I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

Chuntao didn't know, she only knew that every time she admitted her mistake, she would be beaten less. So, in the last few times, whenever she came to Nuanyu Pavilion, she would take the initiative to admit her mistakes.

"I...I didn't clean the yard properly. I'm lazy."

"Hmph, I'm glad to know. Come here."

Chuntao bit her lips tightly and slowly crawled towards Mo Xiaowan.

When she came closer, Mo Xiaowan suddenly grabbed her arm, rolled up her sleeves, suddenly pulled off the hairpin on her head, and stabbed her arm hard.

"what!"

After Chuntao screamed, she saw blood flowing out from the place where Mo Xiaowan had just stabbed her.

Mo Xiaowan raised her eyebrows and said hatefully:

"No matter how much suffering you have endured today, don't blame me for being cruel. It was your cheap master who caused it."

After saying this, she stabbed Chuntao's arm with the hairpin again, once, twice, three times...

She didn't stop until Mo Xiaowan felt tired and Chuntao's arm was covered in blood and she was about to faint from the pain.

She picked up the handkerchief, wiped off the blood stains on the hairpin, and twitched the corner of her mouth with disdain.

"Madame Liu, clean her up and don't let anyone see it."

Aunt Liu had a sinister smile on her face. She took two steps forward, bowed her body, and responded flatteringly.

"Don't worry, Miss Mo. I will do this little thing perfectly."

Mo Xiaowan looked at Chuntao again and proudly reminded,

"If you dare to tell anyone about this, I will kick you out of Prince Yan's mansion. Also, don't even think about finding another job in Chang'an City. After all, my father is a third-rank official in the court, and my aunt is a royal concubine. Let alone if I hurt you, even if I kill you, no one can do anything to me."

Chuntao naturally understood the logic behind this, otherwise she would not have endured this suffering in silence.

She was dragged out of Nuanyu Pavilion by Madam Liu, and this kind of action would happen almost every two or three days.

Ling Xiao, who had just returned from outside, only glanced towards the south row of rooms, and saw Nanny Liu dragging someone into the south row of rooms.

He walked over there in surprise, and saw Aunt Liu coming out quickly and stopping him.

"Guard Ling, what can I do for you?"

He frowned and asked,

"What were you doing just now?"

Aunt Liu shook her head in panic.

"Nothing... nothing, I went in with my clothes..."

It just flashed by and Ling Xiao didn’t see it clearly.

He didn't say anything else and walked towards the backyard.

Only then did Madam Liu let out a long sigh and turned to walk towards Nuanyu Pavilion.

Ling Xiao suddenly turned around when walking through the corridor leading to the backyard.

He always felt that he was not seeing things just now. It seemed that Nanny Liu was dragging someone into the south row of rooms.

Thinking of this, he quickly raised his foot and walked towards the south row of houses.

He patrolled here and found that the girls were all working outside, so there was nothing unusual here.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a bloodstain under his feet.

He squatted down and touched the bloodstain with his hand, and the bloodstain was immediately reflected on his hand.

The blood is fresh, someone must be injured here.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to check each room one by one. When he was about to reach Chuntao's door, his heart suddenly started beating wildly.

When he ran through the main courtyard just now, he didn't see Chuntao.

In the past, whenever he passed by there, Chuntao would come over and greet him warmly, but recently, he hadn't seen her for a few days.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little scared. He knocked on the door timidly and pushed open Chuntao's door.

Although the room was very quiet, he could hear the slight breathing of people.

As he walked towards the bed, he called softly:

"Chun Tao, are you there?"

Chuntao could tell that it was Ling Xiao's voice. She weakly got up, covered herself with her sleeves, put on her shoes and prepared to go downstairs.

At this moment, Ling Xiao walked in. Seeing Chun Tao's pale face, he asked in surprise:

"Chun Tao, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"

Chuntao bit her lips tightly and shook her head vigorously.

"Guard Ling, I'm fine. Why are you here?"

fine?

She doesn't look like she's okay.

"Chun Tao, are you sick? I'll call a doctor for you!"

"Guard Ling, I'm fine."

Chun Tao shook her head in panic, "I'll be fine after a rest, I'm really fine."

"But……"

Ling Xiao looked at her doubtfully.

Chuntao hurriedly explained,

"I just... I just have physical discomfort. You won't understand women's affairs even if I tell you."

Seeing her say this, Ling Xiao's face immediately turned red, "Then you take a good rest, I'm leaving first."

How could he understand women's affairs? He was just an unmarried young man.

But just as he walked out of the door, he saw bloodstains on the threshold again, and thinking of the scene where Aunt Liu dragged someone in just now, he quickly turned back...

When he returned to Chuntao's room, he saw her rolling up her sleeves and applying medicine to herself.

This scene made him freeze in place. Chuntao saw him come in and hurriedly put down her sleeves.

"Guard Ling...Guard Ling, why...why are you back again?"

Ling Xiao took two steps forward angrily, grabbed her hand, and held her wrist. Looking at the wounds on it, he asked with red eyes,

"who is it?"

Chuntao was so frightened that she quickly pulled her hand back and shook her head vigorously.

"Guard Ling, please stop asking. I'm fine. I'm really fine."

"Chun Tao, who bullied you? Was it Aunt Liu? Was it her?"

As he was about to go out to question Aunt Liu, Chuntao stopped him.

"Ling Xiaowei, please don't worry about this. I don't want to leave the palace. I don't want to go."

"But……"

Looking at Chuntao's pitiful eyes, Ling Xiao clenched his teeth, panting and nodding.

"Tell me, is it Aunt Liu?"

Chuntao bit her lips tightly and shook her head vigorously.

"No, don't guess. Please, don't worry about it."

Having stayed in the palace for so many years, Ling Xiao understands the human nature of this place best.

Chuntao naturally had her own difficulties in not letting him take care of her.

He immediately nodded with red eyes.

"Okay, I don't care. I'll help you apply the medicine."

As he spoke, he pulled Chuntao to sit down regardless of anything, then picked up the pain-relieving ointment on the table and rubbed it on her wound bit by bit.

Maybe because of the princess, Ling Xiao always felt that he was closer to Chun Tao than to the other maids.

He also guessed that Chuntao's bullying this time must be related to the princess.

Although Chuntao didn't let him get involved, he had to do it since this happened to him.

Chuntao's wounds were so horrifying that he couldn't bear to watch them any longer.

He angrily threw down the painkiller in his hand and turned away...

Thinking of the wounds on her body, he couldn't imagine how Chuntao endured it.

His mood had not changed until he returned to Yanjing Palace.

Seeing his grim expression, Ling Yun stepped forward and asked,

"Ling Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

Ling Xiao bit his lips tightly, squatted under the sycamore tree, gasped, and said nothing.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Ling Yun came over, squatted in front of him, and asked in a low voice,

"What happened?"