The six people who were just gathered together were suddenly divided into three groups.

Li Mingke and Demon Lord Luan Hua.

The fourth prince and the second princess.

The maids of the Fifth Princess and the Second Princess.

Just as the Fourth Prince was about to rush towards Li Mingke, he was stopped by a stone wall that fell from the sky. When he came to his senses, he found himself trapped with the Second Princess.

The second princess was so frightened that she didn't know what to do and looked around in a panic.

“Fourth brother…” she called to him.

"Second Sister." He turned around and looked directly at the woman in front of him.

"Fourth brother, what should we do?" She was on the verge of tears, clearly terrified.

The fourth prince went to her side and patted her shoulder reassuringly, "It's alright, second sister, I'm here!"

The second princess showed a joyful and grateful expression.

The Fourth Prince gave a reassuring smile and asked, "However, now there are no outsiders, just the two of us. I want to ask Second Sister...didn't you say you didn't want to compete with us siblings? Why did you still come to Fengchan Mountain?"

The second princess wore a sorrowful expression. "I don't want to fight, but they're all forcing me to, so I have no choice..."

"You have no choice but to come? Great!"

The fourth prince, who had been gentle and refined just moments before, instantly turned ruthless. With lightning speed, he grabbed her neck, lifted her up, and took her feet off the ground.

The second princess was having difficulty breathing, her lips turned purple, her legs kicked wildly, and she pounded her neck with her hands.

"I'm so sorry, second sister, I had no choice but to do this!"

The second prince finally revealed a sinister expression rarely seen by outsiders, "My sister loves me, so she's giving up the throne for me. As for you, sister... just go over there and reunite with Father!"

He tightened his grip, savoring the fragile struggle of the man before him as he faced death.

But soon, he noticed that the person in front of him was unusual.

A silver thread flew out from the Second Princess's sleeve and shot straight into his eyeball.

The fourth prince dodged by tilting his head, but the silver thread relentlessly pursued him. Helpless, he had no choice but to let go and retreat rapidly.

The silver thread seemed to be able to track its target, so he had to draw his sleeve dagger.

After several rounds, the fourth prince was breathing rapidly.

The second princess covered her neck and waved her silver hair on the other side.

"When did Second Sister learn such skills?"

While dodging, the fourth prince looked for an opportunity to get close to the second princess.

But the second princess did not answer, focusing only on the person in front of her.

"Perhaps I should ask this..."

"When did you and my second sister switch identities?"

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After the Fifth Princess and Demon Lord Luan Hua separated, she threw a tantrum.

She stomped her feet and cursed, then turned around and saw the maid standing behind her.

"Disgusting ugly freak, what are you looking at!"

She slapped the maid across the face.

The maid was knocked so hard she staggered and almost fell.

The Fifth Princess pulled out her silk handkerchief and vigorously wiped her hands. "You've really dirtied my hands. How could my second sister have taken in such an ugly monster like you!"

The thought of the Second Princess made the Fifth Princess angry again, to the point that she found the maid increasingly unpleasant to look at.

Fight her! Fight her! Everyone's fighting her for her!

Just like before, why not simply give her whatever she likes?

She kicked the maid several more times, finally knocking her down.

"Cry? What right do you have to cry? It's an honor for me, the princess, to hit you! My second sister is kind and gentle, but she hasn't disciplined you servants enough, which is why you've all become so unruly! Shut up!"

Unexpectedly, the maid cried even harder.

She lay on the ground, clutching the Fifth Princess's clothes, and scribbled on the ground with her tears.

"What are you doing? You can't just pull my clothes like that!" The Fifth Princess snatched her skirt back from her hand, but inadvertently discovered the words she had written on the ground.

“…Rain?” the Fifth Princess murmured slowly.

No, that's not right, she didn't finish writing!

She examined it carefully and, sure enough, the maid had written another character "文" in the rain.

"Wen?"

The fifth princess savored the word.

You should know that her second sister's name is Wu Xiwen.

"How dare you, a mere maid, mention my second sister's name!" She stomped on the maid's hand, causing the maid to gasp in pain.

"Oh? You're mute?"

The maid shook her head frantically, looking at the Fifth Princess with pleading eyes.

The Fifth Princess stared at her face, which was covered in bandages but wet with tears, and found her eyes strangely familiar.

"You wouldn't happen to be... my second sister, would you?"

Upon hearing this, the maid's only eye widened immediately, and she nodded with delight.

"Are you really my second sister?"

The maid nodded vigorously.

"Wu Xiwen?"

The maid nodded even more vigorously.

"What evidence do you have?"

The maid was now in a dilemma, because she had no direct evidence to prove it.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

She gestured with her only intact hand, making a flapping wing-like flying motion, and put her hand to her mouth, presumably trying to make a sound.

She once gave the Fifth Princess a birthday gift that was a flute that could attract butterflies when blown.

The Fifth Princess stared blankly.

That was her eighth birthday. Of all her birthday gifts, this flute was her favorite, even more so than the pearls her father had given her. She carried it with her for a long time.

"So... you really are my second sister." The Fifth Princess's expression softened.

"So, it was that fire that turned you into this? Did that person take your identity?"

The second princess nodded through her tears.

"Oh, that's so pitiful. Second sister must be in so much pain..." The Fifth Princess's eyes also welled up with tears.

"Since that's the case..."

The corners of her mouth, hidden behind her sleeve, curved upwards.

"Let the younger sister help the second older sister get rid of all this!"

She stomped on the second princess's hand even harder, pressing her entire weight onto it and grinding it in circles.

The second princess let out a silent howl, her eyeballs bulging out in pain.

"Looking at you now, if you go out and say you're the real Second Princess, who would believe you?"

She placed her other foot on the Second Princess's chest.

"You're only keeping yourself in check by that fake princess. We're related by blood, so why not make a wedding dress for your sister? Once you become emperor, you'll avenge your sister and build her the biggest and most luxurious imperial mausoleum, okay?"

The second princess's tears flowed more and more fiercely as she shook her head desperately, muttering something, but the fifth princess could not hear her and did not want to understand.

The Fifth Princess took out a medicine bottle from the purse at her waist, uncorked it, and poured the powder inside into the Second Princess's mouth.

"Although this medicine will make your death painful, it will be short-lived. Sister, just bear with it and it will pass!"

The second princess wanted to spit out the medicine, but the powder dissolved instantly in her mouth.

The fifth princess walked a little further away from the second princess. After a while, the second princess's limbs began to twitch, and she then assumed various postures that ordinary people could not do.

Finally, she foamed at the mouth and passed away in a horrifying manner.

The Fifth Princess looked at all of this and smiled.

"Unfortunately, we can't hear anything."

She uttered only this one sentence, then gracefully stepped over the still-warm corpse.

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Li Mingke's thoughts were in a state of chaos, and waves surged in his mind.

She had never felt such a strong urge to understand everything as she did now.

She used to think of herself as just an ordinary, well-off young lady, or rather, a young lady from a good family, but now more and more mysteries are shrouding her in.

Why did she dress as a man?

Who was the master who guided my mother?

Why did she insist on becoming a disciple of the Immortal Venerable Jinyun?

There are many more, as if someone deliberately concealed all of this and planned it all.

Suddenly, a multitude of sounds flooded into her ears.

The sounds of clashing weapons, shouts, raindrops hitting the ground, and a faint yet unmistakable call for her...

A surging wave rose in the sea of ​​consciousness, and even several stars trembled.

But suddenly, a cool breeze blew by, soothing everything and bringing her a sense of clarity.

Her eyes instantly regained their brightness.

But when she opened her eyes and tried to look around, she found herself in complete darkness.

She can't see anything anymore!

She rubbed her eyes, but still couldn't see anything!

She's blind!

She panicked.

"Demon Lord... Demon Lord!" she shouted.

"What are you shouting for!" The Demon Lord's voice came from the front.

"I...I can't see!" Her voice was trembling.

"Oh, because all the lights went out in an instant, it would be a ghost if you could see anything." There were only one or two faint lights in this place before, but now they're all out, so of course you can't see anything.

Li Mingke wiped away a cold sweat.

She was terrified!

She carefully stepped toward the direction of Demon Lord Luan Hua, but when she looked down, she noticed that the disguise bead in her collar was emitting a bluish light.

That was the only thing that shone in the darkness.