Chapter 487 Duanmu Rong: We underestimated...

The former site of the Qi King’s Palace.

This is the temporary residence of Tianxuanzi, the unparalleled Lord who made great contributions to the empire as one of the four princes of the Great Qin Empire. On weekdays, it is already loose outside and tight inside, with a sentry every five steps and a guard every ten steps. Today, the arrangement here is more than ten times stricter, and a large number of black iron armored soldiers in iron armor are scattered inside and outside the residence of Tianxuan and his group.

In every hidden corner, there are strange black lights flashing, as if in these corners where the light cannot stay, there are birds of prey and beasts that can choose people to eat.

The palace, which had been run by the Gui family for hundreds of years, was much larger than Zhengge's palace, but not much different. It was true that Tianxuan had chosen this place as his home in Linzi City, but Tianxuan himself, plus the concubines who came with him to Linzi City, could not occupy the entire palace even if part of it had been demolished.

Even if he could take over everything, Tianxuan would not dare to do so.

The area where Tianxuan and his companions actually lived was only a small part of the complex of buildings at the site of the Qi Palace. Today, the Qin army soldiers who were ordered to guard this place and protect Tianxuan's safety received an order to demolish some nearby buildings, whether they were flying eaves and arches, green tiles and red walls, or long corridors and pavilions. As long as they were within thirty feet of Tianxuan and his companions' residence, and were not within their activity range, all the buildings were not spared.

Everything in this area was demolished to create a large open space.

Swish!
The Snow Girl wore a silver-white dance skirt and a deep blue coat. Her smooth, white hair was tied up with an exquisite hairpin, and her smooth, jade-like arms were adorned with silver ornaments. Her flawless face was indifferent, as if everything had nothing to do with her, like a jade beauty untainted by dust.

"Sister Snow Girl, it seems we have underestimated this Lord."

Snow Girl was on the third floor of the Moon-Raising Pavilion. Not far away, Duanmu Rong, who had known Snow Girl for many years and treated her like a sister even though she was no longer the leader of the Mohist School, leaned against the window, her beautiful eyes as black as jade emitting clear light, overlooking this living area. Witnessing the demolition of those long-abandoned buildings, Duanmu Rong's expression changed slightly, and she spoke slowly.

Snow Girl said softly, "Sister Rong, this has been a gamble from the beginning. If we win, we can kill Tian Xuan Zi and put the blame on Prince Fusu, so that Ying Zheng will lose the most qualified heir." Halfway through her words, despair appeared on Snow Girl's bright and flawless face, "If we lose the bet, not only will I lose my innocence, but the anti-Qin alliance will also suffer an unprecedented blow!"

At the end, a look of apology appeared on Xue Nu's face. She stood up and walked towards Duanmu Rong, apologizing to her from the bottom of her heart.

"Sister Rong, I'm sorry, I got you into trouble!"

This morning, Duan Mu Rong came to visit Tian Xuan. After the twelve bowls of the twelve zodiac nourishing soup, Duan Mu Rong still came to Tian Xuan from time to time. It seemed that in this short contact, Tian Xuan moved her lonely heart with his own style. Unexpectedly, as soon as she saw Tian Xuan, she was ordered by Tian Xuan to be locked up with Xue Nu.

Considering everything that happened now, how could Duanmu Rong not know that ever since the Anti-Qin Alliance discovered that the yin and yang energies in Tianxuan's body were out of balance, everything that followed was most likely a trap set by Tianxuan for them.

"There's nothing to be sorry about," Duanmu Rong smiled at the apology from Xue Nu, not taking it to heart at all, "Sister Xue Nu, with my ability, the worst that can happen is that I'll just get bit by a dog, and my life won't be in danger."

"Sister Rong?"

Although Duanmu Rong spoke lightly, Xue Nu still failed to understand her words. She wanted to persuade her but didn't know what to say.

………………The second floor of Lanyue Pavilion.

Xiao Yu, wearing a pink skirt, with black shiny hair tied into a high ponytail, healthy wheat-like skin glowing with a lustrous luster, and as heroic and agile as a female leopard, has been kneeling at Tianxuan's feet since Duanmu Rong was locked up by Tianxuan's order.

Swish!
Yan Fei, Yue Shen, Da Siming, and Shao Siming all went to prepare. In the spacious hall, there were only Tianxuan and Xiao Yu, the master and servant. Facing Xiao Yu who knelt down to plead guilty, Tianxuan neither ordered her to be locked up nor executed her immediately. He did not even look at her and did what he wanted to do.

After a long time, even though Xiao Yu had good martial arts skills, her knees still felt numb. However, Tian Xuan still ignored her and picked up a novel written by a novelist disciple in the Jixia Academy and read it with relish.

"My Lord, what are you going to do to me?"

After kneeling for two hours, Tianxuan still hadn't dealt with him. Even though Xiao Yu wasn't a coward, he couldn't stand it any longer. After all, what was more terrifying than the sudden death was the process of waiting for death in vain. Unable to bear it any longer, Xiao Yu raised her head and shouted at Tianxuan.

"I have no intention of doing anything to you," Tian Xuan did not look at Xiao Yu's questioning, nor did he get angry. "I know that the reason you delivered information for the empire's rebellion was, firstly, that you received the favor from Pao Ding and you used this method to repay him; secondly, you were driven by the unwillingness in your heart and did not want to pretend that nothing had happened."

"Your Majesty, you are absolutely right." Without Tianxuan's order, Xiao Yu did not dare to stand up. Hearing this, she nodded slightly, "Although my Shushan clan has indeed lived a good life, I can't forget that it was because of your arrival that an internal conflict broke out in my Shushan clan. It is also because of you that the Shushan clan no longer exists."

The Shushan clan was ordered by Tianxuan and Li Kai to be dispersed and settled in various places in Shu County. Shu County has many mountains and hills, and the roads are difficult. If nothing unexpected happens, those Shushan clan members who were settled in various places in Shu County will never have the chance to meet each other in their lifetime!
"Although you betrayed me," Tian Xuan flipped the pages of the book and said with interest, "your betrayal was within my expectations from the beginning to the end. So, I didn't intend to kill you! After this betrayal, the resentment in your heart should have disappeared, right?"

When Xiao Yu heard this, a gleam of light flashed between his brows, and he said in a shocked tone: "Sir, what do you mean by this?"

Tian Xuan said calmly: "Isn't my meaning clear enough? I have decided to forgive your betrayal this time!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hearing what Tianxuan said, Xiao Yu was shocked. She thought that she would die after her betrayal was known by the Lord, and she only hoped that he would not vent his anger on the scattered tribesmen. Unexpectedly, Tianxuan decided to let her go and forgive her betrayal.

For a moment, Xiao Yu was stunned on the ground, and remained silent for a long time. After a dozen breaths, he finally squeezed out four words with mixed feelings from between his teeth.

"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven." Tian Xuan put down the novel in his hand, stood up from the chair, and finally set his eyes on Xiao Yu's graceful body, "Before the sun rises again, you will kneel here and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

"Here."

(End of this chapter)