8 Chapter 8: Assassins Bid Goodbye (1/2)
Book title: Solstices
Chapter Title: Assassins Bid Goodbye
Chapter no. 8
Author: Ahce Darato Torres (@BunnyDeanAhce)
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(Yao Xue Rong's POV)
I saw my nephew climb the carriage alone, how can they let a four year old child support himself like that? I urged for Zetian to go up and follow the child. She also felt unsettled when she saw a child climb up on his own. I guess she has an inkling of the feeling of being left to live alone. It must be fate that brought them together. As I near the carriage someone tried to overstep and enter before me. I threw a needle on her neck and she froze on the spot. The guards of the palace held her in place.
”Who are you?”
”Hmmph! I am Lady Yang, you dare stop me? Impudent!”
”Why are you here?”
”I am that child's assigned nanny! Let me through, or else the emperor will punish everyone here!” She said, making me laugh
”Fu Si, who are these uninvited guards?”
”Reporting to mistress, they are sent by concubine Yun, she said you need more guards because the travel to the mountain regions is dangerous.”
”Good. Concubine Yun, I'll remember this debt. Kill!”
Without further delays the knights assigned by my brother killed fifteen assassins pretending to be royal guards and the nanny. Their heads were detached from their bodies and blood splurged out of their bare necks. Then I gestured for the guards to strip them, which untimely caught the attention of captain Dongfang Yu.
”This subject greets the princess”
”Good morning captain, rise. Please clean these assassins, as you see they were deceiving a monarch in pretending to be royal guards. When I get back to the palace from my travel I will check if you have cleaned them all. The punishment should be death, and send a message to Autistic Dungeons and tell them to keep a tight leash on their dogs, or else I'll dispose them randomly.”
”Yes your highness” he bowed and cupped his hands as he ordered some of his men to do the task, but I know the difference of having a traitor than catching the leader of the traitor off guard. I will only need evidence from Yaoshi Pavilion for that and I'll be able to eliminate him. He shouldn't have thought that I'll cross him this time, it doesn't matter if he'll replace the palace guards with assassins, he just need to hide their identities well. Or else I'll exterminate the entire troops of royal guards and replace them with Yao Family's army.
”The emperor has arrived!” Eunuch Fang suddenly appeared
”Sister--”
”Assassins, I never thought they'll send me off. Oh, concubine Yun a pleasure to meet you! Guards seize her!”
”Your majesty, what is the meaning of this?” She said as tears pitifully rolled on her face, a white lotus indeed
”Concubine Yun coming from an unknown background made you pitiful and easy to bully in front of everyone, this princess did not expect a shameless snake to send me off. Look at these dead bodies on the ground, do you dare admit that you knew them? If not the consequences are dire.” I taunted her
”No! Princess this concubine came from a poor family in the mountains--”
”Poor family? Oh, but I remember my brother telling me that you saved him, and that he married you because you are an orphan who grew in the wilderness and you have nowhere to live”
At this time nobles gathered around us, extending their necks in my business, while the court session has ended gaining us more audience.
”Princess, this concubine is innocent--”