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Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Zhan Qingqing Is Beaten Up By A Mob, Imprisoned!
Zhan Qingqing was surrounded by darkness as she was slowly pulled up only to be knocked down to the ground by a punch.
"Ah, you will pay for this!" Zhan Qingqing shouted out loud.
The saying goes, there’s no blame in numbers. Some who had long found Zhan Qingqing displeasing joined the mob that was beating her.
"This woman is no good, always bullying others with her status!"
"Beat her!"
A sack was pulled over Zhan Qingqing’s head as she was punched and kicked repeatedly.
The four Protectors of the Zhu Family were also beaten terribly.
Soon after, the Government Officials from the Capital Government arrived, and the crowd assaulting Zhan Qingqing dispersed, allowing Zhan Lan to finally leave.
Beaten to within an inch of her life, Zhan Qingqing was taken to the Capital Government.
She saw Zhan Beicang, his face darkened, coming out of the Capital Government building.
Zhan Qingqing mustered all her strength to shout, "Father, father, save me!"
Zhan Beicang just gave her a cold glance. Zhan Qingqing’s body was covered in injuries, not a single spot unharmed.
Zhan Beicang frowned; after all, Zhan Qingqing was the "daughter" he had raised. He said to the Capital Governor, "Please trouble Lord Liu to arrange a physician for her, as for her case... please handle it as you see fit."
The Capital Governor Liu Siqi bowed and said, "General Zhan, rest assured, I will handle everything fairly."
Zhan Beicang nodded and left the Capital Government.
He didn’t want to stay at that place even a moment longer.
Just now he had seen a letter from Ji Yue to Kong Shen, detailing her pregnancy, her arranged meetings with Kong Shen after marriage, all to murder and silence him.
If it weren’t for Kong Shen being the chief Protector of the Ji Family and his formidable martial arts prowess, he might have been killed by Ji Yue’s hands already.
Over the years, Ji Yue had hired numerous assassins to murder and silence others—some of whom were killed by Kong Shen. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Others were caught by Zhan Lan and sent to the Capital Government.
Zhan Beicang had seen all these assassins!
He knew very well all the deeds Ji Yue and Zhan Qingqing had done over the years, including how they poisoned Zhan Lan and almost let Zhu Touyuan take advantage of her.
These things made him feel incredibly disgusted. He had not imagined that during the years he staunchly defended the borders, his own household had turned into this mess.
Zhan Beicang’s eyes stung with feeling. Thinking of Zhan Lan, the girl that had been bullied by Ji Yue, her daughter, and Zhan Peng for years, never once complaining to him.
Zhan Beicang’s heart ached terribly.
He walked out of the Capital Government, looking up at the sky, heaving a sigh, "Brother Xue Wei, I have wronged you!"
He had changed Zhan Lan’s surname back then to allow her the status of a General Mansion’s young lady so that she wouldn’t be looked down upon for being fatherless.
He never imagined that Zhan Lan’s years had not been well spent.
With this thought, Zhan Beicang felt extraordinary sorrow.
Zhan Beicang made a decision in his heart!
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Good deeds stay within the walls while bad deeds spread a thousand miles.
The matter of Ji Yue scheming against General Zhan swiftly became the most talked-about issue in Ding’an City.
Zhan Qingqing was imprisoned for attempting to murder Zhan Lan.
The next day, when the Zhu Family heard about this incident.
Zhu Touyuan cursed loudly, "Zhan Qingqing this despicable woman, her heart is so malicious! Her wretched mother isn’t any good either!"
Mr. Zhu said, "Zhan Qingqing really is a harbinger of disaster; no wonder our Zhu Family started declining after my son became betrothed to her!"
Madam Zhu said sinisterly: "That bitch better not get out of prison. If she does, I’ll break her legs!"
The Zhu Family, to curry favor with their relatives, the Zhan Family, had spent a lot of silver for Zhan Qingqing.
As the master madam of the Zhu Family, her clothing and spending couldn’t compare to the luxurious life of Zhan Qingqing.
"No, my child, you and your mother must go to the prison with me and see that bitch!" Madam Zhu grew angrier the more she thought about it.
Zhu Touyuan nodded: "Alright, mother!"
Moments later, the two of them sat in a sedan chair and visited Zhan Qingqing in prison.
Zhan Qingqing in the jail was disheveled and dirty; a cockroach crawled over her foot, causing her to scream in fright.
She had never suffered like this.
Her wounds had not yet scabbed over, and cockroaches and rats would lick her injuries while she slept.
She had been too scared to sleep well last night, remaining anxious, hoping someone would come to save her!
But now, who could come to save her!
The only relative she had in the world was Zhan Peng.
But with Zhan Peng missing, she could only hope that the Zhu Family, who had been kind to her, would come to save her!
"Zhan Qingqing, you have visitors!" A government official with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came over with two people.
After seeing the visitors, Zhan Qingqing’s eyes lit up.
She shakily stood up, steadying herself by holding onto the cold iron bars of the cell door.
Joyfully, she cried out, "Mother-in-law, husband, you’ve come to save me!"
Madam Zhu looked at Zhan Qingqing’s haggard face which had withered overnight, and spat on her cheek, "Pah! So you really were just a lowly wretch pretending to be a lady of the General Mansion!"
Zhan Qingqing was stunned; she didn’t expect the Zhu Family to kick her while she was down and come to humiliate her!
Zhu Touyuan immediately spat on Zhan Qingqing’s face as well, saying, "You disaster-bringing star, you actually thought of scheming against me!"
He took a divorce paper out from his bosom with his chubby palm and threw it through the bars, hitting Zhan Qingqing’s face.
Zhan Qingqing looked down and saw the two characters on the divorce paper on the ground.
"Lucky that your true colors were revealed, otherwise you’d have forced me to wear cuckolds!" Zhu Touyuan glared at Zhan Qingqing, his eyes nearly bursting with fury.
Zhan Qingqing picked up the divorce paper from the ground and threw it back at Zhu Touyuan’s face.
In Nanjin, as long as a divorce paper is written, ordering the wife to leave her husband’s family, their marital relation would be dissolved.
Zhan Qingqing furiously wiped the spit off her face, and gritted her teeth, "Just you wait, my brother will definitely seek revenge for me!"
Mentioning Zhan Peng infuriated Zhu Touyuan.
"Your slutty self still dares to mention your unfortunate brother!" Zhu Touyuan raised his fist to hit Zhan Qingqing.
Zhan Qingqing stepped back two steps, tears streaming down her face as she yelled at the mother and son: "Get out, get out!"
After exchanging a few more curses, Madam Zhu and her son were pulled away by the prison guard.
If it weren’t for the silver from the Zhu Family, the guard wouldn’t have allowed these two to come in at all.
After all, Zhan Qingqing had offended the General Mansion, and if she were to be killed by these two, he, a mere prison guard, wouldn’t be able to explain.
Zhan Qingqing hugged her knees and began to sob.
Up to now, she still couldn’t believe that she had become a despised prisoner overnight.
"Brother, when will you come to save me!" Zhan Qingqing buried her head and cried inconsolably.
"Your brother, he’s not coming back!"
Suddenly, a voice came next to her ear, causing her to shiver.
