Chapter 21: Provoking the Princess

  Leng Xue's eyelids hadn't opened, and she smoothed out her sky-blue long dress once again. She looked at the blood that had almost dripped onto her skirt with some disgust, and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, making one shiver all over.

  A cold glance was cast towards the black-clad assassin who wanted to avoid Zhang Xiao and raised his sword at her again, instantly filling the air with a chilling aura that seemed like millions of silver-tipped arrows piercing through the heart, making one want to drop their long sword and flee.

  Bei Tang Xiner was pushed by Zhang Xiao and stumbled two steps, barely stabilizing her figure. She raised her head just in time to see Zhang Xiao block the sword for Leng Ziyue, whose chest was bleeding profusely, making Bei Tang Xiner feel both heartache and anger.

  "What are you still looking at, catch the assassin." The firework bomb flew out of the cabin, and after a flash of red light, Beidong Xiner's personal bodyguard appeared beside her, rushing towards the assassin who wanted to escape.

  At the same time, Baili Hongfeng's followers swiftly killed all the assassins, leaving no one alive. Only then did he speak lightly: "Fourth Miss was frightened, how could there be assassins who wanted to take your life?" After finishing speaking, he furrowed his brow in puzzlement and looked at Leng Ziyue's face with a questioning gaze.

  This woman, from the assassins rushing towards her to resolving all the assassins, she calmly sat here without moving at all. Is it that she is not afraid of death or is there something else...

  "Xiao, how are you?" Beidang Xiner supported Zhang Xiao's body that was on the verge of collapse, the blood gushing out had already stained her clothes red, that one sword strike was too deep.

  Baili Changjian glared at Baili Hongfeng, then looked at Leng Ziyue. The two of them shouldn't be possible, but he dared to confirm that these assassins didn't come out of thin air and must have something to do with Baili Hongfeng.

  "Princess, let's send Xiao back to the Ling King's mansion first and inform the imperial physician." Ba Li Chang Jian glanced at the wound that pierced through her entire body, his eyebrows furrowing deeper and deeper, and his suspicion towards Ba Li Hong Feng grew greater.

  Beidong Xiner wiped away her tears and said hastily: "Let's go, let's hurry back."

  "If you want him to die immediately, sending him away wouldn't be a bad idea." Her eyes, devoid of emotion, slightly lowered, and no one could see her thoughts. Cold Ziyue played with her long hair hanging down on her chest, not that she wanted to save this scumbag, but if he was going to die, it had to be by her hand.

  Let him die like this, it's too cheap for him.

  "What do you mean, this princess thinks you can't bear to see him well and wish he was dead. How could there be such a vicious woman in the world? Just because Zhang Xiao divorced you, you want to curse him like this, what a poisonous heart." Beitang Xiner pointed at Leng Ziyue and scolded loudly, what's good about this woman, yet Zhang Xiao didn't care about his own life to block the sword for her.

  Leng Xueyu stood up, her clear and cold eyes met Beidong Xiner's gaze which was burning with jealousy and anger. She said in a cold tone: "Even if I'm the most venomous person, I wouldn't rely on others to take away someone else's love. What are you staring at me for? Are your eyes bigger than mine? You're just an unfaithful and treacherous person, you might be satisfied with yourself, but that doesn't mean my eyes are blind."

  Anger leads people to make mistakes, if Beidong Xiner didn't make a mistake, how would she have obtained her life.

  Only by using her jealousy and provoking her can she be destroyed step by step, this high-and-mighty princess.

  "You——" Beidong Xiner glared at Leng Ziyue, was this still the same Leng Ziyue who couldn't even lift her head when she saw her, and trembled with fear? Or was it the woman who jumped off the Zhuque Platform amidst the mocking laughter of many women after being deliberately set up by her?

  Why is her speech so sharp, why does looking into her eyes make all the hairs on his body stand up, making him feel like she's really scary.

  "Leng Ziyue, do you know what crime it is to insult a princess of a nation? You have quite the nerve." Beidong Xiner took a deep breath and then another, her sharp eyes flashing with haughty disdain as she glared at Leng Ziyue.

  As soon as this was said, the cabin fell silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the two women standing opposite each other, one with an air of superiority, the other calm and serene.

  "Hehe, this is Qi Yue Country, not Bei Han Country. Everyone in the world knows that the one who holds real power in Bei Han Country is not the Emperor, but the Regent King. Your identity sounds nice when called a princess, but it's hard to say what else it could be called?" When leaving the Hidden Leisure Pavilion, Leng Ziyue had already figured out the strengths of the five countries in this space-time.

  And she wants the most satisfying revenge, but still needs to borrow from one person, that is the regent of Beihan State - Situ Wushuang.

  "Come, kill her for this princess." The most painful thing in her heart was being ruthlessly trampled on. Even as the beloved princess of a nation, Beidong Xiner was about to go crazy. Although her father emperor doted on her, they all had to live under the shadow of Situ Wushuang, how could she not be angry.

  Leng Xue turned around, stood with her hands behind her back, and faced the clear wind on the moon river. She lowered her voice and said, "If the Empress Dowager finds out that these assassins were sent by you to take my life, I wonder if your marriage will still be up for discussion?"

  She had always suspected that the Empress Dowager was protecting her with ulterior motives, and indeed there was no free lunch in this world. The old lady wanted to cultivate Ling Yuexiao into a pawn, a pawn for her to use at the Linglong Banquet.

  The depth of his mind is so deep that he has been drifting for a whole ten years.

  "You dare to insult me, how could I possibly send someone to kill you." She wanted to get rid of Leng Ziyue, but she wasn't that stupid, acting so openly and brazenly.

  That empress dowager is not a fool, she doesn't need to rush to the muzzle for a useless thing.

  "Whatever, I'm not interested in wasting my breath on you. If you want to save his life, I can help you with that. Just stop the bleeding and let the imperial physician remove the broken sword, that's all." The blue porcelain bottle was tossed casually onto Zhang Xiao's blood-stained chest, and she frowned slightly, saying "Filthy."

  Baili Hongfeng's gaze towards Leng Ziyue grew increasingly fervent, and he waved his hand to instruct: "It's rare that today is a good day, but it was unexpectedly ruined by these people. Fourth Miss, you should return to the Hou Mansion, and I'll just happen to be going in the same direction, so I can escort you for a while."

  He couldn't see through her at all, those clear and transparent eyes of hers, yet he couldn't see through anything. Every word she said was suspicious of provocation, but they all seemed to be helping him instead.

  Zhang Xiao was seriously injured, which had already infuriated Bei Tang Xin'er, causing tension in her relationship with Bai Li Changjian; she also deliberately provoked Bei Tang Xin'er, who was actually stimulating Zhang Xiao, who had not yet fainted from the pain.

  Her goal was to use Zhang Xiao's feelings for her to subtly change the relationship between him, Bei Tang Xin Er and Bai Li Chang Jian. Her seemingly unintentional words and actions hid so many traps that one would easily fall into them if they weren't careful.

  Have to say, she's got a delicate mind.

  "Thank you, Feng Wang, for your kind intentions. However, it's more suitable for me to return to the manor with my three sisters." Leng Ziyue indifferently declined Baili Hongfeng's suggestion, this man had a deep mind and was a smiling tiger that would bite.

  Those assassins who wanted to kill her weren't they arranged by him? Using her to destroy the cooperation between Baili Changjian and Beidong Xiner, and using her to cause Zhang Xiao's misunderstanding towards them. As long as Zhang Xiao made a move, his goal would have been half achieved. If during the fight, Zhang Xiao died, it would be all benefits and no harm for him, why not do it?

  She hated it most when others took advantage of her. The account between her and this man would be settled sooner or later.

  She is also happy with things going smoothly, as long as she can reach her goal earlier.

  "Alright then, ladies, take your time." The boat had already docked at the pier, and Baili Hongfeng's smiling face turned sinister after Leng Ziyue disembarked without looking back.

  Perhaps it was the first time he had been rejected by a woman, and his heart felt particularly uncomfortable. Moreover, this woman was still that timid and cowardly woman from before, how could he not be angry.

  Leng Xueyu walked at a steady pace, not too fast or slow, and didn't care if the three women behind her could keep up. Before leaving, she had been given a energizing tea that would get her moving, the powder in it wasn't poison, but once combined with the fragrance of the Yilan flower on the boat, it became a high-grade aphrodisiac.

  Wanting her to throw herself into the man's arms in public, ruining her chastity, this move is truly vicious. In this era, a woman's chastity is more important than life, and an unmarried woman who loses her virginity has only one way out - death.

  It's just a bad reputation and people will laugh at you.

  Losing her chastity and being seen by so many people, there was no other way out but death.

  That Gong Sun Cai is the man they found, really generous, each time more generous than the last, and each time more sinister, even the richest man in Nanling can afford to give it to her.

  Yesterday, someone came to the palace and said that the empress dowager wanted to see her. Leng Ziyue had no choice but to put aside the matters of the Hou Mansion for the time being and let these women enjoy themselves for a while. After she dealt with the old witch in the palace, the arrogant princess, and the treacherous scumbag, she would slowly clean up.

  "We carefully set up the trap, but those assassins ruined everything. It's infuriating!" Cold Wind Bell said, pulling on her handkerchief in frustration.

  Leng Yinling gave a cold stare to the two people beside her and said, "Don't say anything else, it's better to be low-key for now." Methods are all thought up by humans, so don't believe that opportunities can't be grasped.

  She couldn't tell whether it was her illusion or not, all she knew was that Leng Xueyu's gaze at the assassin was really terrifying, and now thinking about it, it felt like having a knife placed on her neck.

  Digression

  Mama

  I hope you can break through 1,000 soon, and I'll come up with two more as encouragement.