Chapter 117.1 – Will You Despise Me?
Yesterday, Xie Yuan personally ordered for the Third Princess’s face to be destroyed and for the body to be thrown to the mass burial pit. At this moment, hearing that the Left General had gone there, his face immediately changed. He immediately asked Meng Fei, “How did you deal with it? Will it be recognized?”
Meng Fei lowered his head and replied, “As Milord instructed, the face has been destroyed, and all items that could show her identity has been removed. Your esteemed lord has instructed me to cut my face and remove all the items that can indicate my identity from my body. After that, I just wrapped it in rags and threw it on the mass burial pit.” After a brief pause, he continued, “When the Princess died, she was covered in wounds, and there was a strong smell of blood. Now that one night has passed, she might have been eaten by wild beasts, and can no longer be found or recognized.”
He had always been reliable in handling things, and Xie Yuan had always trusted him. But now Xie Yuan felt as if he was in the middle of someone else’s scheme, and had never broken out of the situation at all. Perhaps someone was still observing them somewhere!
Xie Yuan felt a rare pang of uneasiness, and even felt somewhat regretful, “If I had known before, I would have her burnt clean, so it would not cause any further trouble.”
Meng Fei lowered his head when he heard this, and his eyes were filled with some turbulence – he was loyal to Xie Yuan, but it didn’t mean that he didn’t have his own sense of right and wrong. When you’re inside the game, competing for power and profit, it was natural to pay any price for it.
The Third Princess entered the game, and he didn’t say anything when she met that kind of end yesterday. But if someone died and their corpse was thrown to the mass burial pit, it would be hard to keep their body intact. And if it was really burned, it would be akin to crushing the bone and scattering the ashes1!
Meng Fei’s mood was fluctuating slightly, but Xie Yuan was still feeling uneasy the more he thought about it. He immediately ordered, “Meng Fei, take someone to take a look right away. It’s fine if the Left General doesn’t find anything, or finds the wrong one. If he really found the body…”
Meng Fei looked up and saw Xie Yuan’s fierce gaze.
Xie Yuan continued, “If he really found it, find a way to destroy the body and prevent the Left General from ever entering the palace again.”
Meng Fei acknowledged his command and left in a hurry, but by the time he arrived at the mass burial pit, the Left General seemed to have already found what he came for. He only saw the Left General ordering for a corpse to be loaded into the carriage. As for what the corpse looked like, Meng Fei was one step too late to see it.
As Xie Yuan’s personal guard, Meng Fei couldn’t personally appear in this situation, so he secretly watched as the Left General led his troops away. Then, he instructed some people to prepare some tricks on the road back to the city while he rushed to the mass burial pit to check the situation himself.
The death of the Third Princess was of great significance, so the final disposal was done by Meng Fei himself – he personally placed the body with destroyed face on the mass burial pit, and even covered the corpse with a layer of soil. However, normally speaking, there were no shortages of wild animals outside the city, especially wolves. The bodies in the mass burial pit would usually be dug up and eaten if they were buried shallowly. He only did this for peace of mind.
Meng Fei saw from a distance that the body that the Left General put in the carriage was intact, so he thought that he must had searched in the wrong place. He expected that he would only see some remains by the time he got to the pit himself.
But when he actually got there, he found that the pit was empty, and the whole body was gone!
Was the Third Princess really so lucky that she didn’t encounter any wild animals at the mass burial pit and was recognized by the Left General!?
Meng Fei’s heart pounded with disbelief. But he didn’t have time to think any further, so he turned his head and rode his horse towards the road back to the city. On the way, he directly covered his face with black cloth. But in such a hurry, he had no choice but to forcefully fight them head on and destroy the corpse!
The Left General encountered an ambush on the outskirts of the city, and the two sides fought each other. In the end, the carriage carrying the body was ignited by a fire arrow and set aflame.
The snow-white pigeon flapped its wings and landed on the windowsill, making a cooing sound.
A plain white hand reached out and held the pigeon that stopped on the windowsill, then closed the window that was letting in cold air into the room. The cold wind suddenly stopped and the room instantly became warmer.
Lu Qipei, wearing a cloak, held the carrier pigeon and returned to the desk. With a gentle movement of her fingers, she untied a letter case from the pigeon’s leg.
She placed the pigeon on the desk, and the latter didn’t panic at all. It jumped around a bit, as if it was trying to attract her attention. Lu Qipei couldn’t help smiling when she saw that, and casually sprinkled some bird food that had been prepared on the table.
The carrier pigeon immediately settled down and lowered its head, enjoying its reward.
After sprinkling the bird food, Lu Qipei no longer paid attention to the pigeon. She untied the letter case with her fingers and took out the note inside. The note was very small, with a hundred of words written in small letters, but it clearly conveyed the message that needed to be conveyed.
After reading the note a few times, a dark light flashed in Lu Qipei’s clear eyes, before they soon returned to their usual appearance.
After the message was read, it was no longer necessary. Coincidentally, there was a charcoal basin next to her, and Lu Qipei was about to throw it there to burn it. Unexpectedly, the door of her room was suddenly pushed open at this moment, and cold wind entered together with fine snow. At the same time, a small figure entered.
“Uncle, Uncle, let’s go out and play.” Lu Sheng rushed into the room holding her rabbit in her arms, ran all the way in and pounced straight into Lu Qipei’s arms.
Lu Qipei had no choice but to catch the child, but her gaze turned towards the door. Lu Sheng had always been well behaved – even though she had become livelier lately, she had never rushed in without even knocking at the door before. There was no doubt an instigator behind the small dumpling.
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