Cheng Ru’er saw Mo Yunjing actually take the initiative to walk over, the smile on her face couldn’t be suppressed at all. Her bright eyes stared straight at Mo Yunjing.
“……”
Yun Liu and Eleven both wore expressions of disdain when they saw Cheng Ru’er like this. What was this woman thinking?
Even now, to still have fantasies about their prince?
They have no self-awareness whatsoever.
Cheng Ruhui couldn’t see the disdain on others’ faces. She only felt excited and happy, as if she were about to take off.
She couldn’t help but beam with delight, especially as she watched Mo Yunjing walk towards her step by step. This was truly the first time.
Before, she didn’t know how many times she had taken the initiative to find him, but he didn’t even bother to walk over, sometimes not even giving her a glance.
Could he actually be walking toward her right now? After all these years, had all her hard work finally been noticed?
So, could Moyun Jing finally see her in his eyes?
The realization, which kept flashing in her mind, filled Cheng Ruhui with ecstasy, and her facial expressions were a kaleidoscope of emotions.
But she didn’t know that her expressions, in the eyes of others, weren’t signs of joy or moving emotion, but rather contorted.
Mo Yunjing stopped about two steps away from her. The soldiers who had been surrounding Cheng Ru’er also silently lowered their heads and stepped back a few paces.
“My Prince, I… uh…”
Before Cheng Ru’er could even finish her words, she saw Mo Yunjing using his internal energy to grab her neck from afar. His cold eyes, devoid of any emotion, stared straight at her:
“Your Majesty should have been grateful that I spared your life before. But you insist on coming to your own demise time and time again, so Your Majesty shall grant you your wish.”
He actually went all out, snapping Cheng Ru’er’s neck with a single twist.
Cheng Ru’er instantly lost her life. Not to mention the other soldiers, even Yunliu and Yunxi, who knew Mo Yunjing very well, were shocked and widened their eyes when they saw what their prince had done.
Having been by the prince’s side for so many years, besides on the battlefield, their prince had never personally laid a hand on a woman. Today was the first time.
So for a moment, both of them were stunned. When they came to their senses, the prince had already turned away and left Eleven with one sentence, “Eleven, search him and find the imperial edict.”
Eleven: “….”
He knew his prince wouldn’t just let this go, it was all a scheme to punish him.
But Your Highness… this subordinate really hopes that the punishment this time is cleaning the stables, and if it’s more serious, perhaps cleaning the latrines.
But to have my subordinates personally search this woman’s body, wouldn’t that be a punishment too severe?
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Yunliu’s mouth instantly curled into a sinister smile. He raised his hand and patted Shiyi on the shoulder, “Finding the imperial edict is your responsibility.”
Having said that, he quickly followed his lord. In fact, the way his lord chose to intervene was also a way of blaming them for almost ruining things because of Cheng Rou’er’s arrival.
The prince killed Cheng Ru without batting an eyelid. He was basically telling them that titles and imperial edicts meant nothing to him.
Next time this happens, they need to handle it more decisively.
After Mo Yunjing and Yunliu left, Eleven looked at the corpse on the ground with a very embarrassed expression. After hesitating for a moment, she still silently crouched down and began to search Cheng Ru’er’s body.
The imperial decree was indeed on her body, placed right over her chest.
After Eleven took it out, she immediately ordered the others, “Take care of the body. Don’t treat it specially, handle it as a spy.”
The soldiers present all bowed and replied, “Yes.”
……
When Eleven returned to the war council camp with the imperial edict, Mo Yunjing and Yunliu et al. were standing by the sand table, analyzing various defensive strategies.
Seeing the imperial edict in Eleven’s hand, Mo Yun Jing inserted his flag into a certain spot. Then he turned and sat down on a nearby chair. “Let’s see what it says.”
Eleven nodded slightly, then read aloud the contents of the imperial edict.
The imperial decree didn’t contain anything useful. The emperor was afraid that if the princes took over the army in Youlan City, it would become a second Beiqiang City. He was worried that these soldiers would follow their princes resolutely in the future, so he wanted to send people from the capital to manage Youlan City with Mo Yunjing.
And the candidates from the capital had some ties with the Cheng family, so the emperor asked Cheng Ru’er to make this trip ahead of time.
The first reason is to have Mo Yunjing prepare in advance to welcome the people coming from the capital. The second reason is still hoping for Cheng Ruer, hoping that Cheng Ruer can become Mo Yunjing’s bedside person.
I have to say, their emperor is incredibly foolish. If their princes were truly susceptible to beauty, then it should be their own wives, not some random woman like Cheng Ru’er who could get close to them. What makes the emperor think she has a chance?
But if you think about it carefully, you can understand the emperor’s thoughts. The men sent by the emperor could hardly return alive, but this Cheng Ruer is different. It’s because their prince had never really looked at her, and besides, she was just a woman used by the emperor. So their prince never thought of harming Cheng Ruer.
This time, he directly took action to kill them. First, it was to make Yunliu and the others understand how certain things were handled. Second, it was definitely because of what Shiyi said, about the peach blossoms and whatnot. This prince didn’t want anything to do with any woman in the world who wasn’t his wife for the rest of his life.
They’ve let Cheng Ru’er run wild for far too many years, it’s high time they dealt with her. She died without a shred of regret.
After the imperial decree was read, the council chamber fell into an eerie silence. Yunliu and Yunxi both looked at Moyunjing, eager to see how their prince would respond to the impending arrival of officials from the capital.
After an unknown amount of time, Mo Yun finally reacted. He looked at Yun Liu and said, “Prepare a good cell for him and have him move in directly upon arrival.”
Yun Liu raised an eyebrow. “Understood, sir.”
“Tonight, this king will sneak into the Red Country’s main camp.”
“?!”
This sudden decision caught Yunliu and Shiyi off guard. After regaining their composure, the two spoke in unison, “We will go with you.”
“No need, it’s not convenient with so many people. Now that Han Yun is already within the territory of Chi Guo, I will contact him if needed. There are still many matters to attend to in the military camp, and I need you all to keep an eye on things here.”
Although he sent Han Yun to investigate the situation in Chi Guo, Chi Guo had been unnaturally quiet lately. He knew Chi Guo’s emperor was not someone of this temperament.
So he suspected that there might be an army behind the Red Nation, and this military advisor was most likely someone who knew him, Mo Yunjing, very well.
If so, then the strategies he wants to use will have to change.