Volume One, Chapter 32: Li Xiaohua Strikes Back

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Now that she knew his feelings for her were not merely those of friendship, she would feel terribly burdened if he continued doing things for her. That was the main reason she had wanted to deny that anything was wrong in the first place.

Early the next morning, Murong Wei was roused from sleep. The matrons sent by the Office of Palace Affairs, together with the servants from her household, attended to her bath. They scrubbed her from head to toe, layer upon layer, and it was fortunate they had not nearly washed her skin off.

The marriage of those three had been personally decreed by the Emperor. Were they not practically slapping him in the face? You act with such reckless boldness—does your clan chief know about this?

When Ji Xuanling saw how frightened her assistant looked, she roughly guessed who the mastermind behind it all was.

If he transferred everyone here and let Lin Yufeng see them, Lin Yufeng might seize the opportunity to make his move. By then, the situation would be even harder to resolve.

To encounter a mistress as kind and generous as their own was the greatest fortune they could hope for in this lifetime. That was precisely why they wanted to leave.

I gave her a smile that did not reach my eyes and replied, “With Sister managing the imperial harem, who would dare bully me?” As I spoke, I forced a few tears to well up in my eyes, then pretended not to notice as I lightly touched my swollen right cheek, which had still not completely recovered.

Bearing a child at this age was far too dangerous, and giving birth under such circumstances was dangerous as well. Without modern medical advances, dying in childbirth was hardly unheard of.

Xu Mingyao calmly restrained Mu Yichen. From the moment they had left home until now, he had told him countless times that he absolutely had to remain calm. How had he ended up losing control after all?

Ever since they had met, he had always been the one giving, the one solving her problems. By comparison, she had done absolutely nothing for him.

“It was worth it! Let’s continue…” Dengmie smiled and said that. Then he revived, burst out of the spring, and rejoined his teammates, preparing to launch a second effective attack on Ye, the God of the Realm.

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Going to eat again? It was a bizarre sight: a short, skinny man had his arm around the shoulders of a tall, heavyset man as they walked forward beneath the strange looks of everyone around them. The two of them, however, seemed entirely accustomed to it.

They had spent a full month inside the ruins, inspecting every inch of the place. Unfortunately, they had found nothing at all.

Over the past two years, whenever Ye Xuan was unhappy, he had beaten and cursed her. He had shown not the slightest trace of tenderness or affection. Why was he speaking like this today?

As Lu Wuyan spoke, he drew a line through the air before him with his index finger. A pitch-black character meaning “death” appeared, and in the blink of an eye it shot toward Ye Xuan with incredible speed.

At some unknown point, the wasteland had transformed into a resplendent and magnificent palace, its radiance shining upon the black-clad reincarnator. The reincarnator now roughly understood that this must be Nero’s Noble Phantasm, and consequently did not hesitate any further.

What bearing, what resolve, what resentment over fallen companions? The members of the Xiu Fan Investigation Team had long since cast all of that aside. At that moment, apart from ten thousand herbivorous divine beasts galloping through their minds, they had room for nothing else.

As he thought about it, the force of the Seven-Injuries Fist rose within him once more. Chen Hao froze, thinking that this technique was truly sinister. Even after its user was dead, it still refused to let him go.

Hearing Nero’s words, the few survivors over there were faintly moved. In such a dangerous situation, someone was actually willing to sacrifice himself to save others.

The members of the Zhongli family felt as though everything were unreal, as if they were lost in a dream. They were still competing with the others for the title of China’s foremost clan, while that family had already broken beyond China and set its sights on the entire world.

The few of them exchanged glances, each fully aware of what the others were thinking. If they kept driving up the price, sooner or later they would lose control of the situation. And if the Tao family arrived, they would not gain the slightest advantage.

At that moment, a young man was sitting on a massive rock beside the river formed by the waterfall. He held a porcelain-white bottle in his hands, his eyes filled with thought.

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There were so many people that a single old hen was hardly enough, but it was only meant for everyone to have a taste. That way, when the episode aired later, no one would be able to accuse them of being stingy.

“Cousin” followed the security guards without making nearly as much trouble as before. But just as he passed Xia Xin, he suddenly lunged forward, wrapped his arms around her, and tried to kiss her.

Han Qi no longer paid attention to the Weibo matter. He opened WeChat, found Su Jie, and sent him the video of Liu Chenyu that was stored on his phone.

After explaining why they were returning, Chen Wang fired a blue signal flare into the sky, informing the members of the Dacheng Merchant Guild that they were ready to depart.

Although he had agreed the previous day that Li Shimin could issue an edict today formally appointing him Crown Prince, Li Shimin had clearly taken precautions as well. If he dared to act recklessly within the court, Li Yuan believed those two eunuchs were capable of doing absolutely anything.

“This… I humbly ask you to choose another method, Senior. This is truly…” One of the bandits tried to plead further, but Su Ping cut him off at once.

At dawn, the nurse made her rounds. Yang Shangni’s fever had already broken. Mu Jinwei washed his face in the bathroom, had Butler Luan bring breakfast for Ruobai, and then left the room.

Wu Fan, who was closest to the stage, sensed that something was wrong, and Gu Ruan also began maintaining order. Yang Shangni was pushed off the stage, and Wu Fan, who had just reached the rear of it, happened to catch her.

However brilliant the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique might be, it was merely an abridged version of the Sunflower Manual. The Nine Swords of Dugu, on the other hand, was an unparalleled martial art on par with the Sunflower Manual. Clearly, the Nine Swords of Dugu was superior.

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