Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 889 - 433: Ye’s Advantage

Chapter 889: Chapter 433: Ye’s Advantage

Capital, King Zhen’s Mansion.

Ye Zhuchan stood with her hands behind her back, quietly gazing out the window at the pair of butterflies dancing playfully among the flowerbeds in the courtyard, her elegant brows furrowed, worry etched across her forehead.

Zhuge Xuanji sat at the table, constantly shaking the Compass for divination.

Any slight laxity, and he could feel the murderous intent from the woman, like a tangible sword pointing at him.

Yeying sat nearby, her expression complex.

Looking at Ye Zhuchan’s slender and delicate figure, she still hadn’t come out of her shock, with countless questions swirling inside, yet facing the woman’s indifferent jade-like face, she found it difficult to speak.

"It’s done! This kid succeeded!"

Zhuge Xuanji suddenly exclaimed, slapping the table.

Ye Zhuchan turned around abruptly.

She came to the table, her beautiful eyes fixed on the three Copper Coins spinning in the Compass, then delicately formed a Dharma Seal with her fingers like an orchid and closed her eyes to sense.

Only after successfully sensing the Water Moon Dream Mirror did the woman finally relax her tense heart.

Zhuge Xuanji clicked his tongue in wonder: "This kid is something, he actually made it through."

Ye Zhuchan’s lips curved up: "Brother Jiang is inherently intelligent, I’ve always believed he could make it through the Water Moon Dream Mirror."

Zhuge Xuanji said irritably: "Then why did you help him resolve that test last time? To be honest, if you hadn’t meddled, you wouldn’t have angered the Water Moon Dream Mirror and invited You Tan to test him."

Ye Zhuchan’s expression was icy: "I was originally the only Master of the Water Moon Dream Mirror; it should listen to me."

"Ha, self-deception at its finest. The Water Moon Dream Mirror won’t fall for the same trick twice. In any case, Jiang’s future tests will be harder, all thanks to you."

Zhuge Xuanji shook his head and laughed.

Faced with the old man’s mocking scolding, Ye Zhuchan did not, as before, become angry and take action at the slightest disagreement.

She turned and walked to the window, her eyes reflecting a faint shade of melancholy and bewilderment.

"Actually, this old man can guess some of your plans, like why place the Water Moon Dream Mirror on Jiang Shouzhong."

Zhuge Xuanji leisurely put away the Copper Coin from the Compass, speaking indifferently,

"On one hand, it’s to hide Jiang Shouzhong’s whereabouts, preventing the Astronomical Observatory and those people from above from finding him. On the other hand, it’s actually for yourself.

In fact, this old man occasionally secretly divines, to see if you will kill Jiang Shouzhong, but each divination result is different.

Of course, you are the True Dragon Emperor, with imperial fortune protecting you, this old man cannot divine accurately. But it is because of the emperor that this old man doesn’t believe in this ’emotion’ happening to you."

Emperor...

Upon hearing these two words, Yeying became even more confused.

She suddenly recalled what Zhuge Xuanji once said about the previous dynasty, and a terrible thought emerged in her mind, her gaze towards the woman filled with disbelief.

At this moment, Ye Zhuchan turned her head to look at her, with a slight smile on her lips:

"Thank you for taking care of Brother Jiang, although you also used him, at least you were sincere towards him."

Yeying slowly clenched her fists, speaking in a questioning tone:

"Do you know Jiang Shouzhong almost lost his will to live for you? Do you know in his heart, you are his closest kin, irreplaceable?

He willingly allowed me to use him, hoping to avenge you. And you? You deliberately set up a ruse to deceive him? Until now, you keep him in the dark.

Ye Zhuchan, just what are you trying to do? Do you truly care about Jiang Shouzhong?"

The room fell into a deathly silence, filled with a tense atmosphere.

Even the air seemed to freeze.

Zhuge Xuanji, seeing the situation turning for the worse, quickly stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said: "Girl, this matter is quite complex, Miss Ye actually has her own difficulties."

"I don’t care about any difficulties!"

Yeying, somewhat agitated, pointed at Ye Zhuchan coldly, saying,

"Back then, I protected Jiang Shouzhong because I made a deal with you. Now I protect Jiang Shouzhong because he is my brother, at least in my heart.

Ye Zhuchan, I don’t care what schemes you’re plotting, I don’t care about any damned plans! If I find out you’re scheming against Jiang Shouzhong, even at the cost of my life, I will come for you!"

Ye Zhuchan slightly lifted her pointed chin, half-smiling, her gaze imbued with an unfathomable depth, slowly speaking:

"You’ve guessed my identity, haven’t you? Then as a descendant of the Dragon Guard Clan, what is your duty?"

Yeying’s lips trembled slightly, yet she didn’t answer.

Of course, she knew in her heart.

The Dragon Guard Clan was the most loyal guard by the side of the former dynasty’s emperor, whose duty was to protect the emperor, assisting the new emperor for generations, even when the nation fell to ruin.

Ye Zhuchan, with a light yet invisibly oppressive gait, slowly walked up to Yeying.

She extended her slender jade-like finger, lifting the other’s chin, laughing as she said: "To put it bluntly, you are just a dog of mine. If you betray me, do you know the consequences you’ll face?"

Yeying sneered: "Nothing but divine retribution, I, Yeying, truly do not Fear Death. As for the master I should serve, they died a thousand years ago. You, I will not recognize!"

"Oh? Not recognize?"

The smile on Ye Zhuchan’s face grew more pronounced.

Zhuge Xuanji, sweating from his forehead, urgently said:

"Miss Ye... oh no, Your Majesty the Empress, this girl was only joking with you. If she were not loyal to you, why would she painstakingly plan to establish a new dynasty.

These days, to open the emperor’s secret treasury, find the Hidden Dragon Vein and the Divine Tombstone of the previous dynasty, she has worried herself gray. Her heart is set on restoring the Daxiang Dynasty, on reviving the nation for you..."