Chapter 230 I Won't Marry!
Shen Lanxi looked at Zhou Yunyue with a half-smile: "Princess, what a clever scheme you have! You don't want to go on a marriage alliance, so you drag the Shen family's sons into it. Your wicked intentions are evident."
"What are you saying? I don't understand. Now that things have come to this, so many people know, it's impossible to hide it anymore. Your Shen family deserves an explanation!" Zhou Yunyue was desperate.
Shen Yuanjing was so regretful that he wanted to chop off his own head. He had underestimated a woman who was powerless to even kill a chicken, but in the end, he was stabbed in the back by this woman.
His face showed nothing but deep regret; there was no other expression on it.
It's obvious that Zhou Yunyue orchestrated this, but they have no evidence. Shen Yuanjing is now forced to swallow his anger and is completely miserable.
"If I don't marry her, isn't that just court-martial? It was my negligence, and I'll take responsibility for my mistake!" Shen Yuanjing glared, his attitude resolute.
Zhou Yunyue never expected Shen Yuanjing to be so clueless; she was saving him!
Not only was he ungrateful to her, but he also went and courted his own death. This man is utterly hopeless!
Qian Feng: "General, this matter concerns the lives of the entire marriage alliance delegation. Perhaps we should consult the other officials?"
Shen Lanxi coldly stared at Shen Yuanjing: "Even princes are subject to the law, let alone commoners. How dare he do something that insults the royal family! I, Shen Lanxi, will not tolerate this!"
Xiao Fang cautiously replied, "His Majesty has ordered that the journey not be delayed. If this matter were to be reported to the court, who knows how long it would take for the round trip. I suggest that we discuss this further after we arrive in the Northwest!"
Shen Yuanxu: "This humble official seconds the motion."
"General, now is definitely not the best time to deal with Vanguard Shen. Please reconsider!"
Looking at the people who were not pleading for Shen Yuanjing, Zhou Yunyue felt much less of the crisis in her heart, and even began to feel smug.
Things have gone as she expected. She and Shen Yuanjing have become intimate, and even if they go to the Northwest, they will not send her to marry a foreign ruler.
This step wasn't originally necessary, but Shen Lanxi had been relentlessly pressuring her the whole way. Shen Yuanjing should blame Shen Lanxi if she wanted!
Shen Lanxi looked at Shen Yuanjing with a chilling gaze: "He may be spared the death penalty, but he can't escape punishment. Fifty strokes of the military rod—if he doesn't die, I'll spare his life!"
Zhou Yunyue glanced at Shen Lanxi, but she didn't believe that Shen Lanxi would really let someone beat up her own younger brother.
Shen Lanxi: "Let the princess oversee the execution!"
"yes!"
Zhou Yunyue was stunned.
Shen Yuanjing was led away, utterly defeated. Chunxue and Qiushuang flanked him, asking Zhou Yunyue to supervise the execution.
Zhou Yunyue just didn't believe they would really fight. Wasn't she supposed to go and watch?
She went to see what was going on!
A group of people left the tent in a flash, leaving Shen Lanxi and Ban Sicao to cover their retreat.
Ban Sicao whispered, "I just took Yuan Jing's pulse. He's been drugged with a very potent sleeping potion. Just a little bit on his lips is enough to make him feel the effects."
Shen Lanxi: "Look around here, Zhou Yunyue must have brought other medicines!"
"yes!"
A short while later, Ban Sicao pulled out a box containing more than twenty bottles and jars.
"There are sleeping pills, aphrodisiacs, and poisons... most of them are poisons, sleeping pills are the least common, and aphrodisiacs are the next most common." In fact, there are only two fewer bottles of aphrodisiacs than poisons.
Shen Lanxi: "Which is better, these medicines or the medicines from your Ten Thousand Poisons Sect?"
Ban Sicao's eyes flashed: "I must say, these medicines are top-grade, colorless and odorless, and ordinary pharmacists can't make them."
Shen Lanxi: "Is it possible that someone from your Ten Thousand Poisons Sect did this?"
Ban Si Cao hadn't checked carefully earlier, but after hearing Shen Lan Xi's words, she immediately poured out a little of each medicine.
"Although I can't be sure if it was made by someone from our Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, the pharmacist who could make this kind of medicine must be quite skilled!"
Shen Lanxi's eyes flashed: "I'm giving you a task: find out who gave Zhou Yunyue these drugs!"
Ban Sicao noted it down: "Should these things be replaced?"
Shen Lanxi thought for a moment and nodded. Now was not the time to alert the enemy.
"Change it. Find someone to keep a close watch on Zhou Yunyue and her maids!"
"yes."
Zhou Yunyue stared at the executioner and only lasted for a dozen or so blows before she couldn't take it anymore.
Shen Lanxi is really ruthless; she actually dared to beat Shen Yuanjing to death!
"I'm not feeling well, so I'll go back to rest first!"
Zhou Yunyue rushed back to the tent, her face full of anxiety, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to shreds.
“Princess, there’s no need to panic. I don’t think the executioner used his full strength,” said another palace maid, Ginkgo.
When Zhou Yunyue heard her say that, she turned to look at her as if pleading for help.
Are you serious?
Yinxing respectfully replied, "This servant has watched people being executed since I was a child in the palace. I can tell at a glance whether someone is using their full strength. That kind of force will at most cause superficial wounds!"
Hearing her say that, Zhou Yunyue felt much calmer.
When they set off in the morning, the members of the peace mission were all talking in hushed tones about what had happened the night before.
The discussion was quickly overshadowed by the news of Shen Yuanjing's serious injury.
"That's fifty lashes! You'll be crippled if you don't die."
"General Shen is truly ruthless!"
"The stinger of a wasp is the most venomous thing a woman can have. Shen Lanxi must be no pushover to have climbed to this position."
The marriage alliance mission continued its journey.
Not long after, Zhou Yunyue summoned a guard to inquire about Shen Yuanjing's injuries. Soon, the guard returned with the medicine Zhou Yunyue had given him and went to find Shen Yuanjing.
"General, at our current speed, we should be able to reach Xiguan in another ten days or so!" Qian Feng said.
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Ahead is Mao'er Mountain, which is a deep and secluded forest with long stone paths. Hungry wolves roam there all year round, so it is also called Wild Wolf Mountain. Please be careful!"
"yes!"
Neither Qian Feng nor Ban Sicao had ever witnessed Shen Lanxi killing wolves, but they had heard Liu Yanhui and the others talk about it. So whenever they heard about wolves, they would think of Liu Yanhui's vivid descriptions of how Shen Lanxi killed wolves, and her majestic tiger-skin throne.
Everyone wants to witness her ruthless methods firsthand!
They arrived at the foot of Mao'er Mountain at noon. After a short rest and meal, the marriage delegation began to enter Mao'er Mountain.
“This place is like a bottle opening between two cliffs. If someone sets up an ambush for us here, it would be an excellent ambush location!” Shen Lanxi raised her hand to stop the group.
"General, I suggest we go in batches!" Qian Feng said.
Shen Lanxi nodded: "That's a good idea. When we leave, we should try to stay close to the mountainside!"
Qian Feng selected one hundred people and had them line up in a single file to go first!
At the mountaintop, birdsong filled the air.
Shen Lanxi glanced in a certain direction, her eyes flashing with cold light!
...
"Chief, they're too cunning! They didn't stick together, they went their separate ways!"
"Chief, we must wait until the princess's carriage has passed before we act, otherwise we'll alert her and fail to kill her!"
A dark-skinned man wearing a wolf skin stared menacingly down the mountainside.
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