Heaven Slaying Blade

The girl stood there, lightly biting her lips, a hint of gratitude visible in her starry eyes. After a moment of standing, she bowed towards Chu Mo's room before turning to leave. Her figure quickly disappeared into the vast night.

Not long after she had left, the guards who had been posted at the periphery, one by one, woke up from their trance. Confusion filled their eyes. They felt as though they had been extremely tired and had fallen asleep unknowingly.

The guards looked carefully in the direction of the forbidden area, relieved to find no movement. They decided to bury this strange incident in their hearts. Any form of anger from their master would be too severe for them to bear.

The lights in the Lady's room were still on.

Yuan Zidai paced anxiously around her room, her face filled with anxiety.

"That kid is rumored to be very powerful, even two men from the palace can't match him. I wonder whether that girl can handle this..." A cold light flashed in Yuan Zidai's eyes, "Chu Mo, first, you ruined my son, now, you want to cut off my path. Even though we have never met, we share a deep-rooted resentment! So don't blame me for my ruthless actions!"

Knock, knock, knock.

At this moment, a sudden knock sounded at the door.

Yuan Zidai slightly shuddered. She walked briskly to the door and opened it herself.

"Rouge, how did it go?" Yuan Zidai's eyes, filled with hope, stared at the stunning young girl who entered, "Did you succeed?"

The girl looked ashamed, "Lady... I'm sorry, I... I did not succeed."

"What?" Yuan Zidai's voice suddenly turned sharp. She looked coldly at the girl before her, "Are you kidding me?"

"That boy…he was too alert." The stunning girl said softly, "I was discovered before I could even approach him!"

"Do you know the risk I took for you to do this? Huh?" Yuan Zidai glared at the girl angrily. "I had someone put those guards at the periphery to sleep… Do you know how difficult that was? Do you know the value of those sleeping potions? Even if I sold you off, it wouldn't cover the cost!"

"And what about your poison? Didn't I give you a sedative? Why didn't you use it? That sedative could knock out even the level-five fighter, the Thousand Men Slaughter... why didn't you use it?"

Yuan Zidai's beautiful face distorted, she glared at the girl, her voice extremely cold: "Rouge... Do you think that now that all your family members are dead, you can fly solo?"

Upon hearing this, the girl looked shocked. Following that, she showed a wronged expression. She slowly kneeled before Yuan Zidai: "Lady, Rouge never thought that. To serve you, Rouge would willingly risk her life! Rouge knows that without you, Lady, her family would have died long ago."

"At least you have some conscience." Yuan Zidai looked at Rouge coldly, "Then why did you fail?"

Rouge lifted her head. The blood mark on her neck was clearly visible. She spoke in a wronged manner: "That man is too powerful. I had no chance of getting close to him, I'm no match for him… Even…even using seduction… it didn't work! However… he said in the end…"

"Said what?" Yuan Zidai's voice was ice cold.

"He said...he told you to behave a little, and that he would plead with the Prince for you...and you won't be wronged…."

Slap!

Yuan Zidai stepped forward, raised her hand and slapped the girl harshly.

Immediately, a clear handprint appeared on the girl's smooth, jade-like face.

Yuan Zidai shouted sharply: "You idiot! Did you betray me?"

"No...no, Lady, Rouge did not betray you. He guessed it himself!" The girl's eyes filled up with tears as she spoke in grievance.

Yuan Zidai gnashed her teeth, her face twisted in fury, "You fool, that boy has ruined my son, he has a deep-rooted hatred against me. Would he help me? Do I need his help?"

"Rouge thinks… he wasn't lying. Also, as for Young Master Jie he...."

Slap!

Before the girl could finish her sentence, a slap landed on the other side of her face. The shrill yell of Yuan Zidai resounded, "What did you say? You cheap thing, what's wrong with my son? You dare to say my son isn't good? I'll beat you to death, you worthless girl!"

Slap, slap, slap!

Yuan Zidai slapped the girl's face seven or eight times in a row. Just as she was about to continue, her wrist was suddenly grabbed. It was Rouge, with her reddened cheeks, tear-filled eyes, looking at Yuan Zidai, "Enough?"

"You dare… to resist me?" A chilling light shot from Yuan Zidai's eyes, she sneered at Rouge, "I knew it... I knew that you, you cheap thing, couldn't be trusted! But thank god… I had a backup plan."

With a surprised look on her face, Rouge slowly let go of Yuan Zidai's wrist.

Yuan Zidai didn't continue to hit her, she just looked at Rouge coldly without any hint of emotion, "You've been poisoned with a slow poison that I had spent a lot of money procuring from a Sect pharmacist. Once you've been poisoned, you will never… ever be able to leave me! Because if you leave me for more than five days, the poison becomes fatal! Rouge… your life is mine! If I want you to live, you'll live; If I want you to die, you have to die! You… understand?"

The girl kneeling there seemed to be stunned, her bewildered eyes were looking at Yuan Zidai, filled with confusion. She remembered the words that Chu Mo had said to her last, "If one day, you feel that something's wrong with you, say… there's a problem with your body, you can come to me at the Fan Residence, I can help you."

At that time, the girl didn't understand the meaning of these words, but now, she finally understood!

That Chu Mo, since he could make medicine for the prince, and cure diseases that everyone else couldn't, surely he would be able to detect the problem with her body just by looking at her!

So that's why!

So this was it!

I didn't think... The person I trusted the most, for whom I could give my life at any time, actually didn't trust me in the same way, and even went as far as to poison me!

"Humph, what kind of look is that? Little girl, you're still too green to challenge me! Now, I don't care how, you must go and kill Chu Mo for me immediately. Let this matter be resolved, or else..." Yuan Zidai said coldly, staring at the young girl.

The young girl softly chipped in, "Or else what, you're going to kill me?" As she spoke, she lowered her eyelids and quietly said, "After all, madam, my family was stricken by a great disaster and was persecuted by evil, we are indebted to you for your help.

My family only managed to survive thanks to your intervention. Therefore, from that time on, I decided to be your humble servant for the rest of my life!"

Yuan Zidai scoffed.

"Later, when my family fell ill, you sent money and medicine our way. However, they weren't fortunate enough to survive. One by one, they all passed away. It was you who spent the money for their burial... I have all of your beneficence engraved into my heart and swore to return your kindness," she continued quietly.

Yuan Zidai coldly stared at her, "Is this how you repay me? You didn't complete the task, and on top of that, you betrayed me as well? Absolutely ungrateful!"

She ignored Yuan Zidai, and carried on, "Today, I finally realized that you considered my family a nuisance, so you poisoned them. If they were alive, my attention would be divided, and I wouldn't be able to devote myself entirely to serving you. So... they're better off dead. That way, I'm completely yours."

"What are you talking nonsense about?" Yuan Zidai's expression changed, and she sternly rebuked, "I poisoned you in case one day you had plans to harm me! Why would I poison your family?"

"Ha, at this point, do you really expect me to believe that explanation?" The young servant girl kneeled before Yuan Zidai, her cheeks red and swollen, and gave three deep bows. "Madam, this is the last time I will address you in that manner. Thank you, I'm sorry, and I hate you!"

As she stood back up, she gazed deeply at Yuan Zidai, "May you continue to prosper in the future."

"You... don't you want to live anymore?" A flicker of panic finally showed in Yuan Zidai's eyes. "Don't you know that five days without me...and you will rot to death!"

"If the heart is dead, why cherish the body?" She gave Yuan Zidai one last look, and resolutely turned around to step out, disappearing into the waning darkness.

Yuan Zidai slumped hopelessly in her chair, her eyes filled with resentment as she muttered under her breath, "Ungrateful wretch...Ungrateful wretch! You can put on a brave face now, but when you're on the verge of death...you'll definitely come crawling back to me!"

...…

The next morning, Chu Mo emerged, bright and spirited. The surroundings looked pristine. It was as if last night's events were nothing more than a dream that had left no trace behind.

Soon, a servant arrived with breakfast and was about to leave when Chu Mo stopped him: "Wait."

"Young Master Chu, what can I do for you?" The man, casually dressed, appeared to be just a common servant. But any person who appeared here was a trusted aide of Xia Jing.

"There should be guards around here, right?" Chu Mo pointed out towards the distance and asked, "Why was it that last night, despite hollering for quite some time… there was no response?"

"Ah? That shouldn't be." There was a flicker of confusion in the servant's eyes, followed swiftly by a serious expression. "I will report this matter immediately to the King. We owe an explanation to you, Young Master Chu!"

Chu Mo studied servant sized up the servant dressed in the garb of a mystic. Here was undoubtedly one of Xia Jing's close confidants. Otherwise, what would a lowly servant be doing directly reporting to the King?

"Just tell the King to come here. Tell him... the medicine is almost ready," Chu Mo said lightly.

"Ah? I understand! Please take your breakfast first, Young Master Chu, and bear with the wait! I will go and report this to the King right away!" The servant hastily left. Everything else was secondary to this task.

Not long after, Xia Jing rushed over, alone and excited. Seeing Chu Mo, he immediately became concerned: "The servant just reported that... About what happened last night?"

Chu Mo replied: "Let's discuss it inside."

Once inside the room, Chu Mo handed Xia Jing a pill. The pill, as blue as deep water and the size of a small bean. "First take this medicine, then we can talk."

Chu Mo said this and then handed Xia Jing a cup of warm water.

"Should I take it now?" Xia Jing quickly swallowed the pill with his water, then sat there.

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, surprise first showed on Xia Jing's face. Then... he was overjoyed and excitedly jumped up, pacing back and forth in the room. His eyes wide and staring at Chu Mo, he bellowed, "I...can feel it!"

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