Yongning Palace.
Su Ying came to pay her respects to the principal consort.
They sat facing each other, chatting as they drank tea and ate pastries.
Shi Feifei dismissed the palace maids, leaving only Nanny Xu to attend them.
"I heard the king just went to Heartwarming Pavilion. I didn't think he still cared about that little slut!"
Su Ying spoke with bitter resentment.
She harbored a deep grudge against Liu Ling'er.
That night, she had watched with her own eyes as the king and Liu Ling'er fooled around in her bedchamber.
She hadn't dared to stop them, nor had she been able to!
Afterward, she had badly wanted to kill Liu Ling'er herself!
But she had kept her head and held back!
She had wanted the king to order Liu Ling'er's execution.
So afterward, she had told the king that Liu Ling'er had put Illusory Soul Powder in the bowl of sobering soup!
In fact, Liu Ling'er really had put the Illusory Soul Powder in the sobering soup!
Su Ying's original thought had been that if the king noticed anything when he drank the soup, she could pin the blame on Liu Ling'er.
So she had ordered Liu Ling'er to administer the drug and had even made her bring the sobering soup to the king.
But-
The king had said that, no matter what, Liu Ling'er was already his woman, and he couldn't order her killed.
Later, Liu Ling'er was found to be pregnant, and the king had immediately made her a secondary consort!
If Liu Ling'er hadn't gotten pregnant and been made a secondary consort, Su Ying could have tolerated her. Unfortunately, there was no if!
"That little slut is carrying the king's flesh and blood, after all, and she's due to give birth soon. It's only natural for the king to go and see her."
Shi Feifei said casually, "After all these days, today was the only time the king went to see her. That proves she means very little to him."
"Mm!"
Su Ying added, "What worries me is that she showed the king her cultivation today, and from now on he'll pay attention to her! After all, even you, principal consort, are only at the Martial King Realm now!"
"Can she compare to me?"
Shi Feifei sneered. "Even if she's at the Martial Emperor Realm, she's still nothing but a lowly servant!"
"Of course, of course!"
Su Ying knew her attempt to stir things up had worked. "You have the entire Lingxi Kingdom behind you, principal consort, with many Quasi-God experts. Getting rid of one Martial Thearch would be easy!"
"As long as you know that!"
Shi Feifei glanced at Su Ying and added, "The Ancestor Worship Festival is in two days. The entire royal clan will leave the city to worship their ancestors, but that little slut will stay in the royal palace because she's pregnant... If you want to wipe away your past humiliation, Consort Su, that will be a good opportunity!"
"Well..."
Su Ying frowned. "Principal consort, don't you want to get revenge for Nanny Xu?"
"To repay the Chishui Kingdom for coming to our aid, my father has sent my uncle here. He'll be able to enter the palace this afternoon."
Shi Feifei said calmly, "My uncle is a Martial Emperor Realm expert, just like your father."
Su Ying understood what Shi Feifei meant and said, "My father will certainly have to preside over our family's Ancestor Worship Festival. He won't be coming to the palace then!"
"I didn't ask your father to come to the palace."
Shi Feifei took a sip of tea and said pointedly, "The Su Clan is a great and prestigious family with a long history. Its strength isn't limited to what it shows in the open!"
Su Ying merely smiled.
Others might not know, but she herself was naturally well aware.
For generations, the Su Clan had secretly trained deathsworn. Not only were they absolutely loyal to the Su Clan, but there were also quite a few genuine experts among them!
Two days passed quickly.
The Ancestor Worship Festival of the Divine Firmament Continent's human race had arrived!
On that day, not only the Chishui Royal Clan but also the vast majority of the people in Chishui Royal City left the city.
They went in groups to pay their respects at their respective ancestral graves.
Liu Ling'er was pregnant and close to giving birth, so she didn't leave the city. She stayed at Heartwarming Pavilion to rest and await the birth.
In fact, with her current cultivation, a trip outside the city wouldn't have affected her at all.
But since no one had asked her to go, she was happy to have the time to herself.
It was nearly noon.
Liu Ling'er lay on a reclining chair beneath the eaves, a fur blanket draped over her as she watched the snow.
In the depths of winter, it snowed often and heavily.
The sky was overcast, and a cold wind sent great flakes of snow swirling through the air.
The bare trees in the courtyard swayed in the wind and snow, like ghostly figures.
The scenery wasn't much, but Liu Ling'er was in a fine mood.
The palace maid assigned to serve at Heartwarming Pavilion had gone to the kitchen to fetch lunch.
Whoosh!
A powerful gust rushed toward her.
Countless snowflakes surged beneath the eaves like a wave.
Liu Ling'er's eyes narrowed at once, and a cold smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
She didn't move, remaining comfortably reclined.
An expert shrouded in countless snowflakes came slashing straight at her with a long saber!
Only when the saber was about to strike her forehead did she suddenly raise her right arm, seemingly languidly, yet with incredible speed.
Then she caught the tip of the saber between two fingers!
The long saber was a Supreme-Grade Profound Artifact, and its power was by no means weak!
Not only did it gleam with a fierce cold light and carry a mighty saber intent, but its entire length also shone with dazzling true essence!
Whoosh!
Another powerful gust swept in!
An expert wielding a spear thrust it straight at Liu Ling'er's body.
Liu Ling'er unhurriedly raised her left arm and actually stopped the spearhead with a single jade-like finger!
The sight was utterly stunning!
The two experts who had attacked her were horrified, and fear appeared in both their eyes.
After all, that spear was a Quasi-Divine Artifact!
This pregnant woman was only at the Martial Emperor Realm?
How was that possible?!
If she were only a Martial Emperor, she would already be a corpse!
Bang! Bang!
The long saber and the spear suddenly shattered!
Their fragments didn't scatter in all directions. Instead, they shot back at the two experts.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Even though the two experts wore battle garments of no low grade, bloody holes were shot through their bodies!
This woman was too strong!
Strong enough to crush them with a raise of her hand!
Liu Ling'er flicked her fingers again, and two streaks of divine light shot out.
The two experts couldn't react at all before the divine light struck them. Wrapped in its radiance, they turned to dust in the blink of an eye, drifting on the wind like snowflakes.
It was as if they had never come, as if they had never existed in this world at all!
"How dare a mere Martial Thearch try to assassinate someone at the God Realm? Hmph!"
Liu Ling'er settled back down, her face showing neither joy nor sorrow.
Experts who had once stood high above her could now be killed with a flick of her fingers, without even a scrap left behind!
The strength of the God Realm was truly terrifying!
Liu Ling'er could guess who had sent the two assassins.
She didn't want to go straight to their door and settle everything!
"You like playing games, don't you? I'll play with you a while longer. Otherwise, life would be far too dull!"
Liu Ling'er gave a playful smile.
At noon and throughout the afternoon, the people who had left the city to pay their respects returned one after another.
Su Ying and Shi Feifei also returned to the palace.
They gathered again at Yongning Palace, enjoying a meal as they waited for news.
That morning had been the least heavily guarded period for the entire royal palace, because the royal clan had taken many expert guards out of the city with them.
Some other expert guards had also received the king's special permission to return home and worship their ancestors.
Before long, Nanny Xu came over with a grave expression.
"Principal consort, I just asked a palace maid from Heartwarming Pavilion. That slut is still alive!"
"What?!"
Shi Feifei's chopsticks fell onto the table.
Su Ying's eyes widened as well.
Could it be that even two Martial Emperor Realm experts joining forces couldn't kill Liu Ling'er?