Phoenix Reborn: the Prime Minister's Scheming Daughter
Rui Xue put on a false smile and said coldly, “Your Highness, are you threatening me?”
Shen Ninghua’s gaze was calm, without the slightest ripple, but it carried with the arrogance and majesty that made Rui Xue feel difficult to breathe. “You think a dying person deserves my threat?”
Rui Xue choked. She subconsciously moved her eyes away from Shen Ninghua’s line of sight. The way Shen Ninghua looked at her was indeed like she was looking at a dead person. “Your Highness, since you don’t want to argue with me, why waste your breath?”
“Didn’t you praise me for being quick-witted? Just take it as a show-off.” Shen Ninghua sneered. “Now let’s see if I’m right about how you died.”
“Haha, please enlighten me, Your Highness.”
“You first used Soul Summoning Technique to manipulate Yang Lin under your mistress’ orders. Unfortunately, you used too much force and Yang Lin’s mind was too unstable. That’s why he was dead. Things didn’t work out the way your mistress wanted. You must have been punished for this, right?”
Thinking of the three days in the Hall of Punishment, Rui Xue’s body stiffened.
Shen Ninghua observed the fluctuations in her expression. “Looks like I guessed correctly. Right now, you still have a faint smell of blood around your body. I think you were punished very heavily. Logically speaking, in a situation like yours, you shouldn’t be sent out to perform tasks after being punished. You should either have a rest or receive further training, but you were sent on a mission here. I think your mistress is planning to give up on you completely.”
Rui Xue’s expression stiffened and then she sneered. “Your Highness, are you too confident in your intelligence? Do you really think you can see through everyone? My mistress is not a ruthless person like you.”
“Looks like you and your mistress have a deep affection for each other. She raised you since you were a kid?”
“What does it have to do with you?”
Shen Ninghua raised her eyebrows and said, “Looks like I’ve guessed correctly. I investigated you after you appeared, but I found very little information about you. I didn’t find anything about your family, and you’ve been with your mistress for many years. I think your mistress must have found some orphans and started nurturing them when they were kids.”
Rui Xue’s heart tightened, and the dagger in her sleeve instantly slipped into her hand, producing a faint cold light that quickly disappeared. “Are you testing me?”
Shen Ninghua glanced at her sleeve and said, “You want to kill me to silence me because I was right? I advise you not to do so, because this is your mistress’ home. As a princess, I can come to a violent death, but I can’t be killed directly. I suppose that’s what your mistress told you, right?”
Rui Xue gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the dagger. “You’re right. I can’t kill you directly, but don’t be complacent. You’re just a dying person.”
Shen Ninghua chuckled softly. “Oh, this is not something that a servant like you can control. Well, I haven’t finished my guess yet, so let’s continue. Your mistress has trained a group of people. Let’s see, there might be similarities in your names. For example…Fangxue…Rui Xue…”
Rui Xue suddenly stepped forward. The dagger in her sleeve was firmly pressed against Shen Ninghua’s neck. A thread of blood seeped out and flowed down her slender neck. “Your Highness, you were wrong. Besides coming to a violent death, you can also disappear. As long as I kill you and hide your corpse, no one will know.”
“You don’t dare!” Shen Ninghua sneered.
Rui Xue looked fierce. The dagger in her hand moved forward once again. “Let’s see if I dare.”
Shen Ninghua turned to look at Rui Xue, and her pitch-black eyes were full of ridicule. “For people like you, the last thing you dare to do is to disobey your mistress’ orders. You’re like a tamed wolf. After being trained many times, you only know to shake your tail and beg for mercy, right?”
Rui Xue bit her lips tightly and her arm trembled slightly. “Your Highness, if I kill you, at most I’ll lose my life. I’m just a lowly maidservant, and my life isn’t worth anything. But as a princess, you’re much more precious.”
Shen Ninghua sneered, and she said with an exceptionally firm tone, “Your death is nothing, but if you ruined your mistress’ plan, you won’t be able to get away with it even if you die!”
Rui Xue glared at Shen Ninghua hatefully and abruptly removed the dagger from her neck. “Your Highness is indeed very intelligent. You’re right and your guess is correct. But even if you have foresight, it won’t change the outcome.”
Shen Ninghua smiled. “I can’t change it, but maybe you can.”
Rui Xue frowned. “What do you mean? You want me to betray my mistress?”
“You already guessed it before I said it?”
Rui Xue laughed loudly. “Princess Zhaohua, you are way too confident. With just a few words, you want to make me betray my mistress who raised me from a young age. Don’t you think too highly of yourself?”
Shen Ninghua raised her hand to rub her neck. A trace of blood stained her fingertips. “I heard that it is extremely difficult to learn Soul Summoning Technique because this secret technique is too demanding. It even has special requirements on the bloodline. If my guess is correct, one of your parents should know this secret technique.”
“Why are you asking this?”
“I once found some information about Princess Bu Yunqing of the Great Yue Kingdom, who betrayed her country and married the Emperor of Da’an. She once had a couple following her and the wife was skilled in Soul Summoning Technique. Unfortunately, the princess committed suicide for fear of betraying her country and the couple was burned together as the vicious remnants of the Great Yue Kingdom. Few people knew that this couple had a daughter. Judging by the time, she should be about your age. ”
Rui Xue’s expression was shocked as her eyes trembled. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
“Shut up!” Rui Xue stared at Shen Ninghua, “Don’t even think about swaying me. I don’t believe a word of your nonsense!”
Shen Ninghua coldly curled her lips. “Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me. In any case, you won’t be able to live long. When you die and go to another world, you can ask your own father and mother and see if they will kill you, an unfilial daughter who takes the foe for her parent!”
Rui Xue suddenly took two steps back. She subconsciously clenched her fingers and gritted her teeth. “Princess Zhaohua, you’re very smart and powerful. I almost believed what you said. Haha, stop talking nonsense and hurry to the main hall to see your good husband.”
Shen Ninghua looked up at the door. A tall figure slowly approached from the outside and suddenly kicked the door open. “Honey, sorry to keep you waiting.”
It was Chu Junyi. At this moment, he was in a sorry state. His clothes were a little untidy, and his face was slightly pale. His eyes were filled with burning rage.
Rui Xue was swept by his gaze and she subconsciously took two steps back, placing her back tightly to the pillar in the hall. “You…Why are you here?”
What happened to Baili Anqing? Did she fail? Impossible! For this plan, Mistress even took out the pills that she had kept for many years. If the plan didn’t work, what else could be used to trap Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi?
Chu Junyi slowly walked in. His gaze swept across Shen Ninghua’s neck, and a burst of killing intent erupted. He turned to look at Rui Xue, and his gaze was as sharp as a blade as if it could slash her. “You hurt my wife?”
Rui Xue leaned against the pillar and felt bone-chilling coldness. Before she could react, she heard the sound of something piercing through the air. She felt warm in her neck, and she smelled blood. She raised her hand and touched her neck. Only then did she feel a bone-piercing pain.
Chu Junyi casually played with the dagger in his hand, and his eyes were cold and gloomy.
Shen Ninghua glanced at Rui Xue and found that Chu Junyi had no intention of killing her, so she was relieved. She stepped forward and grabbed his wrist. “Where are the pills I prepared for you?”
Chu Junyi wrapped his hands around Shen Ninghua’s waist and felt the warmth coming from her body. Only then did he relax down a bit. “I ate them.”
Shen Ninghua nodded. “Where’s Baili Anqing?”
Hearing this name, Chu Junyi subconsciously felt disgusted. After a while, he forcefully suppressed the feeling of nausea and said coldly, “I knocked her unconscious and threw her into the hall.”
“Let’s go and take a look. It’s almost time. The Empress people should be coming.”
“Yes.” Chu Junyi nodded in agreement. Then, he flicked his sleeve and the dagger was nailed in front of Rui Xue who was trying to escape. “You want to escape under my nose? Weigh yourself first.”
Shen Ninghua told Chu Junyi to knock Rui Xue unconscious before getting up and heading to the main hall.
As soon as she stepped into the room, Shen Ninghua smelled a stench and frowned tightly.
There were traces of puke on the ground and pieces of porcelain scattered everywhere. Baili Anning was lying half-naked on the ground. She had obviously fainted.
Shen Ninghua frowned even more. She turned to look at Chu Junyi, who was standing far away at the door. “How did it end up like this?”
Chu Junyi’s face turned pale, and he wanted to vomit again.
“Qu Yi and I were waiting outside. After a while, Qu Yi’s mother sent for him, so he left first. Later, I heard you calling me, and it sounded very urgent, so I walked in to check. I vaguely saw you being seized by someone and taken into the main hall, so I broke in. I didn’t expect to encounter Baili Anqing instead of finding you.”
As he spoke, the disgust in his eyes almost overflowed.
At that time, Baili Anqing was dressed extremely scantly, exposing more than half of her neck and chest. Seeing him enter, she was like a spirit snake wrapping around him. Her skin was warm and as smooth as white jade. Her enchanting figure was like a boneless spirit snake circling around his body and was about to devour his soul.
Any ordinary man would be captivated in face of such a bewitching beauty.
Chu Junyi was extremely grateful that after experiencing Xiao Huanxi’s accident, he had secretly trained himself against such seductresses. Otherwise, he might have been trapped as well.
Looking at Chu Junyi’s expression, Shen Ninghua could more or less imagine the scene. Beautifying Panacea was so famous that women would take risks to consume it even after knowing that it had a terrifying efficacy. This was because it would allow them to completely subdue any man.
“Junyi, have you decided what to do with her?”
Chu Junyi forcefully suppressed the disgust in his heart. “Isn’t she unwilling to marry Yang Lin? I must let her marry a dead man this time!”
Chapter 228: You Don't Dare!
Shen Ninghua’s gaze was calm, without the slightest ripple, but it carried with the arrogance and majesty that made Rui Xue feel difficult to breathe. “You think a dying person deserves my threat?”
Rui Xue choked. She subconsciously moved her eyes away from Shen Ninghua’s line of sight. The way Shen Ninghua looked at her was indeed like she was looking at a dead person. “Your Highness, since you don’t want to argue with me, why waste your breath?”
“Didn’t you praise me for being quick-witted? Just take it as a show-off.” Shen Ninghua sneered. “Now let’s see if I’m right about how you died.”
“Haha, please enlighten me, Your Highness.”
“You first used Soul Summoning Technique to manipulate Yang Lin under your mistress’ orders. Unfortunately, you used too much force and Yang Lin’s mind was too unstable. That’s why he was dead. Things didn’t work out the way your mistress wanted. You must have been punished for this, right?”
Thinking of the three days in the Hall of Punishment, Rui Xue’s body stiffened.
Shen Ninghua observed the fluctuations in her expression. “Looks like I guessed correctly. Right now, you still have a faint smell of blood around your body. I think you were punished very heavily. Logically speaking, in a situation like yours, you shouldn’t be sent out to perform tasks after being punished. You should either have a rest or receive further training, but you were sent on a mission here. I think your mistress is planning to give up on you completely.”
Rui Xue’s expression stiffened and then she sneered. “Your Highness, are you too confident in your intelligence? Do you really think you can see through everyone? My mistress is not a ruthless person like you.”
“Looks like you and your mistress have a deep affection for each other. She raised you since you were a kid?”
“What does it have to do with you?”
Shen Ninghua raised her eyebrows and said, “Looks like I’ve guessed correctly. I investigated you after you appeared, but I found very little information about you. I didn’t find anything about your family, and you’ve been with your mistress for many years. I think your mistress must have found some orphans and started nurturing them when they were kids.”
Rui Xue’s heart tightened, and the dagger in her sleeve instantly slipped into her hand, producing a faint cold light that quickly disappeared. “Are you testing me?”
Shen Ninghua glanced at her sleeve and said, “You want to kill me to silence me because I was right? I advise you not to do so, because this is your mistress’ home. As a princess, I can come to a violent death, but I can’t be killed directly. I suppose that’s what your mistress told you, right?”
Rui Xue gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the dagger. “You’re right. I can’t kill you directly, but don’t be complacent. You’re just a dying person.”
Shen Ninghua chuckled softly. “Oh, this is not something that a servant like you can control. Well, I haven’t finished my guess yet, so let’s continue. Your mistress has trained a group of people. Let’s see, there might be similarities in your names. For example…Fangxue…Rui Xue…”
Rui Xue suddenly stepped forward. The dagger in her sleeve was firmly pressed against Shen Ninghua’s neck. A thread of blood seeped out and flowed down her slender neck. “Your Highness, you were wrong. Besides coming to a violent death, you can also disappear. As long as I kill you and hide your corpse, no one will know.”
“You don’t dare!” Shen Ninghua sneered.
Rui Xue looked fierce. The dagger in her hand moved forward once again. “Let’s see if I dare.”
Shen Ninghua turned to look at Rui Xue, and her pitch-black eyes were full of ridicule. “For people like you, the last thing you dare to do is to disobey your mistress’ orders. You’re like a tamed wolf. After being trained many times, you only know to shake your tail and beg for mercy, right?”
Shen Ninghua sneered, and she said with an exceptionally firm tone, “Your death is nothing, but if you ruined your mistress’ plan, you won’t be able to get away with it even if you die!”
Rui Xue glared at Shen Ninghua hatefully and abruptly removed the dagger from her neck. “Your Highness is indeed very intelligent. You’re right and your guess is correct. But even if you have foresight, it won’t change the outcome.”
Shen Ninghua smiled. “I can’t change it, but maybe you can.”
Rui Xue frowned. “What do you mean? You want me to betray my mistress?”
“You already guessed it before I said it?”
Rui Xue laughed loudly. “Princess Zhaohua, you are way too confident. With just a few words, you want to make me betray my mistress who raised me from a young age. Don’t you think too highly of yourself?”
Shen Ninghua raised her hand to rub her neck. A trace of blood stained her fingertips. “I heard that it is extremely difficult to learn Soul Summoning Technique because this secret technique is too demanding. It even has special requirements on the bloodline. If my guess is correct, one of your parents should know this secret technique.”
“Why are you asking this?”
“I once found some information about Princess Bu Yunqing of the Great Yue Kingdom, who betrayed her country and married the Emperor of Da’an. She once had a couple following her and the wife was skilled in Soul Summoning Technique. Unfortunately, the princess committed suicide for fear of betraying her country and the couple was burned together as the vicious remnants of the Great Yue Kingdom. Few people knew that this couple had a daughter. Judging by the time, she should be about your age. ”
Rui Xue’s expression was shocked as her eyes trembled. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
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“You know clearly if I’m talking nonsense. People skilled in Soul Summoning Technique are exceptionally premature. When your parents passed away, you should be around two years old. You should have some memories, right? You take the foe for your parent. I wonder if your parents’ soul can rest in peace.”“Shut up!” Rui Xue stared at Shen Ninghua, “Don’t even think about swaying me. I don’t believe a word of your nonsense!”
Shen Ninghua coldly curled her lips. “Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me. In any case, you won’t be able to live long. When you die and go to another world, you can ask your own father and mother and see if they will kill you, an unfilial daughter who takes the foe for her parent!”
Rui Xue suddenly took two steps back. She subconsciously clenched her fingers and gritted her teeth. “Princess Zhaohua, you’re very smart and powerful. I almost believed what you said. Haha, stop talking nonsense and hurry to the main hall to see your good husband.”
Shen Ninghua looked up at the door. A tall figure slowly approached from the outside and suddenly kicked the door open. “Honey, sorry to keep you waiting.”
It was Chu Junyi. At this moment, he was in a sorry state. His clothes were a little untidy, and his face was slightly pale. His eyes were filled with burning rage.
Rui Xue was swept by his gaze and she subconsciously took two steps back, placing her back tightly to the pillar in the hall. “You…Why are you here?”
What happened to Baili Anqing? Did she fail? Impossible! For this plan, Mistress even took out the pills that she had kept for many years. If the plan didn’t work, what else could be used to trap Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi?
Chu Junyi slowly walked in. His gaze swept across Shen Ninghua’s neck, and a burst of killing intent erupted. He turned to look at Rui Xue, and his gaze was as sharp as a blade as if it could slash her. “You hurt my wife?”
Chu Junyi casually played with the dagger in his hand, and his eyes were cold and gloomy.
Shen Ninghua glanced at Rui Xue and found that Chu Junyi had no intention of killing her, so she was relieved. She stepped forward and grabbed his wrist. “Where are the pills I prepared for you?”
Chu Junyi wrapped his hands around Shen Ninghua’s waist and felt the warmth coming from her body. Only then did he relax down a bit. “I ate them.”
Shen Ninghua nodded. “Where’s Baili Anqing?”
Hearing this name, Chu Junyi subconsciously felt disgusted. After a while, he forcefully suppressed the feeling of nausea and said coldly, “I knocked her unconscious and threw her into the hall.”
“Let’s go and take a look. It’s almost time. The Empress people should be coming.”
“Yes.” Chu Junyi nodded in agreement. Then, he flicked his sleeve and the dagger was nailed in front of Rui Xue who was trying to escape. “You want to escape under my nose? Weigh yourself first.”
Shen Ninghua told Chu Junyi to knock Rui Xue unconscious before getting up and heading to the main hall.
As soon as she stepped into the room, Shen Ninghua smelled a stench and frowned tightly.
There were traces of puke on the ground and pieces of porcelain scattered everywhere. Baili Anning was lying half-naked on the ground. She had obviously fainted.
Shen Ninghua frowned even more. She turned to look at Chu Junyi, who was standing far away at the door. “How did it end up like this?”
Chu Junyi’s face turned pale, and he wanted to vomit again.
“Qu Yi and I were waiting outside. After a while, Qu Yi’s mother sent for him, so he left first. Later, I heard you calling me, and it sounded very urgent, so I walked in to check. I vaguely saw you being seized by someone and taken into the main hall, so I broke in. I didn’t expect to encounter Baili Anqing instead of finding you.”
As he spoke, the disgust in his eyes almost overflowed.
At that time, Baili Anqing was dressed extremely scantly, exposing more than half of her neck and chest. Seeing him enter, she was like a spirit snake wrapping around him. Her skin was warm and as smooth as white jade. Her enchanting figure was like a boneless spirit snake circling around his body and was about to devour his soul.
Any ordinary man would be captivated in face of such a bewitching beauty.
Chu Junyi was extremely grateful that after experiencing Xiao Huanxi’s accident, he had secretly trained himself against such seductresses. Otherwise, he might have been trapped as well.
Looking at Chu Junyi’s expression, Shen Ninghua could more or less imagine the scene. Beautifying Panacea was so famous that women would take risks to consume it even after knowing that it had a terrifying efficacy. This was because it would allow them to completely subdue any man.
“Junyi, have you decided what to do with her?”
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