Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback

Zhan Lan looked expressionlessly at Li Shi, whose body had been tortured beyond recognition of her former allure. "Your husband Xue Wei has committed suicide, and your daughter kidnapped me and wants to kill me. Her crime is even more serious than yours—attempted assassination of the Prince, punishable by death."

Li Shi’s pupils constricted sharply, "What! He is dead? When did Rou’er want to kill you..."

Zhan Lan toyed with the whip in his hand and said, "You can ask your good daughter."

Li Shi looked at Zhan Xuerou and found her glaring viciously at her. Zhan Xuerou roared at Li Shi, "It’s all your fault!"

If Li Shi hadn’t accidentally revealed the secret of her birth, she would still be the legitimate daughter of the General Mansion.

It’s all her mother’s fault for being too stupid, not knowing how to be thorough in her dealings. She should have killed Zhan Lan in childhood, and today’s events would not have happened.

Zhan Lan could tell from Zhan Xuerou’s expression what she was thinking. Never think bad people can suddenly become good.

They always attribute their mistakes to not having been ruthless enough back then.

Xiao Chen looked at Zhan Xuerou and her mother. He understood perfectly why Zhan Lan hated this mother-daughter pair so much.

No matter the torture this mother and daughter endured, it was deserved.

Zhan Lan looked at the two in jail, "Li Shi, Xue Xuerou, you mother and daughter are reunited, shouldn’t you be thanking this Princess?"

Li Shi and Zhan Xuerou both knew they were at the mercy of others and did not dare talk back.

Zhan Lan walked in with the whip, and the two of them moved back in fear.

Zhan Lan smiled slightly, "This Princess wants some entertainment, cooperate a little, won’t you?"

The two were unsure what Zhan Lan planned to do and looked at her in fear.

Zhan Lan let the whip make a cracking sound in her hand, leaned over to look at them, and smiled with amusement. "From now on, you will whip each other twenty times until the other’s skin is torn. If anyone’s skin is not torn, the prison guard will whip you forty times!"

"You!" Li Shi couldn’t take it anymore. Zhan Xuerou was her own daughter; how could she bear to do it?

But Zhan Xuerou didn’t want to endure the forty whips from the guard, so she took the whip from Zhan Lan’s hand and hit Li Shi.

Crack! Crack!

"Ah!" Li Shi’s newly healed skin was torn by her own daughter’s hand.

Zhan Xuerou showed no mercy and whipped Li Shi twenty times, then looked at Zhan Lan and said, "I’m done."

Zhan Lan nodded in satisfaction and handed the other whip to the blood-covered Li Shi, asking, "How does it feel to be whipped by your daughter?"

Li Shi looked at Zhan Lan tremblingly.

Zhan Lan threw the whip to the ground, "Now it’s your turn!"

Li Shi knew that if she didn’t whip Zhan Xuerou, Zhan Xuerou would suffer the guard’s forty lashes, which would be heavier.

Zhan Lan raised an eyebrow, "What? You can’t bear to do it!"

Li Shi picked up the whip from the ground, stood up with difficulty, her hands trembled, looking at Zhan Xuerou, she raised the whip and then put it down, unable to bring herself to do it.

Zhan Lan sneered, "Use the strength you had as a child when you whipped me, hit! Otherwise, this Princess will have the prison guards whip Zhan Xuerou until she passes out!"

Li Shi raised the whip with tears, painfully whipped it over Zhan Xuerou’s body.

Crack!

"Ah!" Zhan Xuerou agonizingly wanted to dodge, Li Shi cried while whipping her fiercely, once after another.

Zhan Xuerou was whipped by her own mother, howling in pain.

Zhan Lan watched from the side, feeling much relieved.

After twenty whips, Zhan Lan pulled up Zhan Xuerou’s clothes to check, clicking her tongue, "Li Shi, didn’t you eat? Why isn’t she bleeding?"

"Forget it, your whipping lacked vigor, let me show you!" Saying this, Zhan Lan’s face suddenly turned icy cold, picking up the whip and swinging it at Zhan Xuerou.

Crack!

One whip, Zhan Xuerou was knocked to the ground by Zhan Lan.

"Ah..." Her miserable cries echoed throughout the cell, Li Shi knelt on the ground, crying and pleading, "Princess, I beg you, spare Rou’er!"

Zhan Lan sneered, "She hit you so ruthlessly, you are truly a caring mother!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Zhan Lan swung several more whips, Zhan Xuerou could no longer stand and passed out.

Her clothes were torn by Zhan Lan’s whips, her whole body bloodied.

Zhan Lan looked coldly at Li Shi, "From now on, every few days, there will be such entertainment, let’s see how long your mother-daughter affection lasts!"

With that said, Zhan Lan left the jail, playing cat and mouse; how could I let the mouse die so quickly!

Torturing them slowly is the revenge she wants!

Xiao Chen followed behind Zhan Lan and said, "Don’t worry, here, they will definitely feel life is worse than death."

Zhan Lan revealed a cruel smile, "Good, don’t kill them, I haven’t had enough fun yet."

Xiao Chen curled his lips, "Understood."

"How have you been lately?" Zhan Lan asked Xiao Chen as they walked.

Xiao Chen furrowed his brows, "Busy, busy every day."

Zhan Lan looked back at him, "Take care of yourself. If you need help, just say so. Also, you’re no longer young. If Mr. Xiao were around, he’d want you to marry and pass on the family line. You know, my father has introduced a girl to you, meet her when you have the time."

Xiao Chen’s face turned awkward, he cautiously asked, "Do you also want me to get married?"

Zhan Lan rolled her eyes at him, "Are you looking for a wife or am I? Really, if you don’t want to find one, forget it. Don’t say my father and I are forcing you!"

Xiao Chen felt blocked inside, Zhan Lan truly didn’t see him as a man. Feeling aggrieved, he deliberately said, "Fine, I’ll go see."

"Then I’ll wait for your wedding wine!" Zhan Lan smiled brightly, suddenly her smile froze.

Xiao Chen hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Zhan Lan sighed, "Nothing."

She just felt a bit sad thinking she couldn’t drink wine.

"By the way, what kind of woman do you like? I can keep an eye out for you," Zhan Lan raised her eyebrow at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen smiled faintly, the question was easy to answer, but he couldn’t bring himself to speak.

"Pretty ones, charming, generous, proficient in all arts?" Zhan Lan leaned over to ask.

Zhan Lan’s face suddenly enlarged before his eyes, Xiao Chen’s cheeks turned red sharply, and the pleasant scent from Zhan Lan made his heart race. His eyes flickered, and he stumbled looking away, "None of them."

Zhan Lan sighed, lowered her voice and said, "If you don’t find a wife in two lifetimes, I’d feel sorry for you, but you are better looking than some women. It’s no wonder you are picky, your taste is too high-hearted!"

"Maybe," Xiao Chen lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Zhan Lan.

He understood Zhan Lan was happy today, Si Jun and Zhan Xuerou were now in her grasp, and she could retaliate as she wished, so she was in the mood to joke with him like this.

Zhan Lan looked very happy now, better than when she was living in pain and hatred.

"I’m leaving!" Zhan Lan casually patted Xiao Chen’s shoulder; Xiao Chen watched her back until it was completely out of sight, then he withdrew his gaze.

As the lanterns lit, Zhan Lan returned to the Regent Prince Mansion; the carriage stopped and she lifted the curtain to see Xiao Tao standing anxiously at the door under the lantern.

Xiao Tao immediately approached Zhan Lan, anxiously saying, "Princess, it’s not good, Liu Xi has disappeared!"