Chapter 135: Lady Hu was caught in the middle and suffered torment!
Vampire Duchess!
Nongyu looked pitiful. The pleading eyes softened Li Mo’s heart. After some thought, he decided not to tell her about this matter. Nongyu was thin-skinned, and Lady Hu was also thin-skinned. Although they were not related by blood, their personalities were surprisingly similar. Lady Hu probably felt awkward to ask Nongyu about tonight’s events. It’s best to pretend not to know. Keep going, take Nongyu to fly!
Lady Hu outside the door was shocked when she heard Nongyu calling Li Mo. In the cold wind, her plump body trembled and froze at the doorway!
She thought Nongyu was coming because of Sister Zi. She never expected there was a relationship between her and Li Mo!
“Yu’er…Sir…”
Lady Hu felt a tightness in her chest—an indescribable discomfort. There was a taste of breathlessness, as if a stone were suddenly pressing on her heart. Although she had never had sex, Lady Hu was not stupid. How could she not know what was happening inside? How could she continue to push the door open in this situation?
She pinched her cold hand and silently retreated to her room. No wonder Nongyu wanted to return to her room to sleep tonight!
Turns out it’s for a late-night snack!
Listening to the sounds of feasting next door, Lady Hu’s heavy mood gradually became restless. This restlessness spread throughout her body and turned into heat. Even the cold wind blowing in through the window couldn’t alleviate it. Lady Hu furrowed her brows slightly, and a hint of pain appeared on her gentle face. It was as if she was the sick person. Close the window, cover your head and face with the blanket, it’s hot. If you don’t cover up, the sounds next door drill into your ears like bugs. Even hotter!
Lady Hu curled up tightly, her tender eyes reflecting a misty light, feeling a burning sensation in her heart with no way to release it. She raised her hand and brushed the sweat-dampened hair from her forehead. The soft fingertips ran across the smooth forehead, causing her whole body to shudder. Her hand suddenly stopped there!
After a while, she slowly looked at her hand in front of her. Lady Hu bit her thin lips, her eyes showing a struggling entanglement.
Finally, she gritted her silver teeth and closed her eyes. She reached into the blanket…
But at that moment, a soft creaking sound suddenly rang out. Lady Hu was instantly awakened by this sound.
Listening carefully, the next door had become quiet at some point. She breathed a sigh of relief. She took her hand out of the blanket. She touched her flushed cheeks. A hint of shame appeared on her gentle face.
How could she be so shameless and do such a thing.
But fortunately, the opening sound from next door just now helped her wake up in time. For a gentle and conservative woman like Lady Hu, self-reliance was also a kind of indulgence. She couldn’t, she couldn’t. As the next door quieted down, her inner turmoil gradually subsided. She thought she could finally fall asleep. But she didn’t expect that the sound from earlier would start again!
Lady Hu’s eyes snapped open!
This time, the sound came from the room on the right!
On the right…where Humeiren lived!
Lady Hu was stunned. Does he…not need to rest?
The next day, the sun rose three poles. After breakfast, Nongyu walked into the backyard and curiously looked at Lady Hu’s closed door. With a puzzled look, he said, “Strange, why hasn’t Mother gotten up today, could she be sick?”
Usually, Lady Hu was the earliest riser. Humeiren and Mingzhu were used to sleeping late in the palace before. Sister Zi and Nongyu in Purple Orchid Pavilion almost had reversed day and night, sleeping late and waking up late. So it was hard to change now. Lady Hu prepared breakfast for everyone every day after getting up. But today, not only was breakfast prepared late, she hadn’t seen her come out of her room yet.
The Humeiren appeared from behind, just in time to hear Nongyu mumbling. She stood in the hall, looking at the three rooms on one side. Nongyu’s, Lady Hu’s, hers. Lady Hu’s room was sandwiched in the middle!
After looking, she understood the reason. She covered her mouth and chuckled. Nongyu’s fair little face was puzzled by her laughter. Lady Hu’s complexion was fair and rosy, as graceful as a peach blossom. Looking at Nongyu, the fox-like eyes shone with meaning. She said meaningfully, “Your mother is indeed sick.”
“Ah? How did she get sick? I’ll go check on her.”
Nongyu became anxious. She was fine yesterday, so why was she sick today? Humeiren couldn’t stop her. This girl seemed obedient but was more skilled than her. Like a gust of wind, Nongyu ran to Lady Hu’s door. She was about to knock, but the door opened from the inside. “Oh, Mom, you scared me.”
Nongyu patted her chest, startled by the sudden opening of the door. Lady Hu chuckled, “Blame me for scaring you, sneaking around my door for what?”
“You scared me last night!”
“I didn’t do anything, I see you still haven’t gotten up, just checking if you’re sick.”
“Mom, your complexion is so poor, is something wrong?”
Nongyu noticed Lady Hu’s haggard complexion, reached out to touch her forehead, and asked with concern. Lady Hu showed a gentle smile on her face, took her hand, and patted it in her palm. “Mom’s fine, just didn’t sleep well last night.”
Both of them, one fair and rosy, the other pale and haggard, formed a stark contrast. Lady Hu looked at Nongyu’s chubby face and felt choked up for no reason. Unable to resist, she asked, “About last night…”
She started but swallowed her words looking into Nongyu’s watery eyes. She changed tact, “How did you sleep last night?”
She originally wanted to ask about the matter between her and Li Mo. But she thought better of it and didn’t ask. If she did, wouldn’t that tell Nongyu she heard everything? “Pretty well, slept soundly in the later half of the night.”
Nongyu smiled happily, satisfaction in her lively eyes. “The later half? Didn’t you sleep in the first half?”
Lady Hu obviously knew the answer. Nongyu’s face immediately turned red. Stammering, she said, “In the first half, um, in the first half… was catching rats!”
Her eyes suddenly lit up as she thought of a good excuse. “Oh~” Lady Hu knowingly voiced. “Catching rats? Are there holes in your room for rats?”
Nongyu nodded vigorously, “Yes, yes, a big rat, it took half the night to catch and throw it out.”
Following behind, the tinkling laughter of Humeiren rang out, “I was wondering how a rat ran into my room in the late hours last night, turns out, it escaped from you, huh?”
“No wonder your mom couldn’t sleep well.”
“Causing a ruckus in your room in the first half of the night, then in mine in the later half, she’s lucky to get any sleep.”
Humeiren gave her a sly look. It was clear what she meant. It was fine to fool Nongyu, but Humeiren was as cunning as a fox. It’s not that Nongyu wasn’t smart. She just didn’t have her guard up around her. She believed whatever she said. Suddenly, Humeiren lightly bumped Lady Hu’s shoulder with hers. “Hey, want to switch rooms? So you won’t be disturbed again.”
Being disturbed half the night is better than a whole night. Lady Hu thought for a moment and gently shook her head. Softly, she said, “Let’s leave it.”
Humeiren looked surprised. Huh? Can’t believe she still likes this? Didn’t see that coming, how can you have this quirk too? Lady Hu knew what she was thinking and gave her a pointed look, explaining, “Once Sir settles in Xianyang, we’ll move there, we’ll see then when selecting rooms.”
Choose a room farther away from them. Better not to share a building!
After all, Li Mo won’t stay here for long. Busy all night last night, she didn’t believe he would stay up late tonight. With these thoughts, Lady Hu finally relaxed. But when night came, she stared blankly at the canopy above.
Lifeless, listening to the noise next door!
Does sir really not need to sleep? He didn’t sleep last night, and went out during the day. Now he’s back in the evening and still not sleeping? Even if he is as tough as iron, he can’t do this, right? These people, they really don’t care about sir’s health at all. What if he gets exhausted? Lady Hu stayed up until almost dawn again this night. It wasn’t until midday that she got up, barely managing to catch up on some sleep. Lady Hu looked at her even more haggard than yesterday, unable to bear it, asked softly, “Really didn’t change, did you not sleep well again?”
Lady Hu looked at her with a sigh of resignation. Her face was full of helplessness. She really doubted if Lady Hu was doing it on purpose. The noise last night was much louder than the day before!
“No need, it’s fine.”
Lady Hu shook her head gently. She just didn’t believe this anymore!
Li Mo went out during the day again, she didn’t believe he wouldn’t sleep tonight!
The fact proved that sometimes people really shouldn’t be too stubborn!
She didn’t know what Lady Hu was doing in the next room in the middle of the night. Howling and laughing!
Laughing so much that Li Mo was confused!
After a long time, Li Mo walked out rubbing his waist. Next battle, Lady Mingzhu!
It wasn’t until the sky was getting light that he completed five tasks. Lady Mingzhu had already had a good night’s sleep waiting for him to come over. Although her eyes were hazy now, she showed no intention of going to sleep. Her plump and graceful body lazily nestled in Li Mo’s arms. Like a drug addict, she greedily sniffed his scent, her face showing fascination. Li Mo couldn’t help but find it amusing. Lady Mingzhu’s long and charming eyes were full of intoxication. Concerned, she asked, “Master, do you want to rest for a while?”
Li Mo really didn’t sleep well these days. At most, he slept for one or two hours a day. And he still had to endure such a huge amount of physical activity. That’s just him. Anyone else would have collapsed long ago!
The advantage of strengthening the constitution through sleep was evident, right? Li Mo rubbed his temples and nodded gently, “Alright, I’ll rest for a while, call me when it’s daylight.”
Lady Mingzhu considerately helped him place the pillow down. She asked, “Master, what have you been busy with these days? I haven’t seen you resting well.”
Li Mo felt her attentive service. He said, “Something strange happened in Han, Han Fei sent someone to ask for my help, I sent Tianze and the Shiji Jingling over.”
When Lady Mingzhu heard it was related to Han, she seemed interested. “Strange? Master, can you tell me more?”
Li Mo didn’t hide his intentions from her. He said, “Half a month ago, there were suddenly over a dozen corpses in Xinzheng, in bizarre conditions. No wounds on their bodies, clean clothes, neat hair buns.”
“When they died, they were all kneeling neatly, all the blood on their bodies was sucked dry, and they died with a smile on their lips.”
When he heard about this way of dying, he immediately thought of one person. That’s Bai Yifei!
Evidently, Lady Mingzhu also thought of it. Stopping her hands, she asked seriously, “Master, are you sure Bai Yifei is really dead?”
She is not only one of the Nightfall Four Evils, she is also Bai Yifei’s cousin. So she knows some things that the outside world doesn’t know. Bai Yifei practiced evil techniques, initially by sucking the blood of women to enhance his strength. And the women whose blood he sucked, also had smiles on their lips. It was like dying in a beautiful dream, achieving liberation. Li Mo affirmed, “He’s dead. I pierced his heart, my energy entered his body, destroying all his meridians, he couldn’t possibly be alive.”
“And his body was found in front of the Han Palace, Han Fei went to confirm it.”
Lady Mingzhu finally relaxed and said, “That’s good, but besides Bai Yifei, it seems no one in Han practices such evil techniques anymore.”
“Does those dead women’s bodies have any distinctive features?”
Li Mo gently stroked her cloud-like hair. Correcting her, he said, “Not women, but men. They were all men.”
Lady Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, “Men?”
“What? Men!”
Then she suddenly bounced up from Li Mo’s arms. Her expression changed drastically!
Fear and disbelief covered her face in an instant!
“Men… men, the dead are all men…”
“How could it be, how could they all be men…”
Lady Mingzhu clutched the blanket with both hands, her eyes a bit panicked and at a loss.
“What’s wrong?”
Li Mo noticed her unusual behavior and asked as he stood up, “Did you think of something?”
Lady Mingzhu pursed her pale lips, looking at him earnestly.
“We can’t investigate, we can’t let them investigate.”
“Master, have them all come back, quickly come back.”
“Otherwise… otherwise they won’t come back at all.”
Since knowing Lady Mingzhu, Li Mo had never seen her so serious and solemn.
“Do you know who the killer is?”
Lady Mingzhu nodded heavily, “Although it seems impossible, the master once said that after eliminating all impossibilities, whatever remains, no matter how impossible, must be the answer.”
“So, so I… I thought of someone.”
Li Mo asked, “Who?”
A trace of fear appeared in Lady Mingzhu’s eyes.
Slowly she said, “My aunt.”
Her aunt in her mouth naturally referred to Bai Yifei’s mother.
The former owner of the Blood Castle.
At the same time, she was the only female marquess in Han for hundreds of years!
The Blood Castle has always been a place full of legends.
Bones dry as silver armor, the snowy Blood Castle.
As the only female marquess in Han, her name was erased from all records.
It’s rumored that her gaze could dim the stars, and countless souls perished under her twin swords.
She made people feel that even death was just a gentle process.
No one had seen her grow old, and no one knew her true age.
She always maintained the most beautiful appearance.
It’s said that she made a powerful and unspeakable pact with the darkness.
And it required the purest blood to sustain it.
The evil power Bai Yifei cultivated came from that kind of dark art.
Li Mo furrowed his brows.
Muttered, “Is it her? Didn’t she die a long time ago?”
Legend has it that twenty years ago, she practiced evil arts and consumed a large amount of men’s blood.
Because it caused panic throughout Han.
The Emperor of Han was furious and sent strong troops to suppress her.
And she died in that suppression.
Lady Mingzhu pondered for a moment, shaking her head, “Perhaps, it was just a lie fabricated by the Emperor of Han back then to quell public anger.”
“She didn’t die, she just chose to sleep.”
Li Mo nodded gently.
If this was really her doing, Lady Mingzhu’s speculation wouldn’t be unreasonable.
“What realm is she in?”
Lady Mingzhu thought for a moment before saying, “I only remember seeing her once when I was very young, and at that time I had heard my father say she had reached the realm of Transcendence.”
“This was before the big incident twenty years ago.”
“Now, if she has regained her strength, she should… should reach the Divine Attainment realm.”
No wonder she said to have Tianze and the others come back.
Encountering someone in the Divine Attainment realm, Tianze would probably end up in tears again!
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