Chapter 4: I Want Some Interest First
"This subject's daughter, Liu Shimei, accidentally got drugged during the Lantern Festival and had sex with King Dun Yu. This subject's daughter knows that she has committed a crime, so she entered the palace overnight to ask for forgiveness!"
"I will enter the Royal Mansion and serve King Dun Yu wholeheartedly without seeking a title. I beg you, Great Saint, to spare my life. I will use the rest of my life to atone for my sins!"
They were disturbing the Emperor at midnight and making such remarks in front of the Emperor. The Grand Chancellor glared at Liu Shimei, and she quickly lowered herself into the lowest position.
As long as she was not sentenced to death, she could take her time with other things.
As soon as she finished speaking, Huangfu Lingyao, who had been staring at her the whole time, smiled adorably. He looked like he was willing to accept her offer. "Sister Fairy, you're going to live in the Royal Mansion? You can play with me every day, right?"
"Father, Father, I want Sister Fairy to play with me. Please agree!" He turned to the Emperor.
Even after they had changed their clothes and arrived in front of the Emperor, he still held her hand and did not let go.
Liu Shimei looked at him and pursed her lips slightly. She did not want to be rash in front of the Emperor.
After tonight's incident, she could not rely on her status as the proud daughter of heaven, so she could only settle for second best for the time being. As long as she could live, nothing else mattered!
After all, she was the Grand Chancellor's daughter and had the potential to be the Crown Prince's consort. After the Emperor asked about the matter and considered it, he made a sacred decision. "King Dun Yu is already 20 years old. It's time to talk about his marriage. Since the Liu family's daughter was willing, and my son is also happy about it... You made a mistake tonight, but I'll still grant you this marriage. I hope that you won't take advantage of his intelligence and will abide by the virtue of a woman in the future, and be of one mind with King Dun Yu as his wife."
The Emperor agreed to the marriage. However, the last sentence was a knock on Liu Shimei's head.
To put it bluntly, it meant, 'You can't do it twice. If you hook up with other people and embarrass the royal family in the future, I won't let you off easily!'
After thanking him, they left the palace and went back to their own manors. The Silly Second Prince was very reluctant to leave, but he was finally coaxed away by Liu Shimei.
During the journey back to the Chancellor's Residence, the Grand Chancellor's face was pitch black. When they finally returned, he led Liu Shimei to the Ancestral Hall and shouted angrily, "Liu Shimei, kneel down!"
The other members of the Liu family heard the news and gathered outside the Ancestral Hall to watch the show.
"Administer the Family Law punishment!" the Grand Chancellor roared.
It was such a good move for the family... Such a beautiful future was ruined. From marrying the Crown Prince to marrying a foolish Prince, Liu Shimei was well aware of what the Grand Chancellor would think.
She gritted her teeth and thought to herself, 'Although he's just using me, he still gave me life by giving birth to me and raising me. Since I'm already in this body, I'll take this punishment and let go of my past. I'll cut all ties with you. I, Liu Shimei, will be in charge of the rest of my life!'
However...
How could she just swallow this grievance?
According to the Liu Family's Law, the punishment was in a form of a thorn stick, which was densely covered with one-inch-long thorns, like a wolf's tooth club.
The thorn stick was delivered.
"Why aren't you kneeling down?!" The Grand Chancellor did not even say a word and ruthlessly slapped Liu Shimei's back. Countless thorns pierced through her thin clothes and into the flesh of her back!
It was so painful that she instantly broke out in cold sweat and gasped!
"First of all, I'm hitting you for being so shameless. You're only 16 years old and you're already thinking about men!" The Grand Chancellor raised the thorn stick and was about to hit again.
"Father, I have something to say!" Liu Shimei shouted, her eyes meeting the Grand Chancellor's angry gaze. "Someone is trying to harm me today!"
After all, she was the daughter he had always thought highly of. The Grand Chancellor hesitated for a moment before asking, "Who harmed you?"
Before Liu Shimei could speak, Liu Yan'er suddenly threw herself on her and cried, "Big Sister, I knew you were harmed! How dare these people force the Liu family's Eldest Young Miss to do such an immoral thing? They must not be let off easily! Hurry up and tell us who he is so that Father can take care of him!"
With such a rebuttal, the focus changed from 'harmed' to 'did something immoral'!
The Grand Chancellor fell into a daze.
That's right, the cause and process were not important, what was important was the result: Liu Shimei was ruined!
Liu Shimei's eyes turned cold. In the face of benefits, reason was not important! She changed her mind about reasoning with Liu Yan'er and slapped her hard on the face!
Pa!
Liu Shimei used almost all her strength, and Liu Yan'er was slapped to the ground. Her face quickly became red and swollen.
This was the interest for the slap she had suffered tonight!
"Big sister!" Liu Yan'er got up from the ground and covered her face with her hands. Her eyes were filled with accusation. "You did something wrong, so why are you hitting me?"
Her big eyes were watery, and she looked so pitiful that people could not help but feel sorry for her.
The others were also shocked by this sudden scene!
"Liu Yan'er," Liu Shimei snorted coldly, "it was you who ordered people to put a cloth bag over me, knocked me out, drugged me, and threw me into that room, right? Did you also do the same with King Dun Yu?"
"Big Sister, what are you talking about?" Liu Yan'er covered the part of her face that was hit and looked at her in shock. There were still tears on her white and tender face.
"Liu Yan'er, stop pretending in front of me!" Liu Shimei sneered.
Liu Yan'er's tears started to fall, and her face was full of grievances. "It's the Lantern Festival today, and we went to the lantern market. It was so crowded that when I turned around, I realized that you were missing. I quickly led everyone to look for you. I was worried about you, so how can you say that to me?"
She really looked very pitiful!
However, Liu Shimei was not one of the people who pitied her!
"Are you going to tell the truth, or do you want me to do it?" Liu Shimei stared at Liu Yan'er, her eyes like sharp arrows!
How could Liu Yan'er admit it?
"Elder Sister, you've really wronged me. You and I have a deep sisterly love. How could I possibly harm you?"
"Oh, deep sisterly love?"
Liu Shimei took out the thing in her palm!
It was a small silver earring with a small piece of jade embedded in it!
Liu Shimei's eyes were sharp. She placed the earring next to Liu Yan'er's right ear. It was exactly the same as the earring hanging on her earlobe.
She smiled and said, "Liu Yan'er, I pulled this off your ear when you were feeding me the drug! How come you didn't realize that you lost your beloved earrings? I guess you were too focused on finding people to catch me in the act of adultery and instigating them to drown me in the pond and kill me, so you didn't pay attention to this little detail, right?"