Chapter 9

　　However, the nightmare was much more than that.

　　When Timothy withdrew himself from her body, he glanced at the clean sheet which was not stained with blood.

　　\"You slut! It turns out that you have already copulated with Prince Jared!\" Timothy squeezed her neck tightly as if wanting to choke the person in front of him to death.

　　\"I didn\'t,\" Sophia cried, shaking her head desperately.

　　She felt like she was suffering from a thousand swords, and the pain caused her to close her eyes in despair. Why won\'t he just kill her like this? At least in this way, her life would be extinguished by his hands. There was no point for her to continue living anyway.

　　Timothy used to be her only belief. On the day of his enthronement, she couldn\'t sleep all night. She finally cleared all obstacles for him and made him the emperor.

　　He wanted Veronica to be the empress, and that was fine, at least he still kept her as his right arm.

　　However, he killed her master.

　　At the moment when she was about to lose consciousness, he finally let go of her hand.

　　\"Why?\" she asked, grabbing the corner of his clothes, \"Why won\'t you kill me?\"

　　Since he didn\'t have her in his heart and he was already thinking that she had copulated with her master, then why won\'t he kill her?

　　Timothy looked at her condescendingly, his voice was as cold as ice.

　　\"I already told you, I will never give you what you want!\"

　　He donned on his clothes without looking at her again, and issued a command in an indifferent tone, \"Come and drag this slut out, let her walk around the palace with three steps and one bow!\"

　　As he pushed the door open, the eyes of the people surrounding them were projected on her.

　　She wanted to find a proper dress for herself to cover her battered body with, but the palace lady on the side had already stepped forward and shouted, \"What are you still doing? Didn\'t you hear His Majesty\'s words? Take her away!\"

　　Wrapping her clothes tightly around her body, Sophia got up from the ground and said blankly, \"I\'ll go by myself!\"

　　The clothes on her body was torn half of her calves were exposed. She walked barefoot in the ice and snow, kowtowing after each step.

　　The customs in Dazhou were not civilized, and Sophia ended up with everyone in the palace pointing, mocking and swearing at her.

　　But she still maintained the blank expression on her face and just walked forward unbothered.

　　The stones on her feet had already cut through her soles, and with every step she took, she left a trail of blood, like a red lotus in full bloom. She paid the pain no mind because the pain in her heart was a thousand times worse.

　　Finally, when she was about to faint, a pair of golden embroidered shoes stood in front of her.

　　She looked up blankly and saw Veronica with a smug smile on her face.

　　\"How about it, Sophia? Being humiliated by the person you loved so much, don\'t you just wish you were dead?\"

　　Veronica was furious when she learned that Timothy had spent the night with Sophia, but was relieved when she learned that Timothy actually punished her to walk around the palace.

　　Sophia brushed a light glance at Veronica, got up calmly, and just walked by.

　　Veronica\'s eyes narrowed sharply as she looked at Sophia\'s retreating back, and said, \"Sophia, this is only the beginning!\"

　　It seemed to her that the death of Jared Xuan was not enough.

　　Veronica couldn\'t ignore the doubt in her heart that Sophia still has a place in Timothy\'s heart that was difficult for others to replace.