Chapter 139 With acting skills like yours, you wouldn't survive the first three episodes of a palace drama.
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Beneath Linghu Zhuoyu's innocent face lay a determination to succeed.
He had wanted to give his sister a headdress and magic item when he was at the auction house, but one person ruined the plan. He would definitely go to the market tomorrow and choose the best and most suitable one for his sister.
However, Linghu Zhuoyu did not expect that an accident would still occur after everything was prepared.
He watched the young woman walk towards him step by step, and felt that even the gentle sunlight suddenly became scorching.
“Your subordinates are really useless. They broke my neck with just a slight touch,” Linghu Zhuxu pointed to the blood-soaked man in front of him. “You know him, right? The head of the Luo family. His death was truly gruesome. As expected of you, your methods are not much different from mine.”
She easily discovered the news of the Luo family's massacre, and then used the Luo family head, who was at the high-level Core Formation stage, to her advantage, forcing him to use his manipulation techniques to control her.
"What do you want to do?" Linghu Zhuoyu asked.
"What do I want to do?" Linghu Zhuxu looked at the boy's face, which was not much different from An Liuyu's, and felt anxious. "Give me back Yulang's soul, or don't blame me for being merciless."
As expected, it was because of this.
The image of the girl's smile flashed through Linghu Zhuoyu's mind, and a bitter feeling welled up inside him.
Sister... he might break his promise again.
“He’s dead,” Linghu Zhuoyu slightly raised his left hand, forming a formation with the other, and met Linghu Zhuxu’s incredulous eyes. “His soul has scattered and he has long since entered the Yellow Springs.”
"What...what are you saying?"
Linghu Zhuxu murmured, then took a step back. Suddenly, as if remembering something, her tone hardened, her expression twisted and ferocious. "How could Yulang be dead! You're lying to me, aren't you!"
Yulang loves her so much, how could he bear to leave her!
“You know I won’t.” Linghu Zhuoyu’s tone remained icy.
After these words were spoken, there was a momentary stagnation in the atmosphere between the two. Linghu Zhuxu seemed to have calmed down, but upon closer examination, it was easy to see that all of this was just an illusion.
"I taught you this technique bit by bit, how could you possibly stop me?" Linghu Zhuxu raised her hand with its distinct knuckles, and the Luo family head beside her quickly launched an attack on the boy.
Since he wouldn't talk, she would torture him until he opened his mouth, just like before.
The beauty's skirt was stained red, her lips curled into a smile, contemptuous yet obsessive.
It was as if the person in front of her was not her own son, but her lifelong enemy with whom she had a deep-seated grudge.
——
Mu Jianjian waited at the gate of the mansion for a long time at the agreed time, but did not see Linghu Zhuoyu. So she got up to go to his courtyard to see him, but unexpectedly encountered someone unexpected.
Wearing a red dress and a raincoat, Shen Ning was bright and flamboyant. "Miss, Lord Linghu asked me to pass on a message. He said he will be waiting for you at the Peach Blossom Banquet."
Mu Jianjian's vigilance was raised to its highest level.
Isn't this the girl I saw on the street a few days ago who admires Yu Yu?
She's dressed up quite nicely, but her lipstick shade is a bit too dark; a lighter shade would have suited her better.
"Miss?" Shen Ningyu couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking, and only thought she was a country bumpkin who had never seen anything like this before. "How should I address you, Miss?"
"Mu Yuanyuan." Mu Jianjian looked at the other person's fake smile and asked "honestly," "Who are you?"
“Miss Mu, I am Shen Ningyu, the young lady of the Shen family,” Shen Ningyu tried to be friendly, but she could not shake off her inherent contempt for others. “I will take you to the Peach Blossom Banquet.”
Who is it?
"Among the invited distinguished guests from the inner city are Lord Linghu and... Miss Linghu." Shen Ningyu felt that the other party was looking her up and down, as if their eyes could see right through her.
No manners or upbringing!
Shen Ningyu couldn't understand what Linghu Zhuoyu saw in her, and she felt disgusted.
But it doesn't matter. Once she succeeds, she will only be food for the snakes in the snake pit.
"Okay, let's go then." Upon hearing the name Miss Linghu, Mu Jianjian perked up. She had always felt that Yu Yu was hiding something from her since they entered the inner city, but since he didn't say anything, it wasn't appropriate to ask.
Linghu Zhuoyu wouldn't stand her up for no reason; he must have encountered some urgent matter that kept him away. The timing of Shen Ningyu's arrival was just right, making it hard for her not to suspect that someone was manipulating or directing things behind the scenes.
Even if you're 100% certain there's danger ahead, you still have to go and explore.
The two exchanged polite words the whole way, but Mu Jianjian inwardly complained that the other person's acting was superficial and lacked any real talent.
"Is it right here? I don't see anyone here."
Peach blossoms drifted down in the wind, as if draping time in a pale pink hue, making everything in the world seem more radiant. At the foot of the mountain, where peach blossoms bloomed all over the landscape, one could faintly see the Five-Cornered Pavilion halfway up the mountain.
"They're on the mountaintop." Shen Ningyu was itching to act, her eyes barely concealing the murderous intent, and even her words became perfunctory.
With so many peach blossom petals here, she used her true energy to scatter the petals, guided by Linghu Zhuxu's divine sense. How could the other party possibly react in time?
"Then why are we at the foot of the mountain and on the edge of the cliff now?" Mu Jianjian asked knowingly.
Having already honed her mental strength in previous trials, she keenly sensed a faint fluctuation of true energy nearby and pretended to retreat unintentionally.
“Yu Yu isn’t here either, Miss Shen, are you sure you’re not mistaken?” she asked softly.
How did she manage to dodge it?
Shen Ningyu concealed her astonishment, a sinister glint in her eyes. Just as she was about to try again, she saw the girl in front of her easily pick out a petal from the shower of petals in the air.
Is there something wrong with this petal?
Mu Jianjian picked up the petal from thin air, frowned, and moved it away from her.
For some reason, when she got close, her consciousness repelled this unexpected person.
Shen Ningyu took a step back, her eyelashes trembling.
Wh...what?
How could one possibly choose a petal that has been tampered with from so many petals?
"Surprised?" Mu Jianjian tilted her head and blinked. "It's obvious. Its movement is clearly against the laws of nature. It would be too fake to drive it with true qi."
Natural laws?
What word is this?
Seeing that the other party did not seem agitated, Shen Ningyu smiled again and said, "Miss Mu is joking. This is just an ordinary petal. There's nothing special about it."
"Your acting is so fake," Mu Jianjian stated the fact, watching the small face opposite her switch back and forth between green and white. "With your acting skills, you wouldn't survive the first three episodes in a palace drama, understand?"
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