A New Disciple: Wang Yuyan's Mother

Mantuo Manor.

Duan Zhengchun and his companions had long since fallen unconscious there.

Li Qingluo had meant to ensnare Ye Zhuo too, but he had taken a long detour, spending several extra days traveling around the Central Plains.

Madam Wang of Mantuo Manor could wait no longer. She drugged Duan Zhengchun and the others and captured them all.

She had even invited Duan Yanching to help.

Now utterly alone, Duan Yanching looked bewildered.

He wanted revenge. He also wanted to reclaim the throne of Dali.

But the world was vast, and it seemed determined to deny him the chance.

"Li Qingluo, you venomous woman! You venomous woman!"

Duan Zhengchun cursed at the top of his lungs.

Madam Wang's real name was Li Qingluo. She was both the mistress of Mantuo Manor and Wang Yuyan's mother.

Fiercely jealous, she had flown into a rage when she learned that Duan Zhengchun had reunited with several old flames.

She had only meant to frighten him and kill a few rivals while she was at it.

Instead, she had fallen into a trap herself.

Duan Yanching had captured her too. Now she could only wait to die alongside them.

"I never wanted you dead!"

Madam Wang wept bitterly. On closer inspection, she looked remarkably like Wang Yuyan, only older, with a charm all her own.

"You damned cripple! If I die, no one at Mantuo Manor will let you off!"

Just as Madam Wang was about to die,

a figure burst in.

It was Ye Zhuo.

At that moment, his mother Dao Baifeng had just dealt herself a fatal wound beside her adoptive father, Duan Zhengchun.

Duan Yanching glared at Ye Zhuo, unaware that his own stronghold had already been wiped out.

"Don't hurt my child. The truth is..."

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