Chapter 11
Upon hearing this, Lv Yang hurriedly rolled up her sleeves. Seeing it, her face turned pale with fright, and her whole body trembled. There was a black line on her originally fair right wrist, extending up to her shoulder, and eerily, something seemed to be wriggling within that black line.
With a 'thud', she knelt down, trembling with fear, and cried, "M-miss, I know I was wrong, please spare me... I will never dare again!"
"This is the latest poison I've developed; there's no cure in this world. Even Lin Xu can't solve it." Mu Qianyue ruthlessly crushed the last hope in Lv Yang's heart.
"Miss, I've been blind and offended you, please spare me! Boohoo... I will never dare again..." Lin Xu is the most powerful alchemist in Phoenix Shadow Country, even he can't do anything, doesn't this mean she's doomed? She doesn't want to die!
"It's not impossible to spare you, but it depends on your performance." Mu Qianyue watched her keep kowtowing and begging for mercy, a gleam flashed in her phoenix-like eyes.
"From now on, I'm your person, Miss. Whatever you instruct, I will do. Any situation with the Crown Prince and the Second Miss, I will report to you first."
Mmm, still quite sensible. She flicked her wrist, and a black pill landed in Lv Yang's hands, only to hear Mu Qianyue's indifferent voice, "This is an antidote for one day."
Lv Yang took it and quickly swallowed it, "I will take my leave now."
With that, she quickly exited the room, fearing that she would be scared to death if she stayed any longer.
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After seeing Lv Yang leave, Mu Qianyue entered the space of the Heaven-Reaching Tower to cultivate. The Primordial Energy here was much denser than outside; practicing here for one night was equivalent to two outside.
According to the method of the Nine Dragon Soul Devouring Skill, she inhaled and exhaled Primordial Energy. Strands of energy were absorbed into her body, moving through her meridians through a cycle, finally gathering in her Dantian, repeating this process.
After a night of cultivation, the Primordial Energy within her became denser and purer than before.
Feeling the overflowing power inside her, a smile curled on her lips, "Today is the day to get the acupuncture. Once I have it, I can treat my brother's Dantian."
Getting up, washing up a bit, she left the house.
Just as Mu Qianyue reached the garden, she heard screams coming from the distant courtyard!
Lv Yang, as usual, went to call the Second Miss to wake up, only to find the door wide open. She wondered if the Second Miss was already up. Entering the room to see...
"Ahhh!!"
Lv Yang's terrified scream attracted other maids and servants. When everyone saw the scene before them, they were all dumbfounded with odd expressions.
Whoa! This is too explosive!
Mu Yurou was very dissatisfied with being woken up by the screams and noise. When she opened her eyes, she found a corpse lying on the bed.
Her delicate and fair face immediately showed shock and panic. Where did this corpse come from?
Pulling aside the hair covering the man's face, she was shocked, her eyes full of terror.
This man was none other than Wang Dachui, whom she had heavily bribed yesterday to take Mu Qianyue's life. Upon touch, the body was cold and stiff, clearly dead for a long time.
How did he die in her bed? Could it be that Mu Qianyue is not dead?!
When Lv Yang saw the man on the bed was Wang Dachui, she was so scared her legs went weak, her face turning pale. Last night, she had gone to Mu Qianyue's to flaunt borrowed power, and Wang Dachui was already dead!
Thinking she had escaped a brush with death, she felt a lingering fear...
At this moment, Butler Ding Hao heard screams from the backyard and rushed over with some servants. When they saw the scene, they all stared with astonishment.
Last night, Crown Prince Nalan Yu had actually stayed overnight in Mu Yurou's room...
And there was a stranger's corpse on the bed...
The noise around woke Crown Prince Nalan Yu. Annoyed, he frowned and sat up in bed. When he saw everyone in the room looking at him with strange expressions, his face changed, and his eyes gradually cleared, scanning the crowd sharply.
Recalling last night's events, his confusion grew. Last night...
Last night, he seemed to have lost control, that feeling making him keenly aware that he had been schemed against!
In this Duke Zhen's residence, someone dared to scheme against him, Nalan Yu!
Who plotted against him?
"Ahhh! All of you get out! Out!" Mu Yurou, after coming to her senses, hurriedly grabbed the clothes beside her to cover her body, her face pale with anger.
"Dare to do it, and yet what's there to hide?" A servant sneered disdainfully.
"Indeed! Who knew the Second Miss had such a big appetite, even the Crown Prince couldn't satisfy her!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, not yet married and already... Unprecedented in Phoenix Shadow Country!"
"Never saw it coming, the Second Miss usually so gentle, yet having such an appetite in this aspect!"
"Guess it just goes to show, appearances can be deceiving!"
"..."
The crowd chattered one after another. Mu Yurou was so angry that she spat a mouthful of blood, her face turning white, and fainted. Of course, the fainting was a ruse; she had already lost face!
"Get out!! If anyone dares to take another look, I'll gouge your eyes out and exterminate your families!" Nalan Yu, after coming to his senses, was also livid, shouting angrily at the onlookers at the door.
"Hmph! Our Miss ending the engagement was right! As Crown Prince, behaving so indecently, staying overnight in a maiden's chamber, you've brought disgrace to Phoenix Shadow Country!"
"Exactly! How could the Crown Prince be worthy of our Miss? He's only suitable for marrying someone like the Second Miss!"
"That's right, how does the Second Miss compare to our Miss? Now that the Miss is no longer foolish, she's quite clever."
"Yes, indeed, the Miss now is like a pearl covered in dust. Once the dust is wiped away, the radiance is blinding."
"I think the Second Miss is too pretentious, not yet married and still loses virtue and conduct..."
"The Second Miss was picked up by the master back then, it's natural she has no virtues."
The people didn't hide their conversations, discussing back and forth, filled with scorn and ridicule in their tone, with various disdainful sneers on their faces.
If Mu Yurou was pretending to faint before, now she was truly faint from anger!
Nalan Yu's face was sullen, extremely intimidating, especially with eyes that seemed murderous.
"Crown Prince, you've destroyed my Duke's household's reputation first, and now you want to exterminate our families? The Miss was right, the Crown Prince lacks virtue and righteousness, indeed unworthy of her! The Miss writing a dismissal letter was wise!" Ding Hao stood with hands behind his back, his gaze cold and disdainful.
The humiliation of that day was brought up again by Ding Hao and others, Nalan Yu's gaze became terrifying beyond words, his expression chillingly dark.