Trapped rats

In the third prince manor, pei lam had all the things broken in fit of anger. Having been forced to remain like a trapped rat, then learning about the things happening outside each one of them were worst news.

It was more than enough for him to learn about the death of imperial censor on Pei Jins blade and now how Zhou had been punished was making him go crazy.

He was sour when learning how his father has passed sifa sword to Pei Jin. He was also scared that Pei Jin would somehow find the link connected to him then kill him.

Because of house arrest he couldn't have messages past freely or use his shadow guards for the fear of being caught. And the news brought by his personal man servant has been always bad.

With no way out he could only remain angry punishing his servants or breaking the things, while noble consort mu was also not good.

Because of house arrest she was not able to meet emperor, crushing the hope to gain sympathy. Learning how her cousin and nephews had been punished made her feel more anxious and angry.

Worrying for her son, daughter and her family she no longer had that seductive face or haughty aura of noble consort. She even tried to fake illness in hope of emperor coming to her palace but sadly a doctor was directly send nearly having her caught.

Whereas in Zhou manor all the people were walking like on egg shell after seeing the beating given minister Zhou. The edict was so shameful, it was the first for their entire clan to have receive an edict for punishment rather than a reward.

After the fainting episode a imperial doctor had been called and was diagonised that the heat inside his body had attacked his heart, hence in need to be calm and peace. While the sons were in their worst shapes.

They now could only lie on their bed facing down. Even a slight movement would give tremendous pain. 100 beating had them feel on death's door, and to top it their father had added the beatings with more strength. Each time they were treated loud sound of wails could be heard.

The women's of the house were equally disheartened. Beside feeling the pain of their husbands they were also worried as how they would face other noble matrons.

All the women had daughter of their own, now because of this shameless situation having exposed they feared of not having good and noble families for their daughters hand.

Also the sons that they were so proud of now seemed to have their future prospects darkened. But what could they do beside suffer in silence. It was their husbands their sky who had created this situation. Now they only held hope for their father in law to make a path for the Zhou family to survive.

Unlike her sister in law's Zhou xuan was more worried about Song Hui's dislike towards herself. Though she knew that they were bonded to be married but she still wished for him to love her dearly. Things had just turned good after her wining the competition and now it went to drain.

These years she had learned to be more gentle on surface, imitating the way of consorts. Walking, eating, talking and even cursing gracefully. Though viscious to core still managed to hide the filth inside her body.

She had was a beauty with no doubt, and from thorough learnings had given her wings dreamt and praised by many youths. Though the song and Zhou had yet to announce their binding still she had long ago taken song hui as her only one.

Similarly inside duke yings manor, song hui with his father was thinking about how to take another step. Falling of Zhou was not good for them. Song hui was more frustrated, he had tried several ways to meet Yusheng but none were fruitful. Zhou xuan improvement had him more or less reduce that irritation but now with her family situation the disgust and irritation had came back with full force.

Being a man himself, he knew the pleasure of flesh. But being lustful to the point of having to rape wives of lowly people had him feel disgusted. To have such convict as a father in law in future made him feel his heart bleeding.

It was too late to change there mind and with minister Zhou holding several evidences towards his father enough to have their clan destroy made him feel as a rat caged with hot iron below.