FID – Chapter 527

  Chapter 527: Utter Failure

  Screams erupted once more in the banquet hall, which had just been shaken, screamed again.

  Assassination, another assassination.

  The targets of assassination just now were Liu Yusheng and the King of Nanling, and now it was Consort Liu!

  Those whose vision was not blocked clearly saw a silver light sweeping across Consort Liu’s neck, and blood spurted out in an instant.

  However, no one knew how exactly the eunuch who came forward to pour wine moved.

  His speed was terrifyingly lightning fast.

  Consort Liu clutched her neck that was beginning to spill blood and panted heavily. The strange tone from her throat made her tremble with fear.

  She finally realized how close she was to death, so close!

  If it wasn’t for Ling-gong’s quick reaction, her head would have been cut off!

  Her scarlet eyes turned to the man who was holding the girl indifferently in the chaos, and every word she spoke trembled, “Feng, Qing, Bai!”

  Every time she uttered a word, sharp pain stabbed her throat. Even so, it could hardly restrain her tumultuous hatred and murderous intent!

  She didn’t expect that Feng Qingbai would actually dare to kill her in front of everyone’s eyes!

  If she hadn’t asked Ling-gong to accompany her, she would be dead!

  Really dead!

  The scene was still chaotic. There was screaming, dodging, fleeing, and guards rushing forward.

  ”Guards!—” At this moment, His Majesty shouted loudly.

  She had already been stabbed, yet only now did Feng Mohan call someone to come, how arrogant! They were both jackals of the same lair, both colluding bastards!

  The eunuch responsible for the stabbing shot missed and quickly retreated. In the chaos, he rushed towards the fleeing eunuchs and palace maids. Dressed in the same costume, he immediately disappeared from the crowd.

  The Imperial Guards arrived a step late, unable to pursue him even if they wanted to.

  They couldn’t tell who from who.

  Others rushed forward to support Consort Liu. They hurriedly carried her away, and even called for an imperial doctor.

  Feng Qingbai didn’t move, his eyes stared at the direction in which Consort Liu and the others were leaving. Then, his eyes fell on the eunuch who was following her.

  In a eunuch’s uniform, you couldn’t define his shape when he was walking. He was no different from ordinary eunuchs, very inconspicuous.

  If it wasn’t for the fact that he blocked the shot just now, even he would not have known that there was such a master hidden beside Consort Liu.

  He reminded him of someone.

  The Pavilion Master of Cangying Pavilion who had fought against him in Xuzhou.

  However, he couldn’t go after him.

  There was Shengsheng beside him.

  No matter how much he wanted to arrest that man, Shengsheng’s safety was above all else.

  If he were to leave, there was no telling if his enemies still have hidden retreats here.

  Apart from himself, he couldn’t entrust Shengsheng with anyone.

  He also couldn’t impose martial law in the palace for a thorough investigation since his people were also hiding somewhere in the palace, looking for a way out to escape.

  What was more, since they dared to take action, they must have a way to evade the thorough investigation.

  In particular, he still has doubts about that man’s actions today, and he needed to sort them out.

  After two consecutive assassinations, the ceremony could no longer continue. Everything ended prematurely, and in the nick of time when the imperial consort was about to be crowned.

  After all the people were dismissed, Feng Qingbai, Feng Mohan, and Liu Yusheng returned to the Qiande Palace together.

  ”Uncle, who is that person?” Feng Mohan asked immediately as soon as he sat down.

  Someone low-key akin to an invisible person hiding beside Consort Liu; if he hadn’t taken that thunderous attack at the last minute, no one would have noticed that there was such an existence beside her.

  He estimated that that person’s skills were high and could rival his uncle.

  ”I don’t know who he is either, only that he is the Pavilion Master of the largest assassin organization in the jianghu. No one has ever seen his real face,” Feng Qingbai replied.

  ”Are you suspecting something? Or have you discovered something?” Liu Yusheng asked, frowning unconsciously as she watched the man speak.

  He seldom frowned, and his expression has always remained indifferent despite how big or difficult things were.

  That person definitely wasn’t simple, if he could make him react like this.

  Feng Qingbai looked at Liu Yusheng, “The person who came to assassinate us today was too weak to fight back. With the strength of the Cangying Pavilion, it was impossible to send such a person who knew he would fail to assassinate us. Moreover, the Pavilion Master was present. At that time, none of us noticed him. If he took the opportunity to sneak attack, I would not have been able to stop him but he did nothing. Even more, when Cangying Pavilion was assassinated and injured, he only rescued her at the critical moment, allowing her to have a thread of life left. His motives are strange at every point. “

  Liu Yusheng immediately understood what he meant. “You mean, with the skills of the Cangying Pavilion Master, if he really wanted to save Consort Liu, she could have escaped unscathed?! However, he waited until she was injured and was on death’s door before beating the assassin back. Do you think he had other intentions behind it?”

  ”Could it be that he was afraid of exposure, so he hesitated before taking action?” Feng Mohan asked.

  ”Impossible. If he was really afraid of being exposed, he wouldn’t have shown up at the ceremony at all.”

  Feng Mohan clapped his hands and laughed. “I see! It seems that Consort Liu can’t even control her own forces, and there is no harmony between the two parties. Look, if she doesn’t die, they will have to fall out. That is to our advantage!”

  The boy laughed so despicably, causing Liu Yusheng’s lips to twitch.

  That face-changing speed was extremely fast, and could be easily withdrawn.

  At the moment, his momentum in the banquet hall was nowhere to be seen. He was quite silly yet amusing.

  ”Uncle, is it you who did it? Why didn’t you inform me in advance? Thanks to my cleverness, I froze and took a while to call someone to protect me.”

  ”They would have come even if you didn’t call them.”

  ”It would have been illogical if I didn’t call them, right? The assassins were right next to me, just a hand away. I had to pretend like I’m calling them, ah.” The only distinction was calling them fast or slow.

  Otherwise, others would have thought he had sent the assassins. That was a blame he didn’t want to carry.

  After rebutting, the little boy shook his head with regret. “How come she’s not dead?”

  Liu Yusheng, “…”

  Feng Qingbai picked up the memorial at hand and smacked the little boy’s head with a snap.

  Such an eyesore.

  The Qingning Palace was in a panic all day, and it gradually calmed down after nightfall.

  Consort Liu did not die.

  A knife sliced across her neck, but her throat was not punctured. She was lucky enough to survive, but it would be more difficult for her to speak later.

  Also the eunuch beside her, as Feng Qingbai expected, vanished right after.

  After leaving the banquet hall, he disappeared.

  Because of the two consecutive assassinations, the entire palace was under martial law, and the Imperial Guard stepped up their defenses. They patrolled the palace intensively, but found nothing.

  The court officials witnessed what happened today with their own eyes, so deep down who didn’t know what was going on?

  It was simply a battle between Consort Liu and the Regent.

  It was just that Consort Liu lost horribly, and the person she dispatched was useless. She failed to hurt her target even by the hair, but she herself almost got her neck swiped to death.

  This was a signal that the Regent released to Consort Liu and even to the civil and military officials of the dynasty.

  Over the years, King Nanling has experienced countless assassinations, large and small, and everyone knew the culprit, but he has never carried out similar moves to counterattack.

  This time, countering an assassination with an assassination was to warn everyone that as long as he, Feng Qingbai, decided it, he could drop their heads in another place at any time.