TFWYH – Chapter 595 Severe Torture

Tang Wan raised an eyebrow.

Oh?

Even in this situation, you’re still trying to scare me?

Do you think I scare that easily?

“Su Xi, prick her fingers,” Tang Wan said casually as she slowly took out a needle kit and handed it over.

Su Xi froze for a moment, looking at Tang Wan in surprise.

Seriously?

Starting right away with finger torture?

Someone like you should be working in the Ministry of Punishments!

Grumbling internally aside, Su Xi quickly recovered, took the needle kit, opened it, and pulled out a needle as she walked toward Qiuwen.

Qiuwen watched her approach in terror, almost losing control of herself from fear.

Prick… her?

Heavens bear witness—she might be a servant, but no one had ever dared torture her like this before.

She couldn’t take it. Before any real torture even began, she caved, crying out in panic to Tang Wan, “Madam! Whatever you want, just say it—I’ll cooperate, I’ll tell you everything!”

Su Xi stopped and looked back at Tang Wan.

Tang Wan waved her hand, then asked, “I’ll only ask one thing—whose child is Huangfu Ronglan?”

“What?” Qiuwen was stunned. She hadn’t expected that question at all.

After coming back to her senses, a flicker of guilt flashed in her eyes. She forced a smile. “What are you saying, Madam? The eldest young lady is, of course, the Second Prince’s consort’s child. Everyone knows that!”

Tang Wan stared at her silently for a moment, until Qiuwen’s scalp tingled with unease. Then she turned to Su Xi and said, “Stab harder. Don’t hold back.”

“Yes!” Su Xi strode forward, grabbed Qiuwen’s hand, and drove the needle into her finger.

“Ahhh—!” Qiuwen let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

They say the ten fingers are connected to the heart. She had seen Gu Yanshuang punish servants this way many times before—sometimes even doing it herself.

But only now, with the needle piercing her own finger, did she truly understand just how painful it was.

Before Qiuwen could beg for mercy, she heard the breathtakingly beautiful young madam speak again in a light, almost casual tone:

“I’ll ask one more time—whose child is Huangfu Ronglan? If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll cut off one of your fingers. Let’s see whether your mouth is tougher, or if you simply have more fingers to lose.”

Cut… cut off a finger?

Heavens!

Just one prick hurt enough to make her want to die—if a finger were actually cut off…

Qiuwen couldn’t take it anymore. Faced with losing her fingers—or even her life—she no longer dared to hide anything. Crying, she blurted out:

“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! The eldest young lady is not the Second Prince’s consort’s child—she’s the second young lady’s child! Waaaah…”

Tang Wan had already guessed as much, but her expression didn’t change. She continued pressing, “The second young lady? Who is that? You still dare to lie at a time like this?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Xi cooperated by grabbing Qiuwen’s hand again and raising the needle.

Terrified, Qiuwen cried even harder, speaking rapidly, “I’m not lying! The second young lady is the Prime Minister’s legitimate second daughter—her name is Gu Yanran! It’s normal that you don’t know her, Madam, because she rarely appears in public. The truth is, back then…”

Without needing further prompting, Qiuwen poured everything out like beans from a sack.

Combining what she said with what she had previously heard from Ling Yu, Tang Wan quickly pieced together the truth.

Gu Yanran—who was Jiang Shi—had indeed been pregnant with twins.

But no one knew, not even Gu Yanran herself.

Back then, she had been imprisoned by her own elder sister, surviving on meager rations each day. Gu Yanshuang hadn’t even arranged for anyone to check on her condition…