Chapter 350 - Tricky Traitor
Chapter 350 Tricky Traitor
“How’s Teacher? I’m afraid he’s burning too much energy. If he can’t bear it, that would be too bad.”
Facing Yunzhu, the prospective wife of her teacher, Lin Mengya was naturally gentle and respectful.
Yunzhu’s beautiful eyes were full of deep concern for her teacher.
“The Hall Master is right. How about destroying that harmful thing? I’m afraid if he continues like this, he’ll die sooner or later.”
As she spoke, Yunzhu lifted her hand up and wanted to destroy the Scarlet Ginseng.
“Hold on!”
Lin Mengya immediately stopped Yunzhu and stood in front of the jade basin.
“It’s the lifeblood of Teacher. If you destroy it, Teacher will die too.”
Yunzhu was stunned and immediately retracted her hand.
With her eyes widened, she looked at Lin Mengya, who sighed and then explained to her the stakes in that matter.
“How could… this be… Is there nothing to be done?”
Yunzhu was out of her wits. She must have not expected that Baili Rui would end in such a state.
In the face of life and death, those pasts full of love and hate didn’t seem as important as she thought.
“There is a way. However, Teacher’s current physical condition is not suitable for any treatment. If Teather could recuperate, maybe there could be some way out.”
A look of cunning flashed across Lin Mengya’s eyes.
She turned around and looked up at the sky at an inexplicable 45-degree angle, with a tone of melancholy in her voice.
“But Teacher has now become delirious and insane. Except for me, he doesn’t seem to recognize anyone else. If I send someone else to look after him, I’m afraid they won’t take good care of him. By then, I’ll be so sorry if anything happens.”
Without even looking back, she could also know that Yunzhu behind her must have been trapped in a fierce internal struggle.
As time went by, those old resentments that were deposited in her memory had long become dry and fragile.
Without the nourishment of hate, the layer of ice between the two would naturally collapse one day.
Right then, all they needed was an opportunity. That was why Lin Mengya wanted Yunzhu to take care of her teacher.
If she could get back together with her teacher, it would be a joyful event.
“How about… how about I take care of him? As for the affairs of the Sanjue Hall, even without me, the heads of the departments could also make the Hall run well. He… I misunderstood him, and I owe him that.”
Seeing that she had already achieved her goal, Lin Mengya did not forget to be polite.
“Will it bother you too much? You were in charge of Sanjue Hall’s affairs. If you come to take care of Teacher, maybe it would be too hard for you.”
Lin Mengya turned around and said that she didn’t want to bother her, but her eyes were full of embarrassment.
Yunzhu’s face flushed, and the expression in her eyes was a little panicked and elusive.
Accustomed to the calm and charming Yunzhu, Lin Mengya felt a bit surprised to see Yunzhu behaving like that.
“I’m not bothered by it. Anyway, you have lots of people here. There’s not much I can do, actually. And he’ll need someone to look after him, right?”
She was still a little hesitant in speaking.
But Lin Mengya did hear the sincere desire in her voice.
“Then I’ll trouble you. From now on, I will leave all Teacher’s affairs to you.”
So, Lin Mengya took advantage of that opportunity and agreed with Yunzhu’s request.
After telling Yunzhu the main details to consider when taking care of her teacher, Lin Mengya finally felt relieved and walked out of the dungeon.
In all honesty, Lin Mengya had thought that Yunzhu was the most suspect of threatening her teacher.
After all, her teacher always felt that he owed her, so he would not refuse any of her requests.
But just then, she had cleared out her doubts.
Even if that person was really Yunzhu, as long as she was in the mansion, she had nothing to worry about.
The matter of the Scarlet Ginseng had finally drawn to a close.
As long as there were no nutrients, the Scarlet Ginseng would eventually wither or lose its effectiveness.
But no matter what the result was, it wouldn’t harm others anymore.
Although she didn’t find out the one behind all that, either way, the matter finally had an ending.
When strolling around in the garden, she saw that Lin Kui looked anxious and hurried to Long Tianyu’s study.
He didn’t even see her a few meters away.
Strangely, Lin Kui was Long Tianyu’s right-hand man. It had to be a very tricky problem to make him look like that.
Out of curiosity, Lin Mengya followed Lin Kui and went to Long Tianyu’s study.
“Your Highness, according to the information I’ve collected, the traitor Baili Wuchen escaped successfully, and he seems to have gone over to the Crown Prince’s side. Several of our important strongholds have been raided. By now, we have more than a hundred men missing.”
Lin Mengya was stunned. She did not expect for Baili Wuchen to still be alive!
When she was kidnapped by him, she poked one of his eyes out with a hair clip. She thought that he would die on the way; she didn’t expect that the guy was that lucky, having kept his life!
She pushed open the door to Long Tianyu’s study, and the two people in the room both turned to see her.
“Princess, you…”
It seemed that Lin Kui was a little reluctant to let Lin Mengya get involved in that matter.
After all, the reason why Baili Wuchen defected at that time was partly because he had differences with Long Tianyu in Lin Mengya’s affairs.
All their brothers knew that although Baili Wuchen acted in an eccentric and tricky way, he would not betray Long Tianyu.
Long Tianyu had already excluded Baili Wuchen’s people from the Four-Saints Guards.
However, the news that Lin Mengya was a dangerous beauty had already spread among all the Four-Saints Guards.
More or less, everyone had some complaints about that woman who almost made the Four-Saints Guards fall apart.
Taking every aspect into consideration, Lin Mengya was really not suitable to be involved in that matter at the moment.
“I know I’m partly responsible for Baili Wuchen’s defection. So I especially want to help. After all, it was me who gave him the opportunity so that he could escape from the dungeon,”
Lin Mengya said apologetically. If it weren’t for her being kidnapped, it would have been impossible for Baili Wuchen to get out of the dungeon, let alone escaping successfully.
“It’s not your fault, don’t blame yourself. Lin Kui, you can leave now. I’ll handle it myself.”
Long Tianyu looked calm, as if he didn’t take the matter to heart.
Lin Kui hesitated, but still left respectfully.
He still couldn’t figure out the heart of the prince. But as long as the prince said so, as a subordinate, he could be assured.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
In the study, Lin Mengya looked at Long Tianyu, worriedly.
Baili Wuchen had been his confidant, so he was naturally aware of critical information. She knew that Long Tianyu must have been well prepared for that.
However, if the Crown Prince really knew everything, it would be a catastrophe for Long Tianyu.
“Long Tianyu, how about I send someone to sneak into the Crown Prince’s mansion and kill him?”
Seeing the seriousness and nervousness in Lin Mengya’s eyes, Long Tianyu shook his head and said,
“Rest assured, it’ll be alright. I’ve already changed all the arrangements. Even if Baili Wuchen becomes the Crown Prince’s person, it won’t do me any harm. By the way, how is Father’s prescription coming along?”
Obviously, Long Tianyu didn’t want to continue that topic.
Lin Mengya had to talk of other things. Perhaps, she didn’t need to worry so much.
After all, with Long Tianyu’s scheming, it was impossible for him not to expect that.
From the day Baili Wuchen fled, Long Tianyu might already have made adequate preparations. Maybe she worried too much.
“As for His Majesty’s prescription, I…”
Before she finished her sentence, Long Tianyu took her hand and sat in the seat of the study together with her.
Being gently enveloped by his tender sight, she unconsciously blushed with shame.
“It’s time for you to change the way to address him and call him Father. I know Father hasn’t seen you yet, but he’ll like you.”
His voice was so gentle that Lin Mengya felt a little uncomfortable.
She retracted her hands. Although Long Tianyu never expressed his emotions, Lin Mengya knew that the relationship and feeling between them had changed little by little.
In her eyes, Long Tianyu was no longer cold. Rather, he silently did everything for her.
But she still hesitated in her heart.
Long Tianyu was the distinguished prince. The Crown Prince might not inherit the throne, therefore, Long Tianyu would also have the opportunity to become the emperor.
Even if he was just a prince in the future, but in Dajin, she still faced a practical problem.
Long Tianyu would not belong to her alone. Besides, would Long Tianyu really like her all his life?
Born in modern times, she could never bear sharing her husband with other women.
If that day really came, could the relationship between them still stand the tests?
She didn’t know, and she dared not to easily believe.
It was easy to fall in love, but it was too hard to maintain the relationship forever.
Seeing that Lin Mengya suddenly lowered her head and thought of something, Long Tianyu thought she was shy.
No wonder. No matter how smart and formidable Lin Mengya was, when falling in love, she would still show the coyness of a delicate woman.
With a warm sweetness rising in his heart, Long Tianyu decided not to force her to accept anything emotional.
In any case, she was already his princess. Accepting him was just a matter of time.
Moreover, after going through so many things, he didn’t believe that Lin Mengya would have no love for him.
Casting thoughts aside, he had always been the most patient. He believed that one day, Lin Mengya would finally put aside her shyness and be honest with him.
“Your Highness, someone is waiting outside and he wants to see you.”