Madam Qi leaned down and yanked off the string of beads carved into human skulls on Marshal Tianpeng’s neck, weighing it in her hand. “If you had used this as barter, I could’ve given you 10,000 Taiping coins. It wouldn’t have been enough for you to leave unscathed, but you could’ve at least kept your life. But you didn’t listen.”0

As she spoke, Madam Qi tucked the string of beads into her chest pocket.0

Qi Xuansu was shocked by what had just transpired, but at the same time, such a result was also somewhat expected.0

He had long known that Madam Qi was no ordinary person. She could do business with the Xizhou Protector and had connections with Pei Xiaolou and Lei Xiaohuan. She even made White Jade Hall wary of breaking agreements with her.0

Not only that, she casually gifted him a Xuan Jade of Death that was treasured by the Three Yin Beings. Li Qingnu, the Finest Courtesan groomed by the Li family, was also her...0