In Jingzhen State.
The 28th year of Rende, winter.
On the 26th of October, in the cold, damp and dark cell, a woman was covered in dirt, her hair and face dirty. She curled up on the only straw bed in the cell, shivering all over. It was unknown whether she was frozen or scared.
In front of her stood a tall and elegant man. This man's eyebrows and eyes were like a picture, and his facial features were as delicate as they were carved by a knife. He was extremely handsome. His white clothes were spotlessly clean, which was in stark contrast with the woman on the straw bed.
"My father has decided to kill you in seven days. At the same time, my father has already given me the title of king and my title is Mu. After you die, I will replace you and become my wife!"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Feng Youluo raised her head and looked at Dongfang Huamu with pleading eyes. For her, death was terrible. The whole world didn't believe her, and she didn't care, as long as he trusted her.
However, Feng Youluo did not wait for Dongfang Huamu's words, "I believe in you!"
He did not answer, but just looked at her quietly. There was no emotion in his peach blossom eyes that had made her fall for countless times. She knew that he had never loved her, and she knew that he hated her.
Looking at the woman's desperate expression, there was a trace of pity in his heart. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He turned around and left.
She looked at his back as he left and smiled bitterly. "Hua Mu from the East, I only hope that I have never met you..."
She was Feng Youluo, the eldest legitimate daughter of Feng Chengyi, the head of the Court of Imperial Physicians. She was the granddaughter of Si Yanyi, the Yiyong Duke. Her birth mother had died young and she didn't like to study. Her stepmother helped her hide it from Feng Chengyi and didn't allow her to study.
She didn't like those complicated rules. Her stepmother also listened to her and said that she was the eldest legitimate daughter. No one dared to say anything wrong, which made her smile. She was arrogant and domineering. Her stepmother said that she had done a good job. She used to think that her stepmother was very kind to her, but she didn't know that the woman was really vicious and deliberately raised her.
When she was eight years old, it was the first time she saw the Eighth Prince, Dongfang Hua Mu. The handsome man's appearance and noble temperament deeply attracted Feng Youluo. However, she, who had always been able to get whatever she wanted, did not win his attention. Although she had used all means to marry him, she ended up like this. She was so angry that her grandfather, who loved her the most, died.
On the 27th of October, news came from the cell that the former 8th prince's wife smashed a bowl in the cell and committed suicide by cutting her wrist. When she received the news, Dongfang Huamu was having breakfast... The hand that was holding the food suddenly stopped, and the image of the first time she saw Feng Youluo appeared in her mind. At that time, she was still a little girl. It was the first time she saw him. She wore a red dress and was even eye-catching. She even followed him and called him Brother Mu with a smile...
"I'll go and have a look!" Dongfang Huamu put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, got up, and walked out.
"Your Highness, you can leave after breakfast!" After breakfast, I'll go with you. We're sisters. I'll send my sister off for the last time. Feng Yunyin's concerned voice came from behind. However, Dongfang Huamu didn't intend to stop. As if he didn't hear her, he walked out of the gate.
It wasn't that Dongfang Huamu didn't hear it, but for some reason, he didn't want to take Feng Yuanyin with him. He knew that Feng Youluo definitely wouldn't want Feng Yuanyin to send her off for the last time. It was also because of this that Dongfang Huamu, who didn't turn his head back, didn't see her. The one who he had once thought was kind and gentle, and had been bullied and suppressed by Feng Youluo and had suffered a lot, was now wearing a vicious and proud smile on his lips.
He rushed to the cell and was told that the body had been dealt with, leaving only a large pool of blood on the ground. Dongfang Huamu frowned tightly. This woman, who he had once hoped to disappear countless times, had really disappeared.
He slowly paced back and forth in the cell, and then squatted down by the wall. He slowly stretched out his hand and touched the dirty wall, which was engraved with some delicate little characters.
"I was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Feng's Mansion who was carefree. Although I was arrogant and playful, I was kind. That year, I met him. As the saying goes, once I saw Hua Mu, I lost my life. Although I was lucky to be his concubine, I was used by treacherous people because I was ignorant. Today, I cleaned up my sins with my own blood. If there was an afterlife, I only hoped that I would no longer meet Hua Mu and fall in love with him..."
Those words seemed to be engraved on Dongfang Huamu's heart with a knife. He suddenly covered his heart with his hand and fell to the ground with a painful expression...
"Prince Mu, Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Come on, summon the imperial physician, His Highness has fainted..."