Chapter 137 Su Yuyao Unleashes a Bloodbath at the Vermilion Bird Palace
"Grandma Wen!" Su Yuyao walked up to Grandma Wen, lowered her eyes and asked, "You said that Lord Guan Xiao did something improper to you, do you have any evidence?"
“Of course! I know he has a mole on his butt!” Granny Wen said, crossing her legs, hugging her arms, and tilting her head back.
Suddenly, Su Yuyao's mind conjured up an image of a firm buttock with a black mole. Although she understood Guan Xiao's needs, as an elder, having someone openly describe the characteristics of her private parts made Su Yuyao very uncomfortable.
She steadied herself slightly and said, "This doesn't count as evidence that he forced you!"
"It doesn't count?!" Granny Wen raised her voice again, "Why doesn't it count?!"
"Alright, I'll ask and you answer!" Su Yuyao slowly squatted down, looking at Granny Wen's extremely unfriendly eyes, and asked, "What kind of improper thing are you referring to?!"
"What is it? Of course, it's about matters between men and women!" Granny Wen said without any shame.
"Okay, if it's a matter between a man and a woman, how can you prove that you weren't consenting?" Su Yuyao continued to ask.
“Me?! Of course I didn’t do it willingly…” Granny Wen said, rolling her eyes, “I…”
"How many times did he do it to you?" Su Yuyao asked immediately afterward.
"Hmph! That happened quite a few times..."
"If you didn't do it voluntarily, why did you do it several times?" Su Yuyao continued to ask.
"Ah...I..."
"Grandma Wen, are you all alone?"
"yes……"
"As far as I know, Lord Guan Xiao has never remarried since his wife's death, and he remains single to this day! Even if he wanted to remarry, it wouldn't be shameful. Why would he need to do something so underhanded and despicable? Besides, he's a military man, so his looks are naturally excellent! And you?" Su Yuyao glanced disdainfully at the plain-looking, shrewish Wen Po, "How could someone like you possibly catch Lord Guan Xiao's eye?"
"Hmph! Miss Yao'er! We're all women! You don't need to look down on me!" Granny Wen glanced at Su Yuyao and said, "Could it be that every time you and Lord Xuanfeng did it willingly?"
Su Yuyao's eyes trembled slightly, and her Qi surged.
"Grandma Wen," she said coldly, "if you were forced, then produce evidence of being forced. If you think you can slander Lord Guan Xiao with just these few words, I advise you to save your energy."
"Hmph! I'm not slandering him! He said that if I went with him, he would help me find a way to get Lord Xuanfeng to let us out!"
Su Yuyao slowly stood up and walked towards the other old women who were being held captive by Feiying and Bi Rong. "You've managed to get this far, which shows you're quite capable. Since you're so eager to get out, why don't you explain things clearly? Instead, you've followed this old woman Wen's nonsense and added to your own troubles!"
The old women looked at each other but didn't say anything.
Su Yuyao placed her hand on the crescent-shaped blade at her waist, stroking it. If she asked all these people together, none of them would speak! If she asked them separately, the chances of them speaking were slim too! If they were willing to speak, it wouldn't have taken so long!
Now, their memorial tablets have been destroyed, and the stone tablets that could serve as evidence are gone. They remain silent, yet they are still demonstrating here...
Su Yuyao cast a divination at will. Wen Po, representing an old woman, was chosen from the Kun hexagram (☷), which she took from the ground. The primary hexagram, Kun, represents earth, and the hour was Wei (未). The second line moved, transforming Kun into Kan, the hexagram Earth over Water (☰). The body overcomes the function, and earth overcomes water! Kan also represents the middle son. The middle son? Could it be that they can overcome Xuanfeng?
It seems that neither this old woman nor her gang of old women can be allowed to live!
If that's the case, then they must be...
Su Yuyao had an idea in mind, but she was also frightened by her own idea. What should she do? Tell Xuanfeng? Or... should she take action herself?
Su Yuyao glanced at the main hall, where her lover, her enemy, and her humiliation resided…
She saw the collapsed house amidst the flames, but dared not recall her parents' faces! She was lonely, afraid, and longed for support, but her pillar of strength was the very person who had taken everything from her…
Su Yuyao backed down. Should I still help him? Should I just let him fend for himself? Or should I simply turn against him? I'm going to take revenge on him anyway…
Forget it! I'll just ignore him! I'll only ask for a good place for Aunt Yuqing...
Granny Wen glanced disdainfully at Su Yuyao, who was gradually withdrawing her aura. "Miss Yao'er, just listen to me. A woman is still a woman. How many women can achieve great things like Mother Yi? If you ask me, you don't need to care about any grudges between you and Lord Xuanfeng. As long as you can live a life of luxury with him, that's enough!"
"What grudge does Lord Xuanfeng have with me?" Su Yuyao suddenly became curious. What did this old woman Wen know?
Granny Wen proudly propped herself up on one leg, shook her head, and said, "I know everything. Lord Xuanfeng must have used some tricks to get you!"
Did you use some tricks to get me?
Su Yuyao's heart suddenly trembled. Her parents and Green Luo had been killed. Although there was no concrete evidence, based on the scene she had seen at Flying Eagle's place, she already had the answer in her heart!
However, Xuanfeng didn't kill me...
However, I was assassinated...
Could it be that, besides Xuanfeng, someone else wants to wipe out the Su family?!
Seeing Su Yuyao's somewhat shocked expression, Granny Wen thought she had hit the nail on the head and said smugly, "A woman needs to find a good partner!"
Su Yuyao snapped out of her daze, looked at Granny Wen, and asked with a smile, "So... you've found someone to rely on?"
Grandma Wen replied smugly, "Of course!"
As soon as the words left her mouth, she immediately realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly shut up.
Su Yuyao gripped the knife handle and slowly walked up to Granny Wen. "Granny Wen, you're right, finding a good support is indeed important, but..."
Su Yuyao reached out one hand to grab Wen Po's hair bun, and with the other hand quickly drew her knife and slashed it across Wen Po's neck.
"Ugh!" A stream of black liquid suddenly gushed out from Granny Wen's throat.
Su Yuyao's eyes widened in shock, and the black liquid instantly froze in mid-air.
Looking at Granny Wen's terrified face, Su Yuyao said with a sinister smile, "However, you didn't cherish your support, and you will lose him forever!"
"Heh..." Granny Wen's eyes slowly bulged out of their sockets, and the white pupils were gradually filled with black liquid. The black liquid spurting from her neck condensed into a black waterfall in the air...
In the end, Granny Wen was engulfed by this thick, black waterfall...
Everyone watched this happen, and no one stepped forward to stop it!
Su Yuyao withdrew her Qi field, and the black waterfall slumped onto Granny Wen's body like sticky, smelly mud, gradually filling the air with a faint fishy stench.
"Bi Rong," Su Yuyao wiped the black liquid off the crescent blade, dusted off her skirt, and took a few steps back, "Burn her!"
"What?!" Bi Rong asked, both horrified and extremely excited, "It's burned?!"
"Yes! Burn it to ashes!"
"Yes!" Bi Rong readily replied.
"Flying Eagle." Su Yuyao turned to Flying Eagle with her knife in hand, her cold and hateful gaze sending chills down Flying Eagle's spine.
"Yes!" Flying Eagle replied, bowing his head.
"Kill them," Su Yuyao said calmly.
"What?!" Flying Eagle suddenly raised his head, looking at Su Yuyao in disbelief. "Miss Yao'er! This... shouldn't we consult Lord Xuanfeng?!"
"Ah?! What! Lord Xuanfeng! Help—!" Several desperate old women began to howl in agony...
The main hall was empty, yet filled with an awkward atmosphere.
Xuanfeng gritted his teeth, tapped the flute, and stared for a long time but couldn't get a word out.
Guan Xiao was gentle and refined, and was the most composed, honest, sincere, talented, and dashing of the original eight generals...
In short, he was Xuanfeng's favorite general, but unexpectedly...
"I never expected this!" Xuanfeng finally asked angrily after gritting his teeth until they shattered. "You?! You actually made me a condom?!"
Guan Xiao lowered his head, and beads of sweat from his forehead dripped down his nose and onto the blue bricks.
"Tell me! When did it start?!" Xuanfeng asked, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.
"No...not long after, around the time Miss Yao'er first burned the mountain, I...went to help, and then she..."
"Did she seduce you? Or did you...seduce her?" Xuanfeng looked at the serious-looking Guanxiao and couldn't bring himself to ask the question.
Guan Xiao lifted his robe and knelt at Xuan Feng's feet. "My lord, no matter who started it, it was ultimately my fault! Originally, I wanted to find a suitable time to talk to Yue'er. As long as Yue'er had no objections, I would ask you for a marriage proposal! I never expected... that you would suddenly order her arrest. Only then did I realize that she was someone Qing Gan had planted..."
"So! You gave her the idea to threaten me with a maid?!" Xuanfeng was so angry that he raised his hand to slap her, but when he saw Guan Xiao's pitiful appearance, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Guan Xiao, Guan Xiao! Even if you're starving, you should at least be picky! We're not talking about looks, just character! This is it!" Xuan Feng pointed at the palace gate, his face contorted, and said, "This is the kind of character you can swallow?!"
"My lord! I simply feel that since we've made a mistake, we should take responsibility, so..."
Xuanfeng glared at Guan Xiao. Well! He's still the biggest idiot among the eight generals!
"I told them how I made my decisions and what methods I used, and these people defended the place like a city wall. Turns out it was you..."
Thump! The door was pushed open, and a stench of smoke wafted into the hall.
Guan Yue, his face covered in red rashes, stepped into the main hall, glanced at his father kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, and whispered, "My lord! Granny Wen is dead! Bi Rong is burning her!"
"What?!" Xuan Feng nearly had his skull flipped open upon hearing this. That brat! She's gotten me into trouble again!
"Wh...what? Who died?" Guan Xiao asked somewhat blankly.
"Wen Po," Guan Yue replied in a low voice, then hurriedly left.
"Ah?! Dead?!" Guan Xiao hurriedly got up and rushed out.
On the steps of the altar, Bi Rong was squinting as he controlled the flames. Wen Po's pile of stinking mud was bubbling and churning, with thick, black, fishy-smelling smoke billowing from it.
Xuanfeng was so shocked by the sight before him that his skull almost shattered.
"Bi Rong! You bastard!" Xuan Feng kicked Bi Rong to the ground and roared, "Put out the fire!"
Bi Rong covered his eyes and got up, saying innocently, "Sir! I only know how to start fires! I don't know how to put them out!"
"Lang Zhi!" Xuan Feng glared at Lang Zhi, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines. "How could things have gotten like this with you here?!"
Langzhi pouted, "It's my daughter's choice, what's it to you?"
Xuanfeng glared at Langzhi, watching the silly spider blink its starry eyes and dote on Su Yuyao endlessly. He cursed inwardly, "Another idiot!"
He then turned to Qimen, who was stroking his beard and watching Su Yuyao and Feiying's confrontation.
“Flying Eagle,” Su Yuyao gripped the knife hilt and approached Flying Eagle step by step, “Let’s play a game!”
Seeing Su Yuyao approaching with her aura burning brightly, Fei Ying felt extremely guilty. He lowered his head and retreated step by step, asking, "Miss Yao'er, what game are we playing?"
"I'll ask, you answer." Su Yuyao slowly raised her crescent blade, pointing it at the flying eagle. "I'll ask you, did Xuanfeng order you to kill my entire family?!"
Flying Eagle shuddered, lowered his head, and dared not respond.
"Girl!" Xuanfeng saw something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to stop her.
"Answer!" Su Yuyao roared, her Qi field trembled violently, and a sudden Qi wind arose, instantly turning Granny Wen and the sparks in the stinking mud into flames!
“I…” Flying Eagle glanced furtively at Xuan Feng.
"Girl!" Xuanfeng stood in front of Feiying and said seriously, "I can explain this, calm down first!"
Su Yuyao dared not look at Xuanfeng's face. Staring at the chest she had longed for for so long, she held back her tears and roared again, "Flying Eagle! Did Xuanfeng order you to kill my whole family?! Speak!"
Xuanfeng's eyes widened as he watched Su Yuyao about to lose control, and his gentle yet powerful Qi field gradually condensed towards her.
Su Yuyao saw the deep green aura suddenly released from Xuanfeng. She gripped the crescent blade tightly, regulated her breathing and channeled all her energy into the blade. As the green aura rushed over, she quickly turned to the group of terrified old women and forcefully swept the crescent blade across them.
A crescent moon streaked across the sky, its chill as sharp as needles, piercing to the bone!
Pfft!
With a soft sound, a jet of blood gushed out, and the trembling old women were all decapitated. Their cries of agony faded away, and only the crackling sounds of roasting remained in the Vermilion Bird Palace...
Su Yuyao looked at Tang Xian'er, whom she had killed, and then at Granny Wen, who had been burned to ashes. She thought she would be afraid, she thought she would feel guilty, but... she felt a strange excitement and a thrill of killing!
This feeling is just... wonderful!
"Bi Rong!"
"Yes, Miss Yao'er!"
"It was burned."
"yes!"
Flames rose and heat surged, but the small, frail figure was not frightened. Instead, it faced the flames and raised its head even higher!
I killed them!
What difference would it make if he killed us?
Xuanfeng stared in astonishment at Su Yuyao's retreating figure. Amidst the flames and on the pool of blood, her high-tied ponytail swayed in the stench-filled air. This scene... seemed strangely familiar...
Su Yuyao slowly turned around, raised her head, and looked at Xuanfeng...
His chest, his Adam's apple, his beard, his eyes...
Su Yuyao's heart started racing again. She wanted to snuggle into the chest that had once given her a great sense of security. She wanted to act coquettishly with him and have him coax her!
She still loved him, loved him uncontrollably, even though he killed her parents and Green Ivy, even though his appearance took everything from her, she still loved him!
And he, through her suffering, made her who she is!
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao with shock and relief, seeing all the emotions in her eyes. My silly girl, when will you understand? When will you forgive me?
Xuanfeng calmed his anger and asked in as gentle a voice as possible, "Why?"
Su Yuyao's gaze was deeply drawn to Xuanfeng's eyes, and she instinctively repeated Xuanfeng's question, "The reason?"
As Xuan Feng walked towards Su Yuyao, he asked, "What was your reason for killing them?"
“They…” Su Yuyao’s heart pounded faster and faster as she watched Xuan Feng approach.
"Why did you kill Granny Wen and the others?" Xuanfeng stood in front of Su Yuyao, looking tenderly at his maid, and asked softly.
The fire was blazing and the smoke was thick, but it still couldn't block the aura of Xuanfeng.
Su Yuyao smelled that familiar and alluring scent again.
I really want to pounce on her...
Then hurry up and pounce on me!
But he is my enemy...
But I am also your lover!
I want to avenge my parents and Green Ivy...
Then punish me! You were sent by heaven to punish me!
I'm such a loser...
What a coward! You killed so many people on your first try without even blinking. You're quite something!
I can't believe I still love him so much! I should kill him right now!
Uh...so...useless?
How... should I kill him?
Um?
Should I pounce on him and stab him?
What? !
no……
You stupid girl! Are you trying to murder your husband?!
He's so skilled, he'll definitely dodge it...
Girl, when you pounced on me, did I ever dodge?!
Do we really have to kill him...?
You dare?!
Ugh... I really want to pounce on her...
"Hoo—!" Xuan Feng exhaled, shifting his gaze from Su Yuyao's eyes. He silently took a step back and said, "Girl, don't overthink it. Answer my question!"
"Hmm?" Su Yuyao couldn't see Xuanfeng's eyes and gradually woke up from her dream.
Why did you kill Granny Wen and the others?
"To clear away any negative influence for you." Su Yuyao finally regained her composure. "Wen Po's personality will definitely become a stain on Guan Xiao's reputation, and Guan Xiao is your most trusted subordinate. If he is turned against you, you will be in danger! Even if he isn't turned, Wen Po's way of causing trouble will give others leverage against her! If the other party uses this method to eliminate your right-hand man, you will be in danger just as much!"
Xuanfeng gazed affectionately at Su Yuyao, whose face was flushed red in the firelight. Silly girl! You hate me so much, yet you're still plotting for me!
Su Yuyao was drawn to Xuanfeng's gaze again. "How can I avenge my parents and Green Ivy?"
Xuanfeng was slightly taken aback, then looked back at Qimen. "Immortal Master, what should we do with this silly girl?!"
Qi Men stroked his beard and burst into laughter.
Xuanfeng frowned slightly, sighed softly, and then turned to Guan Xiao.
Guan Xiao was seen kneeling respectfully on one knee in front of the pile of dried mud, silently grieving.
"Idiot!" Xuanfeng frowned even more. He pointed at Guan Xiao and asked, "Girl, what should we do with him?"
"Him?" Su Yuyao finally looked away from Xuanfeng. "As for Lord Guanxiao... you decide, let him find a new wife!"
"Hmm... Ah?!" Xuanfeng asked in surprise, "A second wife?!"
Guan Xiao also looked up in surprise, a hint of longing appearing beneath her sorrowful expression.
"Let's give Aunt Yuqing to him!" Su Yuyao said slowly and deliberately.
"What?! Daughter!" Lang Zhi hurriedly interrupted Su Yuyao.
Su Yuyao glared at Lang Zhi, who helplessly shut his mouth. After all, he had promised Su Yuyao that he would follow her orders.
Xuanfeng looked at Langzhi with a gloating expression and said, "I have no right to interfere with Lord Guanxiao's marriage. As long as Lord Guanxiao and Miss Yuqing agree, that's fine!"
“Xuanfeng! You stinking…” Langzhi roared, his red eyes glaring.
Xuanfeng frowned and glanced at Langzhi, coldly asking, "What?"
“Xuanfeng… Lord!” Langzhi said through gritted teeth, “Yuqing is my…”
Langzhi suddenly froze. Yes, Yuqing... who is she to me?
“Father!” Su Yuyao turned to Lang Zhi.
"Father?" Xuanfeng frowned.
"Aunt Yuqing is not anyone's possession! She has the right to choose how she lives!" Su Yuyao said sharply. "Since you can't give her a better life, why keep her trapped in your heart?!"
"Daughter?" Lang Zhi looked at Su Yuyao in surprise, unable to understand what Su Yuyao was planning.
“Lord Langzhi,” Xuanfeng said, his brows gradually relaxing and a smile playing on his lips, “the girl is right. Since you cannot marry Miss Yuqing, why not release her?”
"I...you..." Langzhi wanted to refute, but didn't know how to say it.
“Father,” Su Yuyao continued, “I know you feel sorry for Aunt Yuqing because you see her all alone here, with no one to take care of her or support her. Although you don’t have any ulterior motives, your actions will cause Aunt Yuqing to misunderstand, and will also create resentment in Mother…”
"Mother?!" Xuanfeng's eyebrows furrowed again.
"How about this...?" Su Yuyao turned to Xuanfeng and said, "If the master allocates a good place to Aunt Yuqing, she will have her own livelihood, and Father will not always worry about Aunt Yuqing! Aunt Yuqing will not have to put all her energy on Father because she has no one to rely on, and Mother will naturally not be angry about this anymore!"
Su Yuyao blinked and said, "Anyway... Granny Wen is dead, so let's give Granny Wen's place to Aunt Yuqing!"
Xuanfeng frowned as he looked at Su Yuyao, took a deep breath, and thought, "You brat! You're going to set me up too!"
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