Chapter 421: Poison Unleashed, All the Men Are About to Be Wiped Out!

Duan Rongshi: "My sincere heart was originally yours."

He lowered his head and gently brushed the corner of her lips.

At that moment, a voice familiar to Li Qingluo came: "Your Highness, there is news from the Northern Map troops."

Li Qingluo was turned around by Duan Rongshi and pulled into his arms, completely concealed.

Her rosy, sunrise‑like little face was the springtime beauty he did not want anyone to see.

Even those who knew Li Qingluo in the past would not want it.

"Speak!"

The voice: "The Crown Prince dispatched his trusted subordinate Jiang Ruiqi, who holds the Northern Map troops' tiger tally, and has already tallied and assembled the Northern Map troops. At most by tomorrow, they will set out and head straight for Qishan."

Li Qingluo's heart jumped hard inside her.

That Crown Prince dog, he only sent a trusted subordinate and dared not appear himself.

He still left himself a way out.

Fortunately, they had already guessed this move of his.

After that person withdrew, Li Qingluo finally pulled off the robe on Duan Rongshi's arm and looked toward the figure that had already sped away and was about to vanish.

"Pei Qinghong?"

"He's back?"

The Pei family's third son, after the late Duke Pei died, was assigned a secret mission by Duan Rongshi and has since completely disappeared.

Duan Rongshi: "You seem interested in him."

Duan Rongshi: "I recall you once called him 'cousin'?"

Li Qingluo: …

Why again?

Da Cu Tan Zi Wangye!

She muttered a complaint, and Duan Rongshi, squinting his narrow eyes, didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"

Li Qingluo immediately bolted: "I said, Your Highness, you smell sour!"

Duan Rongshi gritted his teeth, turned, and chased: "Li Qingluo! Are you being so uptight!"

Li Qingluo, seeing him chase, let out a startled cry.

And within ten steps, she, like a little chick, was firmly seized again by Duan Rongshi.

"Fine, you dare to tease me?"

He, irritated, slapped her butt.

In an instant, both were stunned.

One suddenly felt the soft, springy touch in his hand.

The other went rigid all over, his face turning completely red…

"You… you!"

She, in a coquettish pout, stamped a foot, covering her face, feeling she could no longer face anyone.

No matter how bold she was normally, she was still an unmarried lady of Yunying; how could a lord just slap her butt?

Even if he were her future husband, it wasn't yet that intimate.

Li Qingluo's ears turned a dripping red, and she instantly turned to run.

Duan Rongshi quickly held her: "Stop."

"Luo'er, I'm sorry, don't be angry."

"You can punish me however you like, just don't ignore me."

"I truly realize my mistake… I have lost my decorum; all the countless errors are my fault."

"Luo'er…"

"Luo'er?"

His tone was filled with awkwardness, annoyance, regret, and utter panic.

Li Qingluo couldn't lift her head.

Yet Duan Rongshi's embarrassment at this moment wasn't much better than hers.

Li Qingluo suddenly found it funny.

But she didn't dare to laugh out loud.

She said in a muffled voice: "Then… then let me also hit."

Duan Rongshi:?

"What did you say?"

He thought he misheard.

Li Qingluo restrained the panic that almost burst out of her chest, forced herself to stay calm, and repeated.

"You let me also spank your butt… just, just settle this matter."

Duan Rongshi: "..."

"Are you serious?"

Though he found it hard to believe, thinking of her ever‑bold nature, it no longer seemed absurd.

Only, it wasn't just his ears; even his neck had quietly turned red.

"Then you…"

As he spoke, he actually grabbed Li Qingluo's soft hand and reached toward his own waist.

Li Qingluo let out a "Pfft" laugh.

She broke free in one motion, then kicked off again and ran away.

"Consider it as what Your Highness owes."

"I'll claim it back from you next time!"

After saying that, she didn't linger and ran off completely.

This time, Duan Rongshi also didn't chase after her.

Watching her distant figure, his heart also sighed heavily with relief.

It seems this wedding date can no longer be delayed.

He intends to bring her back to Prince Su's mansion before the first snowfall of this year!

Li Qingluo ran to a deserted spot, leaned against the wall to catch her breath, and as she straightened up she saw Pei Qinghong.

From the looks of it, he was waiting for her.

"Congratulations… Princess of Yaoguang, for securing this wonderful marriage with Prince Su."

Li Qingluo thought of how he had caused Nan Jia's death.

She recalled that he had helped the old Duke assist Zhou in slaughtering countless people, also aided Zu Li Ya in tormenting Hudie for years; had Zu Li Ya not been a passive bystander, the Hudie gu he forged would not have led to so many incidents.

For the sake of the Pei family, he blurs good and evil, even losing his basic humanity.

Li Qingluo's face involuntarily showed disgust.

"We have nothing more to say."

"Step aside!"

Pei Qinghong silently blocked her.

Wherever Li Qingluo went, he would block her from that direction.

She knew she was no match for him.

Yet she still displayed the sleeve arrow on her wrist.

"Don't force me to strike you!"

Her fierce expression caused a flash of disappointment in Pei Qinghong's eyes.

Immediately, he stopped hesitating and knelt straight down.

"I am aware that the murderous crimes I committed before are unforgivable; Princess of Yaoguang's extreme disgust for a sinner like me is also understandable."

"But I still ask Princess of Yaoguang to grant me a reprieve and save the Pei clan one last time!"

Li Qingluo: "What do you mean?"

What could make him kneel and beg her?

Yet Li Qingluo truly did not know what she could do for the Pei family.

Pei Qinghong: "The Qian Si Yin poison remains unresolved."

So that was the matter.

"At first, Zu Li Ya indeed gave only one antidote."

"And she also said that taking just one antidote is of no use."

"To truly cure the Qian Si Yin poison, an antidote pill must be thrown into your Pei family's well every seven days, repeated seven times to fully detoxify."

"However, perhaps she was set on using the Pei family as a sacrificial burden, so no matter how we tortured her, she still did not disclose any part of the Qian Si Yin antidote."

"Perhaps this is also the fate of your Pei family."

"Just as you think, those women who died in your Pei family dungeons also met their fate!"

After speaking, she kicked off to leave again.

Pei Qinghong fell to the ground and shouted loudly: "But in another year, Twelve Lady's father will also be unable to live!"

In the past year, the Pei family lost several male members.

They were just past the age of thirty, suddenly collapsing dead at home.

This was an immensely heavy blow to the entire Pei family.

Moreover, Pei Zixuan also died at Southern Mountain Villa.

The Pei Duke's lady could not bear the blow and had become somewhat insane.

The Pei family seemed shrouded in a layer of gloom.

Everyone fully realized that the Pei family had fallen into an inescapable curse.

Everyone became trembling, oppressed by the eerie gu toxin, with heavy gloom that made breathing impossible.

If this continues, the Pei family will have no more than a few years before all its men die out completely.

Pei Jingzhe has even been constantly working to transform the entire Pei Duke's manor.

But everything was already too late…

"Save the Pei family!"

"I truly deserve to die."

"But our Pei family also has many innocent lives like those women."

"Chen Ge'er is only six years old!"

"And the Crown Prince brother, he truly is a good person!"

"Don't you also hold the Great Grandfather's Murder Night Gate in your hand?"

"But Hudie is already dead; you didn't protect her—shouldn't you switch your target to guard someone else now?"

Li Qingluo raised her hand and slapped him.

"Do you have any shame?"

"Who caused Hudie's death?"

He is actually your paternal aunt!

Li Qingluo glared at him angrily: "If it weren't for you helping Zulya torture and abuse her, she wouldn't have suffered so much and ended her life like this."

"The person least qualified to mention her name is you, the Pei family! It's you, Pei Sanlang!"

Get lost!

Li Qingluo finished speaking, kicked him away with one foot, and strode off.

Pei Qinghong could only watch her retreating back, a faint sorrow flashing in his eyes...

Li Qingluo returned to the front courtyard, Kill One immediately found her.

"Miss, everything in the city has been arranged."

Li Qingluo looked at Kill One, falling into deep thought.

The old Duke Pei originally gave the Slay Night Sect solely to himself, intending to let him restrain Duan Rongshi's Carefree Sect.

He wanted both of them to inherit the Pei family's assets, not truly stand by and watch the entire Pei family collapse.

But the Pei family wants her to help dispel the Silk Thread Gu poison, yet she is not a shaman—what can she do?

Pei Qinghong is now Prince Su's man.

If he were to ask Duan Rongshi, would Duan Rongshi possibly have no solution?

Jinniang is still in Jinling—right now isn't this a great opportunity to seek help from a true shaman?

Unless, Jinniang…… is unwilling.

Li Qingluo was thinking when Kill Three hurried over.

"Miss, this is a letter sent from the Pan family to the manor. The Old Lady, fearing an urgent matter, ordered her subordinates to rush it by express horse."

Li Qingluo opened it and saw it was indeed Twelve Niang's handwriting.

The letter wrote that Pei Yuan was critically ill, begging Li Qingluo to lend a hand.

Pei Yuan, isn't he Twelve Niang's biological father?

Li Qingluo recalled what Pei Qinghong had just said.

She also recalled that Zayna had once said that this Silk Thread Gu poison meant that the Pei family's male descendants, after reaching adulthood, could live at most seven years.

At most, but she never said they all had to live to the seventh year!

And this year is the sixth year!

Could it be Pei Yuan's turn?

Anyway, we have to return to Jinling.

Li Qingluo immediately decided to go ahead first.

She only left a verbal message for Duan Rongshi, then hurriedly took Kill One and Kill Three and left Qishan.

Returning to Jinling, Li Qingluo quickly brought Luo Shen Doctor to the new residence that Pei Yuan and his wife had bought in the south of the city after leaving the Pei family.

However, a full day had passed since Pan Li sent the letter to the Xiuli Jiangjun Fu.

At this moment, the Pei Yuan residence was pitch-black and deathly silent.

Li Qingluo's heart gave a jolt, and she cried out: "Pan Li?"

Indeed, Pan Li was really here.

She ran out from inside, seeing Li Qingluo come, and immediately couldn't hold back her sobbing: "Luo'er——"

Li Qingluo hurried over and embraced her.

"It's okay, don't be scared, don't be scared, I'm here."

However, the situation is not optimistic.

Pei Yuan's face had already turned bluish.

The whole person was now completely unconscious……