frightfiction Chapter 222 Knowing the truth
Chapter 222 Knowing the truth
The Tantai family had played a significant role in supporting Emperor Jingde's ascension to the throne. Tantai Ting was just a branch of the Tantai family, and Emperor Jingde's decision this time gave the Tantai family ample face by only dealing with the Tantai Ting branch.
After Tan Taiting was dismissed from his post and his property was confiscated, his family removed him from the family tree and expelled him from their home. Now he lives in a deserted courtyard.
Li Wei followed Dong to the courtyard and saw that it was dilapidated and drafty. Dan Tai Ting was lying on a wooden bed with wounds all over his body, covered with only a thin, torn quilt.
The wounds on his body had not been bandaged for many days and had begun to ooze pus. The wrapped cloth strips were covered with dark pus and blood, which looked very creepy.
"Sir, you are saved. Look who's here."
Donglai rushed to the bed and tried to wake up Tan Tai Ting.
The light was dim, and there was a musty, cold, and damp smell in the room. Li Wei looked at Tan Tai Ting, who was dying on the bed, and felt that life was really ridiculous.
Since she was a child, she has been following Prince Jing and Tan Tai Ting, calling them "Brother Ting, Brother Ting" every day.
When the young girl was in love, she had imagined countless times that she would put on her wedding dress and marry her brother Ting, cook tea and wine for him, wash his hands and make soup for him, send him off to work in the early morning, and walk with him in the sunset at night.
She played the piano and wrote poetry, he played the flute and painted, and they loved each other all their lives until old age.
But Tan Tai Ting abandoned her and chose Nie Yunrou.
She was heartbroken and married Pei Yan out of anger, starting her dark married life.
After many twists and turns, the two met again under such circumstances.
The young talent who was once handsome and successful is now in such a miserable state.
Dan Tai Ting was obviously in a very bad condition. No matter how Dong Lai shouted, he remained unconscious. Dong Lai choked up while shouting.
"Princess, you've seen it too. I'm afraid the young master is not going to make it."
Li Wei looked at him coldly, her heart calm.
"Where's your wife? Why isn't she here to take care of you?"
Aren't Nie Yunrou and Tan Taiting a loving couple? But Li Wei had been in the room for so long and still hadn't seen Nie Yunrou.
When Li Wei asked about Nie Yunrou, Donglai's eyes flickered for a moment, and after a while he said:
"Madam, Madam is next door."
Li Wei walked out of the cold and murky house and came to the next door. As soon as she entered, she saw Nie Yunrou huddled in the corner.
Nie Yunrou stirred at the sound. She was wearing a thin dress, her hair disheveled, and her eyes flashed with surprise the moment she looked up at Li Wei. She suddenly jumped up from the bed and rushed towards Li Wei.
"Princess, Princess, save me!"
But after struggling and jumping forward a few steps, she was tripped by something and fell back onto the bed.
Li Wei looked closely and found that there was an iron chain tied to her feet.
The maidservant protected Li Wei and took two steps back, fearing that Nie Yunrou would jump up again and hurt the princess.
Li Wei frowned even more.
His eyes fell on Nie Yunrou's bulging belly. The thin and haggard Nie Yunrou made her belly look unusually large and round, looking very strange and scary.
"what happened?"
Donglai, who followed Li Wei into the house, asked in embarrassment:
"In reply to the princess, the young lady was abducted and lost her virginity. The young master ordered her to be tied up and held captive until she gave birth..."
"I don't!"
Before Donglai could finish his words, Nie Yunrou roared angrily.
Her skinny body instantly erupted with enormous energy, and she roared ferociously:
"I didn't lose my virginity. I didn't do anything to offend Tan Tai Ting! It was him who overestimated his own abilities and tried to capture the General's wife and Young Master Pei, which led to my kidnapping."
"But he didn't save me!"
"Hahahaha, he didn't even save me and told me to die after giving birth to the child! Princess, he's a heartless man and not worthy of your trust. You must not be deceived by him again."
Li Wei frowned, turned around and walked out.
"I am not interested in the grudges between you two."
"Wait!"
Nie Yunrou rushed over and grabbed a corner of Li Wei's skirt.
"Princess, I was wrong to seduce Tan Tai Ting to marry me. I apologize to you, I kowtow to you. I was wrong, I was wrong..."
Her dirty hands tightly grasped the hem of Li Wei's skirt, leaving several dirty black marks on the skirt. She held on tightly and refused to let go, because she knew this was her only chance to survive.
Seeing Nie Yunrou kowtow continuously, Li Wei felt it was ironic.
"If apologies were effective, the world would have been a paradise long ago."
"..."
Nie Yunrou paused as she kowtowed, then fell to the ground with a bang. After a while, she seemed to have thought of something, and hope appeared on her face again.
She wiped away her tears and looked up at Li Wei.
"Princess, I know a secret. I am willing to tell you this secret, and I only ask you to save my life and my child's life."
"That depends on whether your secret is worth two lives."
"What if I tell you this secret is about the princess?"
Nie Yunrou is good friends with Xu Jing.
Once when I was chatting with Xu Jing, I heard her say that she had watched a great show in the Imperial Garden during the Dragon Boat Festival banquet.
"Princess, the mother and son of the Pei family were deliberately plotting against you. They saw that the princess was frustrated and drunk, and while I was watching outside, my son raped her in the imperial garden. Afterwards, they turned the tables and said that the princess had taken advantage of her drunkenness to flirt with Pei Yan. Princess, you have been deceived by them the whole time."
Nie Yunrou told the whole story in one breath.
In the past, the Pei family and Tan Tai Ting were both under the command of Prince Jing, so they were naturally one family. This kind of scandal would naturally be covered up if possible, and even if they knew about it, they would not bring it up.
But now it’s different. Nie Yunrou still hopes that this secret can save her life.
Upon hearing this, Li Wei felt dizzy and almost fell down.
fake!
It's all fake!
Conspiracy! It's all Pei Yan's conspiracy!
All the past events came crashing down on her one after another, like a huge wave that tore her apart.
"Princess, I, Nie Yunrou, swear to heaven that I will not tell a single lie. If I tell a lie, I and the child in my belly will not live in peace!"
Nie Yunrou was still kneeling there swearing and swearing.
"take away!"
Li Wei tightly grasped the maid's hand to prevent herself from fainting from anger.
She spat out two words coldly.
"Thank you, Princess, for saving my life. Thank you, Princess!" Nie Yunrou survived a near-death experience and burst into tears of joy.
……
In the warm room, Li Wei listened to the doctor's explanation of Tan Tai Ting's injuries and waved her hand tiredly.
"Treat him well and don't let him die."
"Yes."
The doctor withdrew.
The maidservant was anxious. The princess had finally decided to step out of the shadow of the past, so how could she be involved with the injustice of Tan Tai Ting again?
"Princess, Tan Tai Ting is a heartless villain. He and Nie Yunrou swore to marry you. But less than a year later, he abandoned her. Princess, you must not be deceived by him again!"
Li Wei took the maid's hand and said, "I know."
"All the difficulties and pain I've experienced are due to him. I won't dwell on the past anymore, don't worry."
"Then why did the princess save him?" The maid was still worried.
"It's too easy for him to die like this."
Li Wei's whole body was covered with cold air, and her hands were creaking.
"Besides him, there's also the Pei family. I'm in this situation now because of them. I want them to pay me back bit by bit for all the pain they've inflicted on me."