klisemfg Chapter 233 Don't make the same wrong choice as your mother
Chapter 233 Don't make the same wrong choice as your mother
As soon as Zhai Rong stepped one foot across the threshold, she felt her spiritual energy being suppressed even more.
She pressed her hand to her chest, which felt tight, and felt like she couldn't breathe.
"You finally came."
A low male voice came from ahead, his words seemingly a struggle to suppress some emotion.
Zhai Rongyu looked up and saw a man who was about the same age as Minister Zhai.
He wasn't wearing a dragon robe, and his black hair was simply tied up with a jade hairpin, with most of it hanging down his back, giving him a carefree and unrestrained appearance. Yet, his demeanor was distant and arrogant, clearly indicating that he had long held a high position.
"You are Helian Kuangmo?"
Although it was a question, Zhai Rongyu was almost certain that this person was Helian Kuangmo.
She quietly observed the man before her, her almond-shaped eyes gleaming with a snowy light. Lian Kuangmo met her gaze, his emotions suddenly rising.
"It can't be wrong...it can't be wrong!"
He murmured, unable to contain his excitement, and took two steps forward, saying to Zhai Rongyu, "You and your mother really look alike."
Especially those eyes...
It is simply carved from the same mold!
Seeing him like this, Zhai Rongyu felt inexplicably disgusted, thinking of how her mother had been imprisoned because of his infatuation. She stared at him coldly, unconsciously clenching her fists at her sides.
Helian Kuangmo took in her subtle movements and chuckled softly.
"That's it... even that hateful look in his eyes... is exactly the same."
"I really miss it."
He laughed heartily, walked to the chair, flicked his sleeves, and sat down. Seeing that Zhai Rongyu was still staring straight at him, he casually straightened his robes.
"What, you want to kill me?"
His tone was as casual as if he were asking Zhai Rongyu if she wanted a drink of water.
It even carried a hint of pleasure.
Helian Kuangmo sat casually, and seeing that Zhai Rongyu did not speak, he mercifully pointed to the palace in front of him.
“This Chenxing Palace is where your mother lived before she died.”
"The restrictions here are even stronger than those in my own palace."
"If you make a move here, you will probably be strangled before you even touch a single finger of mine."
He rested his chin on his hand, his gaze fixed intently on Zhai Rongyu's eyes, as if afraid of missing any expression within them.
"Now, should we still take action?" he asked.
Zhai Rongyu sneered, "You killed my mother, so naturally you must pay with your life."
"I'll take your life sooner or later!"
She hid one hand in her sleeve and quietly pinched a talisman. Just as she was about to use the talisman, she found that the spiritual power she used had dissipated bit by bit before it could even take shape.
She frowned and stopped what she was doing.
Could it be that the Wu family's restrictions also absorb spiritual energy?
Zhai Rongyu simply put away the talisman, opened his Heavenly Eye, and scanned the Chenxing Palace.
Sure enough, the entire room was enveloped in a protective barrier.
She saw a huge silver halo forming a powerful magic circle beneath her feet, gradually covering the entire palace.
What Helian Kuangmo said was true.
The magic array within the Chenxing Palace is the most powerful, with two more layers of restrictions than ordinary palaces.
Moreover, countless silver runes and incantations swirled and rotated within the Sunken Star Palace, forming torrents of surging energy.
They converge and intertwine, weaving a dense net that seems to tighten immediately once an enemy is caught in it, crushing their very soul and spirit.
Zhai Rongyu was slightly startled.
[If you were to use the Han Guang Sword to cleave it head-on, you should be able to split it open as well.]
[I just don't know how long it will take, or how much mental energy will be drained.]
In fact, if she could take Helian Kuangmo's life, it would be worth sacrificing any amount of spiritual power, even if it meant having it all drained.
Mental strength is not irrecoverable.
I'll just accumulate more merit in the future.
However, Wu Muhong is still here. If he really attacks head-on, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape unscathed.
Zhai Rongyu looked at the talismans flitting around her, seeing them as greedy, lurking beasts waiting to devour the spiritual energy around them.
She hesitated.
It seems that the Wu family's protective barrier cannot take Helian Kuangmo's life for the time being.
We need to find a way to break this restriction first.
Upon hearing her accusation, Helian Kuangmo let out a disdainful snort, "I killed your mother?"
"I love her so much, how could I possibly hurt her?"
"If she hadn't tried every means to escape from me, how could she have died in Longyan?"
"Your father is a good-for-nothing; he can't even protect his own woman." He stopped mocking, sat up with interest, and squinted at Zhai Rongyu. "Why don't you become my daughter? Don't go back to that good-for-nothing's side."
"I will leave everything that should have been given to your mother to you."
"As long as you stay with me in this Chenxing Palace every day, and look at me with your eyes."
"I will make you the most honored woman in the world!"
"how?"
He looked at Zhai Rongyu as if he were admiring a work of art, his eyes filled with undisguised fervor.
Zhai Rongyu almost spat at him.
"There are so many weapons on the weapon ranking list, why do you insist on practicing swords instead?"
"Pah! A wolf in sheep's clothing!"
"If you hadn't kidnapped my mother, how could she have died of grief? You're the one who killed her!"
"How dare they make fun of my father."
"Let me tell you, you're not even worth a single hair on my father's head!"
"Do you know why you like my mother's eyes so much? It's because she doesn't even like you! Anyone with eyes would choose a lunatic like you over a good man like my father!"
Seeing that she couldn't take action for the time being, Zhai Rongyu started hurling insults.
In short, either words or hands must prevail first.
Helian Kuangmo's face indeed turned ugly, and his facial muscles twitched slightly.
"Kidnapped?"
"I tried to persuade her with kind words, even offering the entire country as a matchmaker, but she still looked down on me and preferred to be some worthless wife of a minister!"
"She was so disobedient that I had no choice but to bring her back by force."
Helian Kuangmo suddenly curled his lips into a smile, his expression somewhat frantic.
"I love her so much, but she's the one who refuses to be my empress and chooses to be a prisoner."
"Tell me, what is your mother really thinking?"
"Love?" Zhai Rongyu sneered. "Do you even know what love is?"
"You ruined my mother's reputation, imprisoned her, forced her, and caused her to die in despair. You call this love?"
Zhai Rongyu looked at him disdainfully, her red lips parting slightly.
"You are pitiful."
A surge of anger rose in Helian Kuangmo's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.
He stood up, revealing a chilling smile.
"Now that you've come to Chenxing Palace, you should stay here."
"If you don't want to stay any longer, I will gouge out your eyes, make them into specimens, and keep them in this palace to keep me company every day. That would be quite nice."
He laughed heartily, giving Zhai Rongyu a meaningful look. "I will come again tomorrow. Think it over carefully, decide whether you want to be my daughter or a prisoner."
"Don't make the same wrong choice as your mother!"