"It works. But, you can't do it in public."
A deep noise appeared behind the bead curtains with a faint and gentle fragrance of tea. "Now, I need you guys to create more grievances. As long as the seal is destroyed, we will not only get the dragon god but in the meantime, you all can also regain your eternal life."
Upon hearing what he said, unprecedented greed emerged in the elders' eyes. "What should we do now?"
"I have something here." The man in the white robe stood up. He placed a wooden comb in one of the elders' hands and said, "All you need to do is to bring this into the palace and place it near Helian Wei Wei. It will function effectively by itself."
The elders kept the wooden comb with smiles on their faces.
But none of them realized that the eternal life that they were looking forward to, was actually feeding their greed like an invisible shadow behind their back. As the shadow grew bigger and bigger, it was eventually going to take control and replace them...
Meanwhile, in the General's residence, Yun Biluo who was wearing a cloak passed a letter to a servant.
The letter was intended for Helian Guang Yao and Su Yan Mo.
When Su Yan Mo read the letter, she sneered and said, "The b*stard is getting more capable."
"Why?" Helian Guang Yao took the letter and read with a toxic gaze. "The Third Prince has always been insidious so it doesn't seem like he took actions for that b*stard. He was acting cruelly to his brother this time. He will surely have an extremely bad reputation... The Retired Emperor will need to think twice if he decides to pass his position to him."
Su Yan Mo squinted her eyes as she said, "Both of them are the ones who pushed our daughter to the road of death! I will take revenge on them!"
"Don't worry, I have done the arrangements for the Clan Meeting. The hidden army will be sending representatives, that will be the time…"
Chapter 443 - A Gift From His Highness
"She will lose with no doubt!" Helian Guang Yao clenched the letter tightly. Although he had lost feelings toward Su Yan Mo, for his daughter's sake, he would not give up on revenge!
Moreover, he could never let Helian Wei Wei continue to transform.
He was really worried that the b*stard would overtake him one day if he did not stop her.
Thus, she must be removed from the family before she became the Empress.
And…
"Is it true that the b*stard is going to be taken down?" Helian Guang Yao asked Su Yan Mo.
Su Yan Mo sneered and said, "Most probably. If we can find a way to remove her soul, she will have to listen to us no matter how capable she is!"
"You should get more ideas about this." Helian Guang Yao rose to his feet and said, "I'm heading out for a while to discuss the issue with the hidden army."
She told herself that the b*stard would lose everything sooner or later!
It was night time.
Helian Wei Wei listened to the report from a servant with a blank expression. She curved her lips slightly and said, "No wonder they miss me so much. Please inform Chi Yan to link up."
"Understood." The servant stepped down.
Silence once again surfaced in the palace.
Baili Jia Jue was sitting on the soft couch with his legs slightly crossed like he did not hear the dialogue between both of them. He flipped the ancient scrolls on his hand as he leaned backward. As he saw Helian Wei Wei entering, he hooked his finger toward her and said, "Come here."
At first, Helian Wei Wei thought that he was finally going to reprimand her.
Instead, Baili Jia Jue said, "I have a gift for you."
"What gift?" Helian Wei Wei stepped back subconsciously. She could not be blamed for having that reaction. All the gifts that she received from the Third Prince had been weird.
What is he planning to give this time?
Is it cat ears?
The corners of Helian Wei Wei's mouth twitched.
She then saw a lady walking in. The lady looked pretty, slim and exquisite, wearing a graceful dress. She knelt down and greeted Helian Wei Wei with a sweet voice, "I as the maidservant meet Your Highness with respect, Princess Consort."
Helian Wei Wei lifted her brows, looked at Baili Jia Jue lazily and chuckled. "You're giving me a lady? Your Highness, I'm not interested in ladies, you should give me a guy instead."
Baili Jia Jue's eyes glimmered when he heard that. "Why do I need to give you a guy? What for?"
Oh no, she accidentally offended him!
Helian Wei Wei could feel the force pressing on her waist getting stronger. Somehow, she felt guilty. "To have a look."
"Look?" Baili Jia Jue sneered.
"It seems like my wife thinks that I'm not charming enough and would like to take a look at another guy." Baili Jia Jue lifted her jaw and stared at her. "You can go look around. We'll see whether you can find someone faster or I can kill him faster."
Helian Wei Wei looked at him with a smile, "I think I won't look around then. I don't think anyone can be as charming as you."
Baili Jia Jue's fingers froze.
Helian Wei Wei had a sense of pride as she felt his movement.
Oh yes, she finally succeeded in teasing him!
"You are superficial and only care about appearance." Baili Jia Jue drew in closer and held her hands with their fingers intertwined. There was no coldness in his tone anymore.
Helian Wei Wei admitted that she was superficial. However, instead of only focusing on appearance, she would also focus on one's temperament, character, and cultivation.
The last two things were never portrayed by the Third Prince.
However, his facial attractiveness had occupied more than 99%.
Even though he was shameless at times, she was not much better too.
Both of them were just right for each other, to work hand in glove.
The lady who was kneeling on the ground as she bit her thin lips. She had never seen the prince doted on anyone this much.
At first, she thought the prince would not have any emotions and feelings toward anyone.
He should be sitting on the dragon throne to rule the country.
And now…
Helian Wei Wei looked at the lady's gaze and felt uncomfortable.
Not again.
It seemed like all the ladies who served around Baili Jia Jue would mostly fall for him…
However, Young Master Tang had warned them since the beginning that he would make those who had ambitious plans for him to swallow a bullet.
She only treated it as a joke at that time.
No one could have expected that there would be a time when someone sneaked into his room after he got drunk.
That person lost her life.
They did not do anything but she went beyond the limits of Young Master Tang.
Helian Wei Wei had never seen Young Master Tang with such a displeased look.
He had been autistic since he was young. After he grew up, he spun through various celebrity communities with a fake smile. People said that there were motives behind his smile. He seldom lost his temper in so many years but he smashed and shattered countless glasses on that one day.
He sneered and gazed while people moved the dead body out. His voice was sullen, "Remember, no one can make me betray my girl. Only this time."
After that incident, Helian Wei Wei only realized that he was protecting his integrity for someone.
He even called that someone as 'his girl'.
Even so, that incident did not stop people from loving him in secret.
A similar situation applied to Baili Jia Jue.
Helian Wei Wei took a sneer at the lady who was kneeling in front of her, her sight did not leave her even for a second.
Lan Lian was anxious as her mind was being read by Helian Wei Wei. She stiffened and laid her eyes down.
It's good for you to be anxious.
Helian Wei Wei hooked her lip and said, "Your Highness, why do you want to give me a lady?"
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sp; Baili Jia Jue did not respond. He took a brief glance at Lan Lian who already stood up.
Lan Lian immediately replied, "Princess Consort, I have been accompanying Master Helian by his side all this time, I know everything about him like the back of my hands. He has engaged with me. I will get married into the General's Residence after the Clan Meeting."
Get married into the General's Residence?
Isn't Su Yan Mo going to be furious with that?
Without much explanation, Helian Wei Wei understood. She turned to Baili Jia Jue and said, "You're allowing Lan Lian to approach Helian Guang Yao deliberately?"
Baili Jia Jue's tone was light. "Do I need to approach someone like Helian Guang Yao deliberately?"
Helian Wei Wei chuckled, "Although he is brutal, he has always been aware. Lan Lian must be a capable person as she is able to approach him."
"I am just obeying the instructions of His Highness…"
Chapter 444 - Wei Wei Versus The Mistress
Lan Lian did not understand the meaning behind Helian Wei Wei's words but she knew what she was thinking.
That was why she praised her in front of His Highness on purpose.
Was she trying to make her stay away from His Highness?
Lan Lian's gaze darkened when she thought about that and said, "Princess Consort, you're flattering me."
It turned out that Lan Lian had been overthinking.
Helian Wei Wei did not have many thoughts like her. She was considering a matter while tapping her finger on the side of the desk. "Follow me to the Clan Meeting the day after tomorrow and speak out about what happened in the past few days between you and Helian Guang Yao. There shouldn't be a problem right?"
"Alright." Lan Lian lowered her head again and her tone was slightly insincere. "No problem."
Helian Wei Wei took a teacup and turned it with her fingertips slightly. "I hate forcing people to do things that they are not willing to. Please let me know after you make up your mind. Your reputation will be destroyed if you really expose your relationship with Helian Guang Yao in public."
Lan Lian raised her beautiful eyes and gazed toward Baili Jia Jue.
Lan Lian was inevitably disappointed, but the love in her eyes did not reduce. "Don't worry, Princess Consort. The task was handed by His Highness himself and I will complete whatever His Highness assigned to me even if I need to lose my life. Not to mention losing my reputation."
She was obviously saying those words to Helian Wei Wei to show her sacrifices and unwillingness to give up.
Right at that moment, as if he only realized her presence, Baili Jia Jue frowned after listening to what she said.
As the person who implicated in this issue, Helian Wei Wei sneered and said to Baili Jia Jue. "Please leave. I have something to talk to Lan Lian."
"Me? Leave?" Baili Jia Jue's sight darkened. The only thing on his mind at that moment was to kill Lan Lian!
Why did people tend to appear in front of her and act like they used to have something going on?
Strong hatred emerged from his eyes.
Lan Lian's body shook and her face became pale as paper. How could she even forget the temper of His Highness...
"Are you trying to kill someone in front of me?" Helian Wei Wei smiled and pinched his hand.
Baili Jia Jue turned back to his usual expression with a fake smile in the blink of an eye. He then held her up and said with a gentle tone, "How come? Please don't always misunderstand your husband."
Misunderstand? There would be a dead body in front of her if she did not stop him.
"And you can say whatever you like, just pretend like I'm not here." Baili Jia Jue lowered his head and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
Helian Wei Wei felt helpless. He had such a tall body and a forceful temperament, how could she pretend as if he was not there?
Baili Jia Jue hooked his lip and took her hand away from her forehead and said, "If you have any misunderstanding during your conversation with her, it will be unfair for me."
"We haven't even started talking. Why would you feel injustice?" Helian Wei Wei relieved a sigh. "Fine. Lan Lian, you may go back first, I'll talk to you again."
"Understood." Lan Lian replied, feeling lucky that she was able to escape from there. She did not want His Highness to know her feelings that she had been hiding for a long time.
However, the voice of Baili Jia Jue rose at this time. "Since you don't want to talk to her, let me do the talking to her then." Upon saying that, he looked at Lan Lian with a cold gaze.
Lan Lian was stunned and she immediately knelt on the floor.
Baili Jia Jue walked toward her with a sense of insouciance. "Do you like me?"
Lan Lian raised her head in an instant, her cheeks were burning. "I… I…"
"I don't like you." Baili Jia Jue did not wait for her response and said with his calm tone, "I have never done a thing that would make you think that I'm interested in you."
Lan Lian bit her lip and wanted to explain!
Baili Jia Jue did not give her any chance to talk. "Now, please tell me what is your intention for your words just now?"
"I… I did not mean to prove anything." Lan Lian was almost bursting into tears. "I… I was just telling the truth."
Baili Jia Jue took a glance at her and smiled evilly, "Telling the truth? Are you taking me as a fool? It seems like I've been too gentle recently and caused you all to have illusions."
"Your Highness!" Lan Lian choked with sobs and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. "Indeed, I like you, but should I die because of this?" She rather spilled everything out at this moment!
Baili Jia Jue was in silence. Darkness glided over his eyes and turned into a black mist. He did not want to kill in front of the little one but these fellas were really getting on his nerves!
"Liking a person is not wrong." Helian Wei Wei held Baili Jia Jue's wrist and said with a soft tone, "However, you're wrong in liking a person who has formed a family. It's fine that you didn't give up on that. Yet, you're trying to challenge me, didn't you? Lan Lian, love means not to hurt the third person in a relationship. Any attempt to interrupting the mind of others is not a determination. You're only humiliating yourself. If Baili Jia Jue really falls for you, please go ahead and take him away from me. I, Helian Wei Wei will never accept a man who is fickle in love. But what you're trying to do is step into our relationship now when we are happy together. Haha, Lan Lian, I don't care who you like, but if you do not take care of the limit, I will immediately kick you out of the palace. I have hundreds of ways in dealing with a mistress. Would you like to give it a try? Just get a hold of yourself and be a loyal servant."
Women must be cruel in order to stabilize their position.
As she mentioned, she would never stop anyone to fall in love with Baili Jia Jue. After all, people have the right to do that.
But after provoking her, she still dared to feel wronged?
She did not mind to let her have a taste of her way!
If Baili Jia Jue also had a share in this matter, she would never even bother.
She would just let him go and leave.
It was probably because his father was taken by a mistress too.
She then suffered from the misophobia of relationsh.i.p.s.
She would choose to either stay together forever or be alone.
She was the type of person who could not tolerate one tiny dust in her eyes.
Lan Lian's thoughts were all exposed by Helian Wei Wei which caused her to feel the extraordinary shame and fear. She only realized why His Highness walked toward her just now.
He really intended to kill her!
If the Princess Consort did not stop him, she would have died in a splash of blood.
His Highness could definitely see things thoroughly as if anyone could...
Chapter 445 - Do Not Betray Me
She was silly to provoke the Princess Consort and forgot that His Highness would realize.
His Highness h
ad reflected clearly that he did not like her.
It actually made sense as he had never paid attention to her.
Perhaps, if she was not given the task to spy around Helian Guang Yao, he would have already forgotten her name.
To him, they were just tools, whether it was her, or Hei Zhu...
As Lan Lian thought of it, she was finally aware of her status. She immediately knelt on the floor while hitting her head hard, "Princess Consort, I will never do that again! Princess Consort and Your Highness, please give me a chance! I will only do what I should do as a servant from today onward without any improper thoughts!"
The man was just like the moon, hung in the sky far away. He would not be hers.
Regardless of how great he was, it was a fact that he belonged to someone else.
She had met a lot of men. Despite how heroic they were in others' eyes, they were just some terrible perverted b*stards who would abandon their wives.
The only guy that was different from them was His Highness...
However, it was too late…
She did not think that the Princess Consort would let someone who had thoughts for the Third Prince to stay in the imperial palace.
The Princess Consort had been generous for stopping the Third Prince from killing her. It was beyond the thought that she would still let her stay in the imperial palace.
Perhaps, the Princess Consort might have thought of an excuse to send her off...
Lan Lian lowered her head and smiled bitterly.
Unexpectedly, Helian Wei Wei hummed softly in approval.
Lan Lian lifted her sight astonishingly and swayed her eyes in disbelief.
Obviously, Baili Jia Jue disagreed with the decision and warned Helian Wei Wei by rubbing her wrist with his finger.
Helian Wei Wei knew that the guy needed to be placated. She stood on tiptoe and patted his head, it was like saying that 'It's ok'.
Lan Lian was astonished. "Why? Why would you let me stay?" She did not think that Helian Wei Wei was being kind for making the decision as she knew that Helian Wei Wei was not an easy person to deal with, judging by what she said before that.
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