freenovelworld Chapter 164 Someone Wants to Kill Yuexin
Chapter 164 Someone Wants to Kill Yuexin
Shen Sangwan tapped Cen Yan's head, "Are you stupid?"
"What are you doing?"
"Have you forgotten about the Empress's trip to Wuzhou with me?"
Cen Yan then realized that she had just had a mental lapse.
"I just woke up and I'm still a little groggy. Just talk to me nicely, why did you hit me?"
"I..."
Shen Sangwan stood up, pointed at Cen Yan's head, and shook it back and forth a couple of times. She had only tapped it lightly, without even a fraction of her strength. When did it become hitting her?
"You look tired in the corners of your eyes. You probably haven't had a good rest for several days. Go to sleep."
After finishing the minced meat porridge, Cen Yan drank most of a bowl of bone broth. Once she was full, she started to send everyone away.
"Then you should rest well. I'll have someone come and watch over you."
"By the way, you didn't punish Ruoying, did you? I haven't seen her at all. I forced her to take me to you at the palace banquet that day, so please don't blame her."
"You're only saying this now? If I had killed him in a fit of anger back then, it would be too late now."
"You—you wouldn't have given him/her to...?"
Seeing that Shen Sangwan didn't speak, Cen Yan was so frightened that she thought the other party had killed or disposed of the person, and she was so scared that she almost got out of bed.
"Don't move her. She's fine. I didn't punish her. She knelt outside all night. Please don't wrong me."
Shen Sangwan quickly waved her hand to explain, "I'll have her come and keep you company right away."
After settling Cen Yan in, Shen Sangwan finally felt relieved and prepared to rest in the side hall when Shuyun came in with a small piece of paper.
"Your Highness, someone wants to kill Yuexin."
Upon hearing this name, Shen Sangwan thought about it carefully. She had almost forgotten that she had asked Shuyun to capture Yuexin from the Princess's residence before going to the Prince Ming's mansion that day.
"At the Princess's residence?"
"Yes and no. The next day, I secretly moved the person to a manor in the suburbs."
"Um--?"
"The person in the Princess's residence is not Yuexin, but a death row inmate who looks like her that I found."
The man was in bad shape; a sword had pierced him through the chest, and he probably wouldn't last more than a few days. His injury was somewhat similar to the princess's.
When Shuyun said this, she cautiously glanced at Shen Sangwan, and only dared to say the second half of her sentence after seeing that the other party had no emotional fluctuation.
"How is Yuexin now?"
"He's being held captive at the manor, nothing's going on there. Besides my subordinates, only Ruoli knows about it."
Shuyun whispered her reply to him.
"What has the King of Ming been doing these past two days?"
"He went to the Fragrant Mountain Hot Springs with Princess Ming and is not at the residence."
He kept rubbing his thumb with his right index finger, and kept his head down without saying a word.
"Your Highness, we have sent away all the people sent from the various mansions, except for Yuexin from the Ming Prince's mansion. If she were to suddenly die now, it might be used against us by those with ulterior motives."
"If the King of Ming investigates, he can simply have the person executed on charges of attempting to assassinate me."
"Judging from the current situation, it seems that the Ming King was afraid that Yuexin would reveal something, so he sent someone to silence her."
Shen Sangwan moved to the corridor and looked at the crescent moon in the dark sky. "Is there any hope of saving this person?"
"It's probably difficult. He can't speak anymore and keeps vomiting blood."
"Since she's a death row inmate, let's send her on her way first, just as if she were Yuexin. Take good care of the body and don't leave any evidence."
"Yes, my subordinate will go right away."
Shen Sangwan walked aimlessly along the stone steps under the corridor, her face being slapped by the cool evening breeze.
It was also because of the cold wind that Shen Sangwan's mind remained clear.
[Master, Cen Yan has already woken up, but you still seem preoccupied. You seemed quite happy before you came out.]
"The Ming King is a ticking time bomb; we don't know when he'll explode. He's been entrenched for years, and who knows how many tricks he's laid? If he goes berserk, who knows how we'll all die?"
【How about we talk to the Empress? She has many assassins from the Soul-Hooking Pavilion. We can just have her send someone to kill the Ming Prince, and everything will be fine.】
〖......〗
"Well said, but don't say it again."
Since the master is afraid of the Ming King, this ticking time bomb, wouldn't the best way be to solve the problem at its root?
"Why don't you take a look at what's written on the second-to-last quest in the main storyline? If it's possible to break the game rules, I can run to Fragrant Hills right now and kill someone, as long as you tell the main system not to punish me."
Well... Master is right, I won't say too much next time.
With a heavy heart, Shen Sangwan tried her luck and found that she could still easily use the lightness skill she had retrieved from the main system. She leaped onto the high wall, straddled the palace wall, and looked down over most of the palace.
It was already past midnight, but some places were still brightly lit.
"Xiaotong, I miss my friends."
Are they the master's cronies in this world?
〖......〗
If you can't speak properly, then shut up.
[Judging by my master's temperament, the friends he can make are all outstanding individuals, truly good friends.]
Tears streamed down Xiao Tong's face as she was dragged out. Faced with Shen Sangwan's threats and intimidation, she pitifully changed her story.
[Does the master mean he wants to go back?]
"Oh—no, not at all. In the past six months or so, I've felt pretty good. Compared to before, when I still lived a life of being waited on hand and foot, with my protective little emperor and caring empress dowager, I much prefer this life to the one I had before, where I was unwanted by both parents."
Do you enjoy the constant threat of assassination, with your head hanging by a thread?
〖......〗
Tonight, Shen Sangwan completely labeled Xiaotong as a conversation killer.
"I occasionally reminisce about the past, and you have to spoil the mood and ruin the atmosphere, don't you?"
Serves you right for being single. May you remain forever alone, never finding another system that truly cares for you.
[Master, you've gone too far! You're bullying me because I'm all alone! You...you...]
How could someone with your 37-degree mouth utter such chilling words?
Shen Sangwan turned away and looked in the direction of the Phoenix Palace.
I wonder if the Empress is resting.
[Your Majesty should go and see if he's sleeping or not. Actually, I wouldn't mind if Your Majesty went to sleep with the Empress.]
Xiaotong casually uttered this sentence, the implication couldn't be stronger.
"Gou Xiaotong, have you been secretly plotting something with the Empress behind my back again?"
Shen Sangwan sensed something unusual.
He grabbed Xiaotong's ear and threatened him with his eyes.
[Master, it hurts...it hurts! Please let go and let me in, then I'll tell you.]
Xiao Tong tried to slap Shen Sangwan's hand that was grabbing her ear, but she missed.
The system is so unfair!