The Princess had already received the edict about the marriage. She didn't think much of it, after all that waste could be used as a shield to lessen the attention that was brought to her. As long as he knew his place, she didn't mind sending some beautiful women over to satisfy him, but he has proven to be more of a nuisance than she believed.

Time and time again he would show up at her mansion arrogantly, as if he owned the place, and the way he looked at her, as if she was his possession, made her want to string him up by his privates and hang him from the walls of her mansion, for all the capital to see.

However now was not the time. Over the three years, the new emperor has become increasingly irritable. The two opposing parties involved more than anyone thought, and both sides were damaged irreparably. This battle of politics flowed throughout the empire, which forced the emperor to send out his own forces to quell the chaos. Now he desperately needed allies, and some of the high level ministers were recruited by selling off countless of his sisters, she just happened to be sent to marry the son of the minister of war.

She hasn't forgotten that the minister of war was the one that forged the letter of rebellion for the former emperor. However he had acted very low-key since taking the position which left her no chance to attack him.

Her eyes darkened, she could barely accept having some man marry her, but she would never allow anyone to touch her, except for her Siraya. Seeing the fully exposed lust of that prodigal fiance, she knew that this marriage couldn't go ahead.

She had begun to think about how to kill off that waste without it coming back to her, but the emperor had been watching her carefully. Perhaps he had become suspicious of her actions, which made her have to hide her sharp claws, pretending to be a docile and obedient little princess.

A week before the wedding was scheduled to be held, the princess was 'asked' by the emperor to hold a Banquet for all the unmarried children of the ministers. This was a somewhat common tradition. A plausible method for having prospective couples meet each other discreetly.

Of course men and women were separated, but they could still see ach other from where the two groups were stationed.

The princess was expressionless, looking down at the young women that took peeks at the young men in the distance. Their cheeks blushing, showing off their submissive attitude. Although she was disgusted, she still remained indifferent on the surface.

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She hadn't figured out a way to get rid of the scumbag, and time was running out. At this point, her only choice was to just have her guards kill him on the wedding night, regardless of the consequence. Her thoughts weren't shown on her face, so the people that attended the Banquet just saw the Princess sitting there, no look of happiness on her face.

They all understood. Who would be happy to marry a lustful man with no merits. Some felt pity, some were mocking and the rest were indifferent to the fate of this princess, but the sister of the princess's prodigal fiance was burning with anger. She had been raised arrogant just like her brother, and seeing the princess sitting there as if she was a monk, who didn't care about mundane things, truly made her feel insufferable.

She couldn't stand the princess's haughty look, and said in a fit of anger

"Why do you sit there as if you're wronged. You, an unfavoured princess, get to marry my brother, you should feel honoured" she shouted recklessly, with her hands on her hips.

The princess cast a gaze at the ignorant girl who just spoke. Her eyes made the arrogant girl tremble, such chilling eyes, but soon she regained her strength.

"Isn't it just a useless princess with no family backing" she scolded herself in her mind.

"What are you staring at me like that for? You should feel lucky you even have someone willing to marry you. If it weren't for your status as a princess, you'd have no other value".

The people around couldn't help but be shocked by the stupidity of this girl. Regardless of if she has no family or not, but she is still a direct member of the royal family, and insulting her here, is a direct attack on the majesty of the royal family. Even if the emperor doesn't care about this sister, for the sake of the royal family's name, he must punish such impudence. The group quickly avoided the girl who had already sentenced herself.

The princess didn't bother to deal with fools, and chose to ignore her, when a personal maid came over to report something in her ear.

The group below didn't know what the maid had said, but they finally saw the indifferent princess show a gentle smile on her face.

Siraya had managed to travel from the Northern border to the capital in just under a week. Seeing the long lines to get into the capital, she didn't bother to line up, choosing to simply bypass the crowd.

The smell on her body was so strong, that many of the people began to wretch from a distance, when they turned around to get angry at the person who smelled so rotten, they saw a terrifying figure.

Over the years the name of the 'cannibal general' has been spread throughout the empire. Her deeds have been turned into legends and myths by countless people, and seeing her now they all shut their mouths in fright.

The bustling crowd in front of the gate became silent immediately, even the guards at the front gate just lowered their heads and let the woman in tattered armour pass without even thinking of stopping her.

Siraya looked around at the capital, the place where she was born. Apart from the night she returned to attack the palace, she hadn't been here during the day, since she was a child.