Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
chapter-337

Shi leisurely drunk water in Liu’s room, and didn’t forget to get Long a cup of water.

Long was quite touched by his queen’s service.

So he drunk slowly, too.

“You went to me just for some water?” Liu Suifeng looked at them, lost for words.

“Last time, we got that you have some good stuff. So we decide to have a look.” Long said after he finished his water.

“Poison again?” Liu Suifeng was confused.

“Oh, no no no.” Long shook his head and said, “we don’t need it now. We want something that makes people tell the truth.”

“ Making people tell the truth?” Liu Suifeng squinted and said slowly, “if you came yesterday, I’m afraid even I could not help. But I got two good things last night. So, I can help you.”

“Eh? Last night?” Long blinked and looked at him surprisedly, “what did you do?”

“I went out for a walk and came back with some good stuff.” Liu Suifeng said with a smile.

Hearing what he said, Long immediately came up with five words, a gentleman in the air (a thief)!

Shi looked at Liu Suifeng, also surprised.

“Why are you looking at me?” Liu Suifeng asked innocently.

“How poor are you, Suifeng? You can be a real gentleman, not a tief.” Long sighed.

“Are we not giving enough money?” Shi also asked.

“Yeah, you don’t give me enough money. Can you give me more?” Liu Suifeng laughed.

“Don’t say that. Tell us, why stealing?” Hearing what he said, Long rolled his eyes instantly.

“Not stealing, just double-crossing.” Liu Suifeng replied with a smile.

“Double-crossing? What happened?” Long was even more surprised.

“Jianghu affairs. I met two thieves who wanted to steal from me, and I stole back.” Liu Suifeng answered. (Jianghu, literally rivers and lakes,term which refers to the environment where the martial artists live.)

“Well, you are good, very good.” Long gave him a thumbs-up.

Liu Suifeng smiled slightly.

They agreed to act together at night with Liu Suifeng and then left.

When coming back to the mansion, Long met Xu You, relieved him and let him cooperate and act with Shi.

And he let Fang Shuoyang make a pretence of ignorance.

So they would know whether someone really knew something or someone wanted to strike from Xu You.

All the people in the Imperial City knew that Fang Shuoyang cared Xu You a lot since they never hid it. It’s possible that someone might strike from Xu You.

It was almost evening when servants outside reported that a woman named Tianxiang Zi asked to see them.

Both Long and Shi knew that woman.

Xu You mentioned her in a letter and she save them when a woman exactly like her attacked them.

But Fang Shuoyang still refused to allow the woman to be with them.

Then she disappeared.

They speculated that the woman were to deal with something. See, she showed up again!

Fang Shuoyang immediately let Yingfeng inform Long and Shi the news.

So Long and Shi were right behind Fang Shuoyang and Xu You when Tianxiang Zi was taken in.

Tianxiang Zi was led in.

Fang Shuoyang and Xu You stood up from chairs and took two steps forward.

“Tianxiang Zi.”

“Childe Fang, Childe Xu.” Tianxiang Zi said.

Long and Shi observed her secretly.

“What are you coming for?”

“You are the forth prince now.” She looked at Fang Shuoyang.

“Yeah.” Fang Shuoyang said lightly.

“You were unwilling to admit the identity before.” She said meaningfully.

“People change.” Fang Shuoyang said with slight smile.

Tianxiang Zi paused and stared at him.

“Why are you staring at Shuoyang? You like him too?” Xu You pouted and said.

Xu You was so jealous that he pulled Fang Shuoyang over.

He raged, standing his hair like a cat, looking like he was going to bite. It was hard not to smirk.

Tianxiang Zi was speechless for a moment and then said instantly, “please don’t take it wrong. I’ve said that I just wanted to help an old friend.”

“It has been many years. Even old friends don’t help people for no reason.” Xu Yous said disapprovingly, a little persistent, “you really don’t like him? What do you want?”

Long almost burst into laugh.

Xu You was really amazing.

“No no no, Childe Xu, please don’t misunderstand. I absolutely have no intention of that to Childe Fang.” Tianxiang Zi said immediately.

Xu You still looked at her suspiciously. He held Fang Shuoyang’s hand and wouldn’t let it go.

“Actually, I came to deliver two pieces of news.” Tianxiang Zi said at once.

“What news?” Xu You asked doubtfully, looking like suspecting that she was hit too close to home and was making an excuse.

Tianxiang Zi a little helpless. She didn’t know that Xu You became jealous easily.

“First, the third prince will lead the worship on the Western mountain. It’s fro sure.”

“Second, Lord Zhou has an illegitimate child.”

Hearing that, Fang Shuoyang and Xu You squinted instantly.

“How do you know the third prince will lead the worship?” Fang Shuoyang asked.

“Who is the illegitimate child?” Xu You also asked hurriedly.

“I can’t tell you how I know. But I assure that the news is true.”

“You said you just wanted to help. But you know so much that others don’t know, which makes you rather complicated. Although you’ve helped us, why we can believe you?” Xu You asked in disbelief.

“All I can say is that we have the same purpose.” Tianxiang Zi kept silence for a while and then said slowly.

“Our purpose? Even we don’t know what it is. Why don’t you tell us?” Xu You laughed at her words.

“I helped you before, probably to take advantage of you because of your identity. But now, since you’ve admitted that you are a prince and returned to the royal family, don’t you want to succeed to the throne?” Hearing what Xu You said, Tianxiang Zi looked at Fang Shuoyang deeply and replied.

“Our purpose is the throne…” Xu You grinned with dissatisfaction, looked at her and asked, “what do you want? You said we have same purpose. You want to be an empress?”

An empress, Xu You really got the balls.

Tianxiang Zi failed to smile, rather speechless. “I’m not a daughter of the Emperor. How can I be an empress? I mean that I want Lord Zhou, the Crown Prince and the third prince to die. Childe Fang didn’t care the power before. But with the identity, you can still do a lot of things. We can cooperate better since you want power.” She said.

“The woman looking exactly like you, who is she working for?” Fang Shuoyang asked suddenly.

“Her name is Zhuqing Zi. She works for the Crown Prince now.” Tiznxiang Zi paused and then said.

“The Crown Prince?” Fang Shuoyang squinted and asked, “may I ask what’s the matter with you two? It seemed that she called you elder sister.”

“Well, we’re twins. But we have different ideas and aims. We are mortal enemies.” Tianxiang Zi said slightly.

“She is good at poisoning. May I ask what she does for the Crown Prince?”

“I don’t know that.” Tianxiang Zi shook her head.

“She will make trouble for us if we cooperate with you. She is so good at poisoning that it’s impossible to defend ourselves effectively.” Xu You said unhappily.

“You can rest assured of that. I’m better than her at all points and I won’t let her hurt you.”

“But you cannot be with us all the time.” Xu You said.

Hearing that, Tianxiang Zi said, “if you don’t mind, I can follow you all the time as a guard.”

“No!” Xu You stared at her fiercely, “you must like my man. You even want to stay with him. I will never let you stay!”

Fang Shuoyang coughed.

Tianxiang Zi was lost for words. She didn’t think Fang Shuoyang was a sweet pastry. She just wanted to make use of his identity!