Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

145. Conspiracy

Translator: ilari

“Hmph,” Yuxing Tianrui didn’t say anything. He just glanced at the plate of desserts in front of him, and the next second, Du Chuxuan passed the plate to him. Seeing that Yuxing Tianrui didn’t move, he then took out a piece and sent it to Yuxing’s mouth.

Luo Er felt goosebumps all over his body. It was not easy for him to be the attendant for his master and His Highness. He swore that as long as he could return to the capital, he would never bully Dongxiang again.

“It has just been three days. I didn’t expect it to spread so quickly,” Yuxing Tianrui said after finishing a dessert, “Tomorrow is your appointment with Yuxing Wei. I think he has no other choice. What will you do then?”

Zhou Family in Xiangyang acted fast. Not long after they received the news, they had already begun to prepare young girls for the final selection. It was clear that after the Wulin Assembly, Yuxing Wei would return to the court. So everything needed to be prepared as soon as possible.

Du Chuxuan pointed lazily and said, “Don’t worry, he will definitely come to us.” And by that time, Yuxing Wei would definitely ask him for help.

“So, do you know who did it?” Yuxing Tianrui couldn’t help asking when he saw Du Chuxuan’s calm expression.

Du Chuxuan looked at Yuxing Tianrui’s red mouth, he couldn’t help but smile. He said, “Your Highness, have you forgotten that there is no such thing as truth in this world? Most of the time, people just need an answer.”

Whether for people of Xiangyang, or for Chang Guangqing, or for Yuxing Wei who wanted to boost his reputation with one event, they didn’t actually ask for the truth, even sometimes, truth could be hard for them to accept. So at this time, the fastest way to solve this problem was to find a scapegoat.

From Yuxing Wei’s actions that day, it was not difficult to tell that Yuxing Wei wanted to recruit the Sect Luo, but for some reason, Yuxing Wei was still a little wary of Sect Luo. It was because of this slight wariness, they couldn’t make a deal.

‘By the time he comes to see me again, he would naturally lose control of the whole thing.’ Du Chuxuan narrowed his eyes and was secretly figuring how to arrange the situation.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the appointment. Yuxing Wei frowned and looked at the things brought by his men. He swept everything to the ground in anger and yelled, “You idiots! I gave you so much time, and this is what I got?”

Obviously, there were two people in red appeared in the Wulin Assembly, and one of them had equivalent martial arts skills as Du Chuxuan. There were even some similarities between their martial arts. In these three days, Yuxing Wei almost made his men turn the whole Xiangyang city upside down, but they still couldn’t find the one.

Now, he didn’t find the man in red, and that Sect Luo was also no where to be seen. He had nothing in his hands. The consort selection was about to begin, if he failed to return on time, he wouldn’t even have a consort by the Emperor’s side to help him out.

Thinking about that, he got even more angrier. After kicking several people, he finally calmed down. People around then dared to advise him, “Your Highness, didn’t that person say if we fail to find the answer in three days, he would do something about it?”

Yuxing Wei frowned. “What are you trying to say? I, the third prince, can’t find the murderer, and wish to count on someone who once threatened me. What’s more, you don’t know who he works for. If he indeed intends to frame Manlou, how would you be able to respond to that? Take the beating?”

“Your Highness, mind your words!” The man hurriedly knelt on the ground. He looked terrified. Only their most trusted ones could know about this. After all, here was not under control of their Manlou. If people heard it-

Yuxing Wei snorted, he was very dissatisfied with their frightened act. He said, “I told you back then that one day, I will come back. I asked you to make connections in ZhongYuan. But you always told me to take it slowly and step by step. Now we are in need of help, there is literally nobody. How am I supposed to do it step by step?”

The man knelt on the ground without saying anything, but he secretly felt bitter. Although the Manlou had been famous outside for the past few years, the management of Manlou was really loose.

Furthermore, the Manlou didn’t have sufficient funds, how could it expand its territory to Zhongyuan? Maybe their connections would be cut off as soon as they sent men in Zhongyuan. Of course, they wouldn’t tell Yuxing Wei these things, so they could only swallow their teeth and blood into their own stomach.

After lashed out to his men, Yuxing Wei finally calmed down. Although he was impatient, he was not stupid. The most important thing now was to find Luo Xuan. No matter how, he would control Luo Xuan first.

What he needed now was a murderer. No matter who that was, as long as the murderer was not a member of Manlou, then everything would be fine.

He did thought about finding a scapegoat by himself. But upon thinking of Sect Luo, he didn’t dare to do so. If he had already gone back for reward and the Han emperor found out that one was a fake, he would lose his face.

“Go and find out which shops obviously belong to the Sect Luo in Xiangyang city. Then take my token and go invite that person. You only have one day. If you fail your mission, you don’t have to come back.”

Everyone below accepted the order, and in a short period of time, they all left. Yuxing Wei looked at the empty room and slammed his fist against the pillar.

Since he came to Xiangyang city, he thought everything would follow his plan. But as a result, Manlou didn’t have the chance to become the head of Wulin, he also had to be cautious of the revenge from Sect Luo. Now he only hoped that there would still be room for negotiation.

On the other side, Chang Guangqing knelt in front of Commissioner Chang. He said, “Father, if you trust me, please don’t look for that third prince. Now that the Wulin Assembly is coming to an end, do you want to tell everybody that our men in Xiangyang city are incompetent people and can’t even find a single person?”

Commissioner Chang was angry, he shouted, “What do you know? It will be great if we could find him. If we couldn’t, it will be the third prince’s fault. No matter what, the common people wouldn’t blame us. If you listened to my words, not to take the case, I wouldn’t have to think of this way to get you out of the trouble!”