Empty Promises: The Ceo Cunning Bride - Chapter 180

“You can’t go alone, Miss.” Xu Song grasped onto Xiong Jingfei’s right sleeve. “Please let me go with you.”

Xiong Jingfei shook her head. “No.”

The “leader” of the soldiers rubbed his chin in interest as he eyed Xu Song up and down. “Take this one too.”

Xiong Jingfei held out her right arm to stop the soldiers from approaching Xu Song. “I am the person that you want. Therefore I will be the only person going with you.”

She would be a fool to assume nothing will happen to Xu Song.

At the end of the day, she is the Eldest Miss of Commander Xiong Guozhi. She was awarded a title because of her aid in the war. She is also well-known throughout the Capital. All of these can back her up so they wouldn’t risk harming her.

Xu Song, on the other hand, was a person they wouldn’t bat an eye if they killed her on the spot.

“Miss.” The “leader” touched the edge of Xiong Jingfei’s veil, and she flinched away. “You have no say in who or what I want in this prison. You seem to be forgetting that you’re MY prisoner.”

He snapped his fingers. “Take both of them!”

“Eldest sister!” Xiong Jiayi howled as she stuck out her arms through the cage bars. She tried her best to grab onto anything that belonged to her eldest sister with her short arms.

Xiong Jingfei shook her head at Xiong Jiayi and put a finger to her lips. “Be good and stay quiet, Jiayi.”

Without her around, Xiong Jiayi should stay quiet. No one will pay her attention as long as she does not attract anyone’s attention.

Xiong Jingfei didn’t know that by replacing Xiong Changchang. It was going to be the start of an eternal hatred that will follow her for the next hundreds of years.

The “leader” brought them into a brighter room than their cell, but it wasn’t in any better condition. It was a big square room with four large torches giving it light. There wasn’t a single window within the gray stone wall. As if built to trap in sounds coming from inside the room more than block out outside noise.

There were various types of “furniture” in the room. From a thick wooden chair in the middle of the room to a tall wooden pole with two chains hanging from it, and many more items displayed around.

A torture room.

Xiong Jingfei and Xu Song immediately identified what type of room they entered. Both of them held tightly onto each other’s hands, but their hearts were pounding loudly against their chest.

The “leader” sat down on a chair facing the chair in the middle of the room. He gave the soldiers one look, and they immediately got to work.

“Miss!”

“Songsong!”

Their hands forced apart, and their bodies separated from one another.

Xiong Jingfei got pushed and forced to sit down on the torture chair. Her arms and legs got tied to the chair’s arms and legs.

While Xu Song’s arms got pinned behind her back, and her body was forced against the wall.

The “leader” rubbed his hands together and stood up. He swung his h.i.p.s left and right in excitement as he got closer to Xiong Jingfei. She was at his mercy, nowhere to run or hide. He reached out like he was going to touch her face.

“Don’t touch her!” Xu Song shouted, but no matter how much she raised her voice, it didn’t matter.

“Stuff her mouth!” The “leader” growled, annoyed he was interrupted.

Instantly, his demand was met by having Xu Song’s mouth stuffed with a rag.

The “leader” didn’t touch Xiong Jingfei’s face like he made it seem, but he tore off the veil hiding her face. His eyes gleamed as his lips curved upward. “Who knew a beauty was hidden behind this cloth?”

Xiong Jingfei’s fingers scrunched up, and the white of her knuckles was visible. She never felt so much shame and humiliation in her life!

The veil meant more than just being a noble lady raised in a respectable household. More than covering her face from commoners! However, this disgusting bastard before her tore it off like picking flowers.

“You aren’t going to say anything?” The “leader” frowned, disappointed at Xiong Jingfei’s lack of reaction. “Cry? Scream? Shout?”

Xiong Jingfei bit down on her tongue to stop herself from lashing out at him. He was expecting her to say a bunch of vile things so that he could get pleasure from it. Embarrassing her was something to get back at her for what happened inside the manor.

“Who…”

“What? I can’t hear your voice, Miss~.” The “leader” cupped his ears and leaned in closer to her mouth. “You need to speak louder.”

“Who is the person behind this!?” Xiong Jingfei roared into his ears and squirmed in the wooden chair. It wasn’t like the chair got nailed down on the spot, so it moved violently with her body strength. “Who is the real person behind this scheme!?”

It took the “leader” off guard as he scurried away from her. He didn’t think she was strong enough to move the heavy wooden chair.

However, rage can make anyone strong enough to do anything.

“I-It was the order of his majesty!” The “leader” cleared his throat, and with his shaky hands, he grabbed a skinny bamboo stick. He softly tapped the side of Xiong Jingfei’s chair.

“Will you confess or not? Who else is part of this rebellion? The “leader” asked. He made himself sound self-righteous as he smacked her chair again. “How dare you betray your country!”

Xiong Jingfei’s clenched hands began quivering. Whoever is the bastard behind this is trying to take down another family with the Xiong. Who else are they aiming to take down?

“We never and will never betray this country!” Xiong Jingfei confidently replied. “My ancestors shed blood and tears for this country. We swore our loyalty and our lives to his majesty!”

“Lies!” The “leader” smacked the side of her chair with all his might. “Your family became thirsty for power, so you planned to overthrow his majesty!”

He used his hands and pressed down on Xiong Jingfei’s tied wrist. It was painful, but she wasn’t going to show him any weakness.

Xiong Jingfei scoffed. “You’re the one aiming for power. Willing to be the dog of someone else!”

His nose flared up when Xiong Jingfei hit the nail on the head. He raised his hand.

Xu Song finally got rid of the rag in her mouth. “Don’t touch her, you sc.u.m!”

Xiong Jingfei grinned and watched on without flinching. “Do it. You have been itching to slap me since the day I slapped you. You’re nothing but a lowly dog servant!”