He raised his head in disbelief. Yan Xiangze’s cold expression made him shiver involuntarily. Fine beads of sweat oozed from his furrowed brow, his pupils dilated instantly, his eyes filled with fear and panic.

“Young Master, spare me!” He kowtowed desperately, snot and tears streaming down his face, covering his fat face, making people frown and feel disgusted.

“This servant knows his mistake, please forgive me, Young Master!” The fear of impending death made A Fu forget everything, constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

“Young Master, A Fu didn’t do it on purpose!” The Head Steward actually broke free from his restraints, kneeling beside A Fu and begging for mercy as well.

“He didn’t want to frame the Young Master!”

“This servant only has this one son, please forgive him, Young Master!” The Head Steward knelt on the ground, sobbing and pleading for forgiveness.

Unfortunately, Yan Xiangze didn’t even give them a glance, let alone grant them forgiveness.

As Yan Xiangze’s personal guard, Huai Dan’s heart was colder and harder than ice. He only listened to the Young Master’s orders. Since the Young Master had sentenced A Fu to death, then A Fu must die!

What’s more, he had been holding back a bellyful of anger since last night, and now that the culprit had appeared, he naturally couldn’t wait to tear the culprit in front of him into pieces.

Watching his son being dragged out, the Head Steward, filled with despair, knelt weakly on the ground, his hair disheveled, his right hand twisted in a strange position. That was because he had struggled to break free from the ropes in order to beg for his son.

“It’s all because of you!” The Head Steward suddenly turned his head, glaring fiercely at Xu Wanning, like a wild wolf trapped in a desperate situation, wishing he could tear the person in front of him into pieces.

It was all because of her that his son had lost his life!

He wanted to kill her!

To be buried with his son!

The Head Steward couldn’t bear it any longer and pounced on her like a fierce tiger, shouting, “Bitch, die!”

Xu Wanning widened her eyes in horror, watching the Head Steward pounce over, his cold, ferocious face full of murderous intent.

He really wanted to kill her!

Xu Wanning thought, but her body seemed to be frozen in place, only able to watch helplessly as the Head Steward pounced over with a murderous look on his face, just as he was about to grab her neck.

“Chih!” The sound of a sharp sword piercing flesh.

“Uh!” The Head Steward froze in mid-air like a duck being strangled.

A stream of warm liquid splattered on Xu Wanning’s face and body. Xu Wanning’s eyes were dull as she watched the Head Steward’s frozen body slowly move down.

A sword that appeared out of nowhere pierced through the Head Steward’s back, stabbing him through. The cold, gleaming blade stopped half an inch away from her, and fresh red blood dripped down the tip of the sword, falling on her body and face.

Warm, slippery blood, the pungent smell of iron in the air, a person pierced by a sword… She was stunned.

“Chih!” The sword was pulled out, and the Head Steward fell softly to the ground half a foot away from Xu Wanning, his eyes fixed on Xu Wanning’s direction. Even in death, his murderous aura was fierce.

Xu Wanning raised her head and met Huai Dan, who was putting the sword back into its scabbard. Even though he had just killed someone, he was still expressionless, as if he had killed not a person but a chicken.

Was this the class system of the survival of the fittest?

Xu Wanning covered her chest, her heart pounding like a drum, rapid and powerful, as if it would jump out of her chest in the next second. Her palms, which were covering her chest out of fear, were already covered with a layer of cold sweat.

Huai Dan glanced at Xu Wanning, who was still paralyzed on the ground, his eyes indifferent, and showed no reaction to the fear on her face. He casually kicked the Head Steward’s body aside, cupped his hands and bowed to Yan Xiangze, and then silently walked to where Huai Zhou had been standing.

The corpse was kicked right in front of the Prefect. He hadn’t reacted to the development of the situation. By the time he came back to his senses, only a few breaths had passed, and the Head Steward had already fallen to the ground.

Looking at the Head Steward, who couldn’t close his eyes even in death, his body trembled violently, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. After hesitating for a long time, he still trembled and endured the fear in his heart to close his eyelids for him.

Head Steward, don’t blame me. Your master, I, can’t even protect myself!

Revenge is impossible, and it’s not even certain if you can be buried!

May you have a good journey on the road to the Yellow Springs. Remember to keep your eyes open when you are reincarnated!

Also, remember to open your eyes wide when you have a son, and don’t give birth to another blind one!

Harming others harms yourself, and most importantly, it harms him!

When Huai Zhou came back after dealing with A Fu and saw the Head Steward’s body on the ground, he didn’t ask anything. He deftly grabbed one leg and dragged him out again.

The corpse was dragged away, and soon a servant who was responsible for cleaning came in. In less than a quarter of an hour, the room was brand new. Well, even the carpet was replaced.

Xu Wanning had already been helped by Xi Yun and was sitting on the chair next to her. Her hands, stained with blood, were unconsciously grabbing the armrest, her eyes were empty, and her light green dress was covered with bloodstains.

Yan Xiangze glanced at her, her dull appearance was like a rose trampled into the mud, lifeless. Seeing this, Yan Xiangze’s fingers on the table paused, and then continued to tap.

Seeing that the culprit had already submitted, Yan Xiangze then turned his attention to the Prefect, who hadn’t said two words from beginning to end, and said, “Prefect, since you were not aware of this, then you are innocent. Get up!”

When he said this, Yan Xiangze had a smile on his lips, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“No, no, no, Young Master!” The Prefect, afraid of a trick, waved his hands repeatedly, looking terrified, and said, “This official is at fault, this official has the crime of dereliction of duty, please punish me, Young Master!”

“Since that’s the case, this Young Master wishes Prefect well in reforming himself!” Seeing that the Prefect was sensible, Yan Xiangze didn’t say anything more, gave him a few words of warning, and then let him go.

Just when Xu Wanning thought that everything was over, Yan Xiangze raised his eyes, glanced at her, and said indifferently, “Xu, what are your thoughts?”

Xu Wanning raised her eyes to look at him, her watery almond eyes full of confusion. “What thoughts?” What other thoughts could she have? Wasn’t everything already settled?

Seeing that she didn’t seem to know the situation at all, Yan Xiangze raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and said, “Xu, since you were not involved in the matter of the drug, this Young Master will not pursue the matter of you climbing into my bed. From now on, you will be this Young Master’s concubine and stay by my side to serve me!”

These words were like a thunderbolt. Even though she had expected it in her heart, Xu Wanning couldn’t help but be stunned when it really came.

She raised her head blankly, her bright, watery eyes flickering constantly, making it impossible to see what she was really thinking.

She looked at Yan Xiangze, not speaking, not knowing what she was thinking.

However, the Prefect, seeing that Yan Xiangze was actually preparing to take Xu Wanning as his concubine, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and without hesitation, he said, “Young Master, since WanNing has become your concubine, then WanNing’s indentured contract should naturally be returned to you!” Saying that, he took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and held them high above his head.

Huai Dan first glanced at the Prefect, then at Yan Xiangze. Seeing that he didn’t say anything, he stepped forward, took the indentured contract, and respectfully handed it to Yan Xiangze.

Yan Xiangze took it, glanced at it, and casually placed it on the table, then looked at Xu Wanning again.

Seeing that she didn’t speak or nod, he raised his eyebrows. “What? Xu, you don’t want to be a concubine?”

“Or do you not want to?”

She willingly debased herself to climb into his bed, so it was already his kindness to give her the status of a concubine.

If he wasn’t a little interested in her, she wouldn’t even be a concubine, at most just a bed-warming maid.

She didn’t speak, could it be that she thought the status of a concubine was too low?

Thinking of this possibility, Yan Xiangze couldn’t help but frown, and his eyes that looked at Xu Wanning had a trace of scrutiny.

Concubine?

She be a concubine?

When people were extremely angry, they could really laugh, and Xu Wanning really wanted to laugh at this moment.

She wanted to laugh at how powerful the plot was. Even if the female lead had become her, even if things had changed in the middle, in the end, she couldn’t escape becoming a concubine.

She also wanted to laugh at how unlucky she was, that she had transmigrated into the body of someone who had just climbed into bed, unable to do anything, and could only passively accept the situation and continue to develop in the direction she knew but couldn’t change.

She had thought about rejecting, but…

Thinking of A Fu, who had just been dragged out, and the Head Steward, who had been dragged out lifelessly, she didn’t dare to say the rejection no matter what.

She wasn’t the female lead, she was just an ordinary person, and she was afraid of death.

The Young Master was one of the most elite people in this world, with a noble birth, extraordinary appearance, and both literary and military talents. Even his family was happy and perfect. He could be said to have everything. This kind of person had both good and bad points.

The good thing was that he could accept people’s rejection; the bad thing was that he couldn’t accept other people’s rejection.

Therefore, a secular woman who wanted to climb the social ladder in his eyes had already climbed into his bed, then she had to accept everything he gave her, whether it was good or bad, how could she reject him?

Anyway, Xu Wanning didn’t dare.

But…

She touched her chest, feeling her eyes dry, as if something was about to fall out.

Was it sand in her eyes?

She blinked, threw away her thoughts, raised her eyes to look at Yan Xiangze and then lowered her head, suddenly stood up and walked to him, bent her knees and knelt down, placing her gaze below his chest, and unconsciously stroked her lower abdomen, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

“Young Master, can you grant this servant… a bowl of contraceptive drug?”