Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved
Chapter 313 - 311: One More Update

Chapter 313: Chapter 311: One More Update

Upon seeing this, Lu Hu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then mysteriously stepped forward, looked around, and then whispered mysteriously,

"Prince, these days, the Imperial City has been buzzing with commotion. Many from the aristocratic gentry clans have fallen prey to it. You should be cautious, Prince. Oh, and I heard that this could ensure safety—" Lu Hu pulled an object out of his robe, a bright red bead, and placed it into Prince Duan’s hand, "This is a method passed down from Master Yu Sheng."

Prince Duan was slightly stunned. Although he found Lord Lu overly enthusiastic, he saw his earnest expression and thought that although he disliked Fu Gong, he was indeed good to Nian Ru.

"Thank you, Lord Lu." Prince Duan’s expression grew more genuine as he accepted the item.

Lu Hu did not linger long and respectfully took his leave.

Xue Liu, holding the item, walked towards the courtyard with ease.

"Miss Xue Liu."

"Miss Xue Liu." The house servants greeted Xue Liu very respectfully, with great enthusiasm.

Now, their days in the Prince’s Mansion were much freer than in the palace, and, moreover, the servants of the mansion treated them very well. Before their arrival, except for a few old women in charge of laundry, there had been no women in the mansion, which seemed to lack something.

And Fu Dong, Nian Xia, Xue Liu, and others, seemed to have injected vitality into the mansion, transforming it completely. The young men worked even harder and with more enthusiasm.

"What’s this?" Xing Yu curiously approached, and before Xue Liu could enter, she tried to sneak a peek first.

"What’s the rush, this is for the Commandery Princess from the Fourth Prince." Xue Liu slapped away Xing Yu’s reaching hand and lifted the box above her head, as she was a bit taller than Xing Yu.

Yin He walked by slowly from the side, gave the wooden box a disdainful glance, then overhearing Xue Liu’s words, thought of that Zheng Haoyuan?

With a slight wave of her hand, Yin He caused the wooden box that Xing Yu had jumped for to suddenly fly out, heading straight for the wall.

Xue Liu and Xing Yu were startled, and immediately fell silent, only to hear a ’smack’ as the box hit the wall and then with a clang, it fell to the ground.

Xue Liu’s first thought was to pick up the box, but as soon as her gaze fell on the object that fell out of the box, she screamed in terror.

Xing Yu was startled too, but did not shout, instead, she looked somewhat confusedly at the fallen object.

Yin He glanced over uninterestedly, frowning as well.

What fell out of the box was a hand, neatly cut at the wrist, apparently tidied up somewhat to make the severed hand appear less gruesome.

Xing Yu had already picked up the severed hand, turning it over in her hands to look it over puzzlingly.

"Why would the Fourth Prince send a dead person’s hand?" Xing Yu muttered, not finding anything special about the dead man’s hand.

Xue Liu, too terrified to even look, thought about how she had just been holding the box in her palms, and was on the verge of fainting.

Yin He looked at the dead man’s hand with an expressionless face; Zheng Haoyuan sending such messy things didn’t surprise her.

"Xue Liu, Xing Yu, what’s all this commotion?" Sister Nian Xia came out holding a food box, having heard Xue Liu’s scream, "The Commandery Princess is just down the corridor, and you’re still being so unrestrained."

"Sister Nian Xia, look, it’s what the Fourth Prince sent." Xing Yu threw the dead man’s hand back into the wooden box and showed it to Nian Xia.

"Sister Nian Xia, don’t look, it’s a dead man’s hand." Xue Liu immediately screamed.

Nian Xia was shocked by the words but upon seeing it, indeed it was a dead man’s hand, though Nian Xia was the bravest.

"Give it to me." Nian Xia said, though unsure why the Fourth Prince would send a dead man’s hand, surely it couldn’t be because of a tattoo at the base of the thumb.

Wait, where had she seen this tattoo before?

Nian Xia quickly remembered; wasn’t this the tattoo of the Imperial Forest Guard? But why would the Fourth Prince send something like this?

"Commandery Princess, maybe you shouldn’t look——" Fu Dong couldn’t help but speak out, wondering why the Prince didn’t like the Fourth Prince, in case the Prince found out and decided to storm into the palace to give the Fourth Prince a beating.

"Is this the Imperial Forest Guard’s man?" Zheng Nianru wasn’t very interested in looking, just curious, "Fu Dong, that day at the Riverfood Restaurant, did those people say they were from the Imperial Forest Guard?"

"They did." Fu Dong replied.

Zheng Nianru had a vague idea of Zheng Haoyuan’s intentions.

"Take it away and dispose of it, it looks rather disgusting."

Upon hearing this, Nian Xia couldn’t wait to dispose of it, not wanting such a thing to remain in their courtyard a moment longer.

...

The Ghost Shadow in Zheng Capital stirred up a storm throughout the city, rumors even spreading within the palace, beginning when Talented Lady Jing’s own brother, Jing Liang, suddenly came down with an unrelenting high fever, beginning to talk incoherently. Jing Family, in desperation, called upon numerous physicians but to no avail. Upon hearing that the Eldest Princess had sought Master Yu Sheng to cure the Prince Consort, they hurriedly sent a message to the palace.

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