Nearing midnight, from a remote courtyard in Kyoto, miserable cries for help continued to be heard.

"I beg you! I beg you! Give the child back to me!"

"He was just born, and he was premature. He's going to die!"

Jiang Wanrou, with her hair disheveled, was forced by two guards to kneel among a pile of corpses. Her originally snow-white undergarment was now covered in scarlet blood.

And his newborn baby was lying naked on the cold stone table, being roughly manipulated by an old Taoist priest with a pointed face and monkey cheeks!

"Grand Prince, Grand Prince! What on earth is going on? This is our child, how could you bear to…"

"Our child?!" The eldest prince Zhou Chengye, who held a high position, interrupted her harshly.

"You are an abandoned daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a country girl who grew up in the countryside. Are you worthy of having this prince's child?!"

What does this mean?!

The child is not his? Who was the man at the palace banquet that night? !

The contempt in Zhou Chengye's eyes was like a sharp sword! His face was no longer as gentle and bright as before...

"If it weren't for this prince's congenital heart disease, which required the essence and blood of two people born on an extremely yin day as a medicine, do you think this prince would condescend to go to the countryside? Do you think this prince would be patient enough to coax you for so long?!"

Zhou Chengye's words were like bolts from the blue, shattering all her dreams and expectations!

The Daqing Dynasty believed in gods and were even more afraid of ghosts. July 15th was the day with the most yin energy in the year. People born on this day, regardless of gender, were considered unlucky!

And today happens to be the 15th of July!

It turns out that everything was premeditated!

Jiang Wanrou smiled bitterly. For him, she disregarded her status, disobeyed her mother who had depended on her since childhood, and completely changed her temperament and name. In the end, she was just taking advantage of him...

At this time, the old Taoist priest pulled out a tiny dagger, picked up a rag and wiped it carefully, his turbid eyes staring straight at the baby's heart!

Even if this child is not hers and Zhou Chengye's, she carried the baby for months and tried her best to give birth to it!

Jiang Wanrou shouted angrily, "You stinky Taoist priest! What are you trying to do? If you dare to touch my child, I will cut you into pieces, peel off your skin and pull out your tendons! Every Qingming Festival, I will dig up your grave, whip your corpse, and make you never reincarnate!!"

Hearing this vicious curse, the old Taoist's hand holding the knife trembled violently and stopped where he stood!

Snapped!

Jiang Wanrou was slapped hard on the face, and blood slowly flowed out from the corner of her mouth!

"You are indeed a coarse country boy! You are full of foul language! Qing'er specially found someone to teach you the rules and etiquette, but you didn't learn a single thing! Beating you will dirty my hands!"

Zhou Chengye's face was full of sarcasm. He took a high-quality silk handkerchief to wipe the hand that had just hit her, and then threw the handkerchief at Jiang Wanrou's swollen face!

"Master! The imperial physician has declared that this prince will not survive past his twenties. Now that time is drawing to a close, you are this prince's only hope!"

It turns out that the idea of ​​using essence and blood as medicine was actually proposed by this old Taoist!

"Master, don't worry! In the future, when this prince ascends the throne, I will appoint you as the national teacher, build a Taoist temple, and receive incense from thousands of people!

Hearing this, the old Taoist's eyes flashed, and he no longer hesitated! He picked up a jar of strong liquor and poured it all over the child!

The cold wine made the child shiver suddenly!

He burst into tears!

The little hands and feet waved helplessly...

"no, do not want!"

Jiang Wanrou struggled desperately, screaming...

Her bare feet left bloody marks on the floor! But the two hands holding her arms were like iron clamps!

"Zhou Chengye! Tell him to stop!"

"My Lord! My Lord... I was wrong! I shouldn't have been so high up as to marry you. I was wrong! I was really wrong!! I beg you, please let my child go!"

Jiang Wanrou was pinned to the ground by two guards, her hair was disheveled and half of her face was swollen. Her desperate pleas did not soften Zhou Chengye's heart in the slightest!

The old Taoist pointed the tip of his knife at the child's heart and stabbed it hard!

"No!!!" Jiang Wanrou watched the blood from the child's heart splatter out!

For a moment, everyone around focused their attention on the bright red blood!

The surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet, with only the weak cry of the child echoing in her ears, as if asking for help from her, an incompetent mother...

Gradually, the child's crying became quieter and quieter...

In a trance, Jiang Wanrou saw the child's little head trying to turn towards her, and his pair of pale golden eyes, as if filled with nostalgia and reluctance, slowly...closed forever...

"Ah! Help! Is there anyone who can save him?!" Jiang Wanrou struggled desperately and begged, but to no avail...

"Child! My child!!"

A shrill scream echoed into the night sky!

The crows resting on the branches outside the courtyard were startled and cried sadly...

Jiang Wanrou's bloodshot eyes stared blankly at the motionless child on the table. The despair and helplessness of the depths of hell completely engulfed her!

Zhou Chengye walked up to her with a palm-sized bowl, reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look at the three drops of bright red blood in the bowl!

"Rou'er, thank you and your child for giving me another life. Don't worry, I will definitely do it for you in the future..."

"Pooh!!"

Jiang Wanrou's eyes widened in anger, and the blood mixed with saliva in her mouth hit Zhou Chengye's face heavily!

"A hypocritical hypocrite who has lost all conscience!"

"I curse you with my soul! All your dreams will be in vain, and all you gain will be in vain! Zhou Chengye! I will turn into a ghost and haunt you day and night!!"

Zhou Chengye wiped the saliva off his face with disgust, and the anger that soared into the sky hit his crown!

"Ah!! Shut up!"

Fists rained down on Jiang Wanrou's face and body...

Jiang Wanrou smiled and slowly closed her eyes.

The physical pain was not even one ten-thousandth of the pain in her heart!

Mother, I'm sorry, because my birth has affected your originally stable life. In the next life, please don't give birth to me...

My child... my poor child, you have been plotted against since your mother's womb, and you have no control over your comings and goings...

Child, don't be afraid, walk slowly... Mom is coming...

"Prince! Stop beating him! If he is beaten to death, he can't be used as medicine..."

"Who! Who are you? How dare you trespass into my territory..."

The sound of noisy footsteps came into her ears vaguely, and the hands that trapped her arms finally loosened!

His weak body fell backwards uncontrollably, and his head hit the footstool beside the bed heavily!

The sounds around me suddenly stopped...

In a daze, Jiang Wanrou felt as if her body was floating in the air like a feather...

Her consciousness flickered, and a dark and eerie black hole completely engulfed her...

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