Chapter 22 - Tit-for-tat

In Prince Eighth’s mansion.

“Brother Eighth, there is one ultimate trick to win a girl’s heart.” said Su Liancheng joyfully while he was enjoying some night snacks.

Hmm, who would have thought about Brother Eighth just asked him how to win a girl’s heart.

Come on, look at his Brother Eighth, he was the total package. And it was all rumors that his Brother Eighth was impotent.

The news were fabricated by Brother Eighth himself, jut to deceive the public.

Otherwise, his Brother Eighth couldn’t have time to do anything else but turn down the girls.

But there was one thing that was true, his Brother Eighth was really suffering from Frigid Poison. All his friends were desperate to find the cure before it was too late.

Murong Yun thought for a while and he asked, “Care to elaborate?”

“You gotta have thick skin, think skin will get you the girl in your dreams, just trust me.” said Su Liancheng in the most earnest manner.

Murong Yun’ dim eyes sparkled, he murmured, “thick… skin?”

“That’s correct! Brother Eighth, let’s think about it, Luo Qianqian might be the just the cure for you, plus you had fallen for her already, so, it’s win-win, just make a move already.” and Su Liancheng added, “Hmm, speaking of the princess-to-be, from the little bit I know, she is great at playing dumb, in front of everyone. She is not interested in anyone or anything actually, even for a gorgeous man like you, tut tut… …”

Prince Eighth turned back and looked at Su Liancheng attentively, Su Liancheng felt ever more encouraged, “Prince Eighth, please make a move. We can arrange some outing tomorrow, and I’ll create some accident, and you can put on a show of saving a damsel in distress, haha, I’m sure it will work out.”

Murong Yun was speechless.

Saving a damsel in distress?

“Master.” Feng Qing now had returned.

Murong Yun was excited.

He looked at Feng Qing and said, “Anything new?”

“Yeah, I was just at Her Highness’s, and I saw… …”

The next day was such a good day, great sunshine.

Luo Qianqian went to bed late last night, before she fall asleep she vaguely heard some noise from the First Lady’s yard, but she didn’t pay a visit there in case they take advantage of that opportunity and cast aspersions at her.

Sigh, how she wished she could learn martial arts from a really great master. Look at Murong Yun, he could just fly away anytime.

And thinking about the way she climbed the wall, ouch! The comparison wasn’t pretty.

What was more, not mastering martial arts was not cost-effective, take last night for an example, she basically used two points to protect herself.

Xiao Yue, who was drugged with some knockout incense had woken up with a slight headache, she went out to fetch some water for her lady.

“Pinger, have you heard that some burglar broke in the Second Lady’s room?” asked a maid to her friend.

“What exactly has happened?” replied her friend.

“You don’t know? It was appalling, three men in black broke in the Second Lady’s room, thank God the Second Lady is a light sleeper and she cried for help promptly. But she knocked the candles on the ground in a flurry and accidentally started a fire in her room.”

“My goodness, what happened to the three men in black?”

“They died right after they got caught magically, no one got a chance to find out who went them.”

“That sounds so terrible, who could it be?”

Hearing that, Xiao Yue hastened back to Luo Pavilion to tell her lady about this.

Xiao Yue was drugged with the knockout incense last night, she didn’t hear a thing.

Xiao Yue knocked on Luo Qianqian’s door, seeing the room was not locked from inside, she walked in with confusion.

‘Has my lady gotten up already, why isn’t the door locked?’

Xiao Yue put the water basin on the table and looked around, the next second she screamed, “My lady, are you all right, my lady?”

The door lock was picked! No wonder she could just walk in.

Thinking about the conversation she just heard, a terrible thought occurred to her, was it possible that her lady also… …

Xiao Yue’s heart was pounding, she staggered to Luo Qianqian’s bed, and her legs were shaking seeing the blood stains, “My lady, it’s all my fault, I didn’t hear anything last night, it’s all my fault, I’m sorry my lady… …”

Luo Qianqian was sleeping like a baby, now Xiao Yue’s cry had woken her up, she frowned and threw the blanket away, “Aiya, Xiao Yue, you are being loud.”

She just wanted a good sleep.

Xiao Yue was now over the moon hearing her lady’s complaint, she just stared at her lady, great, rosy cheeks, pretty complexion, she looked so healthy!

“My lady, you are alive!” Xiao Yue cried out.

Luo Qianqian sat up and rubbed her eyes, she pretended to roll her eyes at Xiao Yue, “Yeah, why? You are expecting a different outcome? Come on now, stop crying.”

Luo Qianqian was actually very touched seeing how Xiao Yue truly cared for her.

She didn’t clean the blood stain on purpose, just in case Luo Jingxuan and Luo Yuyan splashed dirty water on her.

Xiao Yue wiped her tears and smiled, “It’s so great my lady, you are safe and sound.”

“I see the blood stains and I just panicked, I thought you… I thought you…”

Luo Qianqian touched Xiao Yue’s cheeks, “All right, Xiao Yue, remember, your lady will outlive anyone, and the blood stains are from someone else.”

Xiao Yue asked in confusion, “Someone else?”

Luo Qianqian nodded, “Hmm, Xiao Yue, is there something you want to tell me, such as men in black?”

Xiao Yue picked herself up from the ground and asked, “My goodness, how do you know about that?”

Luo Qianqian gave her a meaningful smile.

Xiao Yue pointed at the blood stain on the ground and asked, “Are these… are there blood stains left by the men in black?”

“Good, smart Xiao Yue.” said Luo Qianqian with satisfactions, her Xiao Yue was a smart girl after all.

“What happened in the First Lady’s yard last night?”

Xiao Yue repeated what she heard just now, and she admired her lady even more, she was confident no one could bully her lady any more.

“Ah~ Luo Yuyan was fine.” sighed Luo Qianqian, she knew they wouldn’t be able to hurt Luo Yuyan, but she was inevitably a bit disappointed when she really heard that.