After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

She had already adjusted her mood, and her current pitiful look was just an act, just to make her grandfather feel sorry for her and agree with what she was going to say.

But when he saw his grandfather's dignified and imposing look, and saw his grandfather standing in front of him in good health, Shen Nanxing's tears fell like water from a floodgate, and in an instant his face was covered with tears.

"grandfather......"

The girl's eyes were so red that she burst into tears after just shouting these two words. She couldn't say anything else and just kept sobbing.

It feels like I have suffered a great injustice.

The old man panicked immediately, his heart aching terribly. He rushed down the steps to the girl and asked, "Nanxing, what's wrong? Who bullied you? Why are you crying like this?"

Shen Nanxing hugged the old man tightly and buried his head in his arms. His shoulders kept shaking, and the old man's chest was soon wet.

Feeling the warmth emanating from her grandfather, she could no longer hold back and burst into tears like a child.

Since her rebirth, she dared not even think about that scene in her previous life.

Whenever she thought of that scene, she felt cold all over and even breathing became extremely difficult.

That was the fifth day she had been hung on the city wall. She was whipped every day and there was no good flesh on her body. Her lips were bitten by herself and were very dry due to long-term lack of water.

She could no longer hold on, and only then did she hear the sound of clashing troops.

She thought it was Xie Tingyu who had arrived, but when she forced her eyes open, she saw her grandfather leading a small group of about a few hundred people rushing over.

In front of the tens of thousands of troops of Donglai State and their countless sophisticated weapons, those mere hundreds of people were not enough.

Besides, these hundreds of people were not regular soldiers at all. Among them were Chun Xing, who had no martial arts skills, Zhang Bo, who was only good at calculating with a pen, servants from the Nanyang Marquis's mansion, and neighbors who had received favors from my grandfather...

She watched helplessly as these people clumsily rushed into the large army of Donglai Kingdom with swords in their hands. The Donglai people's swords cut their heads like melons, and one head rolled off, and one was trampled to death by the horses' hooves, but they still rushed towards her desperately.

She desperately shouted at them to go back and not come over!

But because her body was already at the end of its strength and extremely weak, even if she exhausted all her strength, the sound she made was like a mosquito or fly in the already noisy battlefield.

This group of people were completely wiped out...

The elderly grandfather fought to the last moment, was pierced by thousands of arrows, and fell just a few steps away from her.

Until the last moment of his life, he was still looking in her direction and saying something.

Because they were not far away, although she did not hear the sound, she recognized what her grandfather said from the shape of his mouth.

"sorry."

He was still apologizing to her until his death, feeling guilty for not being able to save her!

Then his body was trampled by thousands of people.

Her eyes turned blood red, and she finally spat out her last mouthful of blood, dying with hatred...

"Grandpa, grandpa..."

Shen Nanxing cried so hard in the old man's arms that she almost fainted.

Old Master Shen's eyes also reddened, his fists clenched tightly, his face ashen: "Nanxing, tell me, did that bastard Xie Tingyu bully you?"

"I'm going to chop him up right now!"

The old man was breathing rapidly and his face was red, obviously he was very angry.

Shen Nanxing shook his head, then nodded after a while.

She hiccuped and looked up at the old man with tears in her eyes, her expression showing great aggrievedness.

"Grandfather, Xie Tingyu, he has someone else..."

When Xie Tingyu arrived at the Marquis of Nanyang's residence, he found it empty.

Upon learning that Shen Nanxing had entered the palace with the old Marquis Shen, he rushed to the palace, only to be told by the guards at the palace gate that the old Marquis had already entered the palace in a sedan chair with his granddaughter.

Lord Shen, who had saved the late emperor in his youth, suffered from an old illness and was granted special permission by the late emperor to ride in a sedan chair into the palace. This was a unique privilege among court officials.

Xie Tingyu's face was extremely dark. He was both blaming Shen Nanxing for being so unreasonable and regretting that he had wasted time that morning for the sake of satisfying his lust.

There was nothing he could do now, so he had to rush to court.

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in the hall.

Lord Shen, who had not spoken for a long time, stepped forward first, holding his official tablet.

"This old minister wants to make a report to Prince Jing."

"When Prince Jing asked to marry my granddaughter Shen Nanxing, he promised that he would not take a concubine unless she remained childless for three years. But last night on their wedding night, Prince Jing abandoned my granddaughter alone in her empty room and went to sleep elsewhere."

"My granddaughter, Shen Nanxing, is the legitimate daughter of the Nanyang Marquisate and the only descendant of my family. This time, she has been insulted by Prince Jing, which is actually a disgrace to the Nanyang Marquisate. Your Majesty, please help me, your granddaughter, and give my family an explanation!"

After saying that, he actually knelt down tremblingly.

Upon seeing this, the emperor, who was sitting at the head of the table, stood up, his face sullen. "How could this happen! My dear minister, please stand up. I will definitely give you an explanation."

"Prince Jing, what do you have to say?"

Xie Tingyu hurried out, his heart pounding like a drum. "Father, this is absolutely not the case! I had urgent matters to attend to last night, and I definitely didn't mean to ignore the princess."

"Please allow this son to explain this matter to the old marquis in private."

Old Marquis Shen snorted coldly: "Prince Jing, do you dare to say this in front of this old minister's granddaughter?"

Then he bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, my granddaughter Shen Nanxing is waiting outside the palace. Could you please ask her to come to the palace and confront Prince Jing face to face?"

Xie Tingyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, walked over to Old Master Shen, and whispered, "Grandfather, there's a misunderstanding. Shall we go back and talk about it?"

But Lord Shen didn't even look at him, he just looked directly at the emperor: "Please grant your permission, Your Majesty."

The emperor's gaze swept over the two of them, then he waved his hand and said, "Granted!"

Shen Nanxing endured the severe pain in his feet and walked steadily to the court step by step.

Bloodstains were visible on her pair of snow-white embroidered shoes, yet she walked steadily, her expression unchanged.

Upon seeing this, the ministers began to discuss the matter in low voices with their colleagues.

A man in black stood at the head of the ministers. He did not look back like the others, but he squeezed the tablet in his hand tighter and tighter, quietly revealing some of his thoughts.

Xie Tingyu stared anxiously at the slender yet determined figure, his hand hidden in his sleeve subtly waving at her.

No matter how anxious he was, she didn't spare him a single glance, let alone notice his gestures.

Shen Nanxing walked straight to his grandfather, knelt down, and bent over to perform a standard salute.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant, long live Your Majesty!"

The emperor frowned: "Shen Nanxing, now that you are married to Prince Jing, you shall call me Father Emperor along with Prince Jing from now on."

"I summoned you to the palace because Lord Shen reported Prince Jing to me, saying that you and Prince Jing were married yesterday, but Prince Jing left you alone in your empty room and stayed elsewhere. Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, it is true!" Shen Nanxing kowtowed and answered very quickly.

Xie Tingyu sank to his knees with a thud, and said, "Father, I was making arrangements for the flood in Liang Province last night. I had no intention of neglecting the princess. Please understand!"

"This matter is one of your son's inner household affairs. I have not properly handled my household affairs and have disturbed the court. I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

After he finished speaking, he slightly turned his head and whispered to Shen Nanxing who was kneeling beside him: "We'll talk about it when we get back home. Don't make a fuss anymore!"

But Shen Nanxing remained unmoved. Though kneeling, he kept his back ramrod straight and shouted:

“Your Majesty, I personally witnessed Prince Jing sharing a room with another woman on his wedding night, and I dare not deceive Your Majesty!”