Two quarters of an hour later, Hai Tang returned and reported, "Princess, everything has been arranged."
"Leave the mansion." Leaving Sister Jin behind, Yang Mengchen took Hai Tang and four others by carriage to a secluded small courtyard in the city. Yang Mengchen pushed open the gate and went in, with Hai Tang and Mo Mei following closely behind, while Lv Luo, Shan Cha, and Hong Ling stayed at the courtyard gate to stand guard.
Upon entering the central room, a young woman dressed in cherry-red clothing was bound backhanded to a chair, her eyes covered by a black cloth. She didn’t react to the sound of the door opening, evidently having been rendered immobile by a pressure point technique. Yang Mengchen walked over and sat down in a chair opposite the woman, giving Hai Tang a meaningful glance.
Hai Tang stepped forward to release the woman’s pressure points and then removed the black cloth covering her eyes, before retreating to stand behind Yang Mengchen. freeweɓnovel-cøm
The woman first appeared dazed but, upon catching a clear view of Yang Mengchen not far in front of her, her expression changed drastically, "Princess Chen, why are you here?"
Yang Mengchen just smiled faintly, saying nothing.
The woman took in her surroundings and seemed to grasp the situation, "Was it you who captured me and brought me here? Why would you do that?"
"What do you think? Du Sihui." Yang Mengchen looked at her coldly.
With a pitiable and bewildered expression, Du Sihui’s eyes swiftly filled with tears which did not fall, making her seem all the more grievously wronged, "I don’t understand what Princess Chen is talking about."
Observing Du Sihui’s innocent act, Yang Mengchen’s disdain was clearly evident in her eyes and brow, "For a woman with a heart as venomous as yours, I wouldn’t want to see you at all. With just one word, I could make you disappear from this world forever. Now, I’m giving you a chance. Confess how you plotted against Prince Consort Min and how you attempted to harm the Eldest Princess. Perhaps then I might spare your life. Otherwise..."
Although her tone was indifferent and cool, it sent shivers down Du Sihui’s spine.
"I didn’t do anything," Du Sihui argued, her face turning pale, "I truly have feelings of admiration for... " Upon seeing the piercing gaze in Yang Mengchen’s eyes, she hastily corrected herself, "I truly have feelings of admiration for Prince Consort Min, but it’s beyond my control. I have never schemed against Prince Consort Min, nor have I ever tried to harm the Eldest Princess."
Yang Mengchen handed something to Hai Tang, who took it and walked in front of Du Sihui. Hai Tang opened her palm to reveal a smooth, small stone, which caused Du Sihui’s face to immediately turn deathly pale.
"You must be very familiar with this object." Upon seeing Du Sihui open her mouth, Yang Mengchen said coldly, "The people close to the Imperial Older Sister have always been loyal. Every place the Imperial Older Sister intended to visit was always thoroughly cleaned in advance. There wouldn’t be even the smallest stone, a drop of water, or a thread left behind. This morning, it was by accidentally stepping on this stone that the Imperial Older Sister slipped and went into premature labor;
And at the time, only you and the old lady were closest to the Imperial Older Sister. No matter how cruel the old lady could be, she wouldn’t have the heart to harm her own grandson. As for you, if the Imperial Older Sister were to die along with her child, you could provoke the old lady to pressure my brother-in-law so that you could marry him as his next wife;
Am I right?"
Du Sihui kept her head down, biting her lips, but her trembling body betrayed the terror within her heart.
Slowly twirling the jade bracelet on her wrist, Yang Mengchen said deliberately, "It doesn’t matter if you don’t confess. I have plenty of ways to make you wish you were dead!"
"I have done nothing, there’s nothing for me to confess," Du Sihui said, clenching her teeth in resistance.
Yang Mengchen sneered coldly, "Do you really think this Princess Chen wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on you?"
Du Sihui tried to look calm as she faced Yang Mengchen. She was the legitimate daughter of the Duke Pingxi Mansion, and Princess Chen wouldn’t dare to torture her no matter how bold she was.
"Very well!" Yang Mengchen took out a pill and gave it to Mo Mei. Mo Mei walked over to Du Sihui, grabbed her chin with one hand, and stuffed the pill into her mouth with the other. She then clamped Du Sihui’s jaw shut, forced her to swallow by using her internal energy, and returned to Yang Mengchen’s side. Yang Mengchen smiled like the warm spring breeze, "Today, this Princess Chen will let you taste what it’s like to wish for death."
At first, Du Sihui felt a bit panicked, but after a while, she didn’t notice anything unusual and gradually relaxed, even secretly mocking Princess Chen for bluffing.
Before she could feel smug for long, she began to feel a pain as if ants were tearing at her from inside her bones. It slowly spread throughout her body as if millions of ants were crawling out from her bones and gnawing at her flesh and even her internal organs.
Instantly, the pain made Du Sihui break out in a heavy sweat. She wanted to jump up and shake off the ants on her body, but Hai Tang pressed down on the back of the chair, immobilizing her. She could only wriggle continuously. The rough ropes frayed her clothes and her delicate skin, causing blood to seep out.
However, the pain only grew more intense, a kind of pain that made one wish for death. At that moment, Du Sihui thought it would be better to die, so she tried to bite her tongue to commit suicide. Hai Tang quickly dislocated her jaw, and now even death became a luxury she couldn’t afford.
Looking at Yang Mengchen, who kept a smile on her face the entire time, Du Sihui saw her as a terrifying demon, screaming ’ah ah ah ah’, nearly on the brink of a breakdown.
Seeing Du Sihui’s pleading eyes, Yang Mengchen coldly watched without a word. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, she finally said indifferently, "Have you thought it through and are ready to confess?"
Du Sihui nodded desperately.
Yang Mengchen took out another pill and gave it to Mo Mei, who walked over and stuffed it into Du Sihui’s mouth. Hai Tang closed her jaw, forcing her to swallow.
Feeling the intense pain gradually subside, but at that moment, Du Sihui was as drenched as if she had just been pulled out of the water, without a shred of strength, shaking like a leaf.
"Speak, lay out all your schemes in detail. Remember, you only have one chance. If you dare to play any tricks, this Princess Chen will immediately have you sent to the harshest military camp to comfort those soldiers guarding the border," Yang Mengchen warned.
At this point, Yang Mengchen was the epitome of a man-eating demon in Du Sihui’s eyes. She honestly confessed everything about her previous plans to scheme against Min Luozhan and Long Jingxi, spilling it all without omission.
Hearing about how Du Sihui had used the old madam to scheme against Min Luozhan and attempt to harm Long Jingxi countless times, Yang Mengchen felt a burning anger inside her, yet her face remained perfectly composed. She said to Mo Mei, "Have her sign and affix her thumbprint." As Du Sihui confessed, Mo Mei had been taking notes by her side.
Mo Mei approached Du Sihui with the pen and confession. Du Sihui didn’t want to sign, but seeing Yang Mengchen’s deep and chilling gaze, she could only bite her lip and sign her name on the confession, then press down her thumbprint.
"Princess Chen, in a moment of folly, I made a mistake, but it was all to marry Prince Consort Min," Du Sihui pleaded through tears. "The first time I saw Prince Consort Min as a child, I fell in love with him. Now, I ask for nothing else but that Princess Chen, out of consideration for my wholehearted infatuation, allow me to serve Prince Consort Min. Even if I am to be reduced to a beast of burden, I am willing. Please grant my heart’s desire, Princess Chen."
This shameless and despicable woman still had the audacity to dream of becoming Prince Consort Min’s concubine at this point—it was simply unforgivable! Both Hai Tang and Mo Mei were furious.
Yang Mengchen’s expression remained calm, "Mo Mei, take out the documents and have her copy them."
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