Grandma Xue didn't speak, but glanced at Zheng Ningxiang with a look of weariness and helplessness in her eyes.
Zheng Ningxiang lowered her head slightly and took two steps in front of Liu Mingyue.
"Mingyue, do you know you were wrong?" Zheng Ningxiang looked down at Liu Mingyue, who was being brought up and kneeling on the ground.
The two lived together, so naturally they developed some feelings for each other. At this moment, Zheng Ningxiang looked at the haggard Liu Mingyue and felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
Liu Mingyue was slender, and she knelt on the ground with her back straight.
"Know you're wrong? What wrong have I done?" Liu Mingyue sneered, her face full of disdain.
"Zheng Ningxiang, you dare to spread rumors just because the Pavilion Master trusts you. I must have been blinded by greed to trust you so much and tell you everything!"
"Pah! You don't deserve it! I even considered you my close sister!" Liu Mingyue spat on the ground, glaring at Zheng Ningxiang with a face full of annoyance and indignation.
"Oh? So, Ningxiang also knows about this?" Granny Xue asked softly, a playful smile on her face.
She turned to look at Zheng Ningxiang, who hurriedly lowered her head.
Liu Mingyue suddenly looked up at Granny Xue, her eyes wide with shock. Her heart skipped a beat. She was both surprised and annoyed. [What does this mean?! Could it be that Zheng Ningxiang betrayed us?!]
"Liu Mingyue, do you really think that I don't know what you've been doing outside?" Granny Xue sneered.
"The power and capabilities of the Plum Blossom Pavilion are far greater than you imagine."
"Speak! Why did you take money to commit violence?!" Granny Xue's voice was soft and gentle, but everyone present could hear it clearly. Her voice was clear, powerful, and seemed to penetrate people's hearts.
Her voice was like a gentle breeze, yet her words sent shivers down one's spine.
Liu Mingyue's nerves were on edge, her lips pressed tightly together. She firmly believed that she was not wrong, and that everything was for the sake of Plum Blossom Pavilion.
"Master, I know that our Plum Blossom Dark Pavilion specializes in killing villains, but, as you can see, we no longer have enough money to treat more people!" Liu Mingyue's expression was sorrowful and regretful.
"How heartbreaking it would be if a woman in a similar situation came to us for help, and we couldn't lend a hand!"
"Once you have money, everything will be different!" Liu Mingyue's expression suddenly turned manic.
"The nobles in the palace are rich; they can easily spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"
"Master, do you know that the money I obtained in the last operation could support the expenses of our Plum Blossom Pavilion for a year?" Liu Mingyue said earnestly, her expression excited.
"You don't need to use clever words to excuse yourself. The person you killed last time was a baby girl who was less than a year old!" Granny Xue leaned back slightly, looking down at her with what seemed like fire about to burst from her eyes.
"But the baby girl isn't dead! I... I just covered her head with that sack!" Mingyue argued in alarm, watching the old lady's expression change.
The baby girl was lucky; she survived several attempts.
"You dare say you didn't intend to kill her? If someone hadn't arrived in time, that baby girl would probably be dead!" Granny Xue looked at her with disappointment.
"And you've hidden the poisonous snakes from the mountain in that wooden box—where are you planning to take them?!"
Liu Mingyue remained silent.
"You've had a hard life too, how could you do that?" Granny Xue shook her head, unwilling to look at Liu Mingyue any longer.
"Mingyue, if you are willing to admit your mistake, the Pavilion Master may forgive you," Zheng Ningxiang advised in a low voice.
"You don't need to pretend here. The Pavilion Master has always valued you the most. But Pavilion Master, if the death of one person can bring peace to hundreds of people, then what does it matter if she dies?!" Liu Mingyue shouted unwillingly.
"You're so foolish!"
“Mingyue, you’ve been used, do you know that…” Zheng Ningxiang looked at Liu Mingyue with pity.
"So what if I'm being used? That money is real gold and silver, it won't lie to me!" Liu Mingyue's eyes were bloodshot.
In the wooden cabins on this mountain, hundreds of people who had escaped hardship were taken in, most of whom had no means of making a living.
As the population grows, so do the expenses.
"Hmph, so what if the little princess is dead? Why should some people enjoy wealth and luxury from birth? Such people deserve to die!"
"Hmph, I only regret that I lack the ability, otherwise I would have slaughtered them all!"
"you?!"
"This is insane..."
"Liu Mingyue has lost her original intention." Granny Xue sighed helplessly.
"Ningxiang, take Mingyue away and confine her to the kitchen in the back mountain. No one is allowed to visit her without my order."
"Yes, Master."
"Also, investigate and apprehend all those who have taken money to kill innocent people. Use the entire bureau's resources to hunt them down and bring them back to me."
"Yes, Master."
[It's all my fault for not teaching them well. They were originally gentle little rabbits, but now they've become wolves baring their fangs. Blinded by hatred, they've become more ferocious than anyone else.]
"That little girl, in the end, is someone our Plum Blossom Pavilion owes her," Granny Xue sighed.
...
Inside the sleeping quarters of Fu Shuang Palace in the Nanyang Imperial Palace, Yun Beiye, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in, with Zhao Zhongquan jogging behind him.
"Zhao Zhongquan, why are you so slow?" Yun Beiye glanced at Zhao Zhongquan, who was sweating profusely, behind him with dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will go and inform him right away!" Before Zhao Zhongquan could go in to report, Yun Beiye had already strode in.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The palace maids and eunuchs all knelt down to pay their respects.
"Oh my god, His Majesty has arrived!" Upon hearing the commotion, Empress Zhaoyuan quickly stood up, tidied her hair, and curtsied deeply when Yun Beiye walked to her side.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects!" Empress Zhaoyuan's voice was very loud. Yun Duoduo felt that her loud voice was as clear as a bell, and she immediately became energetic. Her eyes widened. If she had had a teacher like this in her math class back then, she would not have fallen asleep.
Empress Zhaoyuan's action seemed to startle Yun Beiye. Yun Beiye took a step back, his eyes wide with surprise, "Why is the Empress performing such a grand gesture?"
Yun Duoduo chuckled silently, humming to herself, "Daddy, were you serious about taking that half-step back?"
Empress Zhaoyuan was stunned for a moment, then cried out loudly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! It's not easy being the head of this household! A snake has entered the palace. I know I must be a good head of the six palaces, but I just can't do it!"
"Your Majesty, please give me another chance. I promise I will never let this happen again!"
"Get up quickly. Thankfully, Duoduo is alright. These things are unpredictable."
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