Chapter 1

Chapter One

In the pitch-black night, the fierce wind howled, and thunder and lightning tore through the sky, a deafening sound that shook the heart. In the dungeon of the Prince of Jin's mansion, the dim light shone into the deep corridor, the winding stairs covered with moss, as if extending all the way to hell. The oil lamps on both walls flickered, and the air was filled with a mixture of rust and the smell of blood.

"How do you like it? Do you still like the place I prepared for you, sister?"

The voice was charming and gentle, yet it carried a cold chill and mockery. The owner of the voice was the current Princess of Jin, reclining lazily on a finely carved sandalwood couch, dressed in bright red, every move exuding an indescribable charm. However, her phoenix eyes contained a hint of murderous intent.

"Yunshang, I am your sister. Aren't you afraid of retribution?!" The woman, whose limbs were nailed to the chair, raised her head. A hideous scar extended from her neck to her left face, the right side of her face was slashed, with flesh turned out, blood mixed with stains, a once stunning face now disfigured, leaving only a pair of crimson eyes, filled with undisguised hatred. She never imagined that she, Yunshang, the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Ye family, would one day fall to such a state, unable to live, unable to die!

She never expected that her gentle and obedient younger sister, the current Princess of Jin, would harm her like this!

"My dear sister?" Yunshang seemed to hear a great joke, "You are the sister I detest the most. When we were young, Mother said you were the legitimate daughter and I should always yield to you, that the position of the legitimate daughter was bestowed upon you! And then? Why is it that you can easily come back and become the official wife of the Prince of Jin, while I have to please you, scheme and use all means just to become a concubine! And still have to fawn over you! Why?! What's inferior about me compared to you?!" Yunshang grabbed a blue-and-white porcelain cup from the table and threw it at Yunshang. The cup smashed fiercely on Yunshang's forehead, leaving another bloody scar, the scalding tea seeping into the wound.

A maid quickly replaced the broken cup with a new one.

"Hehe. Let me tell you something." Yunshang stepped lightly in front of Yunshang, a faint smile on her lips, "Tang Yuan seized power and the Emperor was furious. He ordered a massacre at noon today, and also, the position of the Crown Princess of Tang Fengchu has been abolished. Can you guess where she is now?" Yunshang returned to her couch, sipping her tea lightly. She adjusted herself to a comfortable position, watching Yunshang like a trapped beast. "I put her in the Dream Awakening Pavilion. Now, Tang Fengchu is nothing but a lowly prostitute! Let's see how noble she can be?!"

"Yunshang! Aren't you afraid of Father and the Prince of Jin finding out?!" Yunshang's eyes flashed with ferocity, wishing to tear the person in front of her to pieces. She finally understood what it meant to raise a tiger. In just half a year, she was framed for adultery, forced to step down, and her legitimate sister took her place. Then her appearance was ruined, she suffered a miscarriage, and was tortured daily in this dungeon, while her uncle was sentenced to death.

"Outrageous! You have no right to address me like that! Yunshang, you are no longer the Princess of Jin. Do you think the Prince of Jin still cares about you, a cuckolded whore? Forget to tell you, you have been kicked out of the family register by Father. Look at you, so pitiful. Let me tell you one more thing, to make you understand clearly, your mother did not die of illness, she was poisoned, by Father, and your brother, I slowly poisoned him to death." Yunshang looked at Yunshang with an expression of disbelief and pain, feeling great joy, she laughed heartily, she loved Yunshang's current expression, and she loved her look of despair.

"Yunshang, I swear, even if I become a vengeful ghost, I will not let you rest in peace!" Her mother, her brother, died at the hands of her respected father and beloved sister, and she, too, fell into such a plight. Yunshang, oh Yunshang, you are truly blind!

"Yunshang, I swear, even if I become a vengeful ghost, I will not let you rest in peace!"

The dim light in the dungeon shone on her face, her grim visage resembling a vengeful ghost returned from hell, her dark eyes filled with hatred and malice, sending shivers down one's spine.

The hoarse, despairing, and chilling voice echoed in the dungeon, lingering for a long time.

Yunshang was frightened and fell to the ground, her hairpin fell out, her hair disheveled, looking disheveled, with panic in her eyes, then turning into a grimace, she got up, snatched the whip from the maid's hand, and lashed out at Yunshang like a madwoman, the whip carrying a strong wind!

"Hehe, look at the number one beauty in the capital, now in this state. Do you think the men in the capital will still be interested in you?"

After Yunshang finished whipping, she sat back on the sandalwood carved couch, absentmindedly playing with her nails, the regret in her tone contrasting sharply with the malice on her face in the dim dungeon. She propped her chin with one hand, smiling charmingly, "It's a pity, there will be no more Yunshang in the future."

Yunshang laughed heartily, her laughter sharp. Without looking at Yunshang, she walked out of the dungeon.

The flames gradually engulfed Yunshang's clothes, and she sat on the chair like a sculpture, the rain outside grew heavier, the wind more violent.

"Yunshang, Prince of Jin, Ye Hanliang! I will not rest in peace, I will become a vengeful ghost and seek your lives!"

The hollow, hoarse voice lingered in the dungeon, refusing to dissipate.