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Jiang Duming (anxiously grabbing the servant, fierce): "Did someone just enter the main room?"
servant A (fearful): "N...no, no one did."
Jiang Duming: "Are you sure?"
servant A: "It's true! I've been sweeping the courtyard the whole time. Without your orders, I wouldn't dare enter the main house."
Jiang Duming had only returned home to fetch some necessary items, but someone had left him a big gift. On his desk lay a letter with only three words written inside—【Guillotine Cliff】.
Guillotine Cliff is a sheer cliff on the edge of the forest outside the city. It looks like a headless person from a distance, hence the name Guillotine Cliff. The cliff is towering, over a hundred feet high, with a narrow and swift river below, filled with scattered rocks and extremely dangerous. Anyone unlucky enough to fall would surely be smashed to pieces. In the hearts of the people of Ming Water City, the former young city lord Jiang Suifeng was just such an unlucky person. He went out of the city to hunt, but accidentally fell off the cliff. His body drifted for several days before being found, but by then it was already decomposed and unrecognizable. Only Jiang Duming and his trusted followers knew that the floating corpse was not Jiang Suifeng, but just an unidentified body dug up from a wild grave.
At this moment, Jiang Duming is both angry and panicked. The handwriting on the note he received from Liu Daiyan is the same as before, which means Jiang Suifeng is still alive! Upon arriving at Li's family, the first thing Jiang Duming does is seek confirmation.
Sleeping Beauty: "Why is my husband in such a hurry to come?"
Jiang Duming: "Take a look at this." (with a probing look)
Sleeping Beauty: "Guillotine Cliff? This handwriting... (ignores) Are you suspecting me?"
Jiang Duming: "Just seeking peace of mind."
Sleeping Beauty: "Peace of mind? Oh, our lord is still afraid. Even if you outsmart him once, you can do it again. A defeated underling is not worth mentioning."
Jiang Duming: "It's difficult to handle when people are in the dark."
Sleeping Beauty: "As long as it's a living person, we can definitely find some clues."
Jiang Duming: "But what if it's not? Aren't you also..."
Sleeping Beauty: (coldly)
Jiang Duming (reaching out): "Madam, won't you help your husband?"
Sleeping Beauty (glancing at his hand, pulling away): "Rest for a few days first. Once my body is fully recovered, I will accompany you back to the mansion."
Jiang Duming: "I knew Madam cares for me."
Sleeping Beauty: "Lord of the city, were you also like this to her before?"
Jiang Duming (restraining himself): "Of course not, she was just a clinging evening beauty."
Sleeping Beauty (putting on Jiang Duming's face): "What about me?"
Jiang Duming: "You are a black sunflower born in the dark night, rare to find in the world."
Sleeping Beauty (lightly tapping twice): "Hmph, you men are really interesting."
Jiang Duming said he wanted to accompany his wife, and he really stayed at Li's family for three days, taking care of Liu Daiyu all the time. In the eyes of the maids at Li's family, their young lady was truly fortunate to marry such a considerate husband, who was also the lord of the city, extremely noble. During those three days, the maids all had a look of infatuation when they met Jiang Duming, dreaming foolishly that if they could catch the eye of the city lord, it would be good to become his little wife. Unfortunately, Jiang Duming had Liu Daiyu in his heart and eyes, causing them to envy their young lady's good fortune even more.
Three days later, Liu Daiyu returned to the lord's mansion with Jiang Duming, and before entering the inner courtyard, she specifically dismissed all the accompanying servants. As soon as she stepped through the courtyard gate, Liu Daiyu furrowed her brow, even causing Jiang Duming to look serious.
Sleeping Beauty: "There's a familiar scent, but it's not quite the same."
Jiang Duming: "What?"
Sleeping Beauty: "You wait here, I'll go in first."
Jiang Duming had doubts in his heart and felt that he should not act rashly, so he held the sword handle and stood guard in the courtyard. Because he was facing the back, he naturally couldn't see the sly smile on Liu Daiyu's face. The moment the door was pushed open, Liu Daiyu was suddenly sucked in by something, with a snap, the door closed again, followed by the sound of porcelain bottles and tables and chairs falling in the room. It was only then that Jiang Duming reacted, drew his sword, and tried to rush in. At this moment, the door opened from the inside again, and Liu Daiyu was actually locked by a dark purple energy chain around her neck and hands, suspended in the center of the main room, with a bluish complexion, as if struggling to breathe. Jiang Duming's first reaction was to use the sword to cut the energy chain, but it was not damaged at all, instead it increased the force locking Liu Daiyu, making her more painful.
In a critical moment, Liu Daiyu desperately flicked a blade of air from between their fingers, shattering the window and letting sunlight in. The midday sun was the most intense, and the air chain loosened the moment it touched the sunlight, escaping quickly. Liu Daiyu was finally saved, breathing heavily.
Jiang Duming: "What was that just now? It's quite similar to your technique."
Sleeping Beauty: "This is not a technique, but a Blood curse."
Jiang Duming: "Blood curse?"
Sleeping Beauty (intentionally looking at Jiang Duming): "The person with overwhelming resentment, day after day, ingests poison, enduring the gnawing of countless toxins. In this way, the Blood curse can be formed."
Jiang Duming: "So you..."
Sleeping Beauty: "I endured this suffering for you."
Jiang Duming: "Is it... Jiang Suifeng?"
Sleeping Beauty: "This is something I need to ask you. Is he the only one in this world who holds an overwhelming grudge against you? Or have you committed other sins as well?" (Staring directly into his eyes)
Jiang Duming (nervously): "Can you defeat him?"
Sleeping Beauty (raising her hand to reveal a bruised and injured wrist): "What do you think? Even in my current state, I can barely hold my ground. If I were in my true form..."
The tightly clenched molars grated, revealing how furious Jiang Duming was. He was unwilling to simply wait for the verdict of death, especially since the executioner was the person he hated most in his life.
"Sleeping Beauty" (sitting on the couch with closed eyes, breathing deeply): "Actually, there is another way."
Jiang Duming: (excited) "What method?"
Sleeping Beauty: "Blood Curse Reincarnation."
Jiang Duming: "What does that mean?"
Sleeping Beauty: "Take your yang essence and blood, cast the blood curse, then use my yin blood as the medium to draw Blood curse into the womb. No matter how powerful the Blood curse is, it cannot escape the power of Blood Curse Reincarnation. Once the curse is complete, we just need to wait for the child to be born, then kill it and it will be over."
Jiang Duming (pondering): "This womb..."
Sleeping Beauty (quickly interjecting): "It must be a womb carrying the legitimate heir, in other words..."
Jiang Duming: "Impossible!"
Sleeping Beauty: "There's nothing impossible in this world. If a child is lost, they can be born again. But the child born from Liu Daiyan may not necessarily be good. What if it gives birth to another you, or her, then what should we do?"
Jiang Duming: (Silent, shaken)
Sleeping Beauty: "Once Liu Daiyan gives birth to a child, I will stage a grand drama of the Lady of the City dying in childbirth. By then, you can remarry, and the child will eventually come. Besides, I haven't seen you do any less outrageous things."
Jiang Duming: "A tiger does not eat its cubs. After all, it's my child."
Sleeping Beauty: "Fine, then you can wait for Jiang Suifeng to kill you, lose your child, and then enjoy the family business you've built. By then, I will know where Jiang Suifeng is really better than you!"
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