The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

She was originally a lonely soul from the end of the world, and her appearance was not that important to her.

But when it comes to destroying it, Qiao Xi still hesitates.

"Xu Qiao, have you made your choice?"

Unable to use her services, Ruan Yunheng was unwilling to give Qiao Xi any more patience.

"I choose two!"

Things had come to this point, and Qiao Xi changed her previous show of weakness and directly referred to herself as "I".

"Please ask Madam Shufei to have someone bring a dagger and a lighted candle."

"What's the use of a lighted candle?"

Could it be that she wanted to burn her own face? I didn't expect her to be such a cruel person.

"Your Highness will know when you see it."

Qiao Xi didn't want to explain any more to her.

"My Lady, the dagger and the lighted candle are ready."

After a while, the palace maid came to Qiao Xi with a tray.

On the tray was a gleaming dagger and a burning candle.

Without saying a word, Qiao Xi picked up the dagger and placed it on the candle, turning it over and over until she felt it was about time, then she blew out the candle.

The dagger approached her right cheek, and the cold light of the knife reflected on her eyes, causing her eyes to squint slightly, just enough to cover up the complexity in her eyes.

"Ok!"

Qiao Xi groaned in pain, but the sound was so small that if she wasn't close to her, she wouldn't have heard a single sound.

The dagger cut deeply across the cheek so cleanly and neatly, and the right side of the beautiful, delicate and intact face instantly turned blood red.

The blood seemed to flow endlessly, reddening her cheeks, her neck, and then soaking Qiao Xi's collar.

Fortunately, she was prepared, otherwise the blood loss would have caused her to become anemic.

Just as Qiao Xi was pressing the wound and using the best hemostatic medicine to stop the bleeding, she suddenly heard a cry of "Junior Sister" coming from outside Shujing Palace.

It’s the eldest brother.

Why did he come here at this time?

No, I can’t let Senior Brother see her like this.

One was because they were afraid of scaring him, and the other was because they were afraid that the eldest brother would blame himself for this matter.

"Big Brother, please don't go any further. I'm fine!"

Li Wen saw her covering her face with her hands outside the hall, and there was a blood-stained dagger beside her. How could he believe what she said?

He came up to Josie without stopping.

When Li Wen saw Qiao Xi with blood all over her face and neck, he was shocked.

But fortunately, he has been practicing medicine for many years and knows what is most important at the moment.

"Junior Sister, how deep is the wound? How long has it been there? Do you feel the blood still flowing?"

Because the wound was on her face, whenever Qiao Xi spoke it would pull on the wound, which might cause the wound, which had just stopped bleeding, to open again.

So he wrote on the ground with his bloody fingers to answer Li Wen's questions.

When he learned that the bleeding had stopped, Li Wen looked at the culprit.

"Empress Shufei, my junior sister is almost able to heal your face, why are you still treating her like this?"

"Hmph, this isn't my fault. She got hurt because of her brother-in-law, and it has nothing to do with treating my face.

Li Wen, I haven't blamed you for bringing anyone to treat me, but you blame me first.

Who gave you the courage to let a slave blame his master? "

"Slave? Master?" Hearing these two words, the always obedient Li Wen suddenly sneered, "Have you ever heard the saying 'The ruler is a boat; the common people are water'?

Please remember, my lady, without water, there is no need for a boat to exist."

"What do you mean?"

Although Ruan Yunheng was the daughter of the Grand Tutor, she was taught the art of controlling her husband by her family since she was young, and she had not read much poetry and books of sages.

Ask her to win favor and love, and she can do it easily. But ask her to argue with those convoluted scholars, I am afraid that even ten of her would not be a match.

So she really dislikes those who show off their writing all day long.

"Li Wen, are you trying to curse me in a roundabout way? You are so presumptuous.

Come here, Li Wen has offended me. Drag him out and give him twenty lashes of the cane. Let's see if he dares to be so presumptuous again in the future."

Hearing that the eldest brother was about to be beaten, Qiao Xi endured the pain and cried out: "Wait!"

The eldest brother contradicted Concubine Shu in a moment of desperation because he saw that she was injured. She couldn't let the eldest brother suffer this unexpected disaster.

Qiao Xi lowered her head and looked humble.

"Please forgive my senior brother, Your Majesty. He spoke rudely because he saw that I was injured. I hope Your Majesty will forgive him this time because he treated you in the past."

"Junior Sister, you don't have to do this for me—"

"Big Brother, do you want me to stab you again on the left cheek? Now you are at the mercy of others. Please understand the situation clearly!"

Hearing Qiao Xi pleading for him, Li Wen felt even more guilty: If he had not dragged his junior sister to the cannibalistic Nine Palaces harem, he would not have ended up like this today.

But as soon as he opened his mouth to say that, he saw Qiao Xi speaking to him despite the pain, so he could only swallow his unfinished words.

Seeing that he finally stopped talking, Qiao Xi reached out and patted his arm to comfort him, then looked at Ruan Yunheng:

"Madam Shufei, my senior brother has admitted his mistake. Please forgive him this time."

"Forget it. If I really hit him, it would seem that I am inhumane."

"Excuse me, Madam Shufei, can we leave now?"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Ruan Yunheng naturally had no need to keep them any longer, so he waved his hand and let them go.

However, when Li Wen helped Qiao Xi walk to the door of Shujing Palace, her leisurely voice suddenly came:

"Xu Qiao, don't forget, with my father's current status, it would be very easy for him to deal with someone.

My face isn't fully healed yet, so please don't forget to come and see me on time."

Qiao Xi's back was straight, and her tone was indistinguishable from her emotions:

"Yes, I will come on time."

After saying that, the two of them left Shujing Palace without looking back.

……

"Little junior sister, senior brother."

When Ren Qingzhou saw the two of them coming out of Donghua Gate, joy was evident in his voice.

"Little junior sister——"

But when he saw Qiao Xi with blood all over her face, the call seemed to be forced out from his throat, with an almost imperceptible tremor at the end of the voice.

"Who did it?" These three words were ground out from between Ren Qingzhou's teeth, as light as a whisper, but frighteningly cold.

Just as Qiao Xi was about to speak, Li Wen spoke before her.

"Third Junior Brother, now is not the time to talk. We should quickly take Junior Sister back to the Xiao Mansion and treat the wound on her face. By the way, let Uncle think of a way to prevent Junior Sister from leaving scars on her face."

Appearance is so important to a woman.

For now, it's best to preserve Junior Sister's appearance. We can make plans for the rest later.

However, they and even the entire Xiao family will never let go of the debt that Ruan Yunheng owes them today.