readytorunbook Chapter 624: Mingyan Wants to "Borrow a Knife"? The Forest is Full of Dangers
Chapter 624: Mingyan Wants to "Borrow a Knife"? The Forest is Full of Dangers
Ming Yan sat on the ground, her slightly raised eyes filled with fear and horror. She had no intention of resisting Shu He's direct ridicule.
She never expected that Shu He was not as weak and vulnerable as she had heard!
She really doesn't have any talents, but she is a devil who kills without blinking an eye!
But why did Sister Xue call Shu He a talentless, narrow-minded, and ignorant fool? She even hinted that she should find a way to make Shu He embarrass himself in public at the banquet?
Is she taking advantage of her?
So, those things she said, that Shu He looked down on her, were actually made up by Sister Xue to provoke her?
Ming Yan seemed to have figured something out. After avoiding Shu He's sight, she stared at a woman sitting at the table, with a look of confusion and disappointment in her eyes.
Shu He followed her gaze and saw a woman who looked somewhat familiar. She was feeling guilty and avoiding Ming Yan's gaze.
That is, Zhang Xuehan?
The daughter of Zhang Pu, the Minister of Revenue, was previously good friends with Chen Wan'er and Liu Yuling.
Could it be that Ming Yan was instigated by Zhang Xuehan?
Emperor Qiwen also realized at this time that Ming Yan had gone down after the performance, but suddenly came up again to pick a fight with Princess Li. It turned out that she did it on purpose!
"Mingyan, do you have any grudge against Princess Li?"
He asked directly, making Mingyan's already frightened face even paler and more terrified.
"Your Majesty, I, your servant, did not..."
"If there's nothing, why are you bothering Princess Li?!" Emperor Qiwen's face was clearly displeased. "Let's not even talk about whether Princess Li can dance or not. Even if she can, she's still a first-class princess!"
"Are you saying this and doing this in the hope that the First-Class Princess will show off her dancing skills for you? You're such a big shot!"
Ming Yan quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I have spoken rudely and offended the Princess of Li. I know my crime! I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"
Mingding also stood up and pleaded for his daughter.
The emperor didn't want his mood to be ruined again, so after scolding Mingding a few words, he asked him to take good care of his daughter and not to cause any more trouble.
As for Shu He, the emperor also comforted him with a few words and said in public that if anyone dared to disrespect Prince Li's wife again, he would punish them severely!
The emperor's attitude towards Shu He today also made the officials realize that Prince Li was now highly valued by the emperor. Therefore, the way they looked at Shu He was more kind than usual.
At this point, the matter provoked by Ming Yan has come to an end.
The rest of the process continued, but after being disappointed, Emperor Qiwen lost interest in watching the performance, so he waved his sleeves and ended the rest of the performance.
Chen Wan'er was stopped halfway through her performance. She was so angry!
She glared at Ming Yan fiercely, the hatred in her eyes almost burning.
The whole banquet lost its interest later on, so Shu He left early.
Nanqi followed beside them and asked, "Someone is following us. Should we go and find them?"
Shu He shook his head, "It's Mingyan, wait for me over there."
After hearing this, Nanqi stepped aside.
Shu He walked behind a tent, disappeared into the darkness, and waited for Ming Yan to catch up.
When Mingyan saw Shu He disappear, she quickly ran to catch up with him, but when she ran to the back of the tent, she could no longer see Shu He.
"Miss Ming followed me, is there something wrong?"
A cold voice sounded in the darkness, startling Mingyan.
When she turned around, she saw Shu He looking at her with a half-smile and a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"Princess Li, please don't misunderstand me. I'm not here to cause you any trouble!"
Shu He looked at her indifferently. Was she here to explain?
"I said something to embarrass you today, but it wasn't my intention. It was Zhang Xuehan who instigated me!"
"She knew I was in love with His Royal Highness Prince Yueli, so she deliberately spoke ill of you in front of me, saying that you were not worthy of the prince, and she also said a lot of things to provoke me..."
"But now I understand. Zhang Xuehan was simply using me to trip you up! I was deceived, so..."
"Ms. Ming!" Shu He interrupted her, looking at her with unfathomable eyes, "So what's the meaning of you coming to see me?"
"Ah?" Ming Yan obviously didn't expect Shu He to ask this.
She thought Shu He would be angry and would be eager to find Zhang Xuehan to settle the score...
"Zhang Xuehan took advantage of you, so you are unwilling to accept it and want to use me to avenge you?" Shu He spoke lightly, revealing all the little calculations in her mind.
Mingyan's pair of black eyes rolled around in the dark night, expressing the word "guilty conscience" vividly.
"I, I'm not..."
"Ming Yan, you're not stupid, but unfortunately, you're not very smart either! Even you can't fool people with a tactic like 'killing with a borrowed knife,' and yet you're trying to fool me?"
"Why, do you think you're smarter than me?"
Shu He slowly approached her, his eyes full of sarcasm, "If you are really a smart person, the person you should be looking for right now is Zhang Xuehan instead of me."
Ming Yan looked at her and once again felt a chilling sense of fear.
Seeing that she was so scared that she almost tore her dress, Shu He was too lazy to argue with her anymore.
Shu He left, and Ming Yan didn't come back to her senses until she was completely out of sight. When she came back to her senses, she found that her back was already wet with cold sweat.
She bit her lip, her eyes filled with both unwillingness and resentment.
Well, since she can’t “kill with a borrowed knife”, then she will take revenge herself!
She also wants Shu He to see whether she is a smart person!
The first night when I arrived at Jingshan was relatively peaceful, although there were some minor disturbances.
Late at night, when almost everyone was asleep, Shu He and Nan Qi appeared on the hill behind the tent camp.
Nanqi looked at the silent forest in the distance and said, "I can't hear any sound. Why don't we wait until tomorrow to see it?"
Shu He stood there, the cold wind blowing on her face, making her worry. "It's precisely because it's so quiet that it shows that there's something strange in that forest."
The Royal Hunting Ground! This forest must be filled with countless animals, the prey for this hunt.
But there are so many animals in this forest. Even in the middle of the night, with Nanqi's hearing, he shouldn't be unable to hear anything!
The forest was so quiet that it seemed as if all the animals were dormant.
"What exactly is the content of the letter sent by Baili Moqing?"
If we don’t figure it out, I’m afraid there will be a big accident during tomorrow’s hunt.
"The master only said that it was brought here in a huge cage. Xizhu sent several people to keep an eye on it, but once it arrived at Jingshan, the Xizhu people disappeared. There is no news at all."
Shu He knew that those people were probably in great danger.
"Nanqi, you must take good care of Yi'er tomorrow! Try not to let the children go into the mountains!"
Nanqi saw how worried she was and said, "Otherwise, I'll go into the mountains tonight and take a look!"
Shu He glared at him and said, "No!"
"This is a critical moment. There are dangers both inside and outside the mountain. If you get caught up in something and something happens here, I won't have enough manpower around me!"
Although she said that, Nanqi knew that she was actually worried that something might happen to him in there.