CHAPTER 400: CHAPTER 397: AT STAKE

The woman kneeling had her hair in disarray, her clothes thin, and she looked haggard and pitiable.

Yang Wu trembled, her eyes full of sorrow: "Commandery Princess..." Her voice was plaintive, her gaze pleading, as if Xie Liangchen before her was her last hope.

Yang Wu spoke as she crawled forward on her knees, continuously kowtowing to the ground: "Commandery Princess, I was wrong, please help me, I don’t want to be exiled, once the women are exiled, there’s no way to survive, I really know I was wrong."

Xie Liangchen remained silent, but the government officials blocking Yang Wu were somewhat sympathetic, slightly relaxing their grip, allowing Yang Wu to quickly approach Xie Liangchen.

Yang Wu hastily remarked: "I have something to say to the Commandery Princess, does the Commandery Princess know that the Pseudo King left many spies in the Eight States? I previously heard a few things about it, and that the Pseudo King colludes with others..."

Before Yang Wu could finish speaking, Xie Liangchen said: "You can report these matters to the court, if you can accomplish great deeds, the court will naturally be lenient with you, there are national laws, no one can act privately, asking me is of no use."

Yang Wu’s eyes reddened, and tears immediately fell: "In my current state, no one is willing to listen, they assume I’m talking nonsense, I don’t desire anything else, I just want to survive, Commandery Princess, on account of my daily incense and prayers for Prince Guangyang and the Princess, please help me."

Beside her, Chun Shan also knelt: "Commandery Princess, what my lady said is true, even if my lady did something wrong, over the years serving Prince Guangyang and the Princess, there were hardships even if no achievements."

Xie Liangchen said indifferently: "She’s not doing it for Prince Guangyang and the Princess, she’s just using these to become the Commandery Princess."

Chun Shan was rendered speechless upon hearing this.

In a panic, Yang Wu turned her gaze to Xie Shao Yuan: "General Zhongwu, have mercy."

Xie Shao Yuan remained silent with a stern face, while Chen Yongsheng knew well of Yang Wu’s deeds, considering those women like Lishu who were deceived by Yang Wu, Yang Wu’s words would not evoke any pity.

Xie Liangchen no longer paid attention to Yang Wu, directly looking at Xie Shao Yuan: "Father, let’s go see the things grandfather left behind!"

As Xie Liangchen was about to move, Yang Wu, seeing she had no chance left, got up and went after Xie Liangchen once more.

After the previous altercation, only a few steps separated them, Xie Liangchen caught a glimpse of Yang Wu’s face showing a fierce expression.

Chang Yue reacted swiftly, already drawing the long sword from her waist, the sword tip pointed, but Chun Shan beside her disregarded everything and lunged forward.

The sword tip pierced into flesh, and blood spurted out.

Chun Shan blocked in front of Yang Wu, who without looking at Chun Shan, continued towards Xie Liangchen holding a sharp weapon aimed at Xie Liangchen’s heart.

The weapon rose, a cruel, burning light flashed in Yang Wu’s eyes, gone was the earlier weak and pitiful look, but her gaze quickly froze, her frail body couldn’t move an inch.

She lowered her head, only to see blood gushing from her belly, a soft sword pierced through her body, blood flowed like threads from the wound, trickling down her skirt onto the ground.

Yang Wu first let out a soft hum, then looked unwillingly at her hand, just a bit more, and the dagger would...

Instinctively, she tried to grip the dagger tight, but her hand was empty, a long needle was now lodged in her wrist, the dagger had fallen without her noticing it.

Xie Liangchen was already shielded behind Xie Shao Yuan.

"Sister, are you alright!" Chen Zigeng’s youthful face showed a tense expression, tightly holding Xie Liangchen’s hand, the moment just now was truly perilous, fortunately Chang Yue was formidable, she kicked Chun Shan away, drew another soft sword from her waist, and pierced Yang Wu before anyone could react.

Yang Wu pressed her wound and collapsed on the ground, her eyes still locked fiercely on Xie Liangchen: "It was all mine... it should have been mine... I don’t want leniency... I just want you dead..."

From the beginning, she never intended Xie Liangchen to help her, she just wanted to take advantage of Xie Liangchen’s unguarded moment, to assassinate Xie Liangchen.

Anyway, she had nothing left, causing the Prince to lose hope in her.

If she could kill Xie Liangchen, perhaps the Prince would remember her.

Those who harmed her all deserved to die.

Yang Wu increasingly felt powerless, her gaze at Xie Liangchen was full of resentment: "I won’t let you go even as a ghost, I’ll be with you, entangling you, until you die."

Xie Liangchen said indifferently: "You’ve killed so many people, have you ever seen their spirits? If there were really ghosts, you would have been dead long ago, not waiting until today."

"If you can truly become a ghost, then come, I’ll be waiting."

Yang Wu looked at Xie Liangchen’s disdainful, indifferent expression, as if she were a negligible person, not worth Xie Liangchen’s effort to counter.

She was Princess Jiahui, she once lived a life surrounded by stars, yet now she faced such an end.

Even in death, she wanted the Capital City to stir because of her, so she devised such a plan to assassinate Xie Liangchen with Chun Shan’s aid.

Unexpectedly, defeated so swiftly, even staking her life, Xie Liangchen remained unharmed.

Yang Wu watched as the figures of Xie Liangchen and others gradually receded, and her vision grew increasingly blurred.

"Have you ever seen their spirits?"

In a daze, Xie Liangchen’s words seemed to echo again, Yang Wu suddenly remembered those Death Warriors, with eyes so eerie and terrifying.

Those people seemed to surround her.

"Don’t... don’t come... don’t..." Yang Wu was terrified, "it wasn’t me... I didn’t harm you... it was... it was..."

Yang Wu’s body sank down, her wide-open eyes became dark.

"Quickly report to the palace, Jiahui... Yang Wu attempted to assassinate Princess Jia’an, and was killed by someone close to Princess Jia’an."

The officials were busy handling the aftermath, Xie Shao Yuan and Xie Liangchen continued walking towards the courtyard.

Xie Shao Yuan asked: "Were you frightened?"

Xie Liangchen shook her head: "I was always on guard." When Yang Wu approached, she had already taken a needle from her purse and held it in her hand.

Xie Shao Yuan said: "Once we’ve sorted through the items, we’ll leave immediately." Although Liangchen was unharmed, he still felt uneasy.

Unexpectedly, such a matter occurred, the nearby officials continuously apologized, the faces of the Ministry of Justice people were grim, Yang Wu was under their watch, yet they didn’t know when Yang Wu got hold of a sharp weapon, although Princess Jia’an was safe, they couldn’t escape blame.

Xie Liangchen had been to the battlefield, encountered Liao spies, long accustomed to such things, she took the document from the officials and said: "Let’s start now!"

As Xie Liangchen and Xie Shao Yuan left with Prince Guangyang’s belongings, the news of Yang Wu’s death had already spread.

When the night fell, the message reached Prince Lu.

"Chun Shan had said, Yang Wu wouldn’t reveal anything about me even in death," Prince Lu said with a sigh, "It’s a pity, it’s a shame Chun Shan was such a capable servant, since Yang Wu did wrong, she had to die too."

Prince Lu instructed his servants: "Lay the wool felt for me, I find sleeping on wool felt these days quite comfortable." Zhenzhou Chen Family Village indeed made many good items.

Who knows what more Chen Family Village will craft in the future, as long as it’s good, I don’t care where it’s made, I’ll take it for my use.