Chapter 1293: Chapter 1288: Underground Stone Chamber
Chapter 1293: Chapter 1288: Underground Stone Chamber
Xiao Muyan had thought that Xiao Yu was no longer to be feared, living as nothing more than a walking corpse, but her recent outings had been particularly unsuccessful. She kept encountering assassination attempts; she was ambushed at the money exchange and at shops. The trading items she had dispatched to the money exchange and shops to be converted into actual silver, even those meant to be transported to Ji Yun Country, all met with disaster.
And without exception, every person working for her died.
What terrified her were the heads of these individuals—either hanging from her carriage or placed at her doorstep. When a head rolled out from under her bed as she rested at night, she completely broke down.
“Ah—!”
Xiao Muyan screamed sharply, her face deathly pale, and fainted.
The second steward and her attendants hurried in. The second steward knew of Xiao Muyan’s secret female identity, but the other members of the Xiao family did not. Bursting in like this, they all saw Xiao Muyan’s unusual state.
The second steward quickly shooed everyone out, “Go, go, go! What are you looking at? Don’t just stand there; go fetch the doctor!”
The second steward covered Xiao Muyan with a quilt, loyally staying by her side and waiting for the doctor to arrive.
But in reality, he shouldn’t have called for the doctor. Male or female, the doctor would know with just one pulse check. Moreover, the doctor they called was not the one they had always seen before; he simply didn’t notice the changed appearance after the doctor’s disguise.
The doctor prescribed medicine for Xiao Muyan, saying it was just an overexertion of the heart, and that she would be fine if she took it as instructed.
The second steward sent the doctor away with politeness, but when Xiao Muyan woke up, she flew into a rage, “Are you an idiot? I’m sick and you don’t summon the princess but call for a stranger to treat me?”
The second steward trembled, “The princess… How could we possibly summon her?”
He was terrified of Chen Ruobai to the core. He had only followed Xiao Muyan into that underground Stone Chamber once and nearly succumbed to the overwhelming stench of blood. The princess was the one who refined gu with living men; if he went in, how could he leave with his life?
He also had no choice!
Xiao Muyan frowned and scolded him, “Imbecile!”
She immediately opened the door to the underground Stone Chamber, wanting to discuss the strange occurrences with Chen Ruobai. These were Xiao Yu’s counterattacks; they needed to find a way to stop Xiao Yu!
But the door to the Stone Chamber was locked from the inside; she couldn’t open it from the outside.
She called out in confusion, “Princess? Princess, aren’t you there?”
Could she have returned to Ji Yun Country?
Chen Ruobai did hear her calls, but at that moment,
She fiercely slapped him several times, “Mu Rongche, what disgusting thing are you doing? Not satisfied, unwilling to serve your princess, are you?”
Enraged, she got off him and picked up a silver needle, thrusting it fiercely into his chest, where blood quickly seeped through his fair skin.
“Puh!”
Mu Rongche spat out blood from the stab, not caring about his own pain, hurriedly explaining, “I didn’t… Don’t make it hard for my father and brothers! They are innocent!”
“Innocent?” Blood surfaced in Chen Ruobai’s eyes, “Today, they deserve to lose an eye!”
Mu Rongche shook his head in agony, “No! Don’t do this! I beg you…”
He had just momentarily been unable to suppress the humiliation deep inside…