Chapter 167: What's the Use of a Pardon Edict? (2nd Update)

Shen Kuo instantly felt like he'd swallowed a fly, his brows furrowed so tight he could almost pinch a mosquito to death, "You're sick."

"What Dad and Mom said..."

"Just shut up, you think we don't know what your mother did?" Shen Qingli was truly exasperated.

In two lifetimes, she had never seen someone more shameless than Su Chacha, who could also twist black and white to an extraordinary degree...

The Jiu Li were all shocked, "No wonder you're called 'Shameless Face'; your title is excellent, who conferred it?"

"Sister, what are you saying?" Qin Bilian said, tears falling as she spoke, "I don't understand."

"Don't pretend, no one here will sympathize with you." Shen Qingli didn't want to waste words, "You and your mother both reincarnated into Sheng Long Tian; as gods, your memories must be erased—how do you ensure the plan succeeds?"

Too smooth.

Following the development of the previous life.

Zhao Yue (Qin Su Nv) and Su Chacha (Qin Bilian) were indeed very successful.

But that's strange, isn't it?

How did Zhao Yue know Zhong Minglan would give birth to a daughter, and how could she seal Shen Qingli's divine bone?

One could say, from the moment she was born, Zhao Yue had been preparing to seize her divinity for Su Chacha.

But Zhao Yue is not the original Qin Su Nv; she is merely a reincarnation of Qin Su Nv, which can be proven by the fact that Shen Qingli can kill Zhao Yue.

"I—I, what is sister saying? I don't know." Qin Bilian shook her head repeatedly, tears covering her aged face, she also tried to make Shen Kuo feel pity for her, "Father..."

"Kill her." Shen Kuo could no longer hold back.

Shen Qingli, however, asked, "Do you still remember how I pulled out your bones?"

Qin Bilian trembled instantly; even though she had returned to her true form, the memories of Sheng Long Tian still remained.

She certainly remembers vividly! The sensation of her bones being pulled out one by one...

"Another round?" Shen Qingli was about to roll up her sleeve when she discovered Di Jin was faster, already helping her roll up her sleeve.

"Are you a demon!" Qin Bilian widened her eyes, "I admit, I previously wanted to play a prank, making the Vermilion Bird Palace soldiers fight you to the death, but it wasn't unsuccessful, was it? No, don't! I—"

Seeing Shen Qingli's hand already touching her bones, Qin Bilian urgently changed her tune, "I'll talk! I'll talk! Don't pull out my bones."

The feeling of having bones ripped out alive, with muscles being tugged, yet unable to die or faint, Qin Bilian did not want to experience it again—too! painful!

"I'll talk, just let me go—"

Qin Bilian, attempting to negotiate, already had a hand bone pulled out.

Shen Qingli's fingers were like a blade, easily cutting into her flesh and pinching out her bone!

Qin Bilian screamed in pain repeatedly, seeing Shen Qingli about to strike again!

Qin Bilian cried out in pain, "I don't know! I really don't know! My mother never told me!"

"Let me." Zhong Minglan's palm fell onto Qin Bilian's head, divine light seeping in, directly searching her soul.

Qin Bilian, unlike Qin Su Nv, has a fragile divine status, and her psychological defenses have already been shattered by Shen Qingli's abuse, making her soul easy to search.

Yet the result of Zhong Minglan's soul search was truly that she didn't know; Qin Bilian wasn't lying, Qin Su Nv indeed hadn't told her these things.

However, in Qin Bilian's memory, all the humiliations, abuses, and suppressions that Zhao Yue inflicted on little Shen Qingli were seen by Zhong Minglan.

Her eye sockets instantly turned red, her gaze toward Shen Kuo now edged with cold sharpness!

Shen Kuo understood the reason, offered no explanation, and indeed he was at fault.

"Little beauty..."

Even having guessed it, Shen Qingli's upbringing under Zhao Yue must have been extremely difficult.

But this degree of cruelty still exceeded Zhong Minglan's imagination.

At this very moment! Her killing intent overflowed, she wanted to personally kill Qin Bilian!

If Qin Su Nv could torment her daughter, she could also kill Qin Su Nv's daughter.

"Your Majesty! No!" Xu Shen Yun's shout came, "Lou Shang Xian brought a Dao Palace pardon edict, to take away Bilian the Divine Maiden."

Zhong Minglan looked at Xu Shen Yun, Qin Bilian had already been frightened into incontinence by Zhong Minglan's killing intent...

The Jiu Li immediately covered their noses! Zhong Minglan's eyes were icy cold, "What does a pardon edict matter?"

Whomever she wants to kill, no matter what existence they are! She can kill them.

However, Shen Qingli's hand gripped Zhong Minglan's wrist, wanting to pull her palm away from Qin Bilian's skull.

Zhong Minglan refused, "Little beauty, I cannot let her live. You before—"

"It's all in the past." Shen Qingli looked at Zhong Minglan's wet eyes, knowing she felt pity, "Moreover, this grudge, I want to settle it myself. If I don't kill her personally, I will have a inner demon."

Nothing else could dissuade Zhong Minglan.

But the words "inner demon" could.

Zhong Minglan's killing intent sharply diminished...

Shen Qingli then pulled her hand away.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness!"

The Jin Wu's voice also came through.

The Jin Wu taking human form, tall and vigorous, with a stern countenance.

He feared Xu Shen Yun couldn't stop it, so he personally came running.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed a Dao Palace pardon edict, please look."

The Jin Wu holding out the pardon edict was also worried it couldn't dissuade Zhong Minglan.

"Dao Palace?" The Jiu Li looked at that token, then turned to Di Jin.

Di Jin furrowed his brows, about to speak...

"Even if the Dao Lord were present, it wouldn't change anything."

Zhong Minglan simply didn't put the so-called Dao Palace pardon edict in her eyes at all!

If it were any other matter, she would naturally obey the Dao order, but this is different—her daughter has suffered utter humiliation.

"You want to rebel?" Qin Bilian's weak but unwilling voice rang out; having come to her senses from fear, she felt wetness below, and anger, embarrassment, and resentment arose one after another.

The Dao Palace's pardon edict is right before her eyes—she has nothing to fear anymore!

Lou Shangxian surely has already brought the Dao Palace's people to the Vermilion Bird Palace!

She simply doesn't believe the Vermilion Bird Palace could go so far as to defy the Dao Palace, even if it ran wild!

Of course, she, who is extremely adept at reading expressions, also understands very well—

The situation remains unfavorable to her; if this mad mother‑daughter pair commits a passionate killing, even if the Dao Palace later punishes them, she would be dead—wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?

So after she finished her previous words, she immediately said to Shen Qingli, "You may not understand having just ascended, but I am clear: the Dao Palace orders that all gods must obey, or else they will be deemed rebellious gods and expelled from the Shen Ting! You and I,"

"Shut up!" Zhong Minglan coldly rebuked, "Pretty thing, just kill; the rest, don't worry about it."

"Empress Zhong's military achievements are outstanding! If the Dao Palace deems her unusable, they will surely abolish her!"

"No." Di Jin spoke.

"Exactly!" Jiu Li immediately followed suit!

"Who do you think you are?" Qin Bilian sneered, still looking at Shen Qingli, "If you want to kill me, I'll let you—but I'm merely a discarded god; anyone with intent could fully exploit my death to overthrow your mother."

"Since you can ask that earlier question, you surely realize Empress Zhong must have hidden enemies—do you want to let them succeed?"

As always, she likes to play with people's hearts.

Moreover, Lou Guanxue's voice already echoed through the Vermilion Bird Palace's skies.

"Empress Zhong, you can clearly see the pardon edict—it's time to release Goddess Bilian."

Following Lou Guanxue's voice came Shao Guanwu's shout: "Zhong Minglan, release my daughter quickly, or don't blame me for being rude—it's not like only you have an army!"

Jin Wu also spoke from the side: "Your Majesty, the Xuanwu God Emperor leads thirty thousand Xuanwu troops outside. Your Majesty, we could completely assassinate her, no need to clash head‑on with the Dao Palace. I guarantee I will personally assassinate her!"

Zhong Minglan sneered, "Impossible! Qin Bilian is guilty! Killing her is proper and upright for this emperor—why assassinate? She deserves to die!"