This was the most shameful chapter of her past, yet Yu Shumo had mercilessly dragged it into the light.
Yu Zhixue's eyes were bloodshot. Pain seared through her insides, and she bit down hard on her lip.
Though she wanted nothing more than to kill Yu Shumo and Yan Xiao, she couldn't act on impulse.
She still had to survive.
"Yes, I was shameless and stupid. I believed Yan Xiao's honeyed words and married him, but I had nowhere else to go and was forced by circumstance. I swear, I never betrayed the Crown Prince by sleeping with Yan Xiao while I was the Crown Princess." Yu Zhixue spoke sharply.
Yan Xiao's eyes trembled, and his face turned deathly pale as he hurried to add, "I can swear to it too. I never had a secret affair with the Crown Princess."
"Is that so?" Yu Shumo suddenly brought his blade down, chopping off one of Yu Zhixue's fingers. "I don't believe you."
Ah—! The pain shot straight through her. Yu Zhixue let out a shriek as her left pinky was sliced off.
Yan Xiao cried out to her in anguish. "A-Xue!"
He liked Yu Zhixue, even loved her, but he was also a fickle womanizer, unable to devote himself to one person.
Yu Zhixue trembled all over. She couldn't tell where the blood smell on her body was coming from. Her gaze unfocused, but she still insisted, "I'm not lying."
If she admitted she'd had an affair behind the Crown Prince's back, Yu Shumo, that madman, would surely kill her.
So she absolutely couldn't confess.
Yu Shumo narrowed his eyes. "I still don't believe you."
The blade flashed. Yu Zhixue's right pinky fell to the ground. Sweat drenched her face and head; the pain was so intense she couldn't even