Step aside, let me take charge!.

Summary

. The chapter depicts a tense scene where Yu Zi, after enduring punishment, presents a document that reveals the tragic life of a woman who raised her. This woman serves as a cautionary tale, highlighting the grim future Yu Zi could have faced without her guidance. The narrative explores themes of poverty, violence, and despair, illustrating the harsh realities of life for women in their society. Shen Tang confronts the old Zhu couple and the commoners, asserting the existence of Yanling, a power that forces truth-telling, and threatens severe consequences for dishonesty. The old couple panics, clinging to hope that Shen Jun might be deceiving them, while the chapter ends with Shen Tang signaling Gu Chi, who possesses the ability to compel truth. .

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