Chapter 1 The Prince Never Loved You
"Pei Anqing, Jiang Wanru, you will both die a horrible death!"
Heart-wrenching screams echoed from the dungeon of the Langya Prince's Mansion in the Eastern Ling Kingdom.
"ah--"
The red-hot branding iron was pressed heavily onto Jiang Wan Ning's body once again.
The meat on the chest sizzled as it was scalded, and the rising black smoke mixed with the smell of burnt meat wafted into the nostrils of everyone present.
Jiang Wanru, like a frightened little rabbit, covered her face and trembled in Pei Anqing's arms.
"Your Highness, my sister's eyes are terrifying."
Pei Anqing held the person in his arms and threw the branding iron in his hand at Jiang Wanning's face.
"If you dare to scare Ru'er, you might as well gouge out these eyes."
"Why? Why are you doing this to me?"
Since the death of Prince Pei Yanchuan of Langya, who was also her father-in-law,
He had only drunk a cup of tea handed to him by his half-sister when he passed out, and when he woke up, he was in this dark dungeon.
With his hands chained, he endured torture every day and was only given a cup of dirty water to keep him alive.
"Your Highness, considering how pitiful my sister is, why don't you tell her the truth?"
Pei Anqing looked at the person in his arms with affection and pinched Jiang Wanru's waist, "Ru'er is the kindest."
Jiang Wanru's body went limp, and her soft body rubbed against Pei Anqing.
"You little slut." Pei Anqing ripped off Jiang Wanru's clothes.
This wasn't the first time the two of them had made love in front of her, and each time Jiang Wanru would look at her provocatively.
After an incense stick has burned.
Pei Anqing looked at the soiled clothes with disgust.
"Why don't you change your clothes first, Your Highness? I will see my sister off on her final journey."
As Jiang Wanru spoke, she straightened Pei Anqing's clothes.
Pei Anqing hooked Jiang Wanru's chin and gently pecked her, "Seeing how hard you've worked, I'll grant your request."
Jiang Wanru lowered her eyelids shyly, only slowly raising them after Pei Anqing left.
The previous fragility was gone from her face. She picked up the branding iron and casually placed it over the fire. When it was red-hot, she slowly walked towards Jiang Wan Ning.
“My dear sister, for the sake of how many years your Marquis’s mansion has raised me, I’ll let you die knowing the truth.”
"Actually, the prince has never loved you. You don't know that, do you? The one who truly loves you is Pei Yanchuan."
Jiang Wan Ning froze. "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"Hahaha, look at you. You believe my lies all the time, but now that I'm being pitiful and telling you the truth, you don't believe me."
"Then Pei Yanchuan and the prince are not biological father and son at all. The prince's father is a brother who fought alongside Pei Yanchuan on the battlefield."
Because of Pei Yanchuan's greed for merit and recklessness, the prince's father died, and the prince's mother committed suicide out of love.
"Pei Yanchuan actually made a contribution and was appointed as the only non-royal king in the Dongling Kingdom."
"If he had been kind, he could have returned the credit to the prince, but not only did he not, he also adopted the prince as his godson."
"How can one simply relinquish credit? Even if he is willing, would His Majesty be willing? He intends to pass the title of Prince of Langya to Pei Anqing, which is why he did this."
Jiang Wanning defended Pei Yanchuan.
"He's only six years older than the prince, but he's added ten years to his age. If he doesn't die, how will the throne of Langya be passed on?"
"He was poisoned and wouldn't have lived much longer anyway. Why are you all in such a hurry?" Jiang Wanning accused in a broken voice.
"Who knows how long he won't live? Every day he lives, something could happen."
"So the prince had no choice but to kill him, hahaha..."
Jiang Wanru laughed, "It was still using the pretense of your danger as bait that led people into a pre-planned ambush."
"What I never expected was that he loved you so much. To keep you alive, he knelt before his adopted son and even performed the torture of having his bones removed himself. Tsk tsk tsk..."
"That scene was a million times more painful than what you're experiencing now."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wan Ning trembled uncontrollably, and tears streamed down her face.
Jiang Wanru was very satisfied with Jiang Wanning's current appearance.
She continued, "Ever since the Prince came to the capital from the border with Pei Yanchuan three years ago, he noticed that he liked you, and the Prince began to pursue you diligently."
"Actually, it's all to get revenge on Pei Yanchuan."
No wonder Pei Anqing always liked to do some intimate things with him whenever Pei Yanchuan was around.
No wonder Pei Yanchuan always manages to appear when he's in danger.
"Now that we've finished discussing the Prince's affairs, let's talk about the Marquis's residence."
Jiang Wanru raised the branding iron in her hand, looked at it, and pressed it against Jiang Wanning's face.
Her stunningly beautiful face is enough to make anyone envious.
Jiang Wan Ning bit her lip until it bled but stopped crying out. This pain was nothing compared to what he had suffered.
"Oh dear, it seems it's not hot anymore, my sister isn't calling me anymore~"
He then put the soldering iron back into the brazier.
"Your sister probably doesn't know yet, but during the month you were locked in the dungeon, Pei Yanchuan died, and your parents died too."
Oh, and your maternal grandfather, they're both dead, hahahahaha..."
"Jiang Wanru, how could you kill your own family for a man!"
Jiang Wan Ning felt like her heart was hurting so badly she was about to die.
"They're just your family, not mine." Jiang Wanru reached out and grabbed Jiang Wanning's disheveled hair tightly.
He said fiercely, "If it weren't for the wealth of your Marquis's family, who would be willing to swallow their pride and be so cautious?"
"Let me tell you the truth, your mother messed with someone she shouldn't have. That person made my mother plot against your father, just so that your mother, that bitch, would live a life of misery."
"It wasn't your father who betrayed your mother back then; my real father is in your Marquis's mansion."
“My mother and father were living happily ever after right under your noses.”
“Now that everyone in the Marquis’s mansion is dead, my mother is the only one in charge. She will also gain a good reputation for chastity.”
"This is what that person promised my mother and my father."
"Oh, by the way, you still don't know how your mother died, do you? It was the pastries I brought you every time," Jiang Wanru said, pinching her index finger and thumb together.
“I added a tiny bit of poison each time.”
“That old hag, she always finishes everything you give her.”
"As for your father... well, you can leave him to that person."
"But your maternal grandfather's death was relatively mild. The prince ordered him to be permanently fixed in the coffin, and then he had a grand funeral. The scene was quite something..."
"I must say, he truly lived up to his reputation as the Grand Tutor. It's just a pity that so many people attended his funeral, yet not a single relative was among them, hahaha..."
Tears streamed down Jiang Wanning's face as she charged towards Jiang Wanru, the chains clanging as they were stretched.
"Jiang Wanru! You'll die a horrible death!"
"Hahahaha, now the one who's going to die a horrible death is you, my dearest sister!" Jiang Wanru laughed loudly, "Your little sister even gave you a big gift."
"I'll send you on your way after you've finished reading." He said, clapping his hand in the air.
“Peony! Begonia!” Jiang Wan Ning looked at the two people covered in blood.
"Sister, stop calling them. They're already dead. They died a good death, surrounded by countless beggars..."
"Alright, I'm tired too. Sister, you can disappear from this world now."
As Jiang Wanru spoke, she drew a long sword from the wall and stabbed it into Jiang Wanning's heart.
"Throw these three corpses into the mass grave outside the city and let the wild dogs eat them."
He drew a large X on Jiang Wan Ning's face with his sword and gave the order to the dungeon guards.
"Yes, Your Highness."
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