The God of War Prince Has Me Cornered Against the Wall

The main hall of the Ding’an Marquis Estate stood open behind its vermilion gates, crowded with guests.

A red carpet stretched from the entrance to the seat of honor. On either side stood tables of golden-thread nanmu, laden with fruit and fine tea. It was clearly the sort of spread laid out for a bride’s first visit to her family after the wedding.

Yet at the end of the carpet, a woman stood as though nailed to a pillar of shame.

Shen Jingyu still wore her wedding robes and phoenix crown. Her hair was slightly disheveled, and jeweled ornaments hung over her forehead, but they could not hide the cold glint in her eyes.

Mud marked the toes of her embroidered shoes, left there when she crossed the courtyard after last night’s downpour. Now, those shoes had become evidence of her guilt.

With a sharp slap, Pei Yanzhi threw a yellowed letter onto the table. His voice was cold as a blade. “Everyone, take a look. I found this last night in the rockery cave in the rear garden. It’s a secret letter proving that the Shen woman has been having an affair with another man!”

The guests erupted in an uproar.

They whispered among themselves, their gazes stabbing at her like needles.

Some shook their heads and sighed, some hid their laughter behind their hands, and several ladies exchanged glances as if they had expected this all along.

A guard stepped forward with a tray. On it lay one of her embroidered shoes, along with a man’s belt, black with gold embroidery and decorated with an unfamiliar pattern.