Chapter 144: As long as I don't die, there's still a chance for a comeback
This one sentence makes everyone feel hurt!
A pang of heartache also flashed across the emperor's eyes.
Although extremely disappointed with this son, after all, he is still his son. He doesn't want to really send Yan Ziyan to the prison of Dalisi Temple or demote Yan Ziyan to a commoner...
It's just kneeling down and apologizing, what's the big deal.
Having committed wrongdoings and done things that are worse than those of pigs and dogs, being able to get away with only a light punishment is already leniency.
After all, if he had been as reckless as his 19th brother used to be, his son would not have made it through today...
"Miss Jin Xiu, I was wrong to you, please forgive me for what I did to you in the past!" Yan Ziyan felt extremely humiliated and resentful, his hand clenched into a fist inside his sleeve.
He never thought that there would be a day when he had to kneel down and apologize to the woman he had always looked down on, exploited, bullied and trampled.
Things have come to this, he has no other choice but to endure this humiliation.
But he would never let it go like this.
From this moment on, Sheng Jinxiu became the thorn in his eye and the pain in his flesh. Sooner or later, he would double the humiliation and suffering back to her!
"Cousin sister, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I was selfish and hurt you. If you can forgive me, I'll be eternally grateful!"
Chen Dieyi knelt beside Yan Ziyuan, crying with tears all over her face: "I know the harm I've done to my cousin, and maybe this lifetime won't be enough to make up for it, but I swear on my deceased mother's grave that from now on, I will never do anything wrong again!"
You're so dead! The only mistake I made was not killing you sooner.
You came to the Spring Festival banquet and relied on Xiwangmu to make me lose.
But it doesn't matter, as long as I, Sheng Dieyi, don't die, I still have a chance to turn things around.
One day, I will make you beg for life but cannot live, and beg for death but cannot die!
She turned around again, and cried even harder towards Meng Qiuyu: "Aunt... Aunt, I'm sorry... Dieyi did something wrong again, Dieyi almost harmed Aunt..."
"Don't say anything more." Meng Qiuyu coldly interrupted Sheng Dieyi.
She admitted that when she saw such a humble and shabby butterfly dress, her heart ached...
Because of Sheng Dieyi's slander, her husband, children and even she herself almost died!
She is softhearted but not muddleheaded.
If there was no regent today as her backing, she might have really seen her sister who had passed away many years ago.
She single-handedly raised Sheng Dieyi, but had no idea that Sheng Dieyi's heart was so selfish, dark, dirty, filled with viciousness and insatiable desires!
It's even more terrifying than a cold-blooded venomous snake!
And she had actually thought of this venomous snake as her daughter before?
Even for the sake of Sheng Dieyi, she wouldn't hesitate to fall out with her own husband and children!
It was she who misjudged Sheng Dieyi. She couldn't afford to have a daughter like Sheng Dieyi, nor did she want to keep such a venomous snake by her side...
"Sheng Dieyi, back then when your whole family passed away, you were in tattered clothes and traveled thousands of miles to the Sheng household to find relatives. I pitied your lonely and helpless state and took you in. All these years, I've treated you like my own daughter. I thought what you wanted was a home, and the Sheng household gave you everything we could!"
"But what you want is an even higher branch."
"It's a pity that our family is only a merchant household and cannot accommodate someone of your noble status. Since you've made your choice, go follow the Second Prince then!"
"Aunt!" Xiang Dieyi's face turned pale, she knew that if she revealed her true thoughts completely, she would have to part ways with the Xiang family.
But her original plan was that she became the second prince's consort and, taking advantage of her power, grasped the Sheng family's property in her hands before turning against the Sheng family members, including Meng Qiuyu.
But her plan failed.
She won't get the Sheng family's property for a while at least.
She also had to leave the Sheng household and arrive at the Second Prince's estate before she could gain some status...
"Auntie wants to marry me off to the Second Prince?" Xiang Dieyi lowered her eyelids, hiding the cunning within: "Dieyi thanks Auntie for her kindness..."