Deep inside the prison, Fang Shi, who heard the noise, raised her face. Her face was covered in dirt, and she was no longer the lady of the former Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. In just over twenty days, she had become so thin that she was unrecognizable.

After Zhu Dan reported Fang's misdeeds to the old emperor, her first-rank imperial title was revoked.

Fang's imperial title was obtained by Old Madam Lu pleading with the old emperor. The old emperor was extremely displeased at the time, but since she was holding a dragon-headed cane bestowed by the late emperor, he granted her request. However, he still held a grudge against the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion in his heart.

At this moment, Fang had a few withered straws haphazardly stuck into her dirty hair, her eyes were sunken like those of a dead fish, her prison clothes were covered in filth, her shoes had several holes, and the skin on her toes was turned outwards, as if they had been gnawed by insects or rats.

When she was first locked up, Fang was also terrified. She was so scared that she hid in a corner and trembled. She had never suffered like this before.

As time went by, this fear gradually turned into hatred, an overwhelming hatred, so much so that he cursed everyone in the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to die a horrible death every day in his prison cell.

The jailer opened the door and respectfully said to Lu Yucheng, "Young Master Lu, please. Fang is a death row inmate, so please don't take too long."

Lu Yucheng stuffed a bag of silver into the jailer's hand: "Alright, thank you for your trouble. Please have some tea with the brothers."

The jailer accepted the gift, thanked him profusely, and left.

When Fang saw Lu Yucheng, her dead fish-like eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light, like two blades that seemed to want to tear him apart immediately.

Lu Yucheng glanced at her indifferently and said to Lu Jinpei and the other person, "You two go in, I'll wait for you here."

Lu Yuyi cupped his hands in thanks to Lu Yucheng: "Thank you, elder brother."

Lu Yucheng smiled slightly and patted his head: "Go in."

As Lu Yuyi turned to look at Lu Yucheng, he walked inside, completely unaware of Fang Shi's eyes, which seemed to be filled with venom and a hatred that seemed to want to tear him apart.

Lu Yucheng only glanced at her when he first came in, knowing that this woman hated him intensely, so he didn't want to look at her any longer. He didn't kill her himself, which was already out of consideration for Lu Jinpei and Lu Yuyi, the siblings.

Suddenly, Fang charged at Lu Yuyi like a mad lion: "You beast who can't tell right from wrong!"

Fang looked utterly filled with hatred, her face contorted in a grotesque grimace. One hand, like a vise, lunged at Lu Yuyi's slender neck: "You've recognized your mother's killer as your brother, you beast! I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"

Lu Yucheng's expression changed drastically. He rushed towards Lu Yuyi and chopped at Fang's wrist with a palm strike.

In the blink of an eye, Fang's other right hand, which was not gripping Lu Yuyi's neck, suddenly produced a sharp hairpin and stabbed it towards Lu Yucheng's heart.

Caught off guard, and too fast, she succeeded!

With a soft "plop," the sharp blade pierced the flesh, drawing a string of blood droplets.

It was the sweltering heat of July, and Lu Yucheng was only wearing an inner garment and an outer garment. The hairpin in Fang's hand was incredibly sharp and pierced deeply into his chest.

Lu Yucheng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight backward.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Lu Yucheng was only focused on saving Lu Yuyi, unaware that Fang Shi had come specifically to target him, and that pinning down Lu Yuyi was merely a pretext to distract him.

"Ah!" Lu Jinpei was stunned by the sudden change and screamed in terror.

Lu Yuyi was coughing and panting heavily as Fang Shi gripped his neck tightly. He never imagined that his mother, who used to love him so much, would go mad because of the words of gratitude he had expressed to his elder brother. She was so crazy that she wanted to kill her son.

He never imagined that his mother would be so ruthless as to kill his older brother in prison!

Fang's hands were covered in blood. He laughed wildly, his laughter echoing like a ghost throughout the prison, creating a series of reverberations, as if a fierce spirit was howling.

Lu Jinpei burst into tears, clinging tightly to her younger brother who was still panting heavily from fright.

But Fang was still not satisfied. She rushed towards Lu Yucheng, who was lying on the ground. She wanted to pull out the hairpin and stab it with several holes. She wanted to make him die a complete death!

Lu Yuyi, with a strength she didn't know she had, broke free from her third sister's embrace and, with all her might, rammed her small body into Fang Shi.

Fang was knocked to the ground, glaring fiercely at Lu Yuyi: "You beast, I gave birth to you, you traitorous animal, I'll kill you!"

She got up from the ground and her hand, as sharp as a clamp, gripped Lu Yuyi's slender neck tightly once again.

Lu Jinpei was so frightened that her face turned as pale as snow. She crawled over and grabbed Fang's hand tightly: "Mother, that's my little brother A-Yi. Mother, let go, let go! Mother, you love your little brother the most. Mother, please let go!"

"You are all ingrates! I'm going to kill you all, kill you all!" Fang roared like a madman.

Hearing the noise, the jailers rushed over immediately. When they saw Prince Lu lying in a pool of blood, and then saw Fang Shi, dressed in prison clothes, her bloodshot eyes still tightly gripping the Second Young Master, whose eyes had rolled back on the ground, they were shocked.

One of them immediately drew his knife and with one slash, Fang's two arms were severed from her body. Blood spurted out like a jet, drenching Lu Jinpei and Lu Yuyi, who were lying on the ground, with scalding hot blood.

The siblings were so frightened that they huddled together tightly.

"Imperial physician! Quickly, summon the imperial physician!"

"Go and inform the Duke of Zhenguo immediately!"

"Don't move Prince Lu!"

"Don't touch him, wait for the imperial physician to remove the hairpin!"

Chaos erupted in the prison, with all the other prisoners craning their necks to look in this direction.

"What happened?"

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