Ethel stared at her and stunned by her cold gaze. Uncontrollably, she was trembling and aware of a hint of danger.
Seeing that Ethel was finally a little scared, she snorted lightly.
"Tomorrow morning, I will have you sent to the countryside residence with bodyguards to watch over you. There are former servants from our family. They will keep an eye on you day in and day out doing farm work."
"Every night before sunset, you will be whipped with ten lashes, and then you will kneel in the courtyard and finish reciting a whole book of Prajnaparamita as a confession of your sins. You can rest when you have finished reading."
"How do you feel about doing that every day, week in and week out? Isn't that magnanimous?"
Ethel's back stiffened and her already weak face went wan little by little.
She had heard of Prajnaparamita, which consisted of six hundred volumes, with a total of more than five million words. She didn't know if she could finish it in one night if she really had to read it from cover to cover.
This kind of punishment was really torturing.
"Lyra, you're so ruthless." She lifted her face and looked so resentful.
Lyra looked at her askance, and her tone was cold, "You weren't ruthless when you took advantage of my sympathy for you? Injected me with drugs and pushed me into the water? When you hired so many killers to take my life, you weren't ruthless?"
"You also tried to splash me with S40 biochemical virus and used Irene to harm me many times. And when you instigated Claudia to push dad down the stairs, faked my birth, forced Collin to only stand in line with you, and plotted to take over the Lloyd family inheritance, you weren't ruthless?"
Looking at each other, Ethel smiled with relief, "I'm content to add so many troubles to your life."
Thinking of Collin, she added, "There are many things Collin does not know much about until now. I dare to accept the consequences of my doing and never involve others."
Lyra had little expression. Her eyes still looked deep and cold, "You deserve it, and he, too. I will not forgive him."
With what she said, she walked back to the couch and sat down next to Malcolm.
Fifteen immediately went to drag Ethel up, and Lyra continued, "Put her in the basement tonight, and send her to the countryside in the morning."
"Yes, Miss." Fifteen responded and asked, "Do we need to let her pack her luggage?"
"No, those luxury jewelry, earrings, designer bags, and make-up. From now on, she won't need them."
Ethel was feebly taken away.
Before she left, she was still looking back at Lyra. And there was a cold smile on her face, "Lyra, you might have made a mistake by not taking my life this time."
In the hall, along with her laughter, the air was filled with an eerie smell.
But without the help of Reginald and Collin, she was unable to raise a hue and cry, and the few people sitting on the couch didn't have much of an expression.
Micah didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.
Seeing that things were almost taken care of, he got up, "Rara, I'm planning to leave Suham the day after tomorrow to take care of things over at the neighbor city's hospital. I will be back on the day of your wedding ceremony."
"Great."
Lyra simply responded.
Micah just left, and Keith also followed and got up, "Rara, Melissa is recently filming a reality show on wilderness survival. I'm planning to go over to visit her recently. I'll come back with her on your wedding day."
Lyra didn't say anything and nodded her head.
Lyra understood that after this kind of thing had happened at home, they were both upset and wanted to leave the Lloyd Manor to get some fresh air and relax.
When everything was taken care of, Lyra informed Kathleen to remind Collin that the succession would be signed tomorrow at the Lloyd Manor with Harvey.
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