On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

In a specially made iron-barred cell at the deepest part, Chen Changli lay on the cold stone ground like a puddle of mud.

The once shiny hair was now tangled and messy like dead grass, and covered with filth.

That well-maintained chubby face was now gray and swollen, covered with purple bruises, the corners of his mouth were cracked, and his eyes were empty and dull, as if his soul had been taken away.

His expensive brocade official robe had long been stripped off, replaced with a dirty, tattered prisoner uniform covered in mud and dark brown stains. He huddled in a corner, his body trembling slightly from cold and fear.

A very light sound of footsteps, which was totally out of tune with the dead silence, came from far away and got closer.

The footsteps stopped in front of the prison door.

Chen Changli raised his head slowly, his cloudy eyes trying to focus in the dim light.

When he saw the figure outside the prison door clearly, his dead eyes suddenly burst into ecstasy like a drowning man grasping at the last straw!

It’s that fairy!

The fairy in orange clothes beside the prince!

"Fairy...Fairy! Fairy Sister!!"

Chen Changli jumped up from the ground as if he had been injected with a shot of cardiac stimulant, and crawled to the iron fence using his hands and feet!

With his skinny and dirty fingers, he grasped the cold iron bars tightly, and squeezed his face into the gap, tears streaming down his face, and cried hoarsely, begging:

"Sister Fairy! You are a compassionate and merciful living Bodhisattva! Please, please save this humble official, please save this humble official's life! This humble official knows that I am wrong, I really know that I am wrong. This humble official is willing to give all my property, all my gold and silver treasures to the prince! To you, the fairy! I only ask that the prince have mercy and spare this humble official's life!"

"I am willing to serve the prince like a slave, the most humble of servants! Please, Fairy Sister, have mercy on me!!"

While wailing, he banged his forehead against the iron fence frantically, making a dull "bang bang" sound. Soon, new wounds appeared on his forehead, and blood mixed with tears and snot covered his face. He looked like a madman, and was extremely humble and despicable.

Cheng Xuan stood outside the prison door, her bright orange-yellow dress looking so out of place in the dark and dirty dungeon.

She leaned over slightly, looking at the face in the fence that was distorted by extreme fear and desire to survive, and the corners of her lips slowly curled up in a cold and cruel arc.

"Save you?" Her voice was clear and pleasant, yet it carried a chilling chill. "Sir Chen, you are the governor of Cangzhou, the father and mother of the state. What? Are you begging for mercy now?"

"Please! I beg you! I beg you on my knees! I beg you on my stomach! You can beg me in any way you want!" Chen Changli spoke incoherently.

The smile on Cheng Xuan's face deepened: "Before I save you...I need to ask you something first."

"Fairy, please tell me! I will tell you everything I know and will not hide a single word!" Chen Changli felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Cheng Xuan squatted down, and through the cold iron bars, her voice was as gentle as the whisper of lovers, but every word was as sharp as a knife: "Mrs. Zheng, she was the wife of Zheng Youcai. How did she die?"

"Mrs. Zheng...Mrs. Zheng?" Chen Changli was stunned. A subtle panic flashed across his eyes, followed by a deeper fear. "Didn't she fall into the well and drown? She's been dead for almost twenty years... Why are you asking this, Fairy?"

"Fall into the well?" Cheng Xuan sneered, interrupting him. Her voice suddenly turned cold, carrying a chilling threat. "Chen Changli, do you think I'm a three-year-old? Or do you think my sword isn't fast enough?!"

She slowly stood up, her right hand seemingly casually placed on the hilt of the sword at her waist, her thumb gently stroking the cold hilt, making a subtle but heart-pounding friction sound.

In the dim light, her clear eyes were like icy blades, piercing deep into Chen Changli's soul:

"This fairy has limited patience. If you dare to fool me with lies like falling down again, I will let you experience firsthand what a real fall is! And the kind that you can never climb back up from!"

The invisible murderous aura was like a real ice cone, instantly piercing through Chen Changli's last psychological defense line!

He looked at Cheng Xuan's cold eyes, feeling the deadly threat from the hand on the hilt that could be drawn out at any time, and a bone-chilling chill rushed from his tailbone to the top of his head!

He knew that this seemingly cute girl in front of him definitely kept her word!

She would really kill him!

"No... No! Fairy, spare me! Spare me!" Chen Changli was so frightened that his soul was about to be shattered. He no longer cared about any luck, and his psychological defenses completely collapsed! He grasped the iron bars tightly with both hands, tears streaming down his face, and his voice was distorted by extreme fear:

"I'm telling you! I'm telling you the truth! It was...I was the one who sent someone to kill her!!"

He seemed to have used up all his strength to shout out this sentence, and then he collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath like a dying fish.

Cheng Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted!

The hand on the hilt of the sword clenched suddenly!

A cold rage instantly swept through my body!

She suppressed the urge to draw her sword immediately, her voice piercing through her teeth: "Tell me clearly! Time! Place! Process! Who was sent?! Don't miss a single word!!"

"It was... the autumn of the seventeenth year of the Tianbao reign... probably September... yes! September!" Chen Changli spoke incoherently. His immense fear prevented him from concealing anything. "It was the third night after Zheng Yuande and his wife were sentenced to death and taken to the execution ground..."

His eyes were vacant, as if he was lost in the horrific memories of that night:

"I'm scared... I'm scared that the old woman will change her mind. I'm scared that one day she'll get drunk or her conscience will change, and she'll tell everyone about the conspiracy between her and me to frame our son and daughter-in-law... Then I'll be finished!"

"So...so that night...I found my most trusted confidant, Chen San! He's the son I brought from my hometown, so he's absolutely reliable."

Chen Changli's voice was trembling with fear:

"I told him to go to Xilin Village to find Zheng Wangshi and tell her I had important documents regarding the transfer of the Zheng family's land, and she had to sign them overnight. So Chen San tricked her to the abandoned well at the west end of the village."

"Chen San... he took advantage of the old woman's moment when she was looking down at the fake document... and attacked from behind..."

He suddenly raised his skinny hand and made a forward thrusting motion, his face filled with ferocity and fear.

"With just a smooth push, she fell down without even a cry, with a plop!!"

"Chen San later reported that he lay down at the mouth of the well and looked down. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. He only heard a few thrashing sounds below, and then there was silence..."

His entire body was trembling violently, as if he had returned to that sinful night. His voice was filled with tears. "Your humble servant... Your humble servant has no other choice! If you don't get rid of her, your humble servant will be unable to sleep or eat! Fairy, your humble servant knows that you were wrong. You truly know that you were wrong!"

He kowtowed again, trying to use his confession to buy a glimmer of hope for life.

"Can't sleep or eat? Haha..." Cheng Xuan slowly stood up and looked down at Chen Changli, who was begging for mercy like mud at her feet.

There was no expression on that bright face at the moment, only an extreme coldness that froze all emotions.

The knuckles of her hand on the hilt of the sword turned slightly white from excessive force.

She got it.

She finally heard the dirtiest and most despicable truth with her own ears!

This dog official!

In order to cover up his crimes of corruption, abuse of power and framing loyal and honest people!

To prevent future troubles!

After killing Youmeng's parents, he sent someone to trick Youmeng's grandmother, the old woman who was also used by him and also burdened with guilt, to the well and pushed her down!

Kill and silence them! Cut off the roots!