The Cry of the Phoenix Which Reached the Ninth Heaven

Chapter 56: I Want Him to Feel Hatred

"What Mowan wants to say is that it contained the 'rootless water' that Mowan had specially prepared for Father." Yao Mowan lifted her head and looked straight at him.

"Rootless water? What is that?" Yao Zhenting's brows furrowed tightly as a chill filled his heart.

"As the prime minister of a nation, it probably shouldn't be hard for Father to figure out what it is when its name is this obvious, right? The emphasis of 'rootless water' is on the word rootless. Having drunk it, Father… Give up on sons, you wouldn't even be able to have another daughter." Yao Mowan looked over at him with soft pitying sigh.

"W… What did you say!?" Yao Zhenting was taken aback, then he got up and glared at Yao Mowan.

"Wu Zicheng has already said the things that Mowan had wanted to say. Father's fate is that of a eunuch's. You'll never have any sons to send you off!" Yao Mowan's voice was light and her eyes were completely cold.

"Why? I'm your father!?" bellowed Yao Zhenting.

"That's right, you are Mowan's father. This is the one disgrace Mowan will never be able to get away from in this lifetime." Yao Mowan slowly got up and walked to the table to place the tea cup down before heading back to sit down in front of Yao Zhenting.

"Who exactly are you? Who exactly are you!?" For the first time, facing this daughter he had never bothered to even look at, Yao Zhenting felt fear, and even dread.

"The third daughter of the prime minister's residence, Father's youngest daughter ah. Has Father forgotten?" Yao Mowan lifted her brows as she looked at Yao Zhenting. She found the alarm and rapidly changing expressions on his face funny. She had never known that her father had so many expressions.

"No… You're a beast! You beast! How could you use that kind of drug on me!? You've made me lose my descendants, I'll make you pay for that with your life!" Yao Zhenting finally snapped out of the shock, then charged towards Yao Mowan crazedly.

Just as Yao Zhenting's hand was about to reach Yao Mowan's snow-white neck, she abruptly got up. Her cold indifferent gaze was like that of a wild wolf's. The abrupt oppressive aura she gave off forced Yao Zhenting to stop in his tracks.

"You dare!? Mowan is currently His Majesty's most treasured woman. If you dare to touch even just a strand of my hair, I can have the entire Yao Residence be destroyed!" The current Yao Mowan was an existence that seemed like the king of hell. The dark cold aura she emitted caused the room's temperature to plunge.

"You're ruthless!" snarled Yao Zhenting, but he didn't dare to continue approaching.

"No matter how ruthless Mowan is, Mowan still can't compare to you, Father! You watched with your eyes as Mother was poisoned to death by Dou Xianglan. Not only did you indulge her in this, you even threw Mother's corpse into Disorder Burial Mound! In that moment, did you ever consider the fact that Mother has served you for several dozen years without complaint and had given birth to a pair of daughters for you? And that one had even been the empress!?" Yao Mowan's voice reverberated like a knell in Yao Zhenting's ears. The voice shocked him so much he felt like his heart was about to be crushed.

"So what if she was empress? Yao Moxin didn't even bring this old man as many benefits as Yao Suluan! That wretch only cared about His Majesty! She never considered this old man's situation!" Yao Zhenting met Yao Mowan's pained glare with equal viciousness as he refuted.

Yao Mowan's heart seemed to plunge into icy water. So this was why Father had been so cold and indifferent towards Mother. Hatred and regret seemed to explode in her heart. The past her really did deserve to be hacked to pieces!

"So Father found Eldest Sister's death to be a blessing?" Yao Mowan restrained the emotions in her heart and looked towards Yao Zhenting coldly.

"It was a great blessing! Yao Suluan could only become empress once she died! The Heavens were clearly merciful since it turned out that wretch had an affair with another man and gave birth to a bastard child! She deserved to die!" shouted Yao Zhenting as if he had a hatred built on blood with the person he was cursing.

"Yes, Father's right. The Heavens truly are merciful. Although Eldest Sister died, Yao Suluan still didn't manage to become empress as she had hoped and it was actually Mowan that happened to become the most favored Noble Consort. Father, you probably never would've imagined this would happen, right?" Yao Mowan abruptly set aside her fury and looked toward Yao Zhenting with indifference.

"How long have you been feigning foolishness?" Yao Zhenting looked towards Yao Mowan equally coldly.

"Since the moment Mother had died. Mowan was outside the door of Bright Virtuous Pavilion. At that time, Mowan vowed that one day, Mowan would make everyone that humiliated Mother pay the price!" Yao Mowan's lips hooked in a cold arc.

"Since that early… Then… Then you were behind everything that happened after that? All of that was due to your schemes?" Yao Zhenting suddenly felt a chill and his hair rose on end.

"Dou Xianglan had also asked this question right before she died. That's right. Ever since Mowan came back from Harmony Pleasure Quarters, everything that happened was Mowan's doing. Nurse Gao's death, Dou Xianglan's death, pushing Huan Caier into the water to make Huan Heng your enemy, Yao Suluan falling down from the position of Imperial Noble Consort step by step…"

"Oh, and Su Muzi and Ming Yu are probably somewhere very far away and very grateful to this consort. As for Boan, even if Li Qingqing told you where he was hidden, you still wouldn't be able to find him, because Mowan had already arranged him to be somewhere safe. He'll be able to reunite with his mother very soon!"

Yao Mowan took in Yao Zhenting's twisted expression happily. She felt like she had finally vented some of her hatred. She really wished that her mother could be here to see how ugly Yao Zhenting currently was!

"That's not possible! I already had people beat Li Qingqing to death!" Yao Zhenting staggered back in shock, his expression flustered.

"Did Father personally do it? Did you personally witness it?" Yao Mowan's lips hook in a smile. That smile was like a small flower blooming in the wild grasslands, flawlessly beautiful. However, in Yao Zhenting's eyes, it was even more sinister than the grin of a demon.

When Yao Zhenting heard what she said, he staggered as he ran towards the torture room.

"Your Highness… Are you alright?" Ting Yue's eyes were glistening with tears as she looked towards her master with heartache. For some things, only people who had first-hand experience would be able to understand. Even though she was heartbroken about Second Madame's death, it couldn't be placed on the same level as Master. Master had endured everything silently despite seeing her mother killed with her own eyes. How much pain must she have been in!

"Do you know why this consort told him the truth?" Yao Mowan's eyes were like the starless night sky, cold and empty.

"This servant doesn't understand." Ting Yue followed behind Yao Mowan and shook her head.

"Because this consort wants him to feel hatred. this consort wants him to live while feeling hatred. It's a sort of torment to watch the person you hate thrive and grow more powerful than you. This consort wants him to pay the greatest price for everything that he had done!" Yao Mowan smiled coldly. After being reborn, the only thing she wanted to do was to make sure she did right unto herself!

When she saw Ye Junqing walk out of the main hall, her smile softened slightly. Fortunately, he was still here to accompany her.

"Are you alright? This prince just saw the prime minister run in the southwest direction. He looked a little strange." Ye Junqing looked towards Yao Mowan worriedly and only relaxed once he confirmed that she looked fine.

"He's fine right now, but I can't guarantee about later." Yao Mowan leisurely continued walking. This was her true motive behind bringing Ye Junqing. If Yao Zhenting really did decide to attack her, she needed someone to protect her. Just because she revealed herself in front of Yao Zhenting didn't mean that she wanted to let everyone know about her right now.

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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira