The Legend of Princess Qingping
Chapters 14. Removing Residential Rubbish

In Yongping Palace, Zhou Ziyang was still wrestling with his thoughts. The man never thought last night's intruder was someone he knew. The face behind the black veil could not be forgotten just like that.

Bright eyes shaded eyebrow line as beautiful as a crescent moon. Thin lips that look reddish under the night sky. A face that reveals extraordinary beauty with a deadly smile when underestimating others. It all belonged to someone in black, a troublemaker in the Liu House.

Zhou Ziyang stood by the window. He stared at the maple leaves in the beautifully fallen courtyard. The man seemed to be quietly focusing on contemplation and his brows furrowed in confusion.

At this moment, a burst of autumn wind blew away the precipitating dust, as if it had become alive in one's eyes.

Xu Jia opened the door carefully and stepped inside. He brought a stack of documents. "Your Majesty, this is the report sent by the Rongyi Inn."

Zhou Ziyang did not bother turning his head to look at Xu Jia. He just said in a low voice. "Just put it on the table."

"Your Majesty, is something bothering you?" xu Jia asked after carrying out Zhou Ziyang's orders. He approached towards the window, keeping a distance of two steps behind Zhou Ziyang to stand there.

"I was thinking about the intruder last night. What exactly is he planning?" Zhou Ziyang's voice was mixed with confusion.

Xu Jia did not know how to answer. If Zhou Ziyang who was smarter than himself alone could not guess the intruder's intentions, let alone him. Xu Jia frowned deeper.

Zhou Ziyang seemed to understand Xu Jia's inability to answer. He did not force his subordinates further, but went back to asking about something else. "What did I ask you to investigate?"

"Your Majesty, Second Miss Liu has already returned to her residence, but she did not bring Jiang Yu. I've asked someone to investigate Jiang Yu, maybe tonight there will be news." Xu Jia paused for a moment before continuing his words. "In addition, there were reports that Jiang Yu had only taken A Heng hostage and released him in the early hours of the morning. I don't think Second Miss Liu has any intention of killing A Heng."

Zhou Ziyang still did not take his eyes off the maple tree. "All right, I get it. You can go now!"

Xu Jia did not heed Zhou Ziyang's orders. He was still standing in his place quietly. "Your Majesty, who is the intruder?"

Instead of answering, Zhou Ziyang asked back. He turned around to look at his subordinates. "Xu Jia, what do you think about the intruder's martial ability?"

Xu Jia thought for a moment before giving an answer. "Your Majesty, I think that person's skills are very good. His steady attacks were also nimble, like people who had been trained since childhood."

'Already trained since childhood', the sentence caught Zhou Ziyang's attention. He also had the same thoughts as Xu Jia. However, he still could not believe the face behind the black veil. If you remember that curiosity mixed with disbelief into one grow a frown line in the middle of his eyebrows.

Xu Jia was well aware that Zhou Ziyang was in a bad mood. Although the man standing before him rarely smiled, but he almost never showed the expression of confusion as he was today. Xu Jia could only keep his curiosity in silence.

"How many people have died in the Liu House?"

Xu Jia immediately replied, "5 people, Your Majesty. They were 4 guards surnamed Meng and 1 butler of the residence."

"Xu Jia, you investigate about them and have someone keep an eye on the Liu Residence!" Zhou Ziyang walked towards the workbench.

Xu Jia followed his master's footsteps. "Your Majesty, why do we need to keep an eye on Liu's residence? Does Your Majesty want to have a Feilong Plate?"

"Since when have I been interested in such an object, Xu Jia? I was thinking maybe Liu Qingqing wouldn't let A Heng off just like that!"

In the Liu Residence everyone was taken aback by someone's voice. Spontaneously they immediately turned their head towards the source of the sound. They could clearly see a woman with a chest in the doorway. A smile was clearly plastered on her beautiful face, but it carried a slight monstrous aura.

Li Shu and Liu Yifei were surprised that the size of their eyeballs looked larger than usual.

"You ... are still alive?" Li Shu was stuttered by shock. He seemed to see the ghost of someone crawling up from the underworld to demand revenge.

Liu Yifei was no less frightened than Li Shu. His face turned pale just like A Heng's. Liu Yifei shook his head in disbelief as he continued to point towards Liu Qingqing who was standing in the doorway. "He ... is he .. still alive? This is impossible!"

Liu Qingqing stepped in with light steps. The smile of General Liu's second daughter was still expanding with a deadly aura. As his bright eyes moved lightly and casually swept across everyone's face, it would make their backs feel goosebumps.

Soon everyone retracted their gaze, looking deeply down, trying to hide the fear in their hearts.

Behind Liu Qingqing was Bai Liu and five male servants. They just silently followed Liu Qingqing into the residence.

Liu Yifei inched backwards behind Li Shu. He made his mother's body a pillar of protection. The girl was like a little coward who could only stick out her head slightly to peek at Liu Qingqing, then shrank back as if afraid of losing her life.

Li Shu was still standing on the spot, though his body started to shiver with palms filled with cold lightness. He did not want to show his weak side just from feeling guilty. He tried to control his fear to stare at Liu Qingqing with a hint of courage.

Liu Qingqing stopped one step ahead of Li Shu. He looked at Li Shu and Liu Yifei with a look of hatred. A mocking smile appeared alongside the winter sneer. "Based on a bunch of fools! You think you can kill me by borrowing someone else's hand! You must be very disappointed to see me coming today!"

"Liu Qingqing, how did you manage to escape death?" ask Li Shu.

Liu Qingqing did not bother to answer Li Shu's question. He turned his gaze towards A Heng. Liu Qingqing felt pity to see A Heng pale-faced with wounds all over her body, but she realized what had befallen the man was her plan.

"Li Shu, why do you want to keep a thief alive?" Liu Qingqing looked towards Li Shu with a horrifying look. "The proper punishment for a thief is death!"

"Liu Qingqing, although A Heng is guilty, but we cannot kill him. He was the servant of His Majesty the King. A punch of 50 times was enough as punishment for him!" shouted Li Shu.

Liu Qingqing again gave a cold sneer. "What if he's the servant of His Majesty the King? A Heng was already a servant of the Liu House, it was only natural that he be punished according to the rules of this residence. His Majesty the King will not interfere with a small matter like this!"

"Liu Qingqing, watch what you say! You dare offend His Majesty the King, aren't you afraid of being punished?" Liu Yifei poked his head out from behind Li Shu's back. Then he shrank back to hide after saying his words.

"Liu Yifei, you who only know of hiding behind your mother's back still dare to scold me! If you don't dare to do it, let me do it!"

Everyone shivered at Liu Qingqing's words. They could see the look in his eyes emitting a terrifying killing intent. It was as if the girl standing before them was a descendant of the God of Death.

Li Shu also felt the same way, but she still dared to go against Liu Qingqing. "Liu Qingqing, you don't need to interfere with this matter! The stolen items had also been returned, he had already suffered enough!"

"If I want to kill him, which one of you can prevent me?"

After saying this Liu Qingqing pulled a sword from one of the guards. Then he swung the sword towards A Heng, slashing the neck of the already severely injured man with a single slash. His powerful and ferocious attack instantly took away A Heng's life in a single breath.