Chapter 140: Indeed Very Capable
"Wan Mei?"
Chen Yue curled her lips playfully, "Do you like her that much? Do you know that the palace maids secretly call her the enchanting concubine who has been slept with by thousands of men?"
Jiang Da frowned and clenched his fists, "She is not."
"What about you? The prince has silver hair and red eyes, and is bloodthirsty. Anyone who sees him would regard him as a monster, but you still like him just as much..."
Before he finished speaking, a white light suddenly flashed by——
When he came to his senses again, the Hanyue Dagger was already clearly pointed across his neck.
"What did you say?"
Shen Yue's face was filled with surprise, and her eyes, which had been smiling just now, were now filled with murderous intent.
"When did you find out? Who did you tell?"
"I won't tell anyone." Jiang Da slowly raised his eyes and met hers. "Wan Mei is someone I want to protect, and I won't tell her about this."
"That night in Sifang City, when you returned from outside the palace without the prince's knowledge, I became suspicious. Later, I watched you all whenever I had the chance, piecing together what I saw and heard bit by bit, and finally I had a rough idea."
"Of course you can. It's really a waste of your talent to stay in the Nether Palace." Shen Yue sneered, "Now that you tell me all this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"Brother Shen, you can kill me if you want. After all, I betrayed the prince, and Zhao Si also died at my hands."
Jiang Da said, tilting his neck forward.
The tip of the knife cut through his flesh and was about to cut into his trachea when Shen Yue suddenly retracted the dagger.
"Why are you so anxious? I hate it most when someone makes decisions for me!"
Jiang Da raised his hand and touched the blood on his neck, then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then you think about it first, I'll go help you."
As he said that, he stood up and joined the fight, knocking Qiao Laosi to the ground in a few hits. The killers took the opportunity to attack and chopped him into several pieces with a loud noise.
After venting their anger, they knelt down in front of Shen Yue and begged for medicine.
Things like "Good people will be rewarded", "Just give me medicine and I will work like a slave for you"... and so on.
Chen Yue felt a headache after hearing this, so she had to take out the spare gourd from her waist and throw it over.
"Get as far away as you can! If I find out where you're doing evil, I'll definitely bring my men and chop you into pieces!"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The killers took the antidote and left one after another, leaving only a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old children kneeling on the ground motionless.
A little boy said pitifully:
"Brother, we were captured and brought to the Netherworld Palace when we were young. We have only learned to kill and nothing else. Brother, you are kind-hearted, so please take us in!"
The little girl next to him also agreed: "Yeah, I have a small stomach, so I can eat less..."
Shen Yue instantly felt even more headache.
“It’s not a question of eating more or less.”
After all, they are from the Netherworld Palace. Shen Yue cannot recruit them into the Shadow Guard Division, and Xiao Yuheng will not allow her to do so.
But if we ignore them, these little guys will indeed be pitiful.
Seeing her expression soften a little, Jiang Da slowly raised the corners of his lips, "Brother Shen is indeed soft-hearted."
"Shut up!"
Shen Yue glared at him fiercely, then said to the little guys, "I will arrange for you to work in the shop and I will also make sure you have enough to eat, but in return, you must put down your knives and stop killing people. Also, if one day you betray me..."
"That day will never come!" the little boy vowed.
The other children followed suit and took the oath.
"Okay, tomorrow morning, go to the alley across from Prince Cheng's mansion and wait. Sister Cheng will be there to pick you up."
After saying that, Shen Yue stood up and walked in front of Jiang Da.
"If I don't kill you today, what will you do in the future?"
Jiang Da looked at her and then knelt on the ground.
"At this point, I definitely can't go back to the palace. I will sneak into the palace and report to Wanmei. If she spares my life, I will take the opportunity to stay by her side. If there are any unusual movements from His Majesty and the Crown Prince, I will report to you immediately."
"Report it to me?" Shen Yue sneered, "Do you think I will believe it?"
"Brother Shen, perhaps I should call you Miss Shen."
Jiang Da raised his eyes to look at Shen Yue and bowed respectfully, "I said, I only want to save Wan Mei. For her, I am willing to do anything."
“…Love-brainedness is terrifying.”
Shen Yue twitched the corners of her lips, but finally said nothing more. She put the dagger in her pocket and strode away.
——
The news of the fire in the Eighth Prince's Mansion reached the palace that night.
Emperor Qi Yuan was so anxious that his nose was smoking. He sent people to put out the fire overnight, but what he ended up with was a charred corpse.
Although Emperor Qi Yuan did not love this son, he was his biological son after all. In a rage, he ran to the East Palace in the rain to question Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye was lying on the bed, his heart already beaming with joy. A leg in exchange for a life, it was worth it!
But he pretended to be clueless:
"Father, I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Father, there was thunder last night, and it's possible that lightning struck and caused the fire."
"Father, I am wronged. I hope you will see clearly."
Everyone in the Eighth Prince's Mansion was burned to death in a fire. Emperor Qi Yuan could not find evidence of homicide, so he had to give up.
Although there was no definitive conclusion to the matter, rumors began to spread throughout the capital that the Eighth Prince had attempted to murder the Crown Prince but ended up reaping the consequences.
The Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince, who were usually close to the Eighth Prince, sided with the Crown Prince overnight. Supplements were sent to the Eastern Palace like a stream of water, and even those ministers who had complaints about the Crown Prince were taught a lesson one by one.
Xiao Ye naturally didn't buy their tricks, but when someone flattered him, he accepted it with pleasure.
A polo match made his situation precarious, but a fire brought his status back to the top.
For a moment, the princes turned pale when they mentioned the name "Ye". After all, no one wanted to offend a madman who killed his brothers.
There was chaos outside, but the people in Prince Cheng's mansion had no time to gossip because they were busy packing their luggage.
Shen Yue found a large wooden box and put her clothes, banknotes, gold bars, and weapons into it.
Xiao Yuheng sat aside, watching her busying around as if she were a fool.
Just as she was about to pack up the white jade tea set on the table, Xiao Yuheng finally couldn't help but hold her hand.
"Ayue, we're just pretending, we're not really leaving, why are you packing so carefully?"
"What do you know? These are all very valuable." Shen Yue brushed his hand away.
"If the plan fails, we'll have to leave for real, and then it will be too late to clean up."
She said this with a serious look on her face. Xiao Yuheng was unable to refute her and had to let her continue to clean up.
A heavy rain fell for three days and three nights, and the water level of the moat rose rapidly. The surging water rushed and almost broke through the river bank.
The day the rain stopped was the day Xiao Yuheng planned to leave Beijing.
Xiao Yuheng went to the palace early in the morning to say goodbye to Concubine Rou and Emperor Qi Yuan, and the royal palace's motorcade set off in a grand manner.
When they reached Zhengyang Gate, suddenly a large number of ragged people came up and cried out in despair.
"My Lord, the savior of suffering, you cannot leave!"
"If you leave, we'll crash into the city gate and die!"
As they spoke, several people prepared to commit suicide by hitting the wall.
Xiao Yuheng was startled and quickly lifted the car curtain and ordered Changfeng to rescue the person.
Where did A Yue find these people from? It's such a dramatic thing!
As if knowing what he was thinking, Shen Yue rode over and whispered:
"I asked Sijin to find a few tall kids from the Netherworld Palace and blend in with the common people. What do you think? Am I very powerful and capable?"
Xiao Yuheng choked when he heard this, then curled his lips and looked at her meaningfully.
"Indeed, very capable."
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