"Su Yuting, remember this: you are a beggar, not a member of the Su family!" Su Lie threw down these words viciously, flicked his sleeves, turned around, and strode forward without looking back.
Su Yuting lay on the ground, staring blankly at Su Lie's sleeves fluttering in the night wind.
"Li Xue, if Su Yuting tries to hurt you, you can do whatever you want with her!" The War King glanced at Shen Minghui, who was screaming in pain and covered in blood, and suddenly spoke.
"Thank you, godfather!" Shen Lixue raised the corners of her mouth and looked at Su Yuting.
To Su Yuting, her faint smile appeared so sinister, bloodthirsty, and chillingly cold: "Chen Lixue, what are you going to do?" Her delicate voice trembled slightly.
“I have always been magnanimous and dislike torturing people. Miss Su was born a beggar, so let her martial arts be crippled, her tendons severed, and she become a beggar again!” Shen Lixue parted her cherry lips slightly and calmly announced her punishment for Su Yuting.
Su Yuting was stunned for a moment, then her eyes blazed with rage as she lunged forward, howling, "Chen Lixue, I'll kill you!"
Her slender body had barely risen when she was caught by the guards and slammed heavily to the ground. Her body felt like it was falling apart, and she was in excruciating pain, cursing incessantly: "Shen Lixue, you're a slut, a slut!"
Shen Lixue remained calm and composed, saying indifferently, "I kindly spared your life, and instead of being grateful, you insulted me. You have no manners at all!"
"Shen Lixue, stop pretending! Being a beggar is worse than death for me. Just kill me with your sword!"
"I don't like seeing bloodshed, and I won't kill you tonight. Being a beggar is accumulating good karma. You should repent for the wrongdoings you've done!" Killing her would be too lenient; living a life worse than death is the greatest punishment for her.
"Ah!" The guard severed Su Yuting's tendons with a single sword strike, and her shrill scream pierced through the clouds and echoed through the sky.
With her martial arts crippled and her tendons severed, Su Yuting lay in a pool of blood, wailing pitifully. Her voice was sorrowful and heart-wrenching. Her bloodshot eyes glared hatefully at Shen Lixue, as if she wanted to devour her alive.
Shen Lixue met her gaze and coldly gave the order: "Send her to be a beggar!"
"Yes!" the guards replied, and quickly escorted Su Yuting away.
"Shen Lixue, I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" Su Yuting's furious roar faded into the distance and soon disappeared.
The War King's sharp eyes were filled with pain as he looked at the stars in the black sky. Step by step, he walked away into the distance, and the guards disappeared instantly, hiding in the shadows.
A faint smell of blood drifted in the wind. Shen Lixue saw Shen Minghui's mangled flesh. The guards had acted swiftly and ruthlessly. In just a short while, a third of his flesh had disappeared, falling thinly to the ground, white and stark against the dark night, a truly gruesome sight.
She slowly stepped forward, waved her hand to stop the guards' actions, and looked at Shen Minghui, who was covered in blood, and asked: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
Shen Minghui opened his eyes, looked through the blood-red sky at Shen Lixue who was so close to him, and gently curled the corners of his mouth: "I am the son of a wealthy merchant, with a heart full of pride, wanting to become a superior person and rebuild the glory of my Shen family. What have I done wrong!"
"If you had pride, you should have used it for good. Strive for success and become the head of all officials through your own abilities, and everyone would admire you. But what did you do? You schemed against Lin Qingzhu, trying to climb the social ladder through a woman. When the Duke of Wu refused to help you become an official, you killed him. Don't even think about getting a high position. The Lin family has been ruined by you. Even if your Shen family regains its glory, it will be built on the pain of the Lin family's destruction. Do you have the face to face your ancestors?"
Shen Lixue roared, her eyes burning with rage. Even now, he still showed no remorse; he was a shameless scoundrel.
Shen Minghui forced a smile, his eyes somewhat hazy: "I like Lin Qingzhu. I fell in love with her the first time I saw her!"
Shen Lixue shouted angrily: "If you like her, then go to the Duke of Wu's mansion to propose marriage openly. Using aphrodisiacs to ruin her chastity and force her to marry you is the most despicable and shameless method!"
"Li Xue, you should thank me. If it weren't for my despicable and shameless behavior back then, Lin Qingzhu wouldn't have married me, and you wouldn't exist in this world!" Shen Minghui raised an eyebrow, and two drops of blood slid down his cheek.
"I'd rather I hadn't been born at all, so I wouldn't suffer the humiliation of being my mother!" Recalling Lin Qingzhu's meticulous care and attention to the original owner of Shen Lixue in Qingzhou, and her dying words, Shen Lixue suddenly understood:
Lin Qingzhu's heart had long since died; she was merely an empty shell, living only to care for the young Shen Lixue. When Shen Lixue turned fifteen and was old enough to get married, no longer needing her care, all the accumulated illnesses she had developed over the years would finally manifest, leading to her death.
Shen Lixue is Shen Minghui's daughter, and also her daughter. No matter how this daughter came to be, she is still her own flesh and blood. Even if this daughter is a humiliation to her, she can't bear to hit her or scold her. She patiently and kindly teaches her the principles of being a good person.
"But not only were you born, you grew up in front of her. Just think about that one blissful time we had..."
"Slap!" Shen Lixue slapped Shen Minghui hard across the face, cutting off his unfinished words: "Shut your stinking mouth, you are not worthy to mention my mother!"
Shen Minghui's face was turned to the side by the slap, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His eyes were filled with a layer of smugness: "Li Xue, you can't change your background no matter how you hit me. You are my daughter, and Lin Qingzhu is my wife. She was born a member of the Shen family, and she will die a ghost of the Shen family. Her body will be buried in the Shen family cemetery. The love of the God of War Qingyan has married me. In this life, I will not lose to anyone."
"Shen Minghui, I forgot to tell you, my mother's remains were not buried in your Shen family's ancestral cemetery, and there is no Shen family surname on her tombstone. She will never have anything to do with anyone again!"
Lin Qingzhu raised Shen Lixue alone in Qingzhou for fifteen years. Besides being physically weak and unable to travel long distances, it was also possible that she didn't want to see Shen Minghui. Since she hated Shen Minghui so much when she was alive, Shen Lixue would certainly not let her have any relationship with Shen Minghui after her death.
"You unfilial daughter!" Shen Minghui was furious and swung his fist, striking Shen Lixue hard.
Shen Lixue neither dodged nor avoided, but kicked him hard in the chest. Shen Minghui was kicked to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. In the black sky, the stars twinkled, just like Lin Qingzhu's eyes.
"Shen Minghui, the execution by slow slicing has only been completed by one-third. You should kneel there and slowly suffer death to atone for your sins!" Shen Lixue coldly threw down these words and strode forward without looking back.
Dongfang Heng glanced at Shen Minghui, his gaze as cold as a thousand-year-old icy pool, instantly freezing the person in place.
"Hehe!" Shen Minghui looked at the night sky and chuckled softly. When they first met, she stood quietly in front of him, captivating his heart and eyes. From that moment on, he wanted to marry her. Even though he knew that he was not worthy of her given his status at the time, he still wanted to very much. So when Ruan Chuqing came to him and asked to cooperate with him, he agreed without hesitation.
The plan was executed very successfully. The moment she became his woman, he was filled with joy, almost intoxicated. He secretly vowed that with his high position and generous salary, he would give her the best life and treat her well for the rest of his life.
Afterwards, he knelt outside the door, begging for her forgiveness. He said all his vows were true; at the time, he genuinely wanted to pamper and love her.
However, after the marriage, Duke Wu ignored him, let alone promoted him or gave him a high position. He was busy working hard every day, so he couldn't spend time with her or give her the best life. That's why he went to Grand Commandant Lei, hoping to get promoted and make money.
He was in a bad mood after repeatedly hitting a wall outside. When he got home, he wanted to find comfort in Lin Qingzhu. But to his surprise, Lin Qingzhu said that the baby was only two months old and the fetus was unstable. For the sake of the baby, she could not take care of him and pushed him far away, not even letting him touch her.
He repeatedly assured her that he would be very careful and would not hurt the child, but Lin Qingzhu refused to budge and insisted on not letting him touch her. (PS: Don't say Lin Qingzhu is being pretentious. She married Shen Minghui for the sake of the child. A two-month-old fetus is really unstable. If the child is lost, she will never be a mother again.) She did arrange for a maid to serve him. What he wanted was the most beautiful woman in the capital. A lowly maid was far inferior to her. He would never look at her.
So he began to suspect that Lin Qingzhu still hated him, which was why she rejected his advances. Later, he became more careful and secretly observed Lin Qingzhu. He discovered that what she cared about most was the child in her womb, and she had always been indifferent to him.
He was heartbroken and disappointed, and his love for Lin Qingzhu turned into hatred. That's why he followed Grand Commandant Lei's wishes to frame Duke Wu, and under Lei Yarong's instigation, he wanted to kill Lin Qingzhu. This woman was his, and since she didn't like him, he would let her go to the Yellow Springs to wait for him first.
Thinking about it carefully, from the time they met to their separation, it was only a year, and after ten months of marriage, three hundred days and nights, he truly possessed her, which was that one scheme.
He never saw her again after that. Haha, this couple is really special. They had sex once before marriage and never again after marriage. Even on their wedding night, they slept back to back and remained silent because the fetus was unstable.
The stunningly talented Lin Qingzhu, the most beautiful and talented woman in the capital, was the beloved of the Azure Flame War King. He forcibly took her, haha. Although it was only once, he truly possessed her. The Azure Flame War King, of noble status and infatuated, loved her, but what good was that? He still never got her even once. This lowly merchant's son won against the War God Prince, hahaha!
"Swish swish swish!" Amidst bursts of blood, pieces of thin flesh flew off. Shen Minghui was in excruciating pain all over his body, and his vision gradually blurred. He had enjoyed the most beautiful woman in Qingyan, and he had also been the head of all officials in the Qingyan court. Although he ended up like this, he had not lived in vain. He had truly not lived in vain!
An overwhelming pain coursed through his body, and the scenery before him grew increasingly dark. Suddenly, Shen Minghui burst into laughter: "I won! I won against everyone!"