Chapter 71 - Yuanzhi is back (1/2)

To Shangguan Yong and the rest, killing the mastermind behind the scenes and the people who tried to kill him was an absolute necessity.

Qing Nan was the first to nod to Shangguan Yong, saying: ”Big brother, you don't need to take the risk. You leave the city first, us brothers can stay here.”

The rest of the brothers didn't think too much about it. Since killing was a matter of life and death, they didn't care about the difference in status. They all followed Shangguan Yong and said, ”Brother, go out of the city first. Those ȧssassins, we will kill them!”

Shangguan Yong said in a low voice: ”My hatred, how can I leave?” ”What Qing Nan said is correct. If I am unable to kill my enemies and come to the Yellow Springs, I would not be able to face your Sisters.”

The brothers were all at a loss for words. If they thought about it, this made sense. Why would they run away first and allow others to take revenge on their own?

Qing Nan rolled his eyes and said, ”This is also simple. We will wait for those ȧssassins outside the city together. As long as they are not in the capital, after taking revenge, we can go wherever we want.”

”Do you remember their appearances?” Shangguan Yong asked Qing Nan.

”I remember what the leader looked like,” Qing Nan said. ”As long as we catch this leader, we would be able to find the others.”

A brother said, ”So this is how it is done? Are we going to go up the street and call for news of our big brother's return to the city? ”

Shangguan Yong nodded and let Qing Nan and the others rest.

Shangguan Yong said that Qing Nan didn't believe him when he said that he went to drink alone yesterday. There was no smell of alcohol on a person who drank all night long? However, Qing Nan did not ask Shangguan Yong much at this time. As a man, he would never let anyone see him crying or scolding others.

”Have a good night's sleep after drinking,” Qing Nan was the last to leave the room. Before leaving the room, he followed Shangguan Yong and said, ”Tomorrow, we have official business to attend to, so big brother should rest up.”

”En,” Shangguan Yong said, locking the door behind him after Qing Nan left, and then lying down on the bed dejectedly. Regardless of whether or not An Jinxiu was still alive, or whether or not she was in that monastery hall, he would take revenge before he could see his little wife. Shangguan Yong firmly believed that An Jinxiu would not betray him.

Last night, Shangguan Yong had even planned for the worst. Even if the Emperor Shizong took over An Jin and he wouldn't ever kill her, he would still take her away.

That night, Shangguan Yong stood outside the main hall for another night. Within the main hall, he did not have the ability to sense the person that caused him to fall deeply in love with her.

Emperor Shizong didn't come that night, but he still ordered people to bring Ah Jin a lot of things. One of them was an embroidery rack made of whole corals, and it made people click their tongues when they saw it. The people in the palace were all guessing if the Emperor was going to deliver all the rare treasures of the palace to the monastery hall.

Eunuch Xie began to find words to talk to An Jinxiu and wholeheartedly tried to curry favor with her. No matter how long this woman could live after entering the palace, based on the Emperor intentions towards An Jin, as long as An Jin could speak a few more words of praise for him, the Emperor might be able to quell his anger a little faster.

During these two days, this eunuch had been guarding her. Then, the people who had been serving the Emperor for the past two days would think of all kinds of ways to climb up when he was not around. Eunuch Xie is worried.

Eunuch Xie listens when An Jinxiu said sad things, he also accompanied by tears and said comfort An Jinxiu words.

Both of them were very good at acting. It was the middle of the night when they played out this scene that was very warm to the eyes of outsiders.

It wasn't until Eunuch Xie left the room that the smile on An Jin's face disappeared. Eunuch xie was her enemy and would never let him be used by him. This was something that An Jinxiu was very clear about, but she also did not want this eunuch to go against her after she entered the palace. Temporarily being on good terms with Eunuch Xie was the only choice that An Jin could make.

As soon as Eunuch Xie exited the guest room, the smile on his face disappeared. After saying all that, it was hard to tell if An Jin was truly unable to hear or feigning ignorance towards his probing. In short, this woman's reply to him was flawless and didn't give him any clues. Was An Jin really as harmless as it looked?

The sound of An Jin's voice came from the inside of the room.

Eunuch Xie stood outside the window and looked in through the open window. An Jin was sitting in front of the coral embroidery rack. She was touching the embroidery cloth. It seemed that she was going to embroider. Eunuch Xie turned and walked slowly into the courtyard. How could a woman who had just lost her family be interested in embroidery? Or did women have to do something to distract themselves?

”Chief Eunuch,” a middle-aged eunuch approached from behind.

”Speak,” Eunuch Xie said, glancing back at the eunuch.

”His Majesty didn't say anything about the crown prince today,” the eunuch said in a low voice to Eunuch Xie. ”On the contrary, the crown prince said he wanted to thoroughly investigate the case of the fire in the old alleyway south of the city.”

”Yes, His Majesty ordered the justice courts to investigate thoroughly.” ”The fourth and fifth princes came to the imperial court together earlier today to report that the annihilation of the Shangguan family might have something to do with the messenger king's rebellion. They also ask that His Majesty investigate this matter.”

At this moment, Eunuch Xie heard something and asked, ”What do you mean by that?”