Mother really knows best!
Nuwa might have stopped persuading mother Lin with her empty hopes and perhaps, got a heart attack if she knew that almost all of the speculations Queen Lin made about the Qiu emperor were not pointless...
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Inside the large VIP room of a luxurious tavern, two bulky men were kowtowing on the ground. They were sweating profusely while nervously staring at their master who was sitting at the darkest corner of the room.
"Speak."
They suddenly heard a low, sexy male voice commanded them from the dark.
The bulky men kowtowed and loudly slammed their head on the floor. As a result, they got slightly injured. Blood started to ooze out from their foreheads but it wasn't their priority now.
Even if their lord was asking in a leisurely, unconcerned manner; their body was uncontrollably shuddering in fear. They were feeling threatened because they heard from some trusted sources that this lord was extremely cruel. The calmness his voice meant he was extremely furious.
"L-Lord Xuanyuan, Please help these lowly servants." They cried out loudly.
Without replying, the lord tilted his head, in a gesture to proceed whatever they were saying.
"Lord, we made a huge crime without your permission. When we were searching the engagement token in Princess Liena's mansion, She caught us red-handed. These lowly servants feared that She might call the guards and inform His Majesty later on. We have been working in the palace for a decade so it wasn't impossible for Her to recognize us."
"So what's the crime? You didn't find the South Sea Pearl?" Asked Lord Xuanyuan impatiently.
"W-We didn't." Both men gulped down their saliva nervously on their failure.
"B-But my lord, we s-stabbed Her Highness. And these servants heard from some trusted informers that, Princess died."
The room became silent, only the sound of breathing could be heard. The bulky duo nervously signaled each other with their anxious eyes, asking what would happen to them. They were really scared of the wits of their future aspects because they were certain that sooner or later, the imperial family would discern about their treacherous behavior.
Their suspicious disappearance had already labeled them as traitors. As a result, it was absolutely impossible to return to the Lin kingdom. Now, all of their concern was their family members; they didn't want to lose them. They knew that the consequence of their misconducts would surely befall on their innocent family members who were totally unaware of their misdeeds.
Don't ask them what was the punishment of eliminating the imperial family members...
They could already assume that it was worse than death. They shuddered in fear thinking of various torture methods. What they might face...
"Hahaha... Hahaha..."
They suddenly heard loud waves of laughter were coming from their lord's direction. Their body twitched on the eerily sounds, their lord was laughing like a maniac. The whole atmosphere turned chilly.
"You son of b*stards are really something, ah! Your hearts do not even waves when backstabbing your master. What kind of servants you are, huh? Even a snake is better than you. Utterly disgusting!"
The voice echoed throughout the big hall room. The duo's face turned pale like seeing a ghost so they started to wail loudly when asking for forgiveness.
"However..." Stopping for a moment, Lord Xuanyuan continued, "...This Lord became curious. What do you want as a reward, hmm?"
Their faces slowly started to regain its original color as their heart sprouted with new hopes. Lord Xuanyuan stood up from his respective chair and walked towards them with a teasing smile to see the criminals face, which caused him revealing his extraordinary charming face to the duo. The duo became stupified, they looked at Lord Xuanyuan in awe. Their jaws dropped. Their lord was such a goddess (cough) they meant handsome!?!
[A/N: Woah! They are confused about the Lord's gender! ∑(ﾟﾛﾟ〃) Don't worry Lord is a man, but a beautiful one. ( ͡ ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡ ͡°) ]
Lord Xuanyuan was wearing a plain white robe, his long silky black hair was leisurely sprayed on his neck. His beauty had the ability to bring countries or cities falling on his feet. He looked like a seductive fairy that men had always desired. He could easily make all genders to drool and go crazy.
Sensing their perverted gazes, lord Xuanyuan got extremely disgusted. He furiously kicked their faces.
The kick was so powerful that the duo instantly lost some teeth and coughed a mouthful of blood. Their body became sore on the huge force. They were sure that some of their internal organs were greatly damaged on this outburst.
"F-forgive our manners, Lord." They cried in horror when continuously slamming their heads on the ground.
'Pteh'
Lord Xuanyuan spat on their disgusting bodies, he was enraged on their impudent behavior. After calming down his temper, he hissed.
"One way or another, you helped to dissolve the wedding. Forget about the bonus this lord just considered. This Lord doesn't like your disgusting attitudes. Here are your promised two thousand golds." He threw them two money pouches.
"Now scram."
The duo greedily picked up at the heavy pouch from the ground.
'It' so heavy... Hehehe~' And finally left the room.
As soon as they left, a tall figure suddenly came out from the dark shadows.
His masculine body was lean and well build, made him admiring. However, he was wearing a black robe and his face was covered by a turban, made him unrecognizable. His movements were very silent like a cat that even Lord Xuanyuan didn't notice when and for how long the black robbed man was standing behind him.
"Kill them."
The man in black suddenly ordered in a cold voice.
Lord Xuanyuan jumped in fright on the sudden thunderous voice. With an animated expression, he shouted when pointing his fingers.
"Damn you, Qiu Feng Mian! Don't shock me to death."
Lord Xuanyuan's always tiger-like domineer turned into kitten-like. His actions were like a furious kitten who's tail got hurt.
Who knew that he was so clumsy! Those bulky men would laugh their ass out loud if they saw his cowardness.
After calming down his heartbeat, Lord peeked at the black tomb-statue. His cherry-colored lips curved into a mockery.
"Why do you want to kill them? Your marriage problem has been resolved, so you can rest now. Moreover, they were just some small flies. They can't even touch us, forget about being a threat."
"Once a traitor, always a traitor. This emperor detests liars and betrayers the most..."
Emperor Qiu Feng Mian's coldly commented before he turned to leave.
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After they came out of the room, one of the men spat a mouthful of blood that he was accumulating the whole time and said to his companion,
"We are rich now. Let's play around. What do you think, shall we?"
"Definitely."
They started to plan what will they do with the money. The tavern was very famous for gambling and finding beautiful ladies since it was actually a brothel.
They forgot the sincerities they felt before for their families after getting the money!
"B-But what about our families? Haven't you just said that the imperial family will eliminate them?" Asked one when furrowing his brows.
"Don't worry. I have already planned out. I just bluffed that Princess recognized our faces, which certainly not." The other answered confidently.
"Moreover, I am planning to visit Emperor Lin too. I heard that King Jingze declared a huge sum of a prize on whoever helps to catch or provides information about the assassin's whereabouts. This is our greatest chance to fill our pockets. Who doesn't love bonus money! Hehehe~ So, what do you think?"
"B-But, what if they recognize us?" Said the other.
The relatively courageous one knew his companion was a coward, so he said in a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry dude. My plans have been always perfect. We will never get caught."
'Because I'll kill you after I grab your money.'
He laughed inwardly when greedily eyeing at his foolish companion's money pouch and walked to the Lin Kingdom's direction.
Unaware to them, there were two black shadows following behind them with a murdering intention.
[Note: Unedited chapter.]