Chapter 332 - His Highness Cherishment Of Wei Wei (1/2)

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

“Y-Your Highness, I…” Bai Mei tried to explain herself.

Baili Jia Jue stared at her coldly. “Why are you so nervous? Isn’t that your precious sister?”

Bai Mei was trembling uncontrollably. As an a.s.sa.s.sin, she did not fear death, but she was terrified of Baili Jiajue. She regretted all of her decisions and her recklessness that led to her taking matters into her own hands.

“I had overestimated your intellect,” Baili Jia Jue’s lips curled up as he looked at her. However, his smile never reached his eyes. “She is my prey, yet I couldn’t bear to harm even a single hair on her head. Now look at you guys – aren’t you helpful indeed, filling her mind with ideas on how to leave me.”

Bai Mei almost stopped breathing when she heard this sentence. She tried to explain, “I-I thought Sister Yun was the one whom you-”

Thump!

Before she could finish her sentence, Baili Jia Jua waved his sleeve and sent Bai Mei flying to land heavily on the ground more than a meter away. She coughed painfully, blood trickling from the corners of her mouth.

Baili Jia Jue stood up gracefully. Seemingly unconcerned about her plight, he turned to Shadow and asked, “How are things at the General’s residence?”

“Your Highness, the people at the Huai residence had accepted bribes from the four influential families and rescinded their proposal for Helian Jiao Er’s hand in marriage,” Shadow reported while glancing meaningfully at the shadow guards nearby.

The shadow guards kept their heads down as they carted the unconscious Bai Mei away. All of them understood clearly that from now on, the princess consort should be treated with the same degree of respect as His Highness.

After listening to Shadow’s report, a wicked grin appeared on Baili Jia Jue’s face. “Rescinding the marriage? I was the one who bestowed the marriage upon them, but the Huai’s dared to go against it? How daring of them.”

Shadow bowed his head. It was indeed daring of them; his master was notorious for being someone you should never cross. Despite that reputation, they were still bold enough to make reckless decisions at times like this.

“Turn over all the evidence of corruption done by the Huai family to the Retired Emperor. Since they don’t like weddings, then we shall let them hold funerals instead,” Baili Jia Jue instructed calmly.

Shadow could only imagine how disastrous the fate of Huai residence would be. “What about the General’s residence?” he asked tentatively.

“Let Lan Lian continue; Helian Guang Yao won’t be so carefree any longer,” Baili Jia Jue sneered. “Helian Wei Wei’s methods are still too gentle. People like Su Yan Mo have to face retribution – an eye for an eye.”

Initially, Fire Qilin had intended to stay out of this, but it could not resist speaking up any longer.

“Master, there is certainly no one in the world who is more despicable than you are.” Seducing Helian Guang Yao with an a.s.sa.s.sin? Only its master would think of such a devious plan.

Baili Jia Jue raised an eyebrow at it.

Fire Qilin shrunk its head timidly. “What I meant was, why are you intervening?” His master had always been of the opinion that the petty fights between humans were beneath him.

Baili Jia Jue placed his scroll on the wooden table. “As a qualified master, I have to know how to raise my pet properly.”

So, it was all for Helian Wei Wei?

“When I was the prey, you’ve never fed me properly!” Fire Qilin extended its neck, protesting for its own rights.

Baili Jia Jue looked at it stoically. “Haven’t I fed you all the vegetables you could eat?”

“But I’m a carnivore!” Fire Qilin bellowed. It could not suppress its discontent any longer.