Volume 1 Chapter 69 I'm going to kill you!

  The words of King Zhen Nan were like a thunderclap on a clear day, striking down from the ninth heaven, leaving Second Lady Zhu Mei completely caught off guard. She stumbled backward several steps before barely steadying her trembling body, which was as fragile as leaves in the wind, and her face turned deathly pale with terror.

  He knows!

  He knew it all along!

  "Haha!"

  She suddenly burst out laughing, laughing more and more wildly, laughing so hard she was doubled over, unable to stop, with a faint glimmer of tears in the corners of her eyes. For eighteen years, she had thought she had hidden it well... but it turned out she had just been deceiving herself all along.

  No wonder he dotes on Qin Luoyi, who was born ugly, and no matter how hard her son tries, he is always lukewarm towards her. It's not that he doesn't provide for her, she has food, clothes, and everything... but compared to Qin Luoyi, it's a world of difference, one in heaven and the other on earth.

  After a long while, her laughter finally subsided, and she turned to gaze silently at her cousin Ye Hanshan. Ye Hanshan's face was twisted, his expression bleak, with an inexplicable fear in the depths of his eyes as he stared unblinkingly at the Zhen Nan Wang, who exuded an aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

  "Prince Wang, Han'er is not your daughter. When did you find out?" Zhu Mei closed her eyes and then opened them again, no longer denying it.

  The people around him gasped in unison.

  The second miss of the Zhen Nan Wang Fu is actually not Zhen Nan Wang's! This second madam has a big nerve, daring to make the great Zhen Nan Wang, the number one martial arts saint and heroic master wear a green hat! She simply doesn't know how to live or die!

  The third prince's face was filled with confusion, and the crown prince's perfect lips couldn't help but twitch. The gaze towards the King of Southern Town became extremely strange, knowing that his daughter wasn't his own, yet he had raised her until now. Such a thing, not to mention happening to a strong martial artist, even among ordinary men, was rarely spoken of.

  Zhen Nan Wang snorted, furious: "From the time you became pregnant with that child, I knew it wasn't mine... But as for who the father of the child is, I had no idea until a few months ago when I saw your cousin Ye Hanshan. At first, I just suspected, but I didn't expect Han'er to actually be his."

  "So early? Hehe, Prince Wang, you're really something. All these years, I never saw it coming." Zhu Mei's eyes dimmed, her face filled with self-mockery. Just now, Prince Wang spoke so decisively, she thought he had actually investigated and found evidence, but... it was just her own careless mistake.

  "It's not that I'm amazing, you just can't see it, Zhu Mei. You're too confident, thinking that the difference between us is only a month, and since I often retreat to meditate, if the midwife told me it was premature, I would definitely believe... My hints, you've never taken them to heart." The King of Zhen Nan's expression also became somewhat complicated.

  "Hints?" Zhu Mei was stunned, had he given himself hints?

  "I came out of seclusion and found that someone had entered the forbidden courtyard, moved my things... I lost a secret book. Then not long after, you told me that you were pregnant, I was so happy to hold your hand, felt your pulse, but found that the size of the child and the month you said didn't match. People who have reached our level of cultivation, even if they don't understand medicine, know how to feel the pulse... let alone, before Han'er, I had another son, Qin Tian, I watched him grow up in his mother's belly."

  Zhen Nan Wang's eyes flashed with a hint of warmth as he mentioned Qin Tian Niang, and he took a deep breath before continuing: "That secret book didn't look like much, I put it together with some unimportant low-level cultivation methods because I placed them too casually, perhaps that's why you misunderstood it as an unimportant thing. Hehe, you were wrong, I know that it's actually a very powerful cultivation method. We haven't been together for long, and there are things I haven't had time to tell you yet. That secret book was obtained by me after using all my strength in an ancient tomb. I have an enemy who somehow found out about this and came to steal it several times. Tian Er's mother, a respected cultivator, left the world early because I didn't protect her well, and she suffered severe injuries that damaged her vitality... In the end, she died from exhaustion. That secret book has always been with me, never leaving my side. After Tian Er's mother passed away, I spent all my energy to recreate a new one, almost identical to the original... It was that copy that got lost."

  Ye Hanshan's whole body began to tremble, his eyes filled with incredulity, muttering: "How can it be fake? In just eighteen years, I started cultivating from tempering my body, and now I've cultivated to the peak of a martial artist. If it wasn't for the real Secret Rhizome, I wouldn't have been able to cultivate so quickly."

  Zhen Nan Wang glanced at him, coldly smiling: "I said that the secret book is quite confusing, you can't see it clearly. In order to confuse my enemy, many things inside are real. Out of ten sentences for cultivation, only one or two are fake. However, if you cultivate in this way for a long time, although your cultivation speed will be very fast, you will absolutely not be able to break through to the Wu Sheng level and will instead die from reversing your Qi and blood at the peak of the Grandmaster realm. My enemy's cultivation was at the Grandmaster level back then, and that secret book was tailor-made for him."

  "I successfully broke through to the Martial Saint realm, and that enemy was no longer my match. However, he didn't know that and came to sneak attack Tian Er again, but I killed him on the spot. The Secret Rhyme wasn't used after all. I had heard that he had an older brother, but I never saw him, and no one came to seek revenge for him, so I thought it was just a rumor. That copy of the Secret Rhyme was casually thrown into the dark room by me. Your pregnancy didn't match up with the timing, and you lost that copy of the Secret Rhyme... My first thought was that he indeed had an older brother, who found our hiding place, took advantage of my closed-door training to bully you, and stole the Secret Rhyme. He's probably planning to cultivate it to completion before coming to seek revenge against me. To confuse him, I intentionally changed the name of that copy of the Secret Rhyme back then. If not for this, with his cautious nature, he wouldn't have believed it. I'm glad I had Tian Er by my side, but I feel very sorry towards you."

  "I've hinted to you many times, but you insisted that the child is mine and were even delightedly waiting for it to be born... I couldn't get excited, knowing full well that it wasn't my child. I told myself that as long as you said so, I wouldn't blame you, because you were coerced, and this wasn't your fault. But I was disappointed, seeing how you eagerly waited every day for the child to be born, with joy in your eyes that seemed genuine, wholeheartedly anticipating the arrival of a child that wasn't mine. I began to suspect that you had fallen for the child's father; otherwise, why would you be so happy? Without any sorrow... And thinking about how both your parents had passed away and your pitiful circumstances, I was afraid that if I were to point this out to you, you wouldn't be able to take the blow and might do something rash, leading to a tragic outcome. So I waited until you gave birth to the child, but even then, you didn't say anything... I took you with me to Chu State, bought a house in the capital, hired many servants and stewards, and left enough money for you, before taking Tian'er and leaving."

  By this time, Zhu Mei was already in tears, her heart filled with mixed emotions, unable to express any feelings.

  The king originally left for this reason! At that time, she had just given birth to a child and hadn't even reached the full moon... For this, she secretly shed many tears, and even suspected whether it was because she gave birth to a child and lost her beauty.

  When Han Er was two years old, Wang Ye finally returned, but the person who came back with him was not only Qin Tian, but also a beautiful Xie Ruyan, who was no less beautiful than her. Xie Ruyan held in her arms a daughter who was only one year older than Han Er.

  The king said that was his child. And since returning to the mansion, the king never entered her room again. He was also lukewarm towards Haner, but extremely doting on Qin Luoyi. From then on, she hated Xie Ruyan and the bastard she gave birth to!

  "I didn't intentionally betray you, Your Highness..." Zhu Mei muttered in a daze: "Hanshan is indeed my cousin. We lived in the southernmost part of Zhao State, on Zhoushan Island, and our families have been merchants for generations. My cousin and I were engaged from childhood, and our families agreed that when I turned 18, we would formally get married. On Zhoushan Island, there was a family of cultivators called the Lei Family, which produced many talented individuals. Before my 18th birthday, I happened to meet the ninth son of the Lei Family, Lei Bao..."

  It became very melodramatic afterwards.

  Leopard had already married and had eight concubines, but he was attracted to Zhu Mei's beauty and did not plan to marry her, only wanting to bring her to the Lei Mansion under the name of a maid.

  Zhu Mei's family naturally disagreed, and Zhu Mei also disagreed. Who would be willing to have their wife not work, but instead become a servant who is not even a concubine? Moreover, Ye Hanshan was handsome and talented, and they were deeply in love with each other.

  The two families decided to arrange their marriage ahead of time. The Lei family was powerful and would not allow one of their own to take another man's wife, which would be a great loss of face. The head of the Lei family would never let someone in the clan do such a thing.

  The night before the wedding, the Ye family was slaughtered, only Ye Hanshan escaped and was seriously injured. After much effort, Ye Hanshan evaded those who were pursuing him and arrived at the Zhu residence, only to find it also a scene of carnage and bloodshed.

  The two old men of the Zhu family were killed, and none of the young servants escaped, but Zhu Mei's figure was nowhere to be seen.

  Yehanshan was furious and resentful, he knew clearly in his heart that the murderer who killed two families must be from the Lei family.

  Zhu Mei was definitely taken in by the lustful and licentious Lei Bao and became a maidservant of the Lei family.

  Ye Hanshan is an ordinary citizen, has read a lot of books, but has never practiced martial arts, not even killing a chicken. In order to avenge his two families and retrieve his wife, he vowed to become stronger.

  Before leaving Zhoushan, he came to a secret place where he and Zhu Mei often sneaked in, wanting to take another look before leaving... Unexpectedly, he saw Zhu Mei covered in blood there.

  Zhu Mei was not injured, the blood was on the bodies of the two old men from the Zhu family. The two unexpectedly reunited, surviving a disaster, and were naturally overjoyed. They smeared their faces with black ash, wanting to escape from the territory of the Lei family and plan their next move later. But unexpectedly, Lei Bao did not give up on capturing Zhu Mei, and relentlessly pursued them, attacking fiercely along the way.

  For two ordinary people who are not cultivators, it is actually very easy for Leijiao to catch them. However, he has been teasing them like a cat catching mice, watching them flee in disarray and seeing their despair step by step... In this process, he gets a kind of perverted satisfaction.

  Ye Hanshan was already seriously injured and had been struggling for two months, and it seemed like he wouldn't make it. Zhu Mei was heartbroken and desperate, and at this point, she had the idea of "die together with the enemy". Anyway, they would both die, so before her own death, she wanted to take the Lei family down with them.

  After fleeing for two months, they had escaped to Fenghuang Valley in Zhao State. The royal family of Fenghuang Valley was also a cultivation family, and the eldest grandson of the royal family was a first-rate charming figure with handsome looks, who loved to take up justice and do heroic deeds to rescue beauties.

  Zhu Mei was originally beautiful, and after dressing up, she had a very good figure. She deliberately led the people from the Lei family who were chasing her to Wang Gongzi's face, and as expected, Wang Gongzi was hooked. After a round of flattery, Wang Gongzi fell deeply in love with her, hated the Lei family for killing her parents, and even personally killed Lei Bao for her.

  The Lei family naturally did not give in, and sent out the best of their clan to take the life of Wang Gongzi. Although Wang Gongzi was a brilliant and talented young man, unfortunately he was still young and was beheaded on the spot, losing his life.

  Feng Huang Valley was enraged, lifted the valley and went out, destroying the Lei family of Zhou Shan. He also said that Zhu Mei was a beauty disaster and wanted to kill her. Fortunately, Zhu Mei saw the opportunity early and escaped with Ye Hanshan again.

  Ye Hansheng was seriously injured, and to treat him, she almost pawned everything valuable on her body to buy medicine for him. Just when Ye Hansheng's injury was almost healed, they encountered a flood that occurred only once in a hundred years in Zhao Guo. Zhu Mei watched helplessly as Ye Hansheng was swept away by the floodwaters.

  "I thought Brother Ye had already died, and that I would never have any relatives in this world again. I was heartbroken and wanted to follow him to death, but...I didn't die after all, and lived on in a daze. Later, I met the Prince...". By the end, Zhu Mei was sobbing uncontrollably: "That year in the mountain valley, Your Highness was in seclusion, and one time when I accidentally went out, I ran into Brother Ye. He wasn't dead! I was so happy that I invited him to come back to the valley with me. That night, we both got drunk, so...so we did something foolish..."

  Zhu Mei looked up, dazedly gazing at Zhen Nan Wang Jun Yi's face, her eyes entwined with distress: "The next day I woke up, I regretted it. Later... later I found out I was pregnant. Fortunately, your retreat didn't last too long. I was very scared, afraid that if you knew, you wouldn't want me anymore. So I didn't dare say anything, thinking that the time difference was only a month, as long as I was careful, it definitely wouldn't be discovered. You said I'm always happy and looking forward to the child's birth... I don't dare not be happy, I'm just afraid that if I show even a hint of sadness, you'll see through me. But I didn't expect that you had already seen through everything."

  She stood up and walked towards Zhen Nan Wang, her eyes tracing his features, a self-mocking smile on the corner of her mouth: "In order not to arouse your suspicion, I didn't even dare to eat more, afraid that my belly would be too big and wouldn't match the month of my pregnancy..."

  The King of Zhen Nan looked at her with a complex expression, and after a long time, he said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? As long as you said it, I would have fulfilled your and your cousin's wishes." These words, Zhu Mei had never told him before, not even about her family background, only saying that both of her parents were dead.

  "Really?" Zhu Mei shook her head, a sad expression on her face: "Your Highness, I was afraid you would misunderstand. After my brother's death, I have been relying on you as my only support. Unbeknownst to myself, I have already developed feelings for you. My brother asked me to leave with him, but I couldn't bear to part with you and refused him. Because in my heart, the person I love is no longer him. I want to stay by your side, Your Highness."

  She willingly gave up her love for her cousin and stayed by his side. However, the king took Qin Tian away soon after she gave birth, leaving her alone in the grand mansion in the capital, gazing at the moon with longing every day.

  It's not easy to get him back, but now there's another woman by his side, and even a child.

  From then on, he never stepped into her room again. From then on, jealousy took root in her heart and grew wildly, hatred swept through like a raging storm, unstoppable once it started.

  The King of Zhen Nan stared at her in shock, his favorite was actually himself? How could that be?

  Watching her affection for Qin Luohan, he had always thought that the one she liked was the man who broke into their hiding place and stole the secret recipe years ago!

  She was really good to Tian Er, and later on, she was also very good to Luo Yi, so she felt at ease letting Luo Yi and Luo Han be together. In order to prevent Han Er's biological father from suddenly appearing and harming Yi Er, he even dispatched many people to keep watch day and night in the early years.

  As time passed, his heart gradually calmed down. With the cultivation of his arch-nemesis, Da Zong Shi, his brother should not be weak either. Having not appeared for so many years, the only possibility is that he had died from practicing that secret manual, causing his qi and blood to flow in reverse.

  Until Ye Hanshan appeared, Zhu Mei said he was her cousin, and he felt a little uneasy.

  Ye Hanshan heard his cousin say she no longer loved her, but had fallen in love with the man in front of her. His tall figure became exceptionally desolate and his expression turned gloomy, although he had long expected this outcome.

  "Nonsense! I am the child of the king, not his child. Mother, why are you talking nonsense? Why are you speaking such nonsense!"

  Qin Luohan, who had been dressed up in a blue cheongsam dress, broke free from the restraint of the two maids in the carriage and ran out, looking ferocious and desperate.

  Zhu Mei's hands trembled as she stroked her pale face, filled with guilt, regret, and heartache... A complex mix of emotions flashed across her eyes, and finally, she spoke: "Hanye, Mother is sorry to you, the king is not your father, he is."

  She pointed her finger at Ye Hanshan beside her.

  Qin Luohan didn't even glance at Ye Hanshan, shaking her head fiercely. She was the daughter of Zhen Nan Wang, although not his legitimate daughter, but she was still the daughter of Zhen Nan Wang, the strongest man on the Sacred Dragon Continent, Qin Lingyun's daughter, which made her proud... Ye Hanshan was her father? She couldn't accept it at all!

  Zhu Mei looked at her excited and crazy appearance, feeling even more heartbroken, tightly hugged her into his arms, crying non-stop, saying sorry.

  Qin Luo Han didn't want to listen, and suddenly pushed her away, looking at her with extreme hatred, shouting: "From childhood you told me that my father was so fierce, originally he loved me so much, it's all because of them..." Her hand pointed fiercely at Qin Luo Yi and Xie Ru Yan: "It's all because they came to our house and took away Father's love, so Father stopped loving me. I should take back the love that belongs to me. But it wasn't like that at all! I hate you! I hate you to death!"

  Zhu Mei's whole body trembled and she fell softly to the ground. The hatred in her daughter's eyes was tearing her heart apart.

  The shock and anger in the king's eyes made her feel ashamed, realizing that she was the one who was wrong... The king had been cold to her because she was pregnant with someone else's child and still wanted to give birth to it, not because of Xie Ruyan and her mother as she had thought.

  Her happiness was ruined by her own hands. And now she has also ruined her daughter.

  "Han'er..." She called out his name, biting her lip.

  Qin Luohan's face was cold and mocking: "Don't call my name, because you're not worthy!" It was she who made herself a private child that everyone would laugh at. She hated her as much as she hated Qin Luohan himself.

  Zhen Nan Wang furrowed her brow, shocked by Qin Luo Han's attitude towards Zhu Mei, and even more shocked that Zhu Mei had once said such things to her, they were actually the hateful mother-daughter duo.

  Thinking of Yier's long-standing inferiority complex, it wasn't until after this time when he bumped his head that he had an unbelievable transformation, and his heart felt a lump.

  Just as he was about to speak, Qin Luohan suddenly rushed quickly towards Jia Ren, who had a pale face and was about to faint from blood loss, with a flash of cold light on his hand.

  "Ah!"

  Jia Ren let out a scream and fell down in agony. Qin Luo Han stabbed him once, right in the chest.

  The King of Zhen Nan moved his foot, wanting to take a step forward, but ultimately stopped and let out a long sigh in secret, without stopping.

  Qin Luohan stabbed him with a knife, seemingly still unsatisfied, quickly pulled the knife out and inserted it again in a frantic manner.

  In the blink of an eye, Jia Ren's body was pierced with many holes, and after a few spasms, he stopped breathing.

  The crown prince remained expressionless and did not stop him, the third prince stood with his hands behind his back, and King Zhen Nan also watched as Jia Ren was killed, while others naturally stood still on the spot.

  After killing Jia Ren, Qin Luo Han burst out laughing, his expression ferocious and frightening.

  She smiled as she walked up to Ye Hanshan, slightly raising her chin and looking at him: "Are you my father?"

  Ye Hansheng gazed at her in silence.

  Qin Luo Han didn't really want him to answer, and with a face full of disdain, he said: "What makes you my father? Hmph, my father is the King of Zhen Nan. You and that woman had an affair behind my father's back, and now I'm going to kill you on behalf of my father!"

  After finishing speaking, she raised the knife and stabbed him fiercely in the abdomen. Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect that after killing Jia Ren, she would also kill Ye Hanshan!

  No matter whether she admits it or not, Ye Hanshan is indeed her father. To kill one's own father, what a heinous and unfilial act!

  Ye Hanshan was about to retreat in a hurry, when Zhu Mei suddenly rushed out and blocked his way. Qin Luohan's knife went straight into her body.

  Qin Luohan froze, releasing his hand, staring at the knife on Zhu Mei's belly, then raised his own hand to look at it.

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