Nobody dared to cross the line in Prince Zi’s house, particularly when it was rare for them to be able to visit this place.

  Many of them had felt dwarfed when they saw the low-key extravagance in Prince Zi’s house.

  All the women shut up.

  Bu Yaolian’s eyes glimmered. So, people with high spiritual power were nothing to be scared of, as long as she knew their weakness.

  “This is indeed Prince Zi’s house, but I didn’t know that a loser like you can speak for Prince Zi.”

  A cold but gentle voice which commanded respect rang out nearby.

  The noble ladies cleared the way for an elegant woman in a pink dress.

  “If you know that this is Prince Zi’s house, why did you hurt them?” Following Nan Ningxin, Kuang Min berated her.

  Bu Yaolian said timidly, “I…… I didn’t hurt anyone. I simply nudged them.”

  “Nudging is hurting. What you did was provocation.”

  Kuang Min snorted. “You’re bold enough to hurt someone in Princess Zi’s house? You think we can’t do anything to you because Princess Zi has your back?”

  “No, you were speaking badly of other people under their own roof first. I only stopped you because it wasn’t right. It has nothing to do with Princess Zi.”

  Bu Yaolian might be fat, but she definitely wasn’t dumb.

  She already knew that the person was trying to make Gu Bailu look bad.

  It hadn’t been easy for Gu Bailu to become Princess Zi, and Bu Yaolian certainly couldn’t drag her down.

  “It has nothing to do with Princess Zi? Would you have dared attack us if she hadn’t invited you?”

  “I…… I simply couldn’t tolerate your nonsense. Even garbage has the right to speak.”

  Bu Yaolian’s complexion wasn’t good, but she couldn’t back down.

  She was a friend invited by Princess Zi. If she chickened out, Princess Zi would definitely despise her.

  Princess Zi once told her that when all else failed, she could kill other people with her weight.

  She was determined to be as fearless as her idol.

  “Why? People can’t discuss Princess Zi at all? We’re not making up anything. Just because she’s Princess Zi doesn’t change the fact that she’s garbage.”

  Kuang Min had been meaning to unleash her fury on Gu Bailu, but the latter had been keeping the noble ladies waiting.

  Did Gu Bailu really think she was something?

  Now that Bu Yaolian had blundered, Kuang Min certainly wouldn’t let her go.

  Since the bigger piece of trash hadn’t come yet, she could have some fun with the smaller one first.

  Nan Ningxin tugged at Kuang Min and said, “Sister, she’s Princess Zi, after all. For Prince Zi’s sake, please…… don’t do that.”

  “She simply enchanted Prince Zi with her evil arts. When he wakes up, there will be no Princess Zi……”

  “Princess Zi didn’t use any evil arts. Prince Zi really loves her.”

  Bu Yaolian certainly wouldn’t allow her idol to be demonized.

  She had heard of a strong expert who practiced unconventional arts and had been executed for it.

  Even the strongest person couldn’t take on the entire world on their own!

  This woman was indeed malicious!

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  “He really loves a piece of garbage? You must be kidding.” Kuang Min sneered. “She hurt so many experts at the Murong family house before. So many people saw it.”

  “Stop bullsh*tting. You think her arts are evil just because you can’t defeat her? Do you think you’re naturally stronger than everyone else?” Bu Yaolian was infuriated too.

  She couldn’t allow her idol to be slandered as a witch.

  “She doesn’t even have a spirit root. How can she be stronger than other people? You’re saying that we can’t defeat a piece of garbage?” Kuang Min mocked.

  “Princess Zi isn’t garbage. Just because we don’t have spirit roots doesn’t mean that we’re good-for-nothings. Even Cloud Mirror Academy was willing to take us in. Can you enter Cloud Mirror Academy?”

  “That was because Shao Di just wanted to have some fun. Wasn’t Princess Zi expelled right after?”

  “Nonsense. Shao Di would never expel Princess Zi. He’s very nice to her. Are you saying that Shao Di was bewildered by evil arts too?”

  “Who knows? It’s weird that a piece of garbage can win the favor of so many men.” Kuang Min smiled.

  The noble ladies finally remembered how Shao Di had bought clothes for Princess Zi’s sake, when they had thought that he was doing it for Miss Murong.

  Why were two such remarkable men defending Princess Zi so fervently?

  They really couldn’t see Princess Zi’s charms.

  So, it could only be evil arts……

  “You…… They like Princess Zi because she’s beautiful and adorable. You’re just jealous of her.”

  Having traveled the world with her grandpa since childhood, Bu Yaolian had seen plenty of people and things.

  She knew exactly what this troublemaker was trying to achieve, but she wouldn’t let the woman get her way.

  “Beautiful and adorable? I can’t tell.” Kuang Min snorted. “Who can be more beautiful and smarter than Ningxin? Prince Zi was so nice to Ningxin until the garbage showed up……”

  Bu Yaolian chuckled. “So, you’re only bullsh*tting because you lost your man. Just get him back instead of spreading rumors if you think you’re worth it.”

  Nan Ningxin’s face turned even paler. She murmured, “I…… I’m unworthy. Prince Zi promised that I would be the princess, but I lost that position to someone else.”

  Kuang Min held her hand, feeling sorry for her. “Ningxin, it’s fine. Prince Zi may be enchanted for now, but you will be Princess Zi sooner or later.”

  “She’s right. I can’t defend my position because I’m unworthy. My spiritual power is utterly useless,” said Nan Ningxin with a self-mocking smile.

  Anyone who had a heart would feel sympathetic when they saw that smile.

  However, the audience watching this drama were having a great time.

  Bu Yaolian almost laughed. Did the woman really think that she was entitled to the position of Princess Zi?

  “You’re truly brazen to say that Prince Zi promised you the title of Princess Zi. Go ask Prince Zi whether she asked to be Princess Zi or if she was given the title.”

  Ah Luo had told Bu Yaolian that Prince Zi hadn’t discussed it with Gu Bailu before he added her name to the list of royal family members.

  Otherwise, she wouldn’t have accepted the title so easily, at least not without a wagon of dragon meat as a bridal gift.

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  Kuang Min slapped Bu Yaolian in the face, and Bu Yaolian was flung backward as she hit the ground several meters away. She coughed up blood in pain.

  “You think a piece of garbage can mock our Ningxin? You’re truly bold.”

  Kuang Min stepped on Bu Yaolian angrily.

  Nan Ningxin went over to her and stopped her. “Sister, don’t. We’re in Prince Zi’s house.”

  “What are you scared of? Prince Zi said that he would help you if anyone was mean to you. This woman isn’t Princess Zi anyway.”

  Kuang Min knew that Feng Qingtian was nice to Nan Ningxin, as if he were in her debt.

  So, Prince Zi wouldn’t punish her as long as she didn’t touch Princess Zi.

  “But…… but I don’t want to make a fuss.” Nan Ningxin was indirectly admitting that this was a privilege Prince Zi had given her.

  “You’re still tolerating her when she’s so outrageous?” Kuang Min was furious, thinking that Nan Ningxin lost the title of princess because she was too kind.

  If she were Nan Ningxin, she would’ve killed the current Princess Zi.

  “She’s Princess Zi’s friend……” Nan Ningxin said mindfully.

  She was Princess Zi’s friend, so she was so cocky even if she was only a piece of garbage.

  “Miss Murong, your eyes are really keen. She is indeed my friend.” By the time Gu Bailu had spoken, Ah Luo had already rushed in, kicked Kuang Min aside, and helped Bu Yaolian to her feet.

  “My lady, Miss Bu is bleeding. They were mean to her.”

  Ah Luo had always liked this plump sister, because she was the first person who was nice to her lady in this world.

  She glared at Nan Ningxin. This troublemaker had kicked up a fuss yet again.

  “What’s the meaning of this, Miss Murong? Are you here for a fight?” Gu Bailu asked solemnly.

  Nan Ningxin frowned. “Not exactly. My sister taught her a lesson because she said something nasty.”

  No reasons were needed for the high and mighty Kuang Min to teach a piece of garbage a lesson.

  What a matter-of-fact tone!

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “Did she?”

  “That’s right. Why? You think other people can’t punish your dog just because you’re Princess Zi?” Kuang Min was angry and embarrassed that she had been kicked aside.

  Nan Ningxin tugged at her and said, “Don’t argue with her. She’s Princess Zi.”

  “I’m not arguing with her. What I hit was just a piece of garbage who doesn’t know how to speak,” said Kuang Min coldly.

  Narrowing her eyes, Gu Bailu looked at her, only to see that her aura was gray and black. She was indeed here for a malicious purpose.

  What surprised Gu Bailu was that she could see an image inside Kuang Min’s head.

  “The thing you showed me yesterday will definitely work on her. Let’s see if she can still be arrogant after that.”

  Nan Ningxin said anxiously, “Sister, you mustn’t use it randomly. I…… I don’t think we should use it……”

  “We’re only getting back at her because she was mean to you.”

  The image disappeared.

  It was a shame that Gu Bailu hadn’t seen anything before or after the clip.

  What was the thing that they had mentioned?

  What trick had Nan Ningxin come up with to deal with her?

  But more than that, why could she see images in someone else’s head now? Had her Heavenly Eye been upgraded?

  Had she leveled up because she had had sex all night last night?

  If so, that was an unexpected silver lining to all her fatigue and pain.

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  Gu Bailu looked at the other noble ladies, and also saw the thoughts in their heads.

  Some were enjoying the drama, some were missing their lovers, and some were wondering what they should wear for their blind dates the next day.

  The clips were all very short.

  Not intending to pry into their privacy, Gu Bailu shook her head and focused.

  “Why are you shaking your head? Can’t I teach her a lesson?” asked Kuang Min aggressively.

  “You’re truly a funny person. Do you always overthink things?” Gu Bailu smiled casually and suddenly rushed at her, before she stuck a rune to her forehead.

  She then gestured at Ah Luo, who immediately tied Kuang Min’s hands together. “Don’t move.”

  Nan Ningxin turned cold. “What’s the meaning of this?”

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “Your subordinate hurt my friend, and I’m capturing her…… I’ve always been fair.”

  “She’s not my subordinate; she’s my sister and Lady Murong’s niece.”

  “I don’t care who she is. She’s on your side, isn’t she? If you can hurt someone on my side, I can certainly catch someone on your side. That’s only fair, isn’t it?”

  Gu Bailu spoke like a child quarreling with someone else.

  “What do you want?” Nan Ningxin asked with her arms crossed.

  Kuang Min still had an important role to play, and Nan Ningxin couldn’t allow her to be captured yet.

  Gu Bailu smiled. “Actually, they’re both great friends, or they wouldn’t concern themselves with someone else’s business. What do you say we settle our grudge ourselves?”

  “I have no grudge with you,” said Nan Ningxin, as if she didn’t care. “I’m incapable of sleeping with Prince Zi and bearing his child. I’m not as good as you.”

  “You’re flattering me, Miss Nan. You’re Prince Zi’s lover from his previous life. You’re certainly better than me.” Gu Bailu looked at her sharply.

  Nan Ningxin was shocked. How could Prince Zi have told her that?

  “What exactly do you want?” Nan Ningxin was a little flustered; it seemed that Gu Bailu might have seen through her.

  But that was impossible. With the Night Lotus, nobody could tell that she was a fraud.

  Nan Ningxin clutched the Night Lotus hard.

  Gu Bailu sat down. “Everybody says that I’m garbage and Miss Nan is one of the strongest women. Why don’t we have a competition?”

  Nan Ningxin was reluctant when she heard that……

  Now that Gu Bailu had talked her up, it wouldn’t do her any good whether she won or lost.

  “I’ve already lost. Just release my sister.” Nan Ningxin didn’t want to fight her, unless it was for her sister.

  Gu Bailu asked Ah Luo to bring Kuang Min over to her. “Miss Nan is unwilling to compete with me. Miss Kuang, why don’t you tell me if Miss Nan is sincerely admitting defeat?”

  Nan Ningxin looked at Kuang Min, only to see that Kuang Min’s eyes were unfocused and that she was clearly under mind control.

  Fearing that Kuang Min would say something that she shouldn’t, Nan Ningxin rushed forward and tried to take Kuang Min back, but Ah Luo reacted fast enough and pushed Kuang Min behind her as she fought Nan Ningxin.

  Unwilling to fight her, Nan Ningxin dodged and reached for Kuang Min again. “Release my sister!”

  She was furious, and her hair was a mess because of her movements, making her look pitiful.

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  Some of the ladies who were watching couldn’t take it anymore and said, “Princess Zi, Miss Kuang simply taught someone who deserved it a lesson. It would appear disrespectful to the Murong family if you hold her prisoner.”

  Even Shao Di, Shao Zun and Prince Zi had to show respect to Lady Murong of the Murong family.

  Gu Bailu smiled. “I’m not doing anything to her except preventing her from causing trouble. Besides, Miss Kuang knows a lot of things that Miss Nan doesn’t want her to say.”

  Nan Ningxin lowered her head helplessly.

  Everyone else didn’t say anything. After all, Kuang Min had just shown them what might happen if they defended Nan Ningxin.

  They all looked at Nan Ningxin with sympathy, but lacked the courage to help her.

  They felt that Princess Zi was too arrogant, but didn’t dare say it out loud.

  Gu Bailu, however, knew that Nan Ningxin had to be up to something else.

  She simply kept her gaze on Nan Ningxin, her eyes as sharp as blades.

  Nan Ningxin couldn’t care less about what was going on around her, because she was trying to break Gu Bailu’s control over Kuang Min.

  Gu Bailu wasn’t nearly as skillful as she was, and Nan Ningxin was certain that she could lift it.

  Sensing that the rune had moved, Gu Bailu raised her hand and stabilized it on Kuang Min’s forehead again, surprised that Nan Ningxin could crack it remotely.

  It seemed that she had truly learned the skills of the Gu family before she eliminated them.

  This was truly an ungrateful and heinous woman.

  Everybody in the Gu family had regarded her as a treasure. She could’ve lived a happy life, but she refused to do so. What exactly did she want?

  Was it Feng Qingtian?

  In that case, Gu Bailu certainly wouldn’t give him to her!

  Failing to nullify the rune, Nan Ningxin looked at Gu Bailu, full of hate.

  Why had this idiot gotten so much stronger? Nan Ningxin couldn’t crack the rune at all.

  Gu Bailu sent her a mental transmission: “Stop trying. Your skills are nothing in front of me now.”

  Nan Ningxin looked at her coldly.

  “You don’t believe me? Let’s have a match then. If I lose, I’ll give Feng Qingtian to you. How does that sound?”

  Nan Ningxin heard the words, and wondered how Gu Bailu could be so audacious.

  Gu Bailu wasn’t that stupid a person – she had to have some tricks up her sleeve.

  “You don’t have the guts to compete with me? How can you get a man if you don’t? Do you know how I got Feng Qingtian? I pounced on him and slept with him the first time I saw him.”

  Nan Ningxin turned red with fury. What a shameless woman!

  That was her man! The woman did that to her man!

  Nan Ningxin had tried her best to please Feng Qingtian, but Gu Bailu was shameless and didn’t do anything before she slept with Feng Qingtian!

  Why had it never occurred to Nan Ningxin that she could sleep with Feng Qingtian when he didn’t have any spiritual power?

  No, it had occurred to her before, but she had never had the courage to do so, fearing that Feng Qingtian would despise her for her lust.

  In their previous life, Feng Qingtian never really had sex with her.

  She didn’t dare take that step because she was worried that Feng Qingtian would change!

  “Look at you. All you can do is pretend. You’ve lost your man because of that.” Gu Bailu grinned at her.

  Her beautiful face was full of mockery.

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  No…… Nan Ningxin had to tear this face to shreds and utterly destroy Gu Bailu, even if Feng Qingtian had strong feelings for her.

  “Alright, release my sister first. We can compete however you want,” Nan Ningxin said pitifully.

  Gu Bailu gestured at Ah Luo, who pushed Kuang Min toward Nan Ningxin.

  Nan Ningxin tore the rune off of Kuang Min and let her go when her eyes were clear again.

  She wouldn’t have saved this brainless and unreasonable woman if the latter wasn’t still useful to her.

  But on the other hand, if the woman did have brains, Nan Ningxin wouldn’t have been able to manipulate her in the first place.

  “What happened?” Kuang Min couldn’t remember what just happened.

  “You were being controlled with this rune.” Nan Ningxin gave her the rune that she was holding.

  Kuang Min jumped to her feet. “Gu Bailu, this is purely an evil art!”

  Gu Bailu smiled. “You don’t know runes? What an idiot. You think that anything that can defeat you is an evil art?”

  Even the National Counselor of Southern Glory Empire used runes, except that he had tremendous spiritual power and Gu Bailu had none.

  “How can you control runes? You don’t even have spiritual power!”

  “Who told you that runes have to be controlled with spiritual power?”

  “I’ve never seen anyone who can control runes without spiritual power. You must be using evil arts!”

  “Stop showing off your ignorance. Those who are immortal don’t have spiritual power, but they can control everything,” Ah Luo said loudly.

  Kuang Min mocked, “Are you saying that she doesn’t have spiritual power because she’s immortal?”

  Gu Bailu drew a rune and threw it at her, flinging her away. “You may think that. You better stay away from me while you can.”

  Nan Ningxin looked at Gu Bailu in shock, wondering how Gu Bailu had reached such a high level.

  “Aren’t we going to compete? Why do you keep ragging on her?” Nan Ningxin said angrily.

  “Your sister isn’t as good at talking as you are, Miss Nan. You need to teach her better.”

  Now that Nan Ningxin had been provoked, Gu Bailu wasn’t in a hurry.

  “Are we going to compete or not?” Nan Ningxin was really keen to find out what Gu Bailu’s strength was like now.

  “Why the rush? We have so many guests who are here to appreciate the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.”

  The ladies and misses beamed with curiosity; they were here precisely to see the legendary flowers, not the drama between the two women.

  Gu Bailu stepped forward and said, “Ladies, if I may direct you to Indulgence Garden.”

  Nan Ningxin was rather infuriated by Gu Bailu.

  It was Gu Bailu who had demanded a match, but then she proposed to view the flowers before that.

  What exactly was she up to?

  But Nan Ningxin didn’t think that she could come up with any clever tricks.

  When Gu Bailu passed by, Feng Qingtian stood in the passageway and observed the crowd, but he couldn’t see anybody else when he noticed Gu Bailu in the lead.

  His woman was the most eye-catching one from every angle.

  “My lord, the princess seems to be in a good mood,” said Qin Shou.

  “That’s good. But pay attention to her safety.” Feng Qingtian smiled and said, “Send a few more men with the princess. Don’t let her be wronged in her own home.”


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  Qin Shou nodded his head, but didn’t really think that anyone would challenge Princess Zi in Prince Zi’s house.

  However, he then remembered Miss Murong……

  Would she give up?

  Probably not.

  Qin Shou hurriedly instructed Ye Ying to protect Princess Zi well.

  If the princess so much as lost a single strand of hair, someone would definitely be punished.

  Gu Bailu opened the vault, and the interior was illuminated slightly by the sun that streamed in.

  She walked in first, amazed by the colorful and splendid flowers in the gloom.

  Some servants placed night pearls in the vault, making it much brighter than before.

  The 9,999 Spring Harbingers were reflected on the clean floor. Everybody was astounded by their different colors and hues.

  “How beautiful.”

  It was all they could say in their astonishment.

  “The 9,999 Spring Harbingers are as legendary as described.”

  The flowers were translucent, and the sheen along their edges blended perfectly with the colors of the flowers.

  “I wish I could have one of these flowers.”

  “What are you talking about? If any of them is plucked out, all of them will perish.”

  “Ah……”

  All the ladies and misses stepped back, fearing that they would damage the flowers and kill them if they got too close.

  If that happened, there would be no way that they could make up for it.

  Nan Ningxin clenched her fists. Prince Zi never told her that he had the 9,999 Spring Harbingers in his house, even when he thought that she was the woman he loved. The items that he had given her weren’t worth mentioning when compared with the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  How could a woman as idiotic as Gu Bailu deserve these flowers?

  “Miss Nan, let’s have a match.” What Gu Bailu said shocked everyone.

  A match in here?

  What if the delicate flowers were hurt?

  Princess Zi, don’t be so wilful.

  Though the flowers are Prince Zi’s gift to you, they’re the only 9,999 Spring Harbingers in the world. You mustn’t ruin them.

  Miss Murong certainly wouldn’t agree with her.

  “How do you want to compete?” Nan Ningxin knew that it was a good chance for her to destroy this place.

  The other ladies and misses were reluctant, unwilling to let them ruin the delicate flowers.

  “The 9,999 Spring Harbingers will die if any of them is damaged, so a battle isn’t an option. Let’s see who’s the fastest to cross the flowers.”

  Nan Ningxin frowned. The 9,999 Spring Harbingers were extremely rare. She didn’t know how Prince Zi had gotten them, but she knew that she would be cursed if she killed them.

  However, she was unwilling to let Gu Bailu boast about such precious flowers every day.

  “What will happen when either of us wins?” Nan Ningxin asked.

  “Everybody knows how precious the 9,999 Spring Harbingers are. If you hurt them, you have to compensate me with your most important item. Same for me. You can take whatever you want most from me if I fail.”

  Gu Bailu looked at Nan Ningxin with a smile.

  “Fine.” Nan Ningxin found no reason to refuse her.

  She could fly with her spiritual power; she only needed to be careful not to injure the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  With so many eyewitnesses, Gu Bailu couldn’t play any tricks.

  Besides, the 9,999 Spring Harbingers were just flowers that couldn’t attack anyone.

  “Then, let’s begin,” said Gu Bailu, before she rushed forward.

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  The gaps in between the 9,999 Spring Harbingers were identical, and only big enough for one person to squeeze through.

  Even so, one had to be extra careful, because their clothes might accidentally brush against the flowers.

  One touch and the fragile flowers would be ruined.

  Though Gu Bailu entered the flowers first, she walked extremely slowly and wrapped her clothes more tightly around herself to prevent them from touching the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  Nan Ningxin did the same.

  She didn’t dare be too fast at first. After all, it was Gu Bailu who had proposed this match, and Nan Ningxin was worried that there might be traps.

  But even after a while, she didn’t find any on the floor.

  The flowers were beautiful, and there was nothing wrong with them at all.

  “Ah……” Gu Bailu exclaimed and managed to maintain her balance. “I almost lost.”

  She patted her chest, her heart pounding.

  Nan Ningxin, however, walked steadily.

  Smiling, she sped up. She thought that Gu Bailu had proposed the match because Prince Zi wouldn’t do anything to her even if she ruined the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, but if Nan Ningxin ruined them, other people would say that she did it on purpose, and Prince Zi wouldn’t feel that he owed her anything anymore.

  Well…… Nan Ningxin decided to accept the challenge. She wouldn’t touch the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  Gu Bailu walked even more carefully to avoid the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.

  Nan Ningxin was already a dozen meters ahead of her.

  However, Gu Bailu didn’t seem anxious at all.

  “Miss Nan, the faster you walk, the more miserable your death might be. You better be careful!” Gu Bailu reminded her generously since she liked a fair game.

  Well, she was an honest woman.

  But Nan Ningxin thought that Gu Bailu was bluffing because she couldn’t catch up. She examined the environment and didn’t see any danger.

  All she needed to do was keep her balance and stay away from the flowers.

  Gu Bailu carefully accelerated, trying to catch up with Nan Ningxin.

  As she walked, she said to the flowers nearby, “You’re really beautiful. Forgive my intrusion.”

  Everyone watching held their breaths, fearing that these two might accidentally ruin all the flowers.

  It wouldn’t feel great to watch something so beautiful be destroyed.

  However, both Nan Ningxin and Gu Bailu walked steadily, and the flowers were still blooming.

  Everybody wanted Miss Murong to hurry up and reach the end so that the match would be over.

  “Princess Zi, why are you talking? Focus on walking!” Bu Yaolian was rather anxious because Miss Murong was way ahead of her.

  Gu Bailu replied loudly, “There’s no need to rush. More haste, less speed.”

  Speed wasn’t the only thing she needed to win this race.

  Nan Ningxin looked back at her in confusion, wondering why Gu Bailu didn’t seem as hasty as a moment ago.

  She stopped and looked around suspiciously. Sensing no danger, she felt that Gu Bailu was only bluffing.

  She started moving again. However, she barely took a step forward when something crawled out in front of her eyes, and she was about to fall.

  She wanted to control her balance, but then realized that her spiritual power had disappeared.

  Nan Ningxin was shocked. What on earth was that? What was the thing that had crawled out just now?

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  She tried to control her body so that she fell between the flowers and didn’t damage any of them.

  Sitting on the ground, she saw nothing but the reflections of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers on the floor. The stems of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers were only as thick as fingers and couldn’t hide anything.

  Nothing could be secretly lurking here, either, because she had already examined the place with spiritual power.

  Then what was that thing just now? And where was her spiritual power?

  Nan Ningxin couldn’t sense any spiritual power. She rose to her feet, only to see nobody around.

  Gu Bailu had disappeared too.

  Where was she?

  The audience suddenly exclaimed, “Dear god! Miss Murong fell!”

  “What happened? Why is she not getting up?”

  “What about the 9,999 Spring Harbingers? Were they damaged?”

  “How could she have been so careless? That’s the 9,999 Spring Harbingers!”

  Gu Bailu snapped, “Don’t yell, or you’ll annoy the 9,999 Spring Harbingers. I’ll go check it out.”

  Gu Bailu ran fast, not caring if her clothes touched the flowers anymore.

  She had to be fast, in case Nan Ningxin woke up soon.

  After she arrived, she saw that Nan Ningxin really was sound asleep.

  Were the 9,999 Spring Harbingers truly only meant to be admired? Of course not!

  This was Prince Zi’s vault. Why were the 9,999 Spring Harbingers grown in the vault?

  To prevent his treasures from being stolen, of course!

  The 9,999 Spring Harbingers were actually hallucinogenic flowers……

  However, they had their own personality, and wouldn’t drug everyone.

  For example, Gu Bailu had been praising them and apologizing to them, so they didn’t drug her.

  Nan Ningxin, on the other hand, ignored the 9,999 Spring Harbingers and didn’t seem to like them at all. Naturally, she was unfortunate enough to be hit!

  Gu Bailu smiled. She had told Nan Ningxin that walking fast wasn’t a good thing, but her enemy didn’t listen to her.

  “Huh. Prince Zi, I love you so much……” Nan Ningxin wriggled and rubbed her legs, lust all over her face.

  Gu Bailu slapped her face.

  Feng Qingtian was her man and could sleep with only her. She certainly wasn’t happy that Nan Ningxin was having erotic dreams of the man that Gu Bailu was sleeping with every day.

  But this wasn’t the time to wake Nan Ningxin up yet.

  Gu Bailu stared at the Night Lotus around Nan Ningxin’s neck.

  “You escaped last time. Let’s see where you can hide this time.”

  Gu Bailu trusted that the Night Lotus, as an artifact that had lived for a thousand years, could understand her.

  The Night Lotus shot out a dazzling light right toward Gu Bailu.

  “You want to take me down first?” Gu Bailu turned her head quickly and avoided the attack.

  Nan Ningxin had now lost consciousness, which meant that her soul was out of her body. It was the best moment to deal with the Night Lotus.

  Gu Bailu drew a triangle rune and smashed it onto the Night Lotus, but was blocked.

  She chanted and used all her power to cover the Night Lotus with another rune.

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  The Night Lotus flew and dodged her rune.

  “Hmph. I’ll teach you a good lesson today, you ungrateful traitor who acknowledged a thief as your master!”

  Gu Bailu recited, “Tranquility of mind! Summon Yin Neng with the soul contract!”

  Yin Neng appeared out of nowhere in his human form. He asked angrily, “What’s wrong now? Aren’t you supposed to be appreciating flowers?”

  His life in Prince Zi’s house had been so great that he almost forgot that he was contracted.

  “Help me capture the Night Lotus. I’ll control it today.”

  Yin Neng sweated hard. “You’re going to control the Night Lotus? Are you out of your mind?”

  “Just do as I say!” Gu Bailu had no time to explain.

  She couldn’t get revenge until she got rid of the Night Lotus. Nan Ningxin was only her enemy’s pawn, and she had to obtain this pawn.

  Yin Neng took action and charged at the Night Lotus.

  The whole vault turned cold. The Night Lotus seemed to be dumbfounded and couldn’t believe that a human wanted to fight it.

  Emitting dazzling brilliance, it made everyone’s eyes hurt and their ears hum.

  Everybody in the vault felt their hearts shake.

  Not knowing what was going on, the ladies and misses had to crouch down to get themselves under control.

  Those with little spiritual power were already throwing up blood, their complexions pale.

  Gu Bailu wasn’t any better, but she drew another two runes to enhance Yin Neng. “Get it under control now.”

  The Night Lotus spun in midair while it radiated that dazzling brilliance.

  Yin Neng released an ice pillar at the Night Lotus, but it nimbly dodged the attack.

  Yin Neng began to surround the Night Lotus with ice pillars, so that it would have nowhere to go.

  “Ah…… Prince Zi, please go faster. I love you!” Nan Ningxin moaned louder and louder.

  Gu Bailu frowned. It seemed that Nan Ningxin’s dream was reaching the climax.

  She had to be quick.

  Yin Neng could fight the Night Lotus when she boosted him, but he couldn’t defeat it.

  Crouching next to Nan Ningxin, Gu Bailu cast a fatal rune over her and said, “Night Lotus, she’ll die if you don’t give up.”

  The Night Lotus uttered a huge noise, before it darted at Gu Bailu amidst dense black fog.

  Knowing that things weren’t looking good, Gu Bailu didn’t dodge, but carefully drew a star to block it.

  “You traitor, I’ll have to get you under control today.”

  By the time Feng Qingtian arrived, the vault had been reduced to a mess. Most of the ladies and misses were lying on the ground.

  The place was shrouded in a black fog, with dazzling light and ice pillars in the center.

  It looked like the scary chaos from when the universe was just created.

  Feng Qingtian’s expression was awful. He knew that the Night Lotus was on the counterattack.

  “Gu Bailu, who told you to touch the Night Lotus?” Feng Qingtian roared worriedly and rushed into the fog.

  In his carelessness, he had forgotten how determined Gu Bailu was to get the Night Lotus.

  Her determination would get her killed.

  No! She couldn’t die!

  “Qingqing, you’re so great! You’re mine! Nobody can steal you from me! I love you!…… Ugh……”

  Hearing the lustful moans, Feng Qingtian looked even more awful.

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  Why was Nan Ningxin talking like that?

  If it was any other woman, he would’ve slapped them into a meat pie.

  But he had no time to bother with that now. When he approached the Night Lotus, he found that Gu Bailu and the floating Night Lotus were fighting.

  They were still fighting?

  Feng Qingtian was hugely relieved.

  Seeing him, Yin Neng hurried to say, “Prince Zi, you must help. I can’t do anything without hurting her now.”

  Feng Qingtian waved his hand, and a flood of enormous spiritual power covered the black fog like fire.

  Gu Bailu couldn’t escape now even if she wanted to, because the Night Lotus had her in its grasp.

  Just as Feng Qingtian stepped in, Gu Bailu sensed that the Night Lotus was enhanced to an extent where her star wouldn’t be able to resist it.

  “Don’t help me! Stop!”

  She realized that the more the Night Lotus was attacked, the more powerful it became.

  They weren’t helping her at all, but injecting energy into the Night Lotus.

  Feng Qingtian naturally sensed the change in the Night Lotus too. He could only retract his spiritual power.

  “Night Lotus, if you dare hurt her, I’ll exterminate you myself.”

  The Night Lotus was no longer the Night Lotus which he had given away years ago. Naturally, it wouldn’t listen to him.

  Gu Bailu snorted. “You think that such a traitor can hurt me?”

  Infuriated, the Night Lotus spun faster and faster and unleashed greater and greater power.

  Gu Bailu could barely endure anymore.

  She glanced at Nan Ningxin and saw that she was about to have an orgasm.

  It wasn’t easy for her to get Nan Ningxin’s soul out of her body. She wouldn’t have a second chance to control the Night Lotus.

  Calming down, Gu Bailu simply canceled her power and opened her Heavenly Eye.

  The whole world turned into a paradise where peach blossoms flew everywhere, and a pink peach blossom mark appeared on her forehead.

  The Night Lotus suddenly stopped, as if it was confused.

  Its black fog was gone, and it couldn’t use any power.

  Had it been trapped in a different world?

  Gu Bailu glared at it. “Do you have any idea how heartbroken your former master would be after your betrayal?”

  The Night Lotus was absolutely still.

  “Nan Ningxin isn’t your master at all. You should know that better than anyone else. Why have you been helping her? She murdered my whole family!”

  The Night Lotus fell to the ground.

  Gu Bailu’s eyes widened. She didn’t know what was going on either.

  She carefully examined the Night Lotus, which glimmered as it rested on a bed of peach blossoms, as if it was exhausted.

  “Do you know that you were wrong?”

  Gu Bailu squatted and tried to reach for the Night Lotus, only to be deflected by a force.

  Gu Bailu simply smashed a fatal rune on the Night Lotus and said, “I’ll smash you into pieces if you still aren’t obedient.”

  Gu Bailu certainly meant what she said, as the fatal rune surrounded and burned the Night Lotus.

  The Night Lotus jerked up, but it fell again before it even climbed two meters in the air.

  It rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire.

  Gu Bailu realized that the Night Lotus had probably lost the ability to counterattack in the world of her Heavenly Eye.

  “Let’s see where you’re going to hide. It never ends well for traitors.”

  Unhurriedly, Gu Bailu cast another spell to stimulate the fire as the Night Lotus writhed on the ground.

  “Don’t hurt me…… don’t hurt me…… I was wrong.”

  A childish voice suddenly burst out.

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  Gu Bailu looked around as she searched for the source of the childish voice. Why would someone else be in the world of her Heavenly Eye?

  “It hurts! Please let go of me! I was wrong!” The cute cries of a child softened Gu Bailu’s heart.

  She looked at the Night Lotus and asked, “Were you talking?”

  She didn’t know that the Night Lotus could talk.

  “Please stop burning me. It’s painful.” The Night Lotus sounded like a crying boy, but Gu Bailu wouldn’t be tricked.

  “Just hold it in even if it hurts. You should’ve seen this coming when you betrayed me.”

  Did the Night Lotus think that she would feel sorry for it when it pretended to be a boy?

  Whoever helped Nan Ningxin deserved to be punished.

  If Nan Ningxin didn’t have the Night Lotus’s endorsement, she wouldn’t have dared to pretend to be Feng Qingtian’s former lover.

  Without the Night Lotus, Nan Ningxin wouldn’t be so strong either.

  If Nan Ningxin was a murderer, the Night Lotus was her murder weapon.

  “I didn’t betray anyone…… Please stop burning me……”

  The Night Lotus rolled around on the ground. With its cute and lovely voice, it looked like a baby.

  Gu Bailu sweated hard.

  The childish voice was really an excellent weapon.

  She did feel reluctant.

  Who could be ruthless when they saw a lovely baby burning in a fire?

  She might not be a good person, but she still had a conscience.

  Gu Bailu said solemnly, “I can stop burning you, but you have to rescind the contract with Nan Ningxin immediately……”

  “I can’t rescind the contract. I have to wait for my master to rescue me, but she hasn’t come. I’ve waited for a long time……” said the Night Lotus pitifully.

  “How can your master appear when you’ve acknowledged Nan Ningxin as your master?” Gu Bailu was lost for words.

  “This is just for convenience’s sake.”

  “What do you mean?” asked Gu Bailu in confusion.

  “I can only find my master by staying with her. It’s impossible to explain it to you. Please stop burning me. I’m not a traitor.”

  Gu Bailu snorted. “That’s just your side of the story. You helped Nan Ningxin in so many evil things. Don’t you feel guilty toward your master?”

  “You don’t understand. I did it for a reason! You have the scent of my master. Are you my master?”

  Gu Bailu waved her hand. “Go away. I don’t want a traitor like you. Rescind the contract, or I’ll destroy you.”

  “Please don’t destroy me. I haven’t done anything bad after I was contracted to her.” The Night Lotus was anxious. “I have to wait for my master. I can help fulfill whatever demands you have.”

  Gu Bailu thought for a moment and asked, “You really can’t rescind the contract?”

  “I never lie. I’m a good boy.”

  “Scram. Those who don’t listen to me are bad boys, and bad boys should suffer.”

  Gu Bailu didn’t think that the Night Lotus was lying, but it was unwilling to explain why it was staying with Nan Ningxin.

  It seemed to still be loyal to its master, but Gu Bailu didn’t want to give the Night Lotus to Nan Ningxin.

  “I’m a good boy.”

  “Then will you listen to me?”

  “Of course. You have my master’s scent, or I would’ve harvested your soul last time,” sobbed the Night Lotus.

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  Feng Qingtian had said the same thing before, claiming that the Night Lotus had almost killed her.

  But the Night Lotus had weakened for some reason, and Gu Bailu was lucky to survive.

  So, the Night Lotus went easy on her?

  Feng Qingtian mentioned that she gave him the impression of his former lover, and the Night Lotus was saying a similar thing. Was she really related to that woman?

  But she couldn’t remember a thing.

  “Then tell me who Nan Ningxin is helping, and who has been helping Nan Ningxin.”

  If the contract couldn’t be rescinded, Gu Bailu could turn the Night Lotus into a spy for her.

  “I don’t know. I only know that she and Shao Di often meet. She contacts other people through letters, but I’m illiterate.”

  “.……”

  What could Gu Bailu say?

  The Night Lotus, which was a nightmare to many people, couldn’t read.

  Hm, fine. While the Night Lotus could talk, it was still an object in the end, and not human.

  “Has she never gotten in touch with suspicious-looking men or asked you to do things for her?”

  “Of course, she often asks for my help, but I don’t like her and I’ve been sleeping and cultivating, so I don’t know what she does.”

  “You’re useless!” Gu Bailu snorted.

  The Night Lotus didn’t know anything about Nan Ningxin’s movements despite the fact that they were together all the time.

  “How can you protect your master like this? You need to keep an eye on Nan Ningxin, because she’ll definitely hurt your master again.”

  “What should I do?” The Night Lotus was confused.

  “Don’t cultivate, don’t sleep, and keep an eye on her day and night to see who she’s meeting and talking to. Then, report to me the next time we meet.”

  The Night Lotus was reluctant. “You’re not my master. Why should I listen to you?”

  “Because I’m stronger than you and I can burn you again. Do you want to try it?”

  “I don’t want to be burnt. I’m scared.” The Night Lotus’s voice shook, as if it was scared of fire.

  “Then be a good boy. If you do a good job, I’ll help you find your master.”

  “Really? You can help me find my master?”

  “Of course. Right, do you know how Nan Ningxin set up Murong Lanyi?”

  Ghost Murong had been inside the Soul Attractor for a long time. It was time to send her off.

  After sending her off, Gu Bailu would probably level up from this good deed.

  The Night Lotus said, “I know Murong Lanyi. She was very close to Nan Ningxin.”

  “Then do you know how she died?”

  “I don’t know, but I know that Nan Ningxin took her out and she never returned.”

  “Are you sure that Nan Ningxin took her out?”

  “Yes. I was awake and absorbing moonlight for my cultivation when Nan Ningxin took her out, claiming that they would be going to the Woods of God’s Tears to train together.”

  “Then what?”

  “Then, Nan Ningxin left first, telling her that she was sleepy. I don’t know what happened next.”

  “Can you testify?”

  “Testify…… how?”

  “Tell Lady Murong what you know.” Gu Bailu knew that Nan Ningxin would be done for once Lady Murong learned what she had done.

  Lady Murong didn’t look like an unreasonable person.

  “Outsiders can’t see me.”

  “Then why are you talking to me? Outsiders can see you only when you’re about to be burnt?” asked Gu Bailu coldly

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  In Gu Bailu’s eyes, saying that it couldn’t meet outsiders was just the Night Lotus’s excuse.

  In this life-or-death moment, the Night Lotus certainly hadn’t hesitated to talk to her.

  “Because you look like my master,” said the Night Lotus matter-of-factly.

  Gu Bailu’s face twitched. The same reason again.

  “Then, the person who looks like your master is ordering you to see Lady Murong. Will you listen to her or not?”

  Since it said that she looked like its master, she might as well act like it.

  The Night Lotus said pitifully, “My master is never so mean. She never commands me, either. She’s very nice to me.”

  Gu Bailu sweated hard…… Why did she feel like the Night Lotus was insinuating something?

  It wasn’t stupid at all!

  “Your master is now angry because of your disobedience,” said Gu Bailu coldly.

  The Night Lotus felt like crying. This woman who looked like its master was so mean.

  However, it liked the familiar scent that was coming off her.

  “But outsiders cannot see me.”

  “Well…… You can simply talk to them then.”

  “They cannot hear me either……” The Night Lotus wasn’t fond of communicating with outsiders.

  Gu Bailu realized that she could hear the Night Lotus only because of her Heavenly Eye.

  Then, how could she let Lady Murong know of Nan Ningxin’s viciousness?

  “I’ve got my ways. Just tell them later what you saw.”

  “Okay……”

  “Watch Nan Ningxin closely and remember what she does and whom she meets. We’ll talk again.” Gu Bailu closed her Heavenly Eye and opened her normal eyes.

  “Lulu! What’s going on?” Feng Qingtian shouted anxiously.

  He never knew how incapable he was until this moment, when he couldn’t save the person he loved most at all.

  Opening her eyes, Gu Bailu looked at him and grinned. “I’m fine. It’s an even match. It’s pointless to continue fighting.”

  Gu Bailu withdrew the star she cast earlier, and the Night Lotus returned to Nan Ningxin’s neck.

  Feng Qingtian was dumbfounded. What had happened?

  Why was the Night Lotus so obedient?

  It stopped fighting when Gu Bailu told it to stop?

  But he had no time to think about that now. He rushed to Gu Bailu and hugged her. “You’re as reckless as ever. Why did you get into a conflict with the Night Lotus? You could’ve been killed!”

  Gu Bailu lay weakly in his arms, exhausted after the battle.

  “I said I would be fine. The Night Lotus is just an object even though it has enormous spiritual power. You also have enormous spiritual power, but I subdued you too, didn’t I?” Gu Bailu said shamelessly.

  Both angry and amused, Feng Qingtian spanked her and said, “You’re forbidden from meeting with Nan Ningxin again.”

  “No!” Gu Bailu was shocked. “N- no! I won’t fight her again. You can’t stop me from seeing her.”

  “You can see her when you’re strong enough.”

  This time, Gu Bailu had tricked Nan Ningxin by luring her into the center of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, where she was drugged and her soul left her body.

  But Nan Ningxin certainly wouldn’t be deceived again.

  Gu Bailu clearly couldn’t defeat Nan Ningxin with her current level of strength.

  “I’m not weak. Even the Night Lotus listened to me. Look, it stopped fighting when I told it to.”

  “Really?” Feng Qingtian wasn’t entirely convinced, but he had seen what happened just now.

  Gu Bailu blinked. “Of course. I defeated it fair and square.”


  323 Miss Nan Wakes Up

  “Oh? How good are you?” Feng Qingtian held her in his arms, still feeling some fear.

  She was safe now, but he still felt helpless.

  He hated it when she was in trouble and there was nothing he could do. He felt like this had happened before, a long time ago.

  The feeling was etched into his heart, frightening him.

  “That’s a secret. Anyway, I’m very strong. Don’t stop me from meeting Nan Ningxin.”

  How could she talk to the Night Lotus without meeting Nan Ningxin?

  The Night Lotus was her spy now.

  Feng Qingtian said, “You cause such a fuss every time you meet her. How many 9,999 Spring Harbingers do you think there are for you to destroy?”

  Gu Bailu looked around, only to discover that the colorful, glowing 9,999 Spring Harbingers had gone lackluster. Some were even turning black.

  “They’re all dead?” Gu Bailu was rather regretful.

  Feng Qingtian rubbed her head. “Don’t do this again.”

  Gu Bailu pouted. It was nothing serious, because the 9,999 Spring Harbingers could revive themselves after death.

  As long as the nutrition supply wasn’t cut off, they would come back to life in three days.

  The rumor was that the 9,999 Spring Harbingers would die if any of them was damaged, but what people didn’t know was that they were capable of resurrection and had infinite lives.

  Also, the 9,999 Spring Harbingers weren’t grown for their beauty. Their true effect was frightening.

  Gu Bailu had been amazed by how marvelous the plant was when Feng Qingtian told her about it earlier.

  If somebody else stole the flowers, the world might fall into chaos.

  Gu Bailu pushed him away and said, “Nan Ningxin is about to wake up. I have to go now.”

  The match wasn’t over yet, and she had to win it.

  Gu Bailu ran through the 9,999 Spring Harbingers very quickly, and Nan Ningxin woke up at that moment.

  Blushing, she opened her eyes with a smile and saw Feng Qingtian not far away.

  From her perspective, Feng Qingtian was as gorgeous and awe-inspiring as a god.

  Sex with him just now had been truly mind-blowing.

  Nan Ningxin called out, “Qingtian……”

  Her voice was full of lust, giving the ladies and misses who had just recovered from the pressure of the Night Lotus goosebumps.

  They never knew that Miss Murong, who had always been innocent and graceful, could be so sl*tty.

  Feng Qingtian said solemnly, “Get up. Qin Shou, have someone send her back.”

  Stunned by his stern tone, Nan Ningxin heard the whispers around her and lowered her head, only to see that her breasts were exposed to the air, and that there were scratches on them.

  Around her were the ladies and misses who had come to the vault with her.

  What happened?

  Didn’t she have sex with Prince Zi just now?

  She finally had him; Prince Zi even praised her and said that it felt great to be with her.

  However……

  Her face turned pale, and she knew what happened.

  Looking at the people around her, Nan Ningxin clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails pierced her skin.

  What on earth had Gu Bailu done to humiliate her like this?

  “Why…… Why am I here? What just happened? Something got in my way and I stumbled,” said Nan Ningxin pitifully.

  She knew that she had to come up with an explanation, or the image of herself that she had cultivated for a long time would be destroyed.

  324 Only Prince Zi Came In

  “Miss Nan and I were having a match. She might’ve decided to take a nap because I was too slow. I heard the story of the Hare and the Tortoise when I was little, but I never thought that I would see it in reality.”

  Gu Bailu came over and looked at Nan Ningxin with a smile.

  Feng Qingtian hugged her and asked, “What is the Hare and the Tortoise?”

  “Well, it’s a race between a tortoise and a rabbit. You know that a tortoise can’t outrun a hare, but it was unwilling to give in, and insisted on a race. The rabbit was so confident of its victory that it took a nap when it was way ahead of the tortoise……”

  Everybody realized that Gu Bailu was comparing herself to the tortoise and Nan Ningxin to the confident rabbit.

  Then, did Nan Ningxin really take a nap?

  Was Miss Murong really so stupid?

  Or was she simply arrogant?

  “Eventually, the tortoise beat the rabbit, like I beat Miss Nan. Miss Nan, do you still remember our bet?” Narrowing her eyes, Gu Bailu looked at Nan Ningxin sharply.

  Nan Ningxin looked at Feng Qingtian pitifully. “I didn’t take a nap; I tripped over something and passed out.”

  “I believe her. How could Miss Nan have taken a nap? She isn’t an idiot.”

  “Let’s not jump to any conclusions yet. What if she was trying to mock Princess Zi by taking a tap?”

  “It seems a battle took place just now……”

  The people around them were confused.

  “Are you saying that there was a trap in the 9,999 Spring Harbingers? Since they’re dead now, you can search for evidence of a trap yourself.”

  Gu Bailu lied without blushing.

  But it was also a fact. There had never been a trap, except for the unique characteristic of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, which wouldn’t allow just anyone to step among them, especially those who were unfriendly toward them.

  If the intruders had a better attitude, the flowers might be gentle toward them.

  That was the flowers’ only way to protect themselves.

  It wasn’t Gu Bailu’s fault that Nan Ningxin was drugged by the flowers since the latter was ignorant of this trait.

  “Everybody can see for themselves whether or not it’s a trap. Do you see any traps? Was it a fair match?” Gu Bailu couldn’t allow Nan Ningxin to smooth this over so quickly.

  “There are indeed no traps. Miss Murong seems to be a sore loser.”

  “The story of the Hare and the Tortoise is fun. Miss Murong lost precisely because of her arrogance.”

  Nan Ningxin was furious when she heard the whispers, but she had no proof that the race was rigged.

  Also, she had checked the environment before the race and hadn’t detected any danger.

  So, exactly what happened?

  “I…… I really don’t know what happened to me. The world suddenly turned dark in front of my eyes.”

  Gu Bailu snorted. “I think Miss Nan knows very well what happened. You also took off all your clothes, and you have so many scratches on you……”

  Her face pale, Nan Ningxin shivered on the ground weakly, as if she was going to pass out.

  “I…… I don’t know what happened at all.” Nan Ningxin sobbed. “How did this happen? When I woke up, the first person I saw was Prince Zi……”


  325 My Husband Must Be Responsible For What He Did

  Gu Bailu was enraged as Nan Ningxin was blaming her erotic dream on Feng Qingtian.

  She said that she saw Prince Zi the moment she woke up. Wasn’t she implying that Prince Zi was guilty for what happened to her?

  “Miss Nan, are you saying that my husband did something to you?” Gu Bailu said mockingly.

  Nan Ningxin shook her head helplessly. “I passed out. I don’t know what happened at all.”

  Gu Bailu’s heart turned heavy as she realized what Nan Ningxin was playing at.

  Because of the black fog from the Night Lotus, only the people near her saw what happened inside.

  But since Nan Ningxin put it that way, the people who hadn’t seen anything for themselves would think that Feng Qingtian did something to her.

  Gu Bailu smiled and said, “Miss Nan, are you saying that you were raped?”

  Feng Qingtian frowned and stared at Nan Ningxin, wondering what she would say.

  Nan Ningxin shook her head. “I don’t know what happened. Don’t ask me. Don’t ask me……” She gripped her head in agitation.

  Only Gu Bailu and Feng Qingtian knew that she herself was responsible for her scratches and nudity.

  Her condition was certainly worse than when Gu Bailu was poisoned before.

  “You have to make yourself clear. You can’t ask anyone to shoulder the responsibility without explaining what happened,” said Gu Bailu solemnly.

  Feng Qingtian pinched her waist, indicating that he didn’t do anything.

  Gu Bailu blinked her eyes at him. “Now, you can find out exactly who your former lover is, and you can be responsible for her.”

  Feng Qingtian rapped her head. “What are you talking about?”

  “If you can’t explain it, you have to be responsible for her. Can you abandon your former lover after ruining her reputation?”

  “I can ensure that she won’t have to worry about anything for the rest of her life, but I certainly can’t give myself to her.”

  Gu Bailu was very satisfied with his answer. “Then, just watch and don’t do anything.”

  Naturally, Feng Qingtian knew that Nan Ningxin was trying to make him admit that he had done something to her, so that she wouldn’t be blamed for this scandal.

  If it was anything else, he might’ve helped her, but he certainly didn’t want to be responsible for such a thing.

  Previously, he had given her a chance to be Princess Zi, but she turned it down.

  Now, she was playing tricks again.

  Nan Ningxin pursed her lips and lowered her head regretfully, her sexy clothes revealing even more of her cleavage.

  “I really don’t know what happened,” said Nan Ningxin in a low voice.

  “You said that you only saw my husband, and someone raped you. Aren’t you saying that my husband did it?”

  Nan Ningxin raised her head and looked at Feng Qingtian in panic. “Why would I think that? I’ve known Prince Zi for years. He’s not that kind of person.”

  “But he was the only person who came here. Who else could have done anything to you?” Gu Bailu said snidely.

  Nan Ningxin shed tears. “I…… I really don’t know what happened.”

  “Miss Nan, you should know very well yourself whether or not you’re still a virgin. If my husband really did something, I’ll definitely have him take responsibility.”

  Feng Qingtian stood next to her, sulking.

  326 Ask a Midwife to Examine Her

  Nan Ningxin wept so pitifully that one of the ladies said, “Let’s send Miss Murong to a room so that she can clean herself up.”

  Gu Bailu nodded. “You’re right. While she’s there, we can ask a midwife to examine her and see if she was injured.”

  Everybody realized that Gu Bailu was implying that they would check if Nan Ningxin’s virginity was still intact.

  Getting up in tears, Nan Ningxin said, “No…… Don’t touch me. I…… I want to go home.”

  She looked at Feng Qingtian poignantly and helplessly, as if she was accusing Feng Qingtian of not admitting to what he had done.

  Smiling coldly, Feng Qingtian said to Gu Bailu, “You deal with this. I have other business to attend to.”

  He turned around after saying that.

  Since he had regarded Nan Ningxin as his former lover for a long time, he couldn’t bear to expose her in front of everyone.

  However, what Nan Ningxin had done made him realize that she wasn’t the person he used to love.

  Even if she was, her soul had become completely different.

  “Prince Zi……” Nan Ningxin, however, rushed to him and shouted, “Prince Zi, how can you leave? You can’t let her be mean to me……”

  Feng Qingtian turned around and glared at her. “You seem to have forgotten what I said.”

  “What…… What did you say?” Nan Ningxin’s eyes were full of pitiful tears.

  However, Feng Qingtian, the only man in this place, had no pity for women at all.

  “If my wife is mean to you, you better deal with it.” Feng Qingtian left after saying that, his robe fluttering dismissively in the wind.

  Nan Ningxin gritted her teeth and swallowed her fury. This man wouldn’t help her after all the things she had done for him?

  He claimed that he would help her and wouldn’t allow anyone to bully her.

  But it turned out to be a privilege only for the woman he loved.

  No…… she wouldn’t give up. He was hers. She would get him, whatever it took.

  Gu Bailu snorted. “Miss Nan, if you’re going home, you can ask Lady Murong to help you out. If you did suffer a loss, Prince Zi will definitely take responsibility. Someone, escort Miss Nan back to the Murong family house.”

  The Ye guards soon arrived and gestured at Nan Ningxin to leave.

  Nan Ningxin looked at Gu Bailu viciously. “You know very well what happened inside the fog. I passed out.”

  “I did hear strange noises from you, Miss Nan, but I was too focused on the race to check it out.”

  Nan Ningxin clenched her fists. Had Gu Bailu really seen her do something ugly when she was dreaming just now?

  “I’m going home.” Nan Ningxin left, followed by the Ye guards.

  Gu Bailu said to the ladies and misses, “If my husband really did it, I’ll make sure that he takes responsibility for her, but only if it’s confirmed that my husband did have sex with her. You know that my husband never touched Miss Nan when they were together for years. It’s rather hard to believe that his attitude can suddenly change.”

  The ladies and misses nodded in agreement. They all knew that Prince Zi had kept a distance from Nan Ningxin even when they were at their closest. Why would he suddenly touch Nan Ningxin now?

  Didn’t they say that Prince Zi couldn’t touch any woman other than Princess Zi?

  327 The White Lotus“s Decision

  “This incident concerns my husband’s reputation, so we have to uncover the truth. Why don’t we go to the Murong family house together with Miss Nan so that you can be eyewitnesses to the investigation?”

  “Al- alright.”

  The ladies and misses were certainly delighted to be able to witness the outcome of this drama.

  Also, not everybody could go to the Murong family’s house, but they could at Princess Zi’s invitation.

  Nan Ningxin flushed with fury, but she couldn’t refuse them.

  So, she had to let the women follow her to the Murong family house.

  Receiving the report, Lady Murong came in a hurry and sat down in the hall. “Prince Zi is really an impetuous man. How did this happen?”

  Nan Ningxin lowered her head, as if she had just been raped. “I really don’t know. I fainted.”

  Gu Bailu chimed in, “My lady, Miss Nan keeps saying that she doesn’t know what happened, but when we found her, her clothes were messy and there were scratches on her. This incident took place in Prince Zi’s house, and I certainly don’t want my husband to be blamed for it. So, we have to figure out the truth.”

  Lady Murong said solemnly, “Of course we’ll uncover the truth. Since there weren’t any other men in the vault, it could’ve only been done by Prince Zi. Where is he?”

  “My lady, my husband was worried about me and might have mistaken someone else for me. He asked me to deal with this on his behalf,” said Gu Bailu calmly.

  Lady Murong looked at her. “You……”

  She had thought that Nan Ningxin would become Princess Zi, and had been raising her toward that goal.

  She was pleased that her granddaughter was a perfect match for Prince Zi in terms of looks and spiritual power.

  However, another woman who wasn’t nearly as good as her granddaughter jumped out of nowhere and won Prince Zi’s favor, stealing the position of Princess Zi.

  Moreover, that woman was a piece of garbage who didn’t have the slightest bit of spiritual power.

  Lady Murong remembered that Gu Bailu was that bold girl who had challenged her previously.

  It had been years since anyone disrespected her like that, so the girl had left a deep impression on her.

  The girl turned out to be the woman who had captivated Prince Zi, but Lady Murong couldn’t see how.

  “Yes, Lady Murong, I’m the current Princess Zi. We better uncover the truth.”

  Lady Murong looked at her sharply. “If Prince Zi did do it, how will you react?”

  “I’ll ask my husband to marry her, of course. Miss Nan’s identity is too noble for her to be a concubine. She can be another wife,” said Gu Bailu generously.

  She could also put on an act, except that she had never done so in her life because she despised pretentiousness.

  Thinking for a moment, Lady Murong looked at Nan Ningxin. “Nan Ningxin, you really don’t know anything?”

  Nan Ningxin shook her head helplessly. “Grandmother, I don’t even know how I passed out. Something’s wrong with the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.”

  Lady Murong pulled Nan Ningxin closer and asked in a low voice, “You didn’t feel anything?”

  Blushing, Nan Ningxin said shyly, “I…… I felt Prince Zi nearby……”

  “But he has always kept a distance from you because of his disease, hasn’t he? Why all of a sudden……”

  “Something’s wrong with the 9,999 Spring Harbingers. They seem to be hallucinogenic.”

  “I didn’t know that.” Lady Murong was surprised. She had never known that the 9,999 Spring Harbingers were hallucinogenic.

  328 The Result Is Ou

  “Maybe my granddaughter truly was drugged.”

  Lady Murong immediately made the decision. “Alright, let’s examine your body. If you’re incomplete, we’ll ask him to take responsibility, but you must think twice before you make any decision. There will be no turning back.”

  After a long hesitation, Nan Ningxin said solemnly, “My reputation has been ruined with or without the examination.”

  “That does make sense. Let’s do it then.”

  Lady Murong asked Gu Bailu, “Let’s invite a midwife to examine her. Will you get one, or do you want me to?”

  Gu Bailu nodded her head. “Any midwife in your house will be fine.”

  Gu Bailu allowed Lady Murong to use her own midwife because it would make Nan Ningxin think that her trick had worked.

  Lady Murong was very satisfied with her attitude. She immediately summoned her most capable midwife and asked her to take Nan Ningxin to a room.

  Gu Bailu sat down and enjoyed the tea, and Lady Murong simply stared at her without saying anything.

  “My lady, are you angry that someone like me stole your grandson-in-law?” Gu Bailu asked.

  Lady Murong snorted. “I don’t think you’re as simple as you look.”

  She didn’t think that a good-for-nothing loser would be able to captivate Prince Zi.

  She was certain that Gu Bailu would’ve been killed a long time ago if she were really useless.

  Gu Bailu smiled. “Lady Murong, you can see through me, but you can’t see through your granddaughter?”

  Lady Murong pulled a long face. “What do you mean?”

  “Do you really think Murong Lanyi eloped with someone?”

  Lady Murong’s face changed greatly. “Why do you know about Lanyi?”

  The scandal of the Murong family had been kept a secret all this time. Nobody knew that Lanyi had gone missing. They thought that she had gone out traveling.

  “How can I not know? I even know where her body is buried.”

  “What? Lanyi is dead? That’s impossible!” Lady Murong slapped her hand on the table and stood up. “Don’t think that you can make things up just because you’re Princess Zi.”

  Gu Bailu shrugged. “If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do, but I need to remind you that your granddaughter is not as innocent as she appears. If you’re interested, you can ask Murong Huangtang about Murong Lanyi.”

  Lady Murong snorted. “You’re just slandering Ningxin because you’re afraid that she’ll steal your position, right?”

  “She failed to obtain it after years of work, what’s there for me to be afraid of? Just forget what you heard if you don’t believe me.”

  Gu Bailu focused on the tea and stopped talking.

  After all, to be the leader of a big family, Lady Murong couldn’t be a fool, and she would definitely investigate the matter if she grew suspicious.

  If she couldn’t find any clues that Murong Lanyi had eloped, she would certainly believe Gu Bailu.

  In that regard, Gu Bailu believed that Lady Murong was more reliable than Murong Huangtang.

  She had followed Nan Ningxin back to the Murong family house precisely to talk to Lady Murong.

  Otherwise, she would’ve already ended Nan Ningxin back in Prince Zi’s house.

  Very soon, the midwife returned with Nan Ningxin, an awful look on her face.

  Nan Ningxin had changed into another red dress, which made her look like a pink lotus flower blooming at the beginning of summer. The midwife walked to Lady Murong and whispered something to her, and Lady Murong sighed. “Princess Zi, it seems that you do owe me an explanation.”


  329 My Husband Is Impoten

  “Oh……” Gu Bailu was unsurprised. “Has Miss Nan really lost her virginity?”

  Both Lady Murong and Nan Ningxin looked uncomfortable at her bluntness.

  “Hehe. It’s better if we can be frank.”

  Lady Murong looked at the midwife, and the midwife nodded. “Yes.”

  “Alright, we’ll certainly take responsibility. However, you know that my husband has never touched any women except me, so I think there might be something else behind this.”

  Lady Murong glared at her. “What do you mean?”

  “Literally what I said.” Gu Bailu put down her cup. “I don’t believe that my husband slept with her. My husband might’ve touched her, but he couldn’t have had sex with her, because he’s impotent when he’s with other women.”

  Lady Murong blushed. “You really shouldn’t talk so bluntly.”

  “Bluntness is required if we want to unravel everything. If you don’t believe me, I can ask my husband to come here and prove his impotence.”

  The ladies and misses all lowered their heads. How could they witness that?

  “If it’s inconvenient for you, we can invite His Majesty to witness it since they’re both men. I don’t think His Majesty would lie.”

  Lady Murong’s heart turned heavy. She suddenly realized that Gu Bailu was setting a trap for Nan Ningxin.

  As for Ningxin……

  She asked Nan Ningxin in a low voice, “What happened, exactly?”

  Her face pale, Nan Ningxin shook her head. “Grandmother, I really don’t know what happened. I was drugged.”

  Nan Ningxin gritted her teeth. It was a good thing she had claimed that she wasn’t aware of anything, or her grandmother would’ve become suspicious of her.

  “But you don’t know what happened to your body?”

  “No…… But Prince Zi was the only man who entered the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.”

  “Are you sure?”

  Nan Ningxin said decisively. “All the ladies and misses here can testify that nobody else came in.”

  Lady Murong raised her head and asked, “Are you sure that it wasn’t done by Prince Zi?”

  “I’m positive.”

  “But all of them can prove that only Prince Zi went there,” said Lady Murong solemnly.

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “Lady Murong, who says that a woman can only lose her virginity to a man? What if Miss Nan did it herself?”

  “What are you talking about?!” Lady Murong aimed a slap at Gu Bailu.

  Gu Bailu dodged quickly and smiled, “Don’t be furious, my lady. I was just kidding.”

  “That was a bad joke!”

  “It’s just a possibility. My statement isn’t entirely false. There are plenty of ways that a woman can lose her virginity, for example, when they take too big a step.”

  “Princess Zi, I’m in no mood for jokes. Since Prince Zi was the only man there, he must take responsibility for this,” declared Lady Murong sternly.

  Otherwise, this would be too humiliating for the Murong family.

  “Like I said, my husband is impotent with Miss Nan. You must be reasonable, Lady Murong. Should we appeal to His Majesty?”

  Lady Murong looked even more awful. If this case was brought to His Majesty and it turned out that Prince Zi couldn’t have an erection in front of Nan Ningxin, the Murong family would become a laughingstock.

  “Are you here to settle the problem or not?” Lady Murong looked at Gu Bailu, who was grinning, and felt like she had stepped into a trap.

  “Of course I am. Actually, my husband wasn’t the only man who entered the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.”


  330 Another Man

  Nan Ningxin raised her head to look at Gu Bailu, her eyes sharp enough to cut her to pieces.

  Gu Bailu looked back at her innocently. “There was another man.”

  Nan Ningxin’s expression turned even more vicious, and she almost lunged at Gu Bailu.

  Lady Murong looked even more awful. “What are you implying, Princess Zi?”

  “You’re blaming my husband because he was the only man who entered the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, but he wasn’t the only man there.”

  Gu Bailu’s statement was quite vague.

  However, the ladies and misses in the room were smart enough to read between the lines.

  “Who else? Did you see any other man?” Lady Murong asked as she glared at everybody else in the hall.

  Gu Bailu thought that if any of them said yes, Lady Murong would feed them to her dogs.

  “None of them saw anything. Don’t give them a hard time. They didn’t see a thing because of the fog from the Night Lotus. That’s why they thought that my husband assaulted Miss Nan.”

  “Although they didn’t see what happened inside, they can still tell if someone else entered the vault from where they were,” Lady Murong pointed out.

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “Oh, this man didn’t come in through the door, and I promise you that unlike my husband, he is quite virile.”

  In other words, Miss Nan’s loss of virginity had something to do with that man.

  Nan Ningxin was already shaking, but she still asked firmly, “Who was it?”

  Lady Murong gave her a hand and said, “Ningxin, go in and get some rest. I’ll take care of the rest for you.”

  “No, I have to hear it. I cannot let anyone else take the blame.”

  Nan Ningxin was implying that Gu Bailu was trying to shift the blame from Prince Zi to someone else.

  Gu Bailu laughed. “Who exactly is shifting the blame here? My husband never touched Miss Nan in the past ten years, but he raped you during a flower appreciation party? Who would believe that? You’re only blaming him because he was the only man there.”

  “You!” Nan Ningxin collapsed in Lady Murong’s arms.

  “Princess Zi, if you aren’t here to resolve the problem, you’re not welcome here. Get lost!” Lady Murong roared.

  “No, I’m really here to settle the problem. I would like to speak to Miss Nan about what happened when she was unconscious, but I don’t know if Miss Nan wants to listen.”

  Shivering in Lady Murong’s arms, Nan Ningxin asked, “What do you want to say?”

  “Let’s talk in private. It won’t be good for you if anyone else hears our discussion.”

  Nan Ningxin clenched her fists. “I have no secrets. Let’s just talk here.”

  Gu Bailu hesitated. “Do you insist that we talk here, Miss Nan?”

  Nan Ningxin didn’t know if she had made the right decision as she wondered if this was another trap Gu Bailu had set for her.

  Seeing her hesitation, Lady Murong said quickly, “If you say another man was there, bring him here. If you can’t, don’t try to get Prince Zi out of this.”

  Gu Bailu sighed and said, “Fine, I was hoping to give Miss Nan another way out, but since she doesn’t want to listen……”

  While talking, Gu Bailu drew a rune with both hands in front of her chest. “Tranquility of mind! Summon Yin Neng with the soul contract!”


  331 I’m Not Worthy of Your Granddaughter?

  A polar bear that had white, glistening fur appeared out of thin air. It was most beautiful.

  However, before everybody realized it, the polar bear turned into a skinny, hideous man whose hair was a mess and who looked like he had been wearing the same clothes for many years.

  His arms were just dry skin over bone, making him look appalling.

  The ladies and misses quickly stepped back.

  “Who’s this man? He’s so scary.”

  “He does look like a man.”

  “And Princess Zi brought him out……”

  Gu Bailu glanced at them, and they quickly shut up.

  “Why did you summon me again? You can’t defeat them?” Yin Neng glanced at the women impatiently, angry at their disdain.

  He had once been a handsome swordsman years ago, and girls would even follow him down the street.

  However, now that he looked different, women eyed him as if he were a monster. What a bunch of shallow creatures.

  Gu Bailu glared at him and whispered, “I got you a wife; she’s a beautiful woman.”

  Yin Neng’s eyes almost popped out.

  “Do you have nothing better to do? I don’t need a wife.”

  “Does your thing still work or not? If it does, you can have a wife.”

  Yin Neng snorted. “I’m old, but I’m definitely still capable, except that I don’t want a wife.”

  “Fine, just follow my lead later.”

  When she saw Yin Neng, Lady Murong was shocked. “It’s you. How could you have been contracted by such a weakling?”

  Yin Neng sat down in a chair. “Nice to meet you, too.”

  “You…… You’ve really been contracted?”

  Brooding, Yin Neng didn’t say anything.

  He was obviously contracted, and it wasn’t a thing that he was proud of.

  “Yes, he’s contracted to me, and I let him out when I was in danger among the 9,999 Spring Harbingers,” said Gu Bailu.

  Lady Murong stepped back and fell into her chair, as if she had been struck by lightning.

  “Impossible…… That’s impossible!”

  Did her granddaughter and this man……

  Gu Bailu felt that something was off. Did Lady Murong know Yin Neng?

  Also, they seemed to be quite close.

  However, Yin Neng had been locked up on the mountain for a hundred years, and Lady Murong could’ve only just been born when he was caught.

  Besides, Lady Murong was the sister of the master of the Earthly Residence, who had been one of the people involved in capturing Yin Neng. There was no way he could be so close to his enemy’s sister.

  “Why? I’m not worthy of your granddaughter?” Yin Neng asked gloomily.

  Lady Murong almost felt like killing herself.

  Do you really think you’re worthy of my granddaughter, with your wretched appearance?

  Nan Ningxin stood up. “You call a random beast you’ve contracted a man? That’s really an insult.”

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “You can try and see if he’s a man.”

  Nan Ningxin said warily, “What do you mean?”

  Gu Bailu said, “Let’s talk to His Majesty. His Majesty will decide who assaulted Miss Nan in the middle of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers.”

  “There was no danger amidst the 9,999 Spring Harbingers. Why did you summon him? Did you want him to do anything to me while I was unconscious?”


  332 Fall of the White Lotus

  With a few simple words, Nan Ningxin once again turned Gu Bailu into a vicious person, who intentionally summoned Yin Neng in the middle of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers to humiliate Nan Nan Ningxin.

  But Gu Bailu wasn’t fooled. She was too lazy to explain why she summoned Yin Neng.

  After all, it was a fact that Nan Ningxin had lost her virginity, and people were beginning to accept that she had lost it to Yin Neng.

  “Miss Nan, you don’t need to know why. All you need to know is that Yin Neng, another man who is capable, was there when you lost your virginity. Let’s ask the emperor to make a ruling. Anyway, my husband can’t be wronged.”

  Lady Murong suddenly stood up. “No, we can’t trouble His Majesty with such a petty matter.”

  Gu Bailu turned grave. “Then what do you want, Lady Murong? My husband entrusted me to deal with this, and he’ll be angry if I don’t handle it well.”

  The Murong family might be awesome, but it wasn’t as awesome as Prince Zi.

  If you want to blame this on Prince Zi, you better make sure you can suppress him first.

  Nan Ningxin closed her eyes and fell on Lady Murong, passing out.

  Gu Bailu asked in concern, “What’s wrong, Miss Nan? You mustn’t die of fury. Though Yin Neng is ugly, he’s still a man, and unlike my husband, he’s definitely virile with you.”

  While talking, Gu Bailu pinched Nan Ningxin hard to wake her up.

  By the time Lady Murong shook her hand off, a dark mark had been left on Nan Ningxin’s skin.

  “Princess Zi, you better take your people back first. Ningxin can’t take the stimulation.”

  Gu Bailu hesitated. “I don’t think I can. The problem isn’t solved yet. I’m really here to solve the problem.”

  “How can the problem be solved? She already passed out.” Lady Murong practically wanted to kick Gu Bailu out of her house.

  “You must be kidding, my lady. Miss Nan is too strong to pass out because of such a minor thing. Is there something wrong with her body?”

  Lady Murong roared, “What are you talking about? Get out!”

  After that, she carried Nan Ningxin away.

  Gu Bailu looked at Yin Neng apologetically. “Sorry that I didn’t get a wife for you, but just wait. She’ll be yours sooner or later.”

  Gu Bailu didn’t keep her voice down, and everybody else in the hall heard it.

  They felt queasy when they imagined how such a crappy old man had slept with such a young and beautiful girl like Miss Murong.

  Gu Bailu left the Murong family house with the ladies and misses.

  “You have to defend Prince Zi for me. He has never touched another woman. If the blame is pinned on him, I’ll definitely appeal to His Majesty,” said Gu Bailu half-threateningly.

  The ladies and misses nodded quickly. “Of course we will.”

  Gu Bailu was implying that they might be executed by the emperor if they said anything unwise.

  Besides, Prince Zi was truly impotent. If he had been the only man back there, he could’ve been blamed for it.

  However, there had been another man, a crappy old one who had been imprisoned for a hundred years.

  It was possible that he lost control of himself when he saw the unconscious Miss Murong.

  333 Fall of the White Lotus 2

  Gu Bailu took her carriage back to Prince Zi’s house and summoned the butler. “Prepare enough bridal gifts for me.”

  The butler was stunned. “Bridal gifts? Is there anyone getting married?”

  Had his lord really slept with Miss Murong, and now he had to marry her?

  If so, wasn’t the princess too generous? He had thought that the princess was too petty to share her husband with someone else. Was he wrong?

  “My contracted beast is going to be married. Prepare as many bridal gifts as possible, for he’s marrying the young lady of the Murong family.”

  “What? Who’s going to marry whom?” The butler was shocked.

  His ears must’ve deceived him. The princess’s contracted beast was going to marry Miss Murong?

  But wasn’t his lord interested in Miss Murong’s family?

  Was his lord even aware of this?

  “You heard me. I don’t want to repeat myself. Get the preparations down. He’s going to propose this afternoon.”

  Gu Bailu ignored the butler’s shock, knowing that he had heard her instruction.

  “Princess, I don’t think I can prepare so many bridal gifts so quickly……” The butler felt a headache coming on. Preparing for a marriage could take months. How could he accomplish the task in a day?

  “Butler, I believe in the capabilities of Prince Zi’s house.”

  Gu Bailu left after giving the instruction.

  Very soon, Feng Qingtian returned. He asked with a strange expression, “Are you really helping Yin Neng get married?”

  Feng Qingtian almost thought that his ears had deceived him when he heard the report.

  Yin Neng was old and hideous. Any woman that married him would suffer.

  Even if he had despoiled Nan Ningxin, she couldn’t marry him.

  How did Gu Bailu even come up with such an idea?

  Gu Bailu put down her book and looked at him. “Why don’t you care about your former lover? You may have to marry her.”

  Feng Qingtian turned cold. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

  Ye Ying had reported everything to him. He was happy that Gu Bailu trusted him, but he was unhappy that she was being willful.

  “She really wants to marry you. She was having sex with you even when she was drugged.”

  Feng Qingtian tapped her head and said, “How can I have sex with her when I’m impotent with her?”

  Gu Bailu snorted. “She’s your former lover!”

  Feng Qingtian hugged her and asked, “Why did the Night Lotus listen to you?”

  “Like I said, I can deal with the Night Lotus. If you trust me, I can tell you that Nan Ningxin isn’t your former lover. I’ve talked to the Night Lotus, and it’s still waiting for its master.”

  Feng Qingtian said, “It doesn’t matter whether she is or not now.”

  Her soul had changed too much. He really didn’t like it at all.

  “Are you sure? You’re not angry about her deception?”

  Gu Bailu didn’t think that he was such an open-minded man.

  Feng Qingtian rubbed her head and said, “Rest assured, I won’t let go of anyone who deceived me.”

  “So, let’s marry her to Yin Neng. They’re the perfect couple.”

  “Alright, if that’s your wish, prepare for it now. I’ll go with you this afternoon.”

  Gu Bailu hugged him in delight. “Really? She’ll be so much happier if you’re there.”


  334 Is This Dual Cultivation?

  Feng Qingtian rubbed her face in amusement. “Why would she be happier?”

  Gu Bailu smiled cunningly. “That’s a secret. Just promise me that you’ll come with me.”

  Feng Qingtian lowered his head to her lips. “Not unless you satisfy me first.”

  “What do you want?” Gu Bailu stood up warily, only to sense that an arm had locked around her waist and something was standing up between her legs.

  “Stop, I need to check on the bridal gifts.”

  Gu Bailu frowned and tried to push him away.

  This man couldn’t get it up at all with other women, but when it came to her, he was like a beast that had been starving for thousands of years.

  Nibbling her earlobe, Feng Qingtian said, “They’ll finish the preparations themselves. If they need your supervision all the time, they’re too useless.”

  “I have to make sure that they won’t actually give the good stuff away.”

  The plethora of bridal gifts was only meant to let the whole world know of Nan Ningxin’s marriage; Gu Bailu didn’t intend to really give her any expensive gift.

  Her plan was a layer of real gifts on the top and stones and trash underneath.

  She had to supervise that in person.

  “Rest assured, the people of my house are smart enough to know your intentions. Let’s just focus on our business.”

  Feng Qingtian kissed his way from her earlobe to her neck, breathing in her fragrance and feeling that he wanted to devote his everything to her.

  It seemed that he couldn’t free himself from her now.

  “My business is training. I have to train immediately.”

  In the battle against Nan Ningxin, Gu Bailu realized that she couldn’t have defeated Nan Ningxin if she hadn’t leveled up from the dual cultivation.

  After the level-up, she was able to see the past with her Heavenly Eye. It was brief, but still major progress for her.

  If she worked harder, it would be possible for her to see more of the past from Nan Ningxin.

  She was determined to cut up the murderer who had killed every person of the Gu family into pieces.

  “Let’s dual cultivate then. I like dual cultivation too.” While talking, Feng Qingtian had already taken off Gu Bailu’s clothes.

  “You…… you…… you……” Gu Bailu didn’t know what to say, but dual cultivation did work for her.

  “You don’t want to dual cultivate?” Feng Qingtian’s face remained unchanged, but his eyes were full of passion as his hands wandered over Gu Bailu’s shivering body.

  Feng Qingtian loved her sensitive reactions to his enthusiasm, which filled him with the desire to conquer her. She said, “I do……”

  Feng Qingtian asked, “Really? Where?”

  Gu Bailu had basically turned into water in his arms. Unable to take the provocation anymore, she said, “Everywhere.”

  “Really? Here? Or here?” Feng Qingtian’s hands were setting Gu Bailu’s body on fire everywhere, making it practically impossible for her to resist.

  335 I Had a Fight With My Husband

  Gu Bailu felt her head go blank, and her legs were as soft as if she were on a cloud.

  She felt that she was cultivating, but she was excited too, and almost cried out in ecstacy.

  It was already past noon when everything was over.

  Gu Bailu was so exhausted that she didn’t want to move at all.

  Her head was still blank.

  But she clearly sensed that Feng Qingtian hadn’t been cultivating at all, because he had ejaculated more than once.

  She was exhausted, but she felt the power rising in her body.

  She sensed that her Heavenly Eye was leveling up again.

  Feng Qingtian carried her to the bath. When she was soaking in warm water, Gu Bailu suddenly felt her sight brighten as everything became clearer.

  Looking out the window, she could see dozens of meters away in clear detail.

  Gu Bailu jumped into Feng Qingtian’s arms. “I think I just had a level-up.”

  Feng Qingtian kissed her hands. “Of course you did. I worked really hard. Let’s continue tonight.”

  While talking, he kissed her legs, which seemed tiny in his big hands.

  Feeling ticklish, Gu Bailu kicked him and said, “Stop. It’s already getting late. We have to go to the Murong family to propose on Yin Neng’s behalf today.”

  Feng Qingtian finally took off his robe and changed his clothes, before he summoned the maids.

  “You can change first. I’ll check the preparation of the bridal gifts.”

  Gu Bailu nodded quickly.

  Ah Luo came in after Feng Qingtian left.

  Seeing the red marks on Gu Bailu’s nose, she asked angrily, “My lady, did he abuse you?”

  “No, it was a normal fight between a husband and a wife.”

  Gu Bailu pointed at her forehead with a smile. “You’ll know what it’s about after you get married.”

  “I don’t want to get married. I want to be with you forever, my lady.” Ah Luo shook her head quickly.

  “You can still be with me after you get married.”

  She certainly didn’t want to marry Ah Luo away and never see her again.

  “Okay. Then I’ll get married. We can have a fight with our husbands together,” said Ah Luo delightedly.

  Since her lady seemed to like the fight, it had to be fun.

  Gu Bailu’s lips twitched. “The fight is only between a husband and a wife. Nobody else can be involved.”

  “I won’t fight without you, my lady.”

  Gu Bailu rubbed her head. “You’ll understand later. I can’t explain it to you right now.”

  Ah Luo nodded and asked, “My lady, where are we going now?”

  “We’ll go to the Murong family house later. You can have some cookies first while I get changed.”

  Ah Luo clapped her hands in delight. “Great! I want to watch that ugly woman fall! Also, that old granny’s face is hilarious, too!”

  Ah Luo ran off.

  Smiling, Gu Bailu asked the maids to dress her.

  It wasn’t because she enjoyed it, but because the maids would be dismissed if she refused their services.

  Many of these maids didn’t have any spiritual power or even a name.

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  336 Prince Zi Is Here to Propose

  Why would she add to the maids’ trouble? Their life was difficult enough as it was.

  After Gu Bailu changed, Feng Qingtian picked her up.

  A low-key but luxurious carriage was parked outside the door, and people crowded the road.

  Gu Bailu had expected onlookers, but not so many of them.

  Those ladies and misses must’ve spread what happened today to everyone they knew.

  “Are Prince Zi and Princess Zi going to the Murong family house?”

  “They’re definitely going to propose. Look at how many bridal gifts there are!”

  “Didn’t they say that Miss Murong didn’t lose her virginity to Prince Zi?”

  “But Prince Zi has to take the blame. It happened in his house anyway.”

  “Prince Zi has feelings for Miss Murong anyway.”

  “I don’t think the princess ever had a wedding or received any bridal gifts. Is Prince Zi going to marry another wife?”

  “I envy Miss Murong. I should’ve lost my virginity too if I had known earlier.”

  Listening to their discussion, Gu Bailu got on the carriage.

  Such gossip was exactly what she wanted. The more they gossiped, the more devastated Nan Ningxin would be later.

  It truly felt great to manipulate other people.

  Leading carriages of bridal gifts, the carriage set off for the Murong family house.

  In the Murong family house, Nan Ningxin had already “woken up.”

  Lady Murong asked broodingly, “Ningxin, tell me the truth. What happened?”

  Didn’t she lose her virginity to Prince Zi? Why was Yin Neng part of this?

  Bewildered, Nan Ningxin shook her head. “I really don’t know. I passed out. But I think it should be Prince Zi. I know how he feels.”

  Lady Murong frowned. “Are you saying that Gu Bailu is doing this on purpose?”

  After Prince Zi had sex with Nan Ningxin, Princess Zi decided to shift the blame to Yin Neng so that Prince Zi wouldn’t be held responsible?

  “I think so too. That old man was too hideous. I would never allow him to touch me.” Nan Ningxin ran into Lady Murong’s arms. “Grandmother, you have to make things right for me!”

  Lady Murong patted her back. “Rest assured, I won’t let anyone take advantage of you.”

  Right then, the butler rushed in. “My lady, great news! Great news!”

  Lady Murong was in a terrible mood after being strung along by Gu Bailu.

  “What great news? I’ll chop you up if it isn’t.”

  “Prince Zi is here to propose with 108 carriages of bridal gifts.”

  “Propose? Why is he here to propose all of a sudden?”

  Lady Murong was both delighted and surprised. Hadn’t the blame been shifted to Yin Neng?

  “It’s true. Their team is about to reach our road. Prince Zi is here in person.”

  Why would Prince Zi come in person with so many bridal gifts if he wasn’t here to propose?

  Nan Ningxin immediately sat up straight. “Are you serious?”

  The butler said cheerfully, “Absolutely, my lady. It’s all over town.”

  “Prince Zi isn’t a bad man after all,” said Lady Murong, appeased.

  He was showing his sincerity by coming in person.

  Nan Ningxin hurriedly got off the bed. “Have someone dress me now. Grandmother, what do I do? I don’t think there’s enough time. I can’t go out like this.”

  “Don’t be anxious. If he’s here to propose, he can wait.”


  337 Excited

  Nan Ningxin calmed down after hearing what Lady Murong said.

  Since Prince Zi was here, it meant that he didn’t want her to be hurt by the rumors.

  She knew that he wouldn’t be so ruthless as to turn a blind eye to his former lover.

  Gu Bailu set her up, but it only increased the guilt which Prince Zi felt toward his former lover. Gu Bailu had become the victim of her own scheme.

  Nan Ningxin smiled. As long as she could enter Prince Zi’s house, she was sure that she could win all of Prince Zi’s love from Gu Bailu.

  “Alright, go dress yourself. I’ll check if it’s real.”

  Lady Murong felt that this turn of events was too surreal and that she had to check it out herself.

  However, Prince Zi wasn’t a heartless person; though he seemed cold, his decision was understandable. So, Lady Murong sent someone she trusted to investigate.

  Soon, the person returned and reported that Prince Zi was here to propose with a tremendous amount of gifts.

  “In that case, open the front gates and welcome Prince Zi in.” Excited, Lady Murong was finally reassured.

  “Yes, my lady, I’m on it.”

  The butler was ecstatic as well. The front gates of this house had never been opened since Lady Murong’s wedding.

  The front gates of the Murong family house remained closed except for important occasions.

  It hadn’t opened even for the weddings of the few geniuses of the younger generation of the Murong family.

  Opening the front gates for Prince Zi was a sign of Lady Murong’s respect for him.

  It had always been her wish to marry Nan Ningxin to Prince Zi, which would allow the Murong family to continue to thrive for at least the next three hundred years.

  The low-key but luxurious carriage reached the front gates.

  Gu Bailu lifted the curtain, only to see that the front gates were now wide open, revealing the extravagant second gates behind them.

  “It seems that we’re welcomed here. Even the front gates have been opened for us.” Gu Bailu smiled.

  Feng Qingtian hugged and kissed her. “Why are you so happy about Yin Neng’s marriage?”

  “Because I want Miss Nan to find the right person for her and stop coveting my man all the time,” said Gu Bailu matter-of-factly, concealing none of her intentions.

  Feng Qingtian loved her clever tricks. He grabbed her jaw and kissed her fervently.

  Swooning, Gu Bailu breathed heavily in Feng Qingtian’s arms.

  After learning of his history with Nan Ningxin and becoming Princess Zi, she wasn’t as opposed to Feng Qingtian now.

  Instead, she quite enjoyed the pleasure of kissing.

  “Your man is always yours. Other people coveting me won’t change anything,” Feng Qingtian whispered hoarsely in her ear as he kissed her earlobe.

  “I don’t think you’ll say the same when your former lover does show up.”

  Gu Bailu was reluctant to devote herself to him for many reasons. Firstly, Feng Qingtian falling in love with her had been too sudden and crazy, and felt like it had happened on the spur of the moment.

  Secondly, he had a former lover whom he deeply loved; Feng Qingtian had probably transferred his feelings for her to Gu Bailu because Gu Bailu was similar to her.

  Once his former lover did show up, chances were that his attitude would change.

  Thirdly, Feng Qingtian couldn’t sleep with any women other than her for now, so of course he would treat her differently.

  338 We“re Family

  Fourthly, she hadn’t avenged her family yet, and it was hard for her to trust anyone easily.

  She was well aware of Feng Qingtian’s feelings for her. Perhaps, even if she set Pale Emperor City on fire, he would still say that it was fine, and would take care of everything for her.

  It was unreasonable pampering, but she had to admit that it was enjoyable and touching.

  Sometimes, she was worried that she would inadvertently fall for him.

  “I love you right now. I don’t care about the former lover.” Feng Qingtian, however, had freed himself of the struggle.

  Whatever happened in his past lives, he only cared about the present.

  “You might be considered an unfaithful man.” Gu Bailu snorted. “Anyone who loves you may become heartbroken when they find out how you abandoned your former lover.”

  Feng Qingtian bit her chest and said, “I can’t promise anything about future lives, but I guarantee that I’ll be devoted to you for the rest of this life.”

  Gu Bailu raised her eyes and looked at his impeccable face. She never thought that she could be loved and pampered by such a man.

  Had god given Nan Ningxin’s man to her because Nan Ningxin had deceived her so cruelly in her previous life?

  Karma was indeed a thing.

  Feng Qingtian turned cold. “Why? You don’t believe me? I can convince you.”

  He then put his hand into her dress, and Gu Bailu hurriedly stopped him. “Of course I do! I believe you!”

  “Alright.”

  “My lord, the people of the Murong family are welcoming us. Would you like to come out?”

  Qin Shou waited outside the carriage for a long time, but the two people inside didn’t appear to be getting out at all, and he seemed to be hearing weird sounds.

  But they couldn’t keep Lady Murong and the important people of her family waiting.

  More importantly, was it really the right time to do that sort of thing with so many people outside?

  “My lady, that old woman is out. She’s smiling happily,” said Ah Luo from outside.

  Gu Bailu hurriedly pushed Feng Qingtian away. “We’re here for business.”

  “There’s only one business in my eyes.” His fiery eyes brushed over Gu Bailu’s red lips. He wished that he could kiss those lips until they were swollen, so that the whole world would know what a loving couple they were and that Gu Bailu belonged to him exclusively.

  Gu Bailu could read his mind all too well. She glanced at him and jumped off the carriage first.

  She raised her head, only to see Lady Murong standing at the main entrance with a bunch of family members.

  Her husband even snorted in disdain when he saw Gu Bailu.

  Gu Bailu grinned. It seemed that the old man still remembered what happened between them.

  She knew few people of the Murong family except Murong Huangtang, who was wearing an azure robe and standing in front of the youngsters. He looked handsome but seemed exhausted, possibly from excessive sex.

  Suddenly, her head was turned around as Feng Qingtian said coldly, “Who are you looking at?”

  “I’m meeting the people of the Murong family. We’re going to be family later, aren’t we, my lady?” Gu Bailu looked at Lady Murong.

  Lady Murong smiled. “Of course we are. That’s well said, Princess Zi. Family members should know one another. I’ll introduce them to you later.”


  339 I“m Always Yours

  “That will be unnecessary. After all, nobody other than Miss Nan will be coming to Prince Zi’s house.” What Gu Bailu said confirmed the onlookers’ speculation.

  “Like I said, they’re here to propose to Miss Nan Ningxin.”

  “Prince Zi is really a caring man. Miss Nan was claimed by another man, but he still……”

  “You’ll be killed if anyone from the Murong family hears that.”

  “Miss Nan is worthy of this privilege, given her family background and Prince Zi’s appreciation of her.”

  Gu Bailu smiled at the adorable people.

  “Please come in, Prince and Princess Zi.” Lady Murong was glad that they could settle the matter of the marriage sooner.

  She also decided to ignore the fact that they had kept the people of the Murong family waiting for such a long time.

  Arm around Gu Bailu’s waist, Feng Qingtian walked in.

  Hearing that Feng Qingtian had arrived to propose, Nan Ningxin wanted to see Prince Zi immediately.

  The dream which she had had for years was finally coming true.

  It hadn’t gone as smoothly as she had imagined, but the result was satisfactory nonetheless.

  Recalling her dream amidst the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, Nan Ningxin felt hot and was eager to have real sex with her Prince Zi.

  If only they could hold the wedding today, so that they could consummate their marriage.

  Nan Ningxin was feeling excited, when she heard the sound of a bell ringing. Her face immediately changed.

  She quickly drove her maids out of the room.

  She stretched out her hand to the back of the dresser, and a door slowly opened. After a brief hesitation, she entered the door.

  The door closed, and no trace of it could be seen from outside at all.

  In the dark room that was illuminated by night pearls, a man in a ghost mask stared at her from a chair.

  “Why are you here now?” Nan Ningxin asked cautiously.

  “I’m here to congratulate you on marrying the man of your dreams,” the man said in a hoarse and jealous voice.

  Nan Ningxin walked over and knelt before him. “Whoever I become, I am always loyal to you.”

  “Really?” The man pulled her into his arms. “You’re about to serve another man, and you say you’re loyal to me?”

  “Prince Zi is just my dream.”

  “Then what am I?” The man grabbed Nan Ningxin’s soft breasts and left scratches on them ungently with his long fingers.

  “You’re my most revered master.” Nan Ningxin wrapped her arms around his neck and put her lips on his. “I’ll dedicate the Sky Splitting Mirror to my master after I obtain it.”

  “You really are a smart woman.” The man pulled her closer. “You’re about to be married. Let me take you once more.”

  “M…… master, this isn’t the best moment. Those maids are waiting. They’ll notice that I’m gone.”

  “Why? You don’t want me to touch you because you’re getting married?” The man became angry.

  “Of course not. I am always your servant.”

  Satisfied with her answer, the man took off his pants and entered her.

  “I’m really reluctant to give away such a beautiful creature like you to someone else,” the man whispered, before he started to move.

  Biting her lip, Nan Ningxin imagined Feng Qingtian in his place, and was stimulated even more when she remembered Feng Qingtian’s face and his sexy physique.

  “I’m always yours. Faster……”


  340 The Sooner They“re Married, the Better

  “Can Feng Qingtian satisfy you as much as I can? You little sl*t.”

  It was almost an hour later when Nan Ningxin came out again. The maids outside were all waiting anxiously.

  Gu Bailu and Feng Qingtian had tea in the living room and talked about the history of the Murong family while they waited for Nan Ningxin.

  “Why is Miss Nan still not here? My lady, rest assured, nobody will bully her after she’s married. There’s no need to hide her anymore.”

  Gu Bailu was puzzled over what was taking Nan Ningxin so long.

  There was no way that woman would be this patient now that Feng Qingtian was proposing.

  It almost seemed as if she didn’t want to marry him.

  “I’ll have someone check on her. She may still be getting dressed.”

  Lady Murong sent another person to bring Nan Ningxin out.

  “I don’t think Miss Nan wants to get married,” said Gu Bailu unconcernedly.

  Lady Murong looked at Feng Qingtian, who had been silent the entire time. His eyes, however, were filled with affection as they remained fixed on Gu Bailu. His love for her was obvious.

  Lady Murong had never seen him look at Nan Ningxin that way.

  Lady Murong had been cherished by her husband her entire life. She could read a man’s eyes very well.

  She was slightly worried that Ningxin wouldn’t be cherished after she was married.

  However, there was no choice for Ningxin now. Besides, she had always liked Prince Zi.

  “I’ll go take a look.” Lady Murong’s husband rose and went to get Nan Ningxin himself.

  Gu Bailu waved her hand at Qin Shou and said, “Here is the letter of proposal. Please take a look, Lady Murong. We haven’t made all the preparations, but for the sake of Miss Nan’s reputation, we intend to hold the wedding tomorrow in case she’s hurt by rumors.”

  Lady Murong read the letter of proposal and saw that Nan Ningxin would marry as a wife.

  She grew happy and said, “It’s not wholly appropriate, but it’s true that the wedding should be held as soon as possible. You’re very considerate.”

  Gu Bailu rose. “Since Miss Nan isn’t coming out, we’ll go back now. It’ll be a busy day tomorrow. We have to prepare.”

  Feng Qingtian rose too and put his hand on her waist. “Let’s go.”

  Lady Murong naturally sensed that Feng Qingtian wasn’t enthusiastic.

  It was understandable. Nobody would be happy to marry a woman who had been sullied by someone else.

  Lady Murong wasn’t bothered by his attitude, and simply saw him off with the other members of the Murong family.

  The servants who carried the bridal gifts into the Murong family house were all excited.

  “Young master, Prince Zi is truly generous with the bridal gifts,” said Murong Huangtang’s guard delightedly.

  Murong Huangtang wasn’t very happy. “I don’t think Prince Zi sincerely wants to marry her. It would be a shame for my cousin to marry him.”

  Murong Huangtang thought that his cousin would be happier if she married him instead.

  “There’s no choice now. The miss is……”

  The miss wasn’t pure anymore, and the old lady wouldn’t allow Murong Huangtang to marry her.

  “I don’t care if she’s a virgin or not, as long as she’s good in bed.”

  His cousin’s body and legs would be enough for him to enjoy for years.

  Nan Ningxin was finally done getting dressed. She grinned in delight when she saw the bridal gifts in the yard.