Emperor Zhou snorted. "Lin Zhi, it seems like your arrogance has gotten to your head. You are the reason why Concubine Yu has become blind. How can you be so shameless as to quibble with us?"
"Hahaha! If there is anyone whose shamelessness knows no bounds, then it’s you, your majesty." Lin Zhi was completely heartbroken. In the past, she still had some feelings for this man in front of her, but now—after she heard how he wanted to dig her eyes out and give them to concubine Yu—all her feelings vanished. She wanted nothing to do with this man and even felt disgusted when she thought about how this man had touched her and had kids with her.
Her eyes were filled with hatred as she cursed. "You seem to have forgotten the mercy I, Lin Zhi, have shown you. Without me, you will still be an unknown prince without any chance to become the emperor. When I was helping you, your majesty, where was concubine Yu? When I was fighting bloody battles, where was Concubine Yu? No matter how shameless I am, I will never be as shameless as you two!"
"If you dare to dig my eyes out, I swear I will kill myself along with my special army that I have raised. Don’t forget that the seal of the special army is still with me. If I die, then your empire will die along with me," she raised a finger and jabbed it into the chest of the man, who was trembling with rage. "You are a coward, and your concubine is nothing but a whore who can only open her legs and please you. Without me, you two are as good as dead. So go ahead and try to kill me!"
"Good, Good, Good!" Emperor Zhou was angry but he couldn’t do anything to Lin Zhi. After all, this woman was right; the current peace of the empire was all due to the efforts of the Lin family and the special army that Lin Zhi raised. Without the seal, he couldn’t control that army, and without the protection of the special army, Emperor Zhou knew that he would be dead for sure. "You are really good. If I had known that you were such a woman, I would have never married you, never!"
"Then you would have died of starvation while your precious Concubine Yu would have married the crown prince," Lin Zhi sneered. Her voice was colder than ice. "And there is no need for you to speak as if I were dying to marry you, your majesty. If I had known that you were such a person, then I too would have rather lived as a nun than marry you."
Emperor Zhou shot a pure venomous look at Lin Zhi and turned around to walk out of the courtyard. The one thing that he hated the most was when people told him that he rose to power with the help of a woman, and this was something that he couldn’t withstand at all. He wanted Lin Zhi to die, but at the same time, he knew that without the special army that she had built, he was useless.
He couldn’t kill her, but he made her incapable of controlling the army. This was why he allowed Concubine Yu to scheme against Lin Zhi even when he knew that Concubine Yu had not gone blind. But he never expected that Lin Zhi would actually threaten him with death. The way she looked at him, he knew that it was not a blind threat! She would really do it if he dared to hurt her.
"That stubborn woman!"
"Your majesty, was it a smart move to tear off faces with his majesty like this?" Aunt Li asked Lin Zhi, who shakily sat down on the small mahogany chair.
Lin Zhi smiled mockingly before saying, "What else can I do? That man no longer has me in his heart. If I don’t hold my ground, then he will surely kill me and my family."
Aunt Li’s expression turned solemn as she sighed. "What a tragedy. You two were so good before that woman intervened."
"There is no point in blaming concubine Yu, Aunt Li," said Lin Zhi with a shake of her head. "The emperor was the one who broke his promise; if he were a man of integrity, then even if a woman had stripped naked in front of him, he would have never touched her. How many women throw themselves into the arms of my elder brother? Have you seen him taking all those women into his courtyard? No, it’s because he cares for the affection that he and sister-in-law share."
Aunt Li sighed. She shook her head and muttered, "I wonder when this will end."
Ding.
Lin Zhi snapped her head up and looked at the screen that had magically appeared in front of her.
Are you in a pinch? Do you want something to help you in your troublesome times? Don’t worry. The Ruan Ruan Supermarket is here to help you. You can find anything that you need in our supermarket!
Lin Zhi frowned when she heard the mechanical voice. She, however, soon accepted the fact that she had awakened a golden finger and questioned in her heart, "Can you help me take care of someone without killing them?"
Of course, we have just the thing that you need.
The screen widened and showed a red, plump berry that looked so delicious and tempting that even Lin Zhi wanted to eat it, but that was until she saw the description of the berry, and her lips curled up into a smirk. She turned to look at Aunt Li before saying to her, "Aunt Li, I believe this thing is going to end very soon."
**
Ding.
[You have received a beauty pill.]
Ruan Chanchan: "..."
She raised her head and looked at the screen in front of her, and stared at the account with a dubious look. Someone really bought that dangerous berry?