"Milord." The advisor tightened his gaze. Looking at Li Xinyue and Chu Junyi, he whispered to Fu Chengyuan.
Fu Chengyuan's face changed. He looked at the advisor in disbelief but was soon convinced by the latter's look and began to consider the feasibility of the plan.
Li Xinyue stared intently at the master and his servant whispering to each other. She had already guessed their plan from their ever - changing expressions. They simply wanted to kill her and Chu Junyi and then frame it on the unscrupulous merchants who had dealings with the direct line of the family.
In this way, what they had done to Chu Junyi would be covered up, and they didn't have to worry about her telling the emperor.
What a bunch of incorrigible scoundrels!
"Lord Fu, I advise you to think twice! Before you kill us, you'd better weigh the consequences. If you fail to kill us, I'll make the entire Fu family fall from a noble clan to a poor one overnight. Do you believe me?"
Seeing that they didn't seem to believe her, she decided to show them how to go bankrupt overnight with her own actions.
Li Xinyue exchanged a look with Chu Junyi. Then she let go of his hand, let him lean on her, took out a fire starter, blew it alight, and held it up for them to see.
Fu Chengyuan and the advisor's pupils constricted.
Li Xinyue enjoyed their belated expressions. Raising her eyebrows, she said with a charming smile, "The Fu family's estate has a lot of timber, and the houses are all made of wood. With the dry weather, what do you think will happen if I start a fire?"
Fu Chengyuan's hands trembled with anxiety. He stammered and in a fit of desperation, slapped the advisor. Then he looked at Li Xinyue anxiously, on the verge of begging for mercy.
At this moment, Chu Junyi was leaning on Li Xinyue's shoulder. The fragrance from her made his head spin. Fine sweat oozed from his forehead. Seeing her heroic side, whether it was due to the effect of the drug or his true feelings, he couldn't hold back anymore.
His trembling hands wrapped around her waist.
Feeling the softness in his arms, he let out a comfortable sigh and wanted more.
Li Xinyue stiffened. She quickly grabbed the troublesome hand and interlocked their fingers. Then she stared at Fu Chengyuan sharply. "Where's the antidote?"
"This... this..."
Seeing that he still wanted to play tricks, Li Xinyue threw the fire starter out.
Not far away was a corridor with several lanterns hanging under it. The fire starter landed in one of the lanterns, and it immediately caught fire.
Then the entire lampshade burned away, and the candle fell out. The wax from the candle dropped on the ground, caught fire, and formed a fiery snake.
Fu Chengyuan panicked!
"Quick, put out the fire! Hurry, put out the fire!" The Fu family had lived in this mansion for generations, so there were many valuable items. A single fire would make the Fu family the poorest noble clan in history.
"Antidote! Give me the antidote now!" Li Xinyue drew her sword and blocked the way of those people. Her eyes were fixed on Fu Chengyuan.
Fu Chengyuan had no choice but to obediently take out the antidote and throw it over.
Chu Junyi reached out to catch it and swallowed it.
Only then did Li Xinyue put away her sword. "I hope this is the real antidote. If there are any side effects, I'll make the entire Fu family pay with their lives!"
Then she leaped into the air with Chu Junyi and left the Fu family's estate.
Fu Chengyuan watched the slowly rising fire. Angry, he could only vent his anger on his subordinates. "Hurry up and put out the fire! You're good for nothing!"
Li Xinyue had already taken Chu Junyi out of the Fu Mansion. On the deserted street, she was suddenly hugged tightly by Chu Junyi.
Chu Junyi gasped for breath. His hands held her tightly as he felt the softness in his arms. The thought of her naked body that night made the fire in his heart burn even more fiercely.
But the princess was his bright moon. Before he could reach for the stars, he couldn't be so cruel.
He had to leave a way out for her.
"Don't move. Just let me hug you for a while."
Li Xinyue couldn't move. Because the antidote hadn't taken effect yet, he was burning hot all over, breathing heavily. Even she felt her face flush and her heart race. Her body went limp.
She felt as if the drug was torturing her.
Especially when she felt something between her legs...
"Chu, Chu Junyi, don't do this here. You..."
"I won't. Don't move. If you move again, I can't guarantee what I'll do."
Li Xinyue's face turned as red as a flying cloud, and her whole body felt hot.
Just then, she heard a noise. Looking sideways, she saw Jing Bai and Hong Xiu climbing over the wall from the Fu family's estate. The two were walking towards them, talking proudly. When they looked up, they saw the princess and Lord Chu hugging tightly on the street.
Lord Chu had his head buried in the princess's neck, looking intoxicated.
Both of them showed "Wow" expressions.
Li Xinyue blushed. She wanted to push Chu Junyi away and never know him again, but she was held too tightly to break free.
So Li Xinyue decided to take the initiative. Regardless of who was wrong, she scolded the two of them first. "Where have you been these days? I asked you to do a small thing, and you still haven't finished it. What's the use of you!"
"Your subordinate... your subordinate..."
Hong Xiu explained for Jing Bai. "We went to Cheng Garden and stole the personal belongings of Concubine Fu before her death. But before we left, we were discovered by the guards who came to check the situation. The two sides fought, and during the fight, the lantern under the corridor was knocked over, starting a big fire.
Cheng Garden is probably doomed."
"You just went to Cheng Garden?"
"Yes."
Li Xinyue guessed that the guards came to check the situation after she left.
Coincidentally, when she left, she also met the guards who were coming to check. Maybe it was because of her that Jing Bai and Hong Xiu were so unlucky to be caught.
However, with the fire in Cheng Garden and the fire in the Fu family's estate, Fu Chengyuan would be very busy.
Thinking of this, Li Xinyue smiled satisfyingly.
"Quick, put out the fire, put out the fire!"
Fu Chengyuan looked at the fire in front of him and then at the fire in the distance that had lit up half of the sky. He was so frustrated that he scratched his head.
All the servants in the mansion were sent to put out the fire, but the fire was so big that it couldn't be extinguished in a few hours. By the time it was extinguished, it would be too late.
Fu Chengyuan gritted his teeth in anger but was helpless. Thinking of the culprit, Miss Chu, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he gritted his teeth.
"Miss Chu, who on earth is this Miss Chu!"
Fu Chengyuan probably couldn't even imagine that the Miss Chu he wanted to cut into a thousand pieces was actually Princess Yuanyang, the very princess he was desperately trying to curry favor with.
The first ray of sunlight in the early morning slowly rose, and the sky gradually turned fish - belly white.
The thick smell of charcoal wafted over the Fu Mansion with the wispy white smoke, accompanied by crackling sounds.
Fu Chengyuan sat on the cooled ruins, too heart - broken to eat or sleep well.
A basin of cold water was poured down, extinguishing the last spark. The red - hot wood made a hissing sound when it met the cold water, and then a thick smell of charcoal rose.
Fu Chengyuan smelled the smell of charcoal and felt even more heart - broken.
"Milord, you haven't eaten anything all night. Have something!"
"Get out!"
The news that the Fu family's estate had caught fire had spread throughout the streets and alleys before the sun rose.