Chapter 619 The Demon Consort's Background
Before Du Wanchun could even speak...
Zhou Ruiyuan walked over and said, "No need to go."
Hai Qingyang looked up at him in surprise, "Your Majesty?!"
Zhou Ruiyuan helped Du Wanchun sit down properly and replied, "I have already sent someone to burn that tree down."
Du Wanchun was also startled. That tree could kill people; it must be either a demon or an evil spirit. It couldn't be burned down with a fire.
Hai Qingyang exclaimed in surprise, "They really burned it all down?"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded. He had already sent people to burn the tree before taking Du Wanchun and the others to go boating on the lake yesterday.
Any strange or unusual thing can be solved with a fire.
Hai Qingyang stood there stunned. "Your Majesty, is that fire useful?"
Zhou Ruiyuan didn't intend to explain in detail to Hai Qingyang, and reassured him somewhat perfunctorily, "Yes, of course it can. No matter how powerful it is, it's just a tree, so of course it can't withstand fire."
Hai Qingyang was skeptical at first, but as his doubts were dispelled, he gradually calmed down.
Du Wanchun followed Zhou Ruiyuan's words and said, "You should stay in the palace and recover from your injuries. His Majesty and I will handle this matter."
Hai Qingyang nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Du Wanchun pulled Zhou Ruiyuan away from Hai Qingyang's room and whispered to him, "Did you really burn that tree?"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded.
Du Wanchun was also somewhat incredulous.
Zhou Ruiyuan visited the tree at Qilin Mountain some time ago. In fact, it was just a pot of peonies that Du Wanchun had accidentally knocked over.
Things from the Nine Heavens naturally differ when they fall to the mortal realm.
Peonies take root in the mountains and gradually grow into trees, blooming with flowers that have miraculous effects every year.
Miss Ren's appearance changed drastically because she used flowers in her medicine back then.
Unfortunately, she was too greedy and wanted to go back again, otherwise she wouldn't have died.
Flowers need nutrients, just like carnivorous flowers, which thrive on human blood.
Zhou Ruiyuan simply burned the entire thing to prevent it from causing further harm.
As for what kind of fire he used, he certainly couldn't tell Du Wanchun.
After confirming several times, Du Wanchun slowly smiled and said, "If you burn all those flowers, then someone who doesn't need them will be worried."
"You mean that demonic concubine from the Southern Barbarians?" Zhou Ruiyuan asked.
Du Wanchun looked thoughtfully toward the direction of the Southern Barbarians.
Judging from Miss Ren, that Southern Barbarian Demoness probably also used the flowers from Qilin Mountain to make herself different from ordinary women.
She helped the eldest prince of the Southern Barbarians seize the throne, murdered the youngest prince, and then sent assassins to kill her.
So that the eldest prince of the Southern Barbarians could conquer the Xuan Yue Kingdom.
Du Wanchun couldn't understand why they wanted to assassinate her, a woman. But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that they probably already knew that the future king of Xuan Yue Kingdom doted on his wife.
There are even rumors that this commoner empress was a reincarnation of a lucky star, which is why His Highness the Crown Prince was able to survive countless near-death experiences and return to the capital.
They believed these rumors wholeheartedly, even using the rare flowers of Qilin Mountain to make poison, thinking that as long as she died, Zhou Ruiyuan would collapse on his own, and they could take advantage of the situation.
Du Wanchun smiled slowly, a hint of disdain on her lips.
Zhou Ruiyuan was more decisive than her; he burned the harmful flower.
I wonder if she can still be a bewitching concubine without the flowers used in medicine.
Within the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, at the Prince An's residence.
The ruler of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom did not select a crown prince. The eldest prince was enfeoffed as the Prince of An, the second prince as the Prince of Qi, and the runaway youngest prince as the Prince of Yi.
The rumored enchantress is Prince An's newlywed wife.
Everyone says she is as beautiful as a fairy, a beauty that could topple kingdoms, but no one knows that a year ago, this enchanting concubine was just a village woman at the foot of Qilin Mountain in Xuan Yue Kingdom.
The village woman, surnamed Guo, was over forty years old. Years ago, she married a woodcutter at the foot of the mountain. Later, she used her skills to seduce the local magistrate.
She climbed the social ladder and eventually became a concubine in the household of Prefect Yu.
As she grew older, her appearance faded, but her ruthlessness led to the death of her wife. She had hoped to become the principal wife of Prefect Yu.
Unexpectedly, she was retaliated against by Madam Yu's elder brother, who stuffed her in a sack and threw her up Qilin Mountain in the middle of the night.
Rumors say that wild beasts often roam Mount Qilin and cannibalize people.
They all thought that Guo was doomed on the mountain, but not only did she survive, she also encountered the man-eating flower at the summit.
She voluntarily cut off her own flesh and blood to nourish the man-eating flower.
Although the man-eating flower is a wild plant, it is intelligent and can make a deal with her.
Guo was responsible for providing it with food, and it gave Guo flowers that could change its appearance.
After taking the flower, Guo's appearance changed drastically, transforming from a middle-aged woman in her forties into a beautiful teenage girl.
Here, she met the Prince of An of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, who had come to scout ahead, and became the apple of his eye. In order to secure the position of the Prince's wife, she murdered his pregnant wife and drove away his younger brother.
Now that the man-eating flowers have been burned, Guo has no more flowers to use, and she is slowly becoming anxious. She looks at herself in the mirror, afraid that wrinkles will reappear on her face.
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