10 Chapter 10: First Move

Seeing that she had achieved her goal in coming to see the prince, and that he was starting to have second thoughts about her, Ying Yue felt satisfied for the moment. Although she knew this small satisfaction would be nothing compared to what she would feel when she finally got her revenge, she still reveled in it.

"I am fine, thank you for your concern," when the prince finally did respond, his voice sounded hesitant, as if he was not sure this was the correct response.

When Yao Xiuying heard his hesitation, however, she mistook it for gentleness, and thus grew enraged. This slut! She purposely dressed up to come and distract the prince from her! Even if she was a waste, what man could resist a beautiful girl showing concern to him! Yao Xiuying thoroughly regretted sending her maid to provoke Ying Yue into coming. If she hadn't come, wouldn't the prince then instead be gentle to her, showing concern for her arm?

Ying Yue decided she had made these two second guess themselves enough for today, and since she had more important things to do, she stood up to leave.

"That's good. Seeing as how you are fine, I will excuse myself. If you need anything, do feel free to make use of Yao Xiuying."

Yao Xiuying gnashed her teeth. She was going to fawn over the prince anyway, but hearing her sister say that, as though she was some simple maid, it made her no longer want to be as submissive to the prince.

Ying Yue saw the glint that passed through Yao Xiuying's eyes, and knew her objective had been met. Here soon, these two should be very dissatisfied with each other and start fighting. Ying Yue hid a small smile. What she was doing my be very petty, but with her current strength, it was all she could manage to do. Ying Yue then left, the prince's eyes watching her receding form the whole way.

When Ying Yue arrived back at her room, Zhu Xinya was smiling from ear to ear, practically jumping from happiness.

"Did you see the look on his face? He definitely regrets what he did to you now! He must be feeling like he swallowed cow dung right now." Zhu Xinya was beaming, clearly satisfied with the prince's confusion and regret.

Ying Yue smiled at the silly girl's antics. If she knew what Ying Yue was really planning, she would realize that this was only the first step in her plan, and that they had even yet to scratch the surface of what she needed to do.

Ying Yue sat down on her bed and sent Zhu Xinya away, asking her to go keep watch on Yao Xiuying and Prince Fu Longwei, and to report back to her what they say and do.

Once Ying Yue had determined that she was completely alone, she quickly entered the Boundless Spiritual Pantheon.

Jun Huang saw that Ying Yue had entered the pantheon, so he quickly walked over to her to see if she had made any progress.

"Have you found a way to break the bracelet yet?"

"No, but I have an idea. Although, it will require your help. How to you feel about setting something on fire?"

When Ying Yue asked this, Jun Huang looked at her skeptically. "What exactly are you planning?"

"I'm just thinking that if the residence were to catch on fire, who knows what could happen in the chaos. The only issue is, I can't be present at the location of the start of the fire, otherwise people will suspect me. That's where you come in. I'm sure, as a phoenix, you should have no problems with lighting a little fire, right?"

Looking at the mischievousness in Ying Yue's eyes, Jun Huang sighed. There was no way his mistress was actually thinking about a small fire. He had a bad feeling about what she had in mind, but could only go along with her plan as she explained in details what she wanted him to do.

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