The newly appointed Tanhua Scholar was gentle and refined, a young lord as flawless as jade.
No one knew that at three, he had killed a man and slit him open from chest to belly. At five, he had peeled off a human face to make a lantern. He was born rotten to the core.
Xie Zhixing and I grew up depending on each other for survival. I exhausted every trick I had just to barely rein him in and make him pass for a normal person.
During the parade through the streets, the Commandery Princess fell in love with him at first sight. When she confessed her feelings, he politely refused.
Several days later, I was found dead in the street, violated and murdered by wandering bandits.
At last, the Commandery Princess got her wish and took my place. With a gentle smile, Xie Zhixing married her as Madam Xie.
Later, when blood dyed the capital red, this became the thing she regretted most in her life…
Without me to hold him back, Xie Zhixing went on a killing spree.
