"I never expected that the Deng family would commit such a vile act in secret, abusing the imperial authority to harm the people. Their crimes are unforgivable. I will personally oversee the execution to give the people an explanation."

Nalan Yao's clear and melodious voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, it was the Deng family who betrayed your trust. They deserve to die! Your Majesty need not blame yourself."

"Yes, the Deng family deserves to die."

"Ahhh!" Deng Lao Er frantically smashed the cage, staring intently at Nalan Yao on the city wall.

As he watched Nalan Yao enjoy the devout worship of the people, Deng Lao Er's fingernails dug into the wood of the cage, making a creaking sound.

Bang! A rotten egg exploded on Deng Lao Er's head, leaving him reeking. Why... why did Nalan Yao not protect him when his family was working for her?!

Nalan Yao's gaze fell on Deng Lao Er, as if she were looking at a stranger.

"This person's crimes are heinous; he shall be executed by slow slicing! As a warning to others!"

Nalan Yao's voice rang out from above the square. The executioner stepped forward with a knife, and Deng Lao Er struggled desperately.

He was pinned to the ground and let out a howl like a trapped beast.

"He should be executed by slow slicing!"

"Beast! You're an absolute beast!"

The sharp blade cut into the flesh, making a total of 108 cuts before the person finally breathed their last.

"As expected of the Empress, she has avenged us common people!"

May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace.

The people below said one after another, as if they had forgotten that it was Nalan Yao who had helped the Deng family to their current positions.

But as soon as someone says even the slightest bad word about Nalan Yao, someone else will jump out to defend her.

In the hearts of the people, Nalan Yao is their goddess! Even if she helped the Deng family to rise to power, Nalan Yao certainly wouldn't know what the Deng family had done.

News of the Deng family's downfall spread throughout the streets and alleys. Most importantly, half of the Deng family's assets were used to help refugees.

"Empress Nalan is so kind! How can there be such a perfect woman in this world! It is truly a blessing for our Azure Dragon Empire to have such an empress."

"Who can disagree? She is truly the most extraordinary woman in history! No one can match her."

"If Empress Nalan hadn't led her troops to drive back the demons back then, where would the prosperous Azure Dragon Empire be today?"

"Yes, yes, more than ten years have passed, but I remember it clearly! Empress Nalan was so dashing back then! I thought she would never be trapped by the Azure Dragon in this life, but I never expected... she would willingly become the Empress."

"Yes, I heard that Empress Nalan explicitly refused the marriage agreement with His Majesty back then, but unexpectedly she still married into the royal family in the end. If such a woman continues to cultivate, I'm afraid that another cultivator will ascend to the upper realm in the next hundred years."

"Yes, it has been many years since anyone has ascended to heaven."

"However, I am quite curious as to why Empress Nalan broke with the Nalan family back then?"

"Well...who knows?"

The man shook his head. "What's circulating now is just rumors. Nobody knows the truth of the matter."

Inside the teahouse, people chatted back and forth.

In the private room.

Jun Liuyue took a sip of tea. "Nalan Yao?"

What a legendary woman!

At just over ten years old, he led troops to repel thousands of demons. Such an achievement is still amazing even decades later.

After all, the Canglan Continent is now terrified of demons and monsters.

That's right! She was the one who hung the two elders of the Deng family on the city wall, and she was also the one who sent information about the Deng family's crimes to the palace.

All of these crimes were recorded by the Ghost Palace.

"Madam, I have done a great service this time," Feng Chu said with a grin.

What do you want?

Jun Liuyue finished the tea in her cup in one gulp, raised an eyebrow and looked at Feng Chu across the table, then turned her teacup upside down on the table.

"Hehehe, all I need to do is say a few good words for me to His Majesty!" Feng Chu said with a fawning smile.

If outsiders saw Feng Chu looking like this, they would probably be terrified! This is the Ghost Lord of the Ghost Palace!

Even in front of the divine historian of Heavenly Realm Island, he showed no fear.

But--

Yet he showed such a fawning expression in front of a girl who was not even twenty years old.

It's so disillusioning.

"Don't call me 'Madam' anymore."

Liu Yue said calmly, "Your master and I don't have that kind of relationship."

"You and His Excellency had a falling out? It's okay, you can talk about it later, hehehe."

Jun Liuyue's lips twitched slightly, and she had an urge to dissect Feng Chu's head to see if it was filled with mush.

The image of the man she saw in her hallucination flashed through her mind—wait! Why was she thinking about him? Damn it!

Liu Yue shook her head; she was just too idle.

“However, since you destroyed the Deng family, Empress Nalan has sent people to investigate your background. They’ve even tracked you down to the Ghost Palace,” Feng Chu said. The Ghost Palace has the largest intelligence organization in Canglan.

That's why they were able to gather all the evidence of the Deng family's crimes in such a short time, down to the smallest detail, and with perfect clarity.

However, this is also thanks to Feng Chu's love of gossip. The Deng family has been too arrogant in recent years, but since it hasn't affected the interests of the Ghost Palace, he has turned a blind eye to it.

But who would have thought that the Deng family would have the misfortune of offending Jun Liuyue?

Feng Chu and Jun Liuyue didn't have a deep relationship, but his intuition told him that no one was more vengeful than her! She never held grudges for long and usually settled them on the spot.

This decisive and ruthless nature is quite similar to that of the legendary sovereign.

They're a perfect match!

Sometimes Feng Chu even wondered if this was really a teenage girl? How could she be even more cunning than him, an old fox who had lived for over twenty years!

No wonder she's the woman His Majesty has taken a liking to; looking across the entire Canglan Continent, you probably can't find another like her!

“I believe that Palace Master Feng will conceal all my origins.” Liu Yue raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, of course." What a joke! Even if he had eight hundred times the courage, he wouldn't dare tell Nalan Yao!

Jun Liuyue took out a blue porcelain bottle from her spatial storage. "This is your reward."

"Why are you being so polite? It's too much trouble." Feng Chu's eyes lit up. Others might not know, but he knew that the person in front of him was not only a cultivation genius, but also the most famous Ghost Doctor in the area!

The Spirit Gathering Elixir that was originally stored at the Qilin Auction House has already been inflated to a sky-high price of 50 million!

I wonder if people would be so shocked that their eyes would pop out if they knew that the legendary Ghost Doctor was actually a little girl?

"Don't want it?" Liu Yue raised her hand, as if to take the porcelain bottle back.

"Yes, yes, yes! I have no choice but to accept your kind offer, Madam. Hehehe." Feng Chu took the porcelain bottle, opened it a crack, and his eyes widened suddenly.

"This is a seventh-grade pill?!"