Chapter 567

However, some people still haven't arrived.

However, there are still some people who haven't arrived yet.

However, at present, there are still some people who haven't arrived.

Please wait a moment longer, three of you.

Better: "Please, wait a little longer, three of you." We'll do: "Please wait a moment longer, three of you."

The three Zongzheng:?

Dead?

He really dares to kill them?!

He actually dares to kill them?!

Prince Qin: 'You dare!'

If you have the ability, show your true face! Let this king see who you really are!

Li Qingluo: 'Who I am doesn't matter.'

What matters is who the Fourth Prince, Your Highness, really is.

Upon hearing this, Prince Qin froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

Soon, his face turned completely black.

Under Li Qingluo's mocking gaze, he didn't give another glance.

Li Qingluo: 'What, Your Highness, no longer making a fuss?'

Weren't you just filled with righteous indignation, unable to hide your anger?

Prince Qin lifted his head, glared at her angrily, and through gritted teeth snapped: 'Stop spreading lies here!'

Just now in the forest, this king clearly saw Li Wu.

So you're one of his people!

Today's conspiracy was all his doing, right or wrong?

He must have some deep blood feud with our Zongzheng clan, which is why he painstakingly plotted all of this!

He still wants to destroy this king and the Fourth Prince, even to drive a wedge between this king and His Majesty's brotherly bond, and between His Majesty and the Fourth Prince's father‑son relationship.

You really have malicious intentions!

Li Qingluo: 'Not as malicious as you.'

Cut the nonsense.

The truth will be revealed soon enough.

Prince Qin, do you think what you've done is unknown to anyone in the world?

Li Qingluo waved her hand, and the tied-up Xie Liu Lang and Gong San Lang from last night were also brought up.

The two had their mouths gagged and were pushed to squat under a tree on the other side.

Soon, Duan Rongshi arrived with Leng Dian and Qingyangzi in leisurely steps.

The three stood under a tree not far off, without coming any closer.

Until Zhang Tinggui and Yang Qi Lang were also brought up.

Seeing Li Wu and Qingyangzi also arrive, Zhang Tinggui and Yang Qi Lang immediately rushed over, asking excitedly: 'Brother Li, are you alright?'

We've actually all fallen into this young master's trap!

Zhang Tinggui: 'How did you get caught too?'

It's over! This young master's skills are so high that even you can't resist—today we probably can't escape!

Duan Rongshi: ……

He gave them a look that words could not express, then said nothing.

Yang Qi Lang was still talking to himself: 'But what exactly is this young master's background?'

She actually captured Prince Qin as well!

Now the Emperor, the Fourth Prince, and Prince Qin are all in her hands—what does she intend to do?

Should we just go all out?

Zhang Tinggui: 'I always feel something's off.'

Yang Qi Lang: 'I feel the same. Ah! I know! We few aren't tied up!'

Yang Qi Lang and Zhang Tinggui both stretched out their arms.

Moreover, they are all free to move; even if they tried to run now, they could easily escape.

Zhang Tinggui frowned: 'She wouldn't... consider us allies, would she?'

Brother Li, what do you think about this?

Duan Rongshi: 'Let's wait and see how things develop.'

As they spoke, Zongzheng Wuhen was also pushed up the hill.

Seeing his appearance, the other three Zongzheng men became very excited.

However, Zongzheng Wuhen merely turned his head slightly away.

His attitude made Prince Qin fly into a rage, shouting: 'Old Six! So you're actually in league with these rebels!'

What exactly do you intend to do?!

Are you really going to help these rebels harm your own father, brothers, and even your uncle?

Old Six! Don't think that just because the Fourth Prince and your father have had some mishap, you can take that position!

You're already a cripple! Instead of thinking about how to preserve the Zongzheng clan's realm, you've teamed up with outsiders to harm your own brothers and father—are you even human anymore?

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qingluo, who stood nearby arms crossed watching the spectacle, let out a scornful laugh.

A cripple?

Prince Qin, the Sixth Prince is indeed disabled, but isn't the Fourth Prince disabled too?

Was the heavy gift you received last night fake? You surely know better than anyone—otherwise you wouldn't have spent the whole night refusing to let Zhang and Yang's troops go.

At this moment, Li Qingluo was simply like an evil villain.

They forced the Qin prince until his eyes turned bloodshot.

Moreover, Zhang Tingju and Yang Qilang's hearts jolted even more fiercely!

As it turned out, they had been relentlessly chased all night by that Qin prince, all because of this person's scheming!

Looking again, the Fourth Prince's hand seemed to have been chopped off—could she have done that too?

Her methods made them involuntarily tremble in their hearts.

What deep grudge could this person possibly have against the imperial family?

Why go to such lengths to plot all this?

Could she really be a rebel plotting to usurp the throne?

And what background does the force behind her have?

Zhang Tingju and Yang Qilang, who had unknowingly fallen into a bottomless abyss, now felt a deep unease spreading in their hearts.

Li Qingluo: 'Also, is your attitude toward the Fourth and Sixth Princes worlds apart?'

'One constantly addresses the Fourth Prince with respect!'

'The other casually shouts "Old Four"!'

'Tsk tsk, even I, an outsider, can't stand it—I want to speak up for the wronged Sixth Prince.'

The Qin prince's expression changed slightly.

'What nonsense are you spouting?'

'I have no such intention!'

'I only spoke rudely because I was angry; in my eyes they are both princes, and although I am their uncle, I harbor no disrespect whatsoever.'

Li Qingluo didn't rush to argue with him.

She merely waited coldly for the Qin prince to finish shouting with a reddened neck, then gave another cold laugh: 'All princes, is that so?'

'Do you all know that MiaoJiang has a sorcery that makes it impossible for any blood relative in the world to escape the two words "verification"?'

When mentioning this MiaoJiang sorcery, the several nobles from Nan'an present all changed their faces.

MiaoJiang sorcery is a secret shame that Nan'an nobles cannot speak of among themselves.

The imperial court expressly forbids it.

But nowadays, how many noble households keep MiaoJiang witch women?

After all, if you don't keep them as a safeguard, other households might be able to kill you tomorrow.

The Jiang family is the prime example.

Once the Jiang family's affair came to light, the entire Nan'an noble clans that had previously been able to sit still, as well as aristocratic families, all reached out secretly to recruit witch women.

Originally, several major sects had quietly entered Nan'an.

Regardless of their purpose, they all ended up settling in Nan'an.

MiaoJiang sorcery can be both righteous and wicked—it can harm people, but also save them.

Despite repeated bans by the imperial court, the great clans themselves also began to keep witch women.

But this is nothing to be proud of.

So everyone only dares to do this in secret, and in daily conversation they tacitly avoid mentioning even a word about MiaoJiang sorcery.

Yet this black-cloaked, masked young lord before us today directly brought it up.

Once again, suspicion welled up in everyone's hearts: Who on earth is she!

But how could mentioning the princes suddenly lead to talk of blood-relative verification?

What does that mean?

Amidst everyone's various complex gazes, Li Qinglo looked at A Duo and gave a slight nod.

At this moment, a huge open-mouthed vessel already stood in the middle of the clearing.

A Duo directly lifted Zong Zheng Wu Heng's finger and, without a greeting, cut it open.

In Zong Zheng Wu Heng's ashen, darkened face, A Duo tightly wrapped his finger with a cloth, and soon the cloth was half-red.

'You're becoming more and more lawless—what do you take this prince for?'

'A pig, sheep, dog? Or an ox, horse, livestock?!'

'Did you even greet this prince? To so lightly injure this prince, what crime deserves?'

Moreover, doing this in front of so many people—where will he put his face afterward?

These people will go back not knowing how to speak of him, saying he is not only a cripple but also a useless wretch anyone can trample!

Zong Zheng Wu Heng stared fixedly at A Duo.

If it weren't for their shared fate, this A Duo would have long been chopped into minced meat by him!

A Duo: 'Would you agree if I greeted you?'

'Stop the pointless struggling. Today, the most disgraceful of the Zong Zheng clan here is not you.'

'Moreover, nobody cares what you look like.'

She didn't even glance at Zong Zheng Wu Heng again, walked straight up to Li Qingluo, and handed over the cloth with both hands.

Li Qingluo then looked toward Sha Yi.

'Get two pieces over here.'

Sha Yi immediately understood, and following A Duo's method, took Chu Emperor's blood onto two pieces of cloth.

The Chu Emperor struggled furiously, but his mouth was blocked and sealed.

Moreover, he is a tyrant whose crimes are evident, and no one cares about his feelings anymore.

Li Qingluo received the two cloths, and first threw the Chu Emperor's cloth and Zong Zheng Wu Heng's cloth into the brazier.

'Everyone, do you know how MiaoJiang sorcery verifies kinship?'

Throw a red gu worm into the vessel, then also throw in two blood‑stained items belonging to close blood relatives.

Then, burn them together.

Once the witchcraft is performed, the flame of the burning will change color.

If the flame is red, it indicates a close blood‑relative relationship.

If the flame turns yellow, they are not close relatives, but they are still related by blood.

If it turns green, they are complete strangers with no relation.

Everyone look, what color is this?

With a whoosh, the fire in the vessel flared up, Li Qingluo quickly pinched her fingers several times and muttered an incantation.

And that flame, in full view of everyone, instantly turned from ordinary fire to a vivid red!

Zongzheng Wuhen was not happy at all; he shouted angrily, "Nonsense!"

This prince is of course the emperor's own son.

What do you mean by that?

Li Qingluo said, "Don't rush, Sixth Prince. No one doubts you are his offspring."

What I'm testing today is not you.

You and your father the emperor are merely being used as an example.

What comes next is the truth everyone ought to see.

Speaking of which, the attendants of King Qin had already slit his arm to draw blood.

King Qin let out a miserable scream.

His face turned deathly pale as well.

What trick are you playing!? How dare you spew nonsense here and disturb the imperial bloodline?

The imperial bloodline—how can you be allowed to muddle it here?

You lot, stop this at once!!

You recklessly harm the imperial bloodline, harm the Emperor, harm the Prince—are you all blind? Seeing this person act wickedly here, committing a capital offense, you actually feel no urge to stop him!!

Hurry up and stop him!!

Li Qingluo rolled her eyes.

Are you anxious?

Are you afraid?

Don't be anxious, don't be afraid—things have only just begun.

If Lord Qin is an upright gentleman who fears no crooked shadow, then no matter what I, the young master, do, it should be of no concern to you, right?

Unless, you harbor a ghost in your heart.