Yao Feiran was led to Cining Palace, where Song Yuheng sat, adorned with luxurious jewelry, exuding an air of high status. Beside him stood a woman who said leisurely, "Indeed, he is the third-ranked scholar; he is quite handsome."

After her subtle adjustments, the Human-Faced Gu still resembled Liu Songyan, but she became much more handsome. Moreover, she was tall, making her look truly dashing.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty the Empress Dowager."

No need for formalities.

"How old are you this year? Are you married?"

"Your humble servant is twenty-seven years old this year, and I already have a wife and daughter at home."

Upon hearing this, the woman next to Song Yuheng's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. Yao Feiran thought to herself, "Could this guy be planning to arrange a marriage for me?" The woman looked to be in her thirties.

The Empress Dowager looked at the woman's unhappy face with a look of doting affection.

"Liu Songyan, my daughter Mingxia is beautiful and lively. She is my niece. Why don't you marry her? As for your first wife, you can divorce her and give her a marriage."

"When I was in my humble beginnings, my wife stayed by my side. A wife who has shared my hardships should not be abandoned. I cannot accept this."

Song Yuheng snorted coldly: "You're quite the devoted lover. You may leave now."

After Yao Feiran left, Song Yuheng asked Song Mingxia, "Mingxia, there are so many good men in the world, why don't you find someone else?"

Song Mingxia is Song Yuheng's niece. She had been married once before, and her husband originally had a fiancée. After Song Mingxia forced herself to marry him, her husband became cold and distant towards her. In a fit of rage, she beat her husband to death.

Song Yuheng suppressed the matter.

Song Mingxia pouted: "Everyone else is so vulgar, they can't compare to Liu Songyan at all. Why not secretly kill his wife and force him to marry me?"

Song Yuheng said irritably, "Although Liu Songyan has no background, he is still a third-ranked scholar. You have already been impeached many times for killing your husband last time, and many people are watching you. You absolutely cannot be willful again this time."

"I understand, Aunt, please help me. He is the most handsome man I have ever seen."

Watching Yao Feiran's departing figure, Song Yuheng smiled enigmatically: "Don't worry, I'll make him willingly marry you."

In this world, can infatuation compare to the curse of Gu Yao?

Yao Feiran knew long ago that Song Yuheng would not let this go, and she wanted to make her lose what was most important to her.

That evening, in the emperor's bedchamber, a eunuch from the Imperial Household Department respectfully held up a row of plaques: "Your Majesty, whose plaque will be chosen tonight?"

"Take it away."

The emperor waved his hand impatiently. The empress was a woman from the Song family, and the other women in the harem were all chosen by the Song family. They were all unpleasant in temperament, timid and submissive, or plain-looking, and not as good-looking as the palace maids around him.

The emperor went to rest, but in the middle of the night, his door suddenly opened. The emperor quickly woke up, his eyes wide: "Xiao Chang, what do you want to do? No, you're not Xiao Chang."

Xiao Chang was the emperor's personal eunuch. Because he was young, he was short.

Yao Feiran grabbed his neck: "You'd better not say anything, or I'll kill you."

The emperor sneered, "Kill me then, I don't want to live anyway."

Anyway, he was also his mother's puppet. If he rebelled against his mother, he would suffer unbearable pain all over his body, as if his chest was being pierced by a thousand swords.

"I can remove the parasitic infection from your body."

The emperor opened his eyes: "Really?"

"It's true, but you'll have to absorb my offspring Gu."

The emperor gritted his teeth: "What's the difference? The person who controlled me before was at least my mother."

"Your mother, humph, don't you know that because you frequently resist the Gu poison, you only have three years left to live? Your mother doesn't care about you at all; she just wants a puppet. Besides, I'm not discussing this with you."

The emperor's expression faltered slightly. Yes, his mother didn't like him at all; she just wanted a puppet. His mother always interfered in the court and persecuted loyal officials, so he had to resist the power of the mind-controlling Gu.

Yao Feiran placed her Mind Control Gu directly into the emperor's body. The two Mind Control Gu began to fight for territory. The emperor's forehead was covered in sweat, and he began to clutch his chest and pant heavily on the ground.

This method is actually quite forceful and can easily result in mutual destruction and the death of the host. However, the Mind Controlling Gu that Yao Feiran cultivated was very strong and swallowed the other party whole.

After the pain subsided, Yao Feiran lifted the emperor up and sat him on the bed.

The emperor's voice was somewhat weak: "There are countless people in this harem who are the Empress Dowager's people. If you devour the Zi Gu, the Empress Dowager will definitely find out."

"You think I can only control one sub-gu?"

"What?"

Normally, a mother Gu can only produce one child Gu, but she is not an ordinary person.

"You'll see when you come out and take a look."

When the emperor came out, he found that his guards were all kneeling on the ground, and even the chief steward, Defang, was prostrate on his hands. These people were all planted by the empress dowager.

"Now, begin cleaning the palace."

Yao Feiran couldn't possibly control everyone in the palace, but as long as she controlled the strongest few, she could simply kill the rest who had ulterior motives.

Tonight, the palace is destined to have a sleepless night.

Many palace servants and imperial guards died. Some of them were killed for treason, and others were imprisoned. They were all people affiliated with the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager also discovered that Zi Gu had died. She rushed over, but was taken into custody. In the morning, the Emperor came over with cold eyes and looked at the Empress Dowager.

"Those traitors have all been executed, so Mother need not worry."

"Emperor! Who killed your Gu worm? Was it the Sanglan tribe?!"

The emperor had also tried to find the Sanglan tribe, but the place was full of poisonous insects and wild beasts, and ordinary people could not enter at all. He was discovered by his mother and tortured for several hours.

"That's none of your concern. Mother, please enjoy your retirement. I will destroy what you care about, little by little."

The emperor turned and left.

Song Yuheng shouted, "Emperor, stop! You stop—Hui'er, you can't do this!"

After Yao Feiran left, she said, "By the way, I am Liu Songyan, the third-ranked scholar this year. Please promote me quickly, I want to enter the cabinet."

Emperor: "...What is your relationship with Yan Muyao?"

"My son."

"How many identities do you actually have?"

"Without any other identity, the Yan family has been suppressed to this extent by you. Remember to give the title of Duke to Yan Muyao."

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