Chapter 465: Beat Them At Their Own Game

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Instead of scaring Cheng Qi, Yu Niaoniao’s words made him laugh.

“Haha, Niaoniao, you’re really cute. Do you think I’ll be frightened by such a clumsy lie? A moment of passion is worth a thousand gold. Don’t delay anymore. Let’s get down to business.”

As he spoke, he was about to pull Yu Niaoniao’s skirt when someone suddenly grabbed the back of his collar.

Then a powerful force attacked.

He was sent flying and slammed into the wall before falling to the ground in a sorry state.

Before he could get up, Xiao Juan’s fist had already landed.

Immediately after, there was a one-sided beating.

Cheng Qi could not resist at all. He could only hug his head and wail.

Yu Niaoniao covered her eyes with her uninjured hand.

Oh my, it was so bloody and violent that she didn’t dare look at it.

Xiao Juan did not use any weapons and just punched down one after another. Every punch was ruthless.

Even from a distance, Yu Niaoniao could hear the sound of bones breaking.

That feeling made her scalp tingle just thinking about it.

When Cheng Qi’s shouts became softer and softer, as if he was about to die, Yu Niaoniao looked through her fingers and saw that Cheng Qi had been beaten into a pulp.

If he continued, he would really be dead.

Yu Niaoniao quickly put down her hand and shouted, “Stop hitting, stop hitting. Don’t really kill him. I still have something to ask him.”

Xiao Juan stopped and Cheng Qi lay on the ground like a dead dog. His body was covered in wounds. His originally handsome face was bruised and swollen He did not even have the strength to stand up.

Yu Niaoniao jumped off the bed and ran to Xiao Juan’s side.

She had a lot to say to Xiao Juan but now was not the time. There were more important things to do now.

Yu Niaoniao asked Cheng Qi.

“You just said stick to the plan. What’s your plan?”

Cheng Qi said nothing.

Xiao Juan raised his foot and stepped on his face, pressing it down.

“Are you going to tell me?”

Cheng Qi felt as if his entire skull was about to crack. The pain made him wish he was dead.

He had to speak. “I’ll tell you.’

Xiao Juan relaxed his strength and gave him room to speak.

Cheng Qi said, “I have to see Princess Ni Yang before I can tell you my plan.”

Xiao Juan stepped down harder. “You’re not qualified to negotiate with us.” Cheng Qi endured the pain and spoke with difficulty.

“Instead of torturing me here, why don’t you see how Princess Ni Yang is doing?”

Yu Niaoniao’s heart skipped a beat. “Did you do something at the birthday banquet?”

Cheng Qi grinned and laughed. Blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

However, he did not care at all. “It’s useless even if you kill me. The plan has already begun. I want Princess Ni Yang to die with me.”

Yu Niaoniao was anxious. “What did you do?”

At this moment, Xiao Juan suddenly spoke, “He got someone to poison the food and wine of the birthday banquet. He even arranged for many killers to disguise themselves as guests and sneak into the birthday banquet. He wanted Princess Ni Yang to die.”

Cheng Qi’s laughter stopped.

“How do you know that?”

Xiao Juan said, “Because I’ve been secretly investigating you these days. I know everything you’ve done.”

He had already expected a trap in Xianglan Temple and deliberately left Niaoniao and the others outside the temple while he led his men into the temple.

As expected, there was indeed danger in the temple.

Xiao Juan discovered the gunpowder buried underground.

He might as well beat them at their own game and deliberately detonate the gunpowder to create the illusion that he had been killed. But in fact, he had already left Xianglan Temple.

Cheng Qi thought that his evil plan had succeeded and believed that Xiao Juan was dead. Naturally, he would not guard against a dead person.

This created an opportunity for Xiao Juan.

He used the advantage of “the enemy is in the light while I’m in the dark” to secretly investigate Cheng Qi.

Cheng Qi thought that his plan was flawless, but little did he know that everything he did was observed by Xiao Juan.

Today’s birthday banquet was the time for Cheng Qi to carry out his plan. At the same time, it was the day Xiao Juan closed the net.

Cheng Qi’s face was twisted. “Since you know everything, why are you asking

Xiao Juan said, “It’s interesting to see you think you’re in control. I want you to do more so that I can hit you a few more times.”

Cheng Qi was dumbfounded.

He was about to curse, but Xiao Juan stepped on him.

Yu Niaoniao said anxiously, “Isn’t Princess Ni Yang in danger now?!”

Today was Princess Ni Yang’s birthday. All the famous people in Liangzhou were gathered in the princess’s residence.

The entire princess’s residence was decorated with lights and streamers. There was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and it was bustling.

When the guests were all here and the birthday banquet was about to begin, there was still no sign of the Prince Consort.

Princess Ni Yang looked at the female official beside her and asked in a low voice.

“Where’s the Prince Consort?”

The female official whispered, “I’ve already informed the Prince Consort He said he would be there on time. Why don’t we wait a little longer? Perhaps he’s been delayed. He should be here soon.”

Princess Ni Yang endured and continued to wait.

The female officer asked the dancers to dance to liven things up and divert everyone’s attention.

The dance was quickly finished.

The Prince Consort still did not appear.

Princess Ni Yang sat alone at the head of the table, her face as dark as water.

No one dared to say anything. They could only peek at Princess Ni Yang from time to time and guess what had happened between Princess Ni Yang and the Prince Consort.

Why didn’t the Prince Consort even show up on such an important day?

Could it be that the Prince Consort could no longer tolerate Princess Ni Yang’s bad temper and was determined to break up with her completely?

No matter what, there was going to be a good show today!

The female officer had to ask the dancer to dance again.

However, Princess Ni Yang did not want to endure it anymore.

She ordered coldly, “Go and bring me the Prince Consort, whatever he’s doing now. Even if he’s dead, bring me the body!”

The female official hurriedly agreed. “Yes!”

She immediately arranged for someone to find the Prince Consort.

At this moment, Yan Nanguan walked over and was very anxious. “Your Highness, the princess consort hasn’t appeared yet. We can’t find her anywhere. Could something have happened to her?”

Princess Ni Yang frowned and looked around. Indeed, she did not see Yu Niaoniao.

Just now, she was so angry that she did not notice that someone was missing.

Princess Ni Yang asked someone to call Wei Liao over and ask him if he had seen Niaoniao.

Wei Liao was surprised. “The Princess Consort is gone?”

Yan Nanguan said quickly.

“I even went to look for her this morning. She was still dressing up at that time and asked Little Lo and me to come to the front first. She would come over when she was ready, but we waited for a long time without seeing her.”

Princess Ni Yang said, “All the exits of the princess’s residence are guarded. If Niaoniao leaves, someone will definitely report to me. Now that I haven’t received any news, it means that Niaoniao is still in the residence. As long as she’s in the residence, she won’t be in danger.”

Wei Liao was not so optimistic.

“That’s not necessarily true. The princess’s residence is not absolutely safe.”

Princess Ni Yang looked displeased. “Are you questioning me?”

Wei Liao said, “I wouldn’t dare. Your Highness is talented and wise. No one in the residence is unconvinced of that. I’m worried about the Prince Consort. He previously had bad intentions toward the Princess Consort. Now that he and the Princess Consort disappeared at the same time, I don’t believe there’s such a coincidence..”