180: It was indeed me who did it.

Behind the screen, Fang Ruodan moved her slender jade legs.

Qin Bingyao turned her head stiffly and saw Fang Ruodan walk out from behind the screen, sit leisurely beside Cao Bu, pick up the teapot on the table, and pour herself a cup of tea.

"Emperor Dan?" Qin Bingyao's pupils constricted, her tone full of shock: "Why are you here?"

Fang Ruodan raised her cup to her, her tone indifferent: "Empress Qin, trust you have been well."

"I am now Cao Bu's exclusive Alchemist. Why do you think I am here?"

"Impossible!" Qin Bingyao blurted out: "You are a powerhouse in the Great Emperor Realm, how could you lower yourself to be his Alchemist? He must have used some means to control you!"

Fang Ruodan sighed helplessly, not denying it: "It is indeed true that I am under his control; many things are no longer up to me."

Just then, Yan Ruyu suddenly appeared at the doorway: "Master, Madam Lu is here."

Cao Bu nodded at Yan Ruyu: "Let her in."

He then waved his hand at Fang Ruodan: "Take Her Majesty the Empress to the back and watch her well."

Fang Ruodan stepped forward, raised her hand to Seal Qin Bingyao's cultivation, voice, and Divine Sense, and pulled her toward the back of the screen.

Qin Bingyao could not resist at all. As soon as she reached behind the screen, she saw the restrained Mu Zining.

The two locked eyes, both seeing shock in the other's eyes.

Qin Bingyao used lip movements: "Zining, why are you here?"

Mu Zining also replied with lip movements, her eyes full of anger: "I came to force Cao Bu to leave Jiu Ling'er, but who knew this beast would have Emperor Dan Seal my cultivation and even try to harbor evil intentions toward me!"

No one knew that Qin Bingyao and Mu Zining had an excellent relationship in private, practically best friends.

Qin Bingyao nodded knowingly and used lip movements again: "Because of your son's matter?"

She had long heard about Mo Lei wanting to marry Jiu Ling'er.

She just didn't expect Mu Zining to come to find Cao Bu personally for this matter.

Mu Zining nodded, then immediately asked with lip movements: "What about you? Why are you also Sealed? What did you come to find Cao Bu for?"

Killing intent instantly ignited in Qin Bingyao's eyes. She hesitated for a moment before using lip movements: "I lost my chastity. I only found out after watching the shadow-recording stone just now that it was that beast Cao Bu who did it!"

"What?" Zining was full of shock and asked with lip movements: "Aren't you married to Heavenly Emperor Lu? Could it be that you didn't give yourself to Heavenly Emperor Lu, but gave yourself to Cao Bu instead?"

Qin Bingyao nodded with reddened eyes, adding with lip movements: "The last time I went to the Wine God Temple, I was set up by him."

Mu Zining looked through the gap in the screen at Cao Bu in the living room, gnashing her teeth as she used lip movements: "This damn beast! To even snatch his brother's woman, he is simply not human!"

After a pause, she curiously asked with lip movements: "Was the content in that shadow-recording stone just now the evidence?"

Qin Bingyao's face instantly flushed red, recalling the scene of viewing the shadow-recording stone with her Divine Sense just now.

She had finished watching several hours of content in just one breath.

But the methods of that beast Cao Bu remained fresh in her memory.

Just then, a familiar voice came from outside the screen. The two hurriedly looked through the gap and saw Lu Qingwu walk in with a grave expression, a faint trace of killing intent surrounding her.

Qin Bingyao and Mu Zining looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other's eyes.

Why did Lu Qingwu also come to Cao Bu's place in the middle of the night?

Could it be that she also had an entanglement with Cao Bu?

A disbelieving guess emerged in both their hearts, and they simultaneously held their breath and continued to observe.

Fang Ruodan also curiously leaned in.

Just how many married women had this Cao Bu provoked?

Seeing Lu Qingwu walk in, Cao Bu hurriedly stood up to welcome her: "Auntie is here, please sit."

Lu Qingwu did not sit down; instead, she stared fixedly at Cao Bu, a cold killing intent rising in the depths of her eyes.

She raised her hand to summon a long sword gleaming with cold light, resting it on Cao Bu's shoulder: "I ask you, was that matter really done by you?"

Seeing her appearance, Cao Bu understood in his heart.

It seemed Lu Qingwu already knew the truth.

He no longer hid it and smiled calmly: "It was indeed me."

"You dare to admit it!" Lu Qingwu's wrist tightened, the tip of the long sword instantly pressing against Cao Bu's skin, drawing a tiny scratch of blood.

In fact, she still harbored a sliver of hope; as long as Cao Bu denied it, she would have an excuse to make a big matter small and a small matter disappear.

Who would have thought Cao Bu was extremely arrogant and directly admitted it.

Cao Bu did not care about the sharp sword at his neck at all, instead smiling: "Everyone has an appreciation for beauty. It was me, so naturally, I will not deny it."

Lu Qingwu's hand gripping the sword trembled violently, and for a moment, she did not know what to do.

A flash of inspiration struck her, and she said in a tough tone: "Everything requires evidence. Just because you say you did it, means you did it?"

"I, Lu Qingwu, have always only recognized evidence. Without evidence, I will not slander you!"

"I will continue to investigate this matter and will not draw conclusions based solely on your one-sided words!"

As she spoke, she prepared to withdraw the long sword, looking for a way to step down.

But Cao Bu did not give her that chance, directly taking out a shadow-recording stone and handing it to her: "Auntie, this is the evidence. If you don't believe me, use your Divine Sense to inspect it."

Lu Qingwu was completely dumbfounded.

Did this beast not see that she was looking for a way to step down?

Taking out evidence at this time, how was she supposed to step down?

Looking at the shadow-recording stone in Cao Bu's hand, Lu Qingwu didn't know whether to take it or not, her face alternating between green and white.

Seeing her hesitation, Cao Bu took the initiative to take her small hand and placed the shadow-recording stone in her palm.

"Auntie, take a look. After you finish watching, you will know I didn't lie to you."

Cao Bu's smile was sincere, as if exposing a beast, and he was very happy inside.

Gripping the shadow-recording stone, Lu Qingwu's fingertips were icy cold. After agonizing for a long time, she finally, under Cao Bu's expectant gaze, bit the bullet and probed it with her Divine Sense.

Time passed minute by minute; the living room was so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Bu asked somewhat impatiently: "Auntie, haven't you finished watching yet?"

Lu Qingwu's face instantly flushed red.

Damn it!

She had actually treated the content in the shadow-recording stone as filth, yet she had become engrossed in it!

And Cao Bu's endurance was actually so good, far stronger than that one at her home!

"Auntie, can this shadow-recording stone serve as evidence?"

Cao Bu looked at her with a smile, a trace of playfulness in his eyes.

Lu Qingwu looked at the shadow-recording stone in her hand, then at Cao Bu, a flash of determination in her eyes.

You are the one asking for death, so don't blame me for being impolite!

Her wrist flicked, and the sword's edge instantly pressed close to Cao Bu's neck again. With just one more fraction of force, she could slit his throat.

But at this moment, Cao Bu slowly closed his eyes and said with guilt:

"Auntie, do it."

"I, Cao Bu, have failed the teachings of my foster father. I have done such absurd things; I am not a human."

"Just act on behalf of the heavens and kill me."

Lu Qingwu's hand gripping the sword trembled violently, the sword's body shaking slightly in her palm.

Looking at Cao Bu's appearance of calmly facing death, her heart inexplicably softened, and she truly could not bring herself to do it.

Behind the screen.

Qin Bingyao and Mu Zining stared outside without blinking, screaming anxiously in their hearts: "Hack him to death! Quickly, hack this beast to death!"