Chapter 316: ‘Coincidence’ (2/2)
“Another question. Did you receive any benefits from them?” Pei Qingfeng continued.
The old man’s expression changed. If I admit to it, His Second Highness will definitely punish me. If I conceal the truth, Master will still punish after he finds out. Whatever the case, a quick death is much better.
The old man decided to come clean as he admitted, “He gave me five teals of fine silver to reveal Your Highness’ whereabouts.”
“Five taels of fine silver? You betrayed me over five teals of silver?!” Pei Qingfeng had an expression of disbelief.
The old man knew that his odds of survival just plummeted and he nodded fearfully.
Pei Qingfeng felt that he was played in the worst possible way and he no longer wanted to speak with the old man. He waved his hand and passed down an order, “Give him some silver and kick him out of the residence. My Second Prince’s residence doesn’t need a slave who betrays his master.”
Pei Qingfeng finally learned of Pei Rumo’s plan of bringing Bai Luochu to wherever he and Ling Xian’er was. The old fox wanted to anger Bai Luochu and himself at the same time in order to drive a wedge between them. All that just for an opportunity for himself...
“Pei Rumo, your name really fits your character! Your heart is as black as ink!” Pei Qingfeng cursed.
At that precise moment, Pei Qingfeng’s personal guard returned and asked, “Master, what’s wrong? Why are you cursing His First Highness?”
Pei Qingfeng narrated the previous incidents to his personal guard and no matter how dim-witted his personal guard was, he realized the truth. He became more agitated than Pei Qingfeng and he started to panic, “What if Young Lady Luo Chu misunderstands? What are we going to do?!”
“Relax… Luo Chu is an intelligent individual and after the meeting today at the Landscape Pavilion, she probably noticed that something is up. Now that all of us know of Pei Rumo’s true objective, shouldn’t we start taking action?” Pei Qingfeng wasn’t anxious and ended off at a cliff-hanger.
The personal guard was confused, “Master, what are we going to do?”