Is the Jade Butterfly in front of us real?
Of course it is not real. The real Jade Butterfly was killed long ago, and her head was placed on the floor of the main hall. It had already withered.
Then where did this fake Jade Butterfly come from?
There was nothing else in Flame Demon City, but there were plenty of near-human women. Finding one who resembled Jade Butterfly was not difficult at all. In fact, the near-human woman Lan Ling found was seventy to eighty percent similar to Jade Butterfly.
Then, Lan Ling turned her into a Death Warrior. Using special pills, together with the effects of certain surgeries, he directly made her ninety percent similar to Jade Butterfly.
Of course, all Death Warriors had one characteristic, they lacked human vitality and appeared cold and stiff.
Solving this was also very simple, sleeping twice was enough to inject Lan Ling’s energy aura.
Gouli’s evolutionary direction was towards the women of the Demon Witch Kingdom. Because of her long-term intimacy with Lan Ling, she had already been very successful. Almost none of the coldness and stiffness of other Death Warriors could be seen on her.
Of course, the fake Jade Butterfly in front of them still appeared slightly cold, but the real Jade Butterfly had always been like this.
In fact, this fake Jade Butterfly was not only different in energy aura, her temperament was also different. Her eyes, movements, mouth shape and nose were all slightly different. She was truly only about ninety percent similar to the real Jade Butterfly.
But who was most familiar with Jade Butterfly?
It was definitely not Prince Beilian. Although he and Jade Butterfly had privately promised themselves to each other, they had only met two or three times.
The people most familiar with Jade Butterfly were her servants and maids. However, Lan Ling had killed all of them, and these people had no right to speak anyway.
Then there was Princess Shayan!
Therefore, what Lan Ling and the Little Rakshasa King were doing was putting on a live performance of calling a deer a horse.
The key was that the two of them had not even discussed it before meeting.
In the Little Rakshasa King’s words, did such a small-level conspiracy even need to be discussed? They could understand each other perfectly even with their eyes closed.
……
As if struck by lightning, Prince Beilian desperately forced himself to calm down and breathed heavily.
Then, he instantly pieced together the truth.
“No, the Jade Butterfly in front of us is fake. You killed the real Jade Butterfly!” Prince Beilian shouted sternly. “This Jade Butterfly is fake. She is a substitute you found.”
Lan Ling said nothing. The fake Jade Butterfly shook her head and said, “No, the one my husband killed was only my substitute. All the servants and maids around me were bribed by you. After I arrived in Flame Demon City, I told my husband about your attempt to molest me. I was also worried that you would still refuse to give up and come to Flame Demon City to cause trouble, ruin my reputation, or even forcibly take me away. Therefore, I could only find a sister in Flame Demon City who looked similar to me and use her as a substitute.”
Beilian shouted angrily, “Lies, lies, shameless lies. Since she was a substitute, she should have been someone from Flame Demon City. Why would Lan Ling kill her?”
The fake Jade Butterfly said, “It was to make you give up, to make you believe that Jade Butterfly had already died, so that you would stop pestering me. From then on, I could live happily with my husband under an assumed name. However, I never expected you to be so insane. You actually tried to use this matter to kill my husband, and even intended to take the opportunity to harm His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Damn……
As soon as these words were spoken, Prince Beilian and everyone present shuddered.
On the surface, it was about killing Lan Ling, but in reality, it was an attack against the Little Rakshasa King. Everyone knew this, but no one dared to expose it.
Yet the fake Jade Butterfly in front of them had exposed it directly. This… this was too terrifying.
The noble youths following Prince Beilian immediately felt their necks grow cold and could not help shrinking backwards.
“Having no other choice, I, who had already hidden my identity, could only appear once again to expose your ugly face and shameless conspiracy.” The fake Jade Butterfly spoke coldly.
“Fake, fake…” Prince Beilian shouted sternly. “Immediately find a spiritual priest. Find a shaman. Verify her soul and verify her bloodline. She must be fake. I can see it. Her eyes are completely different from Jade Butterfly’s.”
Prince Beilian was not talking nonsense. He had genuinely recognised it. The eyes of the woman in front of him were truly different from Jade Butterfly’s.
Although he had only met Jade Butterfly twice, he had a very deep impression of her gentle and graceful eyes, which also carried a stubborn vanity.
The fake Jade Butterfly in front of him only had deep hatred and murderous intent in her eyes.
It had to be said that the acting of this fake Jade Butterfly was not quite convincing.
But… it did not matter.
If Zhao Gao could turn a deer into a horse, could he, Lan Ling and the Little Rakshasa King not turn a fake Jade Butterfly into a real one?
The Little Rakshasa King said coldly, “Lan Ling, tell me, is the Jade Butterfly in front of us real or not? Otherwise, you will be guilty of deceiving the emperor!”
Lan Ling said, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, I guarantee with my head that the Jade Butterfly in front of us is real. Otherwise, I will immediately cut off this head of mine.”
This back-and-forth really made Prince Beilian feel as if he had been thoroughly screwed over.
They were openly talking nonsense.
However, he did not know that what Lan Ling said was true. If Jade Butterfly were fake, Lan Ling would not hesitate to cut off his own head again. After all, it was not as though he had never had his head cut off before.
Then, Lan Ling bowed and said, “Your Highness, distinguishing whether Jade Butterfly is real or fake is very simple. There are two people in this world who know her best. One is my wife, Princess Shayan. The other is Jade Butterfly’s adoptive father, your royal uncle Ming Ren.”
“Reasonable!” said the Little Rakshasa King. “Summon Princess Shayan!”
After quite some time, the extraordinarily beautiful Princess Shayan walked out, her eyes red and her face haggard.
She was clearly just behind the screen in the main hall, yet she had to pretend that she had rushed over from the Princess Shayan’s residence.
Lan Ling stepped forward, took her hand and said, “My beloved wife.”
Princess Shayan really bit her lip until it bled, then forcefully shook his hand away.
She had seen the entire scene just now, when the Little Rakshasa King and Lan Ling had conspired to trap Beilian.
Although this fake Jade Butterfly really looked very similar, her temperament, words and movements were completely different. Princess Shayan had recognised it at a glance.
At this moment, Princess Jade Butterfly stepped forward and bowed. “Jade Butterfly pays her respects to Her Highness the Princess.”
Prince Beilian said to Princess Shayan, “Shayan, look, look, this Jade Butterfly is obviously fake. I can see it at a glance, let alone you. Tell everyone that this Jade Butterfly is fake. You must give Jade Butterfly justice. She was your personal maid, and she was as close to you as a sister, yet that beast Lan Ling killed her with a single sword.”
At this moment, Princess Shayan was burning with anger. She had a ten-thousand-percent urge to reveal the truth and tell everyone that the Jade Butterfly in front of them was fake.
But… she did not dare!
Once she said that this Jade Butterfly was fake, it would be an attack against the Little Rakshasa King. It would mean that she had sided with the Nether Prince, and it would mean that she was resisting the Rakshasa Crown Prince.
She could not bear the consequences.
Moreover, were there really no one present who could tell that this Jade Butterfly was fake?
She had once visited many members of the Council of Elders, often bringing Jade Butterfly with her. They still knew Jade Butterfly’s temperament, speech and mannerisms.
But now, not a single person dared to speak.
Whoever spoke would be attacking His Highness the Crown Prince.
Suppressing the urge to spit blood, she took the fake Jade Butterfly’s hand and said, “You have suffered…”
She said these words with extreme difficulty, as though she had desperately forced them out of her throat.
After saying this, she immediately turned around and left, disappearing behind the hall.
She really could not bear to act alongside the Little Rakshasa King and Lan Ling, nor did she want to see Lan Ling’s smug and arrogant face.
Too shameless, too despicable.
Princess Shayan clearly felt that she had once again been violated, and once again been brutally assaulted by Lan Ling. Only last time it was her body, while this time it was her soul that had been violated.
Although the acting was very poor, Princess Shayan’s attitude was obvious. She had acknowledged that the Jade Butterfly in front of them was real.
Immediately, Prince Beilian felt ice-cold all over, and his limbs began trembling.
Just then, a fat middle-aged Rakshasa stumbled into the hall and rushed forward. He grabbed the fake Jade Butterfly and burst into tears.
“My daughter, my daughter! Your father thought you had really died. So you are still alive. Wonderful, wonderful…”
This fat middle-aged Rakshasa was the most useless younger brother of the Rakshasa King, Ming Ren. At the same time, he was also Jade Butterfly’s adoptive father in name.
This fake Jade Butterfly had never met Uncle Ming Ren before. She was slightly stunned, then cried out, “Father!”
Her acting was not sincere enough, and because of the pride of being a Death Knight, she did not kneel either.
Her acting deserved a bad review. There were flaws.
However, Uncle Ming Ren’s acting was extremely convincing. His eyes were filled with affection as he trembled and said gently, “My daughter, as long as you are safe, as long as you are safe. I almost wrongly blamed my son-in-law Lan Ling. I almost rushed to Flame Demon City to fight him to the death. It was all because Beilian incited me.”
It’s over… It’s over…
The two people closest to Jade Butterfly, Princess Shayan and Uncle Ming Ren, had both acknowledged that the Jade Butterfly in front of them was real.
Prince Beilian felt as if a huge net were closing in on him.
There was a conspiracy, there was a conspiracy…
There was corruption, there was corruption…
Suddenly, Prince Beilian shouted hoarsely, “Go to the Shaman Pavilion. They have Jade Butterfly’s demonic bloodline record there. Go to the Spiritual Priest Assembly and publicly examine Jade Butterfly’s soul energy. She is fake. No matter what, she cannot become real…”
At this moment, a shaman stepped forward and said, “Princess Jade Butterfly, I have brought the copy of your previous demonic bloodline chart. I now need to take a drop of your blood and test your demonic bloodline again.”
The fake Jade Butterfly extended her finger. The shaman pierced her finger and let the blood drip into a cup of special solution.
After the blood had completely mixed and reacted with the testing solution, it was directly splashed onto a piece of crystal paper, producing a demonic bloodline chart.
Everyone in this world had a different demonic bloodline talent, so everyone’s demonic bloodline chart was also different.
The shaman unfolded two demonic bloodline charts. One was the preserved demonic bloodline chart of Jade Butterfly from more than ten years ago, while the other was the current one.
The two charts were identical.
Why was this?
Because the blood that had been drawn really was Jade Butterfly’s blood. Although she was dead, there was plenty of her blood available. Hiding some inside the fake Jade Butterfly’s finger was extremely simple.
Prince Beilian was struck as if by lightning and shouted, “Fake, fake…”
But his mind was in complete chaos, and he could not explain what was wrong.
Just then, the fake Jade Butterfly retreated several steps and looked coldly at Prince Beilian.
“Beilian, you have teased me and tried to molest me time and time again. Before, I endured it. But after I married my husband Lan Ling, you still tried to forcibly take me. Although my physical purity remains intact, my reputation has been tarnished, and I no longer have the face to live in this world. Husband, let us meet again in our next life. Beilian, even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go.”
With that, the fake Jade Butterfly drew a dagger and plunged it into her own heart, killing herself in front of everyone!
The entire hall cried out in shock!
Even the Little Rakshasa King trembled slightly.
Originally, originally there had been one final method, which was to have the Spiritual Priest Association examine the energy aura of the fake Jade Butterfly’s soul. That would definitely have exposed the truth.
Moreover, his father, Elder Mokan, was also one of the elders of the Spiritual Priest Association. The Little Rakshasa King absolutely could not control the Spiritual Priest Association completely.
The Spiritual Priest Association was a minority faction in the demon realm, but it happened to be Elder Mokan’s territory.
Now, this fake Jade Butterfly had actually killed herself in front of everyone.
As a result, no matter how much Prince Beilian protested, he could never clear his name.
Lan Ling was truly ruthless. He had actually killed her to silence her!
“Lan Ling, you killed her to silence her, you killed her to silence her…” Prince Beilian’s face was filled with panic as he pointed at Lan Ling and screamed.
At this moment, Jade Butterfly’s adoptive father, Uncle Ming Ren, suddenly began wailing loudly before rushing to the fake Jade Butterfly’s “corpse”
and bursting into tears.
“My daughter, why did you do such a foolish thing? Why did you have to do this…”
“My daughter, you died such a tragic death…”
Compared with Princess Shayan, Uncle Ming Ren’s acting was far more skilful. He was completely immersed in his grief, even crying until his nose ran.
Finally, he desperately kowtowed until he bled and said to the Little Rakshasa King, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, I am the most useless member of the royal family, and I have always allowed others to bully me. But today, if you do not give my daughter justice, then even if I have to appeal to the Rakshasa King, even if I have to die, I will not give up. I want to see whether some people can really cover the sky with one hand, whether they can take innocent lives without receiving severe punishment!”
Look at his manner. He was practically closer to Jade Butterfly than a real father could be.
Little did anyone know that he and the real Jade Butterfly had only met twice.
At this moment, Prince Beilian felt that everything was utterly absurd.
Clearly, Lan Ling was the one who had taken an innocent life. Clearly, Lan Ling had killed Princess Jade Butterfly. So how had it now become him who had killed Princess Jade Butterfly?
Corruption, this was enormous corruption.
Someone was calling a deer a horse and covering the sky with one hand!
At this moment, the Little Rakshasa King said coldly, “Beilian, you attempted to molest the wife of Flame Demon Banner Lord Lan Ling, damaging the marriage alliance between the royal family and the Demon Banner. What punishment do you deserve?”
“Beilian, you indirectly caused the death of the royal family’s adopted daughter, Princess Jade Butterfly. What punishment do you deserve?”
Prince Beilian roared angrily, “Slander, shameless slander! Corruption, enormous corruption!”
The Little Rakshasa King shouted sternly, “Insane and stubborn! Guards, sever the tendons and veins of Beilian’s four limbs, then smash all the bones in his four limbs!”
At this moment, Lan Ling stepped forward and said, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, Beilian has ruined someone’s reputation. He should be subjected to castration!”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s crotches suddenly tightened.
F*ck, that was too ruthless, too shameless.