Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6

Cannot Enter the City, Fei Election

Jing Yue leaped and didn’t stop for a rest for quite a while. Only when she was certain that no one was chasing behind her, she finally stopped on top of a tree. She gasped for breath and patted the pit of her stomach; really scared people to die, who were those people? How could he have such a scary expressions? Even Jing Yue with this kind of definite ability, still had some fear thinking about it now.

Cold and ruthless. They didn’t even have a bit degree of warmth. They looked at you just like they were looking at a dead person.

An ordinary person, how could he have that kind of eyes?

Jing Yue’s body shivered hard when she thought about it. Wiping the cold sweat on her forehead, she couldn’t help but sighed sorrowfully in her heart. How could she be this pitiful? Being abandoned inside a forest, and then had to keep hiding in different places as if she was fleeing for her life. This outside world was really too chaotic…

It’s better to buy those things quickly and then hide inside the forest.

Safe, free.

Thinking that way, Jing Yue immediately relaxed her breath and weakly took a rest. She leaped down toward a tree trunk and watched the surrounding, searching for a dry place below the trees to sit and slowly closed her eyes. She had run for a full day and didn’t even have the chance rest for a moment.

When Jing Yue opened her eyes again, it was already morning of the next day. Jing Yue lazily stretched her body; fortunately, she was able to have enough sleep for the rest of the night; otherwise, today she wouldn’t be able to hurry towards the small town. Jing Yue finally had her wish fulfilled close to midday time; she had arrived at the city gate.

“Not easy aa…..” Jing Yue wiped the sweats on her face. Patting the dust on her clothes off, she walked toward the city gate and stopped to look. She slightly raised her eyes and threw a glance toward an announcement as well as a sheet of a man’s portrait sticking on the city’s gate. The corners of Jing Yue’s mouth were drawn tight.

It was certainly not her eyes that had problems; it had certainly been the person who drew this portrait who had problems.

What kind of ghost was that picture?

It didn’t resemble a human no matter how you looked at it.

“Move aside, move aside, Ninth Huang Shu* is going inside! Everyone cannot enter the city gate!” Dust was raised by a group of dashing horse, choking Jing Yue who stood on the side until she coughed.

“Ke ke ke (cough)…… your uncle, to have a horse is amazing aaa……” Jing Yue coughed and grumbled. She turned around and walked toward the city gate where she was stopped by the guards keeping the gate who fiercely said: “Didn’t you hear the notice!? You cannot enter the city at the moment!”

“What? Cannot enter the city? Why aa?” Jing Yue went blank, she frowned and asked.

“Cannot means cannot, how can you have so much nonsense!?” that guard of the city gate disdainfully pushed Jing Yue away, walked to the side and continuously shouted ‘cannot enter the city’.

Jing Yue who got pushed was stumbling. She felt very unwilling, glared angrily at that guard and grinded her teeth; really a dog slave who bully people!

“How can Ninth Huang Shu come to this place?” Jing Yue was walking to the side, searching for a rock to sit down; just as she sat down, she heard the people besides her were saying those words. She slightly narrowed her eyes and leaned over to listen.

“It seems he just returned from Xi Wu country, so he passed this place, who knows what had happened?” Jing Yue knitted her brow slightly; Ninth Huang Shu? Who is Ninth Huang Shu?

“Ninth Huang Shu’s carriage, no wonder the city gate needs to be cleared up, you have to know, that Ninth Huang Shu is an extreme person. It is said that every person who had bumped into Ninth Huang Shu’s body, all died tragically.” Jing Yue couldn’t help but coughed when she heard that conversation.

He just got bumped a little and directly killed people!?

What kind of damaged rule was that?

“You were saying this so I just remember; Ninth Huang Shu is going to select a Fei**, this time don’t know which family’s girl that will be selected.”

“Ai…… there will be another dead person……”

Jing Yue’s heart itched as she heard those words, this carefully selected Fei, why would she be said as another dead person?

Thinking about it, Jing Yue turned her body around. She stared at the two speaking aunts and asked: “The two aunts, you’ve just said Ninth Huang Shu is going to pick a Fei, isn’t it a big happy event? Why did you say there will be another dead person?” Jing Yue swore to God she really didn’t know.

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* Huang Shu: Imperial uncle (the emperor’s brother), I’ll use the term huang shu, wang, Ben Wang, but I won’t use Huang zi (imperial son) etc., I’ll use ‘prince’,’emperor’ etc.

* Fei: Imperial Concubine (princess)