How could Qin Huining have imagined that Qin Yining would dare attack her in front of Qin Huaiyuan?

Her strength was no match, and being pressed down and beaten by Qin Yining, those fists fell like iron hammers on her head and face. In pain and anger, Qin Huining fought back with all her might, clawing wildly with her hands and cursing:

“You wild slut! Stop!”

“How dare you be so insolent in front of Father!”

“Stop, don’t hit my face!”

“Ah! Help!”

…

The hysterical screaming and cursing eventually turned into pig-like wailing.

The Old Madam, who had been stunned by Qin Yining’s actions, finally came to her senses and urgently called for help: “Quick, hold her back! Quick!”

Nanny Qin and others received the order and hurried to pull them apart.

But Ji Yun, who had been silently following beside Qin Yining, stepped forward to block several people.

Nanny Qin knew this maid was given to Qin Yining by Prince Zhongshun and was reportedly skilled in martial arts, so her movements hesitated.

Sixth Miss, who had been shocked speechless, became frantic like an ant on a hot pan, calling four or five sturdy servants from outside to separate Qin Yining.

Ji Yun spread her arms to block the people Sixth Miss brought. The servants naturally didn’t take a delicate maid seriously. Intending to show off before Sixth Miss and the Old Madam, they rolled up their sleeves to advance, never expecting that after just a few exchanges with Ji Yun, before they even felt pain, they were all sitting on the ground.

Ji Yun smiled and said, “If you want to harm Fourth Miss, you must first get past me.”

Who wanted to harm Fourth Miss?

Clearly Fourth Miss was the one trying to kill someone!

Hesitating, the servants no longer dared approach.

At this moment, Qin Yining’s left hand grasped Qin Huining’s hair while her knee pressed against her back, pinning her firmly to the ground.

Qin Huining, pressed until she could barely breathe, strained to lift her neck and extended both hands to pry at Qin Yining’s grip, revealing a face with bruised eye sockets and mouth corners.

Seeing her people blocked by Ji Yun and Qin Huining about to be beaten to death by Qin Yining, while the others stood around like wooden blocks unable to stop anything, the Old Madam angrily pounded the bed edge: “Stop! You wild slut, stop! Don’t you listen to me anymore?”

“Old Madam, don’t forget about the snuff bottle incident, and don’t forget how you bullied my mother! Anyway, I’m just a lowly life—at worst we’ll expose everything and fight to mutual destruction!”

Upon hearing about the snuff bottle, the Old Madam was frightened into silence. Meeting Qin Yining’s knife-like gaze, the hair on her spine stood on end.

The Old Madam immediately grabbed Qin Huaiyuan’s arm: “Your daughter—why don’t you control her! Are you just letting her commit murder here?”

Qin Huaiyuan also felt Qin Yining’s behavior was inappropriate, and was helpless about her using the fabricated snuff bottle incident to threaten the Old Madam. “Yining, stop.”

“Father’s words, your daughter naturally obeys. Let me say a few more things first.”

Qin Yining grabbed Qin Huining’s hair and yanked upward. Qin Huining immediately screamed, her neck arching back further, forced to meet Qin Yining’s man-eating expression, her heart freezing with fear.

“Qin Huining, I told you not to try harming my mother. Have you forgotten?”

“I, I…” Qin Huining’s voice trembled with fear, unable to say a complete sentence.

She knew Qin Yining would kill her—definitely would kill her!

“What’s the story with that voodoo doll?”

“It was…”

“You want to speak now, but I no longer want to listen. The doll’s fabric, stuffing, what thread was used, what ink for writing the birth date and time, even the handwriting, the specific details of the birth information… So many investigable clues. I believe Father and the Old Madam will definitely investigate thoroughly! Even if you don’t speak, we can still find out who made it.”

Qin Huining trembled all over, her teeth beginning to chatter.

Qin Yining leaned close to her ear: “If you still don’t know how to cherish your blessings, I’ll send you where you belong. Don’t you think what you have now is too little, still unsatisfied? I’ll let you return to your biological parents’ side, let you have nothing!”

Qin Huining’s eyes suddenly widened, staring at Qin Yining in terror.

Qin Yining sneered: “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. Killing you would dirty my hands, dirty our Qin family’s place, and be too merciful. I want to keep you alive to properly enjoy yourself.”

Qin Yining released Qin Huining’s hair and slowly stood up. “What’s really behind that voodoo doll—only an idiot couldn’t see through it. If anyone insists that doll was made by my mother, it only proves that person intentionally targets my mother, deliberately using this as a weapon.”

The Old Madam’s face turned iron-blue with anger.

Qin Yining went to support Sun Shi’s hand, completely changing from her previous yaksha-like violence to a tone so gentle it could drip water: “Mother, are you feeling better?”

Sun Shi had long since recovered, moved to tears by Qin Yining’s fierce defense of her.

“I’m fine. Let’s go back.” Sun Shi took Qin Yining’s hand, seeing her palms scratched and bleeding in two places from hairpins, with bruises and scrapes on her knuckles, frowning with distress: “Such beautiful hands, reduced to this state.”

“This is nothing. When I encountered wolves in the mountains, my arms and back were clawed raw by wolf claws, but aren’t they fine now?”

Qin Yining spoke lightly, but Qin Huining lying on the ground trembled even more violently.

“Father, Old Madam, my mother is tired. I’ll accompany her back to Xingning Garden first. The voodoo matter involves the Old Madam—you should carefully investigate who really made that doll. If you let the person who truly curses you slip away lightly, you’d be irresponsible to yourself.”

The Old Madam was already suffocated with anger, and Qin Yining’s words made her even more stifled.

“Also, the Old Madam needn’t keep divorce on her lips every few days. You can certainly ask my father’s opinion. If he wants to divorce, then divorce—I’ll support my mother myself! It’s not as if she can’t survive without you!” Qin Yining turned to support Sun Shi: “Mother, let’s go.”

Hearing Qin Yining’s words, Sun Shi’s nose tingled and she immediately burst into loud tears, wiping her eyes and sobbing as she followed Qin Yining out, like a wronged child who had found family.

Second Madam and Third Madam, who had witnessed everything, watched the Old Madam blink speechlessly, unable to say a word, then saw Qin Yining firmly support Sun Shi as they left. They felt quite envious.

Even without a son, having such a daughter was as good as having a son.

Qin Huaiyuan hadn’t slept all night and was exhausted by this commotion, feeling helpless about his mother.

He took the doll Nanny Qin handed him for a look, then casually returned it to the Old Madam, pointing at the ugly doll’s birth date and time before saying, “Someone come, call Qi Tai in.”

“Yes.” A maid from the corridor quickly went to the outer quarters to fetch him.

Qin Huining raised her head, face covered in blood and bruises, looking at Qin Huaiyuan in terror.

She vaguely felt that Qin Huaiyuan was about to punish her!