May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

His brutality clearly showed he didn't value Aqing's life.

A sudden wave of fear seeped out from the cracks in her limbs and bones, engulfing Aqing in an instant.

This person, this person is different from Wen Yuanshu!

If he takes me away, I might really die!

Just as they reached the door of the woodshed, Aqing suddenly became furious and started kicking the door of the woodshed frantically.

The door rattled loudly, the sound echoing throughout the entire courtyard in an instant.

Lu Chengyuan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and with a large step, he forcefully dragged Aqing out.

A mournful cry escaped Aqing's throat, and pleading appeared in her eyes.

She's really scared now.

In an instant, Wen Yuanshu's words echoed in his ears again—

Even a dead end is still a way out.

Aqing struggled and twisted her body, desperately trying to attract Lu Chengyuan's attention so that he would ask her, "Are you willing to tell me now?"

She's willing to talk now!

He's finally talking!

However, Lu Chengyuan seemed not to notice her commotion, or perhaps he didn't want to notice, and continued to drag her outside.

It was the head housekeeper in the courtyard who couldn't bear to watch any longer and stepped forward, saying, "Young Master Lu, she... seems to want to say something."

"Oh?" Lu Chengyuan seemed to only then realize, looking down at A Qing, his eyes narrowing slightly. "So you're willing to talk now?"

For some reason, Aqing detected a hint of disappointment in his voice.

Aqing didn't have time to think too much and nodded quickly.

Seeing this, Lu Chengyuan finally let go and reluctantly took the gag out of her mouth.

When he spoke again, Lu Chengyuan's disappointment was impossible to hide: "Why are you confessing so soon?"

He even wanted to take the girl back and discipline her properly before making any further decisions.

The housekeeper could tell he was disappointed, but she didn't dare say anything and told the other women around her to leave.

Aqing swallowed hard a few times before saying, "I...I want to see Wen—"

Before he could finish speaking, a murderous glint flashed in Lu Chengyuan's eyes: "Are you making demands of me, Commander?"

An almost suffocating sense of oppression spread outwards.

Aqing's face turned pale, and she quickly dared not say anything more. She honestly told the story: "It was Princess Jieyou."

She told me to find an opportunity to kill Wen Yuanshu. Even if I failed to kill her, as long as I made the move, the princess would promote me to be her close attendant, and I would live a life of luxury every day..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chengyuan couldn't help but laugh: "You'd rather take the blame for someone's death just to become her servant and serve her?"

Look at how pathetic you are.

Aqing's face stiffened, but she still stubbornly said, "What do you know! Being by the princess's side, even if you're just a servant, is the most prestigious thing!"

Can the servants around a princess be the same as the servants outside?

Lu Chengyuan scoffed, too lazy to argue with her anymore.

Now that we know it was Princess Jieyou who did it, the target is clear.

Aqing tried to sit up straight: "I've already said I can go now, right?"

Lu Chengyuan's eyebrows twitched: "You think you can just walk away after injuring someone with a knife in broad daylight?"

Now, he really does seem like a child.

That's incredibly naive.

Aqing's face stiffened.

Lu Chengyuan shook his hand as if he had just touched something dirty, and called over the stewardess: "Keep dragging it back to the woodshed and watch it. We'll report it to the authorities later."

The headmistress responded and quickly beckoned two rough-looking women over, instructing them to send Aqing back.

Although the old woman was quite rough around the edges, compared to Lu Chengyuan, she was practically gentle.

Aqing was thrown back into the woodshed, where the two rough-and-ready women, just like before, each brought a stool and watched her while eating melon seeds.

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Meanwhile, Wen Yuanshu had just finished tying her hair when she suddenly heard the door being pushed open. Turning around, she saw that it was Lu Chengyuan who had returned: "What happened just now? Why was there such a loud noise?"

Lu Chengyuan shook his head: "He confessed."

Wen Yuanshu was slightly taken aback, and Chunhua exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?!"