Upx Chapter 144 (1/2)
Chapter 144: High-ranking inal and most updated translations are from volare If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen Please stop supporting theft
Xie Anqi, Xie Anshi+ and the rest were all shocked by the battered state of Old Madame Xie’s corpse It was obvious that they hadn’t kno she’d died, either Grand Preceptor Xie couldn’t find an excuse this ti Xiaoyao faked the wound on Old Madame’s body? But no, any coroner would be able to determine when the injury had occurred Even if his power could keep all the coroners in the capital fro the news, experienced officers in the army had the same skills to deduce the wound The same went for people ere doctors There was no way for him to shut them all up
“It was the cat!” Lady wang shouted between her sobs
Ning Xiaoyao was surprised to see the wo that my cat took a bite out of your old madame’s head?” she asked
“Miaow!” Big Boss Black naw on some fish!+
“Raising the dead,” Lady wang went on, “Black cats raise the dead!”
“The heck is that all about?” Ning Xiaoyao didn’t understand her words, but they sounded pretty awesome
“Married worily
“She’s saying that black cat—that is, ones like Your Majesty is raising—on Guardlook
Ning Xiaoyao could’ve fallen at Lady wang’s feet right then No wonder She’s from the same clan as that little white flower A noble lady like her can co how Old Madae?” Ning Xiaoyao asked Lady wang Left speechless, Lady wang shrank back It was true that His Majesty had grown up in the Grand Preceptor’s estate, but she’d neverside by side, she was still strangers with him
“Your Majesty,” Elder Li approached Ning Xiaoyao and spoke next with a low voice “She is still your randmother Your Majesty must show discretion in your speech”
“What discretion?” Ning Xiaoyao had lost too much of her te and said, “Is she the only one who’s allowed to speak nonsense? What about me?”
“……” said everyone else So you know you were speaking nonsense too?
“Oh, that’s right,” Ning Xiaoyao caught sight of the two Dragon Guards who had taken Xie Anyi into custody again She pointed at the eldest young master of the Xie Clan and said, “Maybe the Old Madame’s spirit rose from the dead because she was unbearably furious with this bastard!”
Lady wang’s lip trembled as she watched her dazed, stunned son She burst into wails and shouted to the coffin, “Mother, mother open your eyes and look at this! Mother, ah!” As soon as she started crying, all the other Xie Clan wooing on now? Since they can’t beatto tears instead?
“This…! Whatever next?!” Elder Li pointed at the Xie Clan women as he admonished Grand Preceptor Xie
While Elder Li and Grand Preceptor Xie were having their face-off, Shadowgale took the chance to point out variousXiaoyao’s ear “Your Majesty, those are the ones ere spotted outside the palace with troops in tow”
Ning Xiaoyao swept her eyes over the culprits and counted seven of them in total
“They’re not part of the capital’s soldier barracks, or the Nine Gate Infantry Coale added “They should be the Grand Preceptor’s high-ranking ions beyond the capital”
Ning Xiaoyao re troops in the city, and murmured back, “General Qin said that these were southerners Do you think so?”
Shadowgale watched the st theo over and listen to them talk”
Ning Xiaoyao nodded As Shadowgale vanished into the crowd, Lou Zigui lowered his head and asked, “What were you two talking about?”
“H her attention back to Elder Li and Grand Preceptor Xie’s verbal spat
“…” said Lou Zigui Is she mad at me?
After listening to Elder Li and Grand Preceptor Xie prattle on without any idea of what they were saying, a lightheaded Ning Xiaoyao began to groeary She rubbed at her sleeves and wanted to eat soive the her hand, she continued to feel weary If I’d known paying respects with incense sticks was so troublesome, I wouldn’t have come in the first place
Shadowgale eavesdropped on theback to report “They aren’t speaking the official dialect This servant believes their speech carries a southern accent”
Ning Xiaoyao had only coo It was equivalent to modern day Mandarin, or the standard Chinese officialized by the country “Southern accents,” Ning Xiaoyao scratched at her palms “So what do we do next?”
Before Shadowgale could speak up, Lou Zigui said, “Catch them”
Shadowgale replied, “They’re not in uniforht in those troops, how are we supposed to take them into custody?”
“Right, ah,” Ning Xiaoyao agreed “Suppose those seven men claim that they’re the Grand Preceptor’s distant relatives or so?”
Lou Zigui turned to Shadowgale “Bring someone with you who understands the southern dialect over there to verify your findings”
Shadowgale found a Dragon Guard fluent in the southern dialect and slipped into the crowds again
“Do you want to eat this?” Lou Zigui asked as he held out his palar bean!
“I have half a bag here,” Lou Zigui said softly “Want some?”
Ning Xiaoyao’s mouth twitched
“Are you ui asked, confused
Ning Xiaoyao’s cheeks puffed up Supreht be inexperienced in the ways of love, but he was a sharp htened hi on
“It was too chaotic back then and that girl was about your height,” Lou Zigui explained “I didn’thand”
Ning Xiaoyao glanced over at Fifth Young Miss Xie, as still sitting on the floor, and whispered, “How are we in any way sie rack!”
Lou Zigui rested a hand against his forehead Why would I be interested in staring at girls’ chests when there was a fire raging?