"Father, they have already left."
Inside the study of the Canglang Palace, An Lingfeng knelt on one knee and informed the Canglang Emperor of the news he had just received.
In fact, he knew about it yesterday. He noticed that they seemed to have something urgent to attend to, so he did not inform his father. Instead, he waited until they had gone far away before coming to the study.
Emperor Canglang paused in his review of memorials and looked up.
"So fast? Where are we?"
"We've already left the city and will be crossing the river soon."
"So fast?" Cang Langfei's gaze was scrutinizing. He had informed the Crown Prince last night to persuade them to enter the palace.
Leaving today?
"Yes, they set off before dawn, and when I arrived, the place was already deserted."
"Alright, since that's the case, then go and see if there's anything the Holy Kingdom needs help with, and do your best to help."
"Yes, Father." After saying this, An Lingfeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, could this incident in the Holy Kingdom be related to the gods?"
"Hard to say," said the Azure Wolf Emperor, his eyes gleaming.
He remembered that a similar thing had happened in the Holy Kingdom a hundred years ago, when the people were suffering and the country was in turmoil.
If that's the case, then those few might be able to escape this calamity, right?
I don't know if this is the right thing to do.
The Azure Wolf Emperor waved his hand. "Go."
"yes."
On the other side of Kyushu.
The warm sun shone on the ruined streets, and the bloodstains and billowing smoke on the ground showed that this place was suffering great devastation.
The woman, dressed in black, slowly descended from the sky, flicked her robes fiercely, and stood in front of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion.
She slowly raised her head, looked at the dilapidated mansion in front of her, and scoffed inwardly.
Lift your leg and walk inside.
At this moment, the Marquis of Zhenbei was in the house, serving his mother.
He held the bowl and chopsticks, feeding her spoonful by spoonful, saying, "Mom, be careful, it's hot."
"Mmm...uh..."
After these days of care from Lin Dehong, the old lady's health has improved considerably.
She can sit up by herself now.
"Mother, we don't have much money left in the manor right now. Please bear with us. Things will be better once Shixuan gets out of prison."
The old lady took a sip of porridge, sighed, and nodded, "Alright, I'll do whatever you say."
She's old now. The more glamorous her first half of life was, the more miserable her second half became. Her current predicament is all thanks to Ye Lanyin and Zou Shuang'er.
Neither of these two daughters-in-law is easy to manage.
If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have agreed to let her son marry Ye Lanyin, and she certainly shouldn't have agreed to let Zou Shuang'er give birth to that child.
Now, the Lin family is gone, their home destroyed and their members dead. They don't even know how their ancestors will scold them after they die.
The thought of her mother-in-law sent a chill down her spine.
"Wow, I didn't expect your health to be even better than before?"
The familiar voice pulled the old lady back to reality, and shocked Lin Dehong even more.
He suddenly stood up and turned around, only to see Zou Shuang'er dressed in black, appearing before him at some point.
With blackened lips and a black, fox-like animal painted on the corner of his eye, his face was completely different from before, and this makeup terrified Lin Dehong.
"Are you Zou Shuang'er?"
"It seems you still remember me!" Zou Shuang'er pulled down her black hat, revealing a sinister face.
"Weren't you dead?" Lin Dehong stared wide-eyed.
He burned her to death himself, so how could she be here?
Thinking of this, his legs went weak, and he involuntarily took several steps back.
"Lin Dehong, I was your mistress for sixteen years, and I never expected you to kill me in the end!"
Zou Shuang'er's eyes were filled with intense hatred, her gaze becoming increasingly sharp, as if she wished she could tear the person in front of her to pieces.
She walked step by step toward Lin Dehong, having expended a great deal of effort to get revenge.
"Are you a human or a ghost? Don't come any closer..."
Lin Dehong had nowhere to retreat when he reached the edge of the old lady's bed. The old lady's eyes turned pale with fright, and her mouth trembled as she said, "Zou Shuang'er, you... go quickly!"
"Leave? You and your son, one of you tried to stop me from marrying Lin Dehong, and the other made me your mistress. Now, two of my children are dead, and another is in jail. Do you think I'll let you go?"
"If you want to find someone, go find Ye Lanyin. It was she who forbade me to take a concubine. Otherwise, I would have brought you into the manor long ago. Why wait until now?"
Upon hearing this, Zou Shuang'er instantly teleported in front of Lin Dehong, startling the old lady so much that she fell off the bed.
"ah--"
Lin Dehong was so frightened that his face turned pale. He looked down at his mother, who had fallen to the ground, and was extremely anxious.
"Mother, let your son help you up."
"mother……"
"Ouch, it hurts so much, my leg..." The old lady tried to get up from the ground, but her leg was stuck in the gap between the footstool and the bed, and she couldn't pull it out no matter what she did.
"Dehong, my foot..."
Zou Shuang'er glanced down and sneered.
"In the past, I served you, but you tormented me to death. Today, I will avenge my past self!"
As she spoke, she suddenly raised her leg and stomped hard on the old lady.
The old lady cried out in pain, then collapsed to the ground, groaning, "You...you vicious woman..."
"I really... I really misjudged you..."
Zou Shuang'er sneered, "You misunderstood me? It's clearly me who misunderstood you!"
"I originally thought you were so capable that Ye Lanyin would serve your Lin family so well and pave the way for you with her family's influence."
"I never expected him to be such a useless idiot!"
Back then, she faced opposition from the old lady and was also attracted to Ye Lanyin's family background, so she was willing to settle for second best and become Lin Dehong's mistress.
The purpose was to use the relationship between Lin Dehong and Ye Lanyin to avenge the Zhu family.
"Waaah..." The old lady sat on the ground crying and shouting, her head spinning, almost fainting.
"Zou Shuang'er, according to the rules, my mother is also your mother. How can you be so disrespectful to your elders? Aren't you afraid of being tortured in the oil cauldron in the eighteenth level of hell?"
Zou Shuang'er's eyes lit up when this was mentioned.
hell?
How she got here is something only she knows.
How dare she talk to her about the eighteen levels of hell now?
Do you really think the King of Hell can catch me?
"What do you mean?" Lin Dehong suddenly became wary, recalling the strange events that had occurred in Bianjing these past two days. His pupils dilated as he asked, "You... this Bianjing... could it be that you're behind this?"
"Hahahaha..." Zou Shuang'er laughed loudly upon hearing this, then her smile vanished abruptly. "Lin Dehong, I want the people of the Holy Kingdom to be buried with me! I want them to watch helplessly as their beloved family members die one by one..."
"Of course, considering we were once family, I will spare your lives. Whoever wins, I will let them go!"
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