Ruan Xiyan looked at the jade hairpin, her eyes flickering.
"Qi Shenhai, you've always called me a heartless monster. If you know I have no heart, how could I be threatened by you over a jade hairpin?"
"And I hate being threatened the most!"
Ruan Xiyan used her spiritual power to pinch Qi Shenhai from a distance, lifting him up completely.
Qi Shenhai was only at the advanced level, and he had no power to resist Ruan Xiyan, who was at the Great Completion level.
His feet were off the ground, his face was bluish-purple, he was having difficulty breathing, and he struggled to reach out and pull away the invisible hand that was choking him.
The jade hairpin in her hand fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Ruan Xiyan quickly stepped forward and caught the falling jade hairpin in time.
Seeing that the jade hairpin was undamaged, she breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
Perhaps she herself didn't realize that deep down she actually cared a lot about this jade hairpin.
"Ruan...Ruan Xiyan, you're really being stubborn! Let me go, and I'll tell you about your mother. Otherwise, this secret will remain buried forever."
Ruan Xiyan sneered; even now, she's still struggling in her death throes.
She took out a pill from her spatial storage, stuffed it into Qi Shenhai's mouth without hesitation, and then threw him away.
Qi Shenhai knelt on the ground, coughing incessantly, "What did you feed me?"
"A good thing that allows you to tell the truth requires you to pay a price."
Before long, Qi Shenhai's eyes began to become dull and unfocused.
“From now on, you will answer whatever I ask.” Ruan Xiyan’s voice was seductive.
"Yes," Qi Shenhai replied blankly.
"Tell me, what exactly happened back then? And who is my mother?"
Qi Shenhai, with a dazed look in his eyes, recounted the events of that year, word by word.
“I don’t know your mother’s real name. She only said that her name was A-Ruan. When I met her, she was seriously injured and about to give birth.”
"Her guards were fighting a group of assassins. In the end, both sides were badly injured and all died in battle. I didn't want to get involved, but your mother stopped me."
"She offered me money and valuables that I couldn't refuse, begging me to save her child, and I agreed."
"After she gritted her teeth and gave birth to the child, her already severely injured body could no longer hold on. She named the child Ruan Xiyan, hoping that she would always have a bright and dazzling smile like the sunset."
"I asked her about her background, but she remained silent, as if she had something difficult to say. She gave me all the valuables she had on her and asked me to take care of the child as he grew up."
"And she left behind a jade hairpin as a keepsake, saying it was the last thing she would leave for her child."
Ruan Xiyan lowered her eyes to look at the jade hairpin in her hand, her expression unreadable.
It turns out she wasn't abandoned; she once had a loving mother.
"Why did you have someone bring me down from the mountain this time?" Ruan Xiyan continued to ask.
"Although I agreed to let your mother adopt you, I was consumed by greed and was not content with what I had. I wanted more."
“I realized that the hairpin your mother left you was no ordinary item, so I secretly kept it.”
"Considering the many things your mother gave you, and since the Duke of Qi's mansion doesn't need to feed just one more person, they agreed to let you stay at their mansion."
"Who knew you were a heartless monster? Your eyes turn blood red when you're angry. Because of you, the Duke of Qi's mansion has been the subject of much criticism. People in the capital are saying that the Duke of Qi's mansion is raising a monster."
"So when you were six years old, they abandoned you on a desolate mountain, under the pretense of letting a Taoist priest exorcise evil spirits."
"I have been studying this jade hairpin for years and unexpectedly discovered that it is also an extremely rare storage space. I firmly believe that there are even more precious treasures hidden inside."
"I wanted to make it recognize me as its master, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't succeed. Later, I found a forbidden technique in an ancient book that could forcibly make it recognize me as its master."
"It only requires a sacrifice of your life essence on the night of the full moon, so that I can completely control this spatial treasure. Therefore, I sent someone to bring you down the mountain."
As Qi Shenhai gradually revealed the truth, he could no longer hold on and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
He slapped his head, "It hurts, it hurts so much!"
Qi Shenhai gradually regained consciousness, filled with rage, "Ruan Xiyan, what exactly did you do to me!"
Blood was gushing from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears; blood was flowing from all seven orifices.
Coupled with a splitting headache, he banged his head against the wall in an attempt to relieve it.
Ruan Xiyan's eyes were icy cold. "You old bastard! You're so greedy, you change your promises all the time."
"Ruan Xiyan, let me tell you, you can't kill me. My eldest son is from the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, a force you can't afford to offend."
"If you kill me, Xun'er will avenge me; he won't let you get away with it!"
"I've said it before, I hate being threatened the most! A person like you is scum even while alive, you might as well be dead and be done with it!"
As Ruan Xiyan finished speaking, a force directly shattered Qi Shenhai's heart.
Qi Shenhai collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Bi Qiong also turned the entire Qi State Duke's mansion upside down, causing chaos and confusion.
Ruan Xiyan pinched Biqiong's ear. "Well done."
Biqiong chuckled, wagging its tail happily after being praised by its master.
A series of hurried footsteps approached from afar. Biqiong's ears perked up, and she made a low growl, "Master, someone's coming! And quite a few of them."
"You go into the space first." Ruan Xiyan put Biqiong into the contract space and raised her hand to put the jade hairpin on her head.
A large contingent of imperial guards surrounded the Duke of Qi's residence.
Such a spectacle attracted a large crowd of onlookers, who speculated about what had happened at the Duke of Qi's residence.
The imperial family actually mobilized so many imperial guards to completely surround the entire mansion.
The Duke of Qi's Mansion.
The leader of the Imperial Guards, holding a token, looked at the tragic state of the Duke of Qi's mansion.
Looking at Ruan Xiyan standing in front of him, he said sternly, "Ruan Xiyan, you murdered everyone in the Duke's mansion. Your methods were heinous and inhumane."
"By order of His Majesty, we have come to arrest you and imprison you in the prison tower to await your fate!"
The prison tower is a place specifically for holding serious criminals, and it is filled with the most heinous criminals. It is under the strictest guard.
Ruan Xiyan glanced at the imperial guards; the royal family had arrived so quickly.
They didn't seem to have arrived after receiving a message; rather, it seemed like they had been prepared for a long time.
Were they targeting the Duke of Qi's mansion from the beginning, or were they after her?!
But none of that matters; what matters is the prison tower.
If she remembered correctly, the prison tower was the closest to the forbidden area of the royal palace.
Ruan Xiyan's eyes were deep. This actually made things easier for her; she might as well turn the tables on him...
Seeing that Ruan Xiyan remained motionless.
Chief Yu said, "Ruan Xiyan, this place is already surrounded by the Imperial Guards. You can't escape. Surrender obediently and don't resist!"
Ruan Xiyan obediently raised her hand, "I won't resist, I'll go with you."
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