Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

"Your Highness, these guys have been hiding here for over an hour. If I'm not mistaken, they should be the Blood Robe Sect organization within the Yan Kingdom, and they're after you."

The female assassin was utterly shocked upon hearing this.

Who exactly is this Shen Lang, and how does he know everything?

Suddenly, Shen Lang's voice rang in my ears: "Aren't you surprised that I know the identities of you scoundrels?"

It's actually very simple. Having spent a few years in the Bingzhou camp, I can smell exactly what kind of scent you all have.

I advise you to honestly confess what your true purpose is.

Upon hearing this, the female assassin urinated even more profusely.

At this moment, Jiang Shangxian spoke up: "Raise your head."

The female assassin cautiously raised her head, looking at Jiang Shangxian with a pitiful expression.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shangxian immediately felt a surge of affection.

"What a beautiful face! I'm so lucky today. Damn, she's so alluring."

Thinking of this, he immediately asked in a deep voice, "What's your name?"

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant is Yuan Xiufang."

Why did you attempt to assassinate me?

"I was coerced by the organization and did not mean it. Please, Your Highness, have mercy and forgive me this time."

Yuan Xiufang looked pitiful and desperately wanted to gain Jiang Shangxian's sympathy.

This tactic was also very effective against Jiang Shangxian.

"So, you were forced into this situation too?"

As he spoke, his gaze lingered on Yuan Xiufang, his greed evident in his eyes.

Yuan Xiufang, relying on her woman's keen intuition, also noticed this and immediately put on a weak and vulnerable appearance to continue to gain Jiang Shangxian's sympathy.

"Your Highness, I am also a person with a tragic fate. I only took this job because I had no other choice."

I beg Your Highness to have some understanding of my plight. I'm willing to do anything to keep me alive.

Please, Your Highness, spare me this time!

Jiang Shangxian shuddered, his large body trembling uncontrollably.

He was powerless against this coquettish manner.

"Uh, don't try to fool me. You haven't explained your situation yet."

"Your Highness, I am willing to tell you everything I know in private. Please give me a chance."

hiss--

Jiang Shangxian felt his Dao heart melting away and instinctively wanted to agree.

"Your Highness, please allow me to ask her a few more questions."

Just then, Shen Lang spoke up.

Jiang Shangxian didn't think much of it and nodded impatiently: "Then hurry up and ask."

"Okay, Your Majesty."

pop~

The next second, Shen Lang turned around and slapped Yuan Xiufang hard across the face.

Jiang Shangxian was so fast that he didn't even have time to react, and just stood there stunned.

Yuan Xiufang suddenly felt a burning pain on her cheeks, accompanied by a salty, fishy liquid and a buzzing in her head.

"Trying to be seductive, huh?"

Shen Lang showed no mercy, grabbing Yuan Xiufang's hair and punching her in the face.

Instantly, Yuan Xiufang's nose and mouth were filled with blood.

Seeing this, Jiang Shangxian felt heartbroken and quickly stopped them, shouting, "Stop hitting her! What if she gets hurt? Oh dear, don't you know what it means to cherish a woman? Ouch!"

Shen Lang ignored Jiang Shangxian, squatted down, grabbed Yuan Xiufang's hair hard, and said sternly, "Listen to me, I don't care if you're a woman or not."

I only want to know what I want to know from you. If you tell even a single lie, I'll regret letting you be born.

Yuan Xiufang's body trembled uncontrollably, and her bloodshot pupils looked at Shen Lang with bloodshot eyes.

This man put far more pressure on her than Jiang Shangxian.

"Were the assassins from Shuyu Tower also arranged by you?"

Yuan Xiufang's mind was still blank, and she didn't answer Shen Lang's question for a moment.

"Did not say?"

Shen Lang smiled sinisterly, then got up and grabbed her hair, walking towards the lake.

"Let me go! What are you doing? Your Highness, Your Highness, save me—"

The pain in her scalp and the friction from mopping the floor caused Yuan Xiufang great distress.

However, Shen Lang showed no sign of stopping. He dragged her to the lakeside and, without saying a word, grabbed her by the neck and pushed her into the lake.

About a minute later, Yuan Xiufang began to flailing her arms and legs and began to struggle frantically.

Jiang Shangxian, who was standing to the side, couldn't bear to watch any longer and hurriedly stepped forward to advise, "Brother, don't kill him, you must calm down."

But Shen Lang still ignored him until about a minute later, when he finally pulled Yuan Xiufang up.

"Ah-huh—ah-huh—cough cough cough cough—"

As soon as Yuan Xiufang emerged from the water, she gasped for breath and then spat out a mouthful of lake water.

"To say or not to say?"

Immediately afterwards, she heard Shen Lang's emotionless question.

"Did not say?"

Shen Lang continued preparing to push her into the lake.

"No, I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Yuan Xiufang was terrified; that cold, suffocating feeling completely shattered her psychological defenses.

In terms of cultivation, she was at least at the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm, so she could hold her breath underwater for an hour or two without any problem.

However, his acupoints were sealed, and Shen Lang's neck-grabbing technique was extremely uncomfortable, so he couldn't hold back and immediately backed down.

"Yes, those people from Shuyu Tower are also from our organization, but they are not from our Blood Robe Tower."

What is your organization?

"The Unextinguished Fire Organization currently has three member sects that we know of: the Blood Robe Sect, the Poison Dragon Gang, and the Qiankun Manor. We know nothing about the others."

"Who started this organization, and what was their purpose in assassinating Prince Jing?"

"His Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Ke, aims to obtain the Undying Flame within Prince Jing's body."

Furthermore, they would pin the assassination attempt on the Ye family to sow discord between the Chu ruler and his ministers, thus facilitating the Great Yan's advance into Chu.

Upon hearing this, Shen Lang turned around and glanced at Jiang Shangxian.

Jiang Shangxian looked completely innocent: "What do you mean by 'unextinguishable fire'? I really don't know such a thing exists. This is the first time I've ever heard of it."

Seeing that his expression didn't seem to be lying, Shen Lang turned his gaze to Yuan Xiufang.

"I've told you everything I know, please forgive me, I really don't know anything more."

Shen Lang patted her head: "I believe what you said is true, and I really don't know anything else."

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shangxian's eyelids twitched instinctively, and he rushed forward, shouting to stop them: "Brother, don't be impulsive, please don't be impulsive, spare them, spare them!"

puff-

But he was too late; Shen Lang's dagger mercilessly slit Yuan Xiufang's throat.

Looking at Yuan Xiufang, who was lying dead with her hand on her neck in shock, Jiang Shangxian felt a deep sense of frustration.

As she painfully breathed her last breath, Jiang Shangxian jumped up to vent his anger.

"Oh, you beast! You're a complete beast! Are you trying to suffocate me?!"

Seeing the beauty die tragically, Jiang Shangxian was instantly stunned and immediately started verbally attacking Shen Lang.

"What a fine gun carriage! It might even be a virgin; I'm not going to waste my breath on it."

But look at you now, tsk tsk tsk, you've ruined it all.

"Oh dear, my goodness, why is my life so miserable!"

"It's so rare to find something fresh; I'll squeeze out shampoo while I'm fishing."

What a wonderful thing! How could you be so clueless about romance? Now it's all gone!

"Couldn't you have waited a bit longer and let me have some fun first?"

"Oh my goodness! Ever since I met you, I've had the worst luck imaginable!"

As he spoke, Jiang Shangxian, with snot and tears streaming down his face, squatted down and began to rub Yuan Xiufang's body repeatedly.

"Well, it's good to touch it a few times and enjoy it. Look how smooth it is. Why don't we do it while it's still warm? Let's do it while it's still warm..."

Then, he began to unbuckle his belt.

This scene was too much for Shen Lang to bear. He grabbed Jiang Shangxian, threw him a photographic jade disc, and said, "Alright, stop dawdling."

"Hurry up and take this evidence to the palace. You're always so quick to rub it in; do you have a necrophiliac fetish? You're absolutely disgusting!"