Upon seeing Hong Fang's return, Zhuge Rou quickly helped him loosen his clothes and ordered the maid to prepare bowls and chopsticks.

"Father, you're back." It was only in front of her father, Hong Fang, that Hong Mingyue would show a childlike playfulness that matched her age.

"I have just returned from the Crown Prince Palace. I heard everything Yuying said earlier. However, you all have underestimated that person from the Lan Residence." Hong Fang was currently at the Reincarnation Second Realm, on the verge of breaking through to the Reincarnation Third Paths.

He had heard those words from Hong Yuying the moment he entered the residence.

He briefly related the incidents of Noble Princess Consort Luo being harmed and losing her child, Ye Lingyue cleverly rejecting the Sixth Prince's marriage proposal, and Empress Liu adopting her as a goddaughter instead of getting angry.

After listening, Hong Yuying felt both jealous and envious.

"This Ye Lingyue must have eaten the gall of a leopard with her ambitions; she repeatedly rejected proposals from the Royal Descendants. The Empress and Noble Princess Consort Luo must be blind to accept that wild breed from the populace, who has no qualifications to be a wife in the royal family."

Both Crown Prince Hong and the Sixth Prince are strong competitors for the throne. Not to mention being the official wife, even the position of a concubine is coveted by countless reputable ladies in Xia Capital, yet this despicable member of the Lan Family declined them all at once.

"She even dared to harm the biological child of Noble Princess Consort Luo; Ye Lingyue is truly lawless!" Hong Yulang never expected that even the usually cunning Noble Princess Consort Luo would suffer a loss.

"Father, big brother, and sister, I think that Ye Lingyue is not an easy person to deal with. This woman will become a major problem in the future." Hong Mingyue knew little about Ye Lingyue.

After hearing her father recount those matters about Ye Lingyue, Hong Mingyue was utterly shocked.

Ye Lingyue is a person who does whatever it takes to achieve her objectives, her cunning, and methods far surpass those of her peers.

No wonder her own brother and sister have been completely controlled by her.

"Master, Ming Yue is right. Including the incident where she was titled as Princess, Ye Lingyue has opposed our Hong Residence multiple times. I believe she holds a deep hostility towards us and has targeted us repeatedly." Zhuge Rou also chimed in supporting this.

"On this matter, I and the Crown Prince have already discussed. This time, we must eliminate this woman." Hong Fang had never thought that he would personally plot to eradicate a girl around the age of his own daughter.

But if Ye Lingyue is not eliminated swiftly, with her current rate of growth, it might not even take a year before she destabilizes the foundations that the Hong Residence has established at court over the years.

This woman is truly a calamity.

"Father, you will personally deal with her?" Hong Mingyue exclaimed in surprise.

"Correct, the Crown Prince has already made the arrangements, and in the next few days, several Noble Marquises will present a petition. This time, it's not just Ye Lingyue; we will also eradicate the Lan Residence." Hong Fang's chopsticks snapped into two with force.

In her eyes, her father Hong Fang has always been a kind father; she hadn't expected that he would stoop to confronting a young girl nearly his daughter's age.

This unexpectedly piqued Hong Mingyue's interest in that Ye Lingyue.

She has completed the sect mission, and in the next few days, she will stay in Xia Capital. Perhaps, she might even have a chance to meet this legendary Ye Lingyue.

"Ming Yue, don't overthink it, the most crucial thing for you now is to focus on your cultivation. Remember, within the whole Daxia, the person who can be called the moon above is only my daughter, Hong Fang. Only Yue'er like you is worthy of the title Princess Yue." Hong Fang looked at Hong Mingyue with a proud expression.

"That Ye Lingyue is merely a clown who cannot reach the hall of elegance. Little sister, during your stay at home this time, you should spar with me and Yuying. It would be best if you could teach us some Ultimate Skills from Three-Life Valley. That way, at next year's Imperial Examination, the three of us siblings might even sweep the top three places." Hong Yulang spoke.

Before witnessing Hong Mingyue demonstrating the Ultimate Skill of Three-Life Valley, Hong Yulang had thought the Martial Arts taught in the Hongwu Hall were already quite impressive.

But in comparison with Hong Mingyue's Reincarnation Three-Life Song, they simply paled in significance.

Hong Yulang believed that if Ming Yue would teach them a few moves, the Hong siblings would surely dazzle in this Imperial Examination.

"Big brother. The Ultimate Skill of Three-Life Valley is not to be casually imparted to outsiders; you are not a member of our sect, so I won't teach you the Martial Arts. However, here are some Elixir Pills you and Yuying can take for now." Hong Mingyue said, as she took out several medicine bottles.

One of the bottles contained Xuan Yang Elixir, suitable for both Hong Yulang and Hong Yuying in the Elixir Realm.

The second bottle had Snow Skin Jade Dew Paste, meant as a gift for our mother Zhuge Rou.

As for the third bottle, it astonishingly contained a Reincarnation Elixir.

"Father, you are currently in the Reincarnation Realm, keep this bottle of Reincarnation Elixir, it will greatly benefit you in advancing to the Reincarnation Three Paths."

The Elixir Pills that Hong Mingyue took out, even the least impressive among them was Fourth-grade, and the Reincarnation Elixir among them reached an astonishing Seventh Grade.

Seeing that Hong Mingyue casually brought them out, Hong Fang and the others were all taken aback.

"Ming Yue, you are also cultivating; you should keep the Reincarnation Elixirs for yourself first." The few Reincarnation Elixirs that Hong Fang had were hardly obtained from Noble Princess Consort Luo.

Last time in the Treasure Cave, to obtain the Elixir Book Iron Scroll for the Buddhist Sect, he was forced to sell one, which had pained Hong Fang for a long time.

Unexpectedly, such a precious medicinal pill was casually brought out by his daughter, Hong Mingyue.

"Father, I am not short of Elixir Pills. Last month, I had just become a Core Disciple of Three-Life Valley, and now that I'm a core disciple, I receive one Reincarnation Elixir every month."

Three-Life Valley truly lives up to its name; the disciples they recruit are no ordinary individuals, and the Elixir Pills and various Spiritual Artifacts they spend on these disciples each year are countless.

This also made the people of Hong Residence even more wary of Three-Life Valley.

After distributing the Elixir Pills, the family enjoyed a reunion dinner that evening.

Under the night sky, a bright full moon hung.

A person dressed as a maid walked out of Hong Residence, hurrying to a house in the city.

This house looked like a residence of an ordinary middle-class family during the day, nothing conspicuous.

Who would have guessed that inside this house lay the stronghold of the Ghost Sect in Xia Capital.

"Did Hong Fang truly say these words?" Ye Lingyue, disguised as Thirteen, sat in the meeting room of the residence, with Yan Che and Lai Gu standing beside her.

"Sect Leader, this servant was setting the dishes at the time, I heard everything crystal clear." The maid who entered the headquarters of Ghost Sect was the stake arranged by Yan Che in Hong Residence.

The discourse of Hong Fang today was detailed to Ye Lingyue by her word for word.

"Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its cubs; Hong Fang wants to harm the Sect Leader, you must be careful." Lai Gu, feeling alarmed, couldn't help but feel sympathy for Ye Lingyue.