Chapter 259: Chapter 259: Shangjing City, She is Finally Coming

Li Fengcheng bowed his head, saw the brush in his hand, and threw it away abruptly.

“What’s happening? How did this appear in my hand? I was clearly sleeping!”

Tears filled Xiang Rongrong’s eyes as she lifted her hands to hold his face.

“Fengcheng, you are so foolish. I told you not to do this, but you wouldn’t listen. You said you would leave with me, that’s why I agreed to go.”

“But tonight I found out, only my sister and I are leaving, you decided to stay and face everything. Fengcheng, why are you so foolish! I am not worth your sacrifice; I am from West Zhou and you are a soldier from Nanyue. We are destined to be impossible.”

Li Fengcheng’s lips trembled with anger: “What nonsense are you speaking, you wretch!”

Just then, a guard hurried over, holding an empty treasure chest in his arms.

“Your Highness, it’s terrible! All five chests we obtained from Xiang Ying are empty!”

Li Fengcheng was shocked; Jie Chen lifted his hand, signaling for the Acid Scholar and others to bring over a bundle.

Jie Chen said to the Prince: “These were seized from them; they were clearly planning to flee with these Imperial Jade Seals. And as the treasure chests were under the watch of Li Fengcheng, without his consent, those two women could not have taken so many jades.”

Li Fengcheng shook his head in horror: “No, I did not…”

Prince furiously cursed: “You still want to pretend after all this! I will not give you a second chance. Such a traitor, still disrespecting me, execute him immediately!”

The Sixth Prince opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

He felt this situation was too bizarre; from where did Li Fengcheng get the courage to help Xiang Rongrong escape?

But, it’s not impossible.

Yet, everything about this seems strange.

At this moment, Jie Chen stepped forward and said: “Prince, simply executing him may not be enough to deter the military. I have a plan.”

“Speak!” The Prince wiped his face, covered in ink, indicating how ridiculous he must have looked when he came out earlier.

He was furious to the extreme.

Jie Chen looked towards Li Fengcheng: “The best punishment is to have the person he deeply loves stab him to death. Only then can the punishment be truly effective.”

Everyone around gasped in shock, and Li Fengcheng was completely stunned.

He cursed loudly: “Jie Chen, you despicable villain, it’s your design to frame me, I…”

He couldn’t finish his words, as the guards gagged him.

Prince looked towards Xiang Rongrong, narrowed his eyes in scrutiny, but saw Xiang Rongrong shaking her head desperately, crying her heart out.

“I can’t do it, I just can’t!”

So genuine, surely her feelings were real.

The Prince immediately waved his hand: “Bring a sword, today only one of you two can live.”

Skinny Monkey “forced” the sword into Xiang Rongrong’s hand and pushed her in front of Li Fengcheng.

“Mmm, Mmm!” Li Fengcheng shook his head in terror.

Holding the treasure sword, Xiang Rongrong sobbed uncontrollably: “I can’t do it…”

Skinny Monkey looked fiercely and shouted: “Do it quickly, stop dawdling! Otherwise, you will be the one to die!”

He pushed Xiang Rongrong harshly, and she let out a scream, the long sword in her hand instantly stabbing into Li Fengcheng’s abdomen.

Blood burst out instantly, and Li Fengcheng let out a pig-like groan.

While shouting “No”, Xiang Rongrong stabbed decisively.

Finally, Li Fengcheng fell into a pool of blood, suffering three stabs in his abdomen, and several more in between his thighs; his whole body convulsed.

Holding the blood-dripping sword in one hand, Xiang Rongrong tearfully looked at him.

“Fengcheng… wait for me. Once I repay my sister’s kindness, I’ll come and we’ll be together like mandarin ducks.”

She slowly raised the long sword, this time, aiming for Li Fengcheng’s neck.

Big sister once said, the best way to get revenge on someone is to make them fear themselves.

Let them ask themselves why they did it.

Though Li Fengcheng couldn’t speak, Xiang Rongrong could tell from his eyes that he really wanted to ask, “Rongrong, why are you so heartless?”

The tears on Xiang Rongrong’s face were as cold and indifferent as her heart.

She suddenly understood what Xiang Ying had said.

Better to think about how to make a man regret than to waste time crying.

Li Fengcheng convulsed on the ground, struggling in his final moments.

His gaze shifted from Xiang Rongrong’s tear-stricken face to Xiang Ying not far behind her.

There, she was still toying with a writing brush inside her sleeve, dipping it into ink only visible from his angle.

So, he understood everything in an instant, but when he tried to expose everything, only a hoarse and unclear growl came from his throat.

As Li Fengcheng drew his last breath with eyes wide open, the Prince merely scoffed.

“Brought it upon himself!”

He praised Jie Chen for his clarity and immediately ordered the squad to prepare, planning to set off for the Capital at dawn.

The Prince left with his entourage, and as the Sixth Prince passed by Xiang Ying, he raised an eyebrow suggestively:

“Jie Chen was with you, on purpose, right?”

Xiang Ying revealed an innocently harmless smile to him, “I don’t understand what Your Highness is talking about.”

The Sixth Prince scoffed, “Xiang Ying, you’re too smart, and I like that. Unfortunately, if such a clever person cannot be of use to me, I dislike it.”

No sooner had he spoken, someone pushed him from behind, causing the Sixth Prince to stumble and nearly fall.

He turned back to see it was Jie Chen.

Face full with anger, the Sixth Prince said, “Jie Chen! Do you have no respect, daring to push me?”

Jie Chen glanced at him, expressionless, and said, “Oh, didn’t see.”

Just as the Sixth Prince was about to explode in anger, Jie Chen grabbed Xiang Ying’s hand.

“The Prince said we are setting off at dawn, let’s pack up quickly and not waste time here.”

Xiang Ying immediately followed him, leaving the Sixth Prince alone, staring at their departing figures.

They were too audacious, how dare they?

Back in the room, Jie Chen watched Xiang Ying laughing heartily with arms folded.

He raised an eyebrow, “Satisfied now?”

Ever since Xiang Ying insisted he cooperate on something, he had guessed it wouldn’t be simple.

Xiang Ying first pretended to flee with Xiang Rongrong, then got caught by Jie Chen.

Then used the invisibility function to draw a turtle on the Prince’s face, finally shoving the brush into Li Fengcheng’s hand.

She hadn’t expected that upon waking up, Li Fengcheng wouldn’t notice anything unusual and just picked up the brush.

Xiang Ying smiled with crinkled eyes, “Can’t blame me, there was no other way.”

Jie Chen said solemnly, “Next time, tell me in advance and let me help you. What you did today was still too dangerous. The Prince is not a fool, and it would have been bad if he reacted.”

Xiang Ying waved her hand, “I know, next time, it won’t need to be this complicated.”

She walked to the door, lifted the curtain, and looked outside.

Under the starry night sky, the distant Capital shone with brilliant lights.

Xiang Ying’s lips curved in a satisfied smile.

The Capital, she was finally coming.