"Okay, that's a deal." Upon hearing her words, Lan Zeyu initially felt shocked, and something flashed across his eyes.
"Okay, then I'll bet with you again. Owner Lan, how would you like to go on with this bet?" Su Ruoxi was very satisfied with Lan Zeyu's performance and asked.
She loved smart people and loved people who knew how to change with the times.
"Let's go with the simplest one. Let's compare who would have a smaller score." Lan Zeyu said.
"Okay!" Su Ruoxi nodded, before standing opposite Lan Zeyu.
"She's bound to lose this time."
"Exactly, this is Owner Lan's specialty. I heard Owner Lan had once caused all three die to show one."
"Exactly. No matter what that lady does, it will never be smaller than one. She's bound to lose…"
Upon hearing their conversion, the crowd broke into chatters.
Su Ruoxi ignored their whispers. Between Lan Zeyu and her, there were two new sets of betting tools. They both looked at each other and picked up a dice cup.
Lan Zeyu was still shaking at a fast speed, blurring people's vision, but Su Ruoxi was the exact opposite. It did not even take a moment for her to pick up and put down the dice cup.
Lan Zeyu looked at Su Ruoxi's actions, stunned in his heart. What exactly made her so confident? Could she really shake a die score lower than his?
The spectators were right. This was his specialty, and he had never lost. However, today, looking at Su Ruoxi with a smile, Lan Zeyu felt uncertain for the first time.
Piak! Following Lan Zeyu's dice cup as it landed on the table, the spectators focused. They did not know who exactly would win this time around.
Most of them felt that Lan Zeyu would win, but a few thought Su Ruoxi would win.
"Owner Lan, please." Su Ruoxi smiled lightly.
"Okay!" Lan Zeyu opened his dice cup. He saw three die stacked together, and all had the side with one value facing upwards. Lan Zeyu had actually made all three to show one.
"Wah, Owner Lan, you're amazing!"
"Owner Lan, you're formidable!"
"Owner Lan really lives up to his reputation."
The crowd erupted into countless cheers and praises.
However, Lan Zeyu was not happy at all as he looked at Su Ruoxi nervously and said, "Madam, please."
"Owner Lan, you're really amazing."Su Ruoxi smiled lightly and opened her dice cup. When the crowd saw it, the entire place fell into deadly silence.
"How could this be?"
"Is this real?"
"0 points? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? How is this possible?"
After some time, shocked voices started sounding out.
Lan Zeyu stared at the three dice in front of Su Ruoxi in a daze. It was stacked precisely like his, but the top was not one, it was zero! That was right, it was 0…
That one red dot had actually turned into dust and was gathered in the middle. There was no number on the dice, and zero was lower than one. He had lost completely. Compared to the previous few times, this time, Lan Zeyu had really accepted his defeat from the bottom of his heart.
He looked at Su Ruoxi with determination and said, "Madam, please give me a day. I will definitely return alive."
"Okay!" Su Ruoxi nodded.
Upon hearing that, Lan Zeyu nodded and walked towards the back of the gambling den. Su Ruoxi looked at Su Su and said, "You can settle the rest. Inform me when he returns."
"Yes, Master," said Su Su.
Then, Su Ruoxi brought Mo Lian out of the Heavenly Phoenix Gambling Den. When their figures had disappeared, the spectators gradually recovered their senses. Upon a closer look, they discovered that the main characters had all disappeared; many things had happened in such a short time. Quite a few people left in a hurry and were prepared to tell their respective families about the news on Heavenly Phoenix Gambling Den.
"Master, some of the gambling den workers had left in secret. Would Su Su be in trouble later?" Mo Lian asked worriedly.
When she followed Su Su back, she found out that a few people were missing from the gambling den workers. It must have been because they saw that the Assistant-in-Charge was losing, so they hurried home to report.
"Don't worry, Su Su can handle it," said Su Ruoxi.
The two of them had already arrived at 'Su Ruoxi's' execution area during their conversation. Both directly went to Heavenly Phoenix Restaurant, picked a window table on the second floor, and sat down.
Sitting at that position allowed them to see the happenings below clearly. Quite a few commoners were gathering around to watch. There was still an hour or so left to the execution timing.
The Imperial Guards created a barrier to maintain the order of the surroundings. Quite a few people were discussing 'Su Ruoxi.'
"Is everything ready?" Su Ruoxi asked casually.
"All set." Just as Mo Lian finished her sentence, Su Ruoxi heard someone speaking loudly from the crowd, "Does anyone know why they're executing the Third Miss of the Prince's mansion?"
"I heard she had caused the Crown Prince's death." Someone answered doubtfully.
"Pft, you don't know the truth. I heard that on the wedding night of the Crown Prince and the Second Miss of the Prince's mansion, Eldest Miss Su Ruoqi appeared in the bridal chamber and had even done the deed with the Crown Prince. Both of them had eaten the Crown Prince cleanly like scavengers. Then, Eldest Miss killed the Crown Prince with a slash of her sword. A woman's heart is truly vicious." Someone said animatedly.
"Wow, is that true? Then why is Third Miss being executed instead?" Someone else asked cooperatively.
"Hoho, this is something you don't know. Third Miss' parents have been missing for many years, and she did not have a place in the Prince's mansion at all. She was just dragged out to be their scapegoat. Someone claimed that Third Miss had drugged someone and commanded her two older sisters to kill the Crown Prince. If Third Miss really wanted to kill the Crown Prince, she could directly find an assassin and even save on the spring drug. Why would she kill the Crown Prince after he sleeps? Isn't that too much of a hassle?" That person said in confusion.
"That's true. If she wanted to kill someone, she could have just hired the Pavilion of the Assassins. Why would she use drugs to control people? Besides, the Crown Prince was a fool. How would he know how to consummate his marriage?"
"Oh, yes. If Third Miss really controlled her sisters, why didn't she get them to murder the Crown Prince but drugged him instead? This is just too troublesome."
"Aiya, Third Miss is dying such an unjust death and has to be the two sisters scapegoat just like that. How pitiful."
"I agree. Besides, Prince's mansion Third Miss Su Ruoxi was previously a good-for-nothing lady that could not cultivate. Why would she have such a powerful drug?"
The crowd carried on with their discussion.
Instantly, they painted the people in Prince Su's mansion into the vilest figure of them all while Su Ruoxi became a pitiful martyr.
The one in the neighboring table to Su Ruoxi's was the one who had gone to court the day before and inspected Su Ruolin and Su Ruoqi's body—Bai Zhe. Today, he came to join in the commotion. After seeing Su Ruoxi the day before, he just felt that she would not die so quickly today.
As expected, after coming, he saw a few people blending in with the crowd and spreading rumors. Although he did not know if they were telling the truth, these people obviously came here to sully Prince Su's mansion and supported Su Ruoxi.