The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 397 - 401: Demon’s Repayment of Kindness (24)

Chapter 397: Chapter 401: Demon’s Repayment of Kindness (24)

"I know about that. I heard that his former supporters still wanted to stir up trouble, causing a bit of influence on His Majesty. Look at him now, he’s a broken man, can’t even change his own shit and piss...."

At this point, the faces of the older women were suddenly marked with malicious smiles.

"So when you change his clothes, is ’that part’ big or small...."

The room burst into laughter, while the innocent maidens blushed at the cheeks. Some of the more brazen ones spit at the old woman who made the crass remark.

"Mind your words a bit. After all, he’s still the New Emperor’s own brother...."

"Are you afraid he can turn things around? For that to happen, the sun will have to rise from the west."

These maids and old women were not speaking quietly, not even considering lowering their voices.

The person lying on his back looked terrifying with a grimace on his face.

His hands, which hadn’t moved for a long time, were as frail as chicken’s claws, wafting through the air, as a hoarse "heh heh" sound came from his throat.

Humiliation, anger, unwillingness, resentment...

A maelstrom of emotions churned in his chest.

It shouldn’t have been this way; he shouldn’t have ended up like this.

The conversation outside shifted, now revolving around the New Emperor’s great achievements, gnawing at the Eldest Prince’s heart like ants.

All this should have been his. That man—it was all his fault for ruining all his plans.

Now, the Eldest Prince was nothing but a cripple, unable even to slay those outside who insulted him with their words. He could only curse them in his heart.

When the former Emperor had detained the Eldest Prince, the Imperial Physician had diagnosed him, saying he’d been poisoned and wouldn’t live much longer.

Yet, the Imperial Physician was wrong.

The former Emperor died, but the Eldest Prince was still alive.

The New Emperor died, but the Eldest Prince was still alive.

Servants tending to him came and went in succession; the decrepit body of the aged Eldest Prince still clung to breath.

Only when the young Emperor ascended to the throne with the support of the Su Family did the Eldest Prince finally expire amidst a lifetime of discontent.

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Extra (Three)

In his previous life, after the Eldest Prince’s rebellion failed, he was confined by the Emperor to a separate courtyard, and the Noble Consort and Princess of the Imperial Palace were implicated and sent to the Cold Palace.

However, overnight, the Noble Consort and Princess from the Cold Palace, as well as the Eldest Prince from the Eldest Prince Mansion, vanished under the watchful eyes of the encircling guards.

The Emperor was furious, but didn’t make a big fuss over the escape, only announcing the deaths of these individuals.

And the missing people surfaced a day later in a small town thousands of miles away from the Imperial City.

The Eldest Prince, with deep affection, held Yu Jiaolan’s hand. "Thank you, Jiaojiao...."

At this time, the Carp Spirit was still wearing the face of Shi Jiaojiao, but she had already come clean to her husband when their hearts aligned.

Her husband didn’t mind her demon origins.

Yu Jiaolan felt immensely happy, seemingly exuding pink bubbles of joy all day.

Not only was her husband kind to her, but her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were also extremely good to her.

So, Yu Jiaolan didn’t fret much about the significant price she had paid to steal them away from the Imperial Palace.

It was just a piece of Heavenly Treasure. Her mother now held a high position under the White Mountain Lady and was much valued; such treasures would not be lacking in her future.

Mortals live but a brief moment in the eyes of demons, and Yu Jiaolan had hoped to spend an eternity with her husband.

She pleaded with her mother to reshape her husband’s root bones so that he could step onto the Immortality Path.

Yu Jiaolan had great plans, believing that as long as her husband had the conditions to cultivate, they could surely become a loving couple that lasted through the ages.

However, what Yu Jiaolan hadn’t expected was that her husband, upon gaining benefits, would turn his back on her and not recognize her.

As per usual, they shared a few drinks on a night when the moon was favorable, and upon awakening, she found herself in excruciating pain, her limbs impaled by long iron chains that were nailed into the stone wall on the other end.

The intense pain delayed her thoughts, giving her a feeling of not knowing where she was.

A slight movement of her fingers felt like her soul was being torn apart.

Upon closer inspection, she saw that the iron chains bore runes drawn with blood, specifically designed to suppress spirits.

Her body felt hollow, unable to muster even a trace of spiritual power.

Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared before Yu Jiaolan from the opening in the nearby stone wall.

"Husband..."

"Why?"

In that moment she saw her husband, Yu Jiaolan understood everything.

Her husband, who was once as graceful as an orchid and upright as jade, now spat venomous words, "Monster, you think you are worthy of being my wife? Had you not been somewhat useful, I wouldn’t have feigned affection towards you. Do you really think I fell in love with you?"

Yu Jiaolan’s heart was punctured with a thousand blades, the pain piercing deeply, as she shook her head, refusing to believe it.

The Eldest Prince drew a water mirror in the air as tall as a person, perfectly capturing Yu Jiaolan’s distressed figure.

"Look at yourself in the mirror. With your appearance, how could you believe that I could only be with you?"

Yu Jiaolan, "Do you really want to repay kindness with malice? Everything you have today is because of my efforts... Aren’t you afraid of retribution..."

The Eldest Prince scoffed, "Retribution? You haven’t received any, so how could I possibly?"

He remarked indifferently, "Didn’t you once say that the young master of the Su Family was your life-saving benefactor? Now, it seems he hasn’t ended up any better, has he..."

Yu Jiaolan’s face turned ashen, but before she could say more, the Eldest Prince used a spell he had learned from her on her.

Where Yu Jiaolan stood, a large red carp appeared, its gills impaled twice-over by heavy iron chains.

The Carp Spirit had ceased to make a sound.

From beyond the stone wall, two more people entered — the Eldest Prince’s mother and sister.

The two were excited, shaking with joy.

"Son/Brother, hurry up, it is said that eating the flesh of demons can bring great benefits. Perhaps we too can follow your path to the Path of Immortality."

However, before they could relish in their excitement, in the next second, three heads fell to the ground.

Yu Niang, her face twisted in fury, tore through space and appeared there in an instant.

With a wave of her hand, the Carp Demon Soul of her daughter appeared in her hand.

The Eldest Prince and others had no clue that behind Yu Jiaolan was a mother who had already ascended through the Dragon Gate, and Yu Jiaolan didn’t have time to tell them before her husband, whose wings had hardened, ended her life.

Yu Niang, severely injured, stepped out of the cave with her daughter’s Demon Soul, only to be surrounded by a throng of human cultivators.

"Indiscriminately slaughtering humans, even Princes... Yu Niang, you have violated the agreement..."

Yu Niang, heavily wounded, managed to escape with her daughter’s Demon Soul despite the encirclement, but beside the White Mountain Lady now stood an even more significant disciple.

The White Mountain Goddess complained about the trouble that Yu Niang had brought her.

Yu Niang gasped for breath for over a hundred years, her injuries refusing to heal, and with regret, she became one with the earth in her own cave, while Yu Jiaolan’s Demon Soul had dissipated many years prior.