Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Assassination Mission
That's right, it's been half a year, how can he remember a certain person he once wanted to kill, "Maybe it's because I have a public face that will make the pavilion master feel familiar, if the pavilion master has nothing else, I will retreat first"
"Really?"
"Yes, the subordinates retired" no longer stopped and walked down the steps to exit the Hall of Painted Bones, she looked back at the closed door of the hall for a long time before leaving.
Xu was the one who contradicted the pavilion master, and soon after, she was transferred to the Painted Bone Palace, and served and protected the pavilion master with the left and right envoys.
"From now on, you will do things in front of the pavilion master, what you should listen to and what not to say, you must always remember your identity"
Gu Yuan is the left envoy of the pavilion master, loyal to the pavilion master, and is quite easy-going on weekdays, but for some reason, she always feels that he has a deep hostility towards her.
She had never crossed paths with him, so where did his hostility come from?
"This is the insect devouring powder, which can make you loyal to the pavilion master for the rest of your life, but if you have the slightest bad thoughts or disobey the orders of the pavilion master, if you don't have an antidote to the poisonous insects, you will be bitten by ten thousand insects and you will not want to live."
She looked at the red pill that Gu Yuan handed her, she hadn't developed an antidote to the blue pill given by the pavilion master last time, and let her eat it again this time, could it be that the killers of the Painted Creek Pavilion were all controlled like this?
"Ah Jin, I haven't seen you for many days, but you're thinking about me, senior brother?" The night spy was lying on the wall in red, revealing half of his body and beckoning to her who was sitting in the courtyard in a daze, and quipped.
She came back to her senses and hid the pill in her hand naturally under her sleeve, feeling a little surprised by his appearance, and the surprise mixed in was well hidden by her.
"Senior brother, before turning over the courtyard wall, shouldn't I say hello to the master here?"
"Senior brother came to see you, why do you need to ask for the permission of others? I missed my sister very much in the few days when I was away, but I couldn't see the joy on my sister's face, which really made my brother sad."
"Senior brother, let's come down quickly, if someone finds out, I'm going to make a big move"
The night spy sat on the wall with both hands propped up, one leg bent, and his posture was casual, "Then I want to see what my junior sister will do?" ”
A flying blade appeared between her fingers and threw it directly at him on the wall, and he spun around in the air a few times to easily dodge and landed smoothly, looking at her without the slightest hint of annoyance.
"Ah Jin is so ruthless"
"Senior brother, isn't this standing in front of me safe and sound?"
Night Spy chuckled and tossed her a packet of herbs, "You should be able to use these"
She opened the bag and was shocked to see the medicinal materials inside, it was indeed the few that she lacked in the antidote, and he sent it in time, but how did he know that she lacked these medicinal materials?
"Senior brother also has eyeliner in the Painting Creek Pavilion?"
"The Polar Night Villa and the Painting Creek Pavilion have always been well water and do not interfere with the river water, how can I put eyeliner in the Painting Creek Pavilion, it can only show that we have a soul."
"Okay, since the senior brother doesn't want to say it, I won't force it, thank you for these medicines first, senior brother"
She wrapped up the medicinal herbs and got up and walked into the house, and the night spy hurriedly stopped her, "I'll personally send the medicine over, will Ah Jin say thank you and let me go?" ”
"Or else do you have anything else to do?"
"At least, have a cup of tea," his eyes swept quickly across the room, swooping into her room, and by the time she tried to say no, it was too late.
The night spy walked around the room, sat down unceremoniously and poured herself a cup of tea, she put the herbs in the cupboard, and sat down beside her.
"Ah Jin's room is also chic, I want to come to Ah Jin to live well here" He took a sip of tea and continued, "Ah Jin hasn't told me yet, why did he enter the Painting Creek Pavilion?"
She fluttered her long eyelashes, "Senior brother, are you disgusted with me with bloody hands?" ”
"Ah Jin, no matter what time it is, I will never be disgusted with you"
He looked at her intently, his palm on the back of her hand, "If you want, I will always take care of you and protect you"
Before she could reply, footsteps could be heard in the courtyard, and the two looked at each other, and the night spy let go of her hand and jumped onto the beam, and she quickly shifted to his original position, picking up the cup he had drunk.
Gu Yuan appeared at the door, and saw that she was the only one in the room drinking tea leisurely, and said, "The pavilion wants to see you"
"Okay, I see" She put down her cup again, paused and got up to leave with Gu Yuan.
After she left, the night spy jumped down from the beam, looked down at the teacup he had drunk, smiled lightly, and climbed out of the wall in the courtyard.
There are still only two people in the Painted Bone Palace, she and the pavilion master, the pavilion master handed her a secret letter, and opened her mouth before she opened it to check, "I heard that Prime Minister An's daughter, that is, the current Princess An Ning Chu, looks no different from you."
Speaking of this, her hand in opening the envelope paused, and she vaguely felt that the person she was going to assassinate this time had something to do with Sang Hua.
Seeing her react like this, the pavilion master's good-looking silver moon-colored eyes flashed with a dark light, "What? Do you know each other? Or are you ......?"
"Why does the Pavilion Master want me to assassinate King An?" She interrupted his suspicions and asked.
"Princess An's whereabouts are unknown since she disappeared, this is your only chance to get close to him, but the buyer paid a high price for his head, you must not mess it up"
She opened the letter, and sure enough, it was the name and general information of the mulberry painting, as well as some past events with Ning Chu and Ning Chu's personality and love for things.
Such detailed information seems to be tailor-made for her, he actually knew her identity early on, and asked her to kill Sang Hua because only she could easily get close to Sang Hua without defense.
But how could Sang Hua fully believe her?
"How long is the deadline?"
"As long as the buyer obtains his head, there is nothing else to say, but you should not deliberately delay because of this, the poison in your body will not last long"
She folded the letter and put it in her sleeve, "Okay, that's nothing else, I'll go down first"
"Let you assassinate King An, you have no objection?"
"Since it was the order given by the cabinet master, I will naturally follow it."
"Very good, you go down"
"Yes," she said as she exited the temple door, her brow furrowed, and she paused before descending the steps to leave.
The pavilion master stood at the door, looking at the distant figure through the mask, his eyes crossed with different colors, and soon regained his calm, unable to see through what he was thinking.
She wanted to draw a line with Sang Hua, but she didn't expect to escape from his side, and now she wants to go back and kill him, how easy is it?
"I heard that King An's new concubine Mrs. Qiao has been very favored recently, Princess An's whereabouts are still unknown, is King An marrying a new love and forgetting his old love?"
"Who said no, King An and Princess An have been in love with each other for many years, and their love is deep, but since Princess An disappeared, King An has favored Mrs. Qiao alone, maybe the previous love was pretended"
"I can't say that, Xu is King An has been hit too hard by not being able to find Princess An for so many days, but he may just use Mrs. Qiao as a stand-in for Princess An."
"There is also this possibility, after all, Mrs. Qiao was given to King An by the emperor, even if King An is unwilling in his heart, he can't disobey the emperor's order, no, now that Princess An is not here, it is reasonable to spoil Mrs. Qiao"
She sat in the corner and ate calmly, listening to the discussion at the side table while eating, it turned out that he was still married to He Qiaoyu.
So will she go back like this and disturb their two-person world?
"Anyway, Princess An has been missing for so long, will she be gone for a long time?"
Her hand holding the dish paused.
"If that's the case, King An's aberrant behavior also makes sense," the others nodded yes.
Okay, you're a mulberry painting, in order to hug the beauty, you actually announced the news of her death in this way, okay, then let others see, what kind of negative man you are.
She put down her chopsticks, called Xiao Er to give her a few taels of silver, and left the restaurant.
That night, an assassin appeared in King An's mansion, which disturbed everyone in the palace, and they all rushed to King An's study, only to find that the assassin was none other than their long-missing princess.
But at this time, the princess pointed a sword at their prince, what happened? The men held the sabers at their waists and surrounded the door, looking at each other, not knowing whether to rush forward.
Mianyue stood aside in surprise and joy, staring at the sword in Ye Fanjin's hand for fear that if he was not careful, he would really stab the prince, and then the emperor would definitely punish the princess.
He Qiaoyu came with everyone, and was startled when he saw this scene, and exclaimed, "Ning Chu! What are you doing?! Let go of the prince," he said, and was about to rush forward.
"Stand down!" He shouted to stop He Qiaoyu, who was about to step forward, turned to look at her, and said slightly angrily, "The courage is getting bigger and bigger, don't put away the sword yet"
She glanced at He Qiaoyu, who was standing in place and didn't dare to act rashly, and said with a worried face, and chuckled, "It seems that the rumors are true, the prince is very fond of this Mrs. Qiao."
"Princess, don't mess around, you put down the sword first" Mianyue saw that her mood was wrong, and slowly moved over to appease.
"Mianyue, in the past few months since I was away, I'm afraid that no one will really care about me except you."
"No, the prince is also worried about the safety of the princess, but the people sent out have no news of the princess, and the prince will accept Mrs. Qiao as a concubine when he is sad."
"Can't find it? Heh, I just don't care if I live or die."
She flipped the blade of her sword and stabbed at him, so frightened that Mianyue screamed, and quickly rushed over to block in front of the prince, and her sword was retracted in time.