Pin Shanhe

When Hongling learned that Shen Fu was pregnant, she was almost driven mad with anger.

Because she was the one who orchestrated this situation!

That day, she drugged Shen Fu with aphrodisiac in an attempt to ruin her reputation.

Unexpectedly, Feng Zhu appeared and stopped her, and forcibly took her away.

Afterwards, Shen Fu returned alive to the Xuanwang Mansion.

She was initially somewhat gloating, certain that after losing her reputation, she would be despised by the Lord and would never look at her again.

Despite all our careful planning, we never expected that His Majesty would not have gone to the Northwest at all!

He deceived everyone and returned to Shen Fu's side with his true identity, personally curing her of the bewitching incense!

That's when the child was conceived!

Overwhelmed by jealousy and hatred, she became hysterical.

He wished he could rush over and tear Shen Fu and the bastard child in her womb to pieces!

On what grounds?

She had admired the Venerable One for many years, but he never even glanced at her.

Shen Fu won his heart effortlessly and even conceived his child.

God is so unfair!

No, she doesn't deserve it at all!

The only person qualified is yourself!

But little did she know that she would soon be in dire straits herself.

The moment the secret room was opened, she thought the elders had finally let her out.

But when he saw who it was, he trembled all over.

"Your...Your Excellency!"

"Have you decided how you want to die?"

The man's gaze was like that of a demon from hell, instantly plunging her into an endless abyss of cold, and she was so frightened that she immediately begged for mercy.

"Don't kill me, I really know I was wrong!"

No wonder!

She just felt that if she died like this, wouldn't that make things easier for that woman?

Despite his best efforts and various schemes, he couldn't harm her in the slightest, and in the end, he had to pay with his own life.

Even as a ghost, she wouldn't be at peace!

Upon seeing the four elders behind her, she immediately pleaded with them for help.

Apart from Elder Xuan, the other three remained unmoved, their gazes filled with obvious disappointment.

She had previously sent a message to the Underworld Palace, saying that His Majesty had ruined his grand plan for the sake of a woman.

Fearing that their once-in-a-century opportunity would be ruined, they discussed it and proposed to destroy the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion!

Later, when she returned, she said that the woman was so cunning that she tempted the Lord to commit a grave mistake and betray his original intentions.

However, they never mentioned the fact that they used despicable means to drug and frame an innocent woman.

She actually deceived and exploited them for her own selfish reasons!

Elder Qing was such a loyal and righteous person in his lifetime, how could he have such a vicious descendant?

If he could see this scene from the afterlife, he would probably be heartbroken!

Elder Xuan was still trying to plead for her: "Your Excellency, since Hong Ling has already realized her mistake, at worst we can cripple her martial arts so that she will never have the chance to cause trouble again."

The man glanced at him coldly. "A person can do anything if they want to. If she makes another mistake in the future, will Elder Xuan have to pay for it with his life?"

"..."

Just pretend he didn't say anything!

Because he himself lacked confidence in Hongling.

It would be too much of a waste to sacrifice your own life to protect others!

When Hongling saw that even Elder Xuan, who had always been the one who cared for her the most, was no longer speaking up for her, her last shred of hope vanished.

Is she really doomed to die today?

They saw the guards from the Underworld Palace enter, carrying instruments of execution for hanging.

She was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.

I finally understand that neither my grandfather's kindness nor the elders' protection are of any use now!

Only the man before me can control the power of life and death!

There's only one way to survive: get him to change his mind.

The moment the cold instruments of torture were tightened around her neck, she suddenly screamed, "If you kill me, that woman and the baby in her womb will surely die!"

Before he could finish speaking, a figure swept over.

The next instant, a long, strong hand gripped her neck tightly.

The fear of suffocation overwhelmed her; she was undoubtedly terrified, but she could only force herself to remain calm.

"You came back because that woman's child is in trouble, right?"

"What did you say?"

The man was shocked. How did she know that the fetus was abnormal?

Before coming here, he had already ordered the Wuji Pavilion to be opened.

They searched through all the records in the Underworld over the past few hundred years, just to find relevant information or a solution to this matter, but to this day they have found not a single clue.

Hongling's words undoubtedly struck a nerve, and a chill instantly welled up in his eyes.

"What do you know?"

Thinking she had his weakness in her grasp, Hongling started to keep him in suspense.

"Go ahead and kill me now if you dare! At worst, you can send her and the child down to my grave with me... Ah!"

With a piercing scream, her body flew heavily into the air.

The moment I landed, a tearing pain shot through my internal organs.

Hongling clutched her chest, horrified to find that she couldn't muster any strength at all.

He actually... crippled her martial arts!

"If you don't speak up, I'll let you taste the flavors of the Underworld Dungeon! Guards..."

Hongling looked extremely horrified.

She knew perfectly well what was in that dungeon; the tortures there were comparable to the eighteen levels of hell!

How could he treat me with such cruelty?

The man's eyes clearly told her that he was not joking.

He might not kill her immediately, but he'll make her wish she were dead!

Overwhelmed by immense fear, she finally gave in.

"No, I'll tell you!"

To save her life, she had no choice but to reveal the secret that only one person in the entire palace knew.

When she was seven years old, she accidentally saw her grandfather talking to the ancestral tablet after he got drunk.

He deeply regretted not telling the truth back then, which caused the late Lord's wife to die in childbirth. The late Lord, grieving the loss of his beloved, left a farewell letter and then committed suicide.

Why did the ancestors of the Underworld establish the rule that marriage between the underworld and outsiders was forbidden?

The truth is that the people of the Underworld have a pure and domineering bloodline, unlike ordinary people.

An ordinary woman's body simply cannot withstand such a powerful and vigorous bloodline; once she conceives, she will suffer a severe backlash.

The late Lady Shen Fu experienced various discomforts during her early pregnancy, just like Shen Fu is now.

The late Lord, unaware of the reason, could not bear to see his beloved wife suffer so much, and tried every means to find her a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, which barely stabilized the pregnancy and ensured that she could give birth.

Despite the utmost care and attention, she still couldn't escape her fate on the day of delivery.

Although she gave birth to the child, she passed away.

For many years, my grandfather lived with guilt.

He knew the truth, and that once the child was born, the late Venerable Lady would surely die, but he chose to conceal it in order to preserve the bloodline of the Underworld Palace.

However, he underestimated the deep affection of the late lord, and ultimately caused the deaths of two people.

What's worse, the Underworld Palace almost lost its lineage!

Fortunately, the young lord was born safely, otherwise he would have been guilty of a crime deserving of ten thousand deaths!

The man was deeply shaken.

Is this the truth behind my mother's death in childbirth?

If what she said is true, then Shen Fu...