Zu An’s eyelids twitched continuously as Bo Yikao spilled his tale, and the rage that burned within him grew hotter and fiercer.

He finally knew how San Cai died. Complications during childbirth? It was all a lie!

Back then, after Ji Chang brought San Cai back to Western Zhou, he had a palace prepared just for her.

San Cai was ecstatic at first, and felt that Ji Chang truly cared about her.

However, she gradually began to sense that things were not as they seemed. There was nothing wrong with the way Ji Chang interacted with her publicly, and he also invited her to participate in various important occasions, like a loving husband normally would.

Despite all this, he had never visited her palace in private even once. The two were only husband and wife in name, not in reality. Ji Chang seemed to treat her as a mere tool, to be used to accomplish his goals.

San Cai didn’t really mind this, because she didn’t really like Ji Chang. Instead, being able to live alone in her own palace gave her a sense of freedom.

She could even write letters to her big brother and sister now and then. Of course, she never mentioned the truth about  her own life, so as not...