Ji Xinhe didn’t have time to react, he silently took action, and when he hugged her waist and flew up, she attempted to resist, he simply made a gesture of silence. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
We can’t alert the guards in the mansion.
They came here to do things sneakily this time. If the guards of Le Yuanhou’s mansion were alarmed, things might not go well.
At least he’s helping her climb over the wall, it’s okay for him to hold her for a while, but what does it mean for him to still be holding her after they’ve climbed over?
Ji Xinhe grinds her teeth as she prys his hand off her waist and lowers her voice. "Aren’t you letting go yet?"
Marquis Mu Houchu whispered, "The mansion is full of guards, it’s hard to move, we have to go over the roofs."
"I can walk on the rooftops myself!" Having been an assassin in her previous life, she’s traversed even buildings of dozens of floors high, so why would she be intimidated by rooftops?
Of course, Marquis Mu Houchu knew she was capable. This little woman was quite competent, how could he not know?
But it had been a while since he had touched her...
Ever since they left Lian’an Town, he hadn’t seen her for an entire month. He was going crazy from thinking about her day and night. A month later when he first saw her in the capital, he was so excited that he even flirted a little with her. But in the end, he held back from going further even though she was crying in his arms. Since that time until now, it had been another full month of self-discipline.
He wanted to control his desires, but it was hard when this little woman was moving around in front of him everyday. He dared not touch her or get close to her, for fear that some inadvertent action would upset her and widen the gap between them. It had been very difficult already for him to hold back till now.
Today offered a rare chance to hold her, he would cherish it!
Marquis Mu Houchu tightened his arm around her a bit more. Nimble on his feet, he leapt from rooftop to rooftop, so fast that it was almost impossible to see.
No need to mention whether any of the mansion’s guards were alert enough to notice.
In the night, he brought her directly to Li Junyao’s Shuyu Pavilion.
Marquis Mu Houchu said, "The room where Li Junyao resides is right below us. What do you plan to do?"
Ji Xinhe glanced down and saw that it was indeed the case.
"Let’s go down."
"Alright."
At this point, Li Junyao had just finished grooming. As night had fully fallen, she was preparing to get some sleep. Only a maid, who was supposed to stay up through the night, and a dim night light were left in her room.
Li Junyao’s mood had not been very good in recent days. Therefore, her maids were being careful and cautious. They dared not do anything rash or upset her.
Inside, though, Li Junyao felt a nagging unease. The anticipation of impending doom hung over her. She was also afraid that everything Granny Cai had said would turn out to be true.
"Humph! It’s been sixteen years. What can go wrong? What a joke!" Li Junyao laughed scornfully, but it was a laugh tinged with a touch of guilt.
Suddenly, a sound was heard, and Li Junyao’s heart leapt to her throat. Trembling, she asked, "Who’s there?"
Ji Xinhe intentionally lowered her voice, "You tell me? Sixteen years ago ..."
With a piercing scream, Li Junyao shouted, "Ghost! Help! Help!"
The maid, however, had already been knocked out by Ji Xinhe.
Letting her scream a few more times serves to add to the scene. However, before Jun Yin Yao could scream again, Ji Xinhe knocked her unconscious as well.
She signaled to Marquis Mu Houchu, who took a wooden bucket and splashed its contents onto the door. The whole door was splattered with chicken blood and looked absolutely horrifying.
"Let’s go!"
Ji Xinhe wheeled around in order to slip away. Marquis Mu Houchu, after slinging Li Junyao into a secluded bush under the window, quickly leapt out of the window with Ji Xinhe and disappeared into the darkness.
By this time, Shuyu Pavilion was already abuzz with activity as a result of Li Jun Yao’s scream. Lights were turned up everywhere, and countless maids and women, carrying torches, were rushing towards them. However, as soon as they approached the door and saw the blood, they were so frightened that they nearly fainted.
Ji Xinhe watched the courtyard full of people. She pinched her nose and was the first one to yell, "The lady is dead!"
Instant pandemonium broke out in the crowd, people were crying and running about all over the place, shouting, "Help! Somebody! The lady is dead, the lady is dead!"
The sight of all that fresh blood on the door, offset by the eerie night light, that terrified the servants even more, screams resounded continuously in their ears.
Initially, Granny Cai was shivering inside her room. However, the minute she heard the screaming, terror shot her up from her bed. She grabbed hold of a person next to her in a frenzy and interrogated them, "What did you say just now? What happened to the lady? What happened to the lady?"
"The lady is dead!" A little maid, with a face full of horror covered in tears, sobbed, "The lady is dead. There is blood all over the door. All of a sudden, just after she screamed about a ghost, we found her... we found her...."
Granny Cai was so frightened that she nearly collapsed, but managed to steady herself while murmuring, "Dead, dead...."
Then she sprung up like a mad woman and screamed out in fear, "I knew something would happen! I knew that what the Taoist said was true! She’s really here. She’s really here!"
It is because Cai Jinyao did not repent, she did not beg for mercy, and now she is dead. Died so tragically and with so much fear.
She really is here!
Chills ran down Granny Cai’s spine at that moment. With Li Junyao dead, who would be the next?
Granny Cai, recalling the vindictive act she herself had carried out back then, began to shiver uncontrollably and said, "It was... it was me..."
"What’s the matter Granny Cai?" The little maid was already terrified by Li Junyao’s death. Seeing Granny Cai’s ghostly complexion now, she felt even more afraid.
Granny Cai, appearing madness in her eyes, pushed the maid away and ran to the yard, kneeling down and shouting hysterically. "Please spare me, spare me, Madam! At that time, I was helpless. I didn’t want to... It was all Wang’s Family’s fault!.
They were the cruelest, they sought for political power and wealth, so they asked me to smother your child. Their own child was used as a substitute. Li Junyao is actually a child of the Wang Family, she is a tool the Wang Family used to climb the ladder, and she is insatiable. She deserves to die today, it’s her own karma. But I didn’t..., now I sincerely repent, Madam, spare me, spare me, give me a way out. Now, I’m prostrating before you, Madam...!"
As Granny Cai spoke, she began to bang her head on the ground, her forehead already bleeding. Yet, she didn’t seem to notice. It seemed that if she banged her head any softer, she might be the next to face death.
Lord Marquis, who had just rushed to the scene with news of the incident, heard this and immediately turned pale, shaking all over. He pointed at Granny Cai with a trembling hand, "What did you say?"
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