Chapter 2042
Annihilation of the Transmigrators 21
Liu Xu's wife sensed that her husband was having a secret, but she didn't ask.
She felt that her life was actually quite good now. Although her husband didn't love her, he respected her.
Her life was much better than that of her girlfriends.
After those women got married, their husbands would all take concubines; there were no exceptions.
The family has a large number of illegitimate sons and daughters, and the backyard is a mess.
Unlike her, whose husband only had her as his wife, she had two well-behaved and lively sons, and her life was simple yet comfortable.
Her sisters all envied her very much.
If that's the case, why should she bother to uncover her husband's secrets?
Sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing.
Liu Xu was very satisfied with his wife's performance; she was a smart woman.
Liu Xu did not teach his wife cultivation, and his wife did not have the aptitude for cultivation. His eldest son inherited his wife's physique.
They just need to live a peaceful life.
When Liu Caiming saw the mature and even more charming Liu Xu, she became even more smitten.
She decided that after dealing with the Fourth Prince, she would then deal with Liu Xu.
After the fourth prince ascended the throne, it was his turn to marry Liu Caining.
Liu Caiming also took action, adding poison to the food in the main branch of the Liu family.
The poison will not take effect immediately; it will take effect after half a month.
After the onset of the poisoning, the person will exhibit symptoms similar to smallpox and die a few days later.
Therefore, many doctors could not detect this poison and genuinely believed that the poisoned person had died of smallpox.
This poison was obtained by Liu Caiming from the Third Prince, who in turn obtained it from his own mother, the late Empress Dowager. It was a secret palace medicine, extremely rare, and even the current Empress Dowager did not possess it.
The current emperor and his fourth son are even less aware of this.
Liu Caiming kidnapped Liu Caining and threw her into the room where the Third Prince died. She sealed Liu Caining's voice and limbs, leaving her to lie in the room and eventually starve to death.
Little did she know that as soon as she left the garden, someone entered and rescued Liu Caining.
Liu Caining was taken back to the second house by Liu Dong.
With a pained expression, Liu's mother took Liu Caining to wash up and had someone prepare food for her.
Liu Caining grabbed her mother's hand: "Auntie, it was Liu Caiming, she kidnapped me. She's so fierce, she's not human. She even wants to harm my parents and brother."
Liu's mother patted the back of her hand and said softly, "We know. Don't worry, your parents will be fine."
Liu Caining was unaware that her family had been poisoned. After hearing her mother's words, she assumed that the Liu family was on guard and would not be harmed by Liu Caiming, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After she finished washing up, she saw that the Fourth Prince, who was extremely busy with state affairs, had actually taken time out of his busy schedule to come to the Liu family to see her.
It turned out that Han Qi had approached the Fourth Prince and told him about Liu Caiming's scheme.
When the Fourth Prince heard that Liu Caiming wanted to marry him in place of Liu Caining, he couldn't help but say, "Does she think I'm a fool? Do you think I wouldn't recognize my own lover?"
Han Qi: "That Liu Caiming has some strange abilities; she can bewitch men and turn them into her puppets."
Fourth Prince: "Mind control technique?"
Han Qi: "It's even more powerful than mind control. Your Majesty, several people in the capital who died of strokes while riding horses were killed by Liu Caiming. To unleash her abilities, she needs to have strong cultivation to support her. She absorbs the essence of those people, thus replenishing her yin with yang energy."
The Fourth Prince exclaimed in surprise: "Using yang energy to replenish yin?"
He couldn't help but hug his pitiful self: "She didn't marry me just to use me for her own pleasure, did she?"
Han Qi: "Your Majesty possesses dragon energy, which is what she desires most."
The fourth prince hugged himself even tighter.
"Um, can't we just kill her first?"
Han Qi sighed, "If we could kill her, we would have done so long ago." They were worried that if they killed Liu Caiming, the foreign soul would escape and possess someone else.
At that time, the enemy was in the dark while we were in the light; they didn't know where the foreign souls had gone.
If she hides and develops stealthily, she'll be in trouble once she gets strong.
Left with no other option, the Fourth Prince could only devise a plan with Han Qi and others, waiting for Liu Caiming to willingly walk into the trap.
The couple's bridal chamber was decorated with all the effort of Liu Caiyun and Liu Xu. Liu Xu spent three days and three nights drawing talismans to create a large array that could trap and severely damage the soul.
The drinks and food prepared in the new house were made by Liu Caiyun herself, and they contained toxins that targeted the soul.
The fourth prince ate shrimp beforehand to counteract the medicine, and then dressed in a formal suit to await the bride's arrival at the palace.
The eldest branch of the Liu family had no idea that their eldest daughter had been replaced by their second daughter, and happily helped the bride into the bridal sedan chair.
Turning her head, Liu's mother smiled and held a wine pot, pouring a cup of wine for everyone.
After the members of the main branch of the family drank the wine, the toxins in their bodies were neutralized.
Liu Caiming was led to the bridal chamber, where a palace maid brought a plate of pastries to her.
"Your Highness, these are pastries that His Highness specially ordered to be prepared for you, so that you can have a little something to eat and not get too hungry."
Although Liu Caiming had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, she was still unable to abstain from grains. She hadn't drunk any water all day, let alone eaten anything.
I was starving.
Liu Caiming picked up a piece of pastry and ate it, then asked a palace maid to pour her a cup of hot tea.
She finished the whole plate of snacks very quickly.
Liu Caiming felt a bit dizzy, and the things in front of her were appearing double.
She instantly realized she had been tricked; the pastries and tea were poisoned.
She hadn't expected it to be the Fourth Prince; she only thought it was a woman who was jealous of Liu Cai Ning and didn't want her to become Empress, so she wanted to kill her on their wedding night.
Liu Caiming immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate her internal energy to expel the poison.
How could the poison of a mortal harm a cultivator like her?
However, she was horrified to discover that the poison could not be forced out with her true energy.
Moreover, those poison masters target the soul.
How can this be?
At this time, all the palace maids in the room had already left.
A burst of light shone brightly, and the scene before her eyes changed drastically; she found herself in a hazy grayness.
This is a formation!
How could mortals possibly set up an array?
Unless one is a cultivator.
Is there another cultivator in this world besides her?
No wonder!
No wonder she suffered a backlash when she used her charm on the Fourth Prince and Han Qi. It wasn't because of the dragon aura on them, but because they were related to cultivators and had protection from other cultivators.
The other cultivator's cultivation was definitely higher than his, but probably not by much, and they were roughly equal in strength. That's why he used both poison and array formations to deal with her.
Damn it!
That person is so good at hiding; I never even noticed his existence all these years.
This person is definitely related to me; they are either a member of the royal family or the Liu family.
But it definitely won't be someone from the Liu family's main branch; they're all idiots.
Could it be someone from the second wife's side?
Considering that the three children of the second wife were somewhat unconventional, Liu Caiming focused her suspicions on them.
The next moment, she knew her suspicions were correct. (End of Chapter)