She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 216: The Expression You Make When You Lie is Truly Disgusting

Chapter 216: Chapter 216: The Expression You Make When You Lie is Truly Disgusting

Li Chengyuan listened to the noises coming from outside, and at this moment, she was cowering under the covers on the bed.

Even in the back yard of the City Lord Residence, she could faintly hear the roar of soldiers at the front gate.

With a guilty conscience, she naturally associated these roars with Yan Wanqing’s death.

"Someone come here!"

Li Chengyuan suddenly shouted toward the door.

The little maidservant, pale-faced, walked in.

"Princess... Princess."

"What are they shouting about outside?" asked Li Chengyuan, her fingers trembling as she did.

The little maidservant was already struggling to hold herself together, and when Li Chengyuan questioned her, she immediately knelt down.

"Princess, many soldiers have come outside, they’re forcing Prince Seven to hand over... hand you over..."

"What should we do?" the maidservant cried breathlessly, the last stab on Yan Wanqing was by her hand!

If these soldiers found out, wouldn’t they flay her alive!

"What’s there to panic about!" Li Chengyuan scolded coldly.

She got up from the bed, and although she was still recovering from a miscarriage, her body had long been well cared for.

"There are no witnesses and no evidence to this matter, as long as you don’t tell and I don’t tell, who would know?" She had been guarded when she left the residence.

Yan Wanqing insisted on chasing someone out of the residence in the middle of the night, so she couldn’t blame anyone if she fell into a trap.

The person who informed her to find trouble with Yan Wanqing clearly wanted to use her to eliminate Yan Wanqing.

Therefore, this person would certainly not bite her at this time.

So—

Li Chengyuan turned her gaze to the maidservant kneeling on the ground and crying incessantly.

"Ayao, would you betray me?"

Ayao was startled by the shout.

She hurriedly shook her head: "Ayao would never betray the Princess, you can rest assured, Princess!"

"I thought you wouldn’t dare. Don’t forget your brother and your mother." Li Chengyuan snorted coldly, her habit of biting her fingertips causing her to tear off a sliver of nail.

At times like this, the more anxious she became, the more she would use this method to force herself to calm down.

Only after Blood Beads seeped out between the nail and the fingertip did she finally calm down.

Ayao kept her head down, kneeling obediently on the ground.

As someone of such lowly status, with Li Chengyuan holding leverage over her, she naturally dared not express her anger.

Perhaps, from the moment she chose to follow Li Chengyuan out of the residence, she had no way back.

Just at that moment.

Suddenly, there was a knocking at the door.

The sound startled both the mistress and the maid, their hearts nearly stopping.

"Who is it?" Ayao asked, following a gesture from Li Chengyuan.

When the person outside heard Ayao’s voice, they said, "Ayao, Prince Seven summoned me to request the Princess to come over for a moment."

Upon hearing that she was being summoned.

Li Chengyuan grew even more nervous.

She pointed to the door and whispered to Ayao, "Ask what it’s about."

Ayao quickly asked.

The maidservant outside did not know what it was about, so she said, "I’m simply following orders, Ayao. Please report to the Princess quickly, it seems that His Highness is in a bad mood."

Li Chengyuan knew that things were going badly.

Xiao Hongshen had just returned to the City Lord Residence today, and she had sent Ayao over to call him and informed him of the loss of her child.

But until now, Xiao Hongshen had yet to appear.

Instead, he had sent a maidservant to summon her.

A glint of viciousness flashed in Li Chengyuan’s eyes.

This man, worse than a pig or dog.

Didn’t he know that a woman’s body is frail during the confinement period after a miscarriage?

He actually dared to ask her to come in person.

With this thought, anger welled up inside her.

"Tell her that this Princess is frail and will not go,"

With careful glances at Li Chengyuan, Ayao turned and walked to the door.

The maid outside saw her open the door and quickly tried to peek inside. Ayao immediately shut the door.

"Where is the Princess?" the maid asked.

Ayao looked somewhat tense, her hands unnaturally interlocked.

"The Princess is very weak at the moment. The physician said she should not be moved easily, I’m afraid she cannot come," Ayao added, "Did Prince Seven mention what the matter was?"

The maid shook her head, "How could I know? All I know is that the City Lord and the Captain are both in the hall."

The maid glanced around, making sure no one was there, then covered her mouth with her hand.

Ayao leaned in with her ear.

"Prince Seven threw quite a tantrum," the maid relayed what she had heard standing at the door to Ayao.

Ayao nodded, her unease growing.

Watching the maid go back to report.

Ayao hurriedly pushed the door open and told Li Chengyuan everything she had just heard.

Leaning on the cushion, Li Chengyuan pondered.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt it had to do with Yan Wanqing.

Yet so far, Yan Wanqing’s body had not been found.

This gave Li Chengyuan a slight sense of relief.

It meant someone had discreetly disposed of the body.

As long as no body was found, Ji Yuntai could not pin the matter on her.

If Xiao Hongshen sent someone over later, she would no longer make excuses.

However, she did not expect that before Xiao Hongshen could send someone, an uninvited guest had already arrived in her room.

Ayao was knocked unconscious by a chop to the back of her neck from the newcomer.

Li Chengyuan screamed in fright when she saw the tall and strong handsome man.

"Li Chengyuan?" The man murmured, squinting and scrutinizing the unfamiliar face before him.

"Who are you! What do you want! I am the Princess Yaochi personally bestowed by His Majesty. If you dare to do anything to me, the Emperor will not let you off!" Li Chengyuan warned, retreating as she spoke.

He had not seen this face when he left the Capital City.

This is the Princess Yaochi personally bestowed by the Emperor?

This is it?

The Emperor must have grown senile, conferring titles on any Tom, Dick, or Harry.

"You don’t need to know who I am." Xiao Pingfeng tossed Ayao to the ground as if she were a small chick and then with his menacing eyes examined Li Chengyuan, "Where have you taken Yan Wanqing?"

So it was for Yan Wanqing that he came!

Jealousy flashed through Li Chengyuan’s heart.

How was it that everyone could have a connection with Yan Wanqing!

"I don’t know what you’re talking about... What is your relationship with Yan Wanqing?"

Xiao Pingfeng found a chair and sat down, pulling a dagger from his waist and plunging it viciously into the center of the table in front of Li Chengyuan.

The dagger sank into the table, leaving only the hilt visible.

Li Chengyuan instinctively shrank back.

"You’re familiar with this dagger, aren’t you?"

Of course, Li Chengyuan was familiar.

This was the very dagger she used to torment Yan Wanqing that night!

But how had the man before her found it?

She had clearly instructed Ayao to dispose of it properly!

Seeing the changes in Li Chengyuan’s expression, Xiao Pingfeng judged in his heart and said with a cold smile, "This matter indeed involves you."

"Nonsense!" Li Chengyuan retorted, "Grabbing any dagger and saying it has something to do with me — this is the City Lord Residence, not some marketplace. Are you trying to frame me?"

"You say it’s unrelated?" Xiao Pingfeng laughed coldly, "The Imperial Family’s bestowed items all have markings. This is something the Crown Prince gave to Prince Seven, who later passed it on to you."

Li Chengyuan’s complexion turned stark white.

"Your lying expression truly is revolting," Xiao Pingfeng mercilessly said.