Kitano saw through Su Qing's concerns. His face turned pale, and his hands holding the medicine trembled.
"Qingqing, don't worry, I will never harm you."
"Thank you." Su Qing picked up the bowl, drank the medicine in one gulp, and then her burns began to heal gradually.
"Alright, I'm really all better now, Kitano, thank you so much." Su Qing was so excited that she hugged Kitano tightly.
Bei Ye's lips moved slightly: "Qingqing, it's good that you're better. Stay in Beihai and don't get involved in the troubles of the Immortal Realm anymore. Live a peaceful life, okay?"
"No, you can't." Su Qing resolutely refused Bei Ye. She grabbed Bei Ye's arm, her anger making her selectively forget the wound on his wrist.
“Emperor Kitano, you don’t understand. Su Xun is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. As soon as my father passed away, he kicked me out.”
"He never liked me. This is all just him taking revenge. And my mother, if he hadn't made such a big fuss to drive me out, she wouldn't have died."
"This princess seeks revenge." Su Qing said with a gloomy face, "My father and mother only have me as their biological daughter."
“I am the most noble princess of the Phoenix Clan. Everything of the Phoenix Clan should belong to me. How can it fall into the hands of outsiders?”
"Hiss." Kitano's forehead was sweating from the pain, but he still couldn't bear to remind Su Qing.
He longed to tell Su Qing that he never loved the noble Princess Su Qing, but rather Su Qing who was picking tea for the first time in the city and countryside.
Although Su Qin wore coarse cloth at that time, his temperament was simple and beautiful.
But why?
Kitano felt a sense of unfamiliarity. The Su Qing he knew before was so lively, but the Su Qing he knew now seemed terrifying.
"You have to help me, Emperor Kitano, you have to help me."
"You should rest first. We'll discuss this matter later." Emperor Kitano's clothes were already stained with blood, but Su Qing didn't notice at all.
She poured all her hatred onto Li Muge and Su Xun; if it weren't for them, none of what happened later would have occurred.
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This side of Mengling Valley.
The city lord escaped, but he had nowhere to run. Li Muge easily found his location.
She was slightly strained carrying Yun Qi on her shoulders. "Demon Lord, you should eat less in the future. Women prefer women who are slimmer."
Yun Qi felt faint every now and then: "No need, I've already married you, Protector, why would I bother with other women?"
I don't know if it was Li Muge's imagination.
She always felt that Yun Qi's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.
Could it be that she's the one who ruined things by taking a concubine?
No, she shouldn't care about these things, since Yun Qi doesn't like her.
It must be because her taking a concubine made that madman Yun Qi feel ashamed.
Following the trail of the Netherworld Stone, Li Muge arrived at a courtyard.
Every material used in the courtyard is of the highest quality.
The spiritual pearl in Li Mu's singer body that sensed the threads of emotion suddenly lit up.
If it weren't for this damned dragon tendon, she would have almost kicked this troublesome demon lord.
Searching for the owner of the threads of love.
"Guests, please come inside and have some tea, instead of sitting in the courtyard."
A woman walked in. She was extremely ordinary-looking, the kind of face that would disappear into the crowd without being recognized.
She glanced at Yun Qi and Li Muge, covered her mouth and smiled, "I didn't realize that you two had such a good relationship. Hugging and cuddling like this in broad daylight, are you waiting to go back to your room?"
"You've misunderstood. I have absolutely no relationship with this woman."
Before Li Muge could speak, Yun Qi weakly offered a clarification.
"Give me a break." Li Muge flicked Yun Qi's forehead, then her smile widened.
"I'm so sorry, young lady. My husband is just like this, so unruly. I'll definitely teach him a lesson next time."
“Li…” If Yun Qi weren’t currently exhausted, he would have tortured Li Muge in every way possible: “Bring me the antidote,”
"Stop talking." Li Muge glanced at the woman's back and gave Yun Qi a disdainful look: "Don't do this useless stuff. If there were an antidote, I wouldn't want to stand so close to you."
The woman's name was Yao Niang.
She was originally a maid in the city lord's mansion.
Li Muge lowered her eyes in thought, having already discerned what "Yao Niang" desired from her.
Yao Niang poured tea for Li Muge and Yun Qi before returning to her seat with a calm expression.
She seemed to already know the purpose of Li Muge and Yun Qi's arrival.
"My two guests, may I ask you a favor? Please don't kill the city lord."
Li Muge said impatiently, "No, he has harmed so many people, just because of his ugly appearance."
“If we don’t kill him, should we keep him alive to continue harming others? Besides, do you think the people of Mengling Valley have lost their face and become monsters?”
"Mengling Valley has long been a dead city."
“I know.” Yun Nian’s eyes fell into the tea. “But you two guests, the city lord wasn’t like this before. He was a very nice person.”
"I beg you, don't hurt him, don't harm him."
"Bang."
Li Muge slammed her hand on the table and stood up, "Are you brainless, woman?"
"If you don't kill him, do you really want to watch this city lord lose his mind and eventually become a puppet of his desires?"
Yao Niang shook her head: "I don't want to."
"But I can't bear to part with it."
Li Muge remained calm. If it weren't for the fact that she wanted something from this woman, she would have lost the patience to listen to her rambling.
"Who cares if you can't bear to part with it?"
Li Muge grabbed Yun Qi, wanting to leave.
Yao Niang knelt before them.
"Please, I beg you, the city lord wasn't like this before. He used to be a really, really good person."
"He treats people with sincerity, but I don't know why his personality has changed so drastically."
Li Muge tugged at the dragon tendon, feeling that Yun Qi was a really troublesome person.
“You’re Yao Niang, right?” Li Muge looked at the nameplate on the table.
"There are many people in this world who are more pitiful than your city lord. If he is kind by nature, he is just being misled by external things. Do you think she would be happy if he kept his mind in a state of confusion?"
Li Muge's words silenced Yao Niang.
She recalled her first meeting with the city lord.
He shook his head: "He won't, he won't be happy."
Li Muge conjured a red spider lily and placed it in Yao Niang's hand: "In this world, you have to give up something to gain something."
Yun Qi forced his eyelids open and saw the red spider lily, his eyes flickering.
The Lord of Mengling Valley held the stone in his hand and suddenly felt a chill run through his body; he didn't even dare to look in the mirror.
Looking at my face in the mirror.
In a daze, those mocking voices echoed in his ears again.
A voice told him.
I'm asking him.
Do you want to go back to the way things were?
Do you want to become that ugly, pitiful person who is bullied at will?
"No, I don't want to. I am the city lord. I don't want to go back to the past. No, I don't want to, even if it means death."
The sores on the face of the Lord of Mengling Valley City were probably due to his excessive excitement, which caused them to start oozing pus again.
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