Chapter 218 Human Nature
"Don't chase after a desperate enemy."
Cheng Nianying blurted out this, but then felt that it was not that simple.
"If Jiang Shenyuan had really met the emperor and reported the incident at Shaoqu Tower to him, how would the emperor react?"
"In a rage."
"Who is the anger directed at?"
"you."
Fu Yi smiled: "Just me?"
Cheng Nianying tilted her head: "He also rushed towards Jiang Shenyuan."
"Well, from the standoff that day, we know that Shao Qu Tower has been in operation since Jiang Shenyuan's father's generation. It should have been a powerful weapon. But surprisingly, it was destroyed just like that."
"Jiang Shenyuan will only have to endure more anger, not less. Especially after the emperor summoned you...his anger will have to find a source."
"Yes, he is very interesting." Fu Yi showed interest, but then he felt that this might make Cheng Nianying think he was extremely bad.
He calmed down a bit and continued, "If he has nothing left, and the emperor wants to scold and beat him, and do whatever he wants to him, he will just let him do it. He will just be his dog."
"But if there's still something left..."
"How could a man who could call the shots in Shaoqu Tower endure such a disparity?"
"He will have a rift with the emperor." Cheng Nianying continued.
"Hmm... We have to leave him something so he can regain his ambition and not just be content to be a dog."
"The Tian Pavilion is too threatening, and the Ren Pavilion is too weak. Is it just right to keep the Di Pavilion?" Cheng Nianying asked him.
"Yes. It depends on whether I have misjudged human nature." After Fu Yi finished speaking, he picked her up from in front of the mirror.
"Again?"
“…I’m hungry.”
Fu Yi: "...Okay, it's time to eat. I haven't thought it through."
He buttoned Cheng Nianying's robe tighter, then raised his hand and rang the copper bell hanging in the corner.
The servants of the Prince's Mansion, who had evacuated completely, came in one after another carrying lacquer trays.
*
Jiang Shenyuan was the second person to be hit by the soup bowl.
But the soup bowl hit him on the head, not his feet.
Blood slowly flowed from his forehead.
"I want to hear your explanation. Why didn't you notice anything? Did you lose your mind after this trip to the Hanging Temple?"
Jiang Shenyuan leaned sideways and bowed with difficulty without making any excuses. He knew what was most important at the moment.
He said, "There is a woman with Fu Yi, who originally lived in the building. I wanted to bring her to see Your Majesty."
"You placed an assassin next to Fu Yi? If that's the case, you shouldn't have made such a big mistake!"
"It's not... it's not something I planted. This is truly a coincidence, a wonderful coincidence. ...Your Majesty has seen her before. She was the Princess of the County."
Jiang Shenyuan recounted the entire story in full.
The emperor's expression changed several times before finally settling on a calm face.
He asked, "Are you saying this person can be used? But she turned against you in Tianzi Pavilion and stabbed you with her sword. How can you still use her?"
"Your Majesty! Why did Your Majesty grant Fu Yi a marriage? Isn't it so that he can have a wife and children to care about? Your Majesty, this person is his care!"
"I caught her in the Hanging Temple! Fu Yi asked her to hide there to avoid being hunted in the building. But I didn't realize that when Fu Yi asked her to hide, he certainly didn't want her to hide forever."
"She is safe and sound in the Hanging Temple, but Fu Yi is on guard in the Imperial Capital, waiting to eliminate her worries."
"Your Majesty, have you ever seen Fu Yi act like this? Does Prince Kang's Mansion deserve it? Even Prince Kang's Mansion doesn't deserve it!"
"In his eyes, there is no father, no mother, no emperor, only power! And now there is a woman like this."
"... Tell me about this woman. Her name is..."
"Cheng Nianying, her name is Cheng Nianying."
"A killer with a name?"
"Father originally chose the name Chengying for her."
"Chengying Sword?"
"yes."
"Why did she turn against us? Did she also fall in love with Fu Yi?"
“…Is that so?”
"That woman..." The emperor was unhappy. "Since she has been awarded the title of Chengying, why isn't she in the Tianzi Pavilion? You should have kept an eye on her long ago."
A woman who even Fu Yi was attracted to... but now he can't use her, the emperor is naturally upset.
Jiang Shenyuan's words now were different from what he said before in front of Cheng Nianying.
He said, "Because my father said she was a little scary."
"horrible?"
"The killers in the building have all been raised since childhood. Some were abandoned by their parents, and some were sold. Most are born weak. But she is different."
"She depends on who she's around."
The emperor frowned: "What do you mean?"
"Her companions were timid and didn't dare to pick up knives during training. So she didn't dare to pick up any either. By then, her father almost thought she was useless.
"But the next day, she had a new companion. That companion started crying, picked up a knife, and stabbed the scarecrow to pieces. She imitated him, made a crying expression, picked up the knife, and smashed the scarecrow to pieces. Later, she even walked over and wiped the tears from the corners of her companion's eyes."
"It was then that her father realized that it was her first time crying and that she had learned it."
"She learns things incredibly quickly. It's terrifying. And she learns everything."
"She can't stay in Tianzi Pavilion. She'll only become more cruel and difficult to control than others."
"The Human Pavilion is different from the Earth Pavilion. The killers there still have a human side. She must first learn to be a human being before she can control it."
The emperor sneered: "She looks like a human being now? Are you in control of it?"
Jiang Shenyuan raised his head and murmured, "Something went wrong... but I'll catch it again."
That was a good thing left to him by his father.
It can only be his.
"Alright!" the emperor shouted at him, "...it's your fault this time. You even lost the person you were supposed to bring back."
"I will find a way to get rid of Fu Yi."
"Enough! No assassination of Fu Yi is allowed these days."
"Why, Your Majesty, why..."
"I need him one last time." The emperor looked at him. "He can't be assassinated."
The emperor's expression was hidden in the darkness. It didn't matter that Zhong Dingyuan was gone. It seemed that he had a new idea.
"You failed to do your job properly and caused great disaster. You should be flogged."
*
Cheng Nianying changed her appearance again.
After eating and drinking her fill, she sat on the large chair that belonged to Fu Yi and asked, "When you attacked Shao Qu Tower, were all those assassins... killed?"
"You're still concerned about them?" Fu Yi paused, "Shall I take you to see them?"
Cheng Nianying thought about how the two Dong brothers looked after they were arrested in the past... Well, now that she had slept with Fu Yi a few times, she didn't feel scared at all.
"Go, go and see."
She still had two acquaintances in Shaoqu Tower... If they died this time, she would bury their bodies and erect a tombstone for them, and then let Fu Yi recite the mantra for them.
Even if he's dead, he can't be brought back to life.
At least you can be born into a good family in the next life.
Fu Yi won’t refuse, right?
Cheng Nianying turned and glanced at Fu Yi.
It doesn't matter. Even if you refuse, just give me a kiss if you want.
Cheng Nianying followed him to a narrow door, pushed it open, and walked into the tunnel.
I don’t know how long I walked before I saw the light again.
This was so similar to the day when he entered Tianzi Pavilion... except that there was no sticky blood under his feet, nor were there piles of corpses as Cheng Nianying had imagined.
The people coming and going made her feel as if she was back in Shaoqu Tower.
"Aying!" One of the men turned around in a daze and suddenly shouted.
"Are you okay? You've been missing for so long, I thought you were dead outside." The man choked in his throat.
Cheng Nianying tilted her head: "Why do you like crying so much?"
"Aying?" Fu Yi repeated softly.
If I had known this earlier, I would have killed them all.
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