Volume 2, Chapter 139 – Do You Want Revenge? For Yourself, and For Her

“That’s impossible!” Song Shiyuan bit her lip. “Axi, she…”

“I spent so much time with Axi… how could she possibly…”

Qu Qingtang’s words negated three facts Song Shiyuan had always believed.

Fox Monarch Lu Zhuxin never summoned any female consorts.

The little fox demon was not a maidservant in Fox Palace.

Everything Song Shiyuan experienced, Fox Palace master Lu Zhuxin knew nothing about.

If that was the case…

All those things the little fox demon told Song Shiyuan.

Her identity, her origins, the reason she was taken in by Fox Palace… everything about her was false.

Everything she said was lies.

“…Why is it like this?” Song Shiyuan murmured. “Why did she lie to me…”

“I know this may be very difficult for you to accept.” Qu Qingtang said, “You can think back carefully. During your time together with her, did you really not discover any problems at all?”

“Fox Palace has never taken in fox demons who just transformed.”

“Because fox demons who just transformed are no different from six or seven-year-old human children…”

Song Shiyuan staggered back half a step. She raised her hand to her forehead, her eyes trembling.

Fox demons who just transformed… were like six or seven-year-old children?

But the little fox demon Song Shiyuan knew understood love and comprehended human hearts.

She could keenly detect Song Shiyuan’s small movements in Fox Palace, and had even given Song Shiyuan advice regarding Song Shixuan’s matter.

Where was the appearance of a six or seven-year-old child?

Only when she first met Song Shiyuan did she show that innocent and romantic appearance.

However, the little fox demon later admitted that from the very beginning when she approached Song Shiyuan, she had ulterior motives.

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That innocent and romantic appearance was also an act.

“That’s not right… how could it be like this… I don’t understand…”

Song Shiyuan bit her lower lip fiercely, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

“But I truly became the Fox Monarch’s female consort… I even wore Fox Palace’s female consort collar… and could move freely within Fox Palace…”

“None of this could be faked!”

“Moreover, many people in Fox Palace knew about Axi and me…”

“Especially Fox Palace Steward Hu Xian’er…”

“She knew everything Axi endured for me…”

Song Shiyuan’s words suddenly stopped.

“Hu Xian’er…”

“The matter of me becoming the Fox Monarch’s female consort, it was Hu Xian’er who told me… The female consort collar on my neck… was also placed by Hu Xian’er…”

If Ming Zhaoxi’s matter was something the Fox Monarch didn’t know about,

Then what about Hu Xian’er?

In Song Shiyuan’s memory, Hu Xian’er knew about her and Ming Zhaoxi’s matter from beginning to end…

And all the key events Song Shiyuan and Mimg Zhaoxi experienced… Hu Xian’er’s shadow was behind them all.

The little sword cultivator junior sister who deeply believed in true love now had an uncertain expression on her face.

Qu Qingtang could see the shock in Song Shiyuan’s heart.

“It seems you’ve already thought of it.”

“Zhuxin told me that as Fox Monarch, she never managed fox clan affairs. All matters big and small inside and outside Fox Palace were handed to Hu Xian’er to handle.”

“So… all of this was Hu Xian’er’s arrangement?” Song Shiyuan’s voice was low and hoarse. “Why? Why would she do this?”

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Qu Qingtang let out a light sigh. “The letter from Song Shixuan, you got it from Hu Xian’er, right?”

“Because of… Song Shixuan?” Song Shiyuan was confused. “Because of one Song Shixuan, Hu Xian’er set up such a huge trap?”

“She played me like a fool… just because of one Song Shixuan?”

“Song Shixuan… didn’t he already defect to the fox demons? Why would Hu Xian’er target Song Shixuan?”

Song Shiyuan covered her head, becoming more confused the more she thought.

Qu Qingtang continued explaining, “The Fox Monarch is the divine being of the fox clan.”

“Hu Xian’er is the Fox Monarch’s most fanatical supporter.”

“As for Song Shixuan, you should have seen the letter he wrote to Zhuxin.”

Song Shiyuan was stunned.

Song Shixuan had designs on the Fox Monarch.

So he was viewed as a thorn in the eye by the Fox Monarch’s fanatical follower, Hu Xian’er?

And Hu Xian’er wanted to use Song Shiyuan’s hand to eliminate Song Shixuan?

“A sowing discord stratagem?” Song Shiyuan murmured.

“From the moment Ming Zhaoxi appeared… she intentionally or unintentionally sowed discord between Song Shixuan and me…”

“She couldn’t have not known what those words meant…”

“And all of this was pushed forward by Hu Xian’er from behind?”

Song Shiyuan’s hands were trembling.

Her breathing became exceptionally heavy.

“Fox Monarch Lu Zhuxin… she knew nothing about all this?” Song Shiyuan asked in a low voice.

“She truly didn’t know.” Qu Qingtang said.

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Song Shiyuan closed her eyes, breathing deeply.

She seemed to want to calm her chaotic emotions, but her trembling body betrayed the turmoil in her heart.

“If Ming Zhaoxi was deliberately arranged by Hu Xian’er… then does Hu Xian’er know Ming Zhaoxi’s whereabouts?”

Qu Qingtang shook her head. “As a Lingxiao Sword Sect disciple, you should understand the power of Lingxiao Sword Sect’s sword techniques. No one can escape alive from Jiang Hongliang’s killing sword… let alone a weak fox demon…”

Unless that person was at the same realm as Jiang Hongliang.

Qu Qingtang silently added in her heart.

Song Shiyuan’s breathing hitched slightly. Her fists clenched tightly.

“Just for one Song Shixuan… for such a ridiculous reason?”

Qu Qingtang said, “Shiyuan… you don’t understand the fox clan’s fanaticism toward their divine being.”

“I truly don’t understand…” Song Shiyuan said.

“So many lies, such an elaborate deception… why was it all aimed at me?”

Song Shiyuan gave a miserable laugh. “I’m just an ordinary sword cultivation disciple who joined the sect only a few years ago…”

“What did I do wrong? Who did I offend?”

“I loved Ming Zhaoxi… I loved her deeply…”

“I thought… she and I were of one heart, that I could spend my life with her…”

“But why…”

“Master… what should I do?”

Qu Qingtang looked at Song Shiyuan’s agonized face, her eyes revealing pity.

“Leave this place, Shiyuan.”

“Return to the mortal world. None of this has anything to do with you.”

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Song Shiyuan’s eyes were dazed.

“But Master… Hu Xian’er, she…”

“You want to go after Hu Xian’er?” Qu Qingtang shook her head. “You alone cannot deal with Hu Xian’er.”

“Although Hu Xian’er is named Fox Palace Steward… using the fox clan authority lent to her by the Fox Monarch, she commands all major fox clan affairs.”

“She is now no different from the one who holds power over the fox clan.”

“Moreover, she already left Fox Palace a few days ago, heading toward where the fox clan army is stationed.”

“It won’t be easy for you to even see her.”

Song Shiyuan bit her teeth. “Then what does Master mean?”

“Do you truly want revenge?” Qu Qingtang asked.

“For yourself, and for your lover who died because of this meaningless conspiracy.”

Song Shiyuan fell into silence.

She recalled the scene of the little fox demon at the moment of her death.

She said… she was willing to use her own blood to wash away the stains that shouldn’t exist on Song Shiyuan.

She said… to not fall in love with a lying fox demon again.

She still remembered what Liu Funing said when the little fox demon took her own life with the sword.

“Deathbed lies, putting on airs.”

And everything…

“…Was it all because of the fox clan’s fanatical faith in the Fox Monarch?”

“Even at the cost of life, they would complete this conspiracy?”

Song Shiyuan closed her eyes.