The improved female villains regained their memories.

Chapter Seventy-Four: The Price of Growing Up

"Okay, I see."

Xu Anyin muttered and turned his head away, but this time he didn't hit Yang Pingsheng's hand.

"What's your next step?"

The fire outside was set by Xu Anyin; she was willing to take the risk just to see Yang Pingsheng.

Yang Pingsheng replied helplessly, "You've already made your move, what else can you do?"

Xu An had been holding back for many days. He set the fire not only to see Yang Pingsheng, but also to show his attitude.

She's about to make her move.

We need Yang Pingsheng's help.

“We can take this opportunity to eliminate some of that woman’s influence,” Xu Anyin said. “But I need someone to cover for me.”

Yang Pingsheng nodded: "Okay."

He took Xu Anyin's hand, wrote a name in her palm, and said, "Find this person, he will help you."

As the system said, Yang Pingsheng's background in this world is unfathomable. In many cases, he doesn't need to have such strong hard power, because Xu An already possesses it.

Xu Anyin, who has complete control over the physical body, possesses the strength of an Earth Immortal. If it weren't for the fact that the Wenxian Sect had stationed people there, and that Ling Yan'er was an important pawn of the Wenxian Sect's leader, she would have already gone on a killing spree.

What she needed was the support of powerful figures in the court, and Yang Pingsheng could provide that.

"I went."

Go ahead, but be careful.

"Wordy."

She jumped onto the windowsill, held onto the edge, peered out, looked left and right to make sure no one was around, then turned and said:

"Grand Tutor".

"?"

Yang Pingsheng looked up at her.

"Um, if possible, could you please stop talking to me about benevolence and righteousness? I'd like to hear you talk about military strategy."

How do you know I've lectured on military strategy?

She turned her head slightly, and the firelight outside shone in, making her cheeks slightly red.

"I was eavesdropping. Uh, of course, I didn't mean to listen, it's just that I felt awkward about them leaving out that last bit... Okay, okay, I was the one who wanted to listen!"

She spoke in despair, then jumped out of the window and disappeared.

"... "

Yang Pingsheng was speechless; he hadn't said anything yet.

Flames were raging outside, and the eunuchs' shouts for water to be turned on did not quell the fire; on the contrary, the fire grew larger and larger.

A trail of flying swords streaked across the sky above the palace. The sudden fire not only alarmed the people in the palace, but also the immortals stationed at the Wentian Sect.

Yang Pingsheng leaned against the window and watched as the wind blew in waves, carrying with it a few flower petals.

The petal landed on the edge of the table, teetering on the verge of falling, and Yang Pingsheng reached out to cover it.

"system."

"uh-huh?"

"Can I see Xu An'yin's footage?"

“No problem. Although Xu Anyin is an Earth Immortal, he ultimately uses the method of soul transformation, so she can’t detect me.”

Speaking of this, the system still felt lingering fear, recalling the female villain from its second life. That woman was a true monster, with terrifyingly strong intuition.

In contrast, Xu Anyin didn't have such strong intuition.

The scene begins to play, showing another side of the palace, a dark corner of the palace wall. A human figure silently appears in the darkness, dressed in palace attire, walking quickly with light-footed skill, scaling the palace wall.

It is Eunuch Shi.

On the other side of the wall, someone was already waiting for him.

Red hair swept past, and the fire sprites watched all this with amusement from the treetops. Stone Grandpa felt a chill run down his spine and screamed as soon as he landed, "Who is it?"

Who could it be...?

A woman's voice murmured.

Snapped!

A hand landed on Eunuch Shi's shoulder.

Xu Anyin walked out, patted him on the shoulder, and greeted him.

"Where is Eunuch Shi going so late?"

The sound was right next to me.

"Tell me about it."

In the dead of night, the woman's voice was as piercing as the cold wind, and fiery red spiritual energy swirled around him. The stone eunuch was unable to move and stiffly turned his head slowly.

"You are the emperor..."

Before he could finish speaking, a red aura followed his fingertip, drawing out a long streak of blood that appeared on his neck.

boom!

His body collapsed, and Eunuch Shi stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief, dying with his eyes wide open.

Xu Anyin was ruthless and precise in her attacks. Having been a true immortal, she was no longer the innocent little girl she once was.

She was very skilled at killing.

With nothing to worry about, Yang Pingsheng had the system turn off the screen and sat there quietly lost in thought.

He stopped thinking about Xu Anyin and started thinking about Xu Anlu.

He clearly saw the gray in the girl's eyes during that brief glimpse during the day.

"Grand Tutor..."

He noticed her lips were slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something to him.

That must be the saddest thing to say.

One month ago.

It was right after Xu Anlu returned to the palace. It was snowing heavily in Yong'an City. In the middle of the night, Xu Anlu secretly slipped out alone and found the corpse in the mass grave.

"Auntie..."

She slowly closed the other person's eyes, her trembling hands covered in dirt and tinged with blood.

Xu Anyin said that she was their birth mother, but Xu Anlu couldn't bring herself to call her "mother," or rather, she hadn't had the chance to call her "mother."

On New Year's Eve, the newly enthroned emperor was assassinated. The Empress Dowager ordered a thorough investigation and found Ling Shui'er unconscious in the kitchen. Everyone pointed to her as the murderer, but before she could wake up, Ling Shui'er ordered her execution and simultaneously dispatched troops to surround the Ling family.

The family that Ling Shui'er had always wanted to save was thus destroyed by Ling Yan'er.

The short New Year holiday has passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed. Xu Anlu touched the snow on her face and stood up.

She walked step by step toward the palace, like an abandoned little animal.

Xu Anyin refused to tell her any more inside information. It turned out that her gentle mother had become a stranger who killed her own mother, and in the palace, her brothers and sisters were filled with contempt for her.

But it's okay.

She also had a tutor.

In the month since the New Year, she has been having recurring dreams. In her dreams, she returns to that courtyard, where Sister Xiaohua makes her favorite pastries, and the Grand Tutor lies in a rocking chair, painting. She excitedly runs over and asks the Grand Tutor what he is painting, and he says it is her.

She in all sorts of ways.

Then, she woke up, and in the pitch-black space of her consciousness, she was all alone.

After returning to the palace, her older sister began to occupy her body for longer and longer periods of time.

Looking at the pitch blackness and the lonely throne, she could only practice her boxing every day.

What is the Grand Tutor doing now?

Is he still coughing?

I really want to show the Grand Tutor my boxing skills again.

She still missed Little Ears, but sadly, Little Ears died on the third day after she returned with her.

He was poisoned to death.

Time marched on, and each day back in the palace seemed to pass very slowly.

Sometimes she knew, sometimes she didn't; she had survived those assassination attempts without serious injury.

The lively girl's enthusiasm was extinguished by the heavy palace walls, and she gradually became numb.

The carefree days in the mountains and forests are gone forever.

In the palace, only the most ruthless can survive.

She needs to grow up.

But growing up is truly a sad word.

It wasn't until she saw Ling Yan'er and Yang Pingsheng hugging that she realized she had grown up.

Because she was very sad.

So, she grew up.

Chapter Seventy-Five: The Secret Under the Bed

The sky was a deep, dark blue, with white clouds drifting by, bringing warm sunshine. The ice and snow melted in the spring breeze, and the peach blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom.