The Imperial Capital Shaken, What a Filial Daughter

Watching Qin Luo leave, a glint of cold light flashed through Qin Feng's eyes. After a while, he laughed.

"Ha ha ha, I never expected it, never expected that my Ninth Brother would be even more arrogant than me!"

"Interesting. Very interesting!"

"He has secrets. Go dig them all out for me. I want to know everything about him!"

He was merely an utterly ordinary mortal body. How could he possibly possess such formidable strength? Qin Feng found it unbelievable.

That only proved Qin Luo must be hiding other secrets.

"All of you, go!"

"I, Qin Feng, am a man who keeps his promises. Miao Yun, remember this: I want him to fall beneath your pomegranate skirt!"

Qin Feng truly had poisoned him, but the poison did not harm people. It merely affected one's mind somewhat, and it required two poisons to combine before taking effect.

This woman carried the other poison on her.

"Your orders." Miao Yun lowered her head in acknowledgment.

As a prince, Qin Luo naturally had a residence within the city. It had been allocated by the Imperial Clan Court. The moment he left, an official from the Imperial Clan Court hurried after him and guided Qin Luo to his residence.

The moment he entered the residence, Qin Luo felt it coming on. He seemed to want a woman.

"Just as you expected," Qin Luo said to Xi Huang.

"Come into the Human Emperor Banner. I'll help you," Xi Huang said.

"Alright!"

He instructed the temporary steward in his courtyard, "I am going into seclusion to cultivate. No one is permitted to disturb me."

"Yes, Your Highness!" The steward bowed his head in assent.

After entering the room, Qin Luo immediately entered the Human Emperor Banner.

Xi Huang stood before him, enchanting beyond measure, carrying an irresistible charm about her.

If she had not been a soul body, Qin Luo might not have been able to control himself.

Whoosh! He recalled the two Saint Artifacts. Xi Huang shot Qin Luo a resentful look. "I've realized that I must have owed you in my past life."

Complaints aside, Xi Huang still conscientiously fulfilled her duty and helped Qin Luo purge the poison.

"The woman your brother gave you has arrived as well," Xi Huang said blandly.

The corners of Qin Luo's mouth rose slightly. "Shall we make a bet?"

"I'm guessing there's poison there!"

Xi Huang froze, then noticed Qin Luo's gaze settling on a certain part of her body. She instantly understood.

"Hmph, lecher!"

"I'm not betting!"

"Fine, then don't."

Whoosh! Qin Luo reappeared outside. Within the Human Emperor Banner, Xi Huang muttered to herself, "Perhaps there really is poison."

Creak...

The door was pushed open, and Miao Yun entered with several women.

"This servant greets His Highness the Ninth Prince!"

As they curtsied to Qin Luo, they cast flirtatious looks his way.

But the next moment, Miao Yun froze, because she discovered that Qin Luo's gaze was perfectly clear.

"Tsk, tsk. My Eighth Brother really does keep his word. He said he'd give them all to me, so he gave them all to me." Qin Luo's tone carried a faint trace of mockery.

"But didn't I just say that no one was allowed to disturb me?" Qin Luo's gaze fell upon the steward, making him shudder before immediately dropping to his knees.

"Your Highness, it was this young lady. They insisted on coming in. She said she was a concubine sent to serve you by His Highness the Eighth Prince."

"But you did not heed my words, did you?" Qin Luo walked over to the steward and looked down at him.

"Spare me, Your Highness! Spare me! Next time, I will definitely, definitely obey Your Highness's orders!"

The steward kowtowed like a pounding garlic pestle, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"No next time. Save it for your next life." Qin Luo slashed out with his sword. With disbelief in his eyes, the steward's throat was cut.

Those who made mistakes should pay the price, shouldn't they?

Besides, someone was plotting against him, and as his steward, the man could not even handle such a trivial matter. He was either wicked or stupid.

Miao Yun trembled all over. She had not expected Qin Luo to kill someone so casually. He was simply like a demon.

Qin Luo's gaze instantly shifted to the women, and he sneered. "You barged into this prince's room. Were you planning to murder me?"

Miao Yun immediately began explaining, "No, Your Highness the Ninth Prince, we never had such intentions."

"We are concubines sent to you by the Eighth Prince. We merely wished to serve you."

"Concubines? A bunch of slutty whores ridden by a thousand men—are you worthy?" Qin Luo waved his hand, and the entire room fell into darkness.

"Heh heh heh... Welcome death!"

No matter how small a mosquito leg was, it was still meat. How could the Human Emperor Banner contain only Xi Huang?

Under Miao Yun and the others' shocked gazes, a peerlessly beautiful woman slowly emerged, leaving them dazed for a moment.

As women, they envied her. They were jealous of her.

Xi Huang merely sneered. With a wave of her hand, she instantly tore apart their fleshly bodies, and all their souls were absorbed by the Human Emperor Banner.

After coming out, Qin Luo had someone carry away the steward's corpse, then explained Qin Luo's rules to the servants in the residence.

Every one of them fell silent as cicadas in winter, their gazes toward Qin Luo carrying a trace of fear.

"Seal the residence for three days. Open the gates again after three days!"

Qin Luo intended to cultivate for three days. For these three days, he would let the bullets fly a while longer.

"Have you heard? A new prince has arrived in the Imperial Dynasty—the Ninth Prince, who was lost among the common folk for eighteen years."

"I haven't merely heard. I also know that the Ninth Prince possesses unmatched talent and is the Holy Son of the Taixu Sacred Land."

"Your information is outdated as hell. The Taixu Sacred Land has already issued a statement expelling the Ninth Prince from the sacred land!"

"Damn, is the Taixu Sacred Land crazy or stupid? Is the status of a prince not worthy of being their Holy Son?"

Gu Residence.

Smack! Gu Yanting viciously slapped Gu Qingxue across the face.

"Have you no shame at all?! You've nearly thrown away every last shred of dignity our Gu Family possesses!"

Gu Qingxue stared at Gu Yanting in disbelief. She had never imagined that her father would strike her.

Stubbornly, she retorted, "Father, am I wrong for pursuing my own happiness?"

Gu Yanting looked at Gu Qingxue in disappointment. "You rode in the same carriage as a man in full public view. Was that not wrong?"

"Yes, your daughter was at fault, but that Ninth Prince smashed my carriage for no reason at all. Was he not wrong?"

Boom! Those words instantly made Gu Yanting see red. He roared, "Unfilial daughter! Unfilial daughter! Do you know what you are saying?"

"Do you know what your actions represent? Even if he had killed you on the spot, he would have had justification!"

Gu Qingxue simply smashed the jar and let the pieces fall where they might. "Father, I do not want to marry that Ninth Prince. I will not marry him!"

"Moreover, he threatened your daughter, saying he would exterminate my entire family. What is he supposed to be? Some wild child who crawled out from who knows where!"

"He even wants me to become his concubine. This is an insult to your daughter, and even more so an insult to you, the vice dean of Great Qin Academy!"

"I won't marry him. If Father insists on forcing me, then kill me!" After saying that, Gu Qingxue closed her eyes, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

Gu Yanting nearly choked to death. He glared furiously at Gu Qingxue and raised his hand, yet he simply could not bring it down.

"I will kneel and beg His Majesty to rescind his decree!" After saying this, Gu Yanting seemed to have aged several decades in an instant.

Opening her eyes and seeing Gu Yanting's aged back, Gu Qingxue's nose stung. Still, she was confident that if her father intervened, His Majesty would surely agree.

"Father..." Gu Qingxue called softly, and Gu Yanting paused.

At that moment, he felt that a heartwarming scene between father and daughter ought to unfold, one in which he could speak of his helplessness.

But Gu Qingxue's next words nearly made him lose control and beat this unfilial daughter to death.

"Father, if His Majesty refuses, then kneel outside the palace gates and do not rise. His Majesty will definitely consider the repercussions."

Gu Yanting staggered. In the end, he did not turn around, afraid that he would be unable to restrain himself and slap his own daughter to death.

"Mine! Mine! Mine!"

"You're truly filial enough to kill me!"