Chapter 18 The boundless purgatory of the past life
The sky gradually turned dark.
Just as the banquet at the Prince Regent's Palace was getting into full swing, the conflict between the two princesses and the new princess caused uneasiness among some ministers. After the Queen Mother and the Emperor left, many royalist ministers also left.
Most of the rest were ministers from the regent's faction, most of whom were young people. They pushed cups for cups and made wine orders with fists, and the atmosphere was lively.
In comparison, Jinlin Courtyard was much deserted.
After Ji Yucang left, he didn't step into Jinlin Courtyard again that night.
Sitting alone in the new house, Shen Ning did not deliberately think about the reason why the groom did not enter the new house.
Although she is married to Ji Yucang, he is still a stranger to her, and there is no emotion between them.
Maybe something happened in the front yard that delayed it. After all, what happened today was not a small matter. It was a serious matter among the royal family, and he needed to deal with the aftermath.
Maybe he married her for a reason that only he knew. All he wanted was a princess. It didn't matter whether they had feelings for her or not, whether they were in the same room or not, and whether she was innocent or not didn't matter. He just needed a wife.
Or maybe he was suffering from a severe poisonous attack and was suffering the torture alone, not wanting others to see his pain and embarrassment.
Shen Ning didn't know and wasn't interested in knowing.
With the maid serving, she washed off the delicate makeup on her face, spread out her black hair, undressed, and lay on the bed alone.
Closing his eyes, the scene before death involuntarily reappeared in his mind.
It's the same wedding night, the same phoenix crown and harem, the wedding room is full of flowers and candles, and the whole room is filled with joy.
The man with eyes full of deep love gently handed her a glass of wine, his eyes were as tender as water, and his smile was soft and tender. However, after drinking a glass of Hexin wine, she was greeted with abdominal cramps and a little bit of strength loss in her body.
Blood kept overflowing from her mouth, and countless awls kept digging into her internal organs. The pain was so painful that she almost rolled on the bed.
The man's gentle eyes became colder little by little, and his expression became complicated and cold: "The God of War Princess, who has great power and shocked the master, has disappeared from now on. After tonight, you are just a lowly prison slave with no power, no martial arts, and no confidants. Without an army, there is no dignity anymore..."
That night, she experienced pain and despair that she had never experienced in her life. The betrayal of her loved one made her fall into the abyss. The torture that was worse than death lasted for a whole day, until she fainted from exhaustion early the next morning.
She thought she was dead.
Little did he know that that was just the beginning of purgatory.
The sharp whip struck the body, causing blood to spatter. The severe pain of the fingers being crushed was unforgettable, and the weakness of the hand tendons after being severed was unforgettable.
Overnight, she fell from the lofty God of War Princess into the abyss of purgatory, and became a waste to be slaughtered and humiliated at will... Hundreds of days and nights of imprisonment, hundreds of days and nights of torture, completely trampled on her dignity and pride. Crush.
She is like a bereaved dog lingering on its last breath.
Shen Ning slowly opened her eyes, her eyes filled with desolation and loneliness, and then boundless hatred grew bit by bit.
In an instant, sleepiness disappeared.
Shen Ning took a deep breath, got up from the bed, stood in front of the window and looked at the dark night.
The lights in the palace were twinkling, and red lanterns were hung inside and outside the courtyard, indicating today's joy.
Shen Ning lowered her eyes and looked at her hand, gently rubbing her wrist. It was intact, not pierced by the dagger, and the tendon of the hand had not been severed.
This is a new and intact body that belongs to another person.
God gave her a chance to be reborn in order to continue living in place of Shen Ning, who was rejected by her family. It gave her a chance to take revenge, so that one day she could subvert that dirty dynasty with hatred and kill everyone. All the traitors with vicious and ulterior motives are here to make the lives of those who betray her worse than death.
Rather than letting her continue to be lost in the so-called love between men and women, and experience the feeling of being betrayed again.
"Princess." Shi Qin stood behind her and spoke respectfully, "The prince just sent someone to say that he has something to do tonight, so he asked the princess to sleep first."
Shen Ning said nothing, reached out to close the window, and said in a calm voice, "Who is Princess Jiahe?"
"She is the sister of the current emperor, the legitimate daughter of the late emperor, and the biological daughter of the Queen Mother." Shi Qin replied respectfully, "Princess Jiayu's biological mother is deceased, and she was raised under the Queen Mother's knees since she was a child, so she has a good relationship with Princess Jiahe. The focus is not out of focus, and the focus is not out of focus.”
No wonder he is so arrogant.
It's a pity that they don't seem to understand their situation.
With the regent controlling the government, even the queen mother and the emperor were unable to control themselves. How dare these two princesses act so recklessly in the regent's palace?
"You all go out." Shen Ning said calmly.
"yes."
She was destined to be unable to sleep peacefully that night. When she closed her eyes, she saw the scene of being betrayed before her death. The man she had loved as her childhood sweetheart for ten years was so cruel and ruthless when she betrayed her that it destroyed her physically and mentally.
Love is indeed the most worthless thing in the world.
Shen Ning stood in front of the window all night, thinking all night, deepening her hatred in each memory, abandoning all emotions, freezing all her emotions and six desires, and living for only one goal from now on.
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After daybreak, a maid came in to help wash up, and a dedicated maid brought several sets of newly made clothes to help Shen Ning choose the style and color she liked.
Shi Qin and Shi Qi waited for Shen Ning to change her clothes with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes.
After everything was taken care of, the female waiter led a few people to pass the food around.
When it comes to dressing, washing, dressing up, eating and drinking, the maids serve you meticulously and without any mistakes.
It was as if she had become a master again in an instant.
The breakfast is very rich, with a wide variety of soup dumplings, fried dumplings, soups, porridges, sweet and savory, all available for the Princess Regent to choose from.
It can be seen from the meal that the regent treats the princess with respect. Even if she did not come last night, the status of the new princess in the palace cannot be tolerated by anyone.
Shen Ning sat at the table, eating her breakfast without saying a word.
As long as the food is non-toxic, she doesn't really care what she eats. Having fought on the battlefield for ten years, she has long been accustomed to all hardships. She can enjoy delicacies from the mountains and seas, and can also adapt to simple meals.
Accustomed to a difficult environment, but afraid of a gentle and wealthy land.
When people face difficulties, they can always inspire a strong will, but gentleness and wealth can corrode people's hearts, make people greedy, and make people less human and ghosts less like ghosts.
"The Princess." A nun stepped across the threshold, followed by four maids. "According to royal rules, on the second day of the wedding, the new princess should enter the palace to pay homage to the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, and listen to the Queen Mother's rules. Then go and see the emperor."
Shen Ning looked at her expressionlessly and said nothing.
Mammy's face turned cold: "Princess, did you hear what I said?"
"This is Aunt Wu, who is also the steward of the Prince Regent's Palace." Shi Qin stood aside and introduced Shen Ning responsibly, "The palace that I entered when the plaque was changed at the Prince Regent's Palace was under the orders of the Queen Mother."
Two simple sentences are the key points.
When the plaque was changed in the Regent's Palace, it was naturally after the death of the late emperor and when Ji Yucang was appointed as the regent. The old nun sent by the Queen Mother was naturally loyal to the Queen Mother.
Aunt Wu thought that after Shen Ning learned her identity, her attitude would become respectful and polite, and she would stand aside with an arrogant attitude, waiting for Shen Ning to put on a smile and talk to her cautiously.
However, Shen Ning ate her breakfast without even raising her eyelids, and said in an indifferent voice: "I don't like the Queen Mother, and I'm not interested in meeting her."
Grandma Wu's eyes widened, and she thought for a moment that she heard wrongly: "You...what did you say?"