Standing nearby, Madam Zheng felt a pang of unease. Could they really be going to release the person?
She was immediately filled with indignation and sat down on the ground, crying and shouting, "Is there no law anymore? Does being a princess give you the right to disregard human life?!"
A jailer frowned and came over, coldly rebuking, "Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, you'll lose your head!"
Zheng Wangshi reluctantly shut her mouth, her resentful gaze fixed on Yun An!
Yun An stood up, straightened her sleeves, and turned her head arrogantly to look down at her coldly: "I told you, the first thing I'll do after we get out is to skin you alive!"
Madam Zheng instinctively shrank her neck, her heart pounding with apprehension.
The eunuch arrived at the door and gave the jailer a look, who then stepped forward to open the door.
The cell door opened, and Yun An raised her chin, about to walk out, but was stopped. She glared at him unhappily: "What else is there? Didn't Father Emperor already pardon this princess?"
The pale-faced, beardless eunuch wore a strange expression, a forced smile on his face: "Princess, you've misunderstood. Oh, no, His Majesty has already reduced you to a commoner. It was a slip of the tongue on my part!"
Yun An froze, her pupils suddenly contracting: "What did you say?!"
The eunuch glanced at her and slowly unfolded the imperial edict: "I am here on His Majesty's orders to send you on your way."
After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Yun An took a few steps back, raised his head in a daze, and said with difficulty, "Impossible! You're lying to me!"
Her gaze fell on the white silk on the tray, and as if struck by lightning, her legs suddenly went weak, and she collapsed to the ground!
Zheng Wangshi, who had been listening intently, couldn't help but burst into laughter, clapping her hands with a triumphant look of revenge: "Hahaha, heaven truly has eyes! A life for a life, you deserve it!"
She glared fiercely at the distraught Yun An, her eyes filled with smugness.
The eunuch smirked, "If there are no further questions, I'll see you on your way. I need to hurry back to report!"
Yun An's breath caught in her throat. She braced herself on the ground and backed away, her face deathly pale, but her eyes glared fiercely at him: "Impossible! You forged an imperial edict, didn't you?"
The eunuch's eyes flashed with mockery: "You've been a fake princess for over ten years, and now you have four lives on your hands. His Majesty is only granting you a white silk noose, which is already out of consideration for our past relationship. Don't be ungrateful!"
He stepped forward, holding the white silk ribbon, and, amidst Yun An's terrified gaze, pressed down on her shoulders and placed the ribbon around her neck, his eyes turning fierce:
"Princess, may you travel in peace!"
Having dealt with Yun'an, Madam Zheng finally felt relieved. With her mind already calculating, she forced a fawning smile: "Father-in-law, what about this humble woman? Has His Majesty said how to arrange things?"
The eunuch smiled enigmatically: "You, of course, have a better place to go."
...
When news of Yun An's death arrived, Shen Tangning gazed at the withered crabapple blossoms, speechless.
"Why don't you go and see her off, Miss? She humiliated the young master like that, so it would be good to vent your anger!"
Xueqing's indignant complaint came through, her eyes extremely indifferent: "Silly girl, His Majesty was forced to make a decision, and he must be extremely unhappy. Wouldn't it be like your young lady offering herself up to him at this time?"
It's really unnecessary to take this risk just to vent your anger.
“Besides, death absolves all debts…” Shen Tangning sighed softly, “She wasn’t worth all this trouble from me.”
——
In the prison cell, someone picked up a gold hairpin that had fallen to the ground, his eyes dark, and slowly clenched his fist.
The person next to him lowered their voice and said, "Your Highness, no matter how fast we rushed, we're still a step too late."
The man's low, hoarse voice came through, carrying an icy chill: "It's alright, I will avenge her myself."
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