"You’re pregnant?" Bai Mowan looked at Xie Ruiyao, the cruelty in her eyes becoming more pronounced.

In her last life.

Her unborn child, up until the moment of death, she didn’t know that it was because Xie Ruiyao had drugged her that she suffered a miscarriage; she always believed she had been careless, wielding swords and spears without protecting her child, and she was consumed with self-blame.

The hatred in the depths of Bai Mowan’s eyes filled Xie Ruiyao with terror once again.

She shouted, "I am carrying the King of Chu’s child, the first grandchild of the Emperor. If you dare do anything to me now, it would be the murder of the imperial lineage, a crime deserving of death!"

Bai Mowan’s icy face brimmed with bloodthirst and intent to kill.

She said, "You claim to be pregnant just like that?"

"The Imperial Physician has visited the King of Chu’s residence to check my pulse; everyone knows, the Emperor knows, the Imperial Concubine knows too!" Xie Ruiyao said fiercely, desperate to save her own life.

"Does the King of Chen know?" Bai Mowan asked.

Xie Ruiyao’s heart skipped a beat.

"Now, it’s the King of Chen’s reign."

"You’re talking nonsense!" Xie Ruiyao fought back, "The King of Chen is just a pawn of the Emperor, only useful for fighting battles! The person the Emperor truly values is the King of Chu!"

"You are still deceiving yourself."

"Bai Mowan, if you dare kill me, you won’t survive either!" Xie Ruiyao threatened.

"You’re still too naive." Bai Mowan said with sarcasm, full of hate in her eyes, "The King of Chu’s conspiracy has failed, and the Emperor’s life hangs by a thread. Even if the Emperor cannot be saved and passes away, the only one eligible to ascend to the throne is the King of Chen. And if the Emperor does recover, do you think he would let a person who conspired against him inherit the throne? I’ve said so much to make it clear to you that the future belongs to the King of Chen."

"I..."

"And who does the King of Chen love, you couldn’t be unaware, right?" Bai Mowan didn’t let Xie Ruiyao get a word in, "The King of Chen went to fight at the border for me, has been enduring humiliation for me all this time. Do you think if I killed you, the King of Chen would hold me accountable? Xie Ruiyao, killing you now would be as easy as crushing an ant!"

"Bai Mowan, the King of Chen’s Princess is not you, don’t be so smug... Ah..." Xie Ruiyao screamed again.

Bai Mowan plunged the dagger deeply into Xie Ruiyao’s thigh once more.

Both thighs were covered in blood.

The pain contorted Xie Ruiyao’s entire person into a ghastly sight.

"The King of Chen’s Princess is not me. But..." Bai Mowan spoke deliberately into Xie Ruiyao’s ear, making it crystal clear, "the future Empress, is me."

Xie Ruotong bit her lip tightly at the side.

Still, there was some displeasure in her heart.

Even though the relationship between the King of Chen, the Princess, and Bai Mowan was now clear.

The King of Chen and Bai Mowan were mutually in love, with the Princess exiting the stage of their triangle.

But to have Bai Mowan state it so unequivocally, she still somewhat felt injustice on behalf of Ye Qichi.

After all, the position of motherhood over the realm and such supreme rights, it’s a pity for anyone to lose.

Yet Ye Qichi truly didn’t care for it at all.

If she had fought for it, she really felt... perhaps the King of Chen might not allow Bai Mowan to be so arrogant.

But Ye Qichi’s decision, she would usually just choose to respect and understand.

What Ye Qichi wanted was a life of freedom and ease.

The constraints among the court officials, she didn’t like.

Even the highest honors and statuses, she had no longing for.

"Do you dream of becoming the Empress?" Bai Mowan asked Xie Ruiyao coldly again.

Xie Ruiyao shook her head, desperately shaking her head, "I abide by my duties, I’ve never thought of these things, never like you, full of wild ambitions, wishful thinking!"

"Xie Ruiyao, still so defiant even now?"

"Bai Mowan!" Xie Ruiyao seemed to be pushed to the brink, "Why do you have to do this to me, why do you torment me so?! There is no grudge between us, why do you do this? Just because I stole Xiao Jinsen? Deep down, the one you truly love is Xiao Jinsen, isn’t it... Ah..."

Bai Mowan thrust the dagger again, driving it ruthlessly into Xie Ruiyao’s shoulder.

Avoiding vital spots.

Each blow sheer torture.

"Xiao Jinsen? What is he to me that I would like him?!" Bai Mowan’s cold voice sinisterly echoed in Xie Ruiyao’s ears. "I wish I could carve him up with a thousand cuts!"

"What on earth did Xiao Jinsen do to you?" Xie Ruiyao didn’t understand.

At this moment, she too was on the brink of collapse.

She had never done anything to Bai Mowan.

As far as she knew, Xiao Jinsen hadn’t really done anything to Bai Mowan either.

Why would Bai Mowan want to retaliate against her like this?

It was clear she wanted to torture her to death.

If she really wanted to kill her, she could have done so with a single slash.

There was no need to make her suffer a fate worse than death like now.

"He made me die with my eyes wide open, brought ruin and death upon my family!" Bai Mowan, remembering the brutalities of her past life, had flames of hatred burning in the depths of her eyes. "Is that enough?"

"When did this happen, when?" Xie Ruiyao felt that Bai Mowan had gone mad.

Right now, Bai Mowan was living a good life.

The Bai Family was all living well.

What right did Bai Mowan have to say such things?

"Is this what you all wish to do?" Bai Mowan sneered coldly.

Xie Ruiyao’s heart shook.

How on earth did Bai Mowan know what they were thinking in their hearts?

She indeed wished for Bai Mowan’s death.

She truly wished for the extermination of the Bai Family.

But their current selves, had neither the strength nor the capacity to deal with the Bai Family troops in such a way.

Even Xiao Jinxing, they hadn’t managed to deal with him.

"This life. Do you think I’ll let you succeed again?!" Bai Mowan plunged the dagger viciously into Xie Ruiyao’s body once more.

She wouldn’t kill her outright.

She would make her experience a torture that was inhuman.

Every single thing she endured in her past life, she was going to repay in full, with even greater severity!

"This life?" Xie Ruiyao was in extreme pain and had no idea what Bai Mowan was talking about.

"This is the retribution you deserve!" Bai Mowan didn’t need to explain to her.

All she wanted now was to vent her fury.

All she wanted was to return all the suffering she encountered in her past life!

Her dagger stabbed again and again into Xie Ruiyao’s body.

Her body was riddled with countless wounds, blood oozing everywhere.

"Kill me, kill me Bai Mowan!" Xie Ruiyao pleaded in unbearable pain.

Such torture made her wish for death even more.

Bai Mowan acted as though she heard nothing.

All she felt now was the pleasure of revenge.

Seeing Xie Ruiyao suffer to this extent, she felt a thrilling and exhilarating satisfaction!

Finally.

Finally, she had this woman dying at her own hands.

Such utter despair!

"General Bai." In the end, Xie Ruotong still came forward and respectfully said, "We shouldn’t waste too much time on Xie Ruiyao’s body."

"Xie Ruotong, big sister, big sister, save me, save me..." Xie Ruiyao seemed to suddenly remember Xie Ruotong, as if she suddenly grasped the last straw that could save her life!