It was an extremely difficult night for only "Xu Yujiao" and Bai Lishi.

After the queen returned to the palace, she tortured "Xu Yujiao" all night long. The woman's cries and howls resounded throughout the palace.

All the servants and maids huddled aside and did not dare to make a sound, for fear that if they angered the Queen, she would end up like "Xu Yujiao".

Every day these days, the palace is filled with the sound of women's wails, which shows how much the Queen hates the women in that room.

"Bitch! You bitch!"

The queen kept waving the whip in her hand towards the ragged woman on the ground, and each whip hit her old wounds just right.

The barb on the whip stirred up large pieces of flesh and blood and scattered them all over the floor. "Xu Yujiao" fainted from the pain on the spot.

"Xu Yujiao" was obviously in an extremely embarrassed state at this time. Blood was pouring out from all over her body. Cold sweat completely wet the broken hair on her forehead. Even in a coma, the woman was wailing softly. .

The queen glanced at the maid next to her with red eyes and said nothing. The maid immediately took a basin of salt water and poured it on the woman on the ground.

"what--"

A scream rang out, and the wounds on "Xu Yujiao's" body were so painful that she gasped for breath and kept pleading, hoping that the queen would reward her with a happy death.

A life of such torture would be worse than a happy death.

She was really scared. She didn't know how she survived these days. There were maids and guards guarding the house every day.

Now, she can't even seek death.

But how could the queen let her go so easily now that she was filled with anger?

"Xu Yujiao's" face could no longer be described as pale, and the look in her eyes towards the queen also contained murderous intent and deep fear.

"Don't you want to avenge Xiao Yan? Kill me if you can!"

Xu Yujiao lay on the ground and yelled angrily at the queen, her hair stuck tightly to the side of her face with blood on it.

Hearing "Xu Yujiao" mention Xiao Yan again, the queen gritted her teeth and wanted to cut this bitch into pieces immediately, but she would not let "Xu Yujiao" die so easily before she could dig out the secret hidden in her body.

Ruyi has been investigating this matter recently and has some vague clues. She believes that one day she will be able to know what is hidden behind it.

Her intuition told her that that secret might be the key to why she wanted to attack Yan'er.

The queen did not reply to "Xu Yujiao"'s words, but started the next period of torture by herself.

It wasn't until dawn broke that the queen walked out of the room with a pale face, supported by Ruyi.

"Go find a doctor and give her a look. Don't let her die."

The queen looked at the sun that had just risen on the horizon and said in a deep voice, and walked towards the bedroom in a daze.

On the other hand, Bai Lishi, who was far away in Jing'an Temple, also stayed up all night, just sitting quietly on the bedside holding letters from home one after another.

These days, Mrs. Chen, at Bai Shaoyuan's request, sends a letter home every day, and the content of each letter is exactly the same as persuading her to move back home.

Bai Lishi looked at it but just felt chilled. If her grandmother hadn't been ill and her mother was pregnant, Bai Shaoyuan would have been eager to take her back home by force.

It seems that I am probably worth a lot of money in the eyes of my father.

Bai Lishi curled her lips sarcastically and raised her hand to rub her dry and swollen eyes. These were the family members she relied on and trusted wholeheartedly.

Now she feels that it is not a bad thing to leave the Bai family like her third sister.

If the third sister was still living in the Bai Mansion, her father would have already had his mind set on her.

Bai Lishi only laughed at herself for being stupid, not having a mind as smart as her third sister, for not realizing her position in their hearts earlier.

They really are a cool family.

"Miss, have you been up all night?"

Xiao Tao saw that the candlelight in the room was still on and reached out to gently open the door. She saw Bai Lishi sitting on the bedside with an expressionless face. Xiao Tao's heart was suddenly shocked.

Bai Lishi moved her dry eyes and a stiff smile appeared on her face. She wanted to get up and walk to the table, but she had no feeling in her lower body because she had been sitting for too long.

Her body fell to the ground uncontrollably. Xiao Tao was so frightened that she immediately stepped forward to help him up. Bai Lishi covered her knees and limped towards the table.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Just get whatever peach you want."

Xiao Tao quickly checked the condition of Bai Lishi's legs, and said a little distressed when she saw that the skin was already somewhat torn.

Bai Lishi looked nonchalant. She took a sip of the cold tea and said in a dry voice:

"Xiao Tao, why do you think Third Sister sent someone to tell me this news?"

Bai Lishi recalled that when she was in the former prime minister's house, she was jealous of her third sister who was a little prettier than herself since she was a child, and because her eldest sister didn't like her, she always teased her.

If she didn't tell herself the news, maybe she would really soften up and go back to the Bai family who cannibalize people without blinking an eye.

Xiaotao's eyes flashed slightly when she heard her young lady mention Princess Jing'an, then she stood there and said softly:

"Miss, the princess is a broad-minded person. You are her sister after all. The princess will naturally miss you."

Bai Lishi didn't believe this sentence at all. Although she was stupid, she was not stupid to this extent.

Which one, Bai Shaoyuan or Bai Yanci, is not her relative?

Their current fate must be inseparable from the third sister, but it is also their own fault.

In the past, Bai Lishi would have thought that the third sister was too cold and indifferent to do this, but now she felt that she was just treating others in their own way.

If we had to say why the third sister was special to her, it was probably because the wrong things she had done did not really hurt the third sister, so she was willing to be extra tolerant to her.

Bai Lishi felt even more guilty when she thought of this, and at the same time she wished she could kill her arrogant and domineering self who always teased her younger sister.

"Xiao Tao, fortunately you are with me."

Bai Lishi thought about this and reached out to hold Xiaotao's folded hands in front of her. She looked gently at the maid beside her, and there was no trace of the past in her eyes.

Xiao Tao was slightly stunned. She suddenly realized that the second young lady was really different from before.

Perhaps now with such a master, although the cost of eating and drinking is far less than before, I can still live a more comfortable life.

"This slave will always stay with the young lady." Xiao Tao said with a smile on Bai Lishi's lips.

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