Looking at Ming Wang's twisted and gloomy face, Shen Rou trembled all over.

I had just stood up when my legs gave way and I collapsed back down.

Her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Your Highness, I truly did not know that the handkerchief belonged to the palace."

"I was also tricked by Shen Ning."

"Please spare my life, Your Highness."

As she spoke, she scrambled to her feet, looking disheveled.

He then knelt on the ground, slamming his forehead heavily against the ground, his whole body trembling with fear.

King Ming snorted coldly, his cloudy, beady eyes fixed on her.

His face turned ashen. He abruptly stood up from his chair, strode over to Shen Rou, and kicked her.

"You bitch!"

"You almost killed me, do you even know that?!"

Do you know whose handkerchief this is?

Shen Rou was kicked backward by Ming Wang.

She struggled to get up, only to be met with the distorted face of the King of Light.

The man's face was grim. He grabbed her hair and dragged her into a corner.

"I almost forgot that you are also a daughter of the eldest branch of the Shen family, and a daughter of the Ye family."

"It's a pity that this face doesn't resemble Ye Lanyi at all back then."

"Otherwise, today I will definitely taste your flavor. I really like the daughter of the Ye family."

"Do you know that because of your negligence, I almost lost my head!"

After saying that, King Ming raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.

Shen Rou was slapped so hard she fell to the ground, her cheeks suddenly swelling up.

She covered her cheek with one hand, her eyes were red, and she trembled as she reached out to grab the hem of Ming Wang's robe.

"Your Highness, please spare my life... I'll do anything you ask if you let me go back."

"Even if... even if it means sending Shen Ning and Wan'er to His Highness's bedside, I can do it."

"Isn't Your Highness most fond of their faces? I'll send them to Your Highness so you can torment them."

"I only beg you to spare me today..."

Shen Rou cried until her eyes were blurred with tears, but the King Ming did not believe her at all.

"I've already been fooled once. With your methods, Miss Shen, you could send me to hell in the blink of an eye."

"Oh, right, I almost forgot, you have someone backing you up, so you're not exactly a peaceful person."

Ming Wang reached out and pinched Shen Rou's chin, his cloudy eyes staring intently at her.

"This face, well, it's definitely not as good as Shen Ning's or Shen Wan's."

"However, Miss Shen is, after all, a model of a well-bred young lady from a prominent family in Yanjing; her health is not bad..."

As the man spoke, he roughly slapped her face away.

"How about becoming my concubine?"

"Ye's daughter as my concubine is enough!"

"No!" Shen Rou's body trembled violently, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

"I am not a concubine. I am the daughter of the Great General Who Protects the Nation. Aren't you afraid of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager's wrath?"

The Prince Ming sneered, "Please blame me. I've slept with so many women, have my mother and brother said anything about it?"

"Tell me, what kind of expression would your two dear sisters have if they knew that their elder sister was plotting to send them to my bed?"

"If you want me to let you go back, that's fine too."

King Ming raised an eyebrow, a strange smile appearing on his face.

"Miss Shen is a well-known lady in Yanjing City, a model of virtue."

"My brothers also want to have a taste of Miss Shen's flavor."

Shen Rou's pupils contracted sharply, and before she could even speak, the Ming King had already walked towards the door.

"Someone, serve Miss Shen well for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, four or five guards in black entered from outside the door.

Seeing the people who came in, Shen Rou trembled with fear.

"I am the daughter of the Great General Who Protects the Nation! If you dare to lay a finger on me, I will report you to the Emperor!"

"So what if she's the daughter of a great general? The daughter of a great general is much more interesting."

As they spoke, the group approached Shen Rou and roughly reached out to tear at her clothes.

"Get out of here!"

"Get out of here!"

Shen Rou struggled desperately, her whole body trembling as she looked at the hunchbacked old man outside the door.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ming!"

"I know your secret, it's about you and Prince Chen!"

"I am now carrying the child of the Prince of Chen."

"If you treat me like this, and allow these people to humiliate me, His Highness Prince Chen will hate you for the rest of his life!"

As soon as Shen Rou finished speaking, Ming Wang suddenly turned around and strode back to his room.

"Get out!"

The guards who were still tearing at Shen Rou's clothes immediately stopped and left the room.

Shen Rou clutched her lower abdomen, trembling as she said, "The blood of Prince Chen is inside me."

"You?" King Ming sneered.

"What secret do you know? Tell me!"

"What exactly do you know?"

Shen Rou forced a bitter smile: "Prince Chen and I have long been in the same boat."

"Do you really want to just watch his blood and bones flow away?"

"Haven't you been scheming for years, all for him, to put him in a high position?"

Ming Wang's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at Shen Rou in disbelief.

His expression suddenly changed, and he strode forward and grabbed Shen Rou by the neck.

"Great...very good!"

"I truly underestimated you, Miss Shen!"

"You even know such a secret? Tell me! How did you find out?"

Shen Rou gasped for breath, saying each word clearly, "Guess whether His Highness Prince Chen knows about this? Heh..."

"If you're so capable, then strangle me and see how Prince Chen will treat you in the future."

"Hahaha."

"You think I wouldn't dare?" King Ming's fingers tightened suddenly.

Shen Rou felt her vision go black.

Her eyes were fixed on the King of Light, and her smile grew increasingly arrogant.

The King felt a tightness in his chest and tightened his grip on his fingers.

Just as Shen Rou was about to breathe her last, a sudden sound of chaos and turmoil came from not far away.

A guard stumbled in, trembling, and cried, "Your Highness, Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"

"Prince Chen! His Highness Prince Chen has led his troops, armed with an imperial edict, and stormed into the manor!"

"What?" Ming Wang's expression changed drastically.

With a sudden flick of his wrist, he threw Shen Rou hard against the corner of the wall.

Shen Rou's body went limp, and as she breathed in air again, she couldn't help but cough violently.

As she watched the departing figure of the King of Light, she suddenly chuckled softly.

"It's finally here."

"It's finally here!"

"Father and son killing each other, that's a good show."

However, her claim of being pregnant with Prince Chen's child was merely a lie to Prince Ming.

She was gambling, gambling on Ming Wang's concern for Chen Wang.

They were betting on their illicit relationship.

Now, she's made the right bet.

She scrambled to her feet, her body tattered, while flames roared outside the room.

A large group of soldiers clad in silver armor surged into the Ming Prince's residence.

They wielded long arrows and shot down the guards who were fleeing from the Ming Prince's residence.

In an instant, flames raged inside and outside the Prince's Mansion, and screams of agony filled the air.

King Ming staggered out of the room and was facing King Chen, who was sitting on horseback and holding an imperial edict.

Prince Chen, dressed in a magnificent sapphire blue robe, sat high on his horse.

He held the imperial edict in his right hand, looking down at the hunchbacked old man below.

"The Emperor has decreed that you, Imperial Uncle, receive this decree!"

The King trembled and said, "He... he still can't tolerate me?"

"Imperial Uncle, kneel down to receive the imperial decree!"

King Ming's pupils contracted sharply, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

His legs went weak, and he collapsed to his knees.

The Prince of Chen slowly unfurled the imperial edict.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Prince Xie Mingde, a member of the imperial clan, has been tyrannical and cruel, deceiving the Emperor and harming the people; his crimes are unforgivable. His princely title is hereby revoked, and he is ordered to commit suicide to uphold the law and appease public anger. So be it!"

As soon as Chen Wang finished speaking, Ming Wang's face suddenly twisted in pain.

"No...no!"

"I want to see the Empress Dowager! I want to see the Empress Dowager!"

"Xuan Chen, you can't kill me! I want to see my mother!"

Xie Xuanchen sat upright on his horse and sneered.

"Uncle, have you forgotten that you were not born of the Imperial Mother?"

"Your birth mother is Consort Shu; you were merely raised under the name of the Imperial Grandmother."

"In those years, the Empress Dowager, remembering how you lost an eye protecting her from a knife, treated you like her own son and indulged you."

"So you really think you're a legitimate prince?"

"The Empress Dowager and the Emperor share the same idea: to give the Imperial Uncle a cup of poisoned wine!"

After saying this, Prince Chen waved his right hand, and several eunuchs carrying poisoned wine slowly walked out from behind him.

"Uncle, please."

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