Chapter 423 - Chapter 423: Watching The Show
Chapter 423: Watching The Show
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“In gold?”
The woman choked once. “Gold!” Then she gritted her teeth and said, “But… I have another request. Accompany me to watch this show until the end.”
Su Ying squatted down and helped the woman up from the ground. She glanced at the embroidery design on her dress and said, “What do you want me to do?”
The woman pointed at the two people on the ground. “Wake them up. I want to know who’s behind this plot.”
Su Ying glanced at the people on the ground. She had only knocked them unconscious, not taken their lives.
“And after that?”
“Let them take me away. You follow us and wait for an opportunity to strike.”
Su Ying looked at the anger in her eyes and was a little baffled. “What makes you think that 1 can protect you?”
Xiang Hualan said, ‘Til send a message to my people before leaving. They’ll be here soon.” Letting Su Ying tag along was only to give her people some buffer time to catch up.
This matter wasn’t difficult for Su Ying. If she could easily earn a thousand taels of gold, Su Ying was extremely happy to oblige.
Su Ying took out a medicine bottle and threw it to her. “It can neutralize the Strength Weakening Powder in your body.”
Xiang Hualan was slightly astonished. Then, she took the bottle, opened it, and took a whiff. She detected a refreshing aroma wafting into her nose. In the next moment, her weakened limbs regained their strength.
“Thank you.”
“Give me a few minutes. I’ll settle the child down.”
Su Ying returned to the restaurant with Que Que, and when she came out, she was alone. She had already placed the child in her interspatial store.
After Su Ying returned, Xiang Hualan fell to the ground just like she had done earlier. Su Ying took another medicine bottle and went forward to wake the people on the ground before hiding in the dark.
The two men woke up soon after. When they saw where they were, they were very shocked. However, when they saw Xiang Hualan lying not far away, delight broke out on their faces.
They thought that this woman had been rescued!
They ignored the pain in their bodies and quickly got up to drag Xiang Hualan and left via the back door.
Not long after they exited the back door, they saw a horse carriage waiting not far away. When the person on the horse carriage saw them emerge, he quickly headed toward them.
“What are you two doing? Why did you take so long to come out?” The person who came to pick them up scolded impatiently when he saw the two of them.
The two men were afraid that they would be reprimanded for coming out late. Thus, they simply mentioned that they met a drunkard who almost ruined their plans, and that was why they came out so late.
The other person didn’t think too much about it. He took the woman from their hands and got into the horse carriage to leave.
The two men looked at the horse carriage speeding off and touched their red and swollen faces. They thought that the incident where Su Ying beat them up felt like a dream.
Before the two men could come back to their senses, they felt a black figure flashing past them swiftly. The two of them were so dazed that they thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.
The horse carriage passed through the bustling street and finally arrived at a very elegant-looking teahouse.
Su Ying glanced at the teahouse before entering through the teahouse’s back door.
As soon as she entered, she saw people dragging Xiang Hualan out of the horse carriage. She was brought all the way to a room on the second floor.
The two men placed Xiang Hualan on the bed in the private room and walked out.
Su Ying jumped into the room through the window and raised an eyebrow as she looked at the smoke from the incense burner curling up in the room.
Upon hearing the noise, Xiang Hualan also sat up on the bed and gave Su Ying a look of admiration. “Indeed, 1 wasn’t mistaken. You are a highly-skilled expert, Young Miss.”
Su Ying didn’t deny it, but before she could say anything, she heard a commotion outside the door. Her figure leaped onto the roof beam in a flash. Xiang Hualan also lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
Soon, the door was pushed open and a figure stumbling on his feet was brought in by the two earlier men.
From Su Ying’s angle, she could clearly see that the person who was brought in was a very handsome young man with a flushed face.
The two men placed the young man directly on the bed. As if they felt that this wasn’t enough, they took off all his robes and pressed him on Xiang Hualan’s body. “Hehe! When this matter is done, His Highness will definitely reward us well.”
After they were satisfied with the arrangement, the two of them quickly retreated out of the room.
Su Ying saw that Xiang Hualan’s face had already turned bright red. She didn’t know whether it was due to anger or shame.
The moment the door was closed, Xiang Hualan was so angry that she pushed the person on top of her away and jumped out of bed.
“Bastards! You actually brought this profligate bum Xie Zhixing here to humiliate me!” Xiang Hualan thought that she must have been too angry. She was so angry that her entire body was burning and her mind was a little muddled.
It was only later that she realized something was wrong. She looked at Su Ying, who was on the roof beam. “1 have been drugged.”
Su Ying extended her hand and pointed at the incense burner. “There’s something fishy with that incense burner.”
Xiang Hualan stomped her feet. “Why didn’t you tell me when you knew it earlier?”
Su Ying frowned, indicating that this wasn’t within her scope of work.
Xiang Hualan’s breathing became heavy. She stumbled over and threw the incense burner out of the window. However, she had already inhaled a lot of drug-infused smoke. Clearly, the drug was already beginning to take effect on her.
It was not only her. The young man on the bed was also stimulated by the drug and woke up.
All that was left on him was a thin inner garment. As he moved, the inner garment was pulled off, revealing a slightly flushed but strong, taut chest.
Su Ying’s gaze shifted from the young man to Xiang Hualan. “When I saw your very confident expression just now, 1 thought you had everything under control.” It seemed that Su Ying had overestimated her.
Xiang Hualan bit her tongue hard to keep herself clear-headed, but when the young man came over and pounced on her, she was a little stunned. Her hands began to grope around the other party’s body subconsciously.
To be honest, Su Ying wasn’t interested in watching this sort of live show. Furthermore, if Xiang Hualan was really framed by the other party, her one thousand gold taels might very well go down the drain.
For the sake of the one thousand taels of gold, Su Ying jumped off the roof beam, grabbed Xie Zhixing up by the lapels, and tossed him back onto the bed. She then pinched the spot on Xiang Hualan’s hand between her thumb and forefinger, causing her so much pain that she instantly regained her rationality.
Xiang Hualan’s eyes were bloodshot as she gritted her teeth and said, “Help me out of this situation, and I’ll add another one thousand taels of gold!”
Su Ying felt that anyone who could easily promise her two thousand taels of gold would definitely not lack money, so she stretched out her palm. “Five thousand taels of gold.”
Xiang Hualan gritted her teeth and agreed. “Alright!”
Su Ying straightaway lifted her up onto the roof beam and took out a dagger from her body. She stabbed each of Xiang Hualan’s fingers and squeezed out some blood.
The moment the blood dripped out, the restless heat in Xiang Hualan’s body actually subsided.
Xiang Hualan looked at Su Ying in shock.
At this moment, a series of chaotic footsteps could be heard from outside the door.
Bang! A group of people rushed in. The leader of the group was an exquisitely dressed woman who rushed to the front. She was whining and wailing at the same time, “Elder Sister, how could you do such a thing? How is the First Prince going to face the public now that you have done this? How is the General’s Residence going to face the public?”
“Xiang Hualan, 1 didn’t expect you to be such a shameless person!” The blue-robed man following closely behind the woman also shouted angrily.
The moment the guy appeared, Su Ying could clearly sense that something was not quite right with Xiang Hualan’s emotions. She clenched her two fists and her entire body was trembling. Her eyes were filled with immense pain!
Su Ying looked at the people below. She felt as if she had accidentally witnessed a great drama of internal strife among the aristocratic families of the Jin State..