The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

The more Ning Hongyu thought about it, the more feasible the plan seemed. Moreover, compared to assassinating someone herself, the success rate of an assassination attempt by someone at the Golden Core Realm would undoubtedly be much higher.

"You still have all these letters?"

Having made up her mind, Ning Hongyu pretended to agree and calmly accepted the letter in order to better fool this fool.

As if recalling a memory, he opened the letter and began to read it in front of Su Qi.

"This is a letter my sister wrote to me, how could I lose it?"

"Then I'll have to check carefully to make sure Xiao Bao hasn't missed any of his sister's letters." Ning Hongyu used the excuse of checking to borrow all the letters from Su Qi's hands.

She saw the name "Xiao Bao" in the letter.

"I've kept them all safe, not a single one is missing!" Su Qi, in his naiveté, handed over all the letters.

Ning Hongyu quickly read through the stack of letters and extracted the key information from them.

The girl in front of me... wait a minute,

Hey?

Why? ?

Hey? ? ?

What did I see?

He...he's a man?

Ning Hongyu was incredulous, looking at the letter and then at Su Qi.

From the letter, she learned that the person in front of her was named Feng Baobao.

Although he was incredibly handsome, he was a man.

I was utterly shocked.

Ning Hongyu held back with great difficulty and did not question Su Qi's gender.

Suppressing her curiosity, Ning Hongyu quickly learned a story from the few words revealed in the letter.

This Feng Baobao, the older sister he mentioned, should be Feng Yingying, the previous courtesan of Tianxiang Pavilion.

When Feng Yingying found him, she thought he was cute and, with a wicked sense of humor, named him Feng Baobao.

Because of the years of war in the Southern Region, Feng Yingying dreamed of going to the Eastern Region to join a sect of immortals and worked hard to earn money for it.

Unfortunately, before Feng Yingying could save enough money for their journey, the war broke out.

With only enough money, Feng Yingying could send one person to the Eastern Region. In the end, she gave the opportunity to Feng Baobao, who was still very young at the time.

In order to survive in this chaotic world, Feng Yingying had no choice but to sell herself into the Tianxiang Pavilion.

Only in this way could she enter the safe capital of Tianfu and avoid being affected by the war.

Fortunately, she was quite beautiful and was groomed to be the most beautiful courtesan.

As for Feng Baobao, who was sent to the Eastern Region, she joined the sect smoothly because of her good aptitude and pure heart, and was accepted as a personal disciple by an elder.

Because she needed to cultivate, Feng Baobao was under strict control by her master and had not been able to return. The two could only communicate through letters and had not seen each other for more than ten years.

After reading the letter, Ning Hongyu couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.

After all, Feng Yingying's death was caused by her.

Born a princess, she was high above everyone else and never cared about the lives of these lowly people.

However, upon learning about Feng Yingying's actions from the letter, Ning Hongyu suddenly realized that she was also a person with flesh and blood.

She was willing to give up her dreams for the sake of a younger brother she took in...

Ning Hongyu asked herself if she could do it.

Now he has not only caused Feng Yingying's death, but he is also going to harm her younger brother who gave everything for her...

For a moment, Ning Hongyu hesitated.

However, when she thought of her destroyed homeland and her father's dying words to her, she had to force herself to harden her heart.

"Xiao Bao, your sister can't go with you right now!"

"Why?" Su Qi asked, puzzled. She quickly grabbed Ning Hongyu's hand, her eyes welling up with tears of anxiety. "Is Sister angry that I took so long to come back?"

Her pitiful appearance made Ning Hongyu's heart stop for a moment. She felt sorry for her, but she still hardened her heart and continued to deceive her.

"No, someone bullied my sister."

"Who bullied my sister?" Su Qi stood up angrily, her puffed-up face quite adorable: "I'll go bury him right now!"

His aura surged, pressing down on Ning Hongyu so much that she could hardly breathe.

"Xiao Bao, don't do this..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, sister, I forgot you're just an ordinary person!"

Su Qi was startled and quickly dispelled his oppressive aura, helping the person up to sit on the bed.

"Sister, are you okay?"

He reached out with concern and began to examine Ning Hongyu.

"No...don't do this...I'm alright."

A blush crept onto Ning Hongyu's face as she suppressed her embarrassment and continued to deceive him.

"That person is very powerful. Xiao Bao, do you really want to avenge your sister?"

"It's alright, sister. I'm very powerful. Master said I have virtually no rivals in the Southern Region." Su Qi proudly patted his chest and then showed off his biceps.

Ning Hongyu was secretly delighted. The more capable this fool was, the greater the chance of her plan succeeding.

Ning Hongyu did not consider the consequences of her actions.

Anyway, she didn't expect to survive after the assassination attempt.

"Then I'll wait and see!"

"Leave it to me. My master said I'm a professional at burying people."

……

Meanwhile, inside the top-tier private room of Tianxiang Pavilion.

"Looks like we won't be seeing that new courtesan tonight." A young man in white frowned slightly.

Even sitting peacefully, he still exuded an invisible killing intent, clearly a person with a heavy bloodlust.

"If this weren't the ancient capital of Tianfu, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble. By the way, Brother Ye, are you sure that courtesan Ning has a pure Yin constitution?"

If anyone else were present, they would surely recognize that the young man in white was none other than the renowned Great Spirit God of War, Bai Luo.

The person opposite him was Ye Feng, who seemed somewhat distracted at the moment.

This made Bai Luo somewhat dissatisfied. If it weren't for valuing Ye Feng's talent in alchemy, Ye Feng wouldn't be qualified to sit at the same table with him.

Now, even when I'm talking, he's still lost in thought.

"Brother, is something troubling you? You've been so distracted all night."

Ye Feng came to his senses and gave a bitter smile: "To be honest, Brother, Bai Ling wrote me a letter of divorce this evening."

"What? How dare the Bai family bully my brother like this?"

Bai Luo slammed his fist on the table, outwardly furious but inwardly contemptuous. He couldn't even hold onto his own woman's heart; he was truly a useless piece of trash. Apart from having some talent for alchemy, he was utterly worthless.

"Come, I will make sure you get justice!"

"Brother, you've misunderstood. It's only Bai Ling who wants to divorce me; my father-in-law hasn't agreed."

"Oh? I thought my brother had already been kicked out of the Bai family."

Bai Luo sat down again without hesitation. He had only been putting on an act earlier and had no intention of getting involved in such trivial matters.

"Thank you for your kindness, brother, but I won't trouble you with my personal matters. Let's get down to business. If we want to get that courtesan Ning, we'll have to bid for her tomorrow night."

"Well... my dear brother, you may not know this, but I didn't bring much money with me on this trip. Do you have any spare cash? How about lending me some?"

Ye Feng's lips twitched upon hearing this, realizing that Bai Luo wanted the Bai family to be the sucker. But he was just a son-in-law living with his wife's family; where would he get so much money to bid for the courtesan?

Moreover, it's inappropriate for him to ask her for money right after Bai Ling was about to divorce him.