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BBW – Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight
BBW – Chapter Seven
Murong Yun Su didn’t set out for Shaolin Temple as her first destination It was March, another fiveCa wouldn’t show up at a tourna Province to Shaolin Teave her threeSect’s door
Since Murong Cheng’s passing, Murong Yun Su went about her everyday life of eating, sleeping, reading, playing chest, and playing musical instruments
‘Mistress, can’t you act like a normal person?’ Lu Ji asked
Murong Yun Su lazily sun baked on a chair ‘Lu Ji, if you keep chirping, you’ll turn into a bird’
‘Mistress, people are spreading ru hands with Mo Jiao Cult and are betting when Murong Sect will fall down,’ Lu Ji said
‘Let the Yun Su said
‘Mistress, what’s your plan?’ Lu Ji asked
‘Not joining hands with Mo Jiao Cult to har Yun Su said
Lu Ji’s tongue was tied
Finally the people Murong Yun Su waited for arrived under a sunny sky
‘Qian Song Quan, Yan Song Quan, here are the books I’ve checked in the last ten days,’ Murong Yun Su said ‘Everything is in order Resu as usual’
‘Mistress, business has slowed down,’ Qian Song Quan ‘If it wasn’t for the Qian Sect, Murong Sect would have closed its door by now’
‘Don’t you think there’s so Yun Su asked
‘Why?’ Yan Song Quan asked
‘WhenYun Su said ‘The relationshi+p with Qian Sect was good But after my father died, Qian Sect suddenly lost track of business records with Murong Sect’
‘About this…’ Qian Song Quan said, and he exchanged an uneasy look with Yan Song Quan
‘Qian Sect haven’t found out what happened to Murong Sect’sQuan said
‘This is news delivered fro Yun Su said
Qian Song Quan read the letter, and his lips quivered ‘How is this possible? Why would Qian Sect spend Murong Sect’s money to bribe court ministers? Mistress, who did you receive this news from?’
‘When gege ca Yun Su said, ‘he helped me look into the root of the problem’
After investigating the er allowed Hua Liang Tian to leave the palace, and visit Jin Liang Province The ee to her so she’d hand over Hai Feng Qian to Hua Liang Tian, but she rejected him It made her see how cut throat palace politics were How could Hua Liang Tian throay their friendshi+p to use her as a pawn?
‘Mistress, what should we do?’ Yan Song Quan asked ‘We’re sitting ducks After Qian Sect goes down in fla Sect will follow suit’
‘No one can take anything fro Yun Su said coldly
‘But we can’t fight against the kingdo Quan said
‘There’s so Yun Su said
‘Who?’ Yan Song Quan asked
‘Buddha,’ Murong Yun Su said
Qian Song Quan and Yan Song Quan didn’t kno Murong Yun Su could joke during a crisis
‘Mistress, your tea is ready,’ Lu Ji said
Murong sipped the tea, and dropped the hot tea cup onto a pile of blank books ‘Lu Ji, do you want to kill your mistress?’
‘Mistress, I didn’t know you’d be in such a hurry to drink tea,’ Lu Ji said
‘Then what do you know?’ Murong Yun Su asked
‘Mistress, don’t send me away,’ Lu Ji pleaded ‘I promise in the future, I’ll think like a worm in your stomach’
‘Are you cursingYun Su asked
‘Mistress, the heavens knows I’d rather curse myself than curse mistress,’ Lu Ji said
Murong Yun Su appeared to trust Lu Ji, she continued to read and sun baked
‘Mistress!’ Lu Ji cried out, and pointed at the wet pile of blank books ‘There are words on the books’
‘Of course books are filled ords,’ Murong Yun Su said
Lu Ji picked up the wet blank books, and showed the Yun Su ‘Mistress, take a closer look’
‘Jian,’ Murong Yun Su read ‘Lu Ji bring a water basin here’
‘Yes mistress,’ Lu Ji said
Murong Yun Su soaked the blank books into the water basin The fatty layer on the blank book covers dissolved Coe, ‘five hundred thousand silver taels are kept at Ming Jian Sect’
Five hundred thousand silver taels were the exactYun Su understood why Murong Sect couldn’t find theJian Sect, and was the reason why Fang Hong Fei was in a hurry to break their betrothal What she didn’t understand hen her father was alive, why he didn’t use his mouth to tell her directly
End of Chapter Seven
BBW – Chapter Eight
‘Mistress, did you know the crown prince is sick?’ Lu Ji asked
‘I found out three days ago,’ Murong Yun Su said
‘Mistress, the crown prince is your gege,’ Lu Ji said ‘Why aren’t you worried?’
‘He’s alive,’ Murong Yun Su said, and made another chess move ‘What’s there to worry about? I know the person who poisoned him’
‘Someone poisoned the crown prince?’ Lu Ji asked
‘Yes,’ Murong Yun Su said
‘Mistress… it can’t be Master Chu,’ Lu Ji said
‘It’s hi Yun Su said
‘Has Master Chu gone crazy?’ Lu Ji asked ‘How can he poison the crown prince?’
‘He used Hao Feng Courtyard’s weiji poison because he orried people wouldn’t knoho to give credit to for poisoning the crown prince,’ Murong Yun Su said
‘Mistress, you have your priorities backwards,’ Lu Ji said ‘Poisoning the crown prince is a deadly crime’
‘Why are you worried?’ Murong Yun Su asked ‘No one is going to kill your household for poisoning the crown prince’
‘…’ Lu Ji was in disbelief
‘We’re notYun Su said ‘It’s his household who’d be killed’