Chapter 466 - Proper Palace Intrigue (5) (2/2)

Do you really think that I won’t dare to do anything to you?!’

Yuwen Xun shot a look to the people behind him. Two eunuchs immediately advanced and made to grab Shi Sheng.

She nimbly dodged them. “Your Majesty, what are you doing?”

Yuwen Xun held the teacup, a cold expression on his face. “I(z) gave you a chance, but you gave it up, so don’t blame me(z).”

Everyone left the hall and closed the door.

“Are you going to drink it yourself, or do my people have to force you?” The gentle manner from before had completely gone out of the window, leaving behind an overbearing Yuwen Xun.

“What’s that?” Shi Sheng didn’t panic, even being in the mood to ask Yuwen Xun what it was.

“Didn’t you want a child? I’ll(z) give you one.” Yuwen Xun smiled coldly.

At his words, a black-clothed man walked out from behind a screen. He was clearly not a eunuch.

He took the tea from Yuwen Xun and walked towards Shi Sheng.

‘What. The. Fuck! This ML is quite something! He actually found another guy to get one of his own concubines pregnant?! Beast!’

“You’re not afraid I’ll tell my father?”

“Don’t worry, you won’t remember what happened tonight. How could I(z) have acted without a foolproof plan?”

“Oh…” Shi Sheng dragged out her ‘oh’. “Then that’s a shame.”

Yuwen Xun hadn’t digested the meaning behind her words when the black-clothed man that had nearly made his way to Shi Sheng suddenly stopped. A weapon had pierced through his chest.

“Looks like your plan’s not as foolproof as you thought.” Shi Sheng slowly withdrew her sword.

The teacup in the black-clothed man’s hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound as it broke. He looked disbelievingly at the woman smiling broadly.

Her sword seemed to have appeared from thin air, giving him no time to react…

The black-clothed man fell to the floor with a thump. Fresh blood flowed from his body.

Yuwen Xun’s pupils shrunk. He grit his teeth, rage in his eyes. “You dare to kill people!”

He’d always thought that this woman was just a pawn the Zhuang Clan sent. He could indulge her and occasionally coax her—she was nothing to fear. But he hadn’t expected her to be so bold as to kill someone right in front of him!

“I’d even dare to murder monarchs, y’know?” Shi Sheng flicked the blood off her sword, her tone light and arrogant.

The sword in her hand emanated a terrifying aura, as if it had an edge without peer.

She was clearly smiling, but he couldn’t see any trace of it in her eyes. Those eyes were like pools of water that had been still for a thousand years, without a single ripple in their depths.

‘Is this woman really the Yun Gui Fei I know?’

Yuwen Xun didn’t know why, but he suddenly believed that she was telling the truth.

“Yuwen Xun, just try and shout.” Her sword levelled itself against his chest. The woman’s mocking tone rang out in the room. “Let’s see if my sword can stab through your heart faster than your people can get here.”

“You won’t be able to escape even if you kill me.” Yuwen Xun calmly spoke.

“Why would I want to?” Shi Sheng cocked her head to one side.

Yuwen Xun, “…” ‘What else were you planning on doing after you killed me?’

He took a deep breath. “The Zhuang Clan merely treats you as a pawn. If you lose your usefulness to them one day, they will discard you.”

Yuwen Xun wanted to take the opportunity to get Shi Sheng to join him. If he could get her to turn on the Zhuang Clan, it’d increase the chances of him uprooting them.

“Isn’t that the way it is between humans? You use me, I use you? There’s only one winner in a game of chess, and it’s the player who wins. If you become a discarded pawn, then you can only blame the fact that you couldn’t become a player.” Shi Sheng paused, before asking him with a smile, “Do you think I’m a pawn or a player?”

[1] Yes, this ‘attend’ implies what you think it implies.

[2] There’s four consorts of equal ranking. Let’s see if I can remember off the top of my head: Gui (贵), Shu (淑), Xian (贤)…shit, I can’t remember the last one. Lemme look it up. Ah right! De (德). They mean Noble, Decent, Virtuous, and Righteous(?) respectively. They don’t have to all be filled out.