Originally it was a plea for mercy, but as she spoke, she turned it into a threat.

She didn’t want to stay in this place, a place so hidden that even she couldn’t find out about it. If she stayed here, she’d never get out in this lifetime.

"Don’t worry. If anything happens to the child in your belly, you will meet the same fate!" Ding Zhuzui said to her, seriously.

"Hiss!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Concubine Qiongying gasped sharply.

Does he want to kill her? The child in her belly is hers, and she can do whatever she wants with it, why should she be threatened?

"Master, I know I was wrong, I really know it, I promise, I will never contact those people outside again, please let me go?

If Sui’er and the others don’t see me, they’ll surely be anxious. They’ve never been away from me, Master, think about them if not me.

They’re still young and cannot be apart from their mother, Master."

She absolutely didn’t want to stay in this place. Staying here meant she had no future, and beside Ding Zhuzui, that old hag Old Madam Ding would surely pick another woman for him.

Once Ding Zhuzui had another woman around him, he wouldn’t think of her anymore.

Wouldn’t her life be truly over then?

She’s not even as good as the real mother of that scoundrels Ding Ru and Ding Jun, that lowly woman still has a house in Sky City, where both sons bring her good food and drinks daily.

While here, she would spend her life in a place so dark and gloomy, how could she accept that?

"Master, please spare me, I won’t dare go against your wishes anymore, I won’t listen to those outsiders, I’ll focus entirely on raising Sui’er and the others properly for you.

Xu’er is working outside. If he knows his mother is locked up, he surely won’t be at peace, Master, for Xu’er’s sake, please let me out."

One plea after another, she begged Ding Zhuzui.

But Ding Zhuzui just looked at the woman in front of him with cold eyes, regretting deeply that he listened to his mother’s words to bring this woman close.

Yet, without this woman, there wouldn’t be Xu’er, such an obedient son, right?

His heart truly felt conflicted.

However, despite the conflict, he knew what choice to make.

"For Xu’er’s sake, I can’t let you continue causing trouble outside. Do you think your pleas for mercy in front of me will make me believe you?"

Did she think he was still the naïve Ding Zhuzui of the past? He had long been thoroughly aware.

"Qiongying, just stay here and behave."

After speaking, he flicked his sleeve, ready to leave.

"No!"

Seeing Ding Zhuzui about to leave, Concubine Qiongying shouted and lunged forward, clinging to Ding Zhuzui’s leg.

"Master, spare me, I truly know I’m wrong, I promise never to err again, Master, I beg you, for Sui’er and the other children’s sake, spare me."

She couldn’t let Ding Zhuzui leave like this; if he left this time, she could foresee that she’d never have a chance to see him again.

Then she’d really have to stay in this place for the rest of her life.