Jinxiu Cloud

In the dim palace, there was a dilapidated scene everywhere. Yun Chunuo was dressed in a black, white, tattered robe. Her hair hung loosely behind her like the oldest and most messy straw. Her withered face was covered with disgusting scars that looked like centipedes. Her pair of dead eyes did not have a hint of life in them. She looked up at the only window in the dim palace like a dead person.

Outside the window, a tall white jade orchid tree was blooming beautifully. The snow-white magnolias were bathed in the warm sunlight, looking very beautiful and moving, forming a sharp contrast with the dilapidated palace.

"This must be the tenth year!" Yun Chunuo looked at the Magnolia tree outside the window and murmured. Her voice was extremely hoarse and ancient, as if an old tree was cracking open. It was extremely unpleasant to hear.

Clang! Just as Yun Chunuo was lost in her thoughts as she looked out the window, the palace's door was pushed open. Suddenly, a cold hurricane swept into the entire palace and messed up the dilapidated hall.

"Younger Sister is really in a good mood. You still have the mood to admire the flowers even in this state!" As the palace door opened, a beautiful woman dressed in a Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens brocade robe slowly walked in. The woman was extremely beautiful and moving. Her seductive eyes were as bright and pure as if they could speak. If one did not understand the woman, they would definitely be deceived by her eyes when they saw her.

However, Yun Chunuo would not do that. The Yun Chunuo of the past would, but the current Yun Chunuo would not. After witnessing the woman's venomous heart, Yun Chunuo would only feel that she was a venomous snake beauty when she saw the woman again.

"What are you doing here?" Yun Chunuo merely glanced at the woman indifferently. Not only was the woman's eyes beautiful, but even her skin was as pure as jade, making people feel pity for her when they saw her.

Yun Chunuo knew that many men liked such a woman, even the one who had sworn eternal love with her before.

" Of course I'm here to see my sister. At the same time, I'm here to tell my sister a piece of good news." The woman's voice was soft and charming, as soft as the softest and most sticky candy in the world. If a man stood here and saw such a delicate beauty making such a soft and moving voice, even a stone would turn soft!

Yun Chunuo did not look at the woman anymore. Instead, she continued to stare at the white jade orchid tree outside the window. Her gaze was focused and nostalgic.

" The eldest princess has sent news. The new Northern Desert King has succeeded to the throne. The eldest princess has gone to follow the former king."

"Impossible!" With a cry of shock and disbelief, Yun Chunuo's lifeless eyes instantly turned sorrowful and resentful. They were like sharp swords that shot straight at the woman in the palace. 

"Sister, don't be like this. It's fine if the eldest princess went. I heard that the new Northern Desert King is cruel and bloodthirsty. As soon as he became the Northern Desert King, he executed all his brothers who were his enemies in an extremely cruel manner. The concubines of his brothers were also tortured to death by him. Our eldest princess is smart. After the previous Northern Desert King died, she went with the Northern Desert King and avoided some humiliation. It also protects the dignity of the imperial family of the great realm."

"How could it be, my Zhu Er!" After hearing the woman's words, sadness engulfed Yun Chunuo. Tears rolled down her dry eyes again, but perhaps because they were about to dry up, the tears stopped flowing after a few drops. It seemed like they had dried up.

"Sister, don't cry either!" However, when the woman saw Yun Chunuo's sorrowful expression, it was as if she had seen something funny. Her lips curled into a bright smile as she raised her bright red jade-like hands and continued," Actually, Elder Sister did not only come here today to tell Younger Sister this piece of good news. There's another piece of good news. The Third Prince that Younger Sister has always wanted to protect has actually died because he wandered around the fireworks. Out of concern, Elder Sister also helped Younger Sister to take a look at the Third Prince's remains. Younger sister, guess what the Third Prince looked like when he died."

As the woman spoke, her tone suddenly became excited. She lowered her voice and said to Yun Chunuo," When the Third Prince died, he was naked. There were traces of torture all over his body. According to the servant beside the Third Prince, the Third Prince died in Chu City."

"Moreover, it was that manservant who drugged the Third Prince's tea and brought him to Chu." The woman continued to speak with great interest. Her tone was extremely low, so low that only the woman and Yun Chunuo could hear her." I only gave that manservant a thousand taels of silver as bait. That manservant will listen to me obediently and do as I say." Thinking about the Third Prince's twelve or thirteen years old age, he was really liked by the guests in Chu. Presumably, the Third Prince must have been taken good care of by them when he was alive."

" You…" Yun Chunuo glared at the woman with hatred. If it was said that she was only 70% sad and 30% angry just now, Yun Chunuo was completely enraged now. Her eyes stared straight at the woman as if she wanted to cut her into pieces. However, not only could Yun Chunuo not cut her into pieces, she could not even stand up and slap her.

"Since Younger Sister is angry, then Elder Sister will apologize to Younger Sister here. It's just a pity that Younger Sister can't stand up and give Elder Sister a slap like ten years ago. In fact, if it wasn't for that slap, His Majesty wouldn't have completely abandoned you. Later on, you only poisoned the child in Consort Mei's stomach, but His Majesty personally cut off the tendons in your legs and abandoned you in such an abandoned palace." The woman spoke in a gentle voice that was filled with pride.

"You poisoned Consort Mei's child." In the past ten years, Yun Chunuo had not thought about anything else, but she had thought about the incident of Consort Mei's child being killed countless times. Finally, Yun Chunuo had figured out something strange. She had never done anything to Consort Mei back then. It could be said that no matter who was pregnant or had a child, she had never done anything to Consort Mei. However, the incident back then was done by her most capable palace maid, Cuie. Cuie insisted that she was the one who ordered it, which was why she could not defend herself back then.

After being locked up here for ten years with her hamstring broken, she had figured out what was going on. Cuie said that she was a capable palace maid by her side, but she was actually Ling Yan 'er's servant. Back then, when she saw Cuie being bullied by the young master of the Ling residence, she had saved her and even asked Madam Ling to make Cuie her servant girl. Originally, she thought that even though Cuie was once a servant girl of the Ling residence, she should be grateful to her for saving her from danger. However, he never thought that Cuie was actually a spy planted by the Ling Residence. No wonder Cuie had always only praised the Ling Residence and never mentioned what he had encountered in the Ling Residence. Now that he thought about it, it was just a show. It was funny that he thought that Cuie was a grateful person and was put in an important position.

"Looks like these ten years of time, Younger Sister, have not been wasted!" Ling Yan 'er, who was fiddling with the bright red bud on her finger, curled her lips, but her eyes were filled with disdain," I thought that my sister would still be that stupid until she died. Now it seems that I don't need to tell my sister the truth, my sister can figure it out herself."

"That's right. I poisoned the child in Consort Mei's stomach, and I chose the kind of medicine that would make Consort Mei infertile. Not only Consort Mei, but the other concubines in the palace also had their children secretly made by me." Ling Yan 'er continued to say proudly, as if she was showing off her past achievements.

"Why? At that time, you had not entered the palace yet, so they did not pose any threat to you." When Yun Chunuo heard Ling Yan 'er's words, she suddenly thought of something, but she did not want to think about it.

"Of course there is. Do you think His Majesty really likes you? Actually, let me tell you. In the past, His Majesty came to your palace ten times and rested in the side hall where I slept. It was just that His Majesty ordered someone to light you a calming incense, so you didn't notice." Ling Yan 'er said with a smile.