Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Shangguan Yu, did you know your mistake?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shangguan Yu knelt on the floor, kowtowing towards Emperor Yang Zhou. From the moment, he made this decision, he knew that this would be his ending. But he's ready and will not back down.

Emperor Yang Zhou looked at Shangguan Yu in front of him and glanced at Prime Minister Lan. It meant that he wanted Prime Minister Lan to be the one in charge of this matter.

To be honest, he didn't care much about Shangguan Yu.

The ambitions of this young man could be seen very clearly. But Emperor Yang Zhou could feel that this ambition was not placed in his direction but instead towards the other ministers.

Because what Shangguan Yu wanted from the very beginning was to become a capable and powerful official.

It was his dream.

Now that he had lived his dream life for years, it was time for this 'dream' to end.

"Prince Shangguan Yu had made a mistake…"

The court started.

…

<Prison>

Princess Hu's life has been very difficult. Ever since she was put in this dirty and smelly jail, she hadn't been able to live her life well. Many of her thoughts revolved in what she could do differently in her life to avoid this ending.

What could she do now?

She had no force after Emperor Yang Zhou handed them all to her husband and later on some part were pulled away forcefully by Great General Nan's unreasonable move. Day by day, Princess Hu felt that she was suffering greatly. But she couldn't do anything.

Making troubles wouldn't help her and many things slowly lost their meanings, making Princess Hu felt annoyed and desperate.

Today, an Imperial Guard came to her.

"What is it?" Princess Hu asked, her voice was hoarse and her appearance was dirty. She no longer showed the majesty of the noble princess like she used to be.

Suffering in this place, what Princess Hu wanted the most was to get out. She believed that because she's part of the Imperial Family, they wouldn't really kill her.

"Prince Shangguan Yu had returned."

Princess Hu raised her head in disbelief. She didn't expect this cheap husband of hers to come back. After he came out of the Capital City and went to other cities, she thought that she would be free.

Not being able to do what she wanted, Princess Hu switched her attention to do other things. Things that she had long wanted to do but never dared to.

But now that she had nothing to lose, she tried it.

Shangguan Yu, who claimed to be powerful, didn't even realize when she started to go frequently from his side to another man's embrace. In fact, she could only get out during the banquet with him, but he didn't care much about her.

She's bored.

And she also wanted to build her force again.

Unfortunately, the man she found was a coward and didn't dare to do anything big. It was also because of this that his status as the illegitimate children couldn't even improve. The only advantage he had is that he looked handsome.

Princess Hu quarreled a lot with Shangguan Yu after she came to his residence.

After she made him angry, he had never come to her again.

So she just looked for others outside.

In her opinion, there were many men who have several women. What was wrong with the opposite?

She hated the law for being so restrictive for them.

So she played around and have fun.

Without Shangguan Yu's presence in the Capital City, Princess Hu grew even bolder and frequented other people's party and invited him to come secretly. Again and again.

Until she was caught back then and then thrown here.

Why?

Princess Hu didn't think that she did anything wrong.

Since she didn't want Shangguan Yu, she will just search for others outside and satisfy her own desire. As the princess, who would dare to block her way if she truly wanted to go outside?

That was what she thought.

Until she saw her half imperial brother's cold eyes.

It seemed that what she did had crossed his bottom line.

This made Princess Hu angry.

Men who were caught with women were only forced to marry that woman. Those married men could even pick them as their concubines.

But she, a princess, couldn't even find a second man?

What a joke!

She made a lot of ruckus in the prison, but her half imperial brother didn't even send someone to see her condition.

In the end, Princess Hu was tired. She stopped making trouble and instead waited here while looking outside. To be honest, she didn't like the new man that much either. But she wanted to have fun because it was really lonely.

And after the mess she had been through, she heard the guards talked about Shangguan Yu.

They said that he had healed and even cultivated his own force.

It was thanks to him that General Shangguan could survive and return safely along with countless soldiers.

When Princess Hu heard that, she was in disbelief.

That cr*ppy cripple actually managed to heal and do something outrageous?

Hearing their tone in both admiration and worry, Princess Hu felt really angry. If she knew that this b*stard could heal and become capable, she would stick with him rather than aiming to other man outside that she couldn't get.

But it was too late.

Also, raising force by their own is a crime. Princess Hu knew that if Shangguan Yu were to come back, he might be executed.

That's why, she thought he will never return.

But…

"Can I go?"

The Imperial Guard looked at Princess Hu and beckoned for the man behind him to come. There was a long silk on the tray. "His Majesty gave this cloth for you, Your Highness."

Long cloth.

Princess Hu looked at the cloth and her body trembled. In the end, she asked, "Why?"