Gao Quan ordered him to assassinate Hua Yueye and said in a deep voice, "Ning Yunqing, you've been with me for so long. This time, it's the most important task. If you succeed, there's no woman in the world you can't have, including Hua Xue'er."
"Yes." Although his heart was in turmoil, Ning Yunqing still pretended to be overjoyed. He lowered his head and said, "You can rest assured, Lord Gao. I'll take care of it."
"That's good." Gao Quan patted him on the shoulder happily. Coincidentally, he hit the injured part of Ning Yunqing. Although the force wasn't heavy, Ning Yunqing had just been injured and hadn't even bandaged the wound. Being hit suddenly, he naturally felt a sharp pain.
Immediately, Ning Yunqing's face turned a little paler. He lowered his head and covered the wound, frowning tightly.
"What's wrong?" Gao Quan noticed something was wrong with him and immediately asked.
"It's okay. I just bumped into something these days." Ning Yunqing lowered his head and immediately took a step back. "It definitely won't affect your grand plan, Lord Gao. You can rest assured." After saying that, he quickly left.
The Prince of Rui stared at his back and couldn't help asking, "This Ning Yunqing seems a bit strange. You mustn't trust him too much."
"I trust those I use and don't use those I don't trust. Since he stepped forward to help me last time, I've decided not to doubt him anymore." Gao Quan narrowed his eyes and got up to walk outside.
It was getting late. The Prince of Rui got up to leave. Before leaving, he glanced back at Gao Quan, his eyes full of coldness. "This plan can only succeed, not fail. You'd better be more careful."
Gao Quan snorted coldly but was quite confident.
After Ning Yunqing learned about this, he prepared some food and sent it to Hua Xue'er's palace. He said respectfully, "Princess, I heard that Concubine Xian and the Emperor were frightened last night. I had someone make some pastries for the Emperor. I'd like you to pass them on to him."
"Why should I help you?" Hua Xue'er sneered and rolled her eyes at him. "Do you know you're too ashamed to see my elder brother, so you ask me to go instead?"
"Please, Princess." Ning Yunqing sighed. There was a bit of grievance in his heart, but he couldn't say it out. He could only look at her helplessly.
"Humph, I don't want to bother with you. If you want to curry favor with my elder brother, go by yourself. Why involve me?" After saying that, Hua Xue'er tossed her sleeves. "I'm going to play with Brother Lingyun later."
Saying so, Hua Xue'er walked past Ning Yunqing and was about to leave.
"Princess, that Shen Lingyun is not simple. You'd better stay away from him." Ning Yunqing grabbed her arm painfully, his eyes full of sorrow.
"Enough! You always say this. I don't know what he did to offend you!" Hua Xue'er sneered and turned to look at Ning Yunqing. "I think you're just jealous of him, jealous that he's kind - hearted and gentle, unlike you, full of bad ideas!"
"I'm not." Ning Yunqing clenched his fists painfully, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"Humph, I'll help you send this. Don't come to me again in the future." Hua Xue'er said resolutely, pushing Ning Yunqing away heavily and running away.
Her action just now happened to touch Ning Yunqing's wound.
At that moment, Ning Yunqing felt a sharp pain in his body. It seemed that fresh blood was flowing out. However, his heart was even colder. The pain in his heart had exceeded that of the wound.
It was really ridiculous.
Here, after Hua Xue'er came out, she planned to send the things to Hua Yueye first and then go to play with Shen Lingyun.
"Xue'er, what are you holding?" Shen Lingyun looked down at the food box in her hand and asked.
"What else could it be? They're the pastries Ning Yunqing made for my elder brother and sister - in - law. You know, after doing such a shameless thing, he still wants to buy people's hearts with these small favors. Isn't it ridiculous?" Hua Xue'er waved her hand, her eyes full of impatience.
"Really?" There was a bit of surprise in Shen Lingyun's eyes. Then he grabbed Hua Xue'er's hand. "Xue'er, this Ning Yunqing has done some very strange things. You can't listen to him. Just dispose of these pastries."
"Is that okay?" Hua Xue'er blinked her eyes and asked in surprise.
"What's wrong with that? Have you forgotten how he treated you and Hua Yueye before? He colluded with Gao Quan!" Shen Lingyun continued to persuade her.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Brother Lingyun. You take these pastries away. I don't want to send them anymore." Hua Xue'er stupidly handed the things directly to Shen Lingyun.
"Okay." Seeing this, Shen Lingyun smiled and reached out to stroke her cheek. "Xue'er is the most sensible."
"Of course." Hua Xue'er nodded and walked away with Shen Lingyun.
After returning, Shen Lingyun cut open the pastries and found a note hidden inside. There was only a small line of words on it: Never leave the palace recently.
Shen Lingyun was stunned for a moment and then realized that Gao Quan was going to do something. Since so, he'd help Gao Quan well.
Then, Shen Lingyun replaced the note inside and had someone send the pastries to Hua Yueye.
"What's this?" As soon as Su Qingwen entered the door, she saw Hua Yueye in a daze looking at a plate of pastries.
"The pastries sent by Ning Yunqing. It's strange. Why did he send them for no reason?" Hua Yueye hooked the corner of his mouth, gently picked up a pastry and smelled it under his nose.
Su Qingwen immediately remembered the incident of the crab buns last time. She quickly walked to Hua Yueye's side, waved her hand, indicating the maids and eunuchs to leave. Then she quickly broke the pastry and found a note in it.
"He actually wants us to leave the palace. Why?" Su Qingwen blinked her eyes and asked doubtfully.
"I don't know. But it was Ning Yunqing who saved us last time. He wouldn't harm people, would he?" Hua Yueye said intently, tearing the note into pieces. "There's no time or place on it. Where should we go? It seems that Ning Yunqing is very anxious to pass on the information."
"Yeah." Su Qingwen nodded gently.
Just then, a little eunuch came to report that the Prince of Rui had prepared a family banquet and invited Hua Yueye to go out of the palace to attend.
"Look, now there's an opportunity for you to go out." Su Qingwen sneered. It was really ridiculous. The Prince of Rui had joined hands with Gao Quan to deal with Hua Yueye. It seemed that the two of them were going to make a big move.
"Okay. Tell the Prince of Rui that I'll definitely be there on time." Hua Yueye glanced at the little eunuch and said calmly. Just right, he'd like to see what kind of net these two had laid.