Chapter Five Ambition
"No! You can't kill me! You have no reason to kill me, you have no right to kill me! I'm just teaching the little palace maid in my own palace, it's you who burst in looking for trouble. Don't think you can use the same method on me as you did on Yu Lan, you won't succeed!" Fear of death had deprived her of her last shred of rationality, she stumbled forward, screaming hysterically.
"Hmph." Nalan Xixi sneered and stood up, saying: "Then let's see if I can really kill you."
At this moment, she is cold and proud, like a god overlooking everything in the air, only that what she steps on is not white clouds, but already piled up mountains of gloomy skulls.
Her eyes were filled with an unyielding ferocity, a murderous aura that was nurtured by blood.
A single glance is enough to see through one's heart.
The wet nurse's face turned deathly pale as she collapsed to the ground, her entire body trembling like she had seen a ghost, her words unclear as she muttered something indistinguishable, her eyes wide with terror almost bulging out of their sockets.
She said, glancing at Yuan Yue who was equally stunned, "Aren't you coming with me?"
It wasn't until now that she realized she had no way to continue serving in the palace of the Second Princess, especially after Nalan Xianyu said such words. Once she left, the wet nurse would definitely kill her first to use as a scapegoat.
It's better this way, following Narlan Xizuo is a hundred times stronger than them, at least, I absolutely won't be bullied.
Returning to the Cold Palace, the Imperial Kitchen happened to send a table of delicious food, and Nalan Xinnuo's mood also improved significantly.
When she's in a good mood, she won't even smile, let alone speak much. It's just that you can feel the oppressive and murderous aura around her dissipate somewhat.
"You eat too." Narlan Xizuo ate with a big mouth without any restraint. Now, for her, eating was more important than anything else.
"I don't dare..." Yuè said subconsciously. Only after speaking did she realize what kind of words she had said.
She is Nalan Xianuo, what she says goes, and no one is allowed to refute her in the slightest.
"Thank you, Princess." Yuè Lián hastily corrected herself, curtsied, sat down beside her, picked up her chopsticks, and calmly took a bite of the dish.
"You look like you're more knowledgeable and reasonable than the other palace maids."
Her body trembled slightly, a flash of panic flickered in her eyes, and then she calmed down. "The princess is overpraising me, I'm just used to being around the second and third princesses for a long time, so I've picked up some superficial etiquette."
Nalan Xixi naturally noticed her unnatural behavior, but didn't think much of it. Firstly, she had nothing to lose now, and even if this was a complicated matter, there was nothing to be gained from her anyway. Secondly, she needed a partner now, and Xueyue happened to fit the bill.
"If you want to pretend to be a princess, can't you just pretend to be real?" Nalan Xianyu raised her eyes and looked at Yuan Yue.
"Slave...I don't understand what Your Highness means." Yuèyùè hesitated.
Now, her killing skills have recovered by more than half, plus Nalan Xianyu's special physique, no one is her opponent. She didn't plan to stay in the Feather Cloud Country all along.
She has never been a person who is content with the status quo and does not strive for progress. She has an almost obsessive bias towards authority. She wants to keep moving forward, climbing up, until she reaches the very top.
"I want you to pretend to be a princess and accompany me to the Luotian Kingdom as an offering." Nalan Xixi said calmly.
"What?" Yuè Méi exclaimed in surprise: "But... how is this possible? The messenger from Luó Tiān Guó has already met with the two princesses."
"If both princesses were crippled, would Nan Gong Jin still want her?" A hint of murderous intent flashed in Nalan Xianuo's eyes.
Yuè Méi was speechless, the woman in front of her had changed beyond recognition, with an aura that was the complete opposite of the timid Nalan Xianyu. Her eyes gleamed with a fierce and arrogant light, as if even the formidable Luo Tian Da Di Nan Gong Jin was nothing but Nan Gong Jin to her.
"But—"
"Nalan Xiong! Get out here!"
Just as Yuan Yue was about to ask her what method she planned to use to cripple the two princesses, the Second Princess Nalan Yanran's voice rang out in the great hall, sounding fierce and menacing, apparently ready to settle accounts.
Suddenly enlightened, it turned out that Nalan Xixi had planned everything. The reason she went to the Second Princess's palace today was to lay this trap, to torture the wet nurse into such a miserable state, but deliberately didn't kill her.
It was waiting for a net to catch all! It's indeed her style.
As she pondered, the Second Princess had already burst in, her eyes scanning the room fiercely before landing on Nalan Xinnuo, who was calmly sipping his soup to one side. Behind her, the Third Princess and the wet nurse, whose face was bandaged leaving only a pair of eyes visible, followed closely behind.
The Second Princess's martial arts skills were the most outstanding among all the princesses, so she was the most favored by the Emperor and Empress. Today, she wore a light outfit and held a nine-section whip in her hand. This nine-section whip was designed by herself. As a lady, she lacked strength, but with the reverse thorn, wherever this nine-section whip went, it would inevitably split skin and flesh, and it would be difficult to heal.
In the palace, there were many concubines who had offended her and died under this whip.
She glared at Nalan Xianyu, her eyes full of sarcasm, and shouted loudly: "You ugly freak, with a lowly status, sinister and venomous, you killed my sister Youlan, humiliated my mother's dignity, and now you dare to bully me? Don't think that just because my mother doesn't bother with you, it means she's afraid of you! Today, I'll teach you the rules of this palace!"
Nalan Xixi didn't even raise an eyebrow. She stood up and stretched her limbs. She wasn't one for idle chatter.
"And you, this cheap servant! You actually colluded with outsiders to harm your own family, a treacherous thing. I'll deal with you first!" As she spoke, her hand rose, ready to strike.
With a loud cry, he fell to the ground, and was beaten by that whip, it's not just a simple injury.
The whip below was starting to rise with the force from the Second Princess's wrist, suddenly! A swift gust of wind flashed by, its speed already exceeding the range of a normal person's reaction time. The Second Princess only felt her wrist ache, and as she loosened her grip, the nine-section whip covered in reverse spikes had already landed in Nalan Xianuo's hand.
The most frightening thing in the world is to let the most terrifying weapon fall into the hands of the enemy. The second princess naturally knew the wonders of her nine-section whip, which could make people suffer from all over their body without using too much force.
She stared at her empty right hand in astonishment, and that astonishment turned to terror when she saw the nine-section whip in Nalan Xianyu's hand. The three princesses and Nurse Hua behind her had already begun to retreat.
Nalan Xixi raised her hand and looked at the nine-section whip in her hand, reversing the thorns? The women in this harem are really vicious when they get ruthless.
Suddenly, she slightly curled up the corners of her mouth.
The wet nurse saw this and almost cried out. This smile wasn't something that just anyone could understand. She knew that Nalan Xinnuo's smile often represented dozens of life-and-death decisions. Her smile was deadly.
Suddenly, those cold and murderous eyes turned towards her, and the wet nurse let out a miserable cry, collapsing to the ground.
Everyone stared at Nai Nai in shock, then looked at Na Lan Xian Nuo, who hadn't even moved. However, Nai Nai's face was deathly pale, and her blood seemed to be flowing backwards; she panted heavily, her lips turning purpler by the second.
In her mouth, she was muttering unclearly about something, suddenly! A mouthful of blood gushed out, she stared wide-eyed, the blood splashing into her terrified but already senseless eyes, and she fell heavily backwards.
The third princess backed away in fear, the second princess walked over hesitantly, and Imperial Concubine Wang reached out to touch her nose, but suddenly she jerked her hand back in shock, staring at Nalan Xixi in disbelief: "She... is dead!"
"You..." The Second Princess originally wanted to interrogate Nalan Xixi, but when she raised her eyes and met Nalan Xixi's gaze for that brief moment...
She understood. She lost. The cruelest thing in the world, isn't the deadliest weapon, nor is it the most superior martial art, nor is it the power to kill people.
But with one glance, it can kill a person and destroy their heart.
That pair of cold eyes with a stunning killing aura, that Asura-like ghostly aura that captures the soul and takes away the spirit, that bone-deep unyielding cruelty and coldness, was not born with it, but was formed by countless rivers of blood and countless deaths, countless lives piled up.
She is no longer human, but a demon, a demon who can destroy people's hearts.
"If I'm not mistaken, two months ago, thanks to the two princesses, Xianuo had a narrow escape at the Ghost Gate." Nalan Xianuo's voice was very cold. Thanks to them, she crossed over into Nalan Xianuo's body. Although it wasn't that bad, compared to her in the 24th century, it was still quite miserable.
The third princess heard the words, retreated two steps, turned around and wanted to escape. Suddenly, behind her back, a 'swish' sound was heard, that nine-section whip quickly came over, before she could react, it had already tightly hooked onto her small leg. The reverse thorn on the whip pierced into her flesh, she let out a loud cry and fell to the ground.
Nalan Xixi sneered coldly and her wrist made a slight movement. In the distance, the nine-section whip coiled around Third Princess's knee suddenly tightened.
"Crack!" With the Third Princess's earth-shattering scream, her leg bones snapped, and her small legs twisted upwards, revealing a ghastly sight of torn skin and exposed white bones on her knees.
As the moon sees the situation, her pale face turns around and starts to retch, the second princess's whole body trembles, she looks at Nalan Xianyu in horror, backing away, she is not human... this Nalan Xianyu is not the one she used to be, she is not human!
At the same time, Nalan Xixi's indifferent gaze swept towards her, as if saying: It's your turn.
She screamed in terror, her tears having already soaked through the collar of her clothes. She trampled over the body of the third princess without any regard and ran towards the back. The sound of a whip sweeping through the air rose again behind her. In an instant, the whip coiled around her body like a long snake, its dense thorns digging deep into her flesh as she ran forward.
In an instant, the sound of flesh tearing apart mixed with her screams once again filled the desolate and dilapidated cold palace.
The nine-section whip was wrapped around her body, and just now, with a slight lift of her wrist, the third princess's legs were already crippled. At this moment, Nalan Xianuo grasped the tail of the whip tightly and pulled it backward with force!
The two princesses let out a painful and mournful cry, their faces twisted in agony. Their luxurious silk robes were torn to shreds, mixed with flesh and blood that had been ripped from their bodies, splattering everywhere, hitting the ground with a nauseating sound.
Nalan Xixi dropped the nine-section whip, and the Second Princess slowly fell to the ground as her hand loosened. Her originally elegant and refined figure now lay in a bloody mess on the blood-soaked ground, with blood flowing non-stop.
