The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 63 Flogging
There was silence all around, and everyone lowered their heads and dared not look at the princess, fearing that they would be the next to suffer.

When the eldest princess let go of her hand, Jiang Shiwan fell heavily to the ground.

Through the smooth blue bricks, she could vaguely see how miserable she was after being trampled upon.

At this moment, she deeply realized that fate was so unfair. Just because she was the eldest princess, she could deal with anyone at will, even if she was a lady appointed by the emperor himself.

Father, mother, and Xiaonian are all victims of power.

She choked in her throat, looked up at the eldest princess quietly and silently.

Being stared at by her, Rumo's eyes were filled with unclear emotions. The princess was actually a little frightened and took a step back: "Someone, bring me my whip!"

When the queen heard that she wanted to ask for a whip, her expression changed: "Jinxi!"

As the queen, she naturally put the overall situation first, but she also knew that the emperor's sister had a very bad temper, so she advised kindly: "Don't be impulsive."

She shook her head slightly at the eldest princess, implying that if she angered Meng Tingzhou, trouble might arise.

The eldest princess tightly grasped the whip and turned to glance at Jiang Shiwan.

When she thought of the face that made Song Huaizhi obsessed with her and even called out "Meimei" when he was drunk, the princess felt that it was difficult to vent her jealousy: "Look at your seductive face, I will destroy it now!"

She raised the whip, and it swung towards Jiang Shiwan like a snake.

Instinctively covering himself with his arms, Jiang Shiwan cried out in pain, and with a "hiss", a tear appeared in his clothes, and blood seeped out from the cut.

The princess sneered, "Why? You cherish your face so much, are you afraid that if it's disfigured you won't be able to please men?"

As she spoke, she took another step closer to Jiang Shiwan.

"Jin Xi!" The Queen whispered, fearing that something serious might happen if she continued.

Jiang Shiwan endured the pain in his arm, looked at the domineering princess, and said with a half-smile: "Do you think he will change his mind if you do this?"

"you!"

She seemed to have made up her mind to irritate this princess who was on the verge of madness at the cost of sacrificing herself: "You are wrong. The more you act like this, the more he hates you. What you think you like is just self-touching. In his eyes, you are just a princess who abuses her power to bully others!"

"Enough!" The princess was pushed to the limit. She raised her hand and whipped her. "Someone, hold her down. I want her to have a taste of what it feels like to challenge power!"

The maidservant beside her asked tremblingly: "Princess... do you want to take off your clothes?"

Stripping people naked during execution makes it easier to treat wounds. If they don't take off their clothes, their flesh and blood will be attached to their clothes, making it even more torturous.

The princess smiled disdainfully: "She is the wife of a governor, a lady personally appointed by the emperor, how can you take off her clothes and desecrate her at will?"

What this means is that the execution will be carried out without taking off clothes.

Seeing that she couldn't stop him, the queen came over and took the eldest princess's book: "Jinxi, before you came out, I told you to control people by rules."

The princess was furious and pushed the queen away: "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will bear all the consequences myself!"

"Snapped!"

A whip landed on Jiang Shiwan's back. The piercing pain made her unable to scream. She bit her lips tightly with her teeth and didn't even realize that her lips were bitten.

The princess paced back and forth around her: "A sinful girl, who should have been reduced to a slave, climbed onto Meng Tingzhou's bed and became his woman!"

She squatted down, pinched Jiang Shiwan's pale and painful face, and whispered, "You are so cheap, just like your mother! You married your father, but you still dream of becoming my father's woman. Hahahaha..."

Jiang Shiwan closed her eyes, trying her best not to let the tears of humiliation fall. But the princess was not ready to let her go, and whispered in her ear word by word: "You should know, right? How did Jiang Shinian die? It was the emperor's brother who ordered Meng Tingzhou, the man you used your body to please, who didn't feel any pain when he killed your brother!"

"My brother gave him two options: one is to send you to the harem, and the other is for him to kill Jiang Shinian himself." When she talked about the exciting part, the eldest princess' eyes sparkled, "Meng Tingzhou may particularly like the taste of your service, so he chose the second option."

"What a pity, you could have had the opportunity to enter the palace just like your mother.

"If the news gets out that the mother and daughter are serving the father and son, it will surely be a great success. Hahaha..."

Jiang Shiwan suddenly opened her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks, but there was a smile on her lips.

It was a soft laugh at first, then it got louder and louder.

The laughter was wild and resounded all around, and everyone looked at her in astonishment.

The eldest princess stood up and frowned: "What are you laughing at?"

Jiang Shiwan seemed unable to stop laughing.

"Hahaha..." Jiang Shiwan finally stopped talking, "Do you think you can defeat me by saying these words?"

"No, the day my father died, the old Jiang Shiwan is dead. Living not only means carrying hatred, but also making those who trample on me suffer the consequences!"

As the most powerful monarch of the Great Yan State, he only thought about scheming against his subjects, but did not understand that the dynasty was already surrounded by enemies on all sides and was about to be defeated. How pathetic!

As another whip fell, the princess was still not satisfied: "What a big tone! I want to see how long you can keep your stubborn mouth!"

He was whipped again and again until Jiang Shiwan's back was bleeding and he almost fainted.

"The eldest princess...she seems...to have fainted."

"Pour water on her to wake her up!"

After a basin of cold water was poured over her, Jiang Shiwan felt a bloody smell in her entire mouth and nose. The disgusting smell made her want to vomit but she didn't have the strength to do so.

When the princess saw that she had woken up, she twisted the whip and was about to continue whipping her.

Outside, the eunuchs' anxious footsteps could be heard: "Empress... Princess..."

The queen had a bad feeling: "What's wrong?"

The eunuch looked anxious and pointed outside: "Someone... is coming..."

The queen stood up suddenly, only to see dozens of her personal guards following Song Huai in with swords in hand.

Song Huaizhi held a bright yellow scroll in his hand, and said in a dignified manner: "I have come to the palace in accordance with the imperial decree to ask the Empress and the Princess to return to the palace immediately without delay."

Seeing that he had the imperial edict in his hand, the Queen and the Princess looked at each other.

The princess slowly walked up to him and touched his face with her whip: "Why are you here? Where is Meng Tingzhou?"

"Does the princess want to send the black-armored soldiers here?" Song Huaizhi remained calm.

The eldest princess's expression changed.

She knew too well how brutal and cruel the Black Armor Soldiers were. This army was created by Meng Tingzhou himself, and they were able to defeat a hundred enemies alone on the battlefield.

If Meng Tingzhou brought the black-armored soldiers here, it would undoubtedly be tantamount to forcing the emperor to abdicate.

(End of this chapter)