nycdaug Chapter 223 is too mysterious; one cannot offend it.
Chapter 223 is too mysterious; one cannot offend it.
[Host, congratulations! You have achieved mastery of martial arts and gained the achievement of never gaining weight.]
Yu Ningyao was taken aback, then suddenly realized.
So, it turns out that you have to kill someone to be considered a master of martial arts.
No one expected her to be so skilled in combat, so several guards followed and surrounded her.
Yu Ningyao touched the ground with her toes, her embroidered shoes stepping on the blood-stained blue bricks as she spun around, her two swords crossing like silver scissors, ensnaring the two sweeping blades.
The clanging of the clashing blades shook the plum blossoms to the ground. Using the recoil, she flipped backwards onto the top of the artificial mountain, and with the momentum of the longsword, she cleaved through the net of pursuing blades, severing an arm.
Several people approached Yu Ningyao together, and one of them abandoned his knife and used his body to ram into her waist.
As Yu Ningyao staggered backward, she caught a glimpse of the opponent's knife aimed directly at her heart, and immediately spun around to dodge the fatal blow.
At this moment, a strange tone escaped from Yun Chubai's lips on the roof, carrying the tremolo of some ancient tribal ritual.
A bunch of snakes suddenly emerged from the cracks in the blue bricks.
"There are snakes."
The guards screamed in terror. Before they could finish speaking, several bamboo vipers shot up, their fangs embedding themselves precisely in the guards' throats.
As Yu Ningyao spun around and engaged in combat with the guards who were attacking her, she caught a glimpse of Yun Chubai on the rooftop out of the corner of her eye.
He held a bone flute with a gleaming white sheen horizontally, his ten fingers flitting like butterflies among the seven tone holes.
As he played a sharp, distorted tune, two pythons as thick as bowls suddenly sprang out of the pond, strangling the necks of the guards who were near Yu Ningyao, killing them instantly.
The remaining guards tried to slash at the snakes with their knives, but the blades were swerved off course by the slippery snake bodies, making them so anxious they almost vomited blood.
Yun Chubai directed the largest snake to approach Wei Jing.
Wei Jing was terrified; snakes were his biggest fear in the world.
"sizzle"
The giant snake flicked its tongue, snatched the jade seal from his hand, and then swam towards Yu Ningyao, handing the jade seal to her.
"I'm taking it?" Yu Ningyao looked at Yun Chubai in disbelief.
“You are my Crown Princess, and the future Empress of Yun Chi. It is only reasonable for you to hold it for me.” Yun Chubai put down the bone flute in her hand and smiled slightly.
Pei Wuyang is going crazy.
Yun Chubai somehow got involved too.
Xie Zhao looked up at Yun Chubai: "Crown Prince Yun Chi, can you ask your helpers to stop their actions?"
These snakes couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, and attacked them indiscriminately.
Both he and the Crown Prince's men suffered injuries of varying degrees.
"Of course, no problem. I'm just here to pick up my Crown Princess and return the things to their rightful owners. Lord Xie won't be angry, will he?" Yun Chubai looked at him with a smile.
"Of course not," Xie Zhao replied politely.
Yun Chi's people are too mysterious to be offended, so he naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to go against Yun Chu Bai.
He certainly didn't want snakes, rats, or wild dogs to suddenly appear on his bed at night.
Although he wasn't afraid, it was still rather disgusting.
Yun Chubai leaped off the roof and swaggered away from the Crown Prince's residence with Yu Ningyao and Yu Ruowei.
Pei Wuyang was furious and looked at Xie Zhao: "You actually let a foreign prince swagger around in Xiangguo, Xie Zhao, you good-for-nothing."
"Your Highness, why don't you come with this good-for-nothing to the palace and explain things to the Emperor first?" Xie Zhao wasn't angry, and ordered his men to escort Pei Wuyang into the palace.
……
They left the Crown Prince's residence.
Yu Ningyao returned the jade seal to its rightful owner.
"Thank you," Yun Chubai said.
Yu Ningyao didn't dare look him in the eye and mumbled, "You're welcome."
She had initially intended to use the jade seal as a backup plan to guard against Yun Chubai, but now that he had thanked her, she felt truly guilty.
"If you need my help, just play this flute next time, and I'll come to you." Yun Chubai placed the bone flute he had used earlier into her hand.
Yu Ningyao immediately asked with curiosity, "Would you come no matter how far away it is?"
Yun Chubai nodded without hesitation: "Yes."
Yu Ningyao carefully put the flute away, and couldn't help but ask again, "Why can you summon snakes when you play it, but I can summon you when I play it?"
Yun Chubai: ?
He felt that Yu Ningyao's words sounded strange.
What do you mean by "summoning him"? It sounds like you're raising a pet.
"No, I can't get there right away, but the spirit pet closest to you will notify me as soon as possible," Yun Chubai explained.
"I see." Yu Ningyao suddenly realized.
She decided to send Yu Ruowei back to the Marquis's residence first, since she was still the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family and it was not appropriate for her to stay in their home.
Yu Kangping and Cui Ruixin are the people most suitable to seek justice for her.
As for those two opportunists, whether they would betray her and submit to the Crown Prince, that was not within her consideration.
After all, she held the key to Cui Ruixin's death.
"Big sister, wait for me for a few days. Once the matter with the Crown Prince is settled, I will take you away and let you come with me to Yunchi as a dowry maid. Don't worry, I will give you your freedom once we arrive in Yunchi," Yu Ningyao comforted Yu Ruowei.
"Second sister, I'll listen to you. I only trust you." She held Yu Ningyao's hand tightly.
Although she didn't want to return to the Marquis's mansion, she knew that trusting Yu Ningyao was definitely the right thing to do.
Yu Ningyao escorted her back to the Marquis's residence.
Everyone was surprised to learn of Yu Ruowei's ordeal.
Yu Kangping blurted out, "Has the Crown Prince gone mad?"
"Ahem, Your Excellency, please be careful with your words," Cui Ruixin reminded him from the side.
Yu Kangping then shut his mouth.
“The Crown Prince may not remain the Crown Prince. As Yu Ruowei’s adoptive parents, you should enter the palace as soon as possible and ask the Emperor to make a decision. Otherwise…” Yu Ningyao glanced at the two of them, not finishing her sentence.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became alert.
"Yaoyao, have you heard something?" Yu Kangping looked at her anxiously.
"Today I first met with Commander Xie, and then I met with Crown Prince Yun Chi. The news that His Highness the Crown Prince imprisoned the daughter of a marquis and secretly kept the Yun Chi Jade Seal has already spread. The First Prince, the Second Prince, and the Fourth Prince have all taken action. What do you think?" Yu Ningyao said, leaving the matter at that.
Yu Kangping suddenly realized what was happening.
One person might not be able to depose the crown prince, but with so many people combined, the crown prince is doomed.
He hurriedly put on his court robes and went to the palace to ask the emperor for his opinion.
Yu Ningyao handed Yu Ruowei to Cui Ruixin and whispered in her ear, "Remember to take good care of my eldest sister. If anything happens to her in the next few days, I will tell Uncle everything you did."
Cui Ruixin gritted her teeth to avoid being frightened.
She couldn't believe this was the daughter who had crawled out of her belly. This was no sweet little girl; she was clearly a vengeful ghost.
"I understand," she replied in a muffled voice.
Only then did Yu Ningyao leave the Marquis's residence with peace of mind.
To make the situation even more chaotic, she wrote down all the dirt on the Crown Prince that she had learned from the system and had her trusted confidants secretly send it to the First Prince and the Second Prince.
Whether they can make good use of it depends on them.