Chapter 337 : It’s Not Easy Being the Head of Household 21 (1/2)
As Shi Sheng left the palace, she pondered what chaos tomorrow would bring while leisurely making her way back to her residence alone.
As a high-ranking official, being alone was dangerous…but nothing like a melodramatic assassination attempt occurred.
Nope. Instead, she saw a man, running out of the darkness, being chased by a pack of burly looking women.
‘Great… A damsel-in-distress ploy… Even more dog blood than an assassination attempt.
Is it really okay to be splashing around dog blood like this every day?’
The women chased the man as he ran towards Shi Sheng. He was probably intending to leap into her arms, but Shi Sheng pivoted on her feet, easily avoiding his bear hug.
The man stumbled and fell to the ground.
There was almost no light in the surrounding area, so Shi Sheng could only use what faint moonlight was present to distinguish the man’s identity.
It was Duan Qingyun.
“I’m warning you—don’t be nosy!”
The women had also reached her. They didn’t even look at Duan Qingyun, instead choosing to target Shi Sheng.
Shi Sheng, “…” ‘I(bbb) didn’t move a goddamn finger, just how am I(bbb) being nosy? Blindness is a disease! You should get it treated!’
“Prime Minister…” Duan Qingyun lay sprawled out on the ground as he cast her a panicked look. “Save me, please!”
‘Save you? For what ah?’
Shi Sheng’s lips lifted slightly as she began walking over to Duan Qingyun.
“Oi! Get lost, you! This ain’t any of your business! We won’t hold it against you if you leave right now!”
Shi Sheng had already reached Duan Qingyun. Under his expectant gaze, she picked him up.
“Prime Minister…” Duan Qingyun appeared to be so touched that he was choking up. ‘I just knew she still had feelings for me!’
Shi Sheng carried him over to the group of women, who retreated alertly.
Shi Sheng chucked Duan Qingyun into the arms of the woman standing closest to her. “Hold on to him. I won’t help you catch him a second time.”
The burly woman, “…”
‘There’s something wrong with this script…
Isn’t she supposed to fend us off, then enjoy a beautiful evening with the beauty?’
Shi Sheng ducked around them and continued on her way for a couple of steps, before she paused and turned around to look back. “Next time you hire people, make sure they’re not as idiotic as this lot. Just a single look is enough to tell they’re fakes.”
Duan Qingyun, “…”
The Idiot Gang, “…”
Shi Sheng soon vanished from sight, whereupon Duan Qingyun shoved the woman holding him away, shaking his body in disgust.
The woman’s face immediately turned dark.
“What’re you looking at? A bunch of trash is what you lot are! Can’t even get a simple task done!” Duan Qingyun poked her chest.
He continued belittling them, causing the burly women’s faces to turn green with anger.
……
Shi Sheng only found something off with her body when she was about to reach the Prime Minister’s residence.
She used the light of the lanterns hanging outside the residence to have a look at her hand. It was very clean.
She held it up to sniff but there was no peculiar odour.
Still…
Shi Sheng picked up the pace and entered the residence.
“Your Excellency…”
Shi Sheng felt like she was burning up on the inside, her mouth dry.
‘Fucking brilliant! You actually dared to drug me(lz)! Duan Qingyun! If I(lz) don’t kill you, I’ll(lz) adopt your surname!’
Shi Sheng refused to let them support her, simply ordering them to get cold water prepared.
The Prime Minister’s residence was in chaos.
Dai Yue and Ying Yue rushed over as soon as they received word.
By the time they arrived, Shi Sheng was already soaking in a tub of cold water.
“Your Excellency, just how did you get plotted against? Should we call for a…”
There was a flush on Shi Sheng’s face as she leaned against the side of the bathtub, not wanting to move a single finger.