Chapter 193: Hiding in the Toilet, Driving Under the Moon
After the training, Xiao Qinggu saw Shang Yuwan coming back and wanted to ask something.
She saw the gloom between Shang Yuwan's eyebrows, and finally said nothing, choosing to take him out for a good meal.
Yue Zhu had been quietly increasing her intensity over the past few days, leaving Xiao Qinggu in constant pain, so much so that even picking up food was difficult for her. However, she acted as if nothing had happened and continued to pick up food for Shang Yuwan at the dinner table.
"Your Highness, this is against the rules." Shang Yuwan spoke up to stop Xiao Qinggu from picking up another piece of meat with his chopsticks.
Not only Xiao Qinggu, Shang Mingqi was also using the unused chopsticks to pick up food for her. One was big, the other was small, and they were using their chopsticks. Her bowl was full.
Xiao Qinggu thought Shang Yuwan was worried about Yue Zhu being here, so she snorted, "Don't be afraid! This is my territory, who dares to tell anyone?"
She glanced at Yue Zhu, who looked up at Xiao Qinggu, met her gaze, then silently lowered his eyes and went to eat his own food.
Sometimes you just have to be blind. Yue Zhu, who had served in the palace for many years, understood this principle well.
Xiao Qinggu curled the corners of his lips slightly, and picked up another piece of food for Shang Yuwan with his chopsticks, "Eat more! You'll be happy when you're full!"
Shang Mingqi saw that Shang Yuwan really couldn't put down his bowl, so he silently glanced at the servant behind him.
The servant was very considerate and brought a new bowl. Shang Mingqi silently put the dishes he had picked up into the new bowl and quietly pushed it towards Shang Yuwan.
Her Royal Highness is right, you will be happy when you are full.
Shang Yuwan: “…”
She really couldn't eat that much.
After a while of noise, the dinner was finally over.
Seeing that Xiao Qinggu was in unbearable pain, Shang Yuwan accompanied her back to her room to sleep. After lighting calming incense, Shang Yuwan massaged her hands and legs for half an hour, and only quietly withdrew after Xiao Qinggu fell completely asleep.
After she left, she did not go back to her room to rest, but went to the secret cell to find Peiyun and Xiaoli.
"My lord." When the guests saw her coming, they all bowed respectfully.
Shang Yuwan smiled slightly and nodded, looking at the two people in the cell.
"How are the preparations going?"
Peiyun and Xiaoli were wearing tattered clothes and looked much more disheveled than before.
They all nodded, and Xiaoli asked, "How are you going to get us out?"
Shang Yuwan smiled.
"Toilet."
Peiyun: “…” She must have done it on purpose.
Oguri: “…” She must have done it on purpose.
Guest: “…”
Lord Shang is taking revenge on Peiyun and Xiaoli for bringing those people to hide the land deeds in the princess's mansion. He really takes revenge whenever he gets the chance.
If the people who came to report the incident arrived and found the land deeds in the princess's mansion, even if it had nothing to do with Xiao Qinggu, she would probably have difficulty continuing with the examination to become king.
"Someone will be pulling a cart carrying a toilet bucket out of the house tonight. You just hide in the bucket."
Seeing the two people's expressions change so dramatically, Shang Yuwan smiled and suggested, "Or you can choose to be chopped into minced meat together with your mother."
If they left the princess's mansion without any cover, Peiyun and Xiaoli would definitely not live to see the moment Shang Yuwan had planned.
Shang Yuwan doesn't have much empathy now. Once Peiyun and Xiaoli are no longer valuable, she won't care whether their mother is dead or alive.
"Of course, as long as you do your job well, my people will naturally give you the antidote."
Shang Yuwan smiled, but her eyes were cold. Although she wanted to force them to do things for her, she remembered that excessive coercion would only make people resentful.
Peiyun and Xiaoli could hear the threat and seriousness in her words, and finally suppressed their nausea and agreed.
It was just a toilet, not even half as dirty as what they had done to Xiao Qingji.
A disguised guest led Peiyun and Xiaoli out of the secret prison. Shang Yuwan looked at their backs with a dim gaze.
Lou Ke took a step closer to her and said, "Sir, we'll go first."
Shang Yuwan hummed, "Protect yourselves. Your lives are much more precious than theirs. If you really can't protect them from being found by Cheng Xunzhi's men, leaving two bodies behind is almost enough."
Xiao Qingji was truly arrogant. The poisons he used were all unique to Langjiang, even the "Old Frost Concubine" was a Langjiang-specific poison. What if Peiyun and Xiaoli died outside and were discovered by Cheng Xunzhi's men? Once the autopsies were done, it would cause another storm between Dayu and Langjiang. Cheng Xunzhi was no pushover. Did Xiao Qingji really think Xiao Tong wouldn't be found out?
"yes."
The guest left in response. Suddenly, a man came hurriedly and whispered a few words to Shang Yuwan. Then Shang Yuwan's eyes lit up slightly and he walked towards Xiao Qinggu's bedroom.
Outside Xiao Qinggu's bedroom was a courtyard with an osmanthus tree in it. Shang Yuwan went around to the wall behind the tree and secretly climbed up to take a look.
Who else but Xiao Qinggu was sweating profusely over the wooden stake under the moonlight?
Seeing that Xiao Qinggu was willing to get up from the bed and practice pile driving, Shang Yuwan felt both relieved and distressed.
There was a person who was closer to Xiao Qinggu. He looked no more than seven or eight years old, but his tone of voice was quite mature.
"Your Highness, you are applying force in the wrong direction."
Xiao Qinggu's knuckles were all red from being hit, and he let out a cry of despair, "Wrong again? Wasn't that what you just demonstrated?"
Shang Mingqi pursed his lips and said nothing. He just walked forward silently and demonstrated it again.
"Stand firm in your horse stance, hold your hands in the air like you're holding a ball, lower your shoulders, and then..."
Shang Mingqi stood before the wooden stake, his face tense as he settled into a horse stance, his breathing gradually slowing. After he had completed his starting position, he suddenly took a half-step forward with his left foot. The moment his right foot pushed off the ground, he twisted his waist to the left, and his clenched right fist suddenly rushed out with the force.
Before the fist with white knuckles was fully thrown out, the loose hair on Shang Mingqi's temples was blown by the wind.
His arm struck out straight like a sword drawn from its sheath, and the slight sound of breaking through the air reached the ears of Xiao Qinggu and Shang Yuwan.
Shang Mingqi's fist hit the wooden stake hard, and the stake under his fist cracked into several cracks.
After Shang Mingqi finished his move, he slowly exhaled and turned to look at Xiao Qinggu.
"Your Highness, this is only part of it. Your Highness, please understand..."
Xiao Qinggu was startled, and suddenly came to his senses. He grabbed Shang Mingqi's hand and asked him, "Does it hurt? The skin is broken. Do you want to apply some medicine? Or apply some medicine!"
The stake cracked after the child hit it six times. It's incredible!
Shang Mingqi's eyelids drooped a little, "......" Is this the point?
"Your Highness, men and women should not touch each other." He broke away from Xiao Qinggu's hand, "Your Highness, do you see clearly? Try again."
Xiao Qinggu said: "If I know how to do it, then you can just go and apply the medicine obediently, okay?"
Shang Mingqi nodded. Given Xiao Qinggu's aptitude, even if he practiced until dawn, he would only make slight progress; mastering it completely would be impossible.
As for the broken skin wound...what's the big deal?
Shang Mingqi put his hands behind his back, put the wound out of his mind, and stared closely at Xiao Qinggu's movements.
Shang Yuwan saw all this, frowned slightly, and thought to herself that the speed at which this child grew was really surprising to her.
What Shang Yuwan could not accept the most was that she actually saw the shadow of herself when she was seven or eight years old in Shang Mingqi.
If she were stronger, Qi'er wouldn't have to...
Xiao Qinggu and Shang Mingqi had no idea that Shang Yuwan was secretly watching them. Xiao Qinggu was still trying hard to imitate Shang Mingqi's punch.
"--ha!"
Xiao Qinggu punched the cracked wooden stake, causing her whole body to tremble in pain, but she held back her cry of pain. After she stopped, she looked at Shang Mingqi with bright eyes.
"Is it right this time?"
"......" Shang Mingqi glanced at the wooden stake that didn't move at all, and his eyes twitched twice, "...Is this right?"
Her Royal Highness the Princess is truly a useless martial artist.
Shang Mingqi frowned slightly, a look of difficulty on his face.
He didn't know if it was because he had met too few people, but Xiao Qinggu was indeed the worst martial artist of all the people he had met. Someone who had traveled among the common people for so many years shouldn't even have this kind of physique.
What should I do for this second assessment?
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