It’s night in the capital.
The cold wind was biting, and the fine white snow particles fluttered down, almost drowning the remaining flowers on the ground.
The sound of strings and bamboos coming from the front yard keeps ringing, and the yard is covered with red happy characters.
It was a cold winter night, and Xie Shu had been standing at the door of the wedding room for half a day. After standing for too long, she felt a terrible pain in her left leg.
Just when I was about to relax, I heard the whispers of two women from the corridor.
"What do you think the prince thinks? The Xie family framed the prince for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, which almost caused the prince to die at the border. The prince finally cleared his grievances and got rid of the Xie family. Why do they still let this ugly monster enter the house as a slave?! "
"What do you know? This Xie Shu is so shameless. She chases the prince all day long, humiliates the prince in front of the people in the capital, and wants to marry the prince! The prince keeps her just to torture her. It’s simpler than living.”
"That's right. The entire Xie family will be slaughtered after the new year. This ugly Xie Shu still wants to be our princess. It's just a dream."
The two women's sneers and the night wind and snow blew past Xie Shu's ears, making her already painful left leg tremble even more.
She faced the night and slowly raised her head. Her face was burned by fire, which was horrifying.
Those eyes were as lifeless as ancient wells. She was clearly a girl in her twenties and eighties, but she was withered and depressed.
There seemed to be many deep emotions settling in his eyes.
"Otherwise? This Xie Shu is also a bitch. The Xie family collaborated with the enemy and rebelled. As the daughter of the Xie family, she should also die together! She still has the nerve to live, she is indeed a spineless thing."
"Look, the princess has entered the palace...only then does she know what life is worse than death."
Life is worse than death...
Yeah?
Xie Shu's face was bloodless, and her heart slowly sank.
Maybe it was because I suffered too much torture in prison and it hurt so much that I didn’t feel any pain at all.
She just felt cold, very cold...
There was a sound of footsteps outside, and the conversation between the two women suddenly stopped.
They stared at Xie Shu in the dark, smiling maliciously.
Chu Tongshang's bodyguard came out of the snow and glanced at Xie Shu, who was as cold as an ice sculpture.
"The prince asked you to serve him!"
The guard's cold words hit her head, awakening Xie Shu's distant thoughts.
She didn't dare say not to go.
She is no longer the Miss Xie she used to be.
He is just a sinful slave living in the palace.
Xie Shu dragged her painful left leg and limped along with the guard.
Her legs hurt so much that she walked very slowly, and every step was like walking on the tip of a knife.
She was thinking every step she took.
Xie Shu.
Chu Tongshang hates you.
Even if you were tortured in prison, he would never believe that you never wanted to harm him.
…
After finally reaching the study room, Xie Shu had cold sweat on her forehead and could not stand very steadily, but her back was still straight, showing a bit of tenacity.
"Slave——"
Xie Shu gasped and opened her mouth. The next second, her wrist was grabbed.
She was thrown onto the bed by the man, feeling dizzy.
Chu Tongshang was already pressing on her exhausted body.
Xie Shu waited for a while before she could clearly see the person in front of her.
It was a clear and handsome face, and even though it was just a loose robe, it could not hide the cold aura around him.
Even though he was doing such an indecent thing, he was still cool, dignified and elegant.
"Call it out."
He grabbed her chin and tore her clothes off with his right hand.
Xie Shu met his eyes and spoke with difficulty.
"Miss Gu... is still waiting at the wedding room-"
If he wastes time on her on his wedding night, tomorrow...
I'm just afraid that Gu Suisui will skin her.
"If it weren't for Sui Sui's physical discomfort, do you think I would be willing to touch this ugly girl like you?" He leaned down and tore her apart in a dark voice.
Familiar pain ran through her body. Xie Shu's body trembled and she bit her lip with her teeth to prevent herself from screaming.
Her body hurt, but his harsh and cold words made her heart clench.
Ugly girl.
So, had he always looked at her this way?
Even though she had disobeyed the Xie family's orders and walked in the valley for a day and night with him seriously injured on her back, her feet were bruised and bleeding.
Chapter 02: Ugly girl, off-putting
He tortured her mercilessly, leaving bruises on her body. Xie Shu was in pain, her face became increasingly pale, and her breathing was weak.
"It hurts..." She clutched the quilt underneath her.
Chu Tongshang's eyes were cold, and the words he spoke turned into knives stabbing into her eardrums.
"It hurts? You also know it hurts?"
His movements became more and more rough, and Xie Shu felt as if her body was about to fall apart, and her eyes were staring at the curtain above her head.
Her gaze became blank little by little, and her whole body was like fish on a sticky plate, ready to be slaughtered.
The clouds disappear and the rain stops.
The man caught a glimpse of Xie Shu's whip wounds all over her body, and suddenly his eyes turned cold. He pinched her wound, which made Xie Shu tremble in pain.
"The injuries all over my body are really off-putting!"
Xie Shu felt a heavy pain in her heart and gasped weakly. Aren't all the wounds on her body caused by him?
He had her tortured severely in prison, forcing her to confess whether she knew about the Xie family's conspiracy to murder the Prince of Chu's palace!
She lowered her eyes and said in a dull voice, "I know I am humble -"
With a "bang", Xie Shu was kicked off the bed.
Xie Shu endured the pain in her body and lay on the ground for a while, then struggled to get up, picked up the scattered clothes and put them on.
"Me? A sin slave, how dare you call yourself me?" The man laughed mockingly.
Xie Shu trembled all over and hit her forehead on the ground, as humble as a dog.
"I know my mistake."
"Palm mouth!"
The man on the bed looked cold and heartless, with a biting coldness flowing from the corners of his brows and eyes.
The change was unexpected. The servant waiting outside the door came in and opened his bow left and right at Xie Shu's already disfigured face!
The slap fell, and Xie Shu's mouth was filled with the smell of blood.
But she no longer had the fierce temper she had before, she was mean and hateful.
"Slave——" I know my mistake.
"More palms!"
The look in Chu Tongshang's face on Xie Shu's face was like a knife soaked in ice, cold and fast.
He didn't know which words touched his nerves.
Another two slaps fell!
Xie Shu's eyes were dazed and her face was swollen.
Chu Tongshang stood up and walked to her, squatted down, and pinched her chin with his long fingers.
"Even if you don't know that your father and brother are plotting against me, I will not let you go. Xie Shu, you deserve to die!"
In those deep brown pupils, a bit of coldness gradually surged up.
"Slave... I have nothing to say." Xie Shu's cheeks were burning with pain. "If the prince doesn't believe me, he can still be tortured."
There was a violent storm in Chu Tongshang's eyes.
There was a sudden pain in her jaw, and her fingernails dug into her palms.
"A lowly slave still wants my king's trust? Are you worthy of it?"
Hearing this, Chu Tongshang pushed her away in disgust, as if he had seen something disgusting.
Even now, she is still telling lies, even if the evidence is solid!
He saw her signed confession, how could she say she was innocent?
Xie Shu closed her eyes and kowtowed.
Chu Tongshang sneered, "Drag her down and teach her the rules!"
He stood up, tossed his sleeves and left.
The cold wind waving between his sleeves brought his cold voice to his ears, "If you don't understand the rules and get into trouble with Suisui, I will break your legs!"
Year after year...
Xie Shu could no longer hear what he said. The figure disappeared in front of her eyes, and her breath was also taken away.
The corners of his blood-stained lips slowly opened.
There was only one sentence in my blank mind, which I kept repeating over and over again.
Every year, every year...
Then, what does she mean by Xie Shu?
Is she just an ugly girl that disgusts him?
His consciousness gradually became blurred, and his eyelids became so heavy that he could not open them.
I don't know how long I slept.
"Wow--"
The biting cold water was poured down, and Xie Shu shivered on the bed, her wet eyelashes slightly opened, and the coldness made her thoughts slow.
