"Click! Click! Click..."

The thick soles of the shoes hitting the ground made such a heart-stopping sound.

In the darkest corner of the palace, there stood a massive black jar. Only when an oil lamp was brought closer could one make out the head in the center of the jar. A tuft of hair covered most of his face, and the wound on his head had already rotted and festered, causing anyone who saw it to be horrified!

Su Man Yun glared at the soiled shoes, her gaze landing harshly on Su Xi Yue in the jar: "Su Xi Yue, do you know how much this palace hates seeing you?"

That head slowly lifted, and the face half-covered only showed two large holes with black scabs, making the originally elegant face look extremely ferocious.

"You too." The husky voice was filled with the same disdain and disgust.

Seeing Su Xi Yue's arrogant appearance, Su Man Yun instantly became angry: "Su Xi Yue, what do you have to be proud of? You're about to die and you still dare to speak to this palace like this."

I don't like that self-important look.

When she was a mistress, despised by everyone, she looked down on them from above.

Even when bowing and scraping at the National Public Office, flattering everyone he met,

he was still high above them all.

Now, she's fallen from grace, seizing the empress title, her husband, and all her glory. She's become this wretched figure—what right does she still have to be so arrogant?

Su Xiyue sneered disdainfully: "Am I still afraid of death now?"

What is in front of you?

Grandfather's heart, dust-covered skin, great-grandfather's hands, uncle's skull... all my relatives were murdered!

Death, for him, was a kind of release!

Su Man Yun was annoyed by Su Xi Yue's nonchalant attitude. She grabbed someone dripping wet nearby and pulled them in front of Su Xi Yue: "Su Xi Yue, I brought you a gift this time, the trunk of Su Chang Qing. Do you like it?"

A sinister, cold voice slithered into Su Xi Yue's ear like a venomous snake. The overwhelming stench finally made Su Xi Yue lose her composure, desperately wanting to see what it was, but she could see nothing.

"Su Man Yun, you poisonous woman, may you have a terrible end!" Overwhelmed with grief, Su Xi Yue finally shed a tear.

Seeing that Su Xi Yue was finally not so arrogant anymore, Su Man Yun was happy: "Isn't it a good death? Now who is having a bad death? It's you, it's Su Changqing! If Su Changqing still wants to save you, then I'll keep his body, let him kneel before me, and see how I torment you!"

Is grandpa biased? Then I'll dig out his heart and see how he can still be biased! Isn't your great-grandfather a renowned physician? Then I'll sever his hands so that he can never practice medicine in his next life! Your uncle boasts of being the smartest person alive? Then I'll chop off his head and see just how smart he really is! You know why Dust is made of human skin? It's because he looks too much like you. I couldn't peel you, so I peeled him instead. Su Xi Yue, he died in your place!

The extreme heartache made Su Xiyue so angry that she trembled: "Su Man Yun, you would even harm your own kin, you're not even human!"

Su Man Yun let out a dismissive snort. “Close kin? You really think Su Changqing is my father?”

Su Xiyue was shocked, her face full of disbelief.

Seeing Su Xiyue's shocked expression, Su Man Yun became even more pleased: "Su Xiyue, you don't know a lot of things. Not only am I not Su Changqing's daughter, but you aren't either!"

"You're lying!" Su Xiyue didn't believe his words at all and shouted hysterically.

Su Man Yun was too lazy to argue: "Even when you're told you're stupid, you still don't admit it. Don't I speak the truth? Go ask your mother yourself and you'll know!"

"Here comes someone!"

Su Man Yun was just about to call someone when a guard rushed in urgently: "Your Highness, the king has attacked the city!"

"What!" Su Man Yun was instantly shocked.

"Hahahahahaha…" Su Xiyue laughed heartily, looking up at the sky. “Su Manyun, Yu Cheng, even Heaven can't stand your wickedness anymore! Your retribution has come!”

"Even if I die, I'll drag you to hell with me!" Su Man Yun glared fiercely at Su Xi Yue: "Build a bonfire and burn this palace alive!"

In a little while, Su Xi Yue arrived at the scorching heat that could melt people: "Su Man Yun, Yu Cheng, your hands are stained with blood, your sins are full. Today, I shall offer my body to the Fire God and curse you all to meet a terrible end!"

……

"My Lady..."

The scorching heat made Su Xiyue a little dizzy, causing her to have hallucinations and auditory illusions.

It seems I saw Xiao Chan, but wasn't her eye gouged out?

Thinking of something, Su Xiyue immediately looked at her hands and feet.

What's going on?

His eyes and limbs have all returned!

"My Lady, you're finally awake! It seems we encountered bandits," Xiaolian heard the voices outside and was very anxious.