The father Fu Yu mentioned should be the old man in the Fu family who lived to be over a hundred years old and witnessed the history of the empire.

There are many different stories circulating about Fu Yu's background.

Some people say that Fu Yu is his illegitimate daughter.

Some people say that the reason why men can live to be a hundred years old is because they used evil magic and borrowed the lives of children.

He adopted Fu Yu because he felt guilty.

Emperor Li Zongci embraced Fu Yu tightly.

"It seems I still don't understand my wife well enough."

"I need to work harder."

The old man watched the young couple gazing at each other affectionately not far away, his eyes blazing with anger.

Will anyone speak up for me?

Mind your own life or death!

Li Zongci! You unfilial grandson! You've forgotten your grandfather now that you have a wife!

Watching helplessly as his elders were tortured to death by his own wife...

well?

The old man's stiff muscles suddenly relaxed, and his arm, which he couldn't lift before, could move freely.

Moreover, over the years, the nerve under his right eyelid has been twitching subtly, unnoticed by others, but he can feel it himself.

He had tests done, but the doctors who graduated from top universities would just show him the medical report and say that everything was normal.

Right now, the nerve has miraculously stopped twitching.

The old man felt a surge of new life energy spreading from the top of his head throughout his body.

Could it be that this little girl wasn't deliberately tormenting him?

She really has some skills; she diagnosed his illness and helped him treat it.

Fifteen minutes later, Fu Yu returned to the car to retrieve the needle.

"Do you feel much better now?"

"A blind cat stumbles upon a dead mouse."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Fu Yu held up the silver needles she was about to put into the needle case and looked at the old man with a smile.

"Looking at your mouth, it seems it needs some treatment too."

The old man covered his mouth with both hands, not daring to say another word.

Fu Yu smiled without saying a word, recalling the previous plot.

In my past life, it was this old guy who felt he was about to die that kept urging me to get married.

He even convened a contest to select a wife from the empire's high society, publicly choosing a suitable fiancée for Li Zongci.

Fu Yao was taken to the competition venue by her family and accidentally became the first place winner.

The second place went to Linda, who had previously disappeared.

The old man was tyrannical and autocratic. After finalizing the selection, he tied Li Zongci and Fu Yao together, threatening them with their lives and even drugging Li Zongci.

Fortunately, Li Zongci, with his extraordinary willpower, endured until the doctor obtained the antidote and did not touch Fu Yao.

However, Li Zongci's symptoms of being infatuated and delirious still frightened Fu Yao.

Worried about losing her virginity, Fu Yao immediately contacted the second male lead, Ji Yanli, to elope.

It can be said that the old man was the culprit behind this tragic forced love.

They deserve to be tortured.

"You...didn't you already treat it?"

"Oh, so you admit that my acupuncture treatment is effective."

"No, I'm not. Don't flatter yourself. I'm perfectly fine right now, I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere, you..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Fu Yu quickly inserted the silver needles into the old man's philtrum.

Old Master Li felt a surge of heat in his chest, as if a ball of fire had rushed to his throat.

He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, then fainted and lost consciousness.

"Wife, this is also for Grandpa's medical treatment..."

Fu Yu carefully put away the needle case and patted it gently.

"No, I just didn't like him and wanted to teach him a lesson."

"Oh dear, sir..."

Someone tried to help the old man remove the silver needles, but Fu Yu's light warning rang in their ears.

"If this needle is inserted into the Mingmen point and the acupuncture technique is not understood, and it is removed rashly, at best the five internal organs will be damaged, and at worst the seven orifices will bleed."

Fu Yu pursed her lips and looked at the bodyguard who was about to remove the needles. She raised her hand slightly to indicate that he could remove the needles.

It's as if to say, "You can begin your performance now."

The male bodyguard decisively withdrew his fingers, which were about to touch the silver needle.

No one dared to take the risk that the old man might die suddenly if they removed the needles.

They'll be buried with them! They'll die without a proper burial!

Li Zongci looked at his wife in disbelief.

I never expected Fu Yu to be so amazing.

On second thought, he realized that he had been drugged that night, and if his wife had used acupuncture to save him, she could have forced the poison out of his body.

But she still chose to be with herself...

She must like him so much that she couldn't bear to give him acupuncture!

Li Zongci's heart skipped a beat, and he gripped her fingers tightly.

“Li Zongci, don’t plead with me. I have no intention of removing the needles for him right now.”

"He talks too much and needs to be cleaned of his toxicity."

Li Zongci nodded vigorously.

I follow my wife's arrangements in everything.

"But my grandfather won't die, will he?"

They won't die, but society will.

For the next month, Old Master Li had to live with a silver needle in his eye.

The renowned doctor he consulted confirmed Fu Yu's warning: only the person who administered the acupuncture could remove the needle.

Moreover, Fu Yu didn't say that even if she was willing to have it removed, she would have to wait three months.

She didn't mention that this needle was a "living needle" that would travel along the meridians on the patient's face while they slept.

Although I won't die, every minute and every second I live will be filled with a stinging pain that travels through my nerves.

It was worse than death.

*

The wedding of Emperor Lizong and Fu Yu was unprecedented in scale and prestige, even rivaling that of royal marriages.

The night before the wedding.

Li Zongci was making final preparations in his study; he was in charge of the entire wedding.

He was unwilling to let Fu Yu spend her limited energy on this.

He preferred that Fu Yu spend more time on him...

"Young Master."

Butler Xu brought a latte into the study. "The young mistress is looking for you."

Li Zongci took a sip of coffee. "I'll be there in 10 minutes."

"This..." Butler Xu hesitated and said, "The young mistress said that you must go there immediately, she has something urgent to discuss with you."

"Urgent? What's urgent?"

Li Zongci put down his coffee cup, spilling the documents in his hand all over the floor.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"Well... you'll find out when you find Madam."

Butler Xu hesitated, then turned slightly to the side, indicating that Li Zongci should find the answer himself.

An ominous premonition rose in my heart.

Li Zongci strode to the bedroom. The suite was empty and dark, as the lights were off.

It was as if all the tenderness and happiness during this period had vanished.

Li Zongci was the only one left in the room.

"My dear wife, my love, my darling, Ayu."

No one answered; only the sound of the curtains rustling in the open window.

Li Zongci touched the switch of the ceiling light.

I pressed it, but there was no response.

"Ayu, Fuyu!"

Li Zongci swallowed his anxiety and fear, and walked to the bathroom door in the dark.

Just as he was about to open the door, he felt someone hug him from behind.

"Is that you? Ah..."

Before Li Zongci could confirm whether the person behind him was Fu Yu, a series of silver needles pierced his body.

Li Zongci suddenly felt dizzy and his mind went blank. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he collapsed to the ground.