After being pricked in the neck by a poisoned needle, Tu Li Yang was stuffed into a hidden cabinet in the wall, completely unconscious, even his breathing stopped.
After Li Zhu entered and searched with his mental strength, finding no signs of life, he went out.
Tu Li Yang soon regained consciousness. At first he only recovered his hearing, then his sight, and finally his entire body regained movement.
So, every word spoken by Tu Ling Duo and Zhi Li, he heard with perfect clarity.
It was truly as though heaven and earth had collapsed, the world overturned.
Tu Ling Duo’s words were no longer merely heart-piercing pain, but a devastating blow to his mind and soul.
He had still been fantasising that Tu Ling Duo had genuine feelings for him, that her adultery with Zhi Li was forced, and that it was for the sake of his future.
He had still been fragile enough to think that perhaps Tu Ling Duo’s infidelity was excusable, and that it was only his own fault for being too ugly.
But in reality, everything was false.
This woman, to avoid sleeping with him, had actually feigned paralysis for over half a year, and he had not even seen through it. How high must her acting skills have been?
Her words, that the mere thought of Tu Li Yang pressing upon her made her want to vomit, almost destroyed all the confidence Tu Li Yang had built during this time.
Originally, he had still planned to turn a blind eye to Tu Ling Duo’s infidelity and adultery, pretending not to know.
In his thinking, the worst Tu Ling Duo could be was merely lustful.
Yet he had not expected that once people turned malicious, they could be so utterly without bottom line. Tu Ling Duo was not only going to cuckold him, but also intended to bear Zhi Li’s child, and then kill him.
Her purpose was actually to murder her husband and seize the Luan Yang City foundation.
And what made Tu Li Yang even more unexpected was that his father Tu Li Wen had indeed been killed, but by people sent by Tu Ling Duo and Zhi Li.
To think that previously Zhi Li had repeatedly said with such conviction that he had sent people several times to rescue him, but that his father Tu Li Wen had been killed by Suo Lun. This had made Tu Li Yang hate Suo Lun to the bone, and during this time he had been like a mad dog, frantically biting at Suo Lun.
What a colossal joke. He had still thought how good Zhi Li was to him, how much regard he showed him.
Yet the result was that Zhi Li had killed his father, was going to cuckold him, and even intended to seize his ancestors’ century-old foundation.
Tu Li Yang could express neither in words the anger and hatred in his heart.
How could people be so shameless and malicious?
Was this still the woman he loved? This was clearly a venomous snake!
After being struck by the poisoned needle in his neck, before losing consciousness, that woman had once spoken a sentence by Tu Li Yang’s ear: no matter what you see or hear later, pretend that nothing has happened. Just know it in your heart.
If he were sufficiently rational, he should have continued hiding inside, watching this pair of dogs carry on their affair, and only leave after everything had calmed down. Then pretend that nothing had happened, and upon returning to Luan Yang City, immediately defect to Suo Lun, expose Zhi Li’s ugly face, and avenge his father.
But after hearing all the truth, Tu Li Yang was mad. That hatred, that fury, destroyed all his rationality.
This made him instantly feel that life was completely worthless, the world utterly collapsed. Only one thought remained in his mind.
Rush out, kill that pair of dogs! He could not wait even a minute!
But after rushing out, his mind was filled with only one desire: to kill Tu Ling Duo alone.
He knew he was certainly going to die, but before dying, he would drag Tu Ling Duo to the grave with him!
“Harlot, I will kill you, I will kill you…”
Tu Li Yang had no weapon, so he could only wave his hands, trying to use his claws to tear Tu Ling Duo alive to death.
And at this moment, both Tu Ling Duo and Zhi Li had been driven mad by lust.
After Tu Li Yang woke up, with Zhi Li’s cultivation he should have been able to sense another person’s breathing in the room.
But with Tu Ling Duo provoking him so provocatively, his blood had long been surging. How could he have discovered Tu Li Yang’s existence? Moreover, he trusted Li Zhu’s martial arts completely. Since Li Zhu had checked and found no problem, then there was certainly no problem.
Who would have known that at the critical moment when he was about to possess Tu Ling Duo, Tu Li Yang would suddenly rush out.
So for a moment, Zhi Li was somewhat stunned.
As for Tu Ling Duo, it was as though she had been struck by lightning. She stared in disbelief at Tu Li Yang who had rushed out. Was he not supposed to have been drugged into unconsciousness? Had Li Zhu not checked this room?
Moreover, everything she had just said had been heard by Tu Li Yang. Her most ugly and malicious side had been completely exposed. For a moment, Tu Ling Duo also could not quite react.
Swish…
Then in the next second, a burning pain came to her face.
Tu Li Yang’s claw filled with hatred fiercely raked across her face, leaving five deep bloody grooves on her beautiful face.
“Ahh…” Tu Ling Duo let out a piercing scream.
At this moment, Zhi Li reacted. Outside, Li Zhu also rushed in like lightning.
Zhi Li reacted even faster, directly kicking Tu Li Yang flying with a fierce kick, sending him crashing heavily into the wall.
“Pfft…” Tu Li Yang spat blood wildly, falling heavily to the ground.
Yet he felt not the slightest pain. His face was twisted, blood flowing from the corners of his eyes and mouth, as he stared at Tu Ling Duo with bone-deep hatred.
“Vicious and malicious woman, you will die a terrible death, a terrible death…”
Seeing Tu Li Yang’s twisted face and incomparably venomous gaze, Tu Ling Duo also shuddered in fear.
But she was more worried about whether her face was disfigured. At this moment, her face felt as though burning with fire.
Li Zhu rushed in like lightning, his sharp sword held against Tu Li Yang’s neck, looking toward Zhi Li.
Should he kill Tu Li Yang? He was awaiting Zhi Li’s command.
But…
Slap, slap, slap…
Zhi Li stepped forward and delivered a series of fierce slaps to Li Zhu’s face, directly beating this trusted eunuch until blood sprayed from his nose and mouth.
Then he kicked him fiercely several more times, sending Li Zhu falling to the ground with broken ribs, vomiting blood wildly.
“How did you check? Why was there someone inside?” Zhi Li shouted fiercely.
Although Li Zhu’s ribs were broken and his internal organs displaced, he still knelt on the ground desperately kowtowing and saying, “Your lordship, forgive your servant. Your lordship, forgive your servant.”
After venting his anger, Zhi Li said, “Li Zhu, I need an explanation. Otherwise…”
Li Zhu knelt prostrate on the ground and said, “When this servant came in to check, my mental strength search indeed found no signs of life. If I am not mistaken, Tu Li Yang was first poisoned with some strange toxin, his heartbeat stopped, his breathing stopped. Then he was placed in this hidden cabinet in the wall. After a short while, the toxin gradually faded, and he slowly regained consciousness. Therefore, he was able to escape my mental strength search.”
After hearing this, Zhi Li’s face twisted as he shouted fiercely, “There is a mole in the young lord mansion. Investigate for me. No matter who is involved, arrest them all.”
“Yes,” Li Zhu said.
Clutching his chest, he rose painfully and ran out swiftly.
The moment he ran out of the courtyard, a mouthful of black blood suddenly sprayed out, with some fragments inside.
Zhi Li had kicked too fiercely just now, directly costing him half his life.
But Li Zhu dared not pause for a moment, immediately going to gather men to arrest the mole in the young lord mansion.
…
Zhi Li squatted before Tu Li Yang and smiled, “You originally knew nothing. How happy that would have been. Even until the moment of death, you would still have thought your wife Tu Ling Duo loved you, and you would still have thought it was Suo Lun who sent people to kill you.”
Tu Li Yang had now recovered his calm, and said with a twisted smile, “It matters not if I die. I will wait for you in hell below. I can tell you, Suo Lun will certainly win. You will not only lose the throne, but in the end you will be worse than a stray dog, hahaha…”
Zhi Li curled his lip, not even deigning to argue. His large hand gripped Tu Li Yang’s head and said, “Go meet your dead father in hell. He will tell you how unjustly he died!”
Then Zhi Li’s palm exerted force, about to crush Tu Li Yang’s head alive.
“Wait…” Tu Ling Duo suddenly said.
“What?” Zhi Li said coldly. “You truly cannot bear to part with him?”
Tu Ling Duo said, “Do not kill him. Feed him a poison that will make him like a walking corpse. Then I will take him back to Luan Yang City, and have Fen Mo come to assassinate him, framing Suo Lun.”
Zhi Li looked at Tu Ling Duo, whose face was covered in blood, truly somewhat surprised. Even at this point, she was still thinking of framing Suo Lun.
Tu Ling Duo continued, “A spring night is worth a thousand gold. Today is my most fertile day. Let us continue.”
Then she once again assumed the most provocative and fiery posture, like a bitch.
Zhi Li said, “With your husband watching from the side?”
Tu Ling Duo touched her face, which was burning with pain, and said coldly, “Does he not like to watch? Then let him watch to his heart’s content. Your Highness, I am still a virgin. You must be gentle.”
Tu Ling Duo’s figure was provocative, her posture was sexy.
But the five deep claw marks on her face, dripping with blood, completely ruined the aesthetic.
Zhi Li tried to steel himself, but discovered that facing Tu Ling Duo’s blood-covered face, he truly could not get hard.
“Forget it, next time,” Zhi Li said. “Go immediately to find a medical cultivator. See if your face can be repaired. Do not let it be disfigured.”
Instantly, Tu Ling Duo was terrified. She quickly grabbed a mirror to look.
“Ahh…” she let out a piercing cry.
Five deep claw marks covered her entire face. She was truly disfigured.
Although she did not care about her appearance and figure as much as Gui Qin Shao, she still cherished them greatly. She could not become an ugly monster.
Instantly, she was burning with anxiety. She quickly put on her clothes and rushed out, searching for a medical cultivator.
“Find a poison that will destroy him, destroy this ugly monster!” After rushing out the door, Tu Ling Duo pointed at Tu Li Yang and shouted fiercely, “I will immediately find Fen Mo and kill this ugly monster.”
…
Soon, Li Cheng Lian entered.
As the chief eunuch by Zhi Li’s side, tonight he was responsible for maintaining the security of the entire young lord mansion, so he had not followed Zhi Li but had let his adopted son Li Zhu provide close protection. He had not expected such a huge mishap to occur.
“Secretly imprison Tu Li Yang in the dungeon. Find a poison to feed him. He should still be able to walk and eat, but have no consciousness,” Zhi Li ordered.
Li Cheng Lian said, “Then we may need to ask the people of the Demon Continent again.”
“Then go,” Zhi Li shouted fiercely.
“Yes,” Li Cheng Lian said.
He waved his hand, and two eunuchs stepped forward, stuffed Tu Li Yang into a sack, and carried him out, locking him in a secret dungeon.
…
This mole in the young lord mansion was not difficult to find.
When Tu Li Yang was entertaining guests at the head table, the wine on the table was finished, and he called out, “Wine!”
Then, a beautiful maid stepped forward and handed him a jug of wine.
After receiving this jug of wine, Tu Li Yang’s expression changed, and he immediately left the table. This scene was witnessed by many people, who also felt it very strange.
Could it be that this maid had given Tu Li Yang something?
And this maid’s identity was somewhat special.
Her name was Cai Yi. She had originally followed Princess Zhi Ning, and later Zhi Ning had given her to her sister-in-law Fang Qing Zhuo, so she became Fang Qing Zhuo’s most trusted maid. She even helped take care of both daughters.
Moreover, a few years ago Zhi Li had taken a fancy to her beauty and favoured her.
However, although Cai Yi was gentle and virtuous, she was very conservative and did not know how to please Zhi Li in bed.
So, after favouring her a few times, Zhi Li no longer slept with her. But she remained one of the highest-status maids in the young lord mansion, deeply trusted by both Zhi Li and Fang Qing Zhuo.
Immediately after, Zhi Li’s mistress Jian Liu also reported to Zhi Li. Shortly after the wedding banquet began, she had seen Cai Yi hurrying to Fang Qing Zhuo’s courtyard, after which Fang Qing Zhuo had actively attended the wedding banquet, accompanying the bride Tu Ling Mo, and ruining the good affair between Tu Ling Duo and Zhi Li.
That’s right, that was Jian Liu.
A few months ago, on the night Suo Lun rescued Gui Qin Shao. At that time Zhi Li had already ordered Jian Liu not to torment Gui Qin Shao any further. She should have gone home. But unwilling to accept this, she had secretly run to the dungeon one last time to torment Gui Qin Shao, and was captured by Suo Lun.
That day, Jian Liu was ravished for a whole night, then silently released back.
Thus, the identity of this mole in the young lord mansion was already very clear. It was this trusted maid Cai Yi.
Then Li Zhu immediately ordered the arrest of Cai Yi.
But this beautiful maid had already vanished without a trace.
…
In the study of the young lord mansion!
Zhi Li flew into a towering rage, smashing everything in the study to pieces.
“She must have fled toward Tianshui City,” Zhi Li roared. “Immediately send people to block all roads leading to Tianshui City. You must arrest this harlot Cai Yi.”
“Yes,” Li Cheng Lian said.
Zhi Li also said, “Go tell Tu Ling Duo to immediately find Fen Mo to kill Tu Li Yang and frame Suo Lun. Otherwise, once that harlot Cai Yi escapes to Tianshui City, the ugly affair of my adultery with Tu Ling Duo and murder of Tu Li Yang will be exposed.”
“Yes!” Li Cheng Lian said. “If Your Highness has no other anger, this old servant will go to handle affairs.”
“Go,” Zhi Li said.
After Li Cheng Lian withdrew, Zhi Li, still burning with anger, burst into his younger sister Zhi Ning’s courtyard.
And at this moment, Princess Zhi Ning was playing with her baby.
She knew that both she and her son had become hostages, so she had completely removed herself from all affairs, paying attention to nothing, and was solely devoted to caring for and protecting her son.
The baby was already several months old, and at this moment was showing astonishing beauty, with large and bright eyes, constantly filled with curiosity about this world.
His little body was chubby and sturdy, his little face white and delicate, truly like a doll.
When he smiled, his giggling sound was like a little bell, capable of purifying one’s soul.
At this moment, the baby was learning to crawl on a soft carpet, and Zhi Ning was also lying on the carpet.
After giving birth to her son, her delicate figure appeared especially voluptuous, her curves especially provocative and mature. Lying on the carpet like this, although she was not wearing a tight skirt, the curves of her waist and hips were still breathtaking.
Zhi Li’s heart jumped violently at the sight, his breath quickening.
And when Zhi Ning heard footsteps, she immediately rose and held the baby in her arms, saying, “Brother, why have you come?”
Zhi Li’s gaze was cold as he stared at Zhi Ning and said, “That maid Cai Yi you gave me turned out to be a mole. Should you not give me an explanation?”
…
In a secret chamber of the Tu Ling ducal mansion!
Tu Ling Duo’s face was covered with thick medicinal paste. The medical cultivator told her that her facial wounds had been scratched too deeply, so he could not guarantee whether scars would remain or whether she would be disfigured.
She sat upright on a chair, while before her stood the illegitimate son of the Tu Ling ducal mansion, a high-ranking general in Suo Lun’s army, and a born divine archer, Fen Mo!
Ever since the sea route was blockaded, the trade route through Tian Ye City had become especially important. So this time Fen Mo had led a team of over a thousand people to escort goods to Tian Ye City for trade.
“Tomorrow, Tu Li Yang and I will return to Luan Yang City,” Tu Ling Duo said. “I want you to ambush us on the road and assassinate Tu Li Yang!”
The situation was urgent, so the plan to murder Tu Li Yang and frame Suo Lun had to be advanced.