What exactly does revenge mean?
Many times, Lu Yinxi had pondered this question. Was it to directly take the life of the enemy or to make her live in more pain than death?
Now, she had the answer.
Glancing at Concubine Wang's rigid expression, the young girl had no intention of going inside to find out what was going on. She just stood on the steps outside the door, looking extremely haughty.
Concubine Wang asked, "Fourth Miss, what do you mean by these words? Have I done something wrong to displease you?"
However, Lu Yinxi was not willing to engage in excessive verbal entanglement with her. She just looked at her with a pair of cold eyes, and then her soothing voice slowly rang out.
"Concubine Wang, nothing you've ever planned or hoped for in your life will come true!"
Although it was just a light - hearted sentence, to Concubine Wang's ears, it was full of horror. It was as if she was being haunted by something, and even breathing became difficult.
Plans?
Did Lu Yinxi know about her plans? How was that possible?
"Fourth Miss, have you heard something somewhere?"
Forcing a smile on her face, Concubine Wang stepped forward and tried to grab her hand, but the young girl dodged in time. There was a slight glint of water in her cold eyes.
"Concubine Wang, you don't need to know what I've heard. You just need to remember that the gods are watching. Those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely bring ruin upon themselves!"
After saying that, she left with her head held high, followed by Hongmei. However, this confident state only lasted until they reached Luoxia Courtyard.
As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, the young girl's whole body went limp. She had to lean on Hongmei to maintain her standing posture.
"Fourth Miss!"
She almost put all her weight on Hongmei, so Hongmei could clearly feel that her young lady was shivering, and her palms were full of sweat.
It was the pain.
"Don't make a fuss!"
These four words seemed to have exhausted all of Lu Yinxi's strength, but she knew that she couldn't collapse here.
Lord Lu and Lady Lu were still in the courtyard. She couldn't let them worry about her at this moment.
Having served the young girl for some time, Hongmei understood her quite well. Hearing this, she suppressed her panic and pretended to be calm as she supported Lu Yinxi towards the guest room.
The main bedroom was occupied by Lady Lu, so they couldn't go there.
When they reached the bedside, Lu Yinxi completely lost her strength and collapsed onto the bed. She covered her left chest with both hands, her delicate face wrinkled in pain. Her clothes were completely soaked with sweat.
Hongmei was left standing there, at a loss.
She didn't understand why the Fourth Miss had suddenly become like this after coming out of Rongjing Courtyard, nor did she know why she had to hide it.
All she knew now was that her young mistress valued her, so the Fourth Miss must not have anything bad happen to her.
"Miss, you... I... I'll go and call a doctor for you."
"Don't go! Ah..."
As her teeth loosened, broken moans escaped from her lips. Lu Yinxi stared at Hongmei with red - rimmed eyes, and tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes.
"Hongmei, my current situation must, must not be known to anyone."
The fact that her Word Spirit had been discovered by Shang Luoshu and Fang Qinhu had already made Lu Yinxi feel frustrated. If others knew about the side effects of her Word Spirit, it would be like handing her weakness to others on a silver platter.
This was the young girl's last trump card in this world, and she must never expose it.
"But... Fourth Miss!"
"Hongmei!"
Another wave of pain hit her. Lu Yinxi's trembling upper teeth accidentally knocked against her lower lip. Her pale lips instantly turned bright red, which was heart - wrenching to look at.
Seeing this, Hongmei didn't dare to argue anymore and could only obediently follow her order.
At the same time, Shang Luoshu dismounted and returned to the prince's mansion.
As soon as the court session ended, he had taken Chen Guang out of the city to confirm something, so he had just returned.
"Your Highness, do you plan to tell Miss Lu about this?"
Shang Luoshu paused for a moment. He hadn't expected that in the process of investigating why his uncle wanted to adopt Lu Yinxi as his god - daughter, he would uncover an old incident that had happened more than a decade ago.
After knowing this, it was not hard to understand why Lord Lu had impeached the Assistant King during the morning court today. It was nothing more than a warning.
But would his uncle obediently listen to Lu Wenhan's warning?
"Not for now,"
Shang Luoshu rubbed the corners of his eyes. There were some things he wanted to confirm further. If everything was really okay, he would tell her everything.
"Keep an eye on my uncle. Even if we can't hurt his foundation, I will still pull out a few of his teeth!"
Chen Guang responded and stepped back, planning to deploy his men more carefully.
After he left, the room was filled with a long - lasting silence, only accompanied by the man's long breaths. After a long time, someone walked out of the dark corner and knelt in front of the table.
If Lu Yinxi had been there, she would surely have recognized this person as Hongrui, one of her maids.
At this moment, Hongrui didn't look like her usual boisterous self. Instead, she was like a sharp dagger that could take someone's life as soon as it was drawn from its sheath.
From the very beginning, Shang Luoshu had placed two people beside the young girl. Hongmei was in the open, while Hongrui was in the dark. One was good at literature and the other at martial arts. It should be no problem to protect her.
Recognizing the figure below, the man frowned and said coldly, "What's the matter?"
"It's the Fourth Miss. She... for some reason..."
Halfway through her words, Hongrui frowned, as if hesitating about how to describe it. Finally, she decided to repeat the exact words.
"Hongmei said that the Fourth Miss seems to be shivering in pain all over."
These words immediately dragged Shang Luoshu's memories back. There was one time in the temple and another time in the prince's mansion.
The scene of the young girl shivering all over and barely breathing was still engraved in the man's mind. He couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
The chair made a screeching noise. When Hongrui looked up, she found that her master was no longer there, and the door was open.
After sending away another group of people sent by Lord Lu, Hongmei wrung out the handkerchief in her hand and nervously wiped the cold sweat from the young girl's forehead.
After getting Hongmei's assurance, Lu Yinxi passed out before she could say anything. But even in this state, she couldn't escape the torture of the pain, and the cold sweat on her forehead kept coming.
Lord Lu had sent his servants to invite her again. Hongmei dared not make a sound according to the order and could only find excuses to decline. But this was already the third group of people.
In desperation, she could only ask Hongrui to send a message back and ask the master to think of a way.
"What on earth is going on?"
Suddenly, a low - pitched angry voice came from behind. Hongmei was so frightened that she almost dropped the handkerchief in her hand. It took her a while to realize who it was.
"Y, Your Highness?!"
Was this her prince, who had barged into a young girl's boudoir?
Shang Luoshu didn't know what was going on in her mind. At this moment, the only thing on his mind was the young girl on the bed.
Just as Hongrui had said, she was shivering in pain, and even his fingers couldn't help trembling.
Clenching his fist, the man forcibly suppressed his emotions and said coldly, "What exactly happened?"
Hongmei didn't dare to hide anything and immediately told him everything she knew.
The moment those words reached his ears, Shang Luoshu sensed something was wrong. The words "Word Spirit" immediately occupied his entire mind.
In his memory, the two times the young girl had shivered in pain also seemed to be after she had used her Word Spirit.
Something was about to blurt out, and the emotions in the man's eyes were about to overflow. However, at this moment, there were suddenly hurried footsteps outside the door.
Then, came Hongrui's cheerful voice: "Fourth Miss, Lord Lu is here."