Upon arriving at Shili Pavilion, Su Xuening gave the newly made pill to Di Su: "Please take this, Steward Di. This medicine can change your voice."
"Understood." Di Su took the pill and swallowed it.
"Do you remember what I told you before?" Su Xuening reminded her anxiously.
"Remember."
Di Su was stunned after he finished speaking.
My goodness, that really is Su Renyi's voice!
This wasn't his own voice at all; it sounded exactly like Su Renyi's.
Even Xuan Yuanzhan, who was in the carriage, looked at Su Xuening in shock.
These are the pills she just made. There are even pills that can change a person's voice. They're really amazing!
"That's enough, you can go now."
Su Xuening was also very satisfied with the voice pills she made this time.
The main reason was that she was quite familiar with Su Renyi, and Su Renyi's voice was rather deep, which made it easier to make pills.
"Yes," Di Su replied and got off the carriage.
Ye Yu was driving, also dressed in night clothes, wearing a black mask, and fully armed.
Upon seeing Di Su alight from the carriage, Ye Yu immediately carried a box and followed him to the Shili Pavilion, acting as his personal bodyguard.
Upon arriving at Shili Pavilion, Ye Yu and Ye Yun exchanged a glance. Ye Yun immediately understood and stepped forward to bow to Di Su, saying, "Master."
Di Su also recognized Ye Yun, then glanced at Shao Kun and said sternly, "Are you the leader of the Black Serpent Society?"
Shao Kun was intimidated by their posture, and Di Su's imposing attire and stern voice also made him dare not underestimate them. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Excellency is?"
Before Di Su could speak, he gave Ye Yu a look.
Ye Yu understood and stepped forward, placing a small box at Shao Kun's feet.
Shao Kun curiously opened the box and saw neatly stacked gold bricks inside. His eyes lit up immediately, and his attitude changed completely again: "May I ask what brings you here?"
"I need you to kill a few people for me," Di Su said, feigning profundity.
"Of course, of course. Just tell me who you want to kill!"
Shao Kun's eyes were still shining as he stared at the gold bricks. This was their business, and with this man being so generous, killing a few people was no big deal!
"From 9 AM to 1 PM the day after tomorrow, at the Western Hills hunting grounds, kill the Holy King's Dowager Consort, as well as the Holy King and his consort!"
Di Su was trembling when he said this.
If he hadn't guessed the general outline of the prince and princess's plan, he would have thought they were insane—not only were they paying a fortune to have an assassin kill him, but they also wanted to kill the Dowager Princess!
Shao Kun was also terrified when he heard his target: "You want to kill the Holy King and the Holy King's Dowager?"
Has he gone mad?
Anyone in Kyoto knows that the Holy Princess is actually the Emperor's woman, and that the Holy Prince is rumored to be the Emperor's illegitimate son. Sending him to assassinate the Emperor's women and princes is practically asking for his life.
"What, you don't dare?" Seeing Shao Kun's hesitant look, Di Su gestured to Ye Yu again.
Ye Yu immediately went to carry the box back.
The gold bricks he had just acquired were about to fly away, and Shao Kun panicked. He quickly hugged the box and looked at Di Su: "Don't worry, we can talk this over!"
Shao Kun's mind raced, and he looked at Di Su expectantly: "How about this, shall we kill the Holy Princess?"
The Holy King and the Holy Queen Mother are of extremely high status; we really dare not make a move against them!
...Di Su looked at Shao Kun speechlessly.
I thought this Black Snake Gang leader had some brains and wouldn't dare to provoke the Empress Dowager and the Prince, but I never expected him to be such a fool.
Little did he know that the princess was the most untouchable person in their palace. She was the most precious person to the Dowager Princess and the Prince, and he would never dare to touch her!
"It seems the leader really doesn't want to take this job. In that case, we'll just have to look at other places."
After Di Su finished speaking, Ye Yu went to pick up the box again.
Di Su added, "I forgot to tell you, this is just a deposit, only 30% of the reward. After it's done, mountains of gold and silver will be waiting for you!"
Shao Kun was initially hesitant, but after hearing Di Su's words, he was so excited that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He quickly hugged the box and said, "We'll take it! The Black Serpent Society will take this mission!"
Seeing that he had accepted the task, Di Su smiled with satisfaction: "I knew the leader was a straightforward man, and I also believed in the Black Serpent Society's abilities. Once it's done, even if you only kill one person, just name your price, and I'll give you whatever silver you want!"
"Don't worry, now that we, the Black Serpent Society, have accepted this mission, we will not slack off and will definitely complete it!" Shao Kun said excitedly.
"Then let's wait for the leader's good news."
Di Su was satisfied. He turned and left with Ye Yun and Ye Yu. As he turned, he loosened the knot of the jade pendant at his waist, and the jade pendant fell off without a trace.
By the time Shao Kun discovered the jade pendant, Di Su had already boarded the carriage with Ye Yun and Ye Yu.
"Hey~" Shao Kun originally wanted to return the jade pendant to Di Su, but the jade felt so good that he didn't chase after him to return it.
With such fine jade quality, it might not be worth ten thousand gold pieces, but it should at least be worth a thousand!
As soon as Di Su got into the carriage, Su Xuening gave him a thumbs up: "Butler Di's acting skills are superb."
"It's all thanks to the Princess's excellent teaching." Di Su dared not take credit.
Ye Yun and Ye Yu did not drive the carriage back to the Holy King's Mansion, but went directly to the place where they had encountered assassins before.
There were still guards there. The guards had gathered up the bodies of the assassins, but they hadn't disposed of any of them.
Xuanyuan Zhan and Su Xuening alighted from the carriage, and the guards hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "Your Highness and Your Highness's Consort."
Su Xuening looked at Ye Yun: "Have you obtained the Black Serpent Society's mark?"
Ye Yun immediately took out a drawing: "This is it. The mark isn't very big. It's on the back of the hand where it connects to the arm."
“Then all we need is a tattoo artist. We need to find a reliable one,” Su Xuening said, judging from the black snake mark on the design.
"Ye Feng." Before Ye Yun could respond, Xuan Yuanzhan called out.
Ye Feng didn't even appear; he simply vanished in a flash.
A moment later, Ye Feng appeared out of thin air carrying another man.
"Your Highness, Your Highness." The tattoo artist immediately bowed to Xuan Yuanzhan and Su Xuening as soon as he landed.
Su Xuening handed him the blueprint directly: "How long will it take to tattoo this mark on all these people's hands?"
The tattoo artist glanced at the dozens of corpses on the ground, then looked at the design: "The mark is simple and not too big. Give me an hour to finish it."
The time was about the same as Su Xuening's estimate: "Then let's begin."
The tattoo artist recognized the black snake mark and roughly guessed Su Xuening's intention. He frowned and said, "The tattoo is fine, but these people are all dead. The color of the tattoos after death is different from the tattoos before death. Is Your Highness sure you want to get the tattoo?"
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