In a dungeon,
The candlelight cast a dim glow.
As you can see, the walls are covered with instruments of torture.
Shen Ci was half-dead and bound to the cross, his hands and feet restrained by chains.
All he saw was a person dressed in a black robe and wearing a bamboo hat.
You can't tell if someone is male or female just by their body shape.
After all, she was completely covered up, so nothing that indicated her identity could be seen.
"Who are you?" As the effects of the poison subsided a little, Shen Ci was finally able to speak slowly.
But the other person didn't speak. Instead, he took a branding iron and kept heating it over the fire.
When the soldering iron is red-hot,
Dressed in a black robe, Shen Ling slowly walked up to Shen Ci.
Holding the branding iron in front of Shen Ci's eyes, he tilted his head, seemingly trying to figure out where to start.
If it were anyone else, Chen Ling would have acted without hesitation.
After all, he's my own brother, so I should choose a good place.
However, Shen Ling only thought for a moment before picking up the branding iron and pressing it onto Shen Ci's body.
—Brother, His Majesty wants to kill you, but I will not let you die.
—After all, my family was all dead in my previous life…
—In this life, I will not repeat the same mistakes… So, in order for my life to be different from my previous one, you… will just barely manage to live on…
—Whether you're a fool or a useless piece of trash, as long as you pose no threat to His Majesty, you can spend the rest of your life in this dark and hopeless prison.
—Who told you to try and harm His Majesty in the first place?
Shen Ling knew that no one wanted to live like this.
But,
In her past life, she watched helplessly as her family members died, one after another.
Having been given a second chance at life, she thought things would be different... but it seems that only the process is different, the ending remains the same.
She doesn't believe in fate.
She was given a second chance at life, all for the sake of defying fate...
Therefore, in order to make the plot of this life different from that of the previous life, and to avoid repeating the same mistakes, she was made to see her other innocent relatives die one by one in front of her again.
Even if Shen Ci lives like a maggot in this dark prison cell, he must live on.
...
Shen Ling does not resent His Majesty.
From the very beginning, she knew that the world had never shown her any mercy...
Whether one died in a previous life and became a wandering ghost, drifting for a long time, or was reborn into a new life,
This world will never give her a break.
They will only torment her endlessly, and this torment will leave her with no end in sight, even in a short period of time.
so,
She knew that His Majesty would protect her, even if her family members committed the heinous crime of treason. His Majesty only wanted to kill her brother, not exterminate his entire family.
She knew that His Majesty treated her well, which allowed her to speak so recklessly, saying that she would challenge His Majesty and prevent her brother's death...
But some things,
How can I bring myself to say it?
If she said... she didn't want her brother to die, it was because if her brother died, this life would be too similar to her past life, and in the future, she might continue to be led by the nose...
If she said... she was reborn... that she experienced all the tragedy in her past life, which is why she wanted... to try to make this life different...
But how could His Majesty believe it, or understand it?
Some things are not so simple to say.
Fortunately, in this life, His Majesty treats her very well, which allows her to freely do what she wants.
only……
This world is, after all, full of malice.
She got too close to His Majesty.
Sooner or later... I'll be riddled with wounds by fate...
It's not that I don't like it anymore, it's just that I'm emotionally exhausted...
Before she successfully fights against this world, she only wants to walk alone, to walk on alone in a cold and desolate way... until the day she truly sees the dawn.
"Your Majesty, I'm just afraid of getting hurt..."
—But I will forever remember your kindness to me…
—If fate allows in the future…I will make it up to you…
Beneath the bamboo hat, Shen Ling's face was icy cold, revealing no emotion.
When a person is at their strongest,
It's when you have no weaknesses, no one you care about...
Only in this way will she not be truly hurt.
Even if the world is full of malice towards her, she can still smile and deal with this cruel world.
As expected, Shen Ci let out a scream when the branding iron was applied to his body.
His face contorted in pain and confusion, he asked, "Who are you? Who exactly are you?"
"Is it because someone paid you to do this to me? I'll pay double... no, I'll pay five times the price, let me go, and tell me who ordered you to do it!"
"You should know that I am the son of the prime minister, and the youngest official appointed by the late emperor as the Left Censor-in-Chief!"
"Do you really think you can go against me?"
Even at this moment, Shen Ci could still think of making a deal with the other party.
Unfortunately, it was Shen Ling who kidnapped him.
It wasn't for money or profit; it was purely out of a desire for him to survive in this dark and hopeless prison.
Even if it means losing human dignity, losing all his reputation and status.
Even if he's living a life worse than death, he still has to keep going.
Shen Ling didn't use too much torture; he simply vented his anger.
Through the straw hat,
The way she looked at Shen Ci was icy cold.
She was never close to her second brother since childhood, but had a better relationship with her eldest brother.
But even when it came to his eldest brother, Shen Ling didn't go to much trouble to protect his second brother when he was exiled to the frontier.
At that time, all she wanted was revenge.
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