Volume 2: Awakening Memories ☆ Light of Dawn Chapter 6: The Night Emperor Arrives

  As a proud princess of the imperial court, would she still be suppressed by a mere king's consort?

  Anger did not find a breakthrough, Nan Rong's beautiful face turned pale with rage, but Yixin didn't get angry because of her words, and the faint smile at the corner of his mouth made everyone's heart skip a beat.

  Compared to her anger, it seems that when she doesn't speak, people feel a more chilling and terrifying atmosphere.

  She was like a queen high above, gazing down at the surging and bustling ants below with no sorrow or joy, as if everything was under her control.

  That intangible terror has the power to drive people crazy.

  "The Emperor has arrived"

  "Your Majesty's humble servant (son) pays respects, wishing Your Majesty infinite blessings and golden peace."

  The Night Emperor strode into the main hall, wearing a dragon robe with five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on it in bright yellow. Led by Empress Xuan Yuan, everyone bowed to the Night Emperor, except for Yixin Ran, who remained still and silent, standing upright like a green pine tree, straight as a pen between heaven and earth.

  In the kneeling hall, she stands out from the crowd like a crane among chickens. Her slender figure is equally heart-wrenching and makes one reluctant to part with her.

  "Be at ease." The Night Emperor sat down in his throne, waved his hand and said in a deep voice.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty."

  "Jiuer, who hurt you? The Emperor will definitely stand up for you and won't let them off lightly." Contrary to everyone's expectations, Ye Huang didn't scold Yixin for her rudeness, but instead looked at her with a pained expression.

  Tattered clothes with one rip after another, face and hands all wounded, almost no good place left, a cold hard heart, yet somehow felt a thread of pity.

  "Your Majesty, if Jiu'er finds the murderer, can she be in charge of punishing them?" The emotionless eyes, upon hearing Ye Huang's words 'Your Majesty', felt a hint of warmth in his icy heart, at least he didn't say 'We'.

  Father Emperor, does he represent the man sitting there at this moment, will he contain her like a father?

  Her heart is stained with bitter laughter, can she be so extravagant?

  "As long as there is sufficient evidence, any punishment for Kaito under the law of Yoru no Kuni is justified."

  "Thank you, Father Emperor."

  "War King, after this matter is over, I will settle the account with you properly. You can't even protect your own queen, what qualifications do you have to lead the hundreds of thousands of troops in Night Country?"

  "I, your son, am willing to accept the punishment." At night, Dustu lowered his eyes, he so wanted to go forward and hold her thin body in his arms, to shield her from the wind and rain, and let her face bloom with a flower-like smile again.

  However, she was on guard against everyone, and her eyes were filled with vigilance towards anyone who approached her. Even the imperial sister did not dare to get close to her, and he feared that if he rashly came forward, Ye Juechen would be worried that her overreaction would harm herself.

  "Hmph." Ye Huang let out a cold snort, scanning Nan Rong's slightly pale face before looking at Qian Nian Niang who was being shielded behind her. He said sternly, "Jiu Er, these three are witnesses."

  "Yes."

  "You will recount the whole affair in front of me again. If you dare to deceive, I will punish you for deceiving the emperor."

  "Don't worry about anything, just say what you want to say, no one can touch you."

  Three men hung their heads and carefully glanced at Yixin, but did not dare to look up at Ye Huang, their hearts racing like drums, feeling dizzy and about to faint.

  From head to toe, he recounted everything once again, making sure nothing was left out before crawling onto the cold floor and waiting for their final verdict.

  Yehuang was enraged after hearing this.

  Yixin's reputation was almost ruined by the hoodlums, and it didn't matter if they succeeded in killing her or not. If this plan were to succeed or fail, once the news got out, Yixin would become a laughing stock for being unchaste, and even Ye Guo would be ridiculed by the four countries forever.

  Cruel enough, poisonous enough.

  Has he always underestimated this crown princess?

  "Crown Princess, do you have anything to say in your defense?"

  Nan Rong's face was calm as water, but his heart was turbulent with shockwaves. So many years of endurance, could it be ruined by her hands? His voice trembled with tears, kneeling before Ye Huang, he said in a low tone: "Please, Your Majesty, I implore you to see clearly, I, your subject, have no grudges or grievances against the War King's consort. Such a heinous act, I would never dare to do."

  Even if it means death, she cannot admit this matter.

  "Your Majesty, you once praised the Crown Princess for being gentle and elegant, with a strong sense of propriety. The imperial family values its reputation above all else; as the Crown Princess, it is absolutely impossible to disregard the royal family's reputation." Qian Yiyu trembled with fear, facing Emperor Ling's piercing gaze.

  Apart from Ye Huang, the War King beside her was staring at her tightly, as if he wanted to flay her skin and dig out her flesh.

  "Shut up, you don't have the right to speak here." Nan Rong's voice was low and menacing as he glared at Ye Huang, "What the War King's wife said has nothing to do with me, please, Father Emperor, defend me."

  "Why doesn't the Emperor take a look at that old thing's wrist, is there really a mark as the witness said?" Bai Yu's hands were stained with blood, her pink tongue lightly licked the dry blood on her fingertips, and the astringent taste made her furrow her beautiful eyebrows.

  The bloodthirsty factors in his body seemed to be boiling up because of her actions, frantically screaming.

  "Come and take a look at her wrist."

  "Yes." Two guards stepped forward, pushing aside the crown prince's consort and holding down Qian Mama, who was struggling incessantly. They pulled up her sleeves, revealing scythe-shaped scars on her wrists for all to see.

  Xuanyuan Empress's face changed, and she looked at Nan Rongshallow and said: "Crown Princess, how do you explain this."

  In her eyes, Nan Rong was gentle and kind, how could he be so ruthless, Ninth only just married into Ye Country not long ago, yet she encountered two assassination attempts, it's simply too cruel.

  Qian Gu Gu sat on the ground in a dejected manner, biting her lip and saying viciously: "More than 20 years ago, I came to Ye Guo from Nan Guo and became the wet nurse of the crown prince's consort by coincidence. In fact, I have always been controlled by Nan Guo. The other day, I received an order to take the life of the Ninth Princess, and everything I did had nothing to do with the Crown Prince's Consort."

  "You are indeed a good slave." Yixin Yan looked at her with a faint smile.

  "Under the name of the Crown Princess, I can do many things in secret. The Ninth Princess is a thorn in Empress Dowager's eye, even if she were to be married off to Night Country, Her Majesty would not tolerate you." Qian Yiyu gritted her teeth, and if it weren't for the guards holding her back, she would have pounced on Yixin and strangled her to death.

  Miss, this is the last thing Nanny can do for you, from now on you have to rely on yourself.

  "Bring these three people down, dig out their eyes, cut off their tongues, and finally castrate them, throw them out of the palace." The words were neither heavy nor light, loud enough for everyone to hear clearly, and couldn't help but feel a chill on their scalps at Yī's ruthless methods.

  "Take them away." The Night Emperor waved his hand and the guards took the three wailing men out of the main hall.

  "I've heard that Prince Wang has a dagger known as 'cutting iron like mud', I wonder if I can borrow it for a use." Yixin's gaze entered Ye Nüe's eyes, and the small hand stained with blood opened in front of him.

  However, the thirty-centimeter dagger was small and exquisite, like a silver moon, quietly lying in Yixin's palm, with the milky white pearl at the end reflecting her pale face, and the scar on her cheek was even more eye-catching.

  "For a loyal and devoted servant like you, I have always had great respect. To fulfill your loyalty, I have decided to take your life with my own hands, in front of your master, so that she will never forget you in this lifetime, nor in the next."

  With a calm and elegant turn, Yixin's words were carefully chosen, each sentence spoken softly.

  "What are you going to do?" Suddenly, fear crept silently into Qian's limbs, making her look ten years older in an instant.

  "A sharp knife pierced into the flesh, bit by bit sticking to the bone and cutting off piece after piece of intact flesh and blood, revealing white bones..."