The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

"Madam, isn't it a bad idea for us to do this? And the risk is too great. You see, when the wolves besieged us last time, I saw that they were quite skilled. If we do this, will they attack us?"

The fourth concubine tried to persuade Cai and Mu Yifan that if they angered the eldest wife, they might lose their lives, and she didn't want to die so early!

"What's so scary about a disabled person? Then tell me, what should we do if there is no food? Or do you all want to wait to starve to death?" Mu Yifan asked back, and the fourth aunt was speechless.

"Madam, how about this? It's easy to be exposed if there are too many people. We will guard the things here. Although there are no valuables, we can't lose them again." Cai felt that what the fifth aunt said made sense, and since she had just protected the package, she agreed to the proposal.

"Fan'er, I'll leave this matter to you. You're the only man in our family now, and we're counting on you!"

Cai painted a rosy picture for Mu Yifan. After what happened to Mu Yiguo, she had seen through a lot. It was no longer possible to rely on her son. The right way was to have money and food, and she would never give these to anyone!

"Don't worry, wait for my good news!" Liu wanted to persuade him not to go, but Mu Yifan was blinded by the food at the moment and insisted on going! She couldn't persuade him.

……

"Xier, do you want to practice whip skills?" Mu Yibai asked Fu Yunxi softly while lying on the bed.

"Of course I do. I'm itching to do something!" Fu Yunxi understood what he meant. The second family didn't take them seriously enough. They even dared to plan to steal their things in the post station. It was ridiculous. It seemed that they had to be taught a lesson.

"Okay, he's just an irrelevant person, don't tire Xier out." Before he finished speaking, the window was pried open from the outside, and a fat figure was climbing through the window clumsily!

"..."

"Let me help you!" In a flash, Fu Yunxi whipped Mu Yifan on the butt, forcing his body into the house. Then the whip flew, and every whip landed on Mu Yifan.

"Ah——" Mu Yibai sat on the edge of the bed, his sleeves fluttering, and a bead in his hand hit Mu Yifan's mute point, making him unable to make a sound.

Fu Yunxi continued to swing the whip, using all the whip techniques he had learned in recent days without reservation.

Mu Yifan was beaten so hard that he could only groan until he passed out.

"How is it, has my whip skills improved?"

"Progress is rapid."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Throw him down and leave it to fate whether he can survive." Mu Yibai opened the door and said to the outside.

Chen Jianzhong and Huo San already knew Mu Yifan's whereabouts. When they saw him sneaking upstairs, they did not try to stop him. They knew very well that Mu Yifan posed no threat to Mu Yibai and Fu Yunxi.

"Master's wife is really amazing!" Chen Jianzhong exclaimed. Fu Yunxi's whip skills were so good that he could sense the speed just by the rustling sound of the wind.

Huo San didn't say much and threw Mu Yifan down from the upstairs. The people from the second room were waiting in the dark in the lobby and were stunned by this scene!

"Fan'er——"

"Husband—"

Everyone rushed over and found that Mu Yifan had been beaten horribly, with his face falling down and his face bloody and unrecognizable.

Liu put her fingers under his nose with trembling hands, "Fortunately, he's still breathing, wuwu——" She couldn't help crying out loud and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was alive, it was fine.

"Hurry up and take Fan'er away. Do you have any medicine?" Cai didn't expect Mu Yibai to be so cruel. He was simply going to take Mu Yifan's life!

"Mom, there is no medicine. What should I do? Wuwu——" Liu asked while crying.

Mu Yuanzhang and Mu Xianya had fallen asleep, leaving only the female family members waiting here.

"Stop crying!" Cai said angrily, "Is there anyone willing to go and ask the soldiers for medicine? I'll give them one tael of silver!"

After hearing this, the Fourth Aunt shrank behind the crowd, and the other concubines also hid behind them. No one dared to speak at this time, for fear that Cai would say something even more outrageous.

How could they not know what Cai meant? One tael of silver was enough to pay for selling one's body for poor people, but they were innocent women who were forced to marry by Mu Yiguo. Now it was ridiculous for them to sacrifice themselves for soldiers for one tael of silver.

"If no one is willing, then we'll draw lots. Whoever draws the lot will win. Anyway, we women have never decided our own fate. Whoever asks for medicine, I'll give her one or two taels of silver. I just want the medicine, no matter what method she uses."

Seeing that everyone was watching, Cai said cruelly that no matter how unfilial Mu Yifan was, he was still her only son, and she didn't want to give up until it was unnecessary.

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for Madam to do this?" The second concubine said with a bad feeling in her heart.

"Don't say anything more, it's settled. Pull the branches quickly and take the shortest one." Cai made the final decision, completely ignoring everyone's opinions.

In the end, it was Fifth Aunt who drew the lot. Everyone had different expressions, some pity, some jealousy, and some relief.

"Give me the silver first, I'll go after breakfast." The fifth concubine asked Cai for money expressionlessly. She was not stupid. How could she give money after getting the medicine?

"I can give you the silver, but you must take the medicine back." Seeing that the Fifth Aunt was so persistent, Cai gave her the silver. After all, it was worth exchanging one or two taels of silver for Faner's medicine!

As the sky gradually brightened, some people had already gotten up to cook. Suddenly, a scream came from the lobby:

"what--"

"What are you doing? Scaring people can kill them, don't you know?"

"Mother, my husband, he's dead... wuwu——"

Liu was originally taking care of Mu Yifan, but she couldn't resist the sleepiness and lay down beside him to take a nap.

Unexpectedly, after waking up, I touched the cold Mu Yifan, who had been dead for a long time!

"Fan'er——"

For a time, the second branch of the Mu family fell into grief. Cai lost her husband and son one after another, and it seemed as if she had aged twenty years in an instant.

Only Mu Yuanzhang seemed to have no idea what was going on and just stood there staring blankly.

The fifth concubine gave the sixth concubine a meaningful smile, and the two looked at each other, and everything was said without words.

That’s right, Mu Yifan was killed by the Fifth Aunt in the middle of the night. In fact, he was already dying, and the Fifth Aunt just covered his mouth and nose when no one was paying attention. Mu Yifan didn’t struggle too much, so he must not have died in pain!

……

People upstairs also came out one after another, and Mu Yibai was still sitting in the wheelchair.

Chen Jianzhong knew that his master's leg recovery could not be told to others, so he would keep it a secret. However, there was one thing that puzzled him. Chen Jianzhong asked in surprise, "From what he looked like last night, he could have held on for a few more days. How could he die so soon?"

Mu Yifan was indeed beaten badly and fell from the second floor, but this height shouldn't be enough to kill him, right?

"He's just a petty thief who doesn't know his place. Why are you paying attention to him?"

Huo San was also woken up. He walked out of the room yawning and stretching as he spoke.

"It seems that there are also experts in the second house."

Fu Yunxi's words were meaningful. After all, she was the one who swung the whip, so she knew exactly what the injury was.

No one paid too much attention to Mu Yifan, and everyone was doing their own thing!