Chapter 178 Chilling (1/2)
“Water? There’s some water outside; go to find it. As long as you’re able to crawl to the body of water.”
The look in Lin Mengya’s eyes was devoid of all emotions.
Lin Mengya could not even bother to look at Ming Yue, who was paralyzed on the floor.
“Ah! It’s so itchy! It’ll be better if you kill me, kill me!”
Ming Yue shouted in delirium as she rolled on the floor, but it did not help with relieving the itch at all.
“Master, are you not worried that someone would come to her rescue?”
They exited from the side chamber and it was pitch dark outside.
“No one will come. They had wanted us dead, so they would have made sure that all the guards and servants had been deployed from here. Look, there isn’t a single soul here. Who would find her?”
It was only now that Lin Mengya realized that this part of the Chun’en Hall’s side chamber was unusually secluded and quiet.
If not for the Crown Prince’s instructions, why would the guard allow this corner to be unguarded?
How naive of the Crown Prince to think that he could so easily take her life.
“That’s right, she deserved to die.”
Baisu, having followed Lin Mengya for a while by now, had been influenced by Lin Mengya’s character of needing to take revenge on people who dared offend her.
Princess Ming Yue’s piercing shrieks were spine-chilling.
“Death? At this moment, death to her would be the sweetest and most marvelous thing in the whole world.”
A smile formed at the corner of Lin Mengya’s mouth.
She turned around to have a last look at the entrance of the side with a sinister look in her eyes.
“Let’s get back to the banquet. I want to see the reaction of those people when they see me again.”
Lin Mengya straightened her dress and then turned to walk back to Chun’en Hall with Baisu.
A big drinking party was on-going back in the main hall.
No one seemed to have noticed that Princess Yu had gone off, or Princess Ming Yue was missing.
However, the Crown Prince and vice Princess Dugu seemed to be giving each other anxious looks.
If Miss Wang had failed to assassinate Lin Mengya, there was still Princess Ming Yue to fill in for her.
Lin Mengya was definitely dead by now, but why did it take so long to hear any news from Ming Yue?
“Your Highness, do you want to send someone to check it out?”
Vice Princess Dugu quietly whispered her suggestion when the Crown Prince downed another cup of wine.
The Crown Prince had refrained from checking out the situation personally because it was inevitable that his movement would attract people’s attention.
If someone were to find out about their collaboration, while it was easy to silence his partners in crime, it would be a great loss to him if his plan had been upset.
“There’s no need for that. Our plan was a well-thought one. Although the maidservant accompanying her is skillful in martial arts, she was not carrying any weapons. Ming Yue could easily get rid of her.”
There was no doubt that the Crown Prince was a little anxious, but he was more assured than worried.
Moreover, the Queen was quietly agreeable to this plan of his.
Otherwise, why had nobody found anything amiss?
Although the Crown Princess did have a say in things happening in the palace, he did not have the kind of authority to control them like the Queen.
King Ming of the western vassal state was sitting on his seat and looking around, but his daughter was nowhere to be found.
A frown appeared on his face as an unsettling feeling started nagging at him.
“Bei, have you seen Yue’er anywhere?”
Hu Tianbei looked around. Ming Yue had told him that she was not feeling well and wanted to take a walk outside.
Strangely, she was nowhere to be seen up until now.
“I didn’t notice. Would you like me to go around searching for her, Father?”
King Ming stole a worried glance at the Crown Prince.
Lately, Ming Yue had been rather intimate with the Crown Prince.
Not only was Ming Yue an intelligent girl, King Ming had also engaged a master to teach her martial art skills.
However, that child was way too arrogant.
It was a tricky matter even to King Ming as a father, especially with regards to the matter of Ming Yue’s unswerving desire to have Prince Yu to her.
“There’s no need to go look for her. Given her skills in martial arts, I suppose she wouldn’t be in danger. She must be delayed for a reason.”
Believing that there was nothing much he could do, King Ming tried to comfort himself with such thoughts.
In a few days, they would set out to return to the western vassal state.
A few days ago, the Queen had sent men to express her desire to propose to Ming Yue to become a concubine to the Crown Prince.
However, King Ming had politely turned down the proposal.
King Ming had a clear foresight that the current foolish Crown Prince would eventually not be the ruler of Dajin.
Despite the Queen being exceptionally intelligent and capable, there were somethings that were simply out of her control.
King Ming had nurtured Ming Yue to be his prized chess piece, which he would use only at a critical moment.
If the Crown Prince subsequently become the emperor, it would not be too late to betroth Ming Yue to him.
He sighed silently, wishing in his heart that Ming Yue would not create any trouble for him.
At this juncture, the figure of a slim woman appeared at the main entrance.
The eyes of the Crown Prince and vice Princess Dugu were immediately attracted to her.
They were expecting to see the victorious return of Princess Ming Yue.
However, as the figure came closer, the delicate and beautiful face of the lady became clear to everyone.
A perfect-looking Lin Mengya stood in front of all the people.
The faces of the Crown Prince and the vice Princess Dugu instantly drained of their colors.
That was impossible! Why was she still standing here in one piece?
Before the eyes of a horror-stricken Crown Prince, Lin Mengya slowly walked back to her seat.
Long Tianhao immediately got up from his seat and walked up to her.
Although Lin Mengya appeared calm and composed, Long Tianhao sensed that she had just been through something drastic.
“Are you alright just now?”