The sun shone down fiercely, the heat wave suffocating.

Shi Qingshan slowly pushed open the door, the burst of heat sending her back a few steps. She raised her hand and placed it on her burning forehead and after cooling down a bit, she shook her muddled head and unsteadily walked out.

In the dilapidated courtyard, dirty clothes piled up into a small mountain.

She sat in front of the washtub and unhesitantly stuck a hand into the dirty water, washing the clothes.

Footsteps approached her and a bundle of clothes flew towards her. A sharp female voice said, “Princess, pick up the pace a bit! If you didn’t want to eat, you should’ve said so earlier!”

Shi Qingshan lifted her head and looked at the vicious woman and, like a puppet, removed the clothes flung onto her head and washed them.

The woman sneered at her and left.

Shi Qingshan, Fifth Young Miss of the Prime Minister, the granddaughter of the richest man in Chu City, married to Prince Yang Yu as his wife and sent to this little courtyard to wash clothes for him for the next 10 years.

Shi Qingshan knew that she was a joke, but she didn’t regret it.

Boom! The door was shoved open.

Shi Qingshan looked up and couldn’t help but tremble.

Yang Yu swaggered into the courtyard. His eyes were hazy, lips curled into a cruel smile. Without a word, he ruthlessly kicked her.

This force was too fierce and she fell down backwards. The back of her head hit the stone floor and blood rushed out. Her heart panged with pain.

“That old coot finally kicked the bucket. Finally, this prince no longer needs to keep your lowly life!” The prince smiled coldly.

Beating her up was a daily occurrence, but this time was different. Shi Qingshan’s voice shook as she asked, “How could my grandfather die…?”

Her grandfather was the richest man in Chu City and his daughter only left this daughter behind. Therefore, he adored this mother and daughter pair and promised to give all his assets to them.

The one who answered wasn’t Yang Yu but a gentle woman’s voice, “Qingshan, you may meet your grandfather soon.”

Shi Qingshan looked towards the door. A delicate woman wearing a cherry-blossom colored long-sleeved dress walked in daintily. Her beauty could not be faked.

Seeing her, Shi Qingshan burst into tears, “Second Sister…”

During the past 10 years, she had constantly prayed for her second sister Shi Chenghuan, hoping that her gentle and kind-hearted sister can live a carefree life.

Without the protection of mother, she was bullied by her other sisters. Fortunately, Second Sister was there and helped her out a lot.

At first, the one Yang Yu sook out was the beautiful second sister, but the one she wanted to marry was the second prince Yang Gong who had a chance of becoming emperor in the future.

Shi Qingshan couldn’t bear to see her second sister in pain and married him in her stead.

When Yang Yu requested the emperor to let him marry, he didn’t specify which daughter of the prime minister. Thus, she took advantage of this plot hole.

This matter could not be reversed, and Yang Yu was enraged. He beat her up furiously and then threw her into this courtyard. Her life was a disaster for the next 10 years.

Even so, she was happy: happy that it wasn’t her second sister in this situation.

To be able to see Second Sister again in this lifetime, she suddenly felt like all the pain and torture she suffered was nothing.

Shi Chenghuan looked down at her and with a voice full of regret, said, “Qingshan, you had fallen to this place while I went from the wife of the second prince to the wife of the crown prince. During these past ten years, have you ever regretted replacing me in this marriage?”

“Second Sister, as long as you’re happy, Qingshan will never regret it!” Shi Qingshan crawled next to her foot and pulled her skirt, “Second Sister, what happened to my grandfather?”

Shi Chenghuan’s eyes were filled with scorn and took half a step back, her lips lifting in a derisive smile: “Stupid b*tch, since you’re at the end of the road, I have to send you off as a smart ghost.”

Shi Chenghuan spread out her fingers as she talked, revealing a white jade in the palm of her hand.

“Grandfather… this is the jade pendant Grandfather always wore. He said…” Shi Qingshan immediately recognized it.

“He said that he would leave it for you and your mother before he dies, right? This is the heirloom of the Jiu family, right?” Shi Chenghuan smiled warmly.

Shi Qingshan stared at Shi Chenghuan confusedly. Her throat tightened; she didn’t know what to say.

Shi Chenghuan took back the jade pendant and sighed, “Only after marrying you out can my mother and I take over the Jiu family possessions!” She gave a glance at Yang Yu and laughed, “Oh yes, the prime minister is your grandfather-in-law and half will naturally be given to you.”

“What did you say…?” Shi Qingshan’s body shook uncontrollably.

Yang Yu looked at her condescendingly, “For the sake of your Jiu family heritage, I graciously allowed you to live an extra 10 years. How wretched!” he spit at her.

Shi Chenghuan’s eyes were cold, “If it weren’t for your grandfather being wealthy, how could you and your brother possibly live to this day?”

“Second Sister, you…”

“I hate it when you call me ‘Second Sister!’ You think trash like you deserve to be my little sister?!” Shi Chenghuan smiled coldly, “Heh, could it be you only thought about me and forgot about your blood-related little brother?”

“Qinghan…” Shi Qingshan was stunned.

“I was the one who came up with the plan to feed him that medicine that turned him dumb. How else would my mother and I stand that little brat?”

The madam never gave birth to a boy and obviously wouldn’t allow some other woman to give birth to one and become the successor.

“And there’s also your goddamned birth! That year, while it’s true that Concubine Zhang had a miscarriage, your mother was actually framed! What is your mother worth? She’s just some slut from the red-light district, yet she dared to sit on the same position as my mother!”

Back then, even Shi Qingshan thought that Jiu Liu was hated for causing the miscarriage and that was the cause for her fall from grace. She was driven away to Dakong Temple. Who would’ve thought that it was all a scheme by the current madam?

Noise erupted within her head: she had blamed her mother for that many years?

Shi Qingshan felt like she was being strangled, suffocating her slowly. She had actually believed these two venomous snakes all these years?

“You… I want to see my mother.” Shi Qingshan struggled to stand up.

“Your mother?” Shi Chenghuan laughed like she just heard a good joke, “I advise you to not see her. A few years ago, she tried to run away and had her legs broken. She wanted to send a letter to your grandfather, so her tongue was ripped out. Mother pitied her so she let her go. There are many ferocious beasts behind Dakong Temple and in half a day, she was eaten to the point where not even a bone remained. Haha!

Tears rolled down Shi Qingshan’s face. Her heart felt as if she were stabbed multiple times. Her hoarse voice was filled with grief and resentment, “I am too stupid! To believe a venomous woman like you! Shi Chenghuan, do you not have a heart?!”

“Whether I have a heart or not isn’t important. Second Sister wants to see… the color of your heart.” Shi Chenghuan laughed and walked a few steps back. Yang Yu raised his dagger and stabbed towards Shi Qingshan’s heart.

“Ahh…!”

A red flower bloomed on Shi Qingshan’s clothes. She actually didn’t feel pain at that moment.

She saw her blood splattering everywhere, heard Shi Chenghuan’s merry laughter slowly fading away, “Stupid b*tch, go meet your grandfather and mother in hell!”

The rain came suddenly, as if to wash away Shi Qingshan’s resentment.

Unwilling, Shi Qingshan felt so resentful!

She only asks for an afterlife in order to let her take revenge!

If she was given another chance, she would change everything! Let those people get a taste of their own medicine. There will be no good end for them!