Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Mu Jinning paused and turned to look at him: "My fiancée? The star of disaster? My stepmother's dowry?"

Why does all this sound so confusing?

"Your Highness, you may not know that the eldest daughter of the Zhong family is the one you are engaged to. However, I heard that when she was born, a large red spot covered the right side of her face."

"Also, after they were born, their mother didn't have a single drop of blood. She was so thin that she was just skin and bones. She died right after giving birth to them."

"The Zhong family said she was a disaster and sent her far away to be raised in a farm in the countryside."

"After that, the Marquis married a second wife, and the title of fiancée has always been given to that Second Miss Zhong, and the Queen has turned a blind eye to it."

"Wasn't the prince injured and unconscious a few days ago? The queen believed what others said about bringing good luck, so she wanted the Zhong family to send their daughter in early to bring good luck, perhaps the prince would wake up."

"The Zhong family was reluctant to send the second young lady here to celebrate the wedding, so they remembered the eldest young lady and sent someone to bring her back."

Mu Jinning asked calmly, "What's the name of that Miss Zhong?"

Zhong Bo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I haven't asked about this."

Everyone in the capital only knows Miss Zhong Daier from the Zhong family. As for the young lady from the countryside, no one really knows her name.

"You said there's another mummy? What's going on?"

Could it be that the other party is an evil cultivator or a demon cultivator?

"This, I'm not very clear about. I only heard that it took only a few dozen breaths from the time that person screamed to the time he turned into a mummy."

"The body was that of a maid. Her eyes were bulging when she died, and all the flesh and blood on her body was gone. Only a piece of skin covering the bones remained."

Mu Jinning was even more certain that it must be an evil cultivator or a demon cultivator.

"Follow me to the Marquis' Mansion to take a look."

"But, Your Majesty, your current body..."

"The king is fine."

He has now officially advanced to the first level of Qi Refining, which means that all the injuries in his body have healed.

He now wanted to go and see the situation in the Marquis' Mansion so that he could judge whether there were evil cultivators or demonic cultivators in the capital.

If he guessed correctly, whether it was the theft in the Marquis' Mansion or the theft in the Prince's Mansion, it was all related to that evil cultivator or demon cultivator.

"Do we need to report the case to the palace?"

Mu Jinning was silent for a while before saying, "Report it."

As he spoke, he strode outside: "Prepare the carriage."

Soon a servant went to prepare the carriage, and when he arrived, the carriage was already ready.

There were more than fifty guards escorting him on his journey, heading towards the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion in a mighty procession.

Zhong Ran practiced for a whole night and sighed slightly when he opened his eyes.

If there were no other cultivation resources, with this kind of cultivation speed, she didn't know when she would be able to advance to the next level, nor did she know when she would be able to return to Fengming Continent to seek revenge on those hypocritical people.

Smelling a faint fragrance outside, she got out of bed, opened the door and went out, quickly finding the source of the fragrance.

In the flower hall next door, Chen and Zhong Dai'er were sitting at a table filled with breakfast.

The tables and chairs were brought back just yesterday, and a new batch of food and clothes were also purchased.

Because time was tight, I only bought some necessary supplies, and I didn't have any decorations like those in the room.

The nanny and maid waiting outside the door changed their expressions instantly when they saw Zhong Ran coming.

"Miss, is there anything I can do for you? Madam is busy right now." A nanny tried to stop her.

Zhong Ran reached out and pushed her away, then walked in with a swagger.

"I know she's not free right now, but I am."

She walked to the table and sat down with a smile, looking around. Her bowl and chopsticks were not prepared at all.

She looked at the dishes and chopsticks in front of Zhong Daier. The bowl of porridge had not been eaten yet.

She reached out and grabbed the bowl and chopsticks, saying calmly, "Why don't you quickly get the bowl and chopsticks for the Second Miss?"

As she spoke, she ignored the dark expressions of Chen and Zhong Dai'er and picked up some food to eat breakfast.

I have to say that the Marquis' Mansion is quite impressive. Even after she emptied it out, it can still hold such a full table of food.

Moreover, these foods are definitely more exquisite and better than the best food she has had in recent days.

Sure enough, she made the right decision to live with Chen's family.

Zhong Dai'er bit her lips tightly, her hands trembled constantly, and her eyes stared at Zhong Ran.

If looks could kill, Zhong Ran would have died countless times by now.

Zhong Ran ignored her completely. The servant quickly brought another set of bowls and chopsticks and stood carefully beside them.

"Your breakfast here is so much better than what I usually eat. My father is really partial."

Zhong Ran picked up the food and ate it, muttering to himself as he ate.

Zhong Dai'er was so angry that she wanted to kill someone several times, but Chen held her down, picked up some crystal shrimp dumplings for her, and told her to eat quickly.

When she calmed down and prepared to eat, she found that all the side dishes, dumplings, etc. on the table had been eaten up.

Although it was a table full of food, the portion was not large.

Zhong Ran is a cultivator, and her appetite is much larger than that of ordinary people. This amount of food is just enough for her.

She put down her chopsticks and burped with satisfaction.

"It's delicious, but the portion is a little small. Remember to ask them to prepare more next time."

After saying that, she stood up and walked outside.

The servants were completely dumbfounded. After Zhong Daier left, she swept all the bowls and plates on the table to the ground, scattering them all over the floor.

"Bitch!"

"Mom, you can still tolerate her. I want her to die."

Chen clenched her hands into fists and said to the maid beside her, "Go and do what I told you to do last night."

Zhong Daier's eyes were vicious and she gritted her teeth: "Mom, what are you talking about?"

The maid whispered what Chen had told her last night, and Zhong Dai'er was puzzled.

"Mom, you also said that the bitch doesn't care about her reputation at all. What's the point of having people spread those things?"

Chen's eyes flashed with viciousness: "Daier, you are still young and don't understand this."

"She doesn't care about her reputation and does whatever she wants. But after all, those things happened in the mansion, and outsiders don't know about it."

"Isn't there a rumor out there that your father staged this and deliberately withheld the dowry from her?"

"She puts herself in the position of the weak. People will sympathize with her, pity her, and even help her fight against us."

"But if her actions are spread and her reputation is damaged, the tide of public opinion will naturally change."

"Mom said, she can do without fame, but my Dai'er cannot do without fame."

"There are two benefits to having her reputation ruined. At least my Dai'er is innocent and weak, and I can still speak well of her in the future."

"Besides, her reputation is completely ruined. If anything happens to her in the future, no one will care about her anymore. Some people might even think that she would be better off dead."

"By then, my Dai'er will be able to ascend to power by stepping on her corpse."

Zhong Daier's mood improved a little: "Mother still has a way."