The little girl then said confidently, "My na is Lingzi."
"You can continue to be called Lingzi in the future. Rember to call father," Anben said.
Lingzi bowed in the manner of an adult, "Lingzi greets father."
Anben nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad. You can co and study with in the future."
In the blink of an eye, Lingzi had grown into a teenager. Anben finally gave her the "Poison Classic" to study, but only half of it, the other half he handed over to the Crown Prince, revealing everything to him as well.
"I’ve already uncovered the secrets of the Imperial family and had soone check for you. You don’t pass the scrutiny of Zhaoti Temple. Therefore, we must not hurry; we need to plan carefully," Anben said, patting the Crown Prince on the shoulder.
The Crown Prince, still quite naive, frowned and asked, "What on earth is the standard for the review, and why don’t I et it?"
Anben saw his doubt and said, "I am indeed of royal blood, and so are you. There is no need to doubt this. It’s just that Zhaoti Temple is always mysterious, and not even their abbot knows the standard, only that those who do not pass the review cannot ascend to beco the Emperor."
"So what should we do?" the Crown Prince asked.
"I will arrange everything so that the people of Zhaoti Temple cannot speak. The current abbot doesn’t know about his mission yet," Anben said.
But unexpectedly, the Emperor announced he would abdicate a few years early as things were just beginning to unfold.
Finally, Anben and the Crown Prince decided to let the Second Prince beco Emperor first and then take everything back.
"It’s too easy for him. I don’t want him to be so carefree," the Crown Prince said with a sinister look.
Anben laughed, "I was afraid you’d be soft-hearted, but now I am much more at ease. If you are displeased, then give him a little gift to send him off comfortably."
The Crown Prince also laughed and instructed soone to poison the Second Prince slowly.
Outside the dreamland, Bai Ruozhu’s face was sowhat unpleasant. She had been careless and didn’t realize the Crown Prince was also a Poison Master. Fortunately, the Crown Prince didn’t want to reveal his trump card too early, so they weren’t caught off guard.
At this ti, Furball signaled to her, saying it couldn’t hold on.
She had Furball create an illusory realm, and with Fang Luo’s ability, Anben was sent back to the past in the dream.
Fang Luo finally understood his special ability—it was dream-walking, just like his mother’s.
Others couldn’t see what Anben dread about, but Bai Ruozhu and Furball had a connection, and Furball transmitted everything to her.
She glanced at Lingzi again, as Lingzi had been particularly close to Anben at the ti, so she was also in the dream.
But Furball mainly focused on Anben, so whatever Lingzi dread, Furball couldn’t manage it.
However, from Lingzi’s pained expression, it was clear she had learned the truth.
No matter how clever a child is, most don’t rember things before the age of three, so forgetting one was adopted is normal.
The ninja on the wall realized sothing and urgently called out, "Patriarch, what’s wrong with you?"
Unfortunately, Anben didn’t respond to him. The ninja quickly looked at Bai Ruozhu, "Master Bai, you cannot break your promise!"
Bai Ruozhu smiled at him, "I told you not to cause trouble. A proper exchange would have been fine, but he insisted on making trouble."
She gestured to Jiang Yichun, and Jiang Yichun raised his hand, enveloping Anben in a swirl of water vapor.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared beside Anben, pulling him away.
At that mont, a small, inconspicuous chanical puppet fiercely burrowed underground. There was a muffled groan, and the force holding Anben weakened, allowing Jiang Yichun to regain control over him.
"He split it into two parts, with the other part in the Crown Prince’s hands. Did he think he could easily fool ?" Bai Ruozhu said.
On the other side, Fang Luo also withdrew his hand and quickly slipped to the side, so quickly that the ninjas on Anben’s side couldn’t even see his face clearly.
"Fortunately, Ruozhu set things up early on. Even my little puppet proved useful," the black chanical puppet returned to Fo Lanying’s hand, and she played with it proudly.
Bai Ruozhu smiled at her, "Well done."
Over on Yuan Licheng’s side, the array had already been activated, immobilizing the injured shadow ninja, locking him directly underground.
At this ti, Anben finally woke up, staring in shock at Bai Ruozhu, "What... what did you do?"
"You wanted to destroy the ’Poison Classic,’ so of course, I had to teach you a lesson. However, I’ve changed my mind now. Your trade lacked credibility, even hiding a part of the ’Poison Classic.’ I don’t want it anymore; let’s start by chopping off a hand," Bai Ruozhu said with a mischievous smile, and everyone thought she was just scaring Anben. Unexpectedly, she suddenly swung the dagger in her hand, slicing into Anben’s arm.
Anben let out a scream, "If you kill , you’ll all die with !"
Jiang Yichun’s sword hilt struck his face again with a snap, "Where did you get that confidence, and besides, we never intended to kill you; that would be too easy for you."
Lingzi had also woken up from the dreamland, instinctively shouting, "Stop, don’t hurt him!"
But in the next mont, her expression twisted with pain, her face filled with anguish.
"No wonder you were never satisfied with , made such demands of , and kept from living like a normal girl. Turns out I’m not your daughter at all!"
Lingzi said, tears streaming down her face, as she rembered things from her childhood in the dream.
Her biological parents couldn’t bear to leave her, secretly visiting her, and she would always cling to them, not letting them go. But Anben discovered this, and directly had her biological father’s leg broken.
Later, she fell seriously ill, and she didn’t know what Anben gave her, but she couldn’t rember certain things.
When her mother secretly ca to visit her again, she coldly said she didn’t recognize her and told her to leave.
That day, her mother cried especially hard and said to her, "Trust your father and mother. We never wanted to climb the social ladder, nor did we sell you. It was they who took a fancy to you and forcibly took you away. We are just a small collateral family, no match for them, but your father and I will find a way to bring you back."
After that, she never saw her mother again. She didn’t know if her mother couldn’t find a way into the Anzhen Residence or if they t with misfortune, but she knew her parents would never give up on her or forget her.
Thinking about this, her heart was bleeding. The father she had always respected had cruelly broken her biological father’s leg, yet she had recognized such a person as her father and worked tirelessly for him, losing herself!
"Where are my parents? What have you done to them?" Lingzi stared intently at Anben, pressing forward step by step.
Bai Ruozhu gestured for Yuan Licheng to open the array a little, allowing Lingzi to step inside.
Anben was stunned for a mont, then realized Lingzi had seen sothing, "What parents? Don’t be fooled by them. Those are all demonic thods, illusions created by them!"
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