"Yu Nianzhao, how are you still alive?"
Pei Yunzhi struggled to restrain herself, but ultimately couldn’t help blurting out her resentful exclamation.
Xie Jiuxiao glanced over coldly, his eyes filled with murder, "I don’t mind letting you die once first."
Prince An Nan hurriedly covered Pei Yunzhi’s mouth, smiling awkwardly, "Yunzhi is just concerned about her sister, Prince Su, don’t misunderstand."
Xie Jiuxiao sneered, "Your taste in won is really getting worse."
Prince An Nan, "..."
Yu Nianzhao walked towards Pei Yunzhi step by step, scaring Pei Yunzhi so much she lost her composed deanor, afraid she was being haunted by a fierce ghost.
Yu Nianzhao pulled a mocking smile, looking down at Pei Yunzhi, "Pei Yunzhi, you’re not dead yet, so how could I bear to die?"
Pei Yunzhi bit her lip and said uneasily, "Zhaozhao, I was just concerned about you."
"Spare your insincere concern," Yu Nianzhao mocked.
"Zhaozhao, you’re alive!"
Xie Yunzhe’s eyes glistened with joy, and he eagerly wanted to move closer to her, but was blocked by Xie Jiuxiao.
"Hmm." Yu Nianzhao responded softly.
"That’s really wonderful, I knew it, you definitely wouldn’t die."
Even though Xie Jiuxiao was in the way, Xie Yunzhe’s eyes were filled with tears, and there was a genuine smile on his lips.
Xie Jiuxiao looked like he was ready to kill, and Pei Yunzhi’s gaze was equally full of resentnt.
"I never died, I just took a nap."
Yu Nianzhao looked puzzled. To her, it was indeed just a matter of sleeping.
"A nap?"
Emperor Anqing tugged at the corner of his mouth, at a loss for words, considering she really had seed to stop breathing at the ti.
"Cough, cough, Zhaozhao, you ca at the right ti. Can you see if Prince An Nan really has a curse on him?"
Once Emperor Anqing ca back to his senses, he quickly asked.
Yu Nianzhao glanced at the calm Prince An Nan and slowly shook her head, "There’s no curse on him!"
Prince An Nan breathed a sigh of relief and spoke louder, "I told you, it’s nothing. Yunzhi is a good girl, she wouldn’t harbor any harmful intentions towards ."
"I haven’t finished speaking yet."
Yu Nianzhao interrupted him, her gaze shifting to Pei Yunzhi, saying coldly, "You may be fine, but that doesn’t an she is. Pei Yunzhi is filled with demonic energy; she hasn’t just been tainted by an evil spirit, she’s attracted a demon!"
Everyone gasped in shock.
Xie Jiuxiao even advised Emperor Anqing to stay away from Pei Yunzhi.
Pei Yunzhi’s smug smile froze on her face. She hurriedly said, "Zhaozhao, even if you hate , you can’t slander like this. I’m just a concubine now, I can’t be a threat to you. Please stop causing harm to ."
She spoke with tears falling genuinely.
Prince An Nan had a mont of clarity, but seeing her cry, he beca muddled again, angrily rebuking, "Prince Su, shouldn’t you discipline your woman? Behaving so recklessly will cause trouble sooner or later."
Xie Jiuxiao looked at him coldly, "You’re not needed here; Zhaozhao is fine, Prince An Nan. If you don’t co to your senses soon, stronger asures will have to be taken."
"What?"
Prince An Nan was stunned.
The next mont, Xie Jiuxiao made him realize what decisive action ant.
Xie Jiuxiao clapped his hands, and the Dragon Shadow Guards rushed in, directly capturing Pei Yunzhi.
"Ah! What are you doing? Let go of , let go of !"
Pei Yunzhi lost her composure and scread, "Prince, save , help !"
Prince An Nan violently rushed forward intending to kick the Dragon Shadow Guards away, but unfortunately, the Dragon Shadow Guards only had eyes for Emperor Anqing and Xie Jiuxiao. While he kicked, they dodged, and Prince An Nan ended up falling flat on his face!
"Are you rebelling?"
Veins bulged on Prince An Nan’s forehead.
Emperor Anqing was even angrier, "Prince An Nan, you are the one thinking of rebellion, saying such words? The Dragon Shadow Guards are my trusted aides, what do you want to do?"
Prince An Nan imdiately surrendered, standing dejectedly to the side.
"Useless!"
Pei Yunzhi’s voice was hoarse. She tugged at the corners of her mouth, refusing to speak further.
Until Yu Nianzhao ripped off the Jade Pendant hanging from her waist. Pei Yunzhi’s eyes widened in fury, and she scread like soone possessed by an evil spirit, "Give it back to ! It’s mine, no one can take it! Give it back!"
"Is this item really that important to you?"
Yu Nianzhao shook the Jade Pendant in her hand, smiling enigmatically at her, "Don’t you know that while it’s helping you enchant n, it’s also consuming your lifespan? Take a look at your face, where not even makeup can cover the darkening skin. There’s white hair among your locks. Have you truly not noticed at all?"
"What? Is what you’re saying true?"
Pei Yunzhi was shocked, as she had been absorbed by the beauty and power that the black mist granted her, completely oblivious to her gradual aging. She frantically shook her head, "You’re lying, you must be. Yu Nianzhao, your thods are truly vicious."
Xie Yunzhe furrowed his brow and said seriously, "Looking at you now, Yunzhi, you indeed seem much older, almost like you’re the sa age as Ms Ling in the mansion."
These words were uttered by Xie Yunzhe, and Pei Yunzhi was stunned, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy abyss.
Ms Ling was the oldest concubine in Prince An Nan’s mansion, nearly forty years old, while Pei Yunzhi was in her pri.
To compare them, Pei Yunzhi was on the verge of losing her mind.
"Impossible, why are even you saying this?"
Pei Yunzhi struggled, covering her cheeks, crazily crawling to Yu Nianzhao’s feet, resentfully saying, "You promised beauty to enchant others, you promised I would reach the pinnacle of power, were you lying to all along?"
The Jade Pendant remained unresponsive, as if it were just a lifeless object.
Yu Nianzhao slapped a talisman on the Jade Pendant, which started emitting smoke; a wisp of black mist finally couldn’t endure anymore and erged from within.
"What is this thing?"
Prince An Nan was dumbfounded, never imagining Pei Yunzhi would indeed have such a thing.
"I am a fox spirit; you all must respect !"
In the black mist, the shape of a red-eyed fox ford.
"Fox spirit my foot, trying to fool ? Are you insane?"
Yu Nianzhao seized its soul and gave it a beating. The fake fox spirit howled repeatedly, admitting error over and over, ’I was wrong,’ ’I’ll never dare again.’
The onlookers were left staring in disbelief.
"So, what is this exactly, a fox demon?" Emperor Anqing asked.
"Yes, it’s the soul of a fox demon, likely died a century ago, and unwilling after death, it clung to this Jade Pendant to seduce others, consuming their life force to rebuild its strength. The Jade Pendant eventually ended up with Pei Yunzhi, causing the current situation."
Yu Nianzhao carefully held the fox demon’s soul, shaking it around until its eyes spun before saying, "You know to conceal your abilities well, restraining your demonic nature to avoid detection, but a paper can’t hold fire; your downfall was just a matter of ti. Once dead, you should reincarnate properly; even if you cultivate your soul, it will take a millennium to rebuild a physical form."
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