushed to Lin Cheng and tore him with her nails like crazy.

Lin Cheng had a gloomy face, as if he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

Wang saw this and shouted, "Come here, this Liu has trespassed into the Shangshu Mansion and attempted to murder the Shangshu. She should be punished according to the law. Drag her out, give her 20 lashes, and then sell her to a brothel."

She looked at Liu, curled her lips and smiled sinisterly: "This whore should go back to where a whore belongs."

Liu looked up in astonishment, her eyes full of disbelief. She slowly turned her head to look at Lin Cheng, but saw that he didn't say a word, just stood there silently. She instantly understood something.

The last bit of hope in his eyes was shattered, replaced by despair and hatred.

With her last breath, she screamed, pulled out the hairpin on her head and stabbed Lin Cheng fiercely.