I Order You to Come Back to Life! Damn It, You Dared Defy My Orders!

"Gu... Gu Lianglian is dead? That's impossible!!!" Upon hearing Liu Shen's report, Gu Liangxiu's pupils contracted, and she collapsed limply into her chair.

"An evil scourge of the nation. That bastard was no mere mud-legged peasant—he was an evil scourge of the nation." Liu Shen knelt on the ground, not daring to lift his head to look at Gu Liangxiu.

Only then did Gu Liangxiu come back to her senses. Rage filled her expression as she said, "Gu Lianglian is dead. Why did you come back alive?"

"My lady, this lowly one clung to life only to bring you this news." Liu Shen hurriedly explained, "Now that I have informed you, I shall end my own life here and preserve my loyalty and righteousness."

"Get out! If you want to die, die outside! Don't die in front of me and make me sick!" Gu Liangxiu roared.

Liu Shen voiced no complaint. He immediately withdrew, then killed himself outside.

Yet this did nothing to quell Gu Liangxiu's fury. Lu Xingshi's killing of Gu Lianglian could not possibly be concealed. Even if she delayed matters, once her mother failed to receive Gu Lianglian's sacrifices, she would come investigating.

But then she quickly realized something: what she ought to consider now was not how to conceal Gu Lianglian's death, but whether Lu Xingshi would come to kill her.

"No, that Traitor of the Nation surely wouldn't dare. Killing Gu Lianglian was already a crime that reached the heavens. The entire Da Ci Dynasty will never let him off."

"How could he dare come and kill me too...?"

Though she said so, she was deeply uneasy inside.

What difference was there between killing Gu Lianglian and then killing her? He had already dared kill a member of the Royal Family. What did it matter