TFDC Chapter 198.1

Chapter 198.1 - Suspicious

“Ye Ji, what are you doing?!”

“Nothing. I just think this voodoo worm’s quite fun. So, auntie, let me play with it for a few days, okay?”

“You!” Ruan Zhen was so angry her body was shaking, she was threatening her?

“As long as auntie is good and is obedient,” Ye Ji’s finger tip poked the mother worm, smiling creepily, “Of course, I won’t do anything that would harm you, auntie.”

“....”

“After all, we have a mutual enemy. In the future, we’ll have to work together.”

-- Leaning Wind Pavilion

“Master, the second madam left the Lou residence two hours ago and entered a guest house not too far away.” Thousand Face found out where Ruan Zhen went afterwards and came to report to Lou Qingwu.

“En, was her expression strange?”

“Nothing strange happened.” Thousand Face reported truthfully.

Lou Qingwu used her index finger to knock against the table, but didn’t speak.

Thousand Face couldn’t help but ask, “Master, with how petty and spiteful the second madam is, would she really not do anything and just leave that easily?”

He was waiting for the second madam to ask for death but who knew that after entering her room for an hour, she’d just leave expressionlessly.

She left as if nothing had happened, that really was too strange.

“From the moment she left the Leaning Wind Pavilion to her Happiness and Fortune Pavilion, did she meet anyone?”

“No. Tang Er said that once the second madam entered her pavilion, she saw some servants before angrily running into her rooms. Because it was too quiet, he was scared of arousing the second madam’s suspicions, so he didn’t get too close.”

“En.” Lou Qingwu looked at him, “Go and ask the people who are monitoring Ye Ji, where has she been lately?”

Thousand Face froze, “Thousand Face, are you suspicious that … yes, I’ll go and ask.”

Not too long later, Thousand Face returned with a different expression on his face. “Master, you guessed right. The people who were following Ye Ji, saw her enter the Lou residence four hours earlier.”

Lou Qingwu heard this and narrowed her eyes.

It seems like Ye Ji has already noticed her.

Her lips curled, “Then, let’s begin.”

“Ah, master, what if it gets dangerous?”

“... I won’t let myself die.” After all, Xiahou Qing hadn’t died yet.

Seeing as how Ye Ji was already growing suspicious, then, she definitely wouldn’t be able to resist snitching to Xiahou Qing.

At that time, all she needed was a chance.

-- Third prince’s residence

Once Ye Ji had settled Ruan Zhen down, she left directly to the third prince’s residence to see Xiahou Qing.

She laughed coldly as she knocked his study room door, before entering after she heard his voice.

“What is it?” Xiahou Qing didn’t even look up at her.

Because of the assassination attempt, he’d been resting in his rooms for the past few days.

The imperial doctors came in batch after batch, but he still hid his true condition from them.

If he wasn’t reading, he’d grow too bored.

So right now, he held a book on military strategy and tactics as his eyes grew deep.

When he heard the knock, he thought it was the housekeeper.

But when he didn’t hear anything after a while, he finally looked up to see Ye Ji’s mocking face.

His brows furrowed, “Why do you have that expression on?”

“Nothing, I just want to see how stupid you can get.”

“Ye Ji, don’t think that you’re my only choice!” He’d hidden his strengths for so long, his influence had spread all over the land so he didn’t have to cooperate with her.

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TL note:  

Keep telling yourself that, Xiahou Qing.

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