King Cheng looked at the woman sitting opposite, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

I didn't expect that the master of the Ruyi Pavilion would be so beautiful, even though his face was covered with a veil, so his true appearance could not be seen clearly.

But the exposed eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, and the face looming under the veil is even more mysterious, especially the red lotus on the forehead, which looks more and more inviolable and arrogant.

"It has always been said that there are beauties in the north, who are peerless and independent. Today, when I met Master Ling, I realized that this statement was wrong. Master Ling is capable of overpowering the country and stunning everyone in the world."

Ling Yun frowned slightly, moved his hand hanging under the table, and suppressed it with his other hand.

Otherwise, she was afraid that she would be tempted to beat someone up.

Why don't you, the prince, just recite poems to her when you come up, pretending to be a genius?

Her mother's last words really made sense, men are not good at all.

"Since His Highness King Cheng has no sincerity in the transaction, forget it. Ling Yun takes his leave."

She got up and left.

King Cheng's face changed slightly, and he quickly stood up to stop her, "Master Ling Pavilion, we have agreed, I will pay you 20,000 taels of silver, and you can give me the evidence that Ruyi Pavilion took over Prince Rui's business and assassinated Xiao Chen."

Ling Yun pushed Cheng Wang away with the hilt of his sword, "That was what was agreed before. I don't think you are sincere. I have changed my mind and will not trade."

She opened the door with her sword in hand.

Two rows of sword-wielding guards outside the door drew their swords in unison, blocking her way.

Ling Yun turned around with his sword in his arms, his eyes colder than before, "His Royal Highness, what does this mean?"

King Cheng clasped his hands in front of him and smiled gently, "It's nothing. Since it's a negotiated deal, I don't like others to break the contract at will."

Ling Yun sneered, "What if I insist on breaking the contract?"

King Cheng spread his hands, "Then Pavilion Master Ling can only help me test the strength of the guards in my palace.

However, even if Lord Ling Pavilion successfully leaves Prince Cheng’s Mansion, aren’t you afraid that I will send people to spread the news that Ruyi Pavilion betrayed previous clients?”

He smiled half-heartedly, "Your Ruyige is a killer organization. If people know that you take money from customers to kill people, and then sell customer information.

Do you think your Ruyi Pavilion can still gain a foothold in the world? Can you still receive business in the future?"

Ling Yun reached out and touched the red lotus on his forehead, and couldn't help but giggle, with a hint of pride in his smile.

"His Royal Highness King Cheng, you are a nobleman raised in the capital. It seems that you do not understand the affairs of our world."

King Cheng frowned, "What do you mean?"

Ling Yun raised his eyebrows proudly, "King Cheng may not know that I only took over the position of the head of Ruyi Pavilion last month. It took half a month to take over the business indiscriminately in the pavilion and ruin the reputation of our Ruyi Pavilion."

Several of the elders dealt with them all.

What I am selling now is the business that those traitors took over. As for whether it will affect my future business in Ruyige...

Haha, I don’t care, auntie, of course, I don’t lack that little money either.”

King Cheng's face changed slightly.

Ling Yun glanced at him, turned around and walked straight out.

King Cheng waved his hand and said, "Stop her for me."

A group of guards rushed forward.

Ling Yun smiled proudly, drew his sword, pointed his toes, stepped on the sword tips thrust by the guards, and jumped up, his skirt spinning around in the air.

The swords of the guards all flew away.

Ling Yun had already landed on the roof, lowered his head and looked down at King Cheng, and smiled softly, "The guards of Prince Cheng's Mansion are trained, tsk, vulnerable."

After saying that, he jumped lightly and disappeared into the dark night.

King Cheng's face was livid with anger, "Chase her, and I will catch her."

Feng Ziying heard the commotion in King Cheng's courtyard in the courtyard, and called her confidant maid Qiaohui to come in, "Go and see what the prince is doing there."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "There is no need to go directly and ask, just go and inquire quietly."

Qiao Hui agreed, went out for a walk, and came back soon.

"I heard from the boy in the prince's yard that someone seems to have broken in tonight. The prince is arranging guards to arrest them. Princess, let's be careful."

Feng Ziying frowned and told Qiao Hui, "In the future, pay careful attention to the movements of the prince. If there is any trouble, report it to me in time."

Qiao Hui's eyes flashed slightly, and she couldn't help but persuade: "Princess, you have been back from the palace for several days, and you have always been cold and indifferent to the prince.

These days, the prince always stays in Concubine Fang's yard. If this continues, Concubine Fang will be pregnant soon.

If you let Concubine Fang give birth to your eldest son first, wouldn't it mean that you would be overpowered?"

Feng Ziying didn't take it seriously, "I freely advocate in my heart, just follow my instructions and keep an eye on the prince's side."

Seeing that she was indifferent, Qiao Hui sighed secretly and retreated.

Feng Ziying leaned on the couch, took out the red wooden box from the box again, opened it and put out the contents.

The books Achen once gave her, the purse, fan and paperweight she gave to Achen...

She rubbed it all the time, and a strange light burst out from her eyes.

This time she went to the palace to take care of Concubine Shu, but Concubine Shu tried to find various reasons to scold her.

One day, she felt depressed, so she quietly hid in the rockery in the imperial garden to laze around.

Unexpectedly, I accidentally overheard the conversation between His Majesty and Gao Jiu.

It turns out that His Majesty always knew that Achen was still alive, but he didn't expect that Achen could return to the capital as a scholar.

She also heard His Majesty's dissatisfaction with King Rui and King Cheng.

If His Majesty intends to let Achen become a prince again...

When Feng Ziying thought of this, her heart could not help but beat fast. She thought that she could not go on like this.

She should do something for Achen so that Achen can remember her kindness in the future...

...

Su Yue and Xiao Sanlang sent Qin Mo back to Master Zhou's house, and had dinner at Master Zhou's house before going home.

The couple went directly to Xu's courtyard and talked about their meeting with Zhang Hedi during the day.

Xiao Sanlang said: "Since he knows that I am alive, does he also know that my mother is alive?"

Xu thought for a moment and shook her head slightly, "He probably doesn't know that when I rushed to Liangzhou day and night, I only saw you... no, it should be Xiao Yan's body.

At that time, I thought you were the one who was killed. I was anxious and angry, and tried my best to avenge you, but accidentally got separated from my bodyguard.

Later, when I was being chased by those people, I accidentally fell off a cliff. He probably thought I died at the bottom of the cliff.

Otherwise, given his personality, if he knew I was still alive, he would definitely have asked someone to take me back."

When Su Yue heard this, she felt something was slightly wrong.

"That is to say, you saw the people who assassinated Saburo back then, right? Who were they?"

Mrs. Xu held her forehead and thought carefully, "Some people have red lotuses painted on their foreheads. I don't know who they are, and some people don't have them on their foreheads.

The people without the red lotus on their foreheads followed me, and I'm not sure whether their target was Saburo.

But they were the ones who chased me down the cliff, and those with the red lotus on their foreheads left after killing Xiao Yan."

Su Yue and Xiao Sanlang looked at each other.

Xiao Sanlang said: "It seems that there were two groups of people back then. One group had red lotus flowers on their foreheads, and their target was me. The other group's target was probably my mother."
Chapter completed!