The Eldest Daughter Reborn: She Provoked the Obsessive Crown Prince and Couldn't Escape

“This ‘lingchi’ is also called ‘gua’ punishment, hey, it’s the ‘gua’ in ‘being cut into a thousand pieces’;

"You have to cut off pieces of flesh from the prisoner's body, one by one, and put them in a basket. You have to make more than a thousand cuts like that!"

"Finally, their heads will be hung on the city wall as a warning to others. Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look:"

"Look, that's the head of the former Marquis of Changyi!"

Fu Luan sat on the second floor of "Leng Xian"—the most luxurious teahouse in Chang'an—listening to the stories told by the storyteller.

Before being executed by slow slicing, Yuan Lu changed his name to "Zhang Liu," a name that seemed to have nothing to do with "prince."

"Zhang" is his mother's surname, and "Liu" is his birth order.

"That commoner Zhang Liu was originally called Yuan Lu; later he committed a crime and offended his wife, the Crown Princess, who is also the most beautiful woman in our Great Wei and the eldest daughter of the Fu family."

"The crown prince was eventually deposed and renamed 'Yuanlu.' He lived for more than ten years and lost his own name; this time he even lost his surname. How ridiculous!"

As the storyteller performed, the people in the teahouse burst into laughter!

Fu Luan took a sip of tea.

She sat by the window, a spot from which she could see Yuan Lu's head—she still habitually called him "Yuan Lu".

The "lu" in "mediocre" and the "lu" in "mediocre and unproductive"... they suit him so well!

On Chang'an Avenue, a row of prison carts passed by one after another, heading to the execution ground, where the executions would take place at noon.

This is Zhengzheng's biological father, Wang Qian, and her relatives from the Yan family!

Before he died, Yuan Lu dragged Zheng Zheng's family into the mess!

As early as when Yuan Lu was imprisoned, Fu Luan had instructed the jailers of the Ministry of Justice, "Treat Xiao Jiu the way he told you to do it!"

"Just... don't kill anyone!"

Fu Luan had seen Yuan Lu once before Yuan Lu was executed by being cut into a thousand pieces.

Yuan Lu lay on the ground, already on the verge of death from torture, his fingernails and toenails all ripped off. Clearly, the jailers had heeded Fu Luan's instructions and were treating Yuan Lu well!

"You, you..." Yuan Lu opened his mouth, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Fu Luan knelt down beside him, touching the bloodstains on his face one by one.

If she had seen this face in the maple forest, would she still have been swayed by his little tricks?

Fu Luan smiled and said, "What, do you want to call me a 'slut' or a 'poisonous woman'?"

Yuan Lu grinned, "Wife..."

Fu Luan pinched his swollen face, her eyes devoid of any smile, "Don't call me 'wife'!"

"I feel disgusted every time I hear those two words from your mouth!"

Yuan Lu mustered all his strength and laughed loudly: "Haha, hahaha! You don't like it? I'll just keep shouting!"

"You'll find out someday who treats you better, me or Yuan Jiu!"

"You don't like him at all; you only feel indebted and guilty towards him! He doesn't like you either; he only wants the position of crown prince..."

"If another woman could make him the crown prince, he would abandon you without hesitation!"

"You two think you're in love, but actually... it's nothing at all!"

"But I'm different... I've known your identity for a long time, haven't I?"

"If I had exposed your false identity when I was still the crown prince, would you still be alive today?"

"If I don't admit those things to my father, do you think he will believe me, his own son, or you?"

"When we first met in the maple forest, though it was all part of my scheme, how much of my sincerity did I still have..."

Fu Luan stepped on his hand and sneered, "'Sincere'? You dare to use those two words? You and Zhengzheng are truly a pair of heartless and despicable people!"

"It's a pity she can't be with you this time!"

Yuan Lu held back his tears and said, "I'm sorry about Zhengzheng..."

"But I also suffered retribution! I also testified against her in front of the Emperor for practicing witchcraft, and she was punished with the crime of exterminating nine generations of her family!"

"What do I have to do for you to forgive me?!"

Fu Luan moved her foot away and sneered, "Forgive? I will never forgive you in this life, the next life, or the life after that!"

"You still think I'm only getting revenge on you for that little thing you did in bed with Zhengzheng? You'll never know you're wrong!"

"When you go to hell, King Yama will tell you what you did wrong! As for me, I'm only responsible for sending you to see King Yama!"

Yuan Lu could no longer feel the pain. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Shui told me not to see you back then."

He said that as long as I don't see you, my trip will be worry-free, and I might even have a chance to turn things around; but if I do see you, it will be a dead end!

Fu Luan squatted down beside him again, playing with his hair, which was now greasy and clumpy. "But you still came, didn't you?"

"You never miss an opportunity to make love to me... Don't think you're some kind of 'love saint,' you're just disgusting!"

This was the last time she and Yuan Lu met in this life. Yuan Lu's disheveled appearance overlapped with her smugness before her eyes were gouged out in her previous life.

In that lifetime, he was the supreme emperor, carrying Zhengzheng, the twins who had just killed her, and was about to make Zhengzheng his empress...

In this life, Yuan Lu was torn to pieces!

As for Zhengzheng, who was turned into a human pig, no one knows where in the Great Wei Dynasty she awaits divine salvation...

Zhengzheng was convicted of witchcraft and her entire family was executed!

Everyone else has been convicted, except for her! Even the Court of Judicial Review can't find her whereabouts!

Even if we find it, we probably won't recognize it... just like Fu Luan in his previous life.

Even the "most beautiful woman in the Great Wei" would be terrifying if she were turned into a human pig, let alone Zhengzheng?

"Grandma, Physician Fuling sent a message saying..." Hua Luo hurriedly ran upstairs, her face showing distress.

"Don't rush, sit down and have a cup of tea before we talk!" Fu Luan smiled and invited her maid to sit down, personally pouring her a cup of fine tea.

She has avenged her great wrongs, and Xiao Jiu will soon regain her innocence; as for the struggle for the throne…

Even without the identity of "eldest daughter of the Fu family", she is confident that she can help Xiao Jiu return to the Eastern Palace!

The world before her now was filled with boundless joy! It seemed as if nothing could dampen her good mood anymore!

Hua Luo said urgently, "That barbarian woman... Ah, the concubine of the Prince of Yan, she is pregnant! She's already more than three months along!"

Fu Luan's hand, which was pouring tea, stopped in mid-air.

Anagui?

Pregnant?

Three months?

The phrase "three months" means that she became pregnant not long after Xiao Jiu took her as a concubine...

On the day she took a concubine, Yuan Jiu came to attend her investiture ceremony as the Lady of Jin County;

Later... he also said that he and Anagui had never slept together;

No wonder he brought Anagui to the state banquet at the alliance ceremony, an occasion where only the principal wife could be brought!

It would have been fine if any of the concubines got pregnant! But why did it have to be Anagui of all people?

She recalled Anagui's condescending attitude on the day of the horse race...

"You are now nothing more than a commoner. Why do you not kneel and pay your respects to me, the princess?"

"Without the status of the eldest legitimate daughter, the young lady of the Fu family cannot help His Highness Prince Yan return to the Eastern Palace;

"But the Prince of Yan still insisted on asking the Emperor to grant him a marriage, wanting to take her home!"

The storyteller was still vividly recounting his tale, but Fu Luan had clearly lost interest in listening...