Chapter 300 : A Rose Wedding 26 (2/2)
‘My lil princess wouldn’t eat in such an uncouth manner—it has to be that impostor! But right now everyone thinks the impostor is her… If this matter isn’t handed properly, the one that people will denounce is lil princess…’
“Ke Er, get your girl to come forward and explain.” Another Prince spoke, giving the vampire hunters an unkind look.
Although they fought amongst themselves, they naturally stood on the side of their own kind when faced with outsiders.
Ke Er looked at Ling Xiang. She picked up her dress and headed over to Ke Er’s side, casting a glance at Du Jue. His fierce gaze caused her to retreat in fear and quietly explain, “Godfather, I didn’t. They’re slandering me.”
“Mi Nai, girl, you have to give some evidence.” A rather ugly man stood out from amongst the Princes. Well, he wasn’t ugly per se, but he had a scar on his face that marred his looks.
His sharp gaze was fixed to Ling Xiang as he put pressure on her.
“Fei Qi!” Ke Er rebuked in a low tone.
The man called Fei Qi scoffed coldly. “Ke Er, what are you being so loud for? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience? If your goddaughter is innocent, of course we will not allow her to be slandered! But if she broke the agreement, we cannot protect her either—else, what use is the agreement that was signed a century ago?”
Ke Er’s gaze as he looked at Fei Qi immediately turned shrewd. The other Princes remained silent and held their opinions to themselves.
“If Lady Mi Nai can produce evidence to prove her innocence, then we will admit our mistakes and apologise to Lady Mi Nai.” Seeing as things had already progressed to this point, the elder could only step forward and speak.
“I really didn’t!” Ling Xiang defended herself, anxiety on her face. “Godfather, you must believe me!”
“Mi Nai, girl, you can’t just say empty words. You have to have evidence.” With Fei Qi’s relentless attitude, pretty much everyone ought to have understood what was going on.
He was using the vampire hunters to cause Ke Er trouble.
Of all the Princes, Fei Qi and Ke Er were the strongest and had exchanged many blows in secret for many years. Naturally, Fei Qi wouldn’t give up such a good opportunity to take Ke Er down a peg.
“Fei Qi, do you know what you’re doing?” Ke Er’s expression was now completely as cold as ice.
‘He’s actually helping outsiders…’
“I’m doing this for the safety of all vampires! After all, no one wants someone who mars our peace by breaking the agreement, right?”
Fei Qi then continued, “We are Princes! We cannot possibly protect criminals just because they are family, can we?”
Fei Qi was forcing Ke Er to make a choice. If he acted selfishly in front of the vampire hunters, it would surely cause them dissatisfaction.
“Godfather, I really never did it!” Ling Xiang merely insisted on her innocence, but didn’t give any evidence.
After watching for a moment, a sudden smile broke out on Shi Sheng’s face and she concluded, “She’s instigating a war.”
‘As for the purpose behind doing so… I heard Ke Er say she was looking for something but couldn’t find it. She’s probably planning on taking advantage of the chaos to search the territories.’
Shi Sheng propped up her chin as she watched the dispute beginning to escalate into name-calling. Some people were already planning on attacking out of anger.
Meanwhile, this whole time, Ling Xiang insisted she hadn’t done it—but didn’t produce a shred of evidence to prove herself innocent, nor had she questioned the contents of the video.
This caused the people with overactive imaginations to fill in the gaps on their own.
Fei Qi was subtly trying to enrage Ke Er, appearing as if he wouldn’t rest till he pulled Ke Er off his horse with the help of the vampire hunters.
Despite causing such a large scene, the impostor’s Master was nowhere to be seen.
‘Really put a lot of effort into this, huh?’ Shi Sheng’s lips tugged upwards into a cold smile, her sword having appeared in her hand at some point. ‘Seeing as they’ve been acting for so long, I reckon it’s time for me to go show off and let them begin anew.’