Chapter 370 - Kidnapping (1/2)
Translator: StarReader
Editor: Elitecoder
“Shuang’er, hope you don’t mind me calling you that.”
On their way to the Luo clan, Zhuo Fan and Yun Shuang were walking abreast. But he always had a vile and sinister smile each time he looked at the lass, like she was a super rare treasure.
Yun Shuang shivered and tears welled in her eyes. The way she saw Zhuo Fan grinning was like a stranger being handed a candy, and it scared her out of her mind.
Zhuo Fan laughed, “Ha-ha-ha, miss Shuang’er, there’s no need to be scared. Your grandfather placed you in my care to help me complete my master plan. In fact, we’re on the same side. Once this is all over, you are free to go home. With how we little know about each other from the past few moments, you can still be sure of my character. Just stick with your’s truly and you’ll be going places. I will make a celebrity out of you. I will take very good care of you, he-he-he…”
He didn’t realize that all this boasting might have something to do with how this girl had the same character as Ning’er.
Yun Shuang broke out in giggles.
She kept looking at him for a while, before finally scrounging up some courage, “S-Steward Zhuo, grandfather warned me many times that you are a bad man and I am to lead you down the path of righteousness. But you don’t look so wicked to me.”
[Ha-ha-ha, that’s why I said you don’t know me!]
Shaking his head, Zhuo Fan laughed inside at the gullible lady.
Then, a sudden wind picked up and covered the two in yellow dust. Zhuo Fan cried, “Poison! Shuang’er, hold your breath!”
“Hi-hi-hi, useless. My poison can pierce even a Radiant Stage expert’s defenses!”
The creepy voice stabbed the two’s ears as the yellow dust grew thicker around them.
Zhuo Fan grimaced as he watched the world spin, [It’s a sedative…]
With a plop, he fell down, out cold.
“Steward Zhuo!”
Yun Shuang cried just as the yellow poison drifted towards her. She held on for a few seconds before blacking out just like Zhuo Fan.
Three men flew over. One was an elder with long yellow eyebrows drooping down the sides of his wrinkled face. A flick from him made the yellow dust go back into his sleeve.
They were mighty pleased with themselves seeing their quarry was out for the count.
“Ha-ha-ha, and here I thought the Best Steward Beneath Heavens was something to fear. One move from me and he fell all the same.” The yellow eyebrow elder laughed.
His cronies bowed in praise, “Ancestor Huang Mei, your poison is invincible. Not even Pill King Hall can match you.”(StarReader: Huang Mei= literally – yellow eyebrows)
“Humph, Pill King Hall is nothing compared to me! Thinking back to when Pill King Hall invited me to be their Venerable, we compared poisons but wasn’t it them who fell short each time? All they have for themselves is an empty name.”
The Ancestor mocked, “Second prince only wants Zhuo Fan. What do we do with her?”
“Ancestor, I heard Zhuo Fan always carries himself with pride and indifference and has few people he even cares about. For this girl to be walking next to him, it can only mean that she is one such person. Let’s take her as well. It might be for his Highness’s benefit! “
One of the men bowed and Ancestor Huang Mei nodded. He wrapped the two bodies on the ground in yellow dust and flew away. The other two rushed to catch up.
This easy win had gotten to their heads alright, or they would’ve noticed a shivering person not far from here having been witness to all of it.
A closer look would instantly place her as Princess Yongning’s attendant from the award ceremony.
“Oh god, this is huge! I have to tell the princess!” The child finally regained her wits after a long fifteen minutes, scampering for the Imperial Palace in panic.
In less than an hour, the panting child presented her badge to the gate guards, “I, I am the princess’ maid, let me in…”
Meanwhile, in the princess’ chambers, a fatty was wiping the overflowing sweat on his brow as he panted, “Yongning, come out. I’m dying here…”
The fatty shook the ground with his collapse, cursing still, “What the hell is wrong with this place? Why is it so big? For no one but the emperor to move in a palanquin is so unreasonable. That rule is clearly aimed at my poor self…”
“Then what are you doing dashing around the Imperial Palace? Why don’t you stick to your manor? Hi-hi-hi… “
A giggle came from beyond the doors. Princess Yongning came from inside in a cheerful mood. Fatty turned to look at his younger sister, “You think I want to run over to this blasted place? Regardless of its importance, imperial father always sends me on errands. While the elder brother handles files in the Imperial Palace and the second brother tends to the guards, patrolling with them each day. Only I, the accursed big boned, unloved by my father, gets sent outside whenever, wherever. I bet the farther he sends me the better he feels, wishing I won’t get back at all!”