Descending Phoenix- To be Emperor - C299

Shen Youhuang knew what she meant. After thinking about it for a moment, he shook his head: “Shen Yusu is truly weak and weak, and the mastermind behind this is actually very ruthless and efficient. Not a single piece of information has been leaked out. It was impossible for that little brat Shen Yusu to think of such a seasoned technique … “Two official ships were robbed. There must be some other expert guiding them …”

Hua Ruoyu muttered: “There’s no one by Shen Yusu’s side who can advise him. Could it be that this really has nothing to do with him?”

Speaking till here, a light flashed in her mind, and she asked carefully: “Duke, when Wolf Ivory Mountain went on a rampage, did Pei Shi find Shen Lingjue’s and Feng Ningyan’s corpses?”

“At that time, they were forced to the mouth of the waterfall. They fell down together with their horses, but the water flow was too fast …” As Shen Youhuang was speaking, he suddenly realized what was going on, “You’re saying … Shen Lingjue and the rest are not dead? ”

Shen Lingjue might still be alive!

When Shen Youhuang thought about this possibility, Shen Lingjue’s sharp eyes appeared in front of him, causing him to be terrified, he sat on the bed and shouted out: “Hurry and call Pei Shi over!”

Upon receiving the order, Pei Shi immediately rushed over, upon entering the study, he saw that Shen Youhuang was angry, and did not know what had happened, and immediately knelt down.

Shen Youhuang asked coldly: “Did you manage to find the corpses of Shen Lingjue and his wife?”

Pei Shi did not dare hide the truth, and immediately knelt down: “Reporting to Your Highness, at that time, we could not find the corpses of the two, so I brought my men down the river, searching all the way, but we did not find any corpses. But that waterfall was hundreds of meters high, and the horse that fell down was smashed into pieces, burying itself inside a fish’s belly, let alone a human … ”

Hearing that, Hua Ruoyu interrupted: “That is just your guess, if he is alive, you want to see him, if he is dead, do you not understand? Have you ever doubted this? ”

Pei Shi could not help but become even more nervous. “This … “Later on, two of their killers who went downstream to search went missing. At that time, I thought it was because Lin Chen got lost or he ran into a wild beast …”

Hearing that, Shen Youhuang could not sit still, he was shocked and afraid: “Could it be that those two found out about Shen Lingjue and Feng Ningyan and were killed?”

But when he said it out loud, even he himself didn’t dare to believe it. He had a feeling that there was someone watching him from the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike him with a fatal blow …

“He’s really like a ghost that won’t leave!” In anger, Shen Youhuang flipped the table over with a bang, and then kicked the chair away irritably, “Trash! F * ck! A bunch of idiots! There are so many of you, so many crossbows, yet you can’t kill two people! What is the use of this king raising you! It would be better to raise a pack of wild wolves! ”

In his fury, he scolded randomly, scaring Hua Ruoyu to the point where he did not dare to speak.

On the surface, Pei Shi kept admitting his mistake, but he was secretly dissatisfied in his heart.

If Shen Youhuang had not personally witnessed the situation, how would he have known that it was not easy for them to heavily injure Shen Lingjue and the others?

Shen Lingjue, Feng Ningyan and Jing Qi were all skilled fighters, even their war horses were fearless. If they were still alive after being poisoned, then who would be able to kill them?

Moreover, Pei Shi had lost a lot of manpower during the last assassination attempt at Wolf Ivory Mountain. It was incomparably difficult to nurture such an assassin, and not only did Shen Youhuang not confirm that Pei Shi was the one who attacked them, he claimed that all the blame was on him.

“What a failure!”

Shen Youhuang was extremely furious, to think that he could even fail to prepare for an assassination, and let the two escape. It seemed that the explosion of the Black Underground Weapon Factory, as well as the robbery of the official ship, were all related to the King Yu!

If Pei Shi had been straightforward, how could he have suffered today?

Seeing that Shen Youhuang had vented his anger for a while, Hua Ruoyu calmed himself down a little and tried to console him, “My prince, even if those two people have not died, with them heavily injured and poisoned, they would still be severely injured. They will probably not be able to recover in a short period of time.”

Pei Shi immediately continued: “That’s right, this lowly servant saw with my own eyes that Feng Ningyan was poisoned by a concealed weapon, so this lowly servant is sure to die ….”

When Shen Youhuang heard this, his expression finally calmed down a bit.

Hua Ruoyu took the chance to advise him: “My prince, if the expert behind Shen Yusu is really Shen Lingjue, then the first thing we should do is to deal with Shen Lingjue’s counterattack! Now that everyone believes that the King Yu is dead, we cannot let them see through our plans so easily.

Shen Youhuang nodded his head: “That’s right, if we were to let Shen Lingjue and the others make the first move, we would be extremely passive.”

As he said that, he remembered that before Shen Yusu went to the Plague District, his spy had reported to him that Shen Yusu wanted to report the matter of him killing the crown prince Shen Di and Li Yu. He couldn’t help but reveal a sinister smile: “My beloved concubine is right, it’s time to find a scapegoat.”

Hua Ruoyu saw that Shen Youhuang had already made his plans, and a gentle smile suddenly appeared on his face. He went up and brewed a cup of tea for Shen Youhuang: “Your highness, let’s drink a cup of tea.”

Shen Youhuang patted Hua Ruoyu’s smooth and tender face, then said to her gently: “My beloved concubine is still smart. As expected of my good wife, my American teacher.”

With that, he ordered Pei Shi, “Immediately spread the news … Do you understand? ”

After Pei Shi finished listening to what Shen Youhuang had to say, he cupped his hands and said, “This subordinate understands!”

“Don’t screw it up this time!” Shen Youhuang said coldly, “Otherwise…” Although he hadn’t finished his sentence, the threat in his words was obvious.

Pei Shi trembled as he kowtowed to promise her repeatedly.

Deep into the night, the Prince Cheng Manor was once again quiet.

On the second day, a strange piece of news quickly spread among the citizens of the capital: King Yu Shen Lingjue was originally still alive. Some hunters in the mountains claimed to have seen the heavily injured Shen Lingjue near Wolf Ivory Mountain and were saved by some villagers nearby.

Within a few days, these rumors began to be discussed enthusiastically in the streets and alleys.

The court officials naturally heard about it. When the day arrived, one of the court officials reported, “Reporting to the Prince Cheng, all the citizens in the capital are discussing that the His Highness King Yu is still alive.”

Hearing that, Shen Youhuang was overjoyed, and immediately stood up, “Really? Tell me the details. ”

That official continued, “Everyone said that His Highness King Yu escaped death and was saved by the mountain people near Wolf Ivory Mountain. The mountain people did not know who he was until one day he appeared in a nearby town and was recognized by people.

With that, he stared at Shen Youhuang with his bright eyes, as though he wanted to find the answer on his face.

After all, this rumor was the exact opposite of what Shen Youhuang had said earlier about Shen Lingjue’s death. If Shen Lingjue really did not die, then wouldn’t Shen Youhuang be making up the news of the King Yu’s death? What was his goal?

Shen Youhuang calmly looked at the various officials, “Ever since I heard the news of King Yu’s death, this king has been overcome with grief. Now, knowing that he might still be alive, this king is extremely happy.”

At this time, a minister from Prince Cheng spoke up: “This rumor is unfounded, how can it be trusted? “Maybe the traitor wants to incite the people’s hearts and disrupt the imperial court!”

“Prince Cheng sent people to search for His Highness King Yu, but to this day, they haven’t found him. Just based on the information that came out of nowhere, all of you are to say that His Highness King Yu isn’t dead. This official thinks that the person who created these rumors has evil intentions! “