Chapter 338 : It’s Not Easy Being the Head of Household 22 (2/2)

The servants of the Prime Minister’s residence learned first-hand just how much their lady pampered this Sir Ling Yue, who hadn’t even been married into the family yet. The feeling of being fed dog food every day…wasn’t enjoyable.

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“Missing?” Shi Sheng sat in the study, swiftly twirling a calligraphy brush around in her hand.

“Yes. I heard the Ning Princess is looking for him too…” Shi Sheng had ordered her guards to seize Duan Qingyun, but they still hadn’t managed to find him after searching the streets where he was last seen.

The next day, news came that the Ning Princess was searching for him too.

Shi Sheng stopped twirling the brush and dipped it in ink, before she drew a really strange object.

Dai Yue, “…” ‘Dunno what Her Excellency is drawing…’

“Recognise this insignia?” After Shi Sheng was done, she pointed at the black ball of…something…and asked Dai Yue.

The latter was utterly baffled.

‘A gathering of ink? A mooncake?’

Dai Yue felt her sanity slipping away.

‘Your Excellency, your painting is simply too…unrecognisable, okay?! Are you sure you’re not just playing a joke on me?’

In the end, Dai Yue left the room with the parchment in her hand, wondering what had become of her life.

‘If anyone manages to tell what the hell this is, I’ll call ‘em dad!’

Ling Yue just so happened to be walking down the corridor. Noticing Dai Yue’s downcast expression as she stood at the doorway, he couldn’t help but cast the parchment in her hand a second glance, causing his gaze to darken slightly.

“Sir Ling Yue.” Dai Yue greeted Ling Yue before leaving in distress. It wasn’t too long before Dai Yue had another ‘dad’.

Of course, she didn’t dare to call him that.

‘If I dare to call Sir Ling Yue that, Her Excellency will kill me! And by cutting me up into pieces at that!’

As reality proved, it wasn’t that Shi Sheng was shit at drawing…it was that the original artist was shit, and Shi Sheng just made it worse.

Using this picture to investigate, Dai Yue soon managed to find Duan Qingyun’s whereabouts. He was found with another young man who had already died, and very painfully from the looks of it.

Shi Sheng fell silent for a while upon hearing the report.

‘Duan Qingyun probably got into a conflict with those women after I left.

I wonder where he found them… They seemed to be a bunch of hooligans no matter how you looked at them, and yet he actually dared to come out alone in the middle of the night to try and scam me.

That young man… I heard he’s one of Jiang Zhi’s boytoys. Dunno how he got involved.’

She only woke from her reverie when Ling Yue pinched her. Without regard for Dai Yue’s presence, she gave him a peck on the cheek, weakly explaining in a rather ‘henpecked’ manner, “I wasn’t thinking about him.”

The Dai Yue who had been force-fed dog food, “…”

‘Argh my eyes! Please be mindful of your surroundings, Your Excellency!!!’

“And the body?” Shi Sheng cleared her throat and pretended to sit up properly.

“It hasn’t been brought back yet.”

Shi Sheng ordered, “Send it to Jiang Zhi.”

“Your Excellency…is this appropriate?” ‘What if the Ning Princess claims we were the ones who killed her man?’

‘We won’t be able to explain ourselves by doing that!’

“Do you think I’m scared of her? Send it over!”

Dai Yue, “…”

‘Forget it. Besides, there are plenty of rumours about Her Excellency right now. What’s one more?’

The most recent gossip circulating the rumour mills was that the Prime Minister, Jun Liyou, had somehow inflicted harm upon the Crown Princess, causing her disappearance.

The Empress’ faction was infuriated but had no way to vent their frustrations.

The Prime Minister’s faction remained silent observers, all the while secretly expanding their influence and strengthening the rebel army.

The reaction of the commoners though, was rather intriguing.

They weren’t as nervous as the situation ought to warrant, instead analysing whether the Crown Princess’ disappearance was related to the Prime Minister.

Some people even began betting on it.

Plus, they even dug out the matter of Shi Sheng standing up for the beauty during the Heaven’s Ritual.

Was the Prime Minister going to rebel?

When was the Prime Minister going to rebel?