C98 Part1

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No wonder Master Wan Fang hid this concubine away, since she has such a good look.

Murong Ci said:

"Isn't your husband an Official?

Just tell your husband then."

Concubine Cu Liu's face changed slightly when she heard these words, but she soon calmed down.

Even if she couldn't guess the origins of these three people, judging from their clothing, she knew they must not be bandits or assassins.

However, her husband was a high-ranking Official of the Military Supervisor Facility.

She wondered whether these three people had come for her husband, so she became proud and raised her head and said:

"Since you know that my husband is an Official, you should also know that our Family is not easy to be messed with."

Heh, she intended to teach them a lesson and be brilliant.

Murong Ci teased her and said,

"You are just a Concubine who can't be shown on the stage.

Your husband dislikes your background."

She was so angry that she couldn't refute it.

Indeed, she was born in poverty and had no choice but to fall into prostitution and become a courtesan.

If it were not for Master Wan Fang to pity her, she wouldn't have been able to live a stable and ordinary life away from that world.

But she knew that her husband did despise herself.

Although he didn't say anything, he occasionally showed a bit of contempt.

"Master Wan Fang was in charge of the Military Supervisor Facility and committed a Capital Crime of treason.

Tomorrow he will be shown to the public for decapitation."

Murong Ci admired the change in her expression with great interest, as her eyes slowly widened in disbelief, and the panic and fear gradually spread.

'If my husband is dead, what should I do then?

I finally found a stable life...'

She shouted hysterically:

"Impossible! You are talking nonsense!"

"Do you think this Prince would come to talk nonsense to you in the middle of the night?

Do you think I'm very idle?"

Murong Ci walked over and grabbed her chin with her slender fingers as to provoke her,

"More than forty people in the Wan Family have already been taken into prison.

You are left."

"It can't be...It can't be possible..."

she shook her head in horror, still deep in shock.

"If you make a confession telling me everything you know, maybe this Prince will reward you with a ※whole corpse execution instead, otherwise you'll be executed in public like everyone else, and we'll let the entire Imperial Capital see your whole picture."

Murong Ci smiled, so bloodthirsty and cold.

※※(N.B.) Crimes such as treason were heavily punished with public execution.

However it wasn't mere decapitation of the head, which would immediately kill the person, but it was called "decapitation from the waste".

This practice was extremely painful for the person because their internal organs would pop out as cut in half and they'd still be alive as they slowly die.

So in here, Murong Ci is saying that if she confesses everything she knows, she'll have a quick execution that will maintain her body intact.

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"I don't know anything, how can you persecute me like this?"

she shouted horrified,

"Who are you?"

"This here is the Royal King, and I'm the Crown Prince."

Murong Ci introduced slowly.

A bolt from the blue!

Her complexion changed drastically. Because of her shock, her legs softened as water, and she slid on the ground, dumbfounded.

'The Royal King and the Crown Prince!?

These are members of the Royal Family! They're powerful!

Pinching me to death is as easy as pinching an ant to death!

I have no room for resistance at all!'

Sitting in a seat, Murong Yu seemed to be watching the show in a leisurely manner.

The dignity and coldness surrounding him made her heart tremble.

The arrogance and contemptuous attitude was so intimidating that she didn't dare to look directly at him.

She secretly glanced at him and immediately lowered her eyebrows, as if she would take a peek at a corpse on the spot.

"Your Highness...if you want to know anything, please just ask, and I'll tell you every that I know.

Just, please, have mercy and spare my life."

she saw the current situation clearly, and pleaded sadly and weakly.

"We'll see. If you answer honestly and answer well, maybe this Prince is satisfied and will spare your life."

Murong Ci replied.

"Yes, please, I beg you."

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END of CHAPTER 98 PART 1

.....................to be continued