Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Tuoba Feiyuan was seriously injured this time, not physically, but emotionally.

In fact, although she received fifty lashes that day, the person who gave her the lashes was very shrewd and didn't dare to use much force.

She even dared to hit Prince Jin at the banquet, and Prince Jin did not immediately execute her. Everyone knew that this woman was currently the apple of Prince Jin's eye.

If I were to kill her, I wouldn't be able to survive either.

If it weren't for this, she would have received eighty strokes of the cane, and would have been crippled if not dead. Instead, she only suffered minor injuries.

But on the surface, she was completely and utterly humiliated.

She has been resting in bed for the past few days. Lu Fengjin comes every day, but she always scolds him away in a fit of anger.

Today is the fourth day. Lu Fengjin did not come, but Consort Rui did.

Tuoba Feiyuan used to have some natural hostility towards Consort Rui, but since she punished him, he has become much more obedient in front of her.

"I have met... Consort Rui." Tuoba Feiyuan moved her body. Although she hadn't injured her bones this time, the flesh wounds were still very painful.

Even the slightest movement caused her to wince in pain.

Consort Rui glanced at her, her eyes somewhat indifferent: "I heard that you've been throwing tantrums at Jin'er these past few days?"

Tuoba Feiyuan remained silent. Although she was somewhat wary of Consort Rui, it didn't mean that Consort Rui could bully her at will.

She absolutely refuses to be mistreated!

Consort Rui saw through her thoughts at a glance and couldn't help but snort coldly: "You really think you're someone important? Then let me ask you, what are you after leaving Prince Jin?"

"you……"

"If you truly had backbone, why are you still lying on this precious bed in the Prince Jin's residence? Although the Prince Jin's residence is heavily guarded, it has never stopped you from leaving, has it?"

"Your Majesty! I've been wanting to leave, but A-Jin insisted on keeping me here!" Tuoba Feiyuan said, her eyes red with displeasure. "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can always ask A-Jin!"

"I didn't mean to humiliate you, but I just wanted you to see the truth: without Ajin, you're just a beggar, worthless."

Seeing that she was about to retort, Consort Rui said coldly, "I heard that you have been serving yourself with bird's nest, ginseng and snow lotus every day these past few days. Do you know how much it costs to buy these things? By the way, before you leave, pay back what you have eaten and used from A-Jin these past few days before you go."

This time, Tuoba Feiyuan didn't say anything, but just bit her lip tightly, looking unconvinced.

Consort Rui leaned back in her chair, took the tea that Granny Xiu brought her, and sipped it twice.

"I told you, I'm not here to humiliate you, but you really don't know your place. You think that just because A-Jin dotes on you, you can do whatever you want? Do you even know what A-Jin did for Chu Yueli back then?"

"What did he do?" Tuoba Feiyuan's curiosity was immediately piqued.

Consort Rui remained silent, but Granny Xiu spoke for her: "Miss Li loves playing the zither. To find the best ancient wood to make a zither for her, Prince Jin risked his life to go up Tianshan Mountain and almost died there."

"When he returned, the prince was covered in blood and wounds, but he didn't even bother to treat his wounds. Instead, he went to the residence of a master craftsman to ask him to make a zither. If you had seen his body, you would have seen the scars on his back, which were scratched by the sharp claws of wild beasts from the Tianshan Mountains."

Tuoba Feiyuan's heart suddenly tightened: "He..."

Granny Xiu continued, "Miss Li once mentioned that she wanted to see snow. To fulfill her wish, the Prince specially built a huge ice sled and personally brought snow back from the north. However, she accidentally locked herself inside the ice sled. When she was discovered, she was on the verge of death and almost froze to death."

"After waking up, he ignored his high fever and went to find Miss Li to take her to play in the snow on the ice sled. In the end, he was bedridden for more than a month because of the severity of his typhoid fever."