Yang Qiou Ru thought that after the scandal with Han Yuan, not only did his cultivation decline, even Yang Xi Ying's reputation could not be saved. But who would have thought that she could seduce a strong man like Li Mo Zhen and befriend Long Ming's wife? since then her cultivation has strengthened and her reputation has gradually improved.

Just when everyone thought Yang Xi Ying couldn't be any better but somehow Yang Xi Ying was able to befriend the empress of their nation.

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Yang Qiou Ru almost vomited blood when she heard this news, how could it be that in such a short time the disparity between them became bigger than ever, even though she was able to marry Gu Lian Fu sadly she cannot become his legal wife because her biological mother was a concubine.

Not to mention that Gu Lian Fu never really liked her, he only married her out of responsibility after he accidentally took her chastity and to save the Gu family reputation, Yang Qiou Ru knew that Gu Lian Fu still couldn't forget Yang Xi Ying, his childhood sweetheart and that made her hate Yang Xi even more Ying.

However, if Yang Qiou Xi succeeds in becoming Long Ming's wife or concubine then their situation will change completely, maybe after Yang Qiou Xi can give birth to Ling Ming's child before his legal wife, his younger sister might be able to use this opportunity to get rid of Long Ming's wife, and make Yang Qiou Xi as the madam of Hei Shen sect, when that happened how good their future would be.

Yang Qiao Ru's face suddenly brightened, she turned her gaze to Yang Qiou Xi then sized her up and down. Actually, her little sister didn't look bad, because their mother was famous for her beauty their appearance wasn't bad either, she was even able to seduce Gu Lian Fu that night because of her face.

"Little sister, if you want to be close to Long Ming, you can't do it directly, you better approach Long Ming's wife first," Yang Qiou Ru smiled evilly.

Yang Qiou Xi blew her cheek exasperatedly, "That's what I want to do, so I asked Yang Xi Ying to help me but she won't!"

Yang Qiou Xi's stupidity made Yang Qiou Ru want to scold him but he swallowed her anger.

"Ridiculous, we don't need Yang Xi Ying's help" Yang Qiou Ru snorted disdainfully "I heard, since Long Ming's wife is from the village she is kind and gullible which means she is stupid if we can use this opportunity to approach her. him and befriend him, you will have a chance to meet Long Ming, didn't Yang Zi Ying say he used to meet Long Ming at meals"

"Sister, you are right?" Yang Qiou Xi clapped her hands excitedly.

"But we must be careful not to alert Yang Xi Ying" Yang Qiou Ru warned her sister then she leans closer towards Yang Qiou Xi, "Use this opportunity to find out what Long Ming likes and dislikes through his wife so you know how to get Long Ming's attention.

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'Ha - Chooo!' Lory sneeze then she rubbed his nose with her sleeve.

"Did you catch a cold?" Zhao Li Xin stretched out his palm on her forehead to check her temperature.

"I don't" answered Lory quickly "There must be someone talking bad behind my back," Lory said while scratching her itchy nose.

Zhao Li Xin's coldness melted like snow in the sun, she stroked Lory's head gently, "No way, everyone who dares to speak ill of you, will lose their tongue and die without burial" Zhao Li Xin gentle voice was in stark contrast to the brutal words that came out of his mouth.

The four kings palace fell silent "…."

"Aww, you're so kind" Lory smiled sweetly "But don't joke like that outside otherwise you're scaring other people again" Lory patted Zhao Li Xin's shoulder and laughed.

Zhao Li Xin knew Lory thought he was joking but it's not Lory's fault, Zhao Li Xin had never tortured anyone in front of Lory for fear that he would scare her or make her hated him, to make himself even better in front of Lory Zhao Li Xin had stopped killing people without a second thought since the day he met her, therefore, Zhao Li Xin didn't correct her and laugh at him.

"As you wish, wife" he chuckled lightly

Of course, the four King palace knew better. If only Lory knew how many people she had saved since she lived with Zhao Li Xin.

"Okay, back to business!" Lory tapped the table with her index finger "Can we trust Guan Men Niang?" she throws a questioning look at Jin Hao.

"That's why I want to meet her first" Jin Hao cannot give a certain answer.

Bei Li Yan lean his back on the chair and tilted his head, "Hm, I'm worried she was sent by Wei Zu Tian to spy on us" working with women all of his life he knew how easy women to be manipulated was especially the broken one.

"I'm not sure, all of his family was killed by Wei Zu Tian and his younger brother was also taken prisoner, I can't just imagine the deep hatred she has for Wei Zu Tian" Jiang Jin Wei showed his disagreement, he couldn't imagine how much hatred would he gathers if he is forced to serve a man who has murdered his family, he might go insane.

"I think so" Wu San Bo lifted the wine cup, then took a sip, before continuing, "Jin Hao said that the woman was dressed quite nicely, she also didn't look malnourished, which meant Wei Zu Tian treated her quite well. But at the same time, he also threatens her with the life of the only family she had left which is her younger brother, from here we can conclude that Guan Men Nian's life was dependent on Wei Zu Tian and this can create a toxic bond between them." Wu San Bo voiced his concern.

"The bond between the victims and the abuser" Lory contemplates and sighs "In my old world we called that Stockholm Syndrome…."

"So it has a Name in your world?" Jin Hao expressed his sincere astonishment, mental health had never been a concern of anyone in this world and they all had only one word to describe it which was 'crazy'.

Lory smiled and raised her teacup "Oh, we have names for a lot of things"

"But if she tells the truth, undeniably she will give us a huge advantage" Zhao Li Xin rest his back on the chair as he spoke lazily, "We can use her… she can be a better choice" he glanced at Lory.

"Right, it's safer than our previous plan." Bei Li Yan raised his eyebrows at lory.

"Agree!" Jiang Jin Wei tapped the table lightly, his expression showing that he liked this idea more.

Lory sighed and rolled her eyes "Okay, but we need to assess her whether she's telling the truth or not"

"Don't worry, in two days a very famous theater troupe will arrive at Sun Jan city, the group is famous because they have beautiful songstress and handsome actors in the group. I guessed it will be enough to lure the snake from the hole" Jin Hao smirked slyly.

"And the theater troupe happened to pass by this town...coincidently?" Lory narrowed her eyes.

"Aren't we very lucky" Jin Hao smiled meaningfully behind his fan.

"How is the situation around Wei Zu Tian residence" Zhao Li Xin cuts in.

"I have checked the security around the Wei Zu Tian residence and it is very tight, the place is protected by three layers of defensive and offensive arrays, and every inch around the place is guarded by shadow guards, there also normal guards patrolling every thirty minutes" Wu San Bo's expression turned somber "I don't know how Guan Men Niang left the residence. It's impossible for a weak woman like her to get out of that place just from a small hole."

"Do you think he's lying?" Jiang Jin Wei frowned.

Everyone exchanged a wary look, then suddenly Zhao Li Xin added the tension: "That, or...they knew she was out so they strengthened their security..." Zhao Li Xin poured himself a cup of wine then he lifted the wine cup but then his movement stops in the air "Check if there are any corpses in the vicinity of Wei Zu Tian's residence"

"Do you think she died?" Lory's face turned pale.

Zhao Li Xin held Lory's hand to comfort her, "That's what we need to make sure of"