Uncle Li looked into the distance and briefly recounted what had happened over the years.

Upon hearing this, Wen Xinghua couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"Thus, the Zhu family is considered extinct."

But Uncle Li shook his head, "No, not yet."

"Not yet?" Wen Xinghua was surprised. When he drew the death lot, the clan held a secret meeting to find out everything about the Zhu family.

This explains why, after his assassination attempt failed, he went to beat the Dengwen Drum that very night.

"Back then, I already spoke out about the heinous crimes committed by the Zhu family at the government office. It should have reached Emperor Kang's ears by now."

Uncle Li patted Wen Xinghua and said:

"Xinghua's story did indeed reach Emperor Kang's ears, and it provided him with effective evidence to bring down the Zhu family. But I've heard that the Zhu family still has an orphan who faked his death and escaped during his exile."

"However, with the Zhu family's power up, those who fled can no longer pose a threat to our village. It's enough to protect the ancestral hall."

"Come on, let's have a welcome dinner for you. Tonight, Wenjia Village has specially arranged a song and dance performance. Let's gather together and catch up!"

Wen Xinghua shouted, "Alright, then thank you, Uncle Li."

We'll talk about what happens next after today.

"Oh, the Wen family's hero has returned..."

"Ooh ooh ooh..."

After returning from Ping'an Prefecture, Marquis Zhenbei went directly to Zou Shuang'er's courtyard.

Taking advantage of the absence of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Zou Shuang'er was scolding her two concubines.

"You two damned sluts, how dare you seduce my son?"

Zou Shuang'er, holding a rattan basket, chased after Yu Shuang and Zhi Yan all over the yard.

After Lingwei and Shuxue were thrown out of the house by the Marquis of Zhenbei on National Day, they died on the spot, and Zou Shuang'er lost two rivals in love.

"Zou Shuang'er, what right do you have to hit us?"

"Just because I'm the madam!" Zou Shuang'er lashed out with her whip at Yu Shuang, the second wife, causing Yu Shuang to cry out in pain, "Ouch, that hurts so much!"

"So what if you're the lady? You're not on the family tree, so you're not a member of the Lin family. According to the rules, you should address us as 'elder sister'."

Zou Wanqing glared fiercely at Yu Shuang.

It was one thing for those high-ranking and powerful people like Ye Lanyin to humiliate her mother, but what right does this lowly servant have to humiliate her now?

"Bitch maid!"

As she spoke, she clenched her fists tightly, her eyes flashing with an unprecedented anger and ferocity.

Suddenly, her eyes turned crimson like flames, and a strange black smoke rose from her palm.

Sensing the changes in her body, Zou Wanqing raised her hand, looking at the black throat in her hand in disbelief, then her expression shifted from shock to surprise and then to joy.

The blood in her body was subtly awakening.

"This...this..."

"Hahaha, I have finally awakened the power within me."

Startled by her sudden change, Yu Shuang screamed, "Ah, a ghost..." and she and Zhiyan retreated in fright.

Zou Shuang'er stood there, utterly shocked.

Why is there so much black smoke on my daughter? It's like... like the evil spirits that appeared on the day the People's Republic of China was founded...

"Wanqing..."

"Mother, they're all riding roughshod over you, are you still going to put up with it?" Zou Wanqing looked at Zou Shuang'er with a sinister glint in her eyes.

"I..." Zou Shuang'er was speechless for a moment, her heart filled with resentment but she had no way to do anything about it.

She hated them, but they were all the master's women, what could she do?

"Kill them!" Zou Wanqing gritted her teeth.

"What?" Zou Shuang'er was shocked upon hearing this, staring at her daughter in disbelief.

“Kill them. As long as they live, Father will never be truly loyal to you. Mother, the Marquis's mansion belongs to us, and no one is allowed to have a share!”

Her tone was filled with determination and madness, as if she were possessed by some dark demon, which sent chills down one's spine.

Yu Shuang and Zhi Yan shook their heads repeatedly after hearing this.

"No, no, no..."

As she spoke, Yu Shuang suddenly rushed out the door in an attempt to escape. Seeing this, Zhi Yan hurriedly followed her.

Seeing the two trying to escape, Zou Wanqing's eyes grew even fiercer, and then she stretched out her demonic hand and sucked them in from behind.

Suddenly, the two stopped walking. Then, as if pulled by an invisible force, their massive bodies were dragged into the courtyard by the black smoke.

The most helpless one fell to Zou Wanqing's feet.

"Mother, kill them!"

Zou Shuang'er walked to Zou Wanqing's side with trembling hands, her voice barely audible, "Wanqing, I...I dare not!"

"Ah—you don't dare?" Zou Wanqing glared at her fiercely. "You dared to steal your own father's child and be a mistress for so many years, what are you afraid of?"

"Don't forget, you are a member of the Zhu family, the daughter of a disgraced official, and you deserve to die. If you still care about so much at this time, it will be us who die!"

"Hurry up..."

She heard faint footsteps approaching in the distance. Zou Wanqing was extremely anxious and rushed into the house, shoving a sharp dagger into Zou Shuang'er's trembling hand.

"Mother, hurry!"

Zou Shuang'er looked nervously at the dagger in her hand, then at the two trembling figures on the ground.

These days, the bullying and humiliation she suffered are flooding back to her.

Yu Shuang braced herself on the ground, inching backward in terror. "No, no, Madam, we'll never do it again! Don't kill me, please..."

Zhiyan also begged for mercy, "Madam, please let us go. We will never bother the master again."

“Mother, they know our secret now, and there’s nothing we can do to keep them here,” Zou Wanqing said coldly.

"Father agreed to let you enter the manor, and he has been scheming against Ye Lanyin for so many years. It's all for the future of the Marquis's manor. Have you thought about the consequences if he finds out that we are the descendants of disgraced officials?"

Zou Shuang'er clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost dug into her palms.

No, it cannot be discovered.

The Zhu family line cannot die out; absolutely not.

“Madam.” Yu Shuang grabbed Zou Shuang’er’s dress, pleading bitterly, “No, we won’t tell, we absolutely won’t tell. As long as you let us go, we’ll leave the Marquis’s mansion and go anywhere.”

"Please..."

"No, I can't let the family line end, I can't..." Zou Shuang'er muttered to herself, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. She raised the dagger in her hand and viciously stabbed at Yu Shuang.

"ah--"

"ah--"

"Pfft—"

"Pfft—"

"No, no, no!" She lost her mind like a madwoman, her eyes tightly shut, stabbing the two men again and again.

Only when she could no longer hear the two people's screams did she tremble and drop the dagger.

Seeing the two lying in a pool of blood, Zou Shuang'er was so frightened that she fell to the ground, "Ah, people are dead!"

"I killed someone, I killed someone."

At that moment, the footsteps grew closer and closer...

Zou Shuang'er suddenly looked towards the door.