My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Shen Minyao stared at Mu Qing as if he had grown another head over his shoulder. Did she hear him right? Did he just say that the one who was toying with her earlier was none other than that spineless and excuse for a man? The insolent creature who dared to look down on her was her ex-husband? 

She ignored the inquisitive gazes thrown their way and looked at Mu Qing's face. She couldn't sense deceit coming from him and wondered how he managed to find out such information in a short while. 

'Are you certain?' 

'Yes,' Mu Qing replied with a straight face. It was pointless for him to lie in front of a demon who could sense deceit from a person. 

"…Li Fei'er, didn't I tell you not to get involved anymore?" Shen Minyao shot the younger woman a cold look. 

Li Fei'er shook her head in defiance. She had always felt that Shen Minyao was trying to keep a distance from her for some reason. For Shen Minyao to be a demon, Li Fei'er was having a hard time accepting it. 

How could a person who saved her from the brink of death several times be a demon? Although Shen Minyao treated everyone with indifference, Li Fei'er could tell that Shen Minyao cared about her in the demon's own way. 

Li Fei'er didn't want to become Shen Minyao's enemy, and if she needed to keep the demon's identity a secret from others, then so be it! 

"So what if you are a demon?" She clenched her fists on her sides, her nails painfully digging on her palms. "You haven't done anything wrong so far, so why should I kill you? Regardless of what you are, you are my friend, so please don't make me hate you." 

She suddenly burst into tears, making Qin Zhi feel uncomfortable. He knew the reason why his sister was doing this, but he couldn't help but feel pain when he saw Li Fei'er shed tears in front of him, making him want to console her and stop her from crying. 

"…what about it?" Shen Minyao voiced out after ignoring Li Fei'er, knowing that everyone wanted to hear Mu Qing's explanation instead. 

Mu Qing then shifted his gaze to Jiang Chen, aware that the latter would be able to confirm the information he gathered so far. 

"It seemed that there's an exorcist who tried to visit the forbidden land twenty years ago. His name is Peng Weijin. He wasn't supposed to die early, but our records showed that his soul had been broken and had failed to transcend to the spirit realm." 

The forbidden land was the place where the imperial palace was built centuries ago. However, the palace had fallen into ruins after the emperor's death, and the center of the new dynasty was moved into another province after that. 

What was left of the imperial palace was being conserved by the national government and was made to become a tourist spot. 

Shen Minyao wasn't sure how she should take this news. She had no doubt that the late emperor, Xuan Yanrui, hated her. As to why his soul hadn't left the mortal world, she had no idea. To think about it, the man didn't fall by her blade, much to her regret in her past life. 

The fox woman hadn't seen a human emitting so much negative energy, such as Xuan Yanrui. He was such an ambitious person who wanted to dominate the world. If it wasn't for this reason, the fox woman wouldn't willingly agree to enter the imperial harem. 

Xuan Yanrui had taken a liking to Su Daji the moment he had seen her during his first visit to Su Province. The human Su Daji refused to become his woman and accept her defeat against his kingdom that invaded their lands. She, who was known as a lily on the battlefield, couldn't live down the shame of becoming a lowly comfort woman of an emperor. 

It also didn't help that she couldn't let go of her feelings towards Jiang Mo, who had left the Su province for years. Because of this, on the eve of her departure to the imperial capital, Su Daji had chosen to forfeit her life. This had given the fox woman a chance to possess her body that very night. 

The one who arrived at the capital and presented herself as Su Daji was the fox woman. The one who defeated and schemed against the other concubines was none other than her. 

Imperial Consort Su watched amusedly how humans fought each other to earn the favor of the emperor, not knowing that Xuan Yanrui was merely playing them in the palm of his hands. 

However, as a human, how could he not be swayed by Su Daji's enchanting beauty? He had spoiled her, pampered her, and doted on her more than on any concubines and wives he already had. By staying on his side, Su Daji intensified his greed for power and made him more ruthless than before. 

The fox woman only needed to feed his ego with a few words, and Xuan Yanrui would be easily swayed to do her bidding. However, the fox woman thought that humans shouldn't blame her for Xuan Yanrui's brash actions. It's as the saying went: 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.' 

"Are you sure it was Peng Weijin?" Jiang Chen asked. He wasn't sure if the Peng Weijin that he knew was the same person Mu Qing was talking about. 

"You know him?" Shen Minyao asked. 

Jiang Chen nodded, but his face was one with confusion. He hadn't heard that name for some time now, and he certainly didn't expect to hear it from a grim reaper. 

"Peng Weijin has been reported missing after his attempt on exorcising the malevolent spirit that was causing accidents at the forbidden place.. However, the paranormal activities also ceased at the same time of his disappearance."