Jinbao was scared out of his wits, at this moment, his instinct was actually to crawl under the chair.
No, no way!
Although he had never seen Qi Yuan kill anyone with his own eyes, just the number of people he knew had died at Qi Yuan’s hands was already uncountable.
He had no desire to become one of them.
Luckily, before Qi Yuan’s sword reached him, he had already crawled under the chair.
Godfather, save me!
He couldn’t help but scream internally, terrified, panicked, and on the verge of tears. Every inch of his body was shaking.
Unfortunately, his godfather clearly wasn’t going to be of much use.
Qi Yuan’s sword was the first to strike, not him, but the chair, which split cleanly in half.
Then Qi Yuan bent down and leaned over, smiling like he was playing hide-and-seek with a naughty child. “Ah, found you.”
Help!
By now, Jinbao had completely lost his senses. In a frenzy, not even looking at what was in his hands, he threw everything he could at Qi Yuan.
Unfortunately, none of it had any effect on Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan frowned and looked at him. “You’ve dirtied my clothes.”
…?
Jinbao cursed, “You d*mn freak!”
Dirty your *ss! Your entire body is already soaked in blood, even your hair’s dripping red.
How much dirtier could it get?!
You’re clearly just looking for trouble!
Qi Yuan’s face was expressionless as he slapped him hard across the face. “Looks like your godfather didn’t raise you properly either.”
The slap twisted Jinbao’s face in pain. He clutched his cheek and shouted in fury, “My godfather will avenge me! You witch, don’t even think about getting close to His Highness!”
“So disobedient,” Qi Yuan said, finally out of patience. She picked up the broken chair leg beside her and smashed it down on the back of Jinbao’s head.
Jinbao could no longer speak. He collapsed to the ground, pointing at Qi Yuan as his body convulsed.
Qi Yuan showed no reaction.
If she didn’t kill these people, they would just come to kill her.
Given the choice, she’d rather it be them than herself.
Lai Chenglong had almost finished cleaning up the rest and now walked over to her, somewhat worried. “Are you okay?”
…
Chunsheng thought his master was being overly cautious.
If Miss Qi really wanted to, she could probably kill their master too without issue.
How did he think Miss Qi looked like she was injured?
Sure enough, Qi Yuan smiled and shook her head. “I’m fine. After lying around for so many days, I felt like I was falling apart. Stretching my limbs like this feels pretty good.”
Then she turned to Lai Chenglong and said, “Just tell them you were following Liu Chao, discovered these people, and had no choice but to fight back because they resisted. Say it has nothing to do with me. I’m going back to lie down.”
She had barely taken a few steps when she turned back, walked over to the abbot who had been hiding behind the rosewood cabinet, and smiled sweetly. “Oh right, Master Abbot, I almost forgot about you.”
The abbot immediately dropped to his knees with a thud. “No, no! Miss Qi, please don’t kill me! I admit I’ve done a lot of wrong things, but at most I just swindled some incense donations. I, I haven’t even killed a chicken!”
He had even done some good deeds, like handing out rice and flour to nearby villagers!
Of course… impersonating a monk was wrong.
But he didn’t want to die!
Qi Yuan narrowed her eyes and stared at him for a while, so long that the abbot imagined at least a hundred different ways he could die.
Then she finally said in a low voice, “I won’t kill you. Leave the monkhood. Take your son and your younger sister and her husband, I’ll have someone send you all to a different place.”
Though she knew that killing the abbot would be the cleanest solution…
She had decided that, from now on, she would avoid killing if she could. Consider it an act of virtue on behalf of Xiao Yunting.
Just like in her past life, Xiao Yunting had done good for her.
The abbot wept and thanked her profusely, feeling like he had just made a round trip from the gates of hell.
Lai Chenglong asked, “You’re sending him away? Where to?”
Where could they send him so he wouldn’t spill the secrets?
Qi Yuan blinked, looking completely reasonable. “Okinawa.”
Lai Chenglong instantly remembered the two months he spent on a boat, seasick to the point of wanting to die.
Mm… Miss Qi was really kind.
He looked at the grateful and emotional abbot and gave a strange, inexplicable smile.
Qi Yuan, meanwhile, had already returned to her room in the dark.
Baizhi had been waiting for her. Seeing her come back covered in blood, she didn’t seem alarmed at all. She quickly said, “Miss, the hot water’s ready. Have a bath and change your clothes, you’ll feel better.”
Such a good girl. Qi Yuan smiled and agreed.
After her bath, Old Marquis Qi and the Old Marchioness came to see her.
Once they saw she was fine, the old marquis finally asked, “What exactly happened this time?”
The Feilai Peak incident was bizarre to the point of being incomprehensible.
Qi Yuan said Qi Wang wanted to take her away, then why were there people trying to kill her?
Qi Yuan just smiled. “Even mountain bandits have their factions. Let alone someone like Qi Wang, his people may not all obey him. Some of them probably felt taking me back wasn’t a good idea, so they thought it’d be better to get rid of me.”
The old marquis snorted. “They’re really looking to die.”
Qi Yuan agreed.
The old marchioness then asked, “Who did you kill?”
“Quite a few,” Qi Yuan said after thinking. “I killed around ten. The others were handled by Lord Lai’s people.”
Her tone even sounded a little regretful.
The old marchioness quietly glanced at the old marquis.
He suddenly asked Qi Yuan, “Yuan Jie’er, how about going to the battlefield?”
With skills like hers, it’d be a pity not to kill enemies on the front lines!
The old marchioness immediately slapped his arm. “What nonsense are you talking?”
What kind of girl goes to war?
Was he out of his mind?
Qi Yuan, however, smiled and said, “Sure, but give me some time. I need to finish a few things first. Then I’ll go.”
Just then, there was a soft knock at the door. Both the old marquis and marchioness grew solemn.
Qi Yuan, however, remained calm. The one who entered was the abbot.
The moment he saw Qi Yuan, the abbot’s legs almost gave out from fear, but he couldn’t avoid it; what had to be done still had to be done.
Wearing a miserable expression, he said, “Miss, I told Lord Gao everything you instructed me to say. When he heard that Liu Chao was sent by Eunuch Jinbao to assassinate you, he was furious. He also asked about your current situation.”
Qi Yuan had promised to send him away, but she hadn’t said how, he still had a few final things to do for her.
Qi Yuan looked up at him. “You told him exactly what I said?”
The abbot raised his hand and swore to the heavens, “Rest assured, not a single word off! I told him exactly what you instructed!”
Qi Yuan waved her hand dismissively, then turned to the old marquis. “Grandfather, I’ll leave this person to you for now. I’ll need him later for something else.”
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