"Your face..."
After being thrown down, Chu Qianli saw Consort Yu's face clearly for the first time.
Mottled white hair, overgrown wrinkles, a face unadorned by makeup, a real, aged face of a sixty-year-old woman!
How could this be?
She subconsciously wanted to get up, but as soon as she moved, she realized that Consort Yu had pressed her acupoints.
Now, she was completely unable to move.
"Consort Yu?" She even doubted if this old woman before her was truly Consort Yu.
But her features were undeniably Consort Yu's.
How had Consort Yu become like this?
"My face?"
Consort Yu raised her hand and gently stroked her face.
The wrinkles were so severe that she could trace them without a mirror!
This showed what state her face had become.
"Heh, heh!"
Consort Yu laughed, but her laughter was as dry and raspy as an old woman's.
Low, hoarse, aged, devoid of her usual liveliness and gentleness.
"Heh, I finally have my retribution, heh... I finally have retribution! Hahaha..."
She suddenly became agitated, turned, and rushed to the stone wall not far away, tearing down the painting hanging on it.
"I finally have retribution! I have retribution, don't I? Are you happy now? Are you very pleased?"
"For so many years, I recited scriptures for you daily, prayed for your reincarnation, hoping you would have a happy and joyful next life! For over a decade!"
"What sins cannot be washed away! What sins are left?"
"Over a decade, over a decade! I prayed to you every day, but what did I get?"
"What did I get?"
"Ah..."
She screamed mournfully, the scroll clutched in her hand. The next moment, she flung it away.
"No!" Chu Qianli cried out urgently!
She wanted to stop her, but she was powerless.
Consort Yu tore the scroll into several pieces and threw them on the ground!
In that fleeting glimpse, Chu Qianli had seen it clearly.
It was the person in the painting again!
The same person she had seen in Consort Yu's Xianlan Palace.
"Who is she? Is it Long Xiyue?"
"You know her?" Consort Yu's cry stopped abruptly.
She turned, staring at Chu Qianli, who was thrown onto the stone bed, her eyes slowly narrowing.
"Why do you know her? Who are you? How do you know her?"
It really was Long Xiyue...
Chu Qianli felt as if all her strength had been drained away, leaving her weak.
Consort Yu knew Long Xiyue, Consort Yu worshipped Long Xiyue, had worshipped her for over a decade.
Why?
"What... what is your relationship?" Chu Qianli asked hoarsely.
Consort Yu merely stared at her, silent.
Her gaze grew colder, more chilling.
"What business is it of yours?"
Chu Qianli had many things she wanted to say, but she didn't utter a single word.
Consort Yu was lost in anger now. She didn't know what Consort Yu intended to do.
As for Long Xiyue... this identity, whether here or in the Longteng Kingdom, was sensitive.
But why did Consort Yu know Long Xiyue?
Consort Yu didn't even know that Long Xiyue was Long Qianyue.
Consort Yu ignored her.
Today, not only had Consort Yu's appearance changed, but her entire being seemed to have been replaced.
She had even lost the ability to think, otherwise, she would have relentlessly pursued Chu Qianli's knowledge of Long Xiyue.
The current Consort Yu's eyes held no trace of light.
She was despairing, desolate, dejected, perhaps she herself didn't know what she wanted.
"Wu Ya, you didn't like what Consort Mother did, so Consort Mother stopped doing it. You wanted Consort Mother to be a simple person, Consort Mother has always listened to you."
"But why have you never listened to Consort Mother?"
"Consort Mother only wished for you to live a peaceful life, why must you harm yourself like this?"
"It's all you! It's all because of you!"
Consort Yu suddenly turned, her gaze falling on Chu Qianli's face, and then, she became enraged again.
"It's all because of you!"
She strode over, grabbed Chu Qianli by the collar, and lifted her entire body.
Chu Qianli immediately felt the pain of suffocation.
She never expected Consort Yu's power to be so unfathomably profound.
But she was clearly injured, her vital energy greatly depleted!
Yet, even so, Consort Yu's internal energy was still far superior to hers, demonstrating how terrifying her hidden power was!
What kind of person was Consort Yu back then?
Why did she know Long Xiyue? Why did she worship Long Xiyue for over a decade, day after day?
"Mmm..." Chu Qianli truly couldn't breathe.
The collar was tightened around her neck, the air in her chest growing thinner and thinner.
She rasped, "Why... why?"
"Why?" Consort Yu sneered, her fierce gaze fixed on Chu Qianli's face, which was gradually turning red.
Her voice was cold and hoarse, carrying a bone-chilling coldness, "You harmed my Wu Ya like this? You ask me why?"
"When did I... harm Wu Ya?" She couldn't recall anything from last night.
Thinking back now, it seemed she had eaten something from Feng Wuya, but then he had ambushed her.
Yes! He had ambushed her, suddenly, unexpectedly, without any warning!
After that, she fainted, and when she woke up, she had fallen into Consort Yu's hands.
"What happened to... Wu Ya?"
Consort Yu knew she was innocent!
In fact, she knew it very clearly in her heart!
But at this moment, she couldn't control her rage.
She had resentment in her heart, and since she couldn't vent it on her son, she could only vent it on Chu Qianli!
"You caused Wu Ya to have little time left to live. He went gray overnight to save you, and he doesn't have much time left!"
"You... what?" Chu Qianli's eyes widened, staring intently at Consort Yu's gaze, "To... mmm—"
Consort Yu tightened her grip, and Chu Qianli immediately couldn't utter a word.
But she truly didn't know what had happened?
Wu Ya went gray overnight? Why?
What had he done to her?
"I gave you the Mandarin Duck Gu."
Chu Qianli continued to stare at her.
Mandarin Duck Gu, she had never heard of it.
Consort Yu's heart, however, was filled with desolation.
"I did this only to give him a reason to live, but my foolish son... he is so foolish! To avoid implicating you, he severed his own heart meridian to extract the Gu!"
Chu Qianli bit her lip hard.
Severed his own heart meridian!
Given Feng Wuya's current physical condition, severing his heart meridian was undoubtedly a suicide attempt!
If no one treated him, he might die at any moment.
No... why was there such a thing as the Mandarin Duck Gu?
Why was it necessary to sever the heart meridian to extract the Gu?
What about Feng Wuya now, how was he?
"Consort Yu..." Chu Qianli, with her last bit of strength, managed to squeeze out a few words: "If you kill me, Wu Ya... will hate you."