Granny Jin furrowed her brow into a deep frown, trying to cover Ye Shaorong's mouth with her hand.

Such words cannot be spoken. The claim that Ye Beihan is neither male nor female is merely a rumor circulating in the palace, but all those who said such things have been killed by Ye Beihan. This cannot be said carelessly.

"Princess……"

Granny Jin wanted to persuade her again, but the person who appeared at the door made her break out in a cold sweat.

"Has the Princess finished scolding me?"

The sound was piercing, and the entire room seemed to be instantly filled with cold air, sending chills down one's spine.

Ye Beihan, dressed in a black brocade robe, strode over, his foreign, cold face turning a terrifyingly pale blue.

Upon seeing Ye Beihan enter like this, Granny Jin collapsed to the ground in terror. He must have heard what the princess had just said.

Since he became regent, who would dare to say such a thing, unless they were courting death?

Ye Shaorong staggered to her feet, her clothes disheveled, and she looked as if she wanted to devour Ye Beihan.

"My brother was right after all; you are an ungrateful wolf!"

Ye Beihan stood in front of Ye Shaorong, looking down at her and keeping her at arm's length.

"If you dare touch my people, you'll know what the consequences will be. That person in the palace is no longer of any use to me."

Ye Shaorong couldn't believe what she was hearing. What did Ye Beihan mean by this?

He wanted to kill his elder brother?

Do you want to usurp the throne?

"You are heartless and insane. You can't just lay a hand on my brother."

The emperor is the supreme being, and there has never been a case of a son killing his father, no matter how much the two are at odds.

"Hmph! Let's see if I dare. I came here today to tell you that I have prepared an edict that once His Majesty passes away, Yue Ze will succeed to the throne."

"Ye Beihan, you drafted the imperial edict? What kind of person are you to presume to overstep your bounds and propose a crown prince for the emperor?"

Ye Shaorong's angry roar echoed throughout the entire princess's residence. Ye Beihan held his breath, closed his eyes briefly, and then slightly opened them towards Shuang Shuo.

Shuang Shuo understood his master's meaning, took out a small box from his pocket, and two guards held Ye Shaorong down.

As soon as the Shuangshuo box was opened, a poisonous insect resembling a centipede crawled onto Ye Shaorong's body.

"What do you want? Let me go, take the bugs away... take them away... Ah... help..."

Ye Shaorong's biggest fear was crawling insects. This poisonous insect was flat, yet had countless legs, and she was being held down. This was more frightening to her than being killed.

"Your Majesty, please forgive her. The princess didn't mean it; she was just saying it in anger. Please, Your Majesty, forgive the eldest prince..."

The curved blade slashed through the air, blood gushing out. Before Granny Jin could finish speaking, she breathed her last.

Now Ye Shaorong truly understood Ye Beihan's methods; he wasn't human, but a devil crawled out of hell.

"No, help..."

The poisonous insects slowly approached Ye Shaorong's neck, and no matter how much she screamed, it was no use.

As countless feet crawled onto her skin, she could clearly hear the sizzling sound of insects crawling.

"Didn't the Eldest Princess also suspect that I was responsible for the poisoning of the person in the palace?"

Ye Beihan used the curtain in the room to wipe the blood off the scimitar before slowly putting it back in its sheath.

“That’s right. His life was already in my hands. He’s only able to see the sun today because of my charity.”

The poisonous insect bit Ye Shaorong's neck a few times, sucked its fill of blood, and then turned back to the box in Shuang Shuo's hand.

Ye Shaorong felt dizzy and in pain. The poisonous insect injected venom into her body, and in no time, it felt as if needles had sprung up all over her blood, pricking every inch of her skin.

"Ye Beihan, I am your aunt, how dare you treat me like this..."

Shuang Shuo brought over a chair, and Ye Beihan kicked one of the dead male concubines at his feet aside, then sat down in front of Ye Shaorong without any emotion.

"You can't stand it already? The one in the palace has endured it for many years."

After a pause, Ye Beihan continued.

"Aunt, why pretend to be stupid? Don't you know best what I have all these years?"

"Those in the court who dared to defy me, have all been subdued by me. But do you know why I haven't laid a hand on you, my aunt, all these years?"

What could Ye Shaorong possibly know? He just thought he had power in his own hands, and he wouldn't dare to do it!

"You only harmed Qian Ning because you were afraid of me, the princess."

Ye Beihan had no idea that his aunt, whom he had always tolerated, actually thought this way about him and was even hurting Su Luo behind his back.

"I call you Aunt because you pleaded for my mother when she was in trouble, and you told the eunuchs who delivered my meals not to mistreat me when I was abandoned in the cold palace."

Although many years have passed, and though I am not good with words, I have always been grateful. As for Qian Ning's death, it was her own fault.

Back then, Ye Shaorong only said a few words casually. At that time, Consort Hui wanted to take Ye Beihan away from the Cold Palace and used drugs to make her brother lose his mind.

It was because of that incident that she became pregnant with Ye Yueze again. She thought that if she had another child, she could gain status through her son and lead the two of them out of the cold palace.

After all, neither of them had made any major mistakes. It was just that Ye Beihan looked different from others and there were bad rumors about him, so he was abandoned.

She had only recently become a wife and had a child. Overwhelmed by maternal love, she casually suggested that her brother imprison her and her child in the cold palace so that they would never see each other again.

But unexpectedly, Ye Beihan was indeed a monster. He got better and better, and one day, the powerful ministers of Beiliang pleaded for him one by one.

Not long after he was released from the cold palace, he was appointed regent of Northern Liang, while his elder brother's health deteriorated, leading to the current situation.

"Qian Ning, how did she die?"

Ye Shaorong always remembered what Su Luo had said in the dungeon.

She thought about it for a long time after she returned. No matter what, Nanning would not lay a hand on Qian Ning. If they didn't want peace, why would they agree to a marriage alliance?

However, Ye Beihan repeatedly tried to provoke Nanning, so she felt that her daughter's death was a mystery she didn't know.

"As I said, she brought it on herself."

"Furthermore, I have used every means to deal with others, but I have never laid a hand on my aunt. You should not ignore my words."

"This time I'm sparing your life as repayment for the favor you did for my mother. But you've harmed my woman; whatever pain she suffers, you will suffer even more."

The poison on Ye Shaorong's body was more than just pain; she endured the feeling that every inch of her skin was cracking, her eyes bloodshot.

She had no idea that Ye Beihan's poisons were so potent; he used this method to control the entire Northern Liang court.

She had no idea that Ye Beihan had always been grateful to her, which was why she had been able to act so recklessly for so many years. It turned out that her power was not given by her brother, but by Ye Beihan.

Seeing Ye Beihan get up with Shuang Shuo and the others, Ye Shao endured the pain and still said something.

"Bei Han, Su Luo is no longer a chaste woman."