Mrs. Lin clapped her hands in delight. "Hahaha, good, excellent. Truly, the most venomous thing is a woman's heart."
Di Lanmo buried all her emotions in her unfathomable eyes, with a worldly smile on her face.
"Madam, as the saying goes, a day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of affection. I'd like to bury him myself. I wonder if that's okay?"
"No need. A traitor doesn't deserve a place of rest. Considering his once - royal status, just roll him up in a straw mat and throw him into the mass grave."
Di Lanmo rubbed her hands, smiling awkwardly. "Yes, yes, yes. Madam is absolutely right."
It was the first time Mrs. Lin had seen her so obedient. She sneered. This girl sure knew how to play it smart. If her mother could see this, she'd probably rise from the grave and strangle her.
"Come on, Mo'er. Let's go back to the mansion."
Di Lanmo noticed that the accompanying guards showed no sign of dismounting. She squinted her eyes. The days ahead would be tough. This was just the beginning.
Di Yeming had no mind of his own. All the way, he followed Mrs. Lin's lead, as if the woman running beside the horses wasn't his own daughter. He watched as Mrs. Lin's whip seemed to accidentally hit Di Lanmo each time. He knew his wife was trying every means to torture their eldest daughter, but he didn't care at all.
As long as it could bring him power and influence, he didn't care who it was.
By the time Di Lanmo reached the mansion, her shoes were worn out, the skin on her soles was broken, and the oozing blood was sticky. There were several black - and - blue whip marks on her face, and her hair was in disarray. If it weren't for her gorgeous clothes, at first glance, one would think she was a beggar.
Di Tingyu had already received the news that her father was going to attack Chu Zhiyan. On the one hand, she was worried about her sweetheart's safety; on the other hand, she really wanted to see Di Lanmo's humiliation. So she waited at the gate early.
All she saw was the disheveled Di Lanmo. A hint of pride and smugness flashed in her eyes.
Di Lanmo, aren't you usually so arrogant? Why do you look like a stray dog now?
"Mother, where's the Prince of Qin?"
"Your dear elder sister killed him with her own hands."
"What?" She grabbed Di Lanmo. "Aren't you his wife? How could you be so cruel to your husband?"
Di Tingyu's mind was surprisingly sharp for once. "Mother, a person like this won't be loyal to us even if she surrenders. Since she's of no use to us anymore, why not hand her over to me?"
"Wait a minute," Mrs. Lin looked down at Di Lanmo haughtily. "Miss, as long as you tell me where the Phoenix Seal Order is, I'll let you die with your body intact, so you won't have to suffer. How about it?"
Di Lanmo spat. "I've already said I don't know what the Phoenix Seal Order is. I was only four when my mother died. What could I remember?"
"Impossible. You're her only daughter. She couldn't have not told you."
A hint of cruelty flashed in Mrs. Lin's eyes. Her plan was just one step away from completion. She couldn't let this girl ruin it.
"You're being ungrateful. Miss, you'd better confess obediently, or I'll dig out your mother's body and whip it!"
"You..." Di Lanmo's heart sank. "In that case, I want to pay homage to my mother first, and then I'll tell you where the Phoenix Seal Order is."
She was just an orphan now. The Prince of Qin who had protected her was dead, and the Empress Dowager had been sent by the Emperor to the Temple of Thanksgiving under house arrest. Mrs. Lin thought that with her troops at hand, she had nothing to fear from a little girl.
So she allowed her to pay homage to her mother. After all, she couldn't escape from her grasp.
Di Lanmo respectfully paid homage to her previous self's mother. Although her mother had passed away many years before she crossed over, she could vaguely tell from the memories that her mother was a very gentle woman.
She only remembered that when her mother was dying, she kept telling her that if she ever encountered difficulties, she should go and pay homage to her, and her mother's spirit in heaven would surely protect her.
She watched the gray smoke rise slowly and then gradually disappear into the air.
Mother, if your spirit is really in heaven, please protect your daughter to find the Phoenix Seal Order. Otherwise, the world will never be peaceful, and the common people will suffer again.
A gust of wind blew. Di Lanmo noticed something under the stone tablet. Curiously, she拨开 the soil pile, revealing a corner of a box.
Mrs. Lin naturally noticed this too. She immediately ordered the guards to dig and take out the box.
Di Lanmo was powerless to stop them. She could only watch as her mother's tombstone crashed down, just like Chu Zhiyan, who had always stood in front of her, silently leaving her alone.
Her heart was filled with immense grief. She hugged her mother's tombstone and cried.
The guard handed the box to Mrs. Lin. Mrs. Lin glanced at Di Lanmo and smiled enigmatically.
Now that the Phoenix Seal Order was in her hands, the daughter of that bitch was useless. But she couldn't let her die so easily.
She gave a signal to the guards. "This woman is yours. Just make sure she doesn't see the sun tomorrow."
Di Lanmo's mother's tomb had been deliberately moved to the most desolate outskirts by Mrs. Lin. So even if Di Lanmo died here, no one would find out. As for the Phoenix Seal Order, she just needed to forge one and present it to the Emperor.
Mrs. Lin laughed smugly, as if she could already see Di Lanmo's miserable end. Watching the guards approach her, she whipped her horse and left.
The guards couldn't hide their lewd smiles in the darkness. "Miss, no, Princess. If you serve us brothers well, we'll spare your life. How about it?"
The others also burst into laughter, looking at her like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Di Lanmo quietly removed a jade plaque under the tombstone and hid it in her sleeve. Looking at them, she no longer concealed her blood - thirsty killing intent.
She flipped her hair and said disdainfully, "Do you think you're worthy?"
The guard was about to mock her when, in the blink of an eye, he saw Di Lanmo in front of him. Before he could see how she attacked, he heard a snap in his neck and then fell to the ground.
The others trembled in their legs and pointed their swords at Di Lanmo. "Don't come any closer!"
As Di Lanmo took a step forward, they took a step back. This scene was just like when she first came here. God was really having a cruel joke. Was this telling her that how she started was how she would end?
But it was those people who deserved to die. She had to live. She must live and personally kill those beasts.
She fought bare - handed with the guards. She had been cut several times, and her clothes were stained with blood. But her eyes were still sharp as ever, like a ghost climbing out of the underworld.
After twisting the neck of the last guard, she looked at her limp arm and limped towards the light.
The box Mrs. Lin got should contain the location of the Jiang family. She thought she could obtain a group of secret guards, but the Jiang family only obeyed the descendants of the Jiang family who held the Phoenix Seal Order.
As long as she could get out alive, she could turn the secret guards in Mrs. Lin's hands into a sharp sword to pierce her chest.
Di Lanmo staggered forward step by step. Her head was dizzy. Her vision went black, and she fainted.