Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 220 - 219 Cold Palace Abandoned Concubine (17) Third Watch of the Night

Chapter 220: 219 Cold Palace Abandoned Concubine (17) Third Watch of the Night

Aside from the four members of the Ye Family, no one else present had heard this content before.

Especially upon hearing that Shaohua could match the seventh prince when she was young, everyone was dumbfounded.

What followed was admiration for General Ye.

To think that such a talent, General Ye could bear to prevent her from pursuing education.

It was only now that the divine doctor realized why Shaohua was capable of creating such an antidote; she had been a genius since childhood!

Yuwen Yun, too, had only just learned this and looked at Shaohua with some surprise.

The most astonished of them all had to be Yuwen Jing, who dumbly stared at Shaohua, unresponsive even when the Chief Eunuch called out to him twice.

However, General Ye no longer had the luxury of time to wait for his reaction after knowing that Ye Shaofeng was out of danger.

Now that Shaohua had successfully left the Imperial Palace, General Ye had no more concerns.

He directly addressed Yuwen Jing, "Your Majesty, you have been out of the palace for quite some time, and it’s getting dark. For the sake of your safety, this humble official will escort you out of the residence."

A storm raged in Yuwen Jing’s heart.

Only now did he realize that Shaohua had been hiding her true abilities from him.

He really wanted to ask her why she hadn’t told him anything from the start!

But—

Thinking of Qu Huashang, Yuwen Jing no longer dared to ask. What right did he have?

He had been deceiving her from the start.

Upon thinking about the Qu Family and their entourage, Yuwen Jing’s expression darkened even further. He had dethroned Shaohua as soon as he ascended the throne; surely General Ye knew this from Yuwen Yun and must now also be disillusioned with him.

Hence, Yuwen Jing left the Ye Family residence without saying another word.

After Yuwen Jing’s departure, General Ye glanced at Yuwen Yun, grateful that the other had promptly summoned the divine doctor.

He also had a premonition that Yuwen Yun’s visit was related to Shaohua.

He didn’t rush him to leave the Ye Family but instead arranged for him to be accommodated in a side room.

Once the unrelated visitors had left, the Ye Family could finally gather properly.

Knowing that Ye Shaofeng was safe and his life not in danger, the Ye Family’s eldest sister-in-law turned to Shaohua, "Shaohua, that Yuwen Jing is truly despicable, actually deposing you for the sake of Qu Huashang. I will let him know, our little sister is a hundred times better than that Qu Huashang!"

That was the reason why the Ye Family’s eldest sister-in-law had boldly proclaimed in front of Yuwen Jing that Shaohua had been a prodigy since childhood.

The relationships within the Ye Family were not complex; Madam Ye, General Ye, and Ye Shaofeng had always been very fond of Shaohua since her childhood, and the eldest sister-in-law naturally inherited this trait.

After meticulously choosing Yuwen Jing, who seemed decent enough, who could have expected him to be so heartless and cruel!

With his son seriously injured and his daughter publicly deposed on the day of the grand ceremony, General Ye couldn’t possibly swallow his anger.

He had sworn in front of the previous emperor to protect the Yuwen lineage, but as to who would become the emperor, he could not assure anymore.

"You all stay here in the residence; I’m going out for a bit," General Ye left this message and went straight out.

Shaohua let Madam Ye look her over from head to toe and then resumed her communication with 008 in her mind.

"It’s indeed been a long time since the last upgrade," Shaohua narrowed her eyes, "Wait a minute, do you need my permission to upgrade now?"

008: [Yes, that’s correct.]

Dammit, can you not be so sharp!

But Shaohua was not in the mood to bother with it at the moment, "Go ahead and upgrade. If there’s not much use after the upgrade, then don’t bother in the future."

chose to ignore the latter part of her statement and jubilantly agreed.

**

There were no disturbances at the General Residence, and Shaohua also safely left the palace.

At the same time, Qu Huashang’s powers were being gradually reined in by Yuwen Jing; officials siding with Qu Family were either suppressed or dismissed from office.

Grand Tutor Qu sensed the unusual atmosphere.

He visited the Cold Palace under the pretext of seeing Qu Huashang.

"Huashang, the military talisman is in the Emperor’s hands," Grand Tutor Qu knew the Emperor could no longer tolerate their Qu Family, "you must find an opportunity to get the talisman for me. Remember, the survival of the Qu Family depends on you!"

Grand Tutor Qu could naturally follow General Ye’s example and hand over all his power to the Emperor to demonstrate his loyalty.

However, there were too few people in the world with the same resolve as General Ye—who doesn’t cling to power?

Not to mention the Fu family, second to none under heaven!

Qu Huashang shook her head outright. She couldn’t believe it, "No, it can’t be. His Majesty loves me so much, he wouldn’t treat the Qu family this way!"

Grand Tutor Qu gave her a bitter pill to swallow, "Are you aware that the entire Imperial City is buzzing with rumors that the Ye Family’s young lady is a talent unmatched in the world? Even the Idle Prince doesn’t deny it. How often has His Majesty visited your Changchun Palace recently?"

"What?" Qu Huashang slumped into her chair, "The Idle Prince?"

Her fingers tightened. Ever since Ye Shaohua had been released from prison, Yuwen Jing had not set foot in her palace again.

"Grandfather, I understand." Qu Huashang made her decision without much thought.

Seeing his granddaughter’s eyes harden with resolve, he finally felt relieved.

Qu Huashang then summoned a palace maid and, rather than dressing in her lavish palace attire, she dressed as she had the first time she met Yuwen Jing and went to see him.

After Yuwen Jing’s afternoon nap, she sent all the servants away.

Then, with a string of keys, she opened the brocade box and took the military talisman inside.

"Eunuch Chief, go check if His Majesty feels warm," Qu Huashang slipped the talisman into her sleeve and then flashed a smile at the head eunuch.

Having given her order, she headed straight for Changchun Palace and instructed the Lone Star to return the talisman to the Fu family.

She didn’t know that right after he left with the talisman, Yuwen Jing woke up.

Within a quarter of an hour, several people appeared silently in the room, "Your Majesty, the Empress has sent Lone Star to deliver the talisman to the Fu family."

"Lone Star?" Yuwen Jing sneered with a curl of his lip.

Lone Star, the second assassin of Zhaixing Building, the one who attempted to assassinate him in the Imperial Palace. Had it not been for Ye Shaohua’s rescue, he would have been dead and gone by now.

So it turned out that Lone Star was Qu Huashang’s person, and all this while the Fu family had tried to shift the blame to Ye Shaohua!

When he actually received the news, he was not as surprised as he had imagined.

Perhaps due to the matter with the Ye family, he had already had a premonition.

The woman he had cherished most in his life had always wanted to kill him, whereas the one woman he owed the most had risked her life to save him. He had thought he only owed one person, but it turned out he had also loved the wrong person!

If Qu Huashang had never been from the very beginning, he would have always been together with Ye Shaohua; with General Ye’s complete loyalty, the Ye family wouldn’t need to worry at all.

"Pfft—" Yuwen Jing spit out a mouthful of black blood.

However, he didn’t stop there. Instead, he called for his shadow guard and took a talisman out of his sleeve, "Hand this to General Ye and also tell General Ye to come to the palace."

He had been wary of Qu Huashang for a long time. She thought she had obtained the real talisman, not knowing that it had already been swapped out by him.

**

The wild ambitions of the Fu family were no longer concealed.

Even though Ye Shaofeng wasn’t dead, he was bedridden and couldn’t get up. The Ye family was without the talisman, and more than half the court supported the Fu family.

The rest were neutral.

The Fu family led a group directly to the palace coup, blatantly claiming Qu Huashang was pregnant with the crown prince.

By the time General Ye and others arrived, Yuwen Jing had already been forced to drink poison.

There was not even the slightest sign of panic on General Ye’s face. He could have arrived earlier, he could have saved Yuwen Jing, but unfortunately, he didn’t.

To humiliate his daughter in such a way, Yuwen Jing’s nine lives wouldn’t be enough in exchange!

Qu Huashang had already suffered enough heartbreak. With Lone Star at her side, she wiped away her tears and ignored Yuwen Jing’s gaze.

She looked only at Ye Shaohua and said indifferently, "Lone Star, do it."

Lone Star, who she had personally saved and thus had pledged loyalty to her since then, stood by her side ready to strike.

Lone Star didn’t take Ye Shaohua seriously at all. Upon hearing Qu Huashang’s command, he immediately threw a knife that flew straight out.

In his eyes, Ye Shaohua was no different from a child.

Qu Huashang wasn’t worried in the least, for Lone Star was ranked second amongst the assassins of Zhaixing Building, counting as one of the top experts in Jianghu.

Even Grand Tutor Qu was amazed by the expert she had managed to acquire.

Although Ye Shaohua’s martial arts were not weak, she was still a green girl after all.

And at that moment, Sun Ping, who always knew how to read the times, was following right behind Qu Huashang, having climbed to the highest position in Changchun Palace.

Just as the flying knife thrown by Lone Star was about to reach Ye Shaohua’s neck, a slender hand effortlessly caught the knife reputed in Jianghu to be unavoidable.

Followed by a clear, melodious voice, "Lone Star, who gave you the audacity to lay a hand on someone of this master’s building?"