Chapter 40

40 Don’t blame me

Zhai Tianyu could of course hear the sarcasm in Liu Hui Ying’s words, for a moment his entire body stiffened as he raised his head to look at her. The woman was still the same as she was yesterday, the same small frame with the inherited arrogance of the Liu family.

‘You have to love me, that’s your only choice if you want to survive.’

And the same woman who stood in front of him as she threatened him with tears in her eyes. So, what changed?

” My queen, I apologise, I was just so startled by the sudden–” he wanted to go through the excuse that he came up with before promising that he will investigate this matter but before he could do that, he heard a loud snap and paused.

His gaze fell on the arrow that Liu Hui Ying was holding and his pupils quivered when he saw that she actually snapped the arrow in half. He might have asked his men to use the cheapest quality arrow there was for assassinating the queen since he didn’t want to make any mistakes. If the Liu family found out that he was the one who wanted to kill the empress, then they will surely create a huge fuss and he would inadvertently allow their grasp on the court to get even tighter.

But the arrow was still sturdier than a twig that could be snapped with just a mere woman, seeing that Liu Hui Ying actually used her hands to break the arrow in half without so much as letting out a yelp, he couldn’t help but feel slightly terrified. This woman, was not as simple as everyone told him ..what was the reason for the Liu family to send a woman like her to his palace.

Ji Yu too glanced at the Empress and her delicate brows scrunched up slightly, she married Zhai Tianyu because he wished to have a woman by his side who will divert the attention of the Liu family from him to her. Of course, she understood the dangers and was prepared to deal with them, one of the dangers was Liu Hui Ying, she thought that the Empress was nothing but a fool whom she could easily clean up for the Emperor but now, she could not help but feel a bit terrified by her.

The Empress was not a small kitten whom they could squash under their feet, her quick agility and strength were enough for her to make a strong opponent. She was a fierce tigress who will tear them limb by limb before throwing their corpse away. Attacking her without a plan was nothing but foolishness on their part.

” If there is nothing else that you have to say to me then I will take my leave,” said Liu Hui Ying, she knew that she might have raised their guards against her but she wasn’t afraid. It was true that she wanted to make it out of this situation alive, she wouldn’t just let herself be the damsel in distress. She has felt the pain of being stabbed with something and she was no fan of that feeling, she might as well save the pain even if it means raising suspicions against her.

.....

After all, it wasn’t as if the Emperor had any goodwill towards her.

But more importantly, if she stayed here, she might really take the arrow and stick it up the man’s ass. He was really ...a huge jerk!

She shot him a look of pure mockery before she turned around and walked away with her procession, leaving Zhai Tianyu stunned. Of course, he was sharp enough to catch the mocking glint in the eyes of the Empress and he even caught her lips moving as she turned around– ‘ What a coward.’

The Empress did not know that he has long learned the art of reading lips when he was young, which was why she wasn’t on guard against him and spoke what was on her mind. However, Zhai Tianyu for the first time in his life wished that he didn’t understand what she was saying.

A coward him? He has never done something cowardly in his life and if not for her family that was pressurising him, would he have to make use of such tactics? As a member of the Liu family, she should know that it was her fault and that his killing her was only fair and justifiable, after all just how many lives the ministers of the Liu family have taken away.

That was what he believed so why was his heart sinking with guilt like this?

And did the Queen know something, or else why would she look at him like that? If she was doubting him, then just how much did she know?

Zhai Tianyu glanced at the Queen who was walking away and narrowed his eyes, he has to clean this matter up as quickly as possible. He turned around and then walked past Zhai Heng before whispering something in his ears, his voice was so low that only the ones who have practised martial arts could hear what he said, only then did his procession make a move.

Jia Li on the other hand caught up with the assassin, since Liu Hui Ying was sharing her spiritual energy with her, it wasn’t difficult for her to knock the clueless assassin down and carefully noted his appearance in her mind.

” Hmm, a scar running down the eye, check... stature of six feet two inches, check ....” She continued until she checked the man from the top of his head to the bottom of his toes, once she was done, she stood up from the ground and wiped the nonexistent dust on her hands.

Peering down at the assassin, Jia Li said calmly, ” Look mate, I really don’t have anything against you but since you have angered Hui Ying, then be thankful that I am the one who will be taking care of you if that crazy.... I mean the kind woman was to take hold of you then you will cry tears of regret until you flood an entire river. So....” She cracked her knuckles and smirked. ” Do not blame me for this.”

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