Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

A deep, hoarse voice suddenly rang out.

Shen Fu felt a jolt run through his body and froze on the spot.

She held the memorial tablet, refusing to let go or turn around.

Shen Mingshu hadn't expected Wei Ziye to be there all along. Her eyes reddened, and she began to negotiate.

"Wei Ziye, today, all I want is my mother's memorial tablet. Take it and I'll leave."

Shen Mingshu had no anchor in the world anymore, and at this moment she had no other thoughts. The spirit tablet in Shen Fu's hand was all her hopes.

Wei Ziye's gaze fell on her stomach, his fingers trembling slightly, and he spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Ah Fu, Tiange has a way to cure you. The divine doctor's actions have violated the laws of heaven. I hope you can see the error of your ways and turn back. I guarantee that the Shen family will never be controlled by him again."

Two lines of tears streamed down Shen Fu's face, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

With her back to Wei Ziye, she cried desperately, "It's too late, Ziye, it's all too late."

"You can't save me, you can't save the Shen family, and you certainly can't..."

Shen Fu closed his eyes, black blood flowing painfully from the corner of his mouth, his voice gradually weakening: "There's no way he'd avenge me."

"puff--"

Thick black blood gushed out, and Shen Fu staggered, his back bending over.

In that instant, she seemed to have aged fifty years, her body hunched over, barely able to look at Shen Mingshu.

"Shen Mingshu, I hate you, I really hate you, but—"

Shen Fu held the memorial tablet with trembling hands, and suddenly his voice became hoarse, filled with a desperate deathly aura.

"But we're all just pawns, ha, ha ha ha—pawns, you and I are all pawns!"

Shen Fu slammed his knees heavily onto the ground, gritting his teeth as he endured the pain of being devoured by the Gu worms. He couldn't even lift his head, yet his eyes remained bloodshot as he stared intently at Shen Mingshu.

"You, too, will become a pawn..."

"Sooner or later, sooner or later—"

As the words faded, Shen Fu's last glimmer of life also vanished.

The memorial tablet stood firmly in her hand.

But it was about to be corroded by the black blood spreading from her skin.

Shen Mingshu's eyes narrowed, and she quickly ran towards her.

"Don't go over there, sir!"

Chunxue was faster than Shen Mingshu, but she only blocked her way and then pulled her to run in the opposite direction!

"Run!"

The sound of "coo coo coo" echoed inside Shen Fu's corpse.

Shen Mingshu was pulled away and moved away, and every scene she saw when she looked back was deeply imprinted in her mind.

"Bang!"

Shen Fu's gradually swelling corpse suddenly burst open a small hole, and countless tiny, densely packed worms poured out of her body.

Wherever they went, the blood was completely devoured, until Shen Fu's corpse became increasingly shriveled, leaving them with only an empty shell of flesh and blood.

They became restless and started bumping around aimlessly. Then, with a series of "bangs," three Gu worms exploded.

The splashed liquid, when it landed on the grass and trees, acted as if they had been poisoned, instantly losing their vitality and withering and rotting.

However, as the liquid exploded, the area affected grew larger and larger.

Chunxue led Shen Mingshu to cover, and together with Wei Ziye, they took out tinderboxes and quickly threw them at Shen Fu's corpse.

Shen Mingshu stared blankly at everything, her lips moving stiffly: "No—"

The flames consumed her mother once again.

Just like three years ago, it happened so suddenly that she didn't even have time to say goodbye to her mother.

Tears welled in her eyes as Shen Mingshu stared intently at the shattered memorial tablet, the spilled ashes, and finally, the ashes, tainted and burned to ashes—

"My lord..." Chunxue explained guiltily, "There are insect eggs in that venom. If we don't eliminate them, they will only multiply with each explosion, and then the situation will be difficult to control."

Shen Mingshu understood.

He opened his mouth, but could only make a faint sound.

If there is no hope left, why would she want to experience the despair of shattered hope again?

Shen Mingshu covered her face in anguish, biting her lip hard to suppress the sobs rising in her throat.

"This is Afu's third time becoming pregnant with a Gu."

Wei Ziye's voice rang out.

Chunxue looked up at him, remained silent for a moment, then lowered her eyes and left.

Wei Ziye sat down in Chunxue's seat, his broad shoulders gently brushing against Shen Mingshu's trembling shoulders.

He gazed at Shen Mingshu's slender wrist, watching tears trickle down her fingertips, and remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

"The first time was when she saved her grandfather. She had a Gu poison given to her by a miracle doctor in her hand. She tried anything, even if it was a dead end, and saved her critically ill grandfather."

"This matter is of great importance and is in accordance with the will of Heaven. My grandfather did not want his savior to be in danger, so he ordered me to keep the secret. Even my grandmother did not know about it."

"At first, I just wanted to find out about the miracle doctor's background before explaining everything to you."

"..."

Unfortunately, before he could find out the identity of the divine physician, Wei Congyu died in battle.

Afterwards, the Wei family fell into turmoil. Just when he was in a state of panic, he learned that Shen Mingshu had transferred Shen Yangjue's medicine to Shen Fu.

He failed to protect the person who saved his grandfather's life, and instead discovered the reason for his grandfather's death in battle.

Just then, Shen Mingshu became pregnant.

Wei Ziye gave a weak, soft laugh.

Fate can be so cruel and merciless, giving people no chance to breathe.

His gaze fell on Shen Mingshu's abdomen, his Adam's apple bobbed violently for a moment, and he opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"Jade-Breaking Powder".

"How did you solve it?"

"..."

Shen Mingshu's sobs gradually subsided, and she regained her composure, wiping away her tears.

"Is the Crown Prince Wei exchanging information?"

Her eyes were red as she looked up at Wei Ziye.

At that moment, she vaguely understood something.

Wei Ziye once complained that she had accidentally injured Shen Fu, but Shen Mingshu always thought he was referring to the incident where Shen Fu was accidentally injured by Shen Yangjue's medicine.

But at this moment, I saw only regret in Wei Ziye's eyes, without any remorse.

Shen Mingshu then realized that he might be referring to her action of pulling Shen Fu to his side.

If she hadn't dragged Shen Fu into the Wei family, making him cannon fodder in her struggle with Shen Yangjue...

Shen Fu will not have the opportunity to meet his grandfather.

Since he was not her savior, there would have been no misunderstanding between the two, and no subsequent tragedy for Shen Fu.

Even if Shen Mingshu had a miscarriage, her bones would not be crushed.

All of this is the butterfly effect.

Without the initial evil intention, there would be no subsequent hatred.

Therefore, even if Wei Ziye knew that Shen Fu had really done all this, now that she is dead...

When a person dies, their debts are wiped out, and their injuries and pain also disappear.

All that's left is sighing.

Unfortunately, outsiders can categorize evil people into different classes and rationally predict their fate.

The victims themselves, however, cannot.

Shen Fu is dead, but Shen Mingshu will continue to hold the Shen family accountable for the sins she committed, one by one.

Even if not for the children, do it for yourself.

This destined her to be at odds with Wei Ziye.

"Wei Ziye, if you're interested, why not share some information that would be beneficial to me?"

Shen Mingshu's eyes were cold and ruthless. "I'm not interested in the past, but if you can give me information about people from beyond the realm, I can not only tell you where the antidote for the Jade-Severing Powder is, but also who gave it to me."

"This might fill some gaps in your information sources."

"..."

Wei Ziye suppressed the pain between his brows and frowned: "You're using this to negotiate with me?"