Chapter 305 : A Rose Wedding 31 (2/2)

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Ke Er sighed inwardly. He hadn’t had the slightest inkling that Xi Yin would do this. Had he known, why on earth would he have given in to Fei Qi?

Xi Yin held much more influence than any prophecy.

Fei Qi could only harbour resentment in his heart as he remained still, not daring to move a muscle.

He’d already planned everything—they were at the last step. Yet at this moment, Xi Yin, who shouldn’t have been here, appeared.

And he pushed Mi Nai onto the throne.

Second Uncle Ai, who was in the crowd of vampire hunters, also had a dark expression on. ‘We were so close! Just one step away, yet such a thing occurred!’

Only now did Ai Wei react and look towards her Second Uncle.

‘Is this man so powerful that he can get all the vampires to acknowledge Mi Nai with one declaration?’

Shi Sheng had no intention of actually ruling as Queen, so she merely got them to kneel to get back at them for before.

‘Screw keeping professional and personal interests separate! That’s all a bunch of baloney! Avenging grudges is the way to go!’

No matter how infuriated Fei Qi was, he still had to kneel. But his gaze at Shi Sheng wasn’t very nice to say the least.

“What’re you looking at?” Shi Sheng drew her sword and levelled it at Fei Qi. “How ‘bout we discuss the matter of you being a traitor?”

Fei Qi grit his teeth as he looked at the coldly gleaming blade in front of him, but still bore with it in the end. “Your Majesty, what will it take for you to believe me?”

“Why should I believe you?” Shi Sheng felt like laughing. “You’re nobody to me, so how’s it any of my business?”

‘Then is it any of your business whether or not I’m a traitor?!’

Of course, Fei Qi didn’t dare to voice his thoughts—Xi Yin was still standing there. And from the looks of it, even if she wanted to kill him, Xi Yin wouldn’t stop her.

Even if he couldn’t afford to offend her, he could still hide from her, couldn’t he?

As a result, Shi Sheng somehow became the Vampire Queen. Shi Sheng didn’t even give Ai Wei a proper look from beginning to end. It was as if she had been forgotten by everyone.

Ai Wei felt like she’d been slapped tens of times—her face was burning and smarting from the insult. This whole time, she had just been a joke.

……

In Fei Qi’s castle.

Second Uncle Ai had a furious expression. “Fei Qi, you never told me Xi Yin had woken up!”

Fei Qi’s expression wasn’t good. “I didn’t know either.”

“He’s one of your kind; how could you not know when he woke up?!” Second Uncle Ai got more agitated the more he spoke.

“Xi Yin rarely returns to the territories, and no one knows where he hibernates, so how was I supposed to know?!” Fei Qi felt rage bubble up. “Ai Qiang, watch your tone!”

He was still a Prince. Even if they were now co-operating, that didn’t mean Ai Qiang could take that tone with him.

The atmosphere between the two was a bit tense. Ai Wei was seated to the side, her face pale, her head lowered, and her thoughts unknown.

Ai Qiang probably knew he had been too agitated, for he fell silent for a bit and slowly calmed down. “Now what?”

“What else? What can we do?” Fei Qi laughed grimly, “With Xi Yin here, do you think I’d still dare to make a move?”

He’d witnessed that man’s strength with his own eyes. Wouldn’t provoking him simply be begging to die?

“Then we’re going to abandon the plan just like this?” Ai Qiang’s complexion turned an unsightly white.

Fei Qi fell silent before he suddenly seemed to have thought of something. “Didn’t you say that one went missing?”

Ai Qiang didn’t know why Fei Qi had suddenly changed the topic, but he suppressed his anger and replied, “That was what I heard, but I’m not sure.”

He wasn’t one of the core members of the vampire hunter circle, so there was no way he would be notified of something of such importance. He had merely overheard the people beside Du Jue discussing a tomb in the northern outskirts, which was highly likely to be the burial ground of that one.

“If that one’s gone missing, it proves someone’s planning on making a move. Perhaps we still have a chance.” A calculative look appeared in Fei Qi’s eyes.

He moved in to whisper into Ai Qiang’s ear. The latter narrowed his eyes and looked in Ai Wei’s direction.

“This is the only way. Think it over carefully.” Fei Qi patted Ai Qiang’s shoulder and left the room, leaving it to the other two.