All people present were attracted by Wu Yalei’s screams, so they didn’t notice that Shi Qingxue lowered her head with a sly smile on her red thin lips.
Mo Junyang paid attention to Shi Qingxue all the time, so how would he ignore her smile?
Although he was surprised, he didn’t change his expression. He held Qingxue’s hand and walked to the shed of the people from the Liang Country with the crowd.
Wu Yalei still shrieked continually. The people from the Liang Country surrounded him and all showed anxiety on their faces but they didn’t know what to do.
“What’s wrong with you?” As the receptionist, Mo Junyu asked politely even though he was happy to see Wu Yalei suffer.
One of the people from the Liang Country supported Wu Yalei who was in pain and unable to open his eyes, explaining worriedly, “Lord Wu saw that His Highness was badly injured, so he wanted to send His Highness to the doctor at once, but as soon as we carried His Highness onto the stretcher, Lord Wu following behind suddenly covered his eyes and screamed. He said it was spicy, but we don’t know what happened.”
Wu Yalei was still screaming at the moment, but when the others asked him with concern, he couldn’t say what was going on.
Mo Junyang glanced at Wu Yalei and then looked at Shi Qingxue hiding behind him with a grin.
He instantly realized who did it and understood why Qingxue said she took revenge for him.
He gently pinched the back of Qingxue’s hand and asked in a low voice, “What did you do?”
Shi Qingxue looked around nervously. After confirming that nobody noticed them, she had a complacent smile as if she had won.
She replied softly, “I went to the kitchen and told a female cook to give me a bottle of chili water. When there was nobody, I pour the chili water on their felt hats behind.”
It was good news for Shi Qingxue that the people from the Liang Country would like to wear felt hats even in summer.
After Shi Qingxue finished everything, nobody found it. Even Wu Yalei was a victim, and he didn’t know what happened. Perhaps the official with a complicated mind would never think that somebody would take revenge with such a simple and violent way, using chili water. He thought he was poisoned and kept telling somebody to call for a doctor.
Two of the people from the Liang Country were seriously wounded after coming to the training ground. They became a group without a leader and had to look at Mo Junyu for help.
Mo Junyang expressed generously, “Although the fists had blind force in the competition, Prince Yelü was injured because of me. Let Shen Luo from my mansion treat them, okay?”
None of the people from the Liang Country disagreed, and without worry, they left the two patients to Shen Luo.
Mo Junyu was not as carefree as these people, and he worriedly asked Mo Junyang in a low voice, “Even though they spoke insolently and insulted Shi Qingxue, you have beaten him up, and Wu Yalei was hurt by you, right? It’s enough. If you go farther, it will be difficult to handle it.”
Mo Junyang raised his brows and glanced at Mo Junyu to comfort him. “Don’t worry. I won’t get you implicated.”
Only God knew what else Mo Junyang wanted to do.
That night, after being treated by Shen Luo, Yelü Anchen came to his senses from the coma. Hearing the servants talking about the embarrassing scene when he fell off the ring, he looked furious.
He swept away the medicine bowl brought by a servant and cursed ruthlessly, “Mo Junyang, you are skilled in martial arts but purposely pretended to be weak in the beginning and made me relax my vigilance and underestimate you, so I lost the game.”
Wu Yalei still didn’t know he was tortured by the chili water. With a swollen face, he hated all people from the Mo Country.
He tried his best to advise Yelü Anchen, “I have told you before. All people from the Mo Country are cunning and sinister and we can’t underestimate the enemy. Your Highness, you fell in their trap, and you’d better stay away from them in the future, in case you are fooled again.”
“What are you talking about? I am a prince from the Liang Country and behave properly. How can they be my opponents? This time I was careless. When I rally forces again, I can beat up Mo Junyang!” Yelü Anchen spoke ruthlessly, as if he could make it come true no matter what he said.
He couldn’t endure being provoked.
He was always arrogant and even wanted to provoke God. How would he consider if his strength was enough?
“Can you?” When the two cursed excitedly, a cold voice cut in abruptly and scared them.
Yelü Anchen sprang from his bed, but because of his severe wound, he fell on the bed again. If Wu Yalei hadn’t supported him swiftly, he would have fallen miserably.
There was another sarcastic laughter in the room.
When the two sat down in a flurry, Yelü Anchen finally found a masked man in black in his room. Nobody knew when he came, and he stood in the corner beside the window.
The light was dim, and the shadow was vague.
Yelü Anchen stared at the masked man alertly. “Who are you?”
The masked man didn’t reply but threw him a hidden weapon.
Yelü Anchen received it subconsciously and found it was a symbolic badge of the royal family of the Liang Country.
He glanced at Wu Yalei automatically, who looked solemn and saluted the masked man respectfully. “Lord Ying, good day. Can I ask what you want me to do as you came here?”
Before Wu Yalei went on the trip, the King of the Liang Country, Yelü Beichen gave him a secret order. He would come to the Mo Country to celebrate the emperor’s birthday and inquire about the colorful phenix, and he should get in touch with a man named Ying.
He didn’t tell Wu Yalei how to contact Ying but only told him to do as Ying ordered after seeing him.
Earlier, Wu Yalei was surprised. He didn’t know how to contact Ying, so how would he get in touch with him? Unexpectedly, Lord Ying came to him in person.
Lord Ying looked mysterious but spoke straightforward. He told the two simply, “The colorful phenix hasn’t been sent to the capital city. Be well-behaved these days and don’t offend Mo Junyang again. Especially the woman next to him, Shi Qingxue, you’d better not even look at her.”
Yelü Anchen had also received Yelü Beichen’s order, but he was always conceited and disdained this man who didn’t dare to show his face. He asked with provocation, “So what if I look at her?”
Lord Ying raised his brows and looked at Yelü Anchen, asking with a faint smile, “So what? Didn’t you know today?”
“…That’s because Mo Junyang is mean and shameless and fooled me. If we fight openly, I won’t lose!” Yelü Anchen didn’t give up and retorted.
He got more excited while speaking and bragged, “Huh! I am not like you cowards. I will take revenge by myself. Wait and see. I will teach Mo Junyang a lesson tomorrow and let him…”
Lord Ying leered at him coldly and was not in the mood to talk. He ran to Yelü Anchen quickly and directly grabbed his shoulders to make him fall.
When Yelü Anchen reacted, he was lying on the floor and looked confused.
“With your strength, you can’t even defeat me but you want to avenge yourself on Mo Junyang. You are naïve!” Lord Ying belittled Yelü Anchen without mercy.
Yelü Anchen threw a fit in an instant and said resentfully, “You launched a surprise attack just now. Otherwise I wouldn’t have been defeated by you. Once more!”
This time Yelü Anchen attacked first and forcefully aimed at Lord Ying, but before the prince touched his hair, Lord Ying dodged. Yelü Anchen almost fell on the floor because he lost balance.
Lord Ying seized the chance and pulled him, grabbing his shoulders to make him fall again.
Yelü Anchen fell on the floor once more without suspense.
“Are you convinced?” Lord Ying walked to Yelü Anchen and looked down at him, asking coldly.
Yelü Anchen still didn’t want to surrender, but he was in pain and couldn’t get up, so he could only groan.
Wu Yalei was scared and hurriedly ran to help up Yelü Anchen. He checked the prince carefully and was afraid that there was something wrong with his master. But he didn’t dare to offend Lord Ying like he did in the daytime. He had to try to please Lord Ying. “Anyway His Highness is His Majesty’s brother. Please show mercy, Lord Ying. We will do as you told us and won’t irritate His Excellency. Please don’t worry!”
Lord Ying walked two steps backward and glanced at Yelü Anchen with disdain, saying nonchalantly, “Your only purpose to come to the capital is the colorful phenix, and you can’t behave rashly or publicize it, in case of unnecessary ramifications. If you ruin His Majesty’s plan, don’t blame me. I have reminded you.”
After he left the warning, the candles in the room were put out and everything returned peaceful.
After a while, Wu Yalei lit up the candles again, but Lord Ying was nowhere to be found.
He heaved a sigh of relief and helped Yelü Anchen who was in a trance go back to bed.
He thought that Yelü Anchen’s martial skills were undefeated in the capital of the Liang Country Meng’an and he thought of himself as the No. 1 warrior in Meng’an, but he was beaten by two strangers today. No matter how confident he was, he couldn’t get tough now.
But it was good news for Wu Yalei. He didn’t want to serve a domineering master who looked down upon everybody.
Now Yelü Anchen was dispirited, and Wu Yalei immediately comforted in a soft voice, “Your Highness, don’t worry. His Excellency is merely a nobody, and you just keep him alive for now. When His Majesty controls the whole world someday, His Excellency will be at your mercy. Even if you cut him into pieces, nobody would dare to say anything.
Please care more about His Majesty’s plan now, Your Highness!”
Yelü Anchen disdained everybody else but respected Yelü Beichen very much. After Wu Yalei’s soft comfort, he was still reluctant, but he didn’t dare to ruin his brother’s plan. He had to say, “Just let Mo Junyang live for more days.”
He pondered for a while and then added, “And that Ying must be a bad guy, and he dares to humiliate me. After my brother defeats the Mo Country, I will kill him, too.”
Wu Yalei naturally nodded to echo him, “Certainly. His Majesty loves you most and won’t let you suffer any injustice.”
“But my brother finally gave me a chance to come to the Mo Country. If I don’t do anything but listen to that Ying, it is too depressing. How can I explain to my brother and the people of our country after I go back?” Yelü Anchen was still unhappy.
Wu Yalei had to suggest, “Although Lord Ying told us not to publicize, he didn’t say that we can do nothing. In several days, the Zhao Country and the Wei Country would send envoys to the capital city, and then we can do something in secret to ruin their relationship. Then we can make things difficult for the Mo Country and won’t get ourselves in trouble. It will be better.”
Yelü Anchen didn’t understand the dirty tricks, but seeing that Wu Yalei’s eyes lit up as he spoke, he thought it must be a great idea and nodded in agreement. “I don’t trust Ying, so I will let you handle it. After you finish the job, I will give you rewards.”
Wu Yalei knelt down and thanked him in an instant. “I won’t let you down.”