She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 190: This Sea of Blazing Flames That Consumes the Body

Chapter 190: Chapter 190: This Sea of Blazing Flames That Consumes the Body

Jie Chen’s eyes were cold and piercing: "What do you mean?"

Yan Jing, hands clasped behind his back, paced around the room, sharing his plan.

First, he deliberately gave advice to the Sixth Prince, knowing that he desired Xiang Ying, thus suggesting he should drug Xiang Ying.

The Sixth Prince agreed as expected.

However, the Sixth Prince did not anticipate that Yan Jing would lead Lu Pancu over.

As both women spent time alone in one room, Lu Pancu carelessly drank the soup that had been drugged, which was bound to cause an incident.

Yan Jing stroked his beard and chuckled: "This humble official knows that Your Highness is fond of Miss Xiang Ying, hence to clear her of any suspicions, just now I had the servants of the Governor’s Mansion see her being brought to Your Highness’s room."

It also meant that Xiang Ying didn’t have the opportunity to act, thus she wouldn’t get implicated by Governor Lu.

After all, it would be Lu Pancu and the Sixth Prince who’d be found in her room.

Jie Chen furrowed his brows even more deeply after hearing all this.

"Why would you do such a thing?"

"Don’t you understand, Your Highness? Of course, this humble official is here to assist you. This is my sincerity to you. Just think, Lu Hong, who loves his daughter as much as life itself, if he finds out that the Sixth Prince has defiled her, he surely won’t let matters rest."

Yan Jing revealed a scornful, cold sneer at this point: "The Sixth Prince deserves to reap what he has sowed, always harboring evil thoughts, he should be devoured by such thoughts."

With that said, he noticed from the corner of his eye that Jie Chen was already testing Xiang Ying’s breathing.

"You didn’t drug her, did you?" he coldly asked.

Yan Jing shook his head: "How dare I? It was just that I heard of her remarkable skills; hence I used a little trick and used sedatives. It won’t harm her body."

Jie Chen’s deep, dark eyes fixed upon him, twinkling with a cold light.

This Yan Jing, his ideas are truly detrimental.

"You should not have done that," Jie Chen said, making Yan Jing start.

"Your Highness, where did I go wrong? It both undermines the Sixth Prince and protects your beloved."

Yan Jing was truly baffled.

He had calculated every aspect, where could he be mistaken?

Jie Chen said with furrowed brows: "I have no grudges with Lu Hong, and his daughter is even more innocent. A woman’s virtue is of utmost importance, your actions might drive Lu Pancu to desperation."

Yan Jing insisted that could not be possible.

"I’ve sent people to investigate; Lady Lu was enjoying herself immensely. It was the Sixth Prince who, fearing the consequences, refused to take her as his. I believe even if Lady Lu wakes up, she will not seek death over such a matter."

Jie Chen remained silent.

Yan Jing knelt down and cupped his fist in the other hand: "Your Highness, when dealing with your political adversaries, sometimes you must be ruthless, even if it means sacrificing others."

"Do you know, after you left just now, Cao Ming and the others proposed cutting your supply of grains. That weakling Lu Hong didn’t even dare to resist!"

"I did this to force him to make a choice; otherwise, always trying to please both sides, there are no such good things under heaven!"

He was in the middle of speaking when Xiang Ying turned over on the bed.

Her dress slightly rose, revealing a stretch of pale, slender leg.

Before Yan Jing could set his eyes on her, Jie Chen swiftly reached out and pulled the quilt over her.

Afterward, whenever Jie Chen spoke again, he subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Why should I trust you?"

"Your Highness, before Old Wang’s death, he exhorted me to support and take good care of Princess Consort Zhuang’s son. This humble official has been loyally serving a decoy all these years and has not had a moment of peace. It was only after meeting you that I understood who I truly ought to serve."

With that, Yan Jing kowtowed: "The matter against the Sixth Prince is my token of loyalty to you. In the future, this humble official will surely throw myself into your service!"

However, Jie Chen silently gave him a cold silence for a long while.

A moment later, he threw a Fire Lighter into Yan Jing’s arms.

"You speak of loyalty; I’ll give you the chance to prove it, go set the Governor’s Mansion ablaze."

"What?" Yan Jing suddenly lifted his head, "This... it’s too risky."

"Do as I say, otherwise don’t mention loyalty anymore, and return to serving the Sixth Prince as early as possible."

Yan Jing clenched the Fire Lighter tightly: "I will get it done."

Jie Chen instructed: "Burn both the front and back courtyards, create chaos among them."

Yan Jing instantly understood Jie Chen’s intention.

If they do not wish for today’s events to be traced back to them, naturally everyone must be a suspect.

After Yan Jing hurried away.

Jie Chen glanced back, looking at Xiang Ying on the bed.

"Stop pretending, get up."

The beauty on the bed remained motionless. freewebnσvel.cøm

Jie Chen raised his eyebrows: "Don’t you want to know how Lu Pancu and the Sixth Prince are doing?"

Xiang Ying finally deigned to open a pair of splendid phoenix eyes.

There was not a hint of haziness in her eyes, rather they held a cunning brightness.

"How do you know I was feigning sleep?"

Jie Chen scoffed, "I know your breathing habits when you’re asleep."

Once these words were spoken, both of them were taken aback.

Jie Chen had unexpectedly blushed at his own words.

He awkwardly averted his gaze: "Yan Jing didn’t hurt you, did he?"

Xiang Ying shook her head.

"Of course not, I felt faint at first, but woke up quickly after."

She had sealed her own pressure points; originally she wanted to see who was so bold as to dare to attack her.

Yet, squinting her eyes, she realized it was Old Deng.

Yan Jing wasn’t old, but when he carried Xiang Ying to Jie Chen’s bed, he ended up panting heavily.

With such physical fitness, still learning to drug others with sedatives.

Xiang Ying was about to take action, but seeing him carefully close the door and leave,

She then realized that Yan Jing must have intentionally delivered her to Jie Chen’s bed.

In that case, Xiang Ying didn’t feel much like struggling anymore, she lay there a while longer, waiting to see if it was Jie Chen who had sent him.

Unexpectantly, she had just overheard their conversation.

Jie Chen pulled Xiang Ying up: "Now that you’re awake, I’ll take you back to the camp."

Xiang Ying blinked: "If I leave, how will you explain to Governor Lu and the others?"

"I need not explain, you were always the...prisoner I was responsible for."

Having said that, Jie Chen actually grasped her arm, escorting her to the door.

At this time, flames were already sprouting up everywhere in the mansion.

Xiang Ying pulled away from Jie Chen’s grasp.

"I can’t leave yet, I promised Fengyi, I would retrieve her father’s sword for her."

Jie Chen frowned: "Retrieve it from whom?"

Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes were pitch black: "Cao Ming."

Jie Chen pursed his lips tightly: "Do you not know how dangerous this is? There will be plenty of chances to get a sword, just not now."

He had barely finished speaking before Xiang Ying stood on tiptoe, hooked his neck, and kissed him on the lower lip.

Jie Chen was startled, his deep eyes rousing ripples, his gaze slowly travelling down to see Xiang Ying’s trembling eyelashes.

He couldn’t help but reach out, wrapped his arms around her waist, deepening the kiss.

Xiang Ying felt like she was kissing a piece of bitter, cold snow, thin and tepid, without the slightest hint of alcohol.

On such occasions, the two of them have always been like dry tinder meeting a fierce flame.

But this time Xiang Ying quickly pushed him away.

Her hand resting on the silver armor on his body.

"Can we go now?"

In the depths of Jie Chen’s eyes, the emotional haze dispersed as if smoke driven away, forcing himself to sober up.

"Just for this?" His voice hoarse, "If you want to go, go, can I even keep you here?"

A light smile appeared on the porcelain-white face of Xiang Ying, and her eyes danced like twinkling stars.

She gently rubbed Jie Chen’s cheek: "You go find the children, take them to the door to wait for me."

After speaking, Xiang Ying turned and ran away swiftly.

Jie Chen ran his thumb over the edge of his lip, wrenching himself from the fiery depths of his desires.

He cursed to himself inwardly.

Xiang Ying had learned the easiest way to control him.