In the Tianli Kingdom, a woman is not allowed to cut her hair before marriage.
This is the rule of the Tianli Kingdom.
For the women in the Tianli Kingdom, their long black hair is as important as their chastity. Only their future husbands are allowed to touch it.
Zhao Shuning wasn't heartless. She thought what she had done was quite merciful.
At least she didn't kill Wu Xuan right away.
"Lu Feiyan, you'll die a miserable death!"
A shrill scream came from outside.
Zhao Shuning walked over to the bed where Lu Feiyan had rested and lay back straight.
The bedding on the bed was still warm.
Lying on it, she thought about the strange things that had happened recently.
The old man she had met before should be a highly - skilled person. Maybe he was related to the national master who could predict their future.
Zhao Shuning turned over.
She felt something protruding under her body, which made her uncomfortable.
She reached her hand under the bedding and took out a white porcelain bottle. She put it under her nose and smelled it gently.
Zhao Shuning couldn't help frowning.
Soul - Severing Powder?
This was a rare item. Even if Wu Xuan wanted to throw something away, she wouldn't throw this kind of thing into Lu Feiyan's room.
Thinking this way, the Soul - Severing Powder should be something Lu Feiyan used for self - protection?
She put the item away again.
Zhao Shuning remembered the maid Yanzi that Lu Qiu had once mentioned to her. She felt strange. Since she had returned to the Moon - Watching Courtyard, she hadn't seen the girl.
The ear - piercing wailing still came from outside.
It disrupted Zhao Shuning's train of thought.
She had to stand up.
Half an hour had passed. Why couldn't that woman stop wailing?
"Creak—"
Zhao Shuning opened her door.
Seeing this, Wu Xuan, who was sitting on the ground in the yard wailing, immediately looked at Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning raised her eyes and looked at Wu Xuan with a hostile look.
In an instant, Wu Xuan stopped her tears at once and didn't dare to make a sound.
As soon as Zhao Shuning turned around, she started to sob softly again.
Zhao Shuning couldn't help rolling her eyes.
She turned back.
She quickly walked up to Wu Xuan.
She said impatiently, "If you keep crying, I'll cut out your tongue."
"You dare!"
"Just see if I dare!"
As she spoke, the shape of the scissors appeared in Zhao Shuning's hand again.
"Lu Feiyan, don't push people too far."
"Me pushing people too far? Wu Xuan, get it straight. You were trying to kill me. I just cut your hair, and you're wailing like this. What? Do you feel heart - ache?"
"Lu Feiyan, you're also a noble lady of Ruoqiang. Don't you know how important a woman's hair is to us in the Tianli Kingdom?"
Zhao Shuning sneered.
She mocked, "I do know. If I didn't, I wouldn't have been so happy to cut your hair like this. What? Only your hair is valuable, and other people's lives are worthless?"
Wu Xuan held her broken hair in her hands, her body trembling.
Now that her hair had been cut like this, how could she have the face to see her father, the king, and her mother, the queen, when she returned to the Tianli Kingdom?
"Wu Xuan, don't think this is the worst punishment I can give you. Believe me, I just don't want to create killing karma for now. Keeping you alive is still useful to me. If you ever make me unhappy again in the future, I'll return everything you did to 'me' one by one. Do you understand?"
Wu Xuan's eyes were filled with big tears.
Zhao Shuning looked at her mockingly.
Wu Xuan was extremely afraid of the woman in front of her now. She tried her best to hold back and didn't let the tears fall.
Zhao Shuning reached out her hand and gently wiped away Wu Xuan's tears.
She said coldly, "Remember this feeling. All these feelings are what you once imposed on others."
Lu Qiu was such a gentle and kind beauty. How could Wu Xuan have the heart to hurt that fair face?
Thinking of this, Zhao Shuning felt heart - ache.
Anyway, in this life, she was somehow related to Lu Qiu. They even looked the same. If that kind of pain had fallen on herself, Zhao Shuning might have already reduced these people in front of her to ashes. How could she still be here talking to them so much?
"Lu Feiyan, you've been hiding your true self before, haven't you?"
"Well, you can think so."
Zhao Shuning stretched out her right hand and gently swiped through the air. The protective shield in the Moon - Watching Courtyard automatically dissipated.
"What are you doing?"
"Aren't you eager to cry? Now, I've removed the protective shield. As long as you cry, people outside will definitely hear you. Then they'll surely come to see what you look like now. If the princess wants the young prince to see you like this, then just stay in this yard."
The tear stains on Wu Xuan's face were still not dry. She quickly got up and staggered back to her room.
"Ah!"
Another shrill scream.
Zhao Shuning covered her ears.
It seemed that Wu Xuan should have seen her appearance in the bronze mirror.
The other two women in the Moon - Watching Courtyard stood aside, looking at Zhao Shuning fearfully and not daring to say a word.
Zhao Shuning looked at them and said, "You two, come here."
Although the two girls had no choice, they still walked over tremblingly.
"Miss Lu, what, what do you want from us?"
"Have you seen my maid Yanzi?"
The two of them shook their heads.
Zhao Shuning asked again, "Really don't know?"
"Miss Lu, we haven't seen your maid since before you disappeared."
They probably didn't dare to lie to her.
Zhao Shuning waved her hand casually.
"You two can go."
"Yes, thank you, Miss Lu."
Now it was Miss Lu?
In this Changkong Academy, strength really spoke.
"Wait—"
The two girls immediately stopped in their tracks. A bitter look appeared on their faces. They slowly turned around and almost asked with a sob, "Miss Lu, is there anything else?"
Zhao Shuning said, "You should know how to talk about today's matter. I'm telling you now. Wu Xuan is not easy to mess with, but it doesn't mean I, Lu Feiyan, am easy to bully. If I ever hear any rumors about me again in the future, I'll come to you first. Do you understand?"
"Understood, understood. Miss Lu, we'll never dare again."
"If anyone dares to speak ill of you, we'll surely step forward to stop them."
Zhao Shuning nodded.
"Go."
Mingyue and Caixia. These two girls' names really didn't match them at all.
Zhao Shuning originally wanted to go back to the room to see if there was anything Lu Feiyan liked, thinking of sending it to her later.
But just as she stepped into the doorway.
Out of the corner of her eye, a gray shadow flashed by quickly.
"Who?"
Zhao Shuning immediately turned around and chased after it.
The person was quite quick. By the time Zhao Shuning chased to the corner, the person had already disappeared.