She Holds the World After Being Reborn-Chapter 499 - 498: Qin Erya, Put Away Your Cheap and Ridiculous Tears

Chapter 499: Chapter 498: Qin Erya, Put Away Your Cheap and Ridiculous Tears

Yan Lingzhen checked the pulse expressionlessly, and only after confirming that Yan Wanqing had merely fainted from excessive sorrow did she let out a sigh of relief.

"I would trouble the Crown Prince to have my sister sent to my tent," she said to Xiao Pingfeng, without a shred of mercy. "This place, my sister finds dirty."

Xiao Pingfeng’s breath hitched.

"Xiaoliu..."

Yan Lingzhen spoke earnestly, "Being drunk is merely a man’s excuse, the true circumstances the Crown Prince is well aware of."

By then, Yan Hongzhao, who had heard the news, also walked in from outside.

Seeing Yan Wanqing unconscious on the couch, she immediately stepped forward, her normally valiant face now clouded with gloom.

"I would trouble the Crown Prince to step aside." Her words were totally devoid of courtesy.

Yan Hongzhao bent down to lift up her sister, her shoulder not avoiding collision as she directly bumped into Xiao Pingfeng, then left without looking back.

Xiao Pingfeng stood in place, and it took him a while to squeeze the words out from his throat.

"Come out."

A dark shadow stood in the corner.

He knelt on one knee on the ground, "Please punish me, master."

"Speak, what exactly happened!"

Ghost Shadow’s voice trembled as he relayed everything that had just transpired in complete detail.

When he heard that it was indeed him who had actively pulled Qin Erya up, Xiao Pingfeng became chillingly cold, the tent freezing over in an instant.

"But, master, nothing happened between you and that woman," Ghost Shadow emphasized.

"Shut up." Had anything happened or not, as a man, wasn’t he clear about it?!

Just by having taken off his clothes and lying on that couch, he had already wronged Wanwan.

This damnable Qin Erya, why on earth had she shown up in his tent?!

And, when he was about to strangle her just now, a deep pain in his heart, an incessant yelling telling him to stop.

Qin Erya was not to be trusted.

He wanted to meet this woman.

Inside Chu Qi’s tent.

He sat upright in a chair, cupping a tea in his hands, his gaze devilish, "Miss Qin, such lofty tactics."

Qin Erya, dressed in a man’s robe, looked bulky and oversized, making her appear even smaller and more delicate. Her features were calm as water, and she had been sitting with her gaze lowered as if lost in thought. Upon hearing the voice, those watery eyes slowly lifted.

"The one who acted was the Crown Prince," she said with a wretched smile. "I, how innocent I am."

Chu Qi chewed on those two words and then laughed, "Innocent? From the moment you appeared in that tent, you were no longer innocent. If it weren’t for your grandfather, a woman as scheming as you should have been dragged out on the spot for public humiliation."

Qin Erya didn’t care about what Chu Qi said about her.

She sat poised in the chair, between her fingertips was a strand of her own severed hair which she gently lifted to her line of sight and lightly twirled.

"The King of Chu should be very pleased now."

"What do you mean?" Chu Qi raised an eyebrow.

Qin Erya revealed her first smile of the night, confident in her plan, "I successfully created a rift between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort. Is the King of Chu not pleased?"

"Why should I be pleased?" His blue eyes full of unfathomable darkness.

"According to what Princess Wuyang said, you have a secret room in Chu Kingdom, inside there is a portrait—" Qin Erya suddenly paused and curved her lips.

Chu Qi snorted coldly, "So what if I do?"

"For a woman as dazzling as the Crown Princess Consort, it is not surprising that many men worship at the hem of her skirt. The King being captivated and longing for four years is not odd, but if the Crown Prince learns of this, what do you think, how will he feel?"

"Are you threatening me?" A hint of murderous intent flashed in Chu Qi’s eyes.

He was not Xiao Pingfeng, and the Grand Tutor of the Qin Family held no sway over him; he could eliminate a dozen women as scheming as Qin Erya.

"I wouldn’t call it a threat, merely informing the King of facts. You desire Yan Wanqing, I desire the Crown Prince, we could form an alliance," Qin Erya spoke plainly, yet her gaze was resolute.

Chu Qi laughed coldly, "Is that how you bluffed Princess Wuyang into becoming your scapegoat back then?"

Qin Erya was not surprised that Chu Qi knew; she nodded frankly, "Princess Wuyang is living very well now, the King should not curse her."

"Qin Erya, it seems everyone has underestimated you." Observing her tranquil demeanor, as if nothing mattered to her, he hadn’t expected her ambition to be so great.

"But I am not Princess Wuyang, you have miscalculated the person." He, Chu Qi, never allowed himself to be controlled by others.

"Given that the Crown Princess Consort is currently overwhelmed with grief, would you care to wager whether the grand crowning ceremony seven days from now can proceed as scheduled?" Qin Erya slightly narrowed her eyes.

"If it cannot, when the King of Chu proposes to take the Crown Princess Consort away to live a life aloft, do you suppose she would agree?"

To say he was unmoved would be false. Chu Qi pondered for a moment and was about to speak when footsteps were heard from outside.

Xiao Pingfeng, dressed in black, walked in from outside.

When Qin Erya saw him appear, she was somewhat surprised: "Crown Prince!"

"Scoundrel!" A gust of wind knocked the approaching Qin Erya to the ground.

The newcomer, exuding an icy chill with not a trace of pity, had his dragon-embroidered boots already stepping on Qin Erya’s shoulder, pinning her motionless to the ground.

"Your Highness!" Qin Erya’s face turned pale with pain, tears streaming down, eliciting pity from anyone who saw it.

But Xiao Pingfeng was like a heartless villain.

From above, he barked, "You dare to scheme against me!"

"This humble girl would not dare!" Qin Erya felt a severe pain in her chest: "This humble girl only heard that Your Highness was drunk, and it was out of concern that I went to see."

"Not dare?" Xiao Pingfeng’s gaze was mocking: "Huai Xinmei has already fled; if I’m not mistaken, the Concentric Gu is now within your body, Qin Erya, you really have the gall!"

She hadn’t expected news of Huai Xinmei’s escape to spread so quickly.

But then she remembered that he was the Crown Prince of Dawei, almighty and in control of everything, and Qin Erya quickly reconciled with the fact.

"The Concentric Gu..." Chu Qi heard these three words, which didn’t sound like anything good.

When Qin Erya saw her scheme had been exposed, she straightforwardly confessed: "Yes, I was the one who released Huai Xinmei." fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

"You deserve a thousand deaths." Xiao Pingfeng pressed down harder, and Qin Erya felt as if her shoulder blade had shattered, the pain making her scream miserably.

"Crown Prince, if you wish to punish her, just send her to the dungeon’s dark chamber. What is the meaning of this in my tent?" Chu Qi spoke up, "Those outside might think I engage in bizarre play, which would tarnish my good reputation."

Xiao Pingfeng pursed his lips and stepped aside.

"Qin Erya, now go kneel at the Crown Princess Consort’s place, and you can leave only when she wakes and permits it."

Qin Erya clutched her shoulder: "I won’t go."

"Whether you go or not is not up to you." Xiao Pingfeng had no desire to see the woman before him.

Grief-stricken, Qin Erya shook her head: "Would the Crown Prince really bear to do this? Does the Concentric Gu have no effect on you at all?"

"You’ve said it yourself, it’s the effect of the Concentric Gu," Xiao Pingfeng said expressionlessly, "Qin Erya, save your cheap and laughable tears. I feel nothing for you, not now, not ever. Even if you were to die before me, I would not feel a shred of pity for you. Qin Erya, never aspire to things that don’t belong to you. Even in death, I would not hesitate to kill you."

Upon hearing these words, Qin Erya felt as if all her strength had been drained.

It was as though a million insects were frantically gnawing at her heart.

The pain was so intense she almost convulsed.

If the Mother Poisonous Insect was this fierce, what would the backlash of the Child Poisonous Insect be like?

Yet, the man before her was as unmoved as a statue.

Even under the influence of the Concentric Gu, all of his heart and mind were on that woman, Yan Wanqing; he wouldn’t spare a glance for her...

"...I understand, Your Highness."

Xiao Pingfeng commanded gravely, "Someone escort Miss Qin there."

Outside Yan Wanqing’s tent, Qin Erya knelt upright.

Passersby pointed and commented, her gaze numb.

The Qin Family, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, were kept outside by the guards.

Old Master Qin was so enraged that he fainted.

Qin Huai, unable to reason with the impervious guards, could only try to find Xiao Pingfeng.

Yet he was barred from entering the tent.

Desperate, Qin Huai shouted towards the tent.

"Crown Prince, my father has devoted his life to Dawei, and this is how you treat his cherished granddaughter?"

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