Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Shen Shiji killed me after all.

He did it on the anniversary of Su Yuan’s death.

Using the same dagger stained with Su Yuan’s blood, he drove it into my body, inch by inch.

As if that wasn’t cruel enough, he twisted the blade through my flesh. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice dripping with hatred. “Why did you kill Ah Yuan?”

Shen Shiji had asked this question many times before.

I had given him an answer.

I told him I didn’t do it, but Shen Shiji never believed me.

After all, everyone knew that this princess, brought in from the common folk, was hopelessly in love with the Young Marquis Shen.

When she failed to force the Young Marquis to become her Prince Consort, her love turned to resentment, and she murdered the woman he truly loved.

But now, as Shen Shiji asked the question again, he was merely looking for an excuse to tighten his grip on the dagger.

His hand was trembling violently.

It shook so much that even I could feel it.

And yet, this was the same man who hadn’t shown a shred of mercy when he broke my limbs and subjected me to a hundred kinds of torture.

So, I looked at Shen Shiji and smiled. “Shen Shiji, what are you afraid of?”

Now that he held the prestigious position of Grand Tutor in the new dynasty, killing an unfavored princess of the Former Dynasty was an easy task.

Everything he had done up to this point was merely preparation to avenge Su Yuan.

Shen Shiji pressed his lips into a thin line and suddenly let go of the hilt.

He let me collapse into the pile of corpses, his face returning to a mask of cold indifference.

“Shi Jiu.”

Shen Shiji looked down at me and spoke my name.

“My greatest regret was saving you all those years ago.”