She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 166: Long-term Lurking, All for Last Night

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Long-term Lurking, All for Last Night

After the wound had sealed, Song Huaxu withdrew his hand, a thin layer of dense sweat forming on his forehead.

Even for him, dealing with such matters was somewhat strenuous.

"You cannot die now," he said with a wave of his hand as a thin blanket was placed over Xiao Hongshen’s body.

Then he turned and left without giving Li Chengyuan, who lay on the ground, a single glance.

When the sky brightened, Li Chengyuan, light-headed and unsteady, struggled to rise from the ground only to discover that her dress was completely soaked through.

The culprit was a basin of water that had been knocked over on the floor.

"Has it already passed, or am I too exhausted?" The back of Li Chengyuan’s head throbbed with ache, and when she touched it, she could not help but cry out in pain.

At that moment, the door opened.

Mo Shan entered pushing the door, frowning slightly at her disheveled state.

However, Mo Shan was not one to wear her emotions on her sleeve and quickly masked her feelings, stepping towards the inner chamber.

Seeing herself ignored, Li Chengyuan burned with rage.

"What is this attitude? Can you not see me? Are you mute?"

Stopping in her tracks, Mo Shan turned around, "This servant pays respects to Princess Yaochi."

Li Chengyuan’s expression did not improve; she stepped towards Mo Shan and raised her hand, delivering a harsh slap.

"You disrespectful wretch, I am the esteemed seventh prince’s imperial concubine; in other words, your master. You cannot treat me like this; the seventh prince will not spare you."

After receiving a slap, a fierce glint flashed across Mo Shan’s eyes, but she quickly hid it.

Li Chengyuan, however, noticed this fierce glint.

She scoffed, "You usually act like a wooden post, but now you know how to flare up, do you? Feeling resentful?"

Seeing that Mo Shan made no response after she finished speaking, Li Chengyuan reached out and slapped her face harshly again, "Whether you accept it or not, you will have to endure it. As a servant, you must act the part."

Mo Shan bowed her head and remained silent.

She served only Xiao Hongshen and obeyed no one but him.

Even if this Li Chengyuan had become the seventh prince’s consort, without Xiao Hongshen’s command, she was not her master.

"Mute, are you?! Speak," Li Chengyuan, transferring all the anger she had endured the previous night onto Mo Shan, raised her foot and kicked her fiercely.

Mo Shan could have dodged, but she did not.

Because she realized that Xiao Hongshen had woken up.

If that is the case.

Foolish woman.

Mo Shan closed her eyes and endured the punches and kicks from Li Chengyuan until she had vented all her rage, remaining collapsed on the ground.

Li Chengyuan sneered, "Weren’t you acting all tough just now? Why not now?"

Mo Shan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and struggled to kneel on the ground, "This servant dares not, the imperial concubine’s lesson is just."

Hearing Mo Shan addressing her as the imperial concubine, Li Chengyuan felt much better.

"Consider yourself sensible."

She waved her hand, "Go and bring a clean set of clothes over; I intend to wait here for the seventh prince to awaken."

Mo Shan staggered up from the ground and walked out the door.

Li Chengyuan picked up the basin from the ground and placed it on the table, then slowly sat down herself.

Though it was summer and being wet did not make her feel cold, it was indeed uncomfortable.

The noise of the water basin crashing to the ground was enormous, yet no one came in from outside, which was utterly intolerable.

The people under the seventh prince did not regard her highly at all.

Thinking this, Li Chengyuan plotted in her heart to find an opportunity to teach the subordinates a lesson and let them know who the real master was.

Mo Shan would be the first she targeted.

She refused to believe that Mo Shan had not come in to check last night.

She must have seen, yet pretended she did not.

Li Chengyuan grew more and more angry, clenching her fists tightly, realizing she had been too lenient earlier.

How dare that girl, as plain as any passerby, have the audacity to defy her so blatantly?!

She was unaware that her grotesque expression had caught the complete attention of Xiao Hongshen.

He had been awakened by the noise of Li Chengyuan’s racket but hadn’t made a sound.

Even now, he still pretended to be unconscious.

It was the only way to avoid this noisy woman.

For some reason,

He simply couldn’t bring himself to like Li Chengyuan, despite her being talented and obedient.

He found her to be extremely insincere.

To him, all her skills seemed utterly pointless.

The tenderness that had shielded him the night before had been completely exhausted during Li Chengyuan’s hysterical outburst.

Poor Li Chengyuan was still planning how to deal with Mo Shan, utterly oblivious to the fact that she was detested by Xiao Hongshen.

This time, Mo Shan hadn’t come personally but had sent a maid from the mansion to deliver clean clothes and some food specially prepared.

Lacking an encounter with Mo Shan, Li Chengyuan remained upset, and Xiao Hongshen, lying on the bed, showed no interest in waking up. Unable to endure any longer, by the afternoon, Li Chengyuan returned to her own courtyard.

The moment she left, Xiao Hongshen sat up straight from his bed.

He threw back the covers and found that the wound had already scabbed over.

He knew then that Song Huaxu must have come last night.

In the whole world, only he possessed the martial strength to transform decay into a miracle.

Xiao Hongshen felt somewhat relieved.

The arrow that killed Wa Chengnan yesterday must also have been Song Huaxu’s doing.

Without that arrow, he wouldn’t have been so fortunate to escape.

"Summon someone," Xiao Hongshen ordered in a grim tone.

Mo Shan entered from the doorway and knelt on the ground, "Your Highness."

Seeing her slightly swollen lips, Xiao Hongshen thought of the recent scene Li Chengyuan had inflicted upon her and expressed his displeasure, "You are a subordinate of this palace., you know what you should do in the future, don’t you?"

Mo Shan bowed her head, "This subordinate understands." It seemed that the recent beating was not endured in vain.

"Has Chai You been found?" Xiao Hongshen recalled the pressing matter.

Mo Shan shook her head, "Chai You had vanished since last night, and his living quarters were also cleaned up thoroughly. He came prepared."

"Humph!" Xiao Hongshen thought of the past months of their association and his anger flared, "Such a Chai You!"

It was a grand scheme indeed, to plant someone of such capability beside him.

All for last night!

Xiao Hongshen laughed bitterly.

"To claim that Yan Wanqing has nothing to do with this, this palace would not believe it one bit." He gestured broadly, "Investigate, check whether Chai You had met with Yan Wanqing before."

Mo Shan took the order.

Xiao Hongshen then remembered another issue, "Have all the people sent out returned?"

Mo Shan shook her head, "The Duke of the Northern Border has experts protecting him; six groups have gone, and not one has returned alive to report back."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongshen rubbed his temples.

Everything was going against him.

Why was nothing going smoothly?

"Since that is the case, there is no need to keep sending people to their deaths," Xiao Hongshen said.

He would soon be traveling west and wouldn’t have the energy to focus on the Duke of the Northern Border any longer.

As long as Yan Wanqing traveled with him, he would have a myriad of ways to make her journey difficult.

"Also, give a heads-up to all civil and military officials during my time away from the capital; just because I am off to war does not mean I will not return."