Chapter 328 : It’s Not Easy Being the Head of Household 12 (2/2)

Not too far from them stood another woman, clothed only in inner garments similar in colour to the cloak covering him.

He remembered her.

It was the woman who had taken his Senior Brother away.

“Let’s go.” Shi Sheng turned to leave.

Dai Yue hurriedly followed her.

Once they were out of the courtyard, Shi Sheng’s expression didn’t change as she ordered, “Burn the place.”

Shi Sheng left Gu Su in Dai Yue’s care as she headed for the imperial palace.

Dai Yue brought Gu Su back to the Prime Minister’s residence. She summoned two men to help him wash up and change into a clean set of clothing.

Once he was certain Dai Yue meant him no harm, Gu Su’s tense body gradually loosened up.

“Where’s my Senior Brother?” Gu Su grabbed onto Dai Yue’s sleeve. “I want to see my Senior Brother.”

“Your Senior Brother is in the palace.” Dai Yue tugged on her sleeve but couldn’t free it from his grasp.

“Don’t worry, Her Excellency won’t let anything happen to him.”

“I want to see my Senior Brother.” Gu Su stubbornly repeated himself.

Dai Yue felt a headache coming on as she pulled at her sleeve. ‘If I cut my clothes free…will this little fellow cry?

If Her Excellency knows I made him cry, would she settle scores with me after getting back?’

After much consideration, Dai Yue allowed him to pull at her sleeve.

Dai Yue managed to rescue her sleeve once he fell asleep from exhaustion.

She had barely escaped his grip when she saw Ying Yue peeking in from the outside.

“Why didn’t you follow Her Excellency?” Dai Yue shut the door as she went out.

Ying Yue gave a knowing smile. “Her Excellency told me not to follow her. I’m guessing she’s gone to see Sir Ling Yue in secret.”

“What ‘in secret’? Does Her Excellency have to hide her movements when she goes to see someone?” Dai Yue frowned and corrected her.

Ying Yue hurriedly nodded, her eyes shining with worship. “Yes yes yes. Our lady is really all-powerful! Though I think Her Excellency has really taken a liking to Sir Ling Yue.”

“Whoever can catch her fancy is a lucky person.” Dai Yue spoke matter-of-factly. “Have you contacted the others? Her Excellency has been less cautious as of late. We’ll have to make preparations. If the Empress… We’ll get Her Excellency to rebel.”

“No problem.” Ying Yue gave Dai Yue a reassuring look.

‘If Her Excellency really rebelled, it wouldn’t be too difficult to win. It’s just her reputation would take a bit of a hit…

But there are plenty of people like this in history. The winner is the king while the loser is the thief; why worry about a little loss of reputation?’

……

Shi Sheng used her status as the Prime Minister to make her way to where Ling Yue was staying without obstruction.

The Empress had arranged for him to stay in a relatively quiet palace. When Shi Sheng arrived, she happened to see the Crown Princess emerge from within.

‘Fuck! This woman still dares to come molest Ling Yue!’

The Crown Princess was alone—she’d probably snuck in. Shi Sheng tailed the princess to a deserted area, before ambushing and stuffing her into a sack.

She then proceeded to beat the shit out of her.

Don’t ask Shi Sheng where she got the sack…

‘They’re great for being sneaky about beating people up, so I put a bunch in my space!’

Once she’d pummelled the sack till the person inside lay still, she dragged it over to Ling Yue’s palace.

For the sake of preventing others from seeing her drag the Crown Princess in a sack to Ling Yue’s place, she deliberately climbed over a wall at the back.

Thud!

The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground could be heard.

Hearing the disturbance, Ling Yue couldn’t help but come check it out.

What he found was Shi Sheng currently about to jump in through the window…and the bulky burlap sack on the ground.

This was the first time they’d met since that day. The strangeness of the situation caused Ling Yue to forget about his previous awkwardness.