Chapter 410: Exposing Qinyu's Otherworldly Identity!

Qinyu, who had been severely scolded by the Empress, felt as if all her vitality had been drained.

She leaned on a palace maid's hand and staggered out of Phoenix Rest Palace.

She had originally intended to go to the East Palace, but on the way she was intercepted by the Crown Prince's people.

"Princess, Your Highness, please return."

"Our lord said that if you persist in your delusion and demand what you shouldn't have, you won't even be able to keep what little you have left."

Qinyu couldn't help but throw her head back and laugh loudly, "hahaha."

"I never imagined that I, Qinyu, having plotted every step of the way to get here, would be backstabbed first by the very person I chose!"

"Truly, the first sword upon landing is to cut down one's beloved!"

"I sent her, Duan Rongyin, back to that position, but he despised me for having no more power, wealth, or influence for him to exploit…"

"He despised my flaws and deemed me unworthy of his noble status."

"Should I even thank him for not sucking me dry to the marrow, leaving not even a bone?"

She let out a furious shout, frightening the palace maid into trembling and kneeling on the ground.

"Princess, Your Highness, please watch your words."

"If you keep speaking nonsense like this, even Your Highness won't be able to save your life."

This eunuch was also an old acquaintance of Qinyu's.

He had previously received many favors from Qinyu.

He had also been the Crown Prince who had watched Qinyu's rise and supported her wholeheartedly.

So now he offered a few kind words of advice, saying: "Princess, Your Highness, most of the power in this palace is already in the hands of our Crown Prince and the Empress; old servant advises you to be sensible and prioritize preserving your life."

"With your abilities, making a comeback someday wouldn't be difficult at all."

"You'd better leave quickly!"

Qinyu gently wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes.

Her expression turned cold and resolute: "Fine. I can afford to lose."

"But I will never forget today's humiliation!"

She dragged her slow steps toward the palace gate.

However, upon returning she lay down and fell ill, unable to get up.

She also didn't want bright light to aggravate her agitation, so she had all the candles in her mansion extinguished for these two nights.

At the slightest disturbance, she would lash out at others.

Until she felt a chill on her neck, realizing the danger, it was already too late.

A mere fraction more forward with the weapon could easily slit her throat.

Qinyu lay there, daring not to move a muscle: "Who?"

Despite having some skill, she was utterly unaware as someone broke in and seized her.

Now the defenses of her princess mansion are this feeble?

"Princess Qinyu, disturbing your rest is truly regrettable."

Li Qingluo sat at a nearby round table.

A sliver of moonlight seeped through the slightly opened window crack, falling upon her.

It set off her pure white profile, making it look as cold as frost.

Her gaze lightly fell on Zongzheng Yuer: "However, amidst the city's myriad lights, everyone will suffer great calamity because of you, yet you can still sleep so peacefully."

"I find it truly unbearable to watch."

"So I have come uninvited to seek justice from you; please forgive me."

And in this room, besides Li Qingluo, Zhui Yu, Sha San, and Po Feng all gradually revealed themselves.

The person now holding a sword to his own neck is none other than Po Feng.

Qinyu's face turned deathly pale: "Is it you?"

"What do you want?"

Li Qingluo: "Aren't you surprised?"

"Princess Qinyu possesses the heart of a hero who dominates the world; she is quite different from ordinary women. Seeing me, a coarse fellow, appear here, you truly cannot guess why we have come."

She spoke very politely, yet every word sent a chill down Zongzheng Yuer's spine.

She's coarse?

Would Duan Rongshi take a liking to her if she were coarse?

It is said that Duan Rongshi personally entered the palace with the blank imperial edict left by the former Moon Noble Consort to seek a marriage decree.

He doesn't even want the country; he only wants her, Li Qingluo!

What a fool, an utterly invincible fool!

Now he has again been confined in Cassia Fragrance Palace, reportedly because he refused the emperor's offer to grant him two more consorts.

He, Duan Rongshi, is actually so devoted and attentive to Li Qingluo.

In this feudal dynasty's ancient times, there actually exists such a man.

Zongzheng Yuer's heart is jealous to the point of going mad!

Why does he spurn golden jade riches, and instead fall for this country girl, despite growing up together as childhood sweethearts?

What tricks does this country girl actually have?

Am I not the one destined by heaven?

Zongzheng Yuer has already decided in her heart that Li Qingluo is an absolute white lotus and a green‑tea bitch; otherwise how could she have bound the cold‑hearted Duan Rongshi, whom she herself had sincerely pursued for over a decade without success?

Truly, I underestimated her!

Zong Zheng Yu'er could no longer bear the irritation in her heart, so she hurried into the palace.

Originally she wanted to inquire about Consort De, and incidentally go to Gui Fu Palace to see Duan Rongshi once more.

But now she was unceremoniously driven out of the imperial palace, and moreover she was seized by several people who sneaked into the princess's residence at night.

Truly laughable.

She herself had not noticed at all.

Yet Zong Zheng Yu'er still could not understand.

How exactly did Li Qingluo manage to get in?

Isn't she just a village girl raised in the mountains?

How could she slip into my mansion so silently!

Moreover, the maid beside me, even the princess's residence being bathed in blood—could it really be her——?

Qin Yu remained in shock, but deep down she grew ever more convinced of her deduction.

"Li Qingluo, the deep grudge I bear toward you, I have not forgotten for a single day."

"You dare to sneak into my princess's residence at night—you are practically seeking death!"

"And you—"

"Po Feng, Zhui Yu, we grew up together after all, yet you now ally with this lowly wretch to seize me!?"

"Hahaha… truly good, truly good!"

Qin Yu felt both anger and a hint of sorrow in her heart.

Po Feng pressed his sword against Qin Yu.

The delicate skin on her neck instantly split open.

Blood followed, flowing down.

Qin Yu gasped heavily, she glared fiercely at Po Feng in the darkness, utterly broken: "You—"

Po Feng said coldly: "Sha Lei acted as he did, betraying Your Highness, because of your influence."

"It's a pity he died so early; otherwise he should see how wretched the one he chose has become, like a stray dog."

Qin Yu gritted her teeth: "Sha Lei is the one who truly cares for Your Highness!"

"I originally chose Duan Rongshi over ten years ago and have remained steadfast ever since."

"It is he!! He refuses to glance back at me, my wholehearted affection he scorns. I am—"

She choked back a sob, then continued in a bitter voice: "Otherwise how could I have reluctantly turned to another!?"

"It is Duan Rongshi who has also betrayed my sincere heart!"

Li Qingluo: "Your sincere heart?"

"Your sincere heart means repeatedly ordering your sect's members to harm his life?"

"The incident at the suburban horse grounds was your Lotus Sect's premeditated scheme, acting together with you to set a trap for him—do you really think he didn't know?"

"Had we not escaped death, he would truly have fallen into your hands."

"Your sincere heart," she said, laughing coldly repeatedly, "is knowing how his mother died yet concealing the truth for seventeen years, never giving him a single honest word."

"Do you have any sincere heart? Sect Master of the Lotus Sect!"

When Li Qingluo shouted Qin Yu's identity, Qin Yu realized she had utterly lost.

Since she already knew, could Duan Rongshi possibly remain unaware?

Yet she had remained smug, thinking her actions flawless, that no one knew her true identity.

But in fact…

Was she merely a clown in Duan Rongshi's eyes?

How ridiculous, how ridiculous!

Li Qinglo looked at Sha San.

Sha San immediately stepped forward, took the water pouch from his waist, pinched Qin Yu's face, and poured the entire pouch of water into her mouth.

Qin Yu made a "gurgle-gurgle" choking cough, yet dared not struggle too violently, fearing Po Feng's still-embedded sword would slash her major artery.

At that moment, she would be completely finished!

"Cough—cough cough—"

"Li Qingluo you madman!"

"What exactly do you intend to do?"

Li Qingluo: "I have said, the myriad lights of this city's populace will soon suffer because of your cruelty."

"Thus, none of you shall think of escaping."

Qin Yu: "You damn lunatic!? How have I harmed the people of this city?"

"I have lived in Jinling for seventeen years; if I am a madman, must I bring disaster upon all the city's folk?"

"I really don't know what you're talking about!"

She panted, her chest heaving, emotions extremely intense.

Li Qingluo still stared at her with cold eyes: "Is that so?"

"Or perhaps Qin Yu Princess has not planned, these days or later, to pour the toxin given by Zu Li Ya into the Qin Huai River?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu's face changed dramatically.

"She is indeed in your hands!"

"You—! You actually know her identity?"

"How did you come to know?"

"Li Qingluo, the princess now realizes I have utterly underestimated you!"

You're more formidable than this palace thought!

If you don't kill me today, I will surely flay you and pull out your tendons someday!

Li Qingluo felt no fear of Qinyu's threat at all, instead stepping forward and speaking coldly: 'What you just drank is the water from the Qinhuai River.'

Do you understand? The poison that Zulya gave you makes people become bloodthirsty and insane; when the poison acts, even relatives cannot be distinguished, and they will only bite people everywhere like a beast.

If you dare to poison someone while knowing nothing, you're not even human!

Jinling has at least given her seventeen years of peace and honor; if she were to not even blink, she would follow through and overturn the whole city and even DaLiang.

Indeed, it's a formidable method.

But it's also an utterly inhuman beast.

Qinyu: 'Holy shit! Isn't that just a zombie?'

Zulya, you damn scumbag!

If it's zombies, not just DaLiang but the whole world would be doomed!

Damn it, how the hell am I supposed to play?

Li Qingluo:?

I really couldn't understand what Qinyu was saying.

Weird and strange, moreover babbling gibberish.

He said you're not from this world.

Sure enough, it's true.

Where exactly are you from?