Consort of a Thousand Faces [Sample]

CHAPTER 1: UTTERLY CRUSHED

Ning Rulan sat on a mouldy straw mat in the prison, her legs shackled by thick iron chains. Her red gown and glittering pearl hairpin formed a stark contrast with the dingy prison.

"The Eldest Imperial Princess, Ning Rulan, used her influence over the young emperor to disrupt the laws of the court with his clout! Such actions must be met with severe punishment!"

The ministers jointly submitted petitions and erased all her contributions while Yun Ruofeng, the man she loved deeply and who held all of Nanzhao's military power, avoided meeting her. He looked on unfeelingly as she was escorted into the prison.

"Lan-er, I, Yun Ruofeng, will only love you in this lifetime."

She was unable to obliterate those lingering words from her mind. Gradually, her tears fell onto the straw mat like pearls from a severed necklace.

She raised her hand to wipe the tears away when the Lucky Knot* accidentally slipped out from her sleeve.

*T/n: There many variations of Chinese knots and they are generally for the purpose of wishing for good fortune. The Lucky Knot is for good luck and hoping that things go as one wishes.

It may look something like this:

Source: http://m.meilele.com/article/shipin/13090.html 

She took the Lucky Knot and stared at it in a daze. This was the token of love between the two of them.

A 'Feng' character was sewn on it in golden thread. This belonged to a pair of Lucky Knots. They were respectively embroidered with a 'Lan' and 'Feng' character.

At this moment, the jailer's ill-intentioned laughter could be heard. "Such delicate and tender skin. I wonder what it will taste like."

Ning Rulan narrowed her eyes and put the Lucky Knot away into her sleeve before coldly glaring at the jailer outside her cell.

"I usually see you in a lofty position with a cool and aloof demeanour. You never expected that you would land in the hands of this proud one today, right?" The jailer entered the prison cell and slowly walked towards Ning Rulan.

She immediately stood up. The jailer was considerably displeased by the look of arrogance in her eyes.

"With both your legs bound by iron chains, you won't be able to run away! Arrogant woman, feel free to shout as much as you want later. The louder your voice is, the more this proud one likes it." The jailer was already starting to take off his pants.

Ning Rulan narrowed her eyes. As the jailer tried to pounce on her, despite the heavy manacles around her ankles, she swept one of her legs towards the man in a kick, landing a heavy impact on his body.

The jailer yelped as he fell and consumed a mouthful of dust.

"Pah! This proud one will have fun with you until you die. You still dare to act arrogantly as if you were the eldest imperial princess? You are nothing more than a doomed woman! Even General Yun himself has granted permission for us to fool around with you as we please!" The jailer immediately climbed up and closed the distance between them, lashing out at her with the whip in his hands.

Ning Rulan raised her hand to resist the whip but was unable to extricate herself from the jailer's continuous flogging. Soon, her clothes became dishevelled.

The jailer's eyes shone with a glint. "Only General Yun has touched the Eldest Imperial Princess' body before right? Haha, I shall have fun with the woman of Nanzhao's number one general tonight!"

Right afterwards, he threw himself at her.

Rip! Her shoulder was exposed, glimmering with a captivating lustre. The jailer's improper thoughts surged forth as his saliva almost flowed out.

Ning Rulan forced herself to endure the feeling of disgust in her heart. Catching the jailer unprepared, she raised her hand to grip his neck and ferociously twisted it.

The jailer instantly stopped breathing, an expression of lust clear on his face even at his moment of demise. However, he was still lying prone on Ning Rulan when he died. Furthermore, with her rumpled clothes, it looked as if she had been bullied and humiliated.

Ning Rulan was just about to push the jailer's body off herself when the sharp voice of a woman could be heard.

"Who would have thought that Nanzhao's eldest imperial princess is currently pressed under a jailer's body? This feeling, tsk tsk, how is it?" Her tone was filled with disdain and detestation.

Ning Rulan didn't even need to look up to know who it was. It was her younger sister born from a different mother, the Second Imperial Princess, Ning Anlian.

"You'll find out what it feels like once you endure it once." The next moment, she exerted her strength to push the jailer down. She sat back down on the straw mat again before tidying up her torn dress.

The jailer has been killed by her! Ning Anlian's expression changed. She looked at her tussled hair again. She's already in such a plight yet she's still so unruffled!

Ning Anlian was inwardly upset. This is the part I hate most about her!

Arrogant and aloof. In her eyes, everyone is a nonentity!

Ning Anlian suddenly smiled and took out something from her sleeve. "I suppose that you're rather interested in this, right?"

There was finally a ripple in Ning Rulan's emotionless eyes. That's the Lucky Knot! There's a 'Lan' character embroidered on it!

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