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Chapter 311 An Omen

There was a crack in Zhuo Yibai's clear eyes, he looked at her in disbelief, but he didn't forget to dodge.

The boy dodged to avoid it, but Yueniang stabbed herself with the dagger instantly after missing a blow.

All this was so sudden that everyone couldn't react at all. When they came back to their senses, they realized that Yueniang's dagger had already stabbed her heart hard!

In an instant, blood spurted out, everyone was stunned, and many ladies even covered their mouths and noses with a cry of surprise.

"Ah—" someone shouted.

Yueniang's eyes were wide open, her face was full of pain, but she stared at the boy whose expression was no longer calm.

"What are you doing!" He Lianbi yelled loudly, "How dare you assassinate the prince's heir!"

Yueniang slid limply and sat on the ground, looking at the blood bubbling from her chest, her lowered eyelashes covered the emotion in her eyes.

A pair of hands gently supported her, and a familiar voice came: "Why are you doing this?"

Yueniang raised her head, and the young man was crouching in front of her, his handsome face slightly sideways, and his dark eyes were deep and gloomy, as if they were heavily stained with ink under the night.

"Who instructed you?" Zhuo Shicheng asked, his expression so indifferent that it was almost cruel.

Yueniang laughed, sadly and resolutely: "No one ordered me, it's just my wishful thinking all this time."

Zhuo Shicheng frowned slightly, killing flashed in his eyes.

"If you are bewitched by others, there is still a glimmer of life." Zhuo Yibai looked at her and said.

There were tears in Yueniang's eyes, and a weak arc was drawn from the corner of her mouth, "Yes and no."

After so many years of planning, she has never been more eager to start over than now, but now, everything is in vain.

"Although you are not my son, you are not the prince's son either." She closed her eyes, with a secretive smile on her lips, "I just hate that I didn't tell you earlier"

These words entered the ears of the people present, and they were all thought-provoking.

At this time, she was still sticking to her secret, and everyone couldn't help but sigh, but they also felt that what she said was reasonable, a nanny who murdered her son-in-law, why did she need to go to such lengths?unless
It is said that when a person is about to die, his words are good. Yueniang's life is not long, and she can still say these words, and the weight of them has to be weighed.

Thinking of this, everyone glanced at Zhuo Yibai with pity.

Amidst the whispers, the young man Shu Lang's voice reached her ears, "I know."

The voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.

Yueniang opened her eyes, seeing the young man's cautious and calm expression, as if he had expected everything a long time ago.

"You shouldn't be so reckless." Zhuo Yibai said softly with a bit of sigh.

Yueniang was stunned, two lines of tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, she opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she just murmured awkwardly: "I'm sorry for you."

After all, she closed her eyes.

The people around were all dumbfounded, and no one expected that things would take such a turn.

"Come here, drag her down and deal with it," Zhuo Shicheng ordered, his expression was very indifferent, and he couldn't tell whether it was sadness or anger, perhaps, this incident had long been unable to disturb his emotions.

He stepped aside, as if he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Soon, several guards came forward and carried away Yueniang who had lost her life.

Seeing Yueniang being dragged away, Kunyu slowly loosened her tightened fingers, and the expression on her face changed from pretending to be calm to genuinely relaxed.

This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Ye Zhaoyan who was far behind her, and many things flashed through her heart like lightning.

The servants of the Zhuo Palace were all relieved, fortunately, things didn't turn out too ugly.

However, the stone in Helianbi's heart did not fall, because she saw Zhuo Shicheng's eyes locked tightly on Zhuo Yibai all the time, those eyes made people chill and frightened, as if they were examining something.

She couldn't help shivering, and a sense of panic rose in her heart. She vaguely guessed that maybe Yueniang's secret had been discovered, but she didn't expect that Zhuo Shicheng was so sensitive.

"Bi'er, do you know what's wrong?" He asked in a deep voice, his eyes lightly passed Kunyu before falling on Helianbi.

He Lianbi lowered her head, and replied respectfully: "It's my concubine's lack of consideration."

Zhuo Shicheng snorted coldly, and did not continue to pursue her responsibility, "Go back first, you don't have to manage the chores in the back house in the future, just focus on self-cultivation."

He Lianbi bit her lip and nodded: "Yes." After finishing speaking, she turned towards Zhuo Shicheng, turned and left.

A reward banquet ended in the gloom of the Zhuo Palace.

Ye Zhaoyan didn't leave as usual, she was harboring that doubt in her heart, as if she was harboring a hot stone.

If 5 really encounters Kun Yu who lives in the same house as plotting against him, how can he live in peace?

She couldn't help but want to remind him.

At the gate of the courtyard where Zhuo Yibai was, several guards stopped her, "Miss Ye, please stop, my son is tired and doesn't want to see guests."

"You go to report and say that I have something urgent to find him."

She clearly heard a faint voice coming from the main room.

"Sorry, my lord is really tired, Ms. Ye should come to visit another day!" The guards resolutely refused to let her step into the threshold.

She could only turn around and leave, and when she got to the corner, she jumped and gently leaned against the wall of the courtyard.

As he got closer, the voice became clearer.

"What is the relationship between you and Yuezhi?"

"Who was mother before she died?"

Zhuo Yibai lowered his voice, vigilantly aware of something, Ye Zhaoyan had no choice but to turn out of the house neatly and gave up the search.

On the way back home, she couldn't help thinking about what happened this time, always feeling that there was something else hidden in it.

As soon as she got into the carriage, there was a knock on the window. She lifted the curtain and looked out through the window lattice. It turned out that a maid was holding a letter and handing it over.

"Miss, your letter." The maid said with a smile.

Zhu Yuzai inspected the outer layer of the letter carefully before handing it to Ye Zhaoyan.

Ye Zhaoyan was about to ask her which family she belonged to, but the maid suddenly disappeared in front of her. She was a little uneasy, and quickly took out the letter paper and unfolded it.

There is only a row of ordinary italics on it——

"I don't know if he fell into the mud and is no longer what he was before, what about you?"

This sentence is inexplicable, there is no signature at the end, and the ordinary handwriting makes it impossible to distinguish between men and women.

But for some reason, Ye Zhaoyan felt uneasy.

Such a sudden and mysterious letter seems to be an omen.

She couldn't help but think of the young man supporting Yueniang, and there was no resentment in his eyes.

Ye Zhaoyan held the letter paper for a while and couldn't get back to her senses, until the sound of horseshoes gradually started, she woke up suddenly, and her expression became serious.

A few days later, an astonishing news came out of Jindu City—the young master of Zhuowang's family was given a mansion and moved to live in Qingfeng Road in the west of the city.

During this period of time, the young master Zhuo, who was envied by everyone and was in the limelight, was actually moved out of Zhuo Wang's mansion, which surprised many people, and everyone speculated about Zhuo Wang's intentions.

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(End of this chapter)