After Madam Tao left, Lin Zhenfei reached out and roughly dragged Qin Minzhi back into her room, throwing her to the ground. He then ordered the maids to close the door.
"Qin Minzhi, you shrew, I, Lin Zhenfei, have tolerated you for too long."
Lin Zhenfei's eyes, like sharp knives, pierced into the Duchess of Lin. He slowly walked towards her.
At this moment, seeing Lin Zhenfei's dark as the bottom of a pot face, Qin Minzhi panicked, fearing Lin Zhenfei would harm her.
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Sensing danger, Qin Minzhi quickly admitted her mistakes and begged for mercy from Lin Zhenfei.
However, Lin Zhenfei had no intention of letting her off easily. He quickened his pace, straddled her, and raised his hand, fiercely slapping her pig-like face several times. He only stopped when Qin Minzhi's lips began to bleed.
Lin Zhenfei looked at Qin Minzhi's swollen face, now twice its original size, and felt extremely satisfied.
Qin Minzhi's screams echoed within the room, terrifying the maids eavesdropping outside.
"Qin Minzhi, you bitch, if it weren't for Qin Zhihong, I would have killed you long ago."
"Ever since you married me and gave birth to a pair of children, you haven't done anything right. Every time I took a concubine, you had an opinion. If you saw them looking more outstanding than you, you would find ways to torment them – either disfigure them, drug them to have affairs with other men, or hire people to kill them. But what you don't know is that I investigated the cause of death of those concubines clearly. I didn't settle the score with you because I had grown tired of those women, and it was convenient to use you to deal with them, saving me the trouble of doing it myself."
Lin Zhenfei stared at Qin Minzhi, his dark eyes flashing with a chilling aura, while a sinister smile played on his lips.
"Lin... Lin... Zhen... Fei, you, you are truly... too vicious."
At this moment, Qin Minzhi covered her swollen cheeks with her hands and stammered.
"Heh, I'm vicious? You are even more so," Lin Zhenfei said coldly.
He then suddenly slapped Qin Minzhi twice more, harder than before.
Qin Minzhi felt a rush of warmth in her nose. She wiped it with her hand and saw that her hand had turned red. Lin Zhenfei had caused her nose to bleed.
But Lin Zhenfei acted as if he hadn't seen it and continued speaking.
"Ever since you gave birth to Zhi'er, your body has been weak. Whenever a concubine in the mansion became pregnant, you would use all sorts of methods to kill their unborn children. That's why I still have no children besides the two we have."
"Isn't this caused by your vicious methods? If it weren't for this, I, Lin Zhenfei, wouldn't have only one pair of children, and they are a pair of unpromising ones at that."
After speaking, Lin Zhenfei suddenly grabbed Qin Minzhi's neck tightly, intending to kill her on the spot.
Qin Minzhi's neck was choked, and her face quickly turned red. She tried to pry Lin Zhenfei's hands away, but her efforts were in vain.
Outside the door, Qin Minzhi's personal maid heard that the situation in the room was not right. She immediately ordered the young servants in the courtyard to guard the door and then rushed to get help.
As she ran, the maid thought about who in the mansion had the most power to stop the Duke of Lin's brutality. After much thought, she realized that only the Heir Apparent could save her mistress.
So, she quickened her pace to Lin Hongtao's courtyard and rushed into his room.
"Heir... Heir Apparent, you, you quickly... quickly go and save Mistress."
The maid ran too fast, causing her to speak breathlessly.
At this time, Lin Hongtao's injuries had mostly recovered, but to gain his father's sympathy, he was still lying in bed, pretending to be ill.
Hearing the maid's words, Lin Hongtao frowned.
"Can't you speak properly? What happened to Mistress?" Lin Hongtao asked impatiently.
"Heir Apparent, please hurry to Mistress's courtyard. Mistress and Master were arguing just now, and Master dragged Mistress into the room and beat her. Mistress cried out terribly."
The maid recalled the screams she had heard from her mistress outside the room, which frightened her. She didn't know what was happening to her mistress inside.
"What did you say? My mother was beaten by my father? This is unacceptable, I must go and see."
Upon hearing that his beloved mother was being beaten, Lin Hongtao hurriedly got out of bed, asked the servants to quickly help him put on his shoes, and then moved his plump body towards the Duke of Lin's wife's courtyard.
He stopped three times on the way before arriving at the door of the Duchess of Lin's room.
At this moment, the commotion inside the Duchess of Lin's room had stopped, and the maid's heart grew even more fearful.
"Heir Apparent, something must have happened in the room," the maid said, on the verge of tears.
Even Lin Hongtao felt anxious. If his most beloved mother were to have an accident, who would protect him when he made mistakes in the future?
The more he thought, the more anxious he became. He immediately called two guards to break down the door of the Duchess of Lin's room.
As Lin Hongtao stepped into the room, he saw the Duke of Lin choking the Duchess of Lin.
Seeing that the Duchess of Lin was about to suffocate, Lin Hongtao casually grabbed a tea pot from the table in the room, rushed over, and smashed it on the Duke of Lin's head.
The Duke of Lin, struck by this blow, immediately bled from his head, the blood dripping onto the Duchess's face. He instantly released his grip on her neck, turned his head, and glared furiously at Lin Hongtao, before slowly losing consciousness.
"Father, I, I didn't mean to. Please, please don't blame me!"
Lin Hongtao, in a panic, said these words before the Duke of Lin fainted. He did this to save his mother.
Half an hour later, the Duke of Lin slowly woke up on the bed. His head still ached, but it had been bandaged. When he opened his eyes, he saw Madam Tao.
"Master, you are finally awake."
Madam Tao asked with concern when she saw Lin Zhenfei open his eyes on the bed.
A bright smile bloomed on her lips, like a blooming rose, easily attracting attention.
"Xiao Tao, why are you here?" the Duke of Lin asked, confused.
"Master, I was called by the Heir Apparent's people to take care of you," Madam Tao replied truthfully.
"Where is Madam? Did she die?"
Lin Zhenfei asked directly.
"Uh... Madam, she's fine. The Heir Apparent has arranged for several maids to take care of her in her room," Madam Tao replied casually.
"Hmph! Why hasn't that shrew died yet!"
And that beast Lin Hongtao, how dare he hit me on the back of the head with something? I will kill him.
Lin Zhenfei's chest heaved with anger, but he tried his best to control his emotions.