Chapter 92 You are the Crown Princess, and you are jealous of her?
Since taking the Nine Immortals Jade Dew Pill given to him by Dou Wenyi, Pei Siyan has not easily entertained the thought of killing anyone for a long time.
Dou Mingyan's ability to evoke his evil thoughts is itself a sin for a crown prince.
He has a thousand ways to torment a woman!
Pei Siyan remained expressionless. "Want to cry? Stay in Wuxia Palace for three or five years, or a lifetime?"
A hint of fear flickered in Dou Mingyan's eyes.
These past few days, while she was in Wuxia Palace, no one believed she was the Crown Princess.
If she failed to complete the tasks assigned to her, she would be whipped by the maids with a ruler made of rhinoceros horn wrapped in soft cloth. Those lowly maids would shamelessly say that even if she was crippled, she deserved it and that she would rot in the palace for the rest of her life.
Dou Mingyan forced back her tears and composed herself. "Your Highness, I am the Crown Princess bestowed by His Majesty, and I am destined to spend my life with you. Even if I have done something wrong, I hope Your Highness will give me a chance. I will learn diligently. I hope Your Highness will consider the greater good—"
Pei Siyan suddenly said, "Shut up!"
His voice was cold and deep, filled with hostility.
Dou Mingyan trembled in fright and dared not utter another sound.
"She did nothing to hurt you, yet you wanted her dead? Premeditated murder, what is the punishment?" Pei Siyan's eyes were sharp, his tone firm, showing no intention of seeking confirmation.
She was the most honored Crown Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but these past few days she had been living worse than the lowest-ranking palace maid!
Her carefully pampered skin, back, and buttocks were whipped again and again, and now her whole body is in pain. Why should she suffer such humiliation?
And all of this is because Pei Siyan fell in love with that bitch Dou Wenyi!
Dou Mingyan naturally guessed that things had been exposed, but she never expected that Pei Siyan would disregard their past relationship and, for the sake of a vile woman, not even give her a chance to defend herself before convicting her.
She was, after all, his savior!
Dou Mingyan's voice choked with sobs, "Your Highness, I was out of my mind. I was jealous of Fourth Sister. Master Xuanming and I are destined to be together, and he can't bear to see me suffer. I only complained a few times. I'm innocent! I never imagined he would hire someone to kill me..."
She could only escape unscathed by shifting all the blame onto Xuanming.
Pei Siyan's expression was inscrutable, and he coldly uttered, "You are the Crown Princess, and you are jealous of her?"
His words were truly hurtful; she was jealous of everything about Dou Wenyi!
Dou Mingyan clenched her hands, hidden beneath her sleeves, and tremblingly admitted her mistake, "Your Highness, Zhang Chengxian admires Fourth Sister. You two are like siblings, and love extends to everything connected to her. So you not only helped her break off the engagement, but you also treated her differently. I understand all of that. I shouldn't have been jealous of her, I shouldn't have spoken ill of her..."
Pei Siyan rubbed the jade thumb ring on his finger and smiled casually, "How I treat her has nothing to do with Zhang Chengxian. She is the apple of my eye. If you touch her, you are going against me!"
Dou Mingyan was shocked. Wasn't he afraid of turning against Zhang Chengxian?
Is he not even going to act anymore? Is he planning to forcibly take his friend's wife?
Pei Siyan looked at the weeping woman in front of him; she couldn't even compare to Dou Wenyi in a hair.
Dou Mingyan shrank back, her lips trembling, "Your Highness, you promised to marry me, you said you would make me the most honored woman, are you going to break your promise? I am willing to share a husband with my fourth sister, please have mercy, Your Highness..."
"Are you negotiating with me?" Pei Siyan stared at her with interest.
Dou Mingyan's expression grew increasingly complicated. She mustered her courage and said, "Your Highness, a ruler's word is law. I don't want you to break your promise to the Emperor and to the people of the world. You have to consider your reputation!"
Pei Siyan slowly raised his eyebrows. "I have always loved Lian'er, and the promise I made was to her. Are you really her?"
Dou Mingyan's face drained of color, her heart filled with bitterness. She tried her best to defend herself, "Your Highness has never doubted me before. Is it because you've changed your mind that you're going to deny everything about me?"
"Saving my life is not your shield, Dou Mingyan. You shouldn't be so greedy and have no bottom line!"
"Your Highness, it really has nothing to do with me. How could I dare to hire someone to kill someone?"
Can everything be resolved with a simple "it's none of her business"?
She was imprisoned in the Wuxia Palace and had no contact with the outside world, but Scarface Zhang San died.
With no one to testify against her death, he couldn't do anything to her.
Once Xuanming is captured, won't the truth come out?
Pei Siyan trusted his intuition; after all, he always managed to escape danger thanks to it.
Dou Wenyi's undeserved misfortune was all caused by her.
Pei Siyan sat lazily in her chair, her fingers clasped together, leaning back slightly. It was obvious that a group of people with ill intentions were lurking behind her...
"Mingyan was truly wrong, Your Highness, please have mercy—"
Dou Mingyan trembled violently, clearly sensing the murderous intent hidden beneath his calm yet eerie eyes.
Those eyes were like knives, as if they were slowly tearing her flesh away inch by inch.
Pei Siyan suddenly stood up, flicking the wrinkles in his robes. "Verbal apologies won't teach you a lesson. Dou Mingyan, since you dared to touch her, you must pay the price!"
Dou Mingyan was terrified, tears streaming down her face, and questioned, "Just because you've changed your mind, are you going to repay kindness with enmity and try to kill me?"
But as soon as she uttered those words, she saw a chilling dagger pointed at her throat, the sharp blade reflecting the man's sinister and ruthless eyes.
"ah--"
Dou Mingyan screamed in fright and collapsed to the ground.
Pei Siyan slowly lowered his eyes and nonchalantly sheathed his knife. With such little courage, she still dared to be his Crown Princess?
"Why would I want your life? But you'll have to suffer a bit!"
Suddenly, Dou Mingyan heard the man chuckle, his voice disdainful, mocking, and playful.
"Guards, take her away and, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, brand her with tattoos on the back of her neck as a warning to others."
"No, no, Pei Siyan, don't—"
Dou Mingyan was terrified, and her desperate and devastating cries echoed throughout the room.
She knelt down and crawled to his feet, clutching his clothes and begging for mercy.
Once she is tattooed, she will bear the scars of a crime for the rest of her life.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, no Crown Princess was a slave.
Dou Mingyan was furious. She had always been a high-ranking noblewoman. Even if she wasn't the Crown Princess, she still had the admiration of Xie Guidu and other young masters from prominent families. Every one of them looked at her with a determined and infatuated expression.
Pei Siyan is trying to ruin her.
Two female bodyguards immediately entered, and Dou Mingyan was dragged out without any chance to resist.
Pei Siyan's eyes were filled with disgust, and his voice was low, hoarse, and cold, "If there is a next time, this day next year will be your death anniversary. I am grateful for your life-saving grace, but you cannot overstep your bounds."
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