Elder Yuheng awoke to a bone-chilling cold, shocked to find herself in a prison cell.
The dark, damp cell was an environment she had never experienced. Other prisoners surrounded her, eyeing her strangely. More than a few of them were leering, coveting her beauty.
After all, while Elder Yuheng was no longer young, she was still gracefully alluring—a top-class beauty with a unique and mature charm.
"Is that Elder Yuheng from Xuan Nu Palace? I heard she’s a First Grade Grandmaster. To think she also kept a hundred or so male concubines. Those guys really lucked out. Not only did they get to enjoy such a stunning beauty, but they also got to live in luxury, all while being well-kept by her."
"Compared to the hundreds of male concubines kept by the Mistress of the Profound Lady Palace, Elder Yuheng’s collection is nothing. The Palace Master is the one who really knows how to live it up. The great Bing Qing Fairy, changing to a different concubine every single night. I heard she’s an absolute peerless beauty, but now she’s become a filthy witch. And it’s all thanks to Elder Yuheng."
"Elder Yuheng is certainly brave, spilling all of Xuan Nu Palace’s dirty laundry in front of her friends. She didn’t hold anything back: the truth behind Elder Qing Yin’s disappearance, the fact that many elders secretly keep male concubines, and all sorts of other dirty dealings of plunder and extortion... At this rate, Xuan Nu Palace will be regarded as an Evil Demons and Outsiders Dao."
"’If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it in the first place.’ But Elder Yuheng is a fool. She obviously shared all this with her ’friends’ with good intentions, never expecting they’d be such scumbags and sell her out in the blink of an eye."
... The gossip washed over her like a bucket of ice water, jolting Elder Yuheng to her senses.
In horror, she recalled the events of the previous night. Hazy memories surfaced in her mind—she had indeed said those things. Last night, it was as if she’d gone mad, frantically revealing Xuan Nu Palace’s scandals to her friends.
She couldn’t believe that in just a few dozen hours, the matter had become public knowledge. How could she have done something so irrational? And those so-called friends... they were truly malicious.
An image suddenly surfaced in her mind: leaving the Eastern Palace, and then encountering a mysterious person right outside the Imperial Palace. After that, she began to do things completely out of character, as if she had lost her mind.
’It was him! I was framed by him!’
The realization struck Elder Yuheng, and a chill of horror ran down her spine. ’Who in the world was that person? How could they control my Heart Spirit and make me do something so utterly insane? Such methods are simply unheard of!’
’I’m a First Grade Grandmaster! Normally, even a Super Grade Celestial Human would find it difficult to manipulate me to this extent. What kind of technique did that person use to make me do such a thing?’
"Guards! Guards, let me out!" She lunged at the cell door, frantically rattling the bars. But her cultivation had been sealed; she couldn’t even make a dent.
Hearing the commotion, a jailer sauntered over, a smirk on his face. "Elder Yuheng, save your strength. Last night, you confessed everything in front of a large crowd. It’s the talk of the town now. Everyone knows."
As he spoke, his gaze lingered on Elder Yuheng’s voluptuous figure. Her expression changed, and she feared the jailer would take advantage of her predicament and have his way with her.
Fortunately, while the jailer coveted her beauty, he was also aware of her status and didn’t dare to try anything.
"I was being controlled! I was framed!" Elder Yuheng pleaded, her face fraught with anxiety. "I need to get out of here and deal with this. I have to find the real culprit! None of what I said was true."
"Lies?" The jailer burst out laughing. "We have witnesses and physical evidence. Many factions can attest to it. How could it be fake? Stop making excuses, Elder Yuheng. A great First Grade Grandmaster can’t even admit to her own actions?"
Just then, a series of footsteps echoed from outside the cell. Accompanied by the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, several high-ranking members of Xuan Nu Palace entered. Leading the group was none other than one of the palace’s highest-ranking elders, Elder Tianxuan.
Seeing Elder Yuheng, Elder Tianxuan’s expression turned as cold as ice, her eyes filled with murderous intent. "Yuheng, do you admit your guilt?"
"Senior Sister Tianxuan, I’ve been framed!" Elder Yuheng explained frantically. "Last night, after I left the Eastern Palace, I encountered a mysterious person who then controlled my Heart Spirit! You know my character. How could I possibly do something so unconscionable? I was being controlled; those were not my actions."
"You are a First Grade Grandmaster. How could you be so easily manipulated? Don’t tell me a Super Grade Celestial Human is targeting you?" Elder Tianxuan sneered. "Besides, even a Super Grade Celestial Human wouldn’t necessarily be able to bewitch you so easily. Tell me exactly what happened. And be honest."
As she spoke, she tossed down a file detailing all the secrets Elder Yuheng had recklessly exposed the previous night.
Furthermore, according to the report, Elder Yuheng did not appear to be under anyone’s control when she revealed this information.
"This... this..." Seeing the report, Elder Yuheng’s face went deathly pale. "I really was being controlled! If I weren’t, why would I expose myself? Senior Sister Tianxuan, do you really think I’m that foolish?"
Elder Tianxuan said coldly, "The witnesses and evidence are all present. Who’s to say you didn’t simply lose your mind? Enough with the nonsense. The Palace Master has given the order: you are to be escorted back to Xuan Nu Palace to stand trial immediately."
As soon as she finished speaking, two Law Enforcement Disciples stepped forward, bound Elder Yuheng in special shackles, and led her away.
When Elder Yuheng was escorted out of the Shuntian Prefecture prison, a large crowd of onlookers had already gathered outside. The moment they saw her, they erupted into an uproar.
"Quick, look! That’s Elder Yuheng, the one who exposed the truth about Xuan Nu Palace! They say she also kept lots of male concubines, spending her nights in wild parties and her days in pleasure. She was living a better life than an Immortal!"
"She’s so beautiful, it’s not like she’s lacking for male attention. Why would she do something like that? It’s such a shame. She was a Fairy of Xuan Nu Palace, after all. How did she fall so far astray?"
"You can know a person’s face, but never their heart. Even the famous Bing Qing Fairy, the Princess of Xuan Nu Palace, has hundreds of male concubines, let alone these other elders. They’re probably even wilder than the Palace Master herself! It’s a real shame about Elder Qing Yin. Just because she refused to stoop to their level and had the good fortune to acquire the Sword Control Skill, she ended up being betrayed and harmed by them."
"Xuan Nu Palace should just rename itself the Witch Palace! How can a den of such filth and depravity still have the right to call themselves ’Profound Ladies’? From now on, we can’t send our daughters to Xuan Nu Palace. They’ll just be corrupted and turn into shameless harlots like the Palace Master."
"I can’t believe it. It was bad enough that they harmed Fairy Qing Yin, but they wouldn’t even spare her closed-door disciple, the Crown Prince Consort! If Elder Yuheng hadn’t blown the whistle, we would have never known. And poor Divine Hand was so unlucky. He was tricked into entering the palace to look for the Sword Control Skill, but he never found it and lost his life instead."
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