CHAPTER 705: CHAPTER 572: THE VIPER WOMAN’S RETRIBUTION ARRIVES

In the desolate side hall, Xue Pianran’s voice echoed, "Lian Yu" did not respond.

She just stared at the beauty couch not far away.

That beauty couch was meant for resting, and following Lian Yu’s gaze, Xue Pianran noticed for the first time that there was a person sprawled on it.

The person was motionless, wearing that exquisite Cloud Brocade Palace Dress. Wasn’t it "Ye Lingyue"?

"You’ve done well, Lian Yu," Xue Pianran, not noticing anything amiss with "Lian Yu," hurriedly walked towards "Ye Lingyue," eager to flip her body to see the unbearable sight of her disfigured face.

But when she got a clear look at "Ye Lingyue’s" face, Xue Pianran’s eyes suddenly widened in shock.

That was not "Ye Lingyue" at all, but clearly her own maid, Lian Yu, who had drawn her last breath.

"You!" Xue Pianran panicked, lifting her head.

Something was splashed over, and Xue Pianran caught a glimpse of a face flashing by her, "Ye Lingyue’s" face.

But before Xue Pianran could react, she only felt a burning sensation on her skin, followed by pain spreading across her entire face.

"Ah!" Xue Pianran covered her face with her hands, but it was all too late.

Where her fingers touched, chunks of skin fell off, flesh rapidly decaying, and her fingers could even feel her own bones.

Her face, her face!

Before Xue Pianran stood "Ye Lingyue," dressed as a palace maid, holding a medicine bottle that was none other than the Melted Gold Water previously hidden by Lian Yu.

"Ye Lingyue, you’ve destroyed my face," Xue Pianran sobbed, trying to reach for "Ye Lingyue," but before she could get close, Ye Lingyue had already kicked her in the stomach.

With that kick, Xue Pianran felt as if all her organs were squeezed together, the wine she had earlier consumed vomited all over the floor, her body smeared with a nauseating odor.

"Xue Pianran, harm others and eventually harm yourself. You wanted to splash this stuff on my face, now I’ve returned every last drop to you. Don’t think just because you are the Dan Palace Heavenly Maiden that you can do whatever you please. Don’t even think of things you shouldn’t think about," Ye Lingyue glared at Xue Pianran.

"Ye Lingyue, don’t be smug, I will tell His Majesty and Feng Xun everything you have done. You’ve destroyed my face, I’ll have you buried with me, I’ll have the entire Daxia bury you with me," Xue Pianran wailed, frantically grabbing a piece of gauze and stumbling out of the hall.

Seeing Xue Pianran walk away, Ye Lingyue sneered and walked up to the beauty couch...

Inside the Chuyun Palace, several dancers were gracefully spinning their water sleeves, while officials toasted each other.

Feng Xun had downed a few cups of wine, his face slightly flushed.

At this moment, Xue Pianran rushed into the side hall, confronting Emperor Beiqing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty save me, Ye Lingyue has committed violent acts and destroyed my face."

Everyone was stunned, they saw Xue Pianran’s face.

Xue Pianran’s once incomparably beautiful face was now completely disfigured, her skin sloughing off, muscles rotting, leaving only a tearful pair of eyes.

Just now, after Xue Pianran’s disfigurement, she was furious but soon thought of a cruel plan.

She didn’t know how "Ye Lingyue" had seen through her plot, but what’s done is done; a failed plan is a failure. She had been disfigured but saw this as an opportunity to kill Ye Lingyue.

Although the Melted Gold Water was potent, it was ultimately concocted by the Dan Palace. As long as she returned to the Dan Palace within 24 hours and neutralized the Melted Gold Water’s effects, supplemented by the Dan Palace’s Nirvana Heart Lotus, her face would surely recover.

The most urgent thing to do now was to kill that wretch, "Ye Lingyue."

"Pian Ran, your face? What in the world happened?" Cong Lv, upon seeing Xue Pianran’s state, was heartbroken and hurriedly went forward to help her up.

"It was Ye Lingyue. She resented that I spilled wine on her, and she was jealous of my verbal engagement with Feng Xun. She pretended to change clothes just now and had someone call for me. Who knew that as soon as I arrived at the side hall, she splashed disfiguring poison onto my face?" Xue Pianran, eyes red, cried bitterly.

Cong Lv, who was supporting Xue Pianran, stiffened his hand.

The surroundings fell dead silent; everyone looked at Xue Pianran with strange gazes.

Xue Pianran was always the center of attention, but being disfigured now, the way everyone looked at her was particularly odd. Xue Pianran couldn’t help but stop crying and secretly wondered if she had misspoken, but that couldn’t be right. She had thought everything through thoroughly on her way here; it was impossible for others to find any flaws.

"Don’t you believe me? If you don’t, you can ask Lian Yu. ’Ye Lingyue’ tampered with her, and she’s still unconscious in the side hall."

Xue Pianran, fearful that no one would believe her, was about to say more when Cong Lv, who was assisting her, suddenly let go of his hand.

"Pian Ran, stop talking. I know you’re upset with Yue Marquis because of Prince Feng, but framing someone like this, it’s really out of character for you." Cong Lv’s voice became much colder, and as he gazed at Xue Pianran’s no longer beautiful face, he felt very disturbed.

"Cong Lv, what are you saying? I’m framing Ye Lingyue? Has even you been bewitched by that vixen? She’s the one who ruined my face." Xue Pianran looked at Cong Lv in disbelief. Even Cong Lv, who always obeyed her, didn’t believe her.

"Xue Pianran, not only did you previously humiliate me by purposefully spilling water on me, now you’re accusing me of disfiguring your face? Woman, your thoughts are too malicious."

A voice filled with ridicule sounded from the other side.

Upon hearing that voice, Xue Pianran’s delicate body shivered, and she looked over in disbelief.

Sitting at the seats of the Heavenly Venerate and Earth Venerate was "Ye Lingyue," holding a wine cup in her hand.

How could she be here?

Xue Pianran staggered.

Xue Pianran was cunning. She had left the side hall before "Ye Lingyue," counting on the fact that even if the latter hurried, she could only arrive around the same time as her.

At that point, "Ye Lingyue" would have no defense.

When Xue Pianran first entered the Yun Hall, she had clearly seen that there was nobody sitting at "Ye Lingyue’s" seat.

It turned out, she was paying respects with drinks to the Heavenly Venerate and the Earth Venerate.

"Ye Lingyue, I don’t know how you managed to arrive before me, but just a quarter of an hour ago, you clearly sent a palace maid to lead me to the side hall and then used Melted Gold Water to ruin my face. Even if you turn to ashes, I will recognize you!" Xue Pianran lunged forward, trying to catch "Ye Lingyue".

But the latter slipped away like a loach, stepping back several paces. Xue Pianran grasped at empty air and hit the table, tumbling to the ground. She looked a complete mess, and in the lamp’s glow, her face was even more hideously frightening.

"Ha~ How ridiculous. A quarter of an hour ago? A quarter of an hour ago, I was here in the Yun Hall. Xue Pianran, please tell me, how could I possibly be in two places at once to ruin your face?" "Ye Lingyue" looked down disdainfully at Xue Pianran from above.