Chapter 236 - 234. Intruder I (1/2)

Third-person POV

”Form an alliance? Why? What benefit we will gain by forming an alliance with a powerless prince?” Lu Ping said as his brows arched in amus.e.m.e.nt.

Weisheng also stared at Long Yang with probing eyes. Long Yang took a deep breath and his expression turned sterner.

”I will be your informant.” Long Yang offered.

”Hoo~ But we already have plenty of that.” Lu Ping turned down Long Yang's offer.

Long Yang whipped his head up to look at Lu Ping's devious eyes. Then he glanced at disinterested expression on Weisheng's face. He bit his lips and tried to think another option. His eyes lighted up when an idea came to his mind.

”Then….”

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”Deal.” Both Lu Ping and Weisheng nodded their heads in agreement.

Long Yang was mentally tired from negotiating with the cunning Lu Ping. He took a big gulp of hot tea and furrowed his brows.

”Now, please explain what happened to Her Majesty Empress.” Long Yang insisted.

Lu Ping tapped his chin with his fan and nonchalantly asked, ”How much do you know about Murong Qing's plan?”

”She only said that she was going to kidnap Her Majesty Empress by infiltrating Da Qi's Royal Palace with Bei Zhou's help.” Long Yang summarized Murong Qing's never-ending ramble.

Lu Ping glanced at Weisheng and mouthed, 'Don't lose control.'

Weisheng unnoticeably nodded his head and exhaled tiredly as it was extremely hard for him to listen to the pain that Hong er had to suffer in his place. On top of that, every sleepless night, he drank a ton of sleeping drugs so he could see Hong er in his dream.

In every dream, it would only be him calling out to Hong er who was immobilized by the chains that were binding her to a log of wood. There was no response from Hong er. Even after knowing that it is hopeless to get a response from Hong er, he didn't stop trying to wake her up with his voice.

However, since he was outside the Royal Palace which means the chances they would be invaded by unpredictable attacks increased, he was restricted from using any sleeping drug. Which leads him to have insomnia. Even though he closed his eyes and laid on a comfortable bed, he couldn't get to sleep.

The dark circles under his eyes became darker and he turned more temperamental than usual. Even the slightest thing such as hearing Murong Qing's name could irritate him.

”In conclusion, our Royal Palace was infiltrated by Bei Zhou and they got Her Majesty Empress. They used a teleportation magic to teleport to a secret bas.e.m.e.nt about a hundred km away from Royal Palace in a second.

With the help of a dark guild, they performed a forbidden ritual on Her Majesty Empress and caused Her Majesty Empress's golden eyes transplanted into Murong Qing's eye sockets without losing its color.” Lu Ping explained with an unusually serious tone.

Long Yang abruptly rose from his seat with his eyes wide open. His heart ached like there were a thousand needles poking his heart. Even Ruru's (the maid) eyes were pooled with tears as Hong er is the person she looked up the most.

”H-how can she do that?” Long Yang muttered in disbelief.

Because of his sudden action, Qiyi summoned his sword and pointed it at Long Yang's neck.

”Please sit down, Your Highness Seventh Prince,” Qiyi advised with a slightly commanding tone in his voice.

Long Yang glanced at Weisheng who had been silent during Lu Ping's explanation till now. Even a fool could see that Weisheng was in an extremely bad mood. The murderous aura that Weisheng unconsciously exuded even scared off the animals that hanging around the base camp. Long Yang swallowed his saliva as he averted his eyes away from Weisheng and compliantly sat back on his seat.

”May I continue?” Lu Ping questioned as they didn't have much time.