Chapter 490: Is Luo'er a venomous woman with a serpent's heart and scorpion's intestines?

As Zongzheng Wuheng gave an order, several black silhouettes suddenly darted out in the courtyard.

These silhouettes were all the dark guards Zongzheng Wuheng had brought today.

They rushed toward the house like wind and lightning, intending to completely capture Li Qingluo.

However, Zongzheng Wuheng saw no trace of panic in Li Qingluo's eyes at being surrounded; instead, she calmly slung the Azure Fall Sword behind her back.

Zongzheng Wuheng: "Not good——"

His expression changed drastically; before he could shout "retreat," countless white silhouettes suddenly appeared on the courtyard walls.

Each of these white silhouettes wore a thin silk bracelet on their wrist.

In the blink of an eye, those silk threads wrapped around the necks of his guards.

Zongzheng Wuheng: "No——"

He let out a loud shout, but before he could stop it, a sea of blood lay before his eyes.

Some heads were cleanly severed, rolling to Zongzheng Wuheng's feet.

Others were forcibly dragged back into the courtyard, their throats ripped open, blood gushing like a waterfall, "hualala."

Eyes open, they collapsed onto the ground.

The forces were vastly unequal; the outcome was decided at once.

Zongzheng Wuheng's head buzzed.

He hadn't even fully regained his senses when he saw the corpses lying in pools of blood on the ground—all were the dark guards he had painstakingly cultivated for over a year.

All for the purpose of taking revenge on this poisonous woman someday!

Yet after just one encounter, his forces were utterly annihilated, not a single survivor left.

Zongzheng Wuheng flew into a rage, turned his wheelchair, and pulled the hidden weapons concealed in both armrests.

A volley of tiny flying needles, too small to be seen clearly by the naked eye, shot toward Li Qingluo at the blink of an eye.

Li Qingluo had long been on guard against him.

As he turned the wheelchair and pressed the armrest, she likewise flicked her robes with lightning speed, sweeping up all the flying needles.

The flying needles then fell to the ground.

"Vile wretch, I will kill you——"

Zongzheng Wuheng then drew a double-edged long sword, furious, intending to charge at Li Qingluo again and fight to the death.

However, before his wheelchair could move, Sha Yi and Zheng Mama, who had been lying in wait nearby, already rushed out with blades to intercept him.

He was even fighting Sha Yi and the others to a standstill.

Even Li Qingluo was secretly surprised; it seemed that over the past year since returning to Great Chu, Zongzheng Wuheng had indeed painstakingly honed his mobility and martial skills in the wheelchair.

But no matter how high his martial arts, being unable to stand and turn made him sluggish; being captured was merely a matter of speed.

When Zongzheng Wuheng was bound at the wrists and escorted down again, his eyes were already filled with anger and resentment.

"Li Qingluo, you deliberately set a trap for this prince; you yourself leaked your whereabouts!!"

Li Qingluo first whispered a few words to Zheng Mama.

Zheng Mama turned and ran outward.

Then she stepped toward Zongzheng Wuheng, who had once again become her captive.

"Zongzheng Wuheng, I did say you're still as arrogant as before; you just won't believe me—what can I do?"

"And how could you not know that I came to Southern Peace originally just to take your life!!"

Her words were like an ice blade laced with poison, making Zongzheng Wuheng recall once again the memories of how she had harmed him in DaLiang.

"What exactly do you intend to do——"

"Even the death of Duan Rongshi cannot sway you; you are truly a venomous woman with a serpent's heart and scorpion's intestines!!"

Li Qingluo: "I said I don't care at all about being Prince Su's consort; thus whether Duan Rongshi lives or dies has nothing to do with me."

"Anyway, I have already taken a husband; from now on I will slowly deal with you here in Southern Peace."

"As for what I intend to do, you will understand soon enough."

Not long after her words fell, Jin Ning and A Duo hurried over.

The guards had already taken the corpses out to clean up, so when Jin Ning and her disciple entered, they only smelled a strong stench of blood, and even some bloodstains on the ground that hadn't been cleaned yet.

"Little Luo, are you alright?"

Jin Ning first showed concern for her junior sister.

Li Qingluo smiled and shook her head.

"Senior sister, he is the Sixth Prince of the Great Chu imperial clan—Zongzheng Wuheng."

Jin Ning immediately understood.

She nodded, "Alright, I know what to do."

Li Qingluo slowly stepped back, waiting for Jin Ning to approach.

Jin Ning said nothing to Zongzheng Wuheng.

But upon seeing the MiaoJiang attire on Jin Ning and her disciple, Zongzheng Wuheng couldn't help but flash a look of astonishment.

"Are you MiaoJiang shamans? Do you come from the same place as Zu Li Ya?"

"What do you intend to do?"

Jin Ning: "Zu Li Ya is of Western Regions bloodline; even if she grew up in MiaoJiang, how could she compare to us?"

Her eyes turned cold and ruthless as she directly poured out a centipede from the bamboo tube at her waist.

"A Duo, pry open his mouth."

A Duo stepped forward, mercilessly pinching Zongzheng Wuheng's mouth and forcing it open.

Zongzheng Wuheng, shocked, finally understood what they intended to do.

He began twisting in place, and angrily shouted: "Let me go! I am the Sixth Prince of Great Chu, you dare to treat your superiors with contempt and feed me gu worms—I will surely kill you!!"

Jin Ni: "If you dare to move again, I will let it crawl into your brain through your nose or ears!"

"Or else, it will enter through your rear, letting you first enjoy a different kind of taste."

"Moreover, if you dare to bite it, it will first bite the base of your tongue; once the base of your tongue is poisoned, you will die within the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

"Your Highness, Sixth Prince, you may as well try all these methods the commoner woman mentioned."

Zongzheng Wuheng could only stare wide-eyed, watching helplessly as the centipede entered his own body through his mouth.

Soon, a faint red line appeared on his wrist.

"What is this?"

"What on earth is this?"

"You have controlled me with gu worms—what exactly do you intend?"

"Li Qingluo, do you intend to throw Great Chu into turmoil and fill it with the smoke of war?"

However, Li Qingluo completely ignored him.

Instead, she watched as Jin Ni and her disciple poured out another, larger centipede gu worm.

Jin Ni had originally intended to swallow it herself, but A Duo snatched it away and quickly swallowed it.

"Master, let the disciple come."

A Duo's face was pale, with a faint smile.

Jin Ni: "You—ah! Never mind, Master knows you've been depressed these days and haven't come out."

"Since you want to do it, then you should do it."

"The master will protect you well."

A Duo shook their head indifferently.

"If we can avenge the sect, I wouldn't fear even if A Duo were smashed to pieces."

Having said that, A Duo looked at Zongzheng Wuheng, who stared back with suspicion.

"Your Highness, Sixth Prince, I have just taken the mother gu."

"And you have taken the child gu."

"Look—"

Having said that, A Duo pulled up their own sleeve.

Only to see a blood-red line on A Duo's fair arm, its color more vivid and longer than his.