Chapter 475 - Proper Palace Intrigue (14) (1/2)

Chapter 475 : Proper Palace Intrigue (14)Shi Sheng didn’t know Lu Ruo and her system had already deduced that she had a space.

Right now, Shi Sheng was gripping Xiao He’s lower jaw. She asked the latter with a smile, “I’ll give you one more chance: who ordered you?”

Having just been tortured, Xiao He was in so much pain that she nearly blacked out. Now adding to the fact that Shi Sheng had a grip around her neck, her face was flushed through and it was hard to breathe.

In Xiao He’s blurred vision, the woman strangling her had a brilliant smile and calm eyes that reflected her current sorry state.

When Xiao He met Shi Sheng’s gaze, she felt as if she was perched on a cliff, her back to a bottomless abyss that she’d fall into if she wasn’t careful.

Shi Sheng was surrounded by imperial guards but treated them like air, completely unafraid that they’d charge forward and give her a fatal blow.

‘Isn’t she afraid of death?’ This thought popped up in Xiao He’s mind, though she was soon unable to continue pondering this. She opened her mouth like a fish out of water and struggled for breath.

The oxygen in her lungs started to diminish.

“Don’t worry. If you die, I’ll definitely get your baby brother to accompany you down there.” Shi Sheng leaned in and spoke maliciously.

“N-no…” ‘He’s my only family—I can’t let him die. But why does everyone use him to threaten me? All I wanted was to live a happy life, why is it so hard?’

“Because he’s your weakness.” Shi Sheng relaxed her grip, allowing Xiao He to breathe. “Which is why they can easily manipulate your fate.”

“Aren’t…” ‘…you the same?’

“Nope.” Shi Sheng’s eyes curved up in a smile. “I got nothing to lose compared to them, so why should I be scared? I’m neither afraid of dying nor that they’ll oppose me.”

‘But…your clan!’

“I don’t care about them.” Shi Sheng seemed to know what Xiao He was thinking. She didn’t care about them, so it was none of her business whether they lived or died.

“Will…you save my brother?” Xiao He squeezed out.

“Nope.”

Despair appeared in Xiao He’s eyes.

“Because he’s already dead.” Shi Sheng started spouting bullshit.

Xiao He’s eyes widened. “You’re lying… How would you know?”

“I’m a Zhuang.”

The last of the colour left Xiao He’s face.

“Want revenge?” Shi Sheng laughed lightly, appearing for all the world like a demon that had crawled out from hell, tempting those who stood on the edge to fall into the abyss. “If so, tell me who ordered you.”

Xiao He panted and struggled to turn and look towards Shu Fei.

“Your Majesty, Yun Jie Yu’s conduct is treasonous! What are you waiting for?” Shu Fei spoke with righteous indignation.

Shi Sheng’s arrogant, dismissive attitude had indeed angered Yuwen Xun. “Seize her!”

The imperial guards immediately obeyed and charged towards her. Shi Sheng took a strange rock from her space and squeezed it gently, whereupon an invisible force was generated.

‘I don’t have my sword with me… What kind of idiot would fight those guys with this shitty body?’

The imperial guards all ended up crashing into the invisible barrier, causing them to turn dizzy.

They had no idea what was going on. When they reached out a hand, they couldn’t feel any obstruction. But when they tried to charge forward once more, they experienced the same result as before.

Now they were completely stupefied. ‘What is this?’

“Devil…” Someone shouted, “A devil!”

In these kinds of ancient settings, devils were extremely terrifying for the people believed in gods and feared devils and ghosts.

The imperial guards scrambled back, looking at Shi Sheng fearfully as if she wasn’t a beautiful young woman, but an abomination with three heads, six arms, green face and fangs.

Shi Sheng rolled her eyes. ‘Devil your grandpa! What kind of devil looks as good as me?’