Feng Bailing was startled.
There was no one around, that sigh was too apparent, Feng Bailing looked all around.
"Unexpectedly, such a man as Dugu Wu would also have a moment of folly amidst his wisdom, completely duped by a woman like Nalan Yan’er."
Another sigh came, full of mockery from the woman.
"Empress, you’re not dead."
Feng Bailing recognized the voice.
The Empress Xiao, who was decapitated in front of Feng Bailing, was actually still alive.
After a moment of astonishment, Feng Bailing quickly calmed down.
She realized that the voice of the Empress came from the Wooden Holy Seal within her.
After Feng Bailing absorbed the Wooden Holy Seal, it had always been very restless inside her.
Only by using the Water Holy Seal was Feng Bailing able to suppress it, but the Water Holy Seal couldn’t completely control the Wooden Holy Seal.
After all, the Water Holy Seal hadn’t been formed for long, how could it compare to the "malicious" Wooden Holy Seal.
But last night, after she rolled in the sheets with Dugu Wu, she absorbed a great amount of Emperor’s aura in one go, and the Wooden Holy Seal quieted down.
Last night, also because of the Wooden Holy Seal’s mischief, she Completely Forget Herself, and rolled in the sheets with Dugu Wu again.
"My physical body has been destroyed, but I can still talk to you because a sliver of my consciousness is attached to the Wooden Holy Seal. You are truly gifted to perceive my consciousness. This sliver of my consciousness won’t last long. Last night, Dugu Wu’s aura was too strong, I didn’t dare to show up, only now can I speak to you for a few moments."
The voice of Empress carried no anger, rather a sense of relief.
Only after the Wooden Holy Seal left her, and upon her death, did she find release.
In these years, she had done so many evil deeds, and right before her death, seeing through Emperor Yongye’s heartlessness, she felt that everything she had done was a joke.
"Our paths do not align; I have nothing to discuss with you."
Feng Bailing was not fond of Emperor Yongye, and similarly disliked the Empress.
A woman, for the sake of a man, caused the deaths of so many innocents, pitiful and deplorable.
"If you don’t want to end up like me, controlled by the Wooden Holy Seal, help me with two things, rest assured, they won’t be bad deeds."
The Empress spoke languidly, setting aside their differences, she genuinely admired Feng Bailing.
If it hadn’t been for Feng Bailing’s intervention last night, Dugu Wu could not have killed her so easily.
Feng Bailing was speechless; it turned out that the Wooden Holy Seal was a ticking time bomb.
Recalling what the Empress had done, it seemed at first she utilized the Wooden Holy Seal, but later she was controlled by it.
Feng Bailing was discerning, accepting, indicating a willingness to cooperate!
"My only requests are two things, first, handle the burial for those servants in Luan Palace for me, I dragged them down with me."
Empress sighed lightly.
She understood Emperor Yongye; after her death, her servants would certainly be executed.
Her death was the result of her own actions.
But those servants were loyal to her and faultless.
"The second thing, in order to restore the Spiritual Energy in the Wooden Holy Seal, I absorbed the vitality of some crops in villages, leaving them with failed harvests, unable to plant crops for ten years. In the Cold Palace, I still have some jewelry hidden away. Help me pawn them, turn them into Silver Tael, and give it to those villagers, as my way of atoning."
Empress said with a bitter smile.
"That’s not difficult either."
The situation in those villages was not optimistic.
"I’ve said all that needs to be said. Feng Bailing, you share a similar fate as I, special in destiny. Hear me, stay away from men. Men will only bring you suffering."
The Empress seemed to be speaking to herself and also seemed to be warning Feng Bailing.
Emperor Yongye and Dugu Wu were father and son.
This father and son duo would bring misfortune and suffering to every woman.
But Feng Bailing was still mired in it.
"I still have a question for you. Who was it that gave you the Wooden Holy Seal?"
"I also do not know who the other party is, I received the Wooden Holy Seal and a book ten years ago, that book is also in the Cold Palace. Remember not to misuse them, lest you invite undeserved disaster. That person will definitely come for you."
The Empress’s voice was becoming more and more ethereal.
Feng Bailing had stolen the Wooden Holy Seal, sooner or later the other party would know.
That person was terrifying and would not let Feng Bailing off.
"Just now, you said Nalan Yan’er deceived Dugu Wu, what is all that about? Why did you kill Dugu Wu’s wet nurse?"
Feng Bailing pressed for answers.
"It was not I who killed Dugu Wu’s wet nurse, indeed I caused the deaths of those concubines, but his wet nurse, I did not kill. The killer is someone else. Nalan Yan’er... is also a foolish woman."
The consciousness of the Empress on the Wooden Holy Seal completely dissipated.
"It wasn’t her who killed."
Feng Bailing was astonished.
Unfortunately, there was no proof in death.
Another day, I will have to enter the palace again, first get the items from the Cold Palace, Feng Bailing thought darkly.
To clarify the Five Holy Seals, Feng Bailing decided to visit Yuxiu Academy and ask the Headmistress.
"What Method to control the Five Holy Seals? You have encountered a Holy Seal?"
Lady Nan Xiu’s voice couldn’t help but rise by an octave, after which, feeling she had lost composure, she coughed lightly.
Empress Xiao was executed, but the whereabouts of the Wooden Holy Seal were unknown.
This was the information Lady Nan Xiu received.
"Where would I have such luck, I meant hypothetically, just in case I happen to encounter a Holy Seal?"
Feng Bailing spoke with an air of feigning ignorance.
The situation at that time was critical; no one saw the whereabouts of the Wooden Holy Seal, Dugu Wu likely had no clear idea either, Feng Bailing intended to play dumb all the way.
"Ordinary people can’t suppress a Holy Seal unless there is a power greater than the Holy Seal itself. Such power is more rare than the Five Holy Seals, only those with great destiny can possess it, there are but a few in the world. Of course, the senior expert behind you might be able to, you can consult him."
Hearing Lady Nan Xiu’s words, Feng Bailing felt both joy and worry.
Joyful because she really did know such a person with a great destiny – Dugu Wu.
But to suppress the Wooden Holy Seal, it required a large amount of Emperor’s aura, that meant rolling in the sheets with Dugu Wu.
The Wooden Holy Seal was temporarily suppressed, who knows when it might cause trouble again.
She couldn’t keep rolling in the sheets with Dugu Wu every time, could she?