Volume 2: Awakening Memories ☆ Light of Dawn Chapter 7: Cutting Flesh and Preserving Bones (Revised)

  The soft and gentle voice was low and husky, as if it came from the distant horizon, yet seemed to emanate from hell itself, stimulating Qian's extremely sensitive nerves bit by bit. Her fat and bloated body trembled uncontrollably, shaking violently beyond her control. Every time Yi Xiang approached her, she would retreat two steps back in fear.

  Ye Huang's eyelid twitched, a chill spread from the bottom of his heart, extending to his limbs and bones. Xuan Yuan Empress leaned against Ye Huang, her entire body unconsciously nestling into his arms, seeking a sense of security.

  This eerie and sinister aura made them feel extremely unfamiliar, she who grasped the dagger, was like a female Rakshasa emerging from hell, born in blood.

  "Your Majesty, is it not too rash to convict based on just this evidence?" Nan Rong's voice trembled slightly, and a look of anxiety flashed in her phoenix-like eyes as she watched Qian Yini being pushed step by step into an impossible situation by Yi Xin. Her heart was lifted up to her throat for the first time, feeling the footsteps of death approaching.

  "Jiuer, let me help you kill her, you're injured, let the imperial physician take a look at your wound?"

  His voice was almost a whispered plea, concern and worry implied.

  Everyone only saw Yixin's strong and resolute appearance at this moment, but who noticed her pale face that was a bit too pale, that slender and thin body, as if she would fall down in front of him the next moment.

  Ye Juechen had just figured out his own heart's intention, hesitating about how to confess to her, how to have a good talk with her. In any case, he did not expect that Nan Rong would make another move.

  Everyone says that he and Nan Rong are a match made in heaven, two people who understand each other without needing to say much, a perfect pair. If it weren't for the crown prince Ye Xiu's interference, they would have gotten married happily and become the most compatible couple.

  But who would have known, what he had for her was never romantic love.

  "Not necessary."

  Her face was wounded, her hands were wounded, and her body was wounded. Her heart was almost completely covered in wounds, but she couldn't feel any pain at all, as if her entire body had become numb.

  She just knew that once she relaxed, she would be hurt.

  Only now, by arming herself from head to toe, can she survive.

  "Jiuer, you need to be careful, let me help you." Ye Juedu tried to get closer to her, the dagger was forged from Xuan Tie, it could truly cut through iron like mud, and if he wasn't careful, he would end up hurting himself.

  Even if it's just to protect Nangong Shallow, with the current state of Yisheng's heart, it's hard to guarantee that he won't be bitten back by Nangong Shallow and get hurt again.

  He couldn't protect her well enough, and the wound that had been etched in his heart forever was still there; how could he bear to watch her get hurt again right under his nose.

  "I don't need anyone's protection, anyone..." Her distant gaze swept over Ye Jue's extraordinary face, glancing over his sincere and worried black eyes, Yixin shook her head, gripping the dagger in her hand even tighter.

  It was someone who said that there is no 24-hour bodyguard in this world, only oneself can guarantee one's own 24-hour safety.

  The fragmented memories floating in my mind are scattered and disordered, wanting to grasp but can't hold on, fleeting and gone in an instant.

  Nine...

  Her vigilant eyes deeply stung Ye Juechen's nerves, he really wanted to rush forward and hug her without caring about anything, it wouldn't be difficult for him to do so with his skills, but he was also afraid of seeing the resentful look in her eyes, which would hurt more than being stabbed in the heart.

  It should have been the life of living under his wings, standing up with all her might, becoming strong, but at this time, Ye Juechen hoped that she would never become strong, and just rely on him.

  "The crown princess, the grudge between you and I will not be settled until death." As soon as the words fell, two round and lustrous pearls shot out from Yixin's left hand, pinning the crown princess firmly in place. Her eyes widened as she stared at the knife in Yixin's hand stabbing into Qian's body.

  Suddenly, blood flowed like a pillar.

  With one stroke of the knife, it was all over, without any hesitation or dragging on.

  One knife after another, the bloody action that should have been, landed on Yixin's body, and the smooth and natural action, was suddenly filled with a few more melancholic colors.

  A bright red blood bead flew out with the rise and fall of the knife, Qian Mama didn't even have time to make a miserable cry. The dagger stained with fresh blood 'slapped' and cut off the emerald earrings of the Crown Princess, which was stuck in her earlobe and steadily entered the stone pillar behind her, awakening everyone's senses.

  In the blood light, the pale and terrified eyes of the crown princess were reflected, her body was stiff, and in her mind, she couldn't shake off the scene where Yixin had hacked Qian's nanny into a white skeleton, one knife at a time.

  Originally, the pearl that hit her painful hole was just to let her see how cruelly Qian Hua died in front of her. Yixin made sure she didn't even have the right to faint.

  She just wants to make her open her eyes and see what will happen to those who dare to provoke her.

  "You... You still want to do... What is it that you want to do?" Zhang struggled to find his voice, and with a faint smile, Nan Rong gazed into Yixin's eyes, which seemed to hold a hint of a demon.

  "Do you think that's all there is to it, what you've done to me? She blinked, and her pale face suddenly burst into a radiant smile. She raised an eyebrow, lowered her voice, and whispered in Nan Rong Shallow Language's ear: "The game has just begun, don't disappoint me."

  "You..."

  Ignoring the angry gaze of Nan Rong, Yi's expression was indifferent as she swept a glance at the blood and flesh beside the complete white skeleton. Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Even if she is a spy sent by the Southern Kingdom to assassinate me, she has been a loyal servant raised by the Crown Prince for twenty years. At the moment of her death, she still didn't forget to prove that the Crown Prince's wife had nothing to do with the assassination attempt on me. Such loyalty deserves my reward."

  Witnessing the scene of Ah Xin being cut into pieces, Xuan Yuan's queen had already fainted from the shock in Ye Huang's arms. Two of the four concubines fainted on their chairs, while the other two vomited violently, truly frightened to the point of losing all color in their faces, their complexions as white as paper.

  Xuanyuan Si and the other two big men were surprised, but they weren't scared. Instead, they were fascinated by Yixin's swift and precise technique of cutting off the flesh and leaving only the bones.

  In the palace, on this white skeleton, only a small amount of bloodstains remained, and not a single piece of flesh was stuck to the bones, truly an exquisite knife technique.

  "Human flesh is a great tonic, especially when it's freshly cut and still bleeding. It's the most nourishing." Before Yixin could finish speaking, Du Fei and Liang Fei exchanged a glance, rolled their eyes, and fainted dead away.

  Ye Huang's eyes widened in shock and horror at such a bloody tactic.

  "Have this meat sent to the imperial kitchen and stewed into a soup. I, the Duke, will personally supervise the Crown Princess as she drinks it down, nourishing her heart which has been frightened."

  In the main hall, it was quiet and still, with breathing and heartbeats so faint as to be almost imperceptible.

  "Come on, do as the princess says."

  The little eunuch shivered and replied in a cold, stern voice that was like a sudden clap of thunder on a clear day, "Yes, I'll go right away."

  Covered in cold sweat, the little eunuch steeled himself, closed his eyes and wrapped up that pile of flesh and blood, quickly disappearing into the Pepper Chamber.

  "No, I won't drink it."

  "You have no right to refuse." Her eyes narrowed into a slit, the sparkling smile in her eyes quickly froze, and whoever she glanced at took a step back. "As for this white bone, send it to the prince's concubine's bed, just consider it as giving this slave a place to be buried."

  Dare to stew human flesh, she is the number one person in the world with a heart stained with sin.

  How dare you describe the imperial princess's bed as a grave for burying the dead? Her heart is tainted, and it cannot be said that she is not arrogant.

  After today, the name of War King's Concubine Yixin will only make those who hear it tremble with fear.