Chapter 27 - Flying Dragon Intelligence Agency (1/2)

Chapter 27 Flying Dragon Intelligence Agency

“Help the Second Young Lady in.”

Seeing Wei Yan crying so painfully, Lady Li became anxious too. Several maids and old maidservants went on to support Wei Yan who collapsed on the ground in her crying and helped her into the main apartment.

“Mother, mother, what should I do? That cheap girl wanted to cancel her engagement with Marquis Jing Yuan. What… what can I do? ”

Wei Yan let out a cry of grievance.

Lady Li waved her hand. The maids and old maidservants got the signal and withdrew from the chamber.

After all the servants leaved, Lady Li fondled Wei Yan’s head with distress and comforted her, “Don’t worry, Zhaoyi Tu was the witness of the engagement. Wei Yuewu can’t break it off so easily even if she wants to.”

“But if she made a scene… how… how would I be going to get married with Marquis Jing Yuan?”

Wei Yan wiped off her tears, her pretty face showing hatred and jealousy.

If things deteriorated to the point of canceling the engagement of Wei Yuewu and Mo Huating, under such circumstances, the two families would become enemies. This meant Wei Yan and Mo Huating would never have any chance of getting married. This was one of the worst scenarios Mo Huating had mentioned to Wei Yan.

“I was too careless. And Marquis Jing Yuan really failed us. How could he fail to kill Wei Yuewu and let her escape alone in that situation?”

Lady Li said hatefully, grabbing a handkerchief in her hand.

Lady Li believed that the place and time she selected for the assassination of Wei Yuewu were flawless: in a wild place and at night. Under no circumstance would Wei Yuewu, who didn’t even have enough strength to truss a chicken, escape from the death trap.

“Mother, what should we do now? We can’t let that cheap girl really break off her engagement. Mother, please think about some way!”

Wei Yan clenched her teeth as she shook Lady Li’s clothes. Her face was twisted out of detestation.

“Where’s your maid Shuiyun?”

Lady Li was in a trance for a while as a result of being shaken by Wei Yan. Then a shrewd light flashed in her eyes. As the mistress in charge of the back yard of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang for so many years, she had impressive ability to cope with various situations.

“I gave her a good beat. Now she is locked in the wood storage room.”

Wei Yan answered with hatred. She blamed Shuiyun for the unsuccessful assassination so much that she wanted to kill the maid. If Lady Li had not asked her to spare the life for the time being, she would have killed this cheap girl.

“Let’s go and see her.”

With a blink of her eyes, Lady Li came up with an idea. She made up her mind and stood up.

“Mother, what’s the benefit of seeing that cheap girl?”

Wei Yan complained impatiently. Although Shuiyun was certainly annoying, the person she hated most was undoubtedly Wei Yuewu.

“Yan’er, perhaps that girl is still useful.”

A trace of resentment flashed in Lady Li’s eyes as she cursed Wei Yuewu in her heart. This cheap girl would be too naive if she thought everything would be fine once she entered this mansion!

Now that the cheap girl wanted to break off the engagement, Lady Li would give her a helping hand!

At the mansion of the Duke of Yan State in the capital.

Deep inside a curtain of a chamber in a high-rise building, there was a gorgeous musical instrument called qin. In front of it sat obliquely a handsome young man in a white cloak. As he plucked the strings of the qin, musical notes streamed from the instrument like running water, enhancing his natural grace as pure as jade. Anyone who saw him would feel that such a person could only exist in heaven.

A spy in martial arts clothes suddenly appeared in front of him and knelt on one knee.

“What’s up?”

Yan Huaijing asked gently without raising his head. His long fingers were still plucking the strings, not missing a single note.

“The princes of State Qi and State Chu had arrived in the capital days before. The prince of Lu State entered the capital shortly after Your Highness. He should be on his way to the mansion of the Duke of State Lu now.”

The spy reported respectfully.

“What are the princes of State Qi and State Chu doing these days?”

The instrument sounded very elegant, flowing in the air as fluently as the free clouds in the sky. However, Yan Huaijing’s voice was even more elegant to the ear, and was made even clearer and tenderer in the melodious sound of the instrument.

“The two princes were busy making friends with powerful officials and dignitaries after coming to the capital. They kept close contacts with big families and sent specialties and gifts of basically the same quantity to each family. But the mansion of Grand Tutor Tu received most, and the two princes implied their intention to marry daughters of the Tu family.”

This spy had been in the capital all the time paying close attention to those from other vassal states, especially those from the mansions of the three major dukes.

“What about the crown prince’s mansion?”

“I’ve been keeping an eye on the crown prince’s mansion. The coachman incident has been settled. I caught him on the spot so he dared not refuse my condition. Please rest assured, Your Highness.”

The spy understood that his master was asking about the coachman who crashed Wei Yuewu’s carriage into the river. He answered immediately with a smile on his face. Security and anti-espionage measures of the crown prince’s mansion had always been tough and flawless.

He had attempted several times to arrange his men into the mansion but failed. He had thought that his men would be of no use by the time his master came to the capital even if he managed to send them in the crown prince’s mansion. Fortunately, the coachman incident allowed him such an excellent opportunity that he achieved his goal even before his master entered the capital. With the coachman’s help, it would be much easier to deal with things related to the mansion of the crown prince!

“Continue to keep an eye on State Qi and State Chu and send more people to watch the prince of State Lu.”