Chapter 192 Stinky Fish
The roar caused an echo in the empty room.
But no one answered.
Deathly silence.
Xiao Jingren scratched his hair irritably. The alcohol in his body gave him a splitting headache.
He struggled to stand up from the mess.
A pair of cloud-patterned brocade shoes embroidered with golden phoenixes appeared in his sight without warning.
The tip of the shoe was so clean that there was not a speck of dust on it, which was in stark contrast to the filth around it.
He was startled, his cloudy eyes turning stiffly.
Follow the gorgeous hem of the skirt, look up little by little.
It’s Chen He.
It turned out to be Chen He!
Xiao Jingren's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of needle points at that moment.
The surging drunkenness was like a basin of ice water poured over my head, and I sobered up instantly.
"Is it you?"
He sounded like he had seen a ghost, his voice so hoarse it was almost out of tune.
"What are you doing here?"
His eyes were bloodshot and he asked fiercely.
"Are you here to see this king's joke?!"
His eyes were bloodshot, and he supported himself on the cold ground with his hands, trying to get up and maintain his last bit of pitiful dignity.
But his limbs were as soft as cotton. Just as he managed to stand up halfway, he collapsed heavily again.
“Get out!”
He roared like a defeated beast trapped in a cage.
Shen He looked down at him, seeing how miserable he looked.
The corners of her mouth slowly curled up into a very faint, cold arc.
"joke?"
She opened her red lips slightly, and every word she uttered seemed to be fished out from the cold pond of the underworld and tempered with ice.
"The Third Prince's current appearance is indeed... very funny."
"you!"
These two words, like a red-hot iron, burned deeply into Xiao Jingren's heart.
He was so angry that he was shaking all over. He grabbed a relatively intact teacup at hand and smashed it with all his strength.
"Bitch!"
Chen He just slightly turned her body, and the celadon teacup flew past her clothes.
"Clang!"
The porcelain cup shattered against the pillar behind her.
Debris was scattered all over the ground.
"Is this all the strength your Third Prince has?"
Her voice was filled with undisguised mockery, like fine needles piercing every inch of his skin.
"Too."
She continued lightly.
"After all, you didn't get a single cent of the silver from the Purple Marrow Mine."
"Now, I'm afraid even the money for buying wine has to be paid on credit, right?"
These words, like a poisoned knife, pierced Xiao Jingren's heart accurately.
All his defenses and disguises were stripped away at this moment.
He stared at her intently, his eyes looking as if he wanted to eat her alive.
"It's you! It's you who hurt me!"
He roared, his voice filled with desperate madness.
"You and that idiot Xiao Jingchi teamed up to harm me!"
When Shen He heard the word "fool", the coldness in his eyes became even stronger.
She smiled softly, and that smile was colder than crying.
"Hurt you?"
She felt like she had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"Third Prince, please consult your conscience."
Her voice was not loud, but every word was clear and sharp.
"If you weren't so greedy and illegally mined the veins, how could His Majesty have found out about you?"
"If you hadn't been so indiscriminate and mistook a fish eye for a pearl, how could you have ended up in this situation today?"
"Fish eyes?"
Xiao Jingren seemed to be irritated by these words and suddenly let out a crazy sneer.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
He laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes.
"Chen He, you think too highly of yourself."
He looked up at her with a twisted, contemptuous look.
"You and Shen Jiao are both fish eyes!"
"There are no pearls in my bureau!"
He spoke each word clearly, gritting his teeth.
"You are nothing but tools that I can discard at any time!"
He thought these words would hurt her and allow him to get back on track.
But Shen He just listened quietly.
There was even a hint of...pity in those cold eyes.
She knew that this was his way of maintaining his last bit of dignity.
pity.
It's too late.
That's ridiculous.
"Yeah?"
Shen He nodded slightly, as if agreeing with what he said.
"We are both fish eyes indeed."
She paused, looked at his face which was twisted with anger and unwillingness, and slowly said the last words.
“What a pity…”
"It is us, these two fish eyes, who are leading you, the so-called dragon among men..."
"I've become what I am now... even worse than the mud in the gutter..."
"Stinky fish."
These two words fell lightly, but seemed to be as heavy as a thousand pounds, hitting Xiao Jingren's head hard.
Dead silence.
After a long period of silence.
"Oh……"
A low, hoarse laugh, as if squeezed from deep in the throat.
“Hehehe…”
The laughter grew louder and more frantic.
“Hahahahahahaha!”
Xiao Jingren raised his head and let out a deafening laugh in this empty and dilapidated house.
He laughed so hard that his whole body was shaking, and tears came out of his eyes, mixing with the stains on his face, making him look extremely miserable.
“Stinky fish!”
He suddenly stopped laughing, and stared at Chen He with a pair of bloodshot eyes. The look in his eyes was filled with poisonous madness.
"Well said! Well said!"
He gritted his teeth and spoke each word clearly.
“Chen He, don’t be so proud!”
"Even a stinky fish can turn things around one day!"
Chen He watched his final struggle, and the pity in his eyes completely disappeared, leaving only pure, cold indifference.
She smiled softly.
That smile made him feel colder than his crazy roar.
"Turn over?"
She tilted her head, her gesture innocent but her words cruel.
"How did you turn over?"
Her voice was soft, but it was like a heavy hammer, shattering all his delusions again and again.
"Depending on Shan Zhuyu and Shen Jiao?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
"His Majesty has already given them both poisoned wine, sending them to the underworld as soon as possible to accompany your 'divine heir'."
Xiao Jingren's pupils shrank violently.
Chen He seemed not to notice and continued to state the facts in a calm tone.
"Or do you rely on Lu Jiuxiao who is deeply in love with Shan Zhuyu?"
"He should be on his way to Lingnan now. He will be exiled three thousand miles away, and will never be allowed to return to the capital."
"boom!"
It felt like something exploded in Xiao Jingren's mind.
His allies, his pawns...
All gone?
Chen He took a step forward, and the tips of her shoes embroidered with a phoenix almost touched his curled fingers.
Her voice lowered even lower, like the whisper of a devil.
"Third Prince, are you still thinking that you have one last trump card?"
"Yan Qingyu from Yunshan Academy, right?"
As soon as this name came out, Xiao Jingren was like a chicken with its neck strangled, and all the blood drained from his face!
"it is a pity."
The curve of Chen He's mouth became colder.
"He has also been expelled from the Yan family and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison."
“I heard…”
She deliberately dragged out the ending of the word, admiring the horrified expression on his face.
"He confessed everything."
"He confessed himself that it was you who ordered him to participate in the murder of Yan Qingxiu from Qingshan Academy!"
"Yan! Qing! Xiu!"
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