Marrying the Crown Prince

“Princess, there is something I would like to ask you.” Zhou Zhou’s voice was clear and cold, but those who knew her well could hear the suppressed urgency in her voice.

Zhang Siwu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please speak freely."

"May I ask, where did the jade pendant hanging from the princess's waist come from?"

This jade pendant was given by Li Zixi as a graduation gift to Zhou Zhou, Li Zixi, Li Zixiao, Wang Qingwu, and Liu Jingyuan when they were studying at Jingyang Palace.

They each held one in their hand, and the jade pendants were paired up to form a complete jade pendant.

After so many years apart, they all cherish the things from back then.

Because these things not only represent their friendship, but more importantly, the beauty of that time, the people and things, and themselves, are all worth remembering.

Zhang Siwu took the jade pendant from her waist, a smug smile playing on her lips. "Is this the jade pendant Her Majesty the Empress is referring to?"

There is a clear crack on the jade pendant, indicating that it was dropped by someone.

Zhou Zhou's heart trembled. Before she could speak, Li Zixiao stood up beside her. "Princess, may I borrow the jade pendant to take a look?"

Zhang Siwu's smile grew even brighter. You see, she had brought this thing with her specifically for the upcoming scene.

"of course can."

As soon as she finished speaking, a maidservant next to Li Zixiao came over and took the jade pendant from Zhang Siwu's hand.

Li Zixiao's fingers trembled slightly as she took out her own piece and pieced it together with Zhang Siwu's.

The jade pendants are placed side by side, forming a complete piece.

"Where...did you get it?" Li Zixiao asked, enunciating each word clearly.

“This,” Zhang Siwu said with a sneer, her eyes narrowing as she looked at Zhou Zhou’s angry face with a smug expression, “is something I took from the third young mistress of the Marquis of Zhaoqing.”

That's right, she had no intention of targeting Li Zixiao.

In her eyes, Li Zixiao was nothing more than a pitiful person who was used by her father for a political marriage.

Zhang Siwu's provocation was directed at the Empress of Chen Kingdom from beginning to end—no, to be precise, at the face of the entire Chen Kingdom.

"The third young mistress of the Zhaoqing Marquis's mansion is quite a remarkable woman."

“When we attacked your Anping County, apart from Lady Zhaoqing, she killed the most of our soldiers.”

"She hid immediately when the city fell."

"But what's the use of that?"

Zhang Siwu blinked innocently, "I kidnapped the second young mistress and the young master of the Zhaoqing Marquis's mansion."

“Bring in another wild dog, one of the breeds found only in our Western Qin Kingdom.”

Wild dogs have long fangs and their mouths are full of venom. If you are bitten, you will die soon.

It opened its blood-red maw and pounced on Gao Yun, the second young mistress of the Zhaoqing Marquis's mansion, and her young master.

Gao Yun struggled, holding the child tightly in her arms, and ran as fast as she could.

But how could Zhang Siwu possibly let her get away?

She drew her bow and shot an arrow at Gao Yun's calf.

The arrow whistled through the air and pierced Gao Yun's leg.

Her body fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string, and the one-year-old child was thrown out.

The child immediately started wailing and crying loudly.

The stray dogs caught up with them. Gao Yun supported himself and crawled to the child's side, holding the child tightly in his arms.

She trembled all over, and screamed, her voice shrill and like the howl of a vengeful ghost, "Sister-in-law, you are not allowed to come out! I command you, you are not allowed to come out!"

The wild dog pounced, but at the critical moment, Liu Jingyuan rushed out and pierced the beast's throat with her sword.

Gao Yun was trembling all over, whether from anger or fear, he didn't know.

"You shouldn't have come out," she said, tears streaming down her face at the same time.

Zhang Siwu smiled and said, "Yes, Third Young Madam, you shouldn't have come out. But since you're here, then stay."

Liu Jingyuan ignored her, picked up the child herself, and helped Gao Yun up. "Second sister-in-law, I can't just stand by and watch."

Gao Yun staggered to his feet and wiped away a tear.

Her hands were covered in blood and dust, which instantly smeared her face black.

Seeing the loving family, Zhang Siwu felt a surge of jealousy.

She raised her hand, her tone chilling, "Alive."

"Yes!"

The soldiers of Yunqin surrounded the people.

Liu Jingyuan, with her men and swords in hand, moved nimbly through the crowd.

However, Gao Yun was injured and couldn't go very far.

She knew that she couldn't escape the calamity that was about to befall Liu Jingyuan, so when Liu Jingyuan was about to be hit by Zhang Siwu's arrow, she directly stood in front of Liu Jingyuan.

An arrow pierced Gao Yun's chest, and blood gushed from her mouth.

"sister in law!"

"Go!" Gao Yun shouted with his last bit of strength.

The piercing sound, like the sound of a string snapping, stabbed into the eardrums and caused excruciating pain.

Liu Jingyuan had no time to grieve; she could only fight and retreat.

However, she was blinded by rage, yet the enemy forces remained numerous, seemingly endless.

"Finally, the third young mistress of the Zhaoqing Marquis's mansion and that little child were both arrested by me."

"She killed so many of our soldiers; she is truly despicable."

"So, I severed her Achilles tendon and released a wild dog."

“This stray dog ​​is different from the previous one. It’s been starving for three whole days and its eyes are bloodshot.”

"The third young mistress held the child in her arms, protecting him tightly."

"But the result was the same: their clothes were torn to shreds, and their skin, flesh, and even bones were all swallowed up by my little one."

"You have no idea how beautiful the Third Young Mistress's cries were before she died."

After Zhang Siwu finished telling her story, the hot-tempered General Mingwei overturned the table and rushed forward.

The person next to him pulled General Mingwei back.

General Mingwei, who was being held down, stared at Zhang Siwu with bloodshot eyes. "You poisonous woman, you poisonous woman, I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

Seeing the scene in complete chaos, Zhang Siwu laughed even more triumphantly.

She idly played with her hair, her voice clear and melodious like a nightingale's, "Is that so? What a pity. With our two countries at peace, you really can't kill me in a short time."