Chapter 93: Another wise move
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Hearing Zhong Min's threat, Chen Jiaxin laughed nonchalantly this time. After a moment, she said with a knowing expression, "Miss Min'er, there's no need to scare me. I'd believe anyone else. As for you, you're certainly smart and clever, but judging by the way you grabbed me just now, I can tell you're not a ruthless person at all. You'd be incapable of forcing a confession through torture."
"You see clearly. Yes, I was just trying to scare you." Zhong Min saw through her trick so quickly and pursed her lips in boredom. "But it's not that I'm really heartless. It's just that we're both women, and I don't want to embarrass others easily. Besides, the prince has already said that he has made up his mind about you, so there's no need for me to bother with it."
After saying that, Zhong Min didn't say anything more and looked directly at Xiao Mingzheng, waiting for his decision. Everyone else also turned their eyes to Xiao Mingzheng, especially Ning Zhiyuan, who obviously wanted to see clearly how Xiao would deal with Chen Jiaxin.
Chen Jiaxin is from Yumen Tower, which is the most famous and powerful killer organization in the world in the past ten years. The organization has strict rules and is extremely protective of its members. Anyone who makes an enemy of Yumen Tower will be wiped out no matter how big their background is. Not to mention ordinary people, even the court avoids them.
Now, if Xiao Mingzheng killed Chen Jiaxin, he would undoubtedly become an enemy of Yumenlou, and would be hunted by them for the rest of his life. On the other hand, if Xiao Mingzheng didn't kill Chen Jiaxin, it would also be useless. Not to mention that Yumenlou would definitely continue to complete the mission, but the feud between the two would still be established.
So Ning Zhiyuan felt relieved. No matter how Xiao Mingzheng handled it, he would not be able to clear his relationship with Yumen Tower, which would be disadvantageous to him.
Although Xiao Mingzheng was silent for a moment, his eyes were clear, and he didn't seem to be hesitant or embarrassed at all. He waved at Xie Feng and ordered, "Go and help her loosen the ropes and let her go!"
For a moment, everyone couldn't believe their ears. Chen Jiaxin was so shocked that she couldn't even blink and just stood there motionless.
Such a decision was so unexpected that no one had expected that the prince's so-called decision made early in the morning actually meant letting the assassin who deliberately planned to harm the prince go unharmed. Isn't this too outrageous?
What's wrong with the prince? His behavior and thinking are getting more and more weird. It was understandable that he treated Miss Zhong Min a little differently before. After all, Zhong Min was in the same camp as them, and she was so smart, cute and capable. Not to mention the prince, everyone here liked her very much.
But Chen Jiaxin was a completely different matter. How could the prince let her go so easily when she only wanted to harm him from the beginning? This was completely inconsistent with the prince's personality and style.
Just as everyone was secretly guessing, Xiao Mingzheng looked at Xie Feng again. Although he did not say it aloud a second time, his eyes were filled with an irresistible majesty.
Seeing this, Xie Feng had to suppress the doubts in his heart, walked towards Chen Jiaxin reluctantly, and personally untied her and let her go.
Chen Jiaxin touched her wrist, which was aching from being bound. Seeing the guards carefully separating her from Xiao Mingzheng and the others, she didn't say anything. However, she couldn't help but glance at Xiao Mingzheng again and asked uncertainly, "Your Highness, are you really planning to let me go? Even if you do, there's no way Yumen Tower will stop pursuing you."
"I will not kill you. Go back and tell your master that I understand today's matter because of our friendship. If Yumen Tower dares to become my enemy again, I will show no mercy. No matter how great the price, I will uproot Yumen Tower!"
Xiao Mingzheng's words were cold and unquestionable. He wasn't just boasting. Given the power of Prince Mu's Mansion, even if Yumen Tower was vast and secretive, it would only be a matter of time before he destroyed it. If he hadn't received a favor from Yumen Tower's former master, he wouldn't have let Chen Jiaxin and Yumen Tower go so easily.
Upon hearing Xiao Mingzheng's words, Chen Jiaxin's expression suddenly changed, and she was extremely flustered. She had never expected that Prince Mu actually had a relationship with the old sect master. The old sect master was originally unaware of this matter. According to Prince Mu's words, if the old sect master knew, he might not dare to take on this kind of business.
"May I ask what the relationship is between the prince and our old sect leader?" Not many people know the old sect leader. Ever since the old sect leader voluntarily abdicated to the new sect leader five years ago, he has been traveling outside all year round and rarely cares about the affairs of the sect. However, Chen Jiaxin knows that the real number one person in Yumen Tower is still the old sect leader.
Xiao Mingzheng's expression remained indifferent. He naturally wouldn't tell Chen Jiaxin anything else. "You don't need to ask any more questions about this matter. Just go back and tell your family's leader what he said. He will go and ask the old leader for clarification."
After saying that, Xiao Mingzheng said no more and waved his hand to signal the guards to send Chen Jiaxin away. Seeing this, Chen Jiaxin said no more, raised her hand and made a gesture of gratitude in the martial arts world, then turned and left, disappearing after a while.
At this moment, everyone finally understood that the prince had let Chen Jiaxin go for no other reason than to have another hidden agenda. No wonder the prince said he had already made up his mind. This was consistent with the prince's clear distinction between gratitude and resentment.
"Your Highness, please spare us, Your Highness, please spare us!" Just as everyone was still thinking about what had just happened, they suddenly heard a plop, followed by panicked cries for mercy.
Upon taking a look, he found that it was the waiter that Xie Feng had just caught. His face was pale, he was covered in sweat, and he was so scared that he almost wet his pants.
"Shut up, you idiot! How dare you help that evil woman murder the prince!" Xie Feng walked over and kicked the waiter, his face filled with hatred as he said, "I'm telling you, if this thing catches fire, you'll be the first one to die!"
"I have been bewitched by the devil. I will never dare to do it again. Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life!" The waiter finally understood that the beauty just now wanted him to be a scapegoat. He regretted it so much that he almost lost his soul.
Seeing this, Xiao Mingzheng said nothing and waved his hand again. Soon, a guard came forward and dragged the noisy waiter away.
Zhong Min didn't know how the guards would deal with the waiter, but he figured it wouldn't end well. Thinking of Chen Jiaxin just now, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What is Min'er thinking about? Why does she look like that?" Ning Zhiyuan was paying close attention to Zhong Min, and at this moment he even noticed such subtle expressions and movements of Zhong Min.
His words quickly drew everyone's attention back to Zhong Min. Seeing this, Zhong Min smiled and explained, "Thank you for your concern, Prime Minister. I'm just feeling lucky."
"Thankful? Min'er, what are you thankful for?" Ning Zhiyuan asked with great interest when he heard it, and the others were also obviously very curious and waited for Zhong Min's answer.
Seeing this, Zhong Min raised an eyebrow and spread his hands out of habit again: "I'm just glad that I wisely showed mercy just now. Fortunately, I only grabbed Zheng Jiaxin a few times. If I really scratched her face, wouldn't it be a big trouble if she caught me again in the future?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh. It was obvious that Zhong Min's words were just a joke, but if you think about it from another perspective, it is not wrong. As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. As Zhong Min said, if unfortunately one day in the future, they really fall into the hands of the other party, although the feud is still formed, at least it leaves themselves a lot of room for maneuver.
It was getting late, and seeing that the matter had been dealt with, everyone did not stay together for long. They got up and went back to their rooms, as they had to set off again early the next morning.
Zhong Min "diligently" waited on Xiao Mingzheng back to the room. Seeing that nothing was wrong, she was about to leave by herself, but was stopped by Xiao Mingzheng.
"Your Highness, is there anything else?" At this moment, she and he were the only ones in the room. Zhong Min thought Xiao Mingzheng wanted her to help with washing or something, so she asked, "Do you need to wash and change clothes now?"
"Come here." Xiao Mingzheng did not answer directly, but gestured for Zhong Min to come closer.
Zhong Min was puzzled, but did not ask any more questions. He turned around and walked a few steps towards Xiao Mingzheng, looking at him with a questioning expression, not knowing what he was going to do.
Seeing that Zhong Min was still two or three steps away from him, Xiao Mingzheng didn't say anything else. He took a few steps forward, walked straight in front of her and said, "Look up."
Zhong Min couldn't help but become defensive when Xiao Mingzheng suddenly approached her. She felt that such a close distance was totally unnecessary.
She was about to step back and move away before speaking, but Xiao Mingzheng seemed to see through her thoughts and added calmly, "Just look at your wound."
Zhong Min heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, realizing she had been overthinking things. She quickly smiled and raised her head in agreement, saying, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. It's really nothing, just a little scrape."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a cool sensation coming from the scar on her neck. She subconsciously wanted to lower her head to avoid it, but she heard Xiao Mingzheng's steady voice again rang in her ears: "Don't move, I'm applying medicine to you."
Zhong Min's heart stirred, and a strange emotion instantly made her feel very uncomfortable. She wanted to step back immediately and stop Xiao Mingzheng from applying the medicine to her. But when her eyes fell on Xiao Mingzheng's calm and indifferent expression, as if he was just applying the medicine, she hesitated again. She didn't even notice that Xiao Mingzheng had just consciously or unconsciously called himself "I" instead of "this king."
Let him apply the medicine. It's really too ambiguous for a prince to do such a thing. But if I don't let him, what if he has no other intentions at all? Wouldn't it seem that I'm just overthinking things?
For a moment, Zhong Min felt like he was being roasted on the fire, caught in a dilemma.
Xiao Mingzheng now made her increasingly uneasy. Although he didn't say anything explicitly, his expression and manner were always very different from before. Although she repeatedly told herself that it was just because they had been together for a long time and were more familiar with each other, she was not an ignorant girl after all. How could she really not notice the subtle changes between men and women?
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