kvmb Chapter 398 The Princess's Maid (2)
Chapter 398 The Princess's Maid (2)
Qi Ning had just arrived in the mission world, and her first reaction upon regaining consciousness was a sharp pain in the back of her neck.
Immediately afterwards, she heard a man and a woman talking.
They spoke very softly, clearly trying to keep their voices down so that people outside wouldn't hear them, but Qi Ning inside the hall could hear them clearly.
"Jing'er, why don't you want to come with me? Do you really want to stay and be sent away for a political marriage?"
"Yes, I can't leave. I promised Chu Hanfeng that I would come for the marriage alliance, and I will keep my word."
"Do you even know how dangerous Yue Zeyuan is? Are you willing to risk your entire future for Chu Hanfeng?"
"Yi Xiao, stop trying to persuade me. I'm not leaving. You should leave now, or you'll be discovered."
Qi Ning: "..."
She opened her eyes a crack, rolled her eyes, quickly glanced around, and then closed them again.
"system."
"Host, I'm here!"
The system immediately popped up.
Qi Ning said to the system in an annoyed tone, "The time travel node you arranged for me is really indescribable. As soon as I arrived, I was already slapped and lying on the ground."
"Hehe, well, the traversal nodes are randomly assigned, and this system didn't expect it to be like this."
"So you mean it's my bad luck? Is this how I'm being treated just because I'm dressed as cannon fodder this time?"
The character Qi Ning is playing this time is indeed cannon fodder.
But even cannon fodder's life matters!
"Host, don't be angry. Let's think of a solution first."
The system warned, "According to the original plot, Shen Yixiao will persuade Yun Jing, and they will kill you before they leave!"
Qi Ning knew, of course, that her death was imminent.
However, she remained quite calm.
"What's the rush? Judging from the conversation between Yun Jing and Shen Yixiao, they'll definitely drag things out for a while longer."
"That's true."
"So, I'll play it safe and pretend to be unconscious for now. Tell me what the mission in this world is, so I can make my plans easier."
"Okay, host."
The system said, "There are still two missions in this world: a revenge mission and a conquest mission."
The revenge mission is to take revenge on Yun Jing, Shen Yixiao, Chu Xiyue, and Chu Hanfeng, and to kill all four of them.
The target of my strategy is Yue Zeyuan.
Qi Ning wasn't surprised by this target, but she asked, "So many people are you after?"
“That’s right.” The system explained, “Yun Jing and Shen Yixiao were the ones who directly killed the original owner, while Chu Xiyue and Chu Hanfeng, the brother and sister, were the ones who indirectly killed the original owner.”
"It seems the original owner still harbors quite a lot of resentment; she wants to wipe out the entire protagonist group."
"That's right, they're probably cannon fodder trying to turn the tide."
"Row."
Qi Ning responded and then pricked up her ears to listen to Yun Jing and Shen Yixiao's conversation.
Shen Yixiao tried to persuade Yun Jing for a long time, but she still refused to leave with him.
He was terrified that Yue Zeyuan would suddenly come over and catch them red-handed, at which point they wouldn't be able to leave even if they wanted to.
Moreover, Yun Jing's actions for Chu Hanfeng made Shen Yixiao both jealous and angry.
He said anxiously, "Jing'er, you're so foolish. You've thought so much about Chu Hanfeng, but what about him? He's asking you to marry in place of his own sister. With three thousand beauties in his harem, will he still remember you?"
Yun Jing finally began to waver after hearing Shen Yixiao's words.
"he……"
Seeing that Yun Jing was almost convinced, Shen Yixiao said, "Do you really think Chu Hanfeng will regret it? No, he's the emperor now, he can have any woman he wants."
"And you, are you going to spend the rest of your life trapped in the Yue Kingdom's palace? He'll remember you even less if you don't get out."
In order to persuade Yun Jing, Shen Yixiao had no choice but to say this.
Yun Jing fell silent, her eyes filled with disappointment towards Chu Hanfeng.
After a long while, she finally raised her head and said, "Alright then, Yixiao, I'll go with you."
"Great."
Shen Yixiao was overjoyed and said, "Then quickly change out of your wedding clothes and put on the guard uniform I prepared."
"it is good."
Yun Jing took the guard's uniform, went behind the screen, and quietly changed her clothes.
"Are you ready, Jing'er? We need to leave quickly," Shen Yixiao asked.
"All right."
Yun Jing changed into the guard's clothes and came out from behind the screen.
"Then let's hurry up and leave. If Yue Zeyuan comes, we won't be able to leave."
As Shen Yixiao spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed Yun Jing's wrist, intending to take her away.
Yun Jing had only taken two steps when she caught sight of Qi Ning lying on the ground out of the corner of her eye, and she suddenly stopped.
"and many more."
"what happened?"
Shen Yixiao turned around and saw Yun Jing staring at the unconscious maid on the ground.
Although Qi Ning was pretending to be unconscious with her eyes closed and couldn't see anything, she could feel eyes lingering on her.
In the original story, Yun Jing wanted to get rid of the original owner, partly because the original owner was arranged by Chu Xiyue, and partly because the original owner woke up and Yun Jing felt that she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, so she wanted to kill her to silence her.
Now that Qi Ning is lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious and not seeing anything, Yun Jing's reaction seems to indicate that she still wants to kill him to silence him.
Qi Ning's premonition was correct; at this moment, Yun Jing was indeed hesitating about whether or not to eliminate Qi Ning.
She believed that Ning'er was a maid arranged by Chu Xiyun to spy on her.
Although Ning'er said on the way here that she was forced to do this and took good care of her, who knows if this was some kind of appeasement tactic to gain her sympathy and lower her guard.
It would be better to... eliminate this hidden danger completely.
"Jing'er, what's wrong?" Shen Yixiao asked again.
"This maid was arranged to be by my side by Chu Xiyue," Yun Jing said softly.
"what?"
Shen Yixiao immediately understood: "Then I'll kill her!"
He took out a dagger from his pocket and walked towards Qi Ning, who was lying on the ground.
Before Shen Yixiao could get close, a teacup on the table next to him suddenly fell to the ground.
Just now, after he knocked the maid unconscious, the teacup happened to be placed on the edge of the table when the maid fainted.
"Snapped--"
A crisp cracking sound rang out, and the palace servants guarding outside the palace gates immediately asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Shen Yixiao suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He and Yun Jing looked towards the direction outside the palace gate.
After Yun Jing was sent to the Yue Kingdom's palace for this marriage alliance, Yue Zeyuan sent everyone else from Chu back home, allowing Yun Jing to leave behind only one personal maid, Ning'er.
Even Shen Yixiao knocked out a Yue Kingdom guard, changed into their guard's clothes, and secretly hid in the palace.
Therefore, those guarding outside now are all palace servants from the Yue Kingdom.
The palace maid outside the door had been feeling something was going on inside the palace, and after hearing the sound of a teacup breaking, she felt even more puzzled.
The palace servant asked a question, then pushed open the palace door and walked inside, wanting to find out what was going on.
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