Chapter 204 - Palace Coup (2) (1/2)

204 Palace Coup (2)

“Kill her! Hurry! Kill her!” An Si Yan held her waist that Lan You Nian kicked, climbing off the ground, and shouted at the unmoving guards. She didn’t expect Lan You Nian still dared to touch her at a time like this.

The captain of the guards looked at An Si Yan apologetically, “Our apologies young miss but Prime Minister An ordered us not to touch this woman!” This woman was worth quite a lot, so the guards only had to keep an eye on Lan You Nian. If Lan You Nian truly died, the Prime Minister won’t show them mercy.

Lan You Nian saw An Si Yan was nearly going mad from rage, her lips curling into a sneer. This An Si Yan really thought she was something. Probably in Prime Minister An’s eyes, she was only a dispensable chess piece. It’s really taking a chicken feather and showing it off as an arrow*.

(T/N: this is an idiom. The arrow represents a token of authority, so basically take a chicken feather for a warrant to issue orders )

“What are you laughing at? Lan You Nian! Let this young miss tell you, your good days are over!” An Si Yan shouted at Lan You Nian but she didn’t dare take a step closer to her. The kick from before was still unbearably painful even now.

Lan You Nian leisurely walked out of the seats. Every step she took forward, An Si Yan stumbled back in fear. Those guards stared at Lan You Nian cautiously, fearing Lan You Nian will run.

“I don’t know if my good days are over, but I know you Eldest Miss An’s good days are truly over!” Lan You Nian’s cherry red lips pressed against An Si Yan’s ears, the chillingly cold words were like an ice glacier unmelting for tens of thousands of years, a bone-piercing frost that echoed in An Si Yan’s ears.

For some reason, An Si Yan’s entire body trembled. Lan You Nian’s voice was still the same yet in An Si Yan’s ears, it was as if the voice of a ghost.

An Si Yan fearfully reached out her hands to slap Lan You Nian’s stunning face but was detected by Lan You Nian. Her phoenix eyes flashed with a sneer as her thin lips curled upwards. A small hand swiftly caught An Si Yan’s attacking hand and twisted it forcefully. Everyone heard the “kacha” sound and Lan You Nian sneered, “Presumptuous.”

An Si Yan’s entire arm was broken by Lan You Nian and the bones in the forearm were twisted to the point it was poking out, making it a ghastly sight. As for the concerned party, An Si Yan hugged her arm as she rolled around on the ground in pain. Those noblewomen looked at Lan You Nian fearfully.

Lan You Nian shrugged her shoulders. She was merely speaking the truth. An Si Yan’s arms were now completely useless. Her good days were over with.

At this moment, a signal shot up from the Imperial Mausoleum’s direction. When those guards saw the signal, they took out their swords, pointing it at Lan You Nian. The captain of the guards came over to Lan You Nian saying, “Miss Lan please take a walk with us!”

Yue Bai Lian was a little worried and wanted to block in front of Lan You Nian but was stopped by Lan You Nian. She gave Yue Bai Lian a reassuring smile. When she saw Yue Bai Lian relax, Lan You Nian shot Yue Bai Lian a look. Yue Bai Lian pondered for a moment and walked over to those noblewomen and hid herself.

“If this young miss isn’t willing?” Lan You Nian glanced at the guards surrounding her wielding weapons without a sliver of concern. That apathetic look made people feel she wasn’t facing a life and death situation but merely admiring the gardens.

The guard pointed their swords at Lan You Nian, his tone unkind, “Then don’t blame this one for being impolite!”

When An Yi led a portion of Ming army to the palace hall, he saw their wangfei being pointed at by those guards’ swords and even had wangfei surrounded. Seeing wangfei not showing a sliver of panic in the face of danger, Ming army had a good impression from seeing the wangfei for the first time, but what happened next….

Lan You Nian looked at the guards who were pointing their swords at her, suddenly laughing out melodiously like an oriole’s laugh. The sound was graceful and soft. It was supposed to be such an intoxicating sound but because it was contaminated with killing intent, it became a bone-biting frost.

“What I hate the most is other people threatening me!” Lan You Nian took out her personal dagger, “So, good bye!”

Lan You Nian raised her eyebrows at the guards, her eye like black jade flashed with a frosty light. Without giving the other a chance to consider, before those guards could react, her figure moved, instantly darting out.

Lan You Nian brandished the dagger in her hand like the god of death’s scythe. The guards standing in front of Lan You Nian were like corpses as they fell in the mercy of Lan You Nian’s hand. Lan You Nian’s speed was very fast. As her words died away, she darted in front of the captain of the guards and those guards. The dagger in her hand was swift. Her figure became like a ghost as darted around the circles of guards. Her entire person was like a celestial maiden as her white clothes fluttered around her as she wove around in the grand hall. It looked like she was dancing, but the dagger in her hand befell one after another, accurately severing her opponents’ necks. Every person’s throat had the same blood stains, the same spot, the same length, without a single difference.

In moments, before everyone could blink, the entire grand hall diffused with a thick scent of blood. At Lan You Nian’s side, one body after another fell. The hall’s carpet were died completely red by the fresh blood. Some timid ladies fainted from fright. Some women even threw up seeing Lan You Nian kill people without batting an eyelash.

Lan You Nian killed off one circle of the guards that surrounded her. Many of the other guards looked at Lan You Nian grimly. They didn’t expect the seemingly frail looking Lan You Nian to have such deftness and killing people so fiercely. They tightened their grip on their weapons, fearing they will die like the guards in front of them,

In contrast to these noblewomen’s reactions, the Ming army An Yi brought with him stared at Lan You Nian with bright eyes and couldn’t restrain themselves from awe. Damn, this was their wangfei ah! Sure indeed, a female hero! Not only able to remain calm in danger, her aura could compete with wangye’s. Sure enough, the woman wangye fancied. was different from all the rest. Having such a valiant wangfei, they felt proud!

It was this one meeting that Lan You Nian’s reputation in Ming army could match Feng Yi Xuan’s in the future. Those big tough brutes were more respectful to Lan You Nian than anyone!

Though the guards felt fear from seeing Lan You Nian’s decisive skill, Lan You Nian was only one person while their were several hundred of them, so the guards looked at one another, each had a determined look as they filled with killing intent looking at Lan You Nian.

“Miss Lan, if you aren’t obedient and go with us, then don’t blame us for not being polite!” A guard said warningly to Lan You Nian. Lan You Nian killed so many guards, they all wanted to kill Lan You Nian, but thinking of Prime Minister’s plan, they had no choice but to follow orders.

“Impolite? How daring!” An Yi led Ming army charging into the palace hall. Behind Lan You Nian stood several hundred of Ming army.

“Wangfei, this subordinate is late!” An Yi showed deference to Lan You Nian, his tone deferential but filled with worry.

Behind, the rest of Ming army copied An Yi’s deferential bow, “Wangfei!” Only when they stepped closer did they see wangfei was actually so beautiful. They were a little embarrassed to speak.

Lan You Nian looked at the Ming army that sincerely called her “wangfei” and felt these men were quite endearing. Lan You Nian smiled softly, “En, I’m fine! How is wangye doing?”

Lan You Nian was worried about Feng Yi Xuan’s side. And at this time Feng Yi Xuan sent Ming army over, Lan You Nian slightly moved.

When the guards saw the famous Ming army appear before their eyes, many of them started thinking about retreating, but An Yi wouldn’t give them this opportunity. An Yi glanced at Lan You Nian. The matriarch was present; he must listen to the matriarch’s orders.