âLou Qianxue? You want to harm her?â âGongsun Hengâ listened to the Third Princeâs reason for coming. Hatred flashed across his eyes.
âUh, Fourth Royal uncle, you promised me the last time that you wouldnât let Gongsun Yu surpass me. My target is Gongsun Yu, and Lou Qianxue is just secondary...â
âHa.â âGongsun Hengâ snickered. âGongsun Yu? Heâs nothing! Your nemesis should be Lou Qianxue! I can take action for you, but for the following month, you have to bring me 100 men every day before the sun sets.â
âHmm? Fourth Royal Uncle, why do you need these men?â
âGongsun Hengâ viciously looked at him. âLast time, at the imperial garden, Lou Qianxue and the man beside her badly wounded me. If I donât absorb vital energy from other people, I wonât be able to recover in a short time... However, if the old me can absorb enough vital energy every day, fighting them would be as easy as pie! If you want the old me to take action, then you have to exchange for it with the vital energy of warriors in the Tian Zhao Empire!â
âAbsorbing vital energy from people!â The Third Princeâs face turned as white as a ghost. He stumbled and retreated a few steps. âNo, no! This is immoral...â
Boom!
A chilly and sinister aura rushed toward the Third Prince like a huge wave. âHmph! Coward! If you donât dare to, then leave!â
The Third Prince remained silent for a moment, and his expression became grave. In the end, he gritted his teeth and left.
After they exited from the Fourth Royal Uncleâs mansion, the Third Prince and his butler found their backs drenched with sweat.
âFourth Royal Uncle was not like this before... Why has he become frightening? And why does he refer to himself as âthe old meâ...? Why do I feel like heâs another person?â
The butler was unsettled.
The Third Prince forbiddingly looked at the road ahead. âI heard that his personality changed overnight since he came back two years ago. However... since heâs unwilling to help us, weâll put him aside!â
âThen, Your Highness, what shall we do next?â
âSince he wonât take action, then let us hire a hitman to take Gongsun Yuâs life! However... Lou Qianxue is exceptionally talented, and she has been appointed as Gongsun Yuâs guard. Therefore, she canât live either... Butler, take silver notes to the Gate of Seven Kills and buy Gongsun Yuâs and Lou Qianxueâs lives no matter how much money it costs!â
âYes, Your Highness.â
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âD*mn it!â A lady dressed in a yellow outfit with a face covered in a crimson-red mask got out of her carriage. She cursed under her breath as she stepped into the Gate of Seven Kills.
The people from the Gate of Seven Kills bowed and greeted her. âYoung Mistress Ni Chang.â
âMiss Ni Chang!â
Ni Changâs eyes glowed with icy cold hatred. âDo you know this person? I want you to kill her no matter what price I have to pay!â
âWho dares to offend you, Miss Ni Chang?â
Just as the foreman of the Gate of Seven Killsâs Imperial City branch finished his sentence...
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A series of hurried and hasty footsteps approached them.
âForeman, foreman...â
âWhatâs the matter? Why are you flustered? Donât you see that Miss Ni Chang is here? If you offend the Young Mistress, you wonât be able to compensate her even if you sell yourself ten times!â
âNo, Foreman, someone outside wants to buy the life of Tian Zhaoâs Crown Prince!â
âCrown Prince? This is indeed not a small matter! But, hmph! Our Gate of Seven Kills specializes in the assassination business! As long as the price is right, not only the Crown Prince, even if the target is Emperor Ying, we will dare to take it up! With the right methods, no one can discover that we did it!â
âNo... not just him, thereâs also...â
The foreman frowned in displeasure. âWhat else? Canât you say everything in one go?â
âAnd Lou Qianxue! He also bought Lou Qianxueâs life!â
âHmm? Lou Qianxue?â The foremanâs eyes wandered. âYoung Master has instructed us to protect Lou Qianxue. We must not allow anyone to bring harm to her. Who is this impertinent person...â