C21 (1/2)

The weather wasn't bad. Yun Duan stood in the garden with her hands behind her back. She swept her gaze over the place. It was already autumn, but the flowers were still competing with each other for their beauty. The fragrance of the flowers drifted in the air, covering quite a bit of the smell of blood.

Even though Xingyun Pavilion's courtyard had been cleaned, she still felt that blood was flowing like a river. The alarm bell set by the masked men was too loud, so she had to be prepared at all times.

”Mistress, look how good you are at blooming flowers!” Qin Ni stood behind Yun Duan with a smile on her face.

The petals were spread out in all directions, and were as big as a compass. The stamen of the flower had turned into a thick black, which made the clouds laugh. She narrowed her eyes to look at it carefully for a moment, then asked, ”Flower of Separation?”

Qin Ni nodded her head: ”This flower is also known as the Night Tremor Flower. The fragrance of this flower has a long period of time, and sometimes you can't even see it withering in the deep winter!”

”What's the use?”

Qin Ni's brows slightly blinked: ”Can be used with medicine!”

”What else?”

”No more!”

Yun Duan laughed, but her eyes were very secretive. ”Are you sure you don't have any more?”

Qin Nei's drooping eyes flickered.

Yun Duan was not in a hurry. Instead, she stared at the flower with interest, as if she wanted to see through its essence.

After a while, Yun Duan said, ”Pick a flower petal and let me have a look!”

With a gentle breeze, a flower petal fell into her hand in the blink of an eye.

Yun Duan walked over to a small pavilion and sat down. After she glanced at Qin Ni, she played with the petal of blood in her hand. She put it to her nose and sniffed it. The smell was really cold and serene.

This color had always been passionate and unrestrained. However, when paired with the dense black stamens, it gave off a kind of deathly air.

A voice came from afar. Yun Duan looked over and said with a dull face, ”Qin Ni, I want to drink tea. It's hot!”

Qin Ni nodded: ”I'll go get it now!”

The clouds lightly rapped against the bluestone table, and the round surface of the table was polished very smoothly.

The sound was getting closer and closer. When it got closer, Yun Duan's fingertips stopped moving. There was a smile in her eyes, but it didn't reach her eyes as she looked at the flower petal.

”I was wondering who it was. So it was the third princess!”

Under the escort of a group of female attendants, the consort stood in front of the small pavilion. She was dressed like a jewel, and her light green phoenix dress outlined her alluring figure.

Yun Duan propped up her chin as she looked at Luofei, ignoring everything else, this woman was quite good-looking and had a very good appearance.

When I heard about the assassination of the three princes yesterday, I was extremely nervous. I wanted to go and see the three royal princesses early on, but I do have a dragon seed with me. I wanted to avoid getting involved with these bloody matters.

Looking at the fake smile on the woman's face, Yun Duan thought to herself that she was still able to keep her composure today, as if she had already forgotten all about the matter regarding Li Shi'er.

”How could that be? Do I look like such a petty person?”

The servant girl, Luo Fei, sat down across from Yun Duan. Her face was smiling, and her expression was that of a virtuous and virtuous elder. ”Wang Ji, you're not hurt, right? I heard that masked man was very powerful. So many guards in the palace were killed by him! ”

The word masked man was still a taboo. It should be said that there was fear in her heart. She closed her eyes as she thought about how he would kill without batting an eyelid. He was ferocious and bloodthirsty.

Her small hand lightly held onto the petal as her lips curled up into a vague smile: ”If I'm injured, can I still sit in front of you? Besides, what's there to be nervous about when I get stabbed? Or are you afraid that I won't die? ”

The face of the consort stiffened, and her black, pretty eyes showed some grievance, ”Third Young Madam, where are you from? I'm just concerned about you!”

”Care about me?” Yun Duan laughed softly.

”That really bothers esteemed wangfei!”

Princess Luofei shook her head, ”Why do you say that!”

Family?

Yun Duan was amused by these three words, and even laughed out loud. She picked up the flower petal and fanned herself, laughing so hard that she was forced to move back and forth.

When the princess saw this, she couldn't help but frown and her voice became much colder, ”Wang Ji, what do you mean by this?”

Yun Duan slammed the flower petal on the table. The sound was extremely loud, scaring the princess and her servant girl behind her into jumping up.

”Empress, don't speak carelessly. Who is your family?” Chen Emperor? ”Li Zhen'er?”

At the mention of Li Jie'er, Princess Luofei's fingers tightened and her expression became displeased: ”Third Princess, I am His Majesty's concubine. You should address me as your mother in front of me, but you didn't even have the least bit of respect for me and have such a vile attitude. How can you be worthy of being His Majesty's daughter?”

Yun Duan's eyes shined brightly. She did not react in the slightest to the words of consort Luo, and spoke in a playful manner, ”Call you mother? ”I say, consort Luo, what do you think you are? If you want to talk about etiquette …”

Yun Duan dragged the last part of his words and laughed sinisterly, ”We should have a good talk!”

She suddenly stood up, her gaze cold. ”Someone come!”

The guard on duty quickly appeared. ”Third King!”

Yun Duan waved her hand and pointed at the servants behind Princess Luofei, ”You've dragged down thirty big sticks. You didn't even make a proper greeting when you saw Wang Ji. This servant girl is really riding on master's head!”

This …” The guards were in a bit of a dilemma. After all, there was still another consort, and she had a dragon in her stomach. It was said that she had to look at her master to beat a dog, so since consort didn't say anything, they didn't want to be part of it.

Yun Duan's sharp eyes swept across the guards on duty and asked, ”What? Are you going to disobey the decree?”

”I want to see who dares!” The consort's face was dark as she looked at the clouds, her eyes filled with ferocity, ”If that's the case, then those three kings won't even bow when they see this. Do I have to punish you for not respecting your status?”

Yun Duan held the flower petal and shook it, her eyes slightly shining. ”You want to punish me? Fine, go request for an imperial decree. If Your Majesty decrees a punishment, then I'll accept it. But if you don't, then your servants will be beaten to death! ”

”You …” She knew that it was impossible for Emperor Chen to pass down the decree. Yun Duan had even beaten up Emperor Chen when he left his official position, but the Emperor Chen didn't punish her at all. Now, it was even more impossible to do so for the sake of his maids.

”Drag him away!” Yun Duan's voice was heavy, causing the hearts of everyone present to tremble. This Third King was really not someone to be trifled with.

When the guard saw this, he didn't dare to say anything else and dragged the personal servant girl away.

”Empress, save me!”

”Empress, Empress!”

”Third King, Ji, this servant knows my wrongs!”

”This servant will not dare to do so again!”

The female servants' shouts increased in volume one after another. Princess Luo Fei was so angry that her face turned green.

Yun Duan swept a glance at the stomach of the consort and chuckled, ”Empress, don't be so angry that your body will break down. If a few maids were to shock the dragon seed, then it wouldn't be worth it!”

”Only Yun Duan!” Princess Luofei shouted at the top of her lungs.

Yun Duan suddenly raised her head, and used her bare hands to grip onto Princess Luofei's chin. Not long after pinching her, cold sweat began to seep out from her forehead. Yun Duan's voice was cold as she asked, ”Do you think you can call her 'only Yun Duan'?”