This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me

Chapter 413: Roping in the Pacifying Heaven Cult (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing that the situation wasn’t right, Cao Aning said, “How can we allow others to snore beside our bed? Cult Master, you will definitely not be able to tolerate Great Wei if you restore Great Yan in the future. Before considering these things, you have to have the strength to take over the world first. With the Pacifying Heaven Cult’s current foundation, even establishing Southern Yan in a corner is an extravagant hope, let alone vying for supremacy in the world.

“Now that the Prince of Yan has the intention to take over the throne, as long as you help, even if you don’t get any returns, you can still stir up chaos among the vassal princes and make Great Wei panic and have no time to care about the south. This is of great benefit and no harm to you.”

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master asked, “How does the Prince of Yan plan to take over the throne?”

Cao Aning said seriously, “We have reliable news that the empress is not in good health and might not live long. And there are only two guards beside her, Daoist Xuanji and Ye Jingtang. We are in charge of opening up the route. When the time comes, as long as you help deal with Daoist Xuanji…”

Whoosh!

A footstep interrupted him.

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master stood up, walked to the edge of the steps, and stood with her hands behind her back. “The empress doesn’t have long to live. Can’t the Prince of Yan wait? The empress doesn’t have any children. If she dies, the throne can only be given to the Prince of Yan or the Prince of Liang. If the Prince of Yan is clever, he can hide quietly near Wu Province. Once the empress dies, he can run to the capital. As long as he runs faster than the Prince of Liang, he can legitimately become the emperor. But you’re saying that the Prince of Yan is planning to assassinate the empress at this time?”

Cao Aning fell silent for a moment before saying respectfully, “The empress is still young after all. No one knows how long she can live. The Prince of Yan is almost sixty years old. He’s afraid that she will live for a long time…”

“Get lost.” The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master’s voice turned slightly cold. “I’ll just treat it as if you’ve never been here. If you spout any more nonsense, I will kill you without mercy.”

Cao Aning immediately shut up. After exchanging glances with Tang Yudan, he silently turned around and left…

Tread, tread…

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the stone hall became empty.

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master stood on the steps with her hands behind her back. After the footsteps completely disappeared, she sat back in her chair and frowned in deep thought.

Behind the stone hall, ‘South Mountains Iron Trigram’ Zhang Henggu, who was wearing a Daoist robe, slowly walked out with his hands behind his back. He thought for a moment and said, “It sounds like the Cutting Cloud Palace is doing things privately in the name of the Prince of Yan. However, this is the first time I’ve heard that the empress won’t have long to live. According to the empress’s age, nothing should go wrong.”

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master said, “Back then, when the empress usurped the throne, Daoist Xuanji alone couldn’t deal with Cao Qiansui. There must be an expert by her side. However, after so many years of investigation by various forces, they still couldn’t find the expert by the empress’s side. For this reason, no one dared to enter the palace rashly.

“Now that someone dares to take action, it means that they have figured out the identity of the deathsworn. The empress’s poor health has nothing to do with the strength of the guards. If they dare to take action because of this… the only possibility is that the person who attacked the Imperial City with Daoist Xuanji was the empress herself, and she has internal injuries. This news is quite important…”

Zhang Henggu hesitated for a moment before saying, “When I went to the capital to pick up Madam and Yunli, 1 saw the current situation in Yun’an. It’s a magnificent scene of prosperity. If the Pacifying Heaven Cult wants to restore Great Yan, the people might not agree.

“Since there’s no hope of restoring Great Yan in a short period of time, the first plan is to accumulate strength slowly in a corner. If we interfere in this matter, the Prince of Yan won’t remember our help if he succeeds. If the Prince of Yan loses, the empress will definitely let us understand what it means to trample the Heavenly South…”

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master nodded slightly. “Then, we won’t interfere. Let the Imperial Court fight among itself. We’ll just wait and see what happens.”

At this point, the Pacifying Heaven Cult Master thought of Luo Ning, who was far away in the capital.

Luo Ning had only returned to the capital for two days. She had only sent out the letter reporting the news yesterday. It had probably just passed through West King Town.

The Pacifying Heaven Cult Master didn’t know the exact situation in the capital city, so she said, “I’ll write a letter to Luo Ning and urge her to come back as soon as possible so that she doesn’t accidentally get involved in this matter. Ping’er has been gone for so long, but she hasn’t written back at all. I don’t know what she’s doing…”

Zhang Henggu was in his seventies and had a lot of experience. The wife had run out of town and didn’t return for a long time. She didn’t say what she was doing either. Under normal circumstances, she should have someone else outside.

But the cult master was a girl and didn’t have any awareness of this. As a guardian, Zhang Henggu couldn’t make irresponsible remarks based on speculation. After bidding farewell, he left…

“Chirp Chirp Chirp-”

At dawn, a humming sound came from the Bright Yang Pool, which was surrounded by exotic flowers and trees.

The doors and windows of the main hall were closed, and the water in the pool was full of mist.

Ye Jingtang had changed into a clean robe and was lying on a chaise longue beside the hot spring pool to avoid falling into a deep sleep. The Hornless Dragon Saber, which had changed into a new scabbard, was leaning against him.

The bird, who had helped patrol the east of the city for most of the night, had already flown back late at night. At this moment, it was floating on the water like a fat goose, swimming and humming.

After Yuhu left yesterday, Ye Jingtang took a bath and changed his clothes. He should have left.

But yesterday’s kiss seemed to have angered Dumdum. He wasn’t sure if she would come back to deal with him, so he had waited here and fell asleep at some point.

Reality proved that even though Dongfang Liren was timid, she was still very stable. She knew that if she came here in the middle of the night, she would be kissed again, and something even more exciting might happen. So she just tossed and turned until dawn before bringing palace maids over to take a look.

Tread, tread, tread…

Ye Jingtang was lying on the chaise longue when he heard dense footsteps coming from afar. He woke up and realized that it was dawn. He turned around and washed up in the pool. Then he picked up the bird and quickly walked out the door.

Outside the Bright Yang Pool, Dongfang Liren, who was wearing a silver python robe, asked the accompanying palace servants to wait at the door and entered alone. Before she could take two steps, she saw Ye Jingtang come out and stopped.. “Why haven’t you left yet?”