Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1303: Chapter 1305 Almost Got Blown Up_1

Jiang Yichun’s expression grew even colder, and a murderous aura emanated from him. The city officer’s confidant, terrified, kept begging for mercy, saying, ”I’m just a runner, I didn’t do anything, I beg you to spare me, I have the elderly above and the young below...”

Before he could finish his plea, Jiang Yichun interrupted him, ”What makes her think that with just a few officers, she could cripple my wife?”

Bai Ruozhu felt that Jiang Yichun had hit the nail on the head. Diao Mo wouldn’t be unaware of the strength of their merchant team from Jin Wanliang.

The city officer’s confidant shuddered with fear, a flicker of regret passing through his eyes, clearly regretting his words.

Princess Yingtong also perked up with interest, cracking her whip by his feet, ”Speak quickly, or I won’t be so polite next time.”

The city officer’s confidant, trembling, said, ”No, no, I can’t say it, if I do, Mrs. Diao Mo will kill me. I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”

Princess Yingtong swiftly pulled out a dagger and pressed it to his throat, saying, ”If you don’t speak, I’ll kill you right now.”

”Please spare me, Princess, I’ll speak, I’ll speak!” the confidant said with a trembling voice. ”Mrs. Diao Mo gave a Glaze Ball to the city officer, saying that if they dared to resist, it should be used on Mrs. Bai.”

”Glaze Ball?” Jiang Yichun frowned.

Ao Qi took a deep breath and explained, ”It’s something similar to Lei Zhenzi, it has a powerful explosion and also carries a specially concocted poison from the Holy Hall. Even if one isn’t injured by the explosion, they could still be poisoned. It’s a dangerous weapon unique to the Holy Hall, but because it’s extremely difficult to make, there are very few in existence, and not just anyone can have them.”

Bai Ruozhu narrowed her eyes; this Mrs. Diao Mo wanted to kill her. If it hadn’t been for Ao Qi and Princess Yingtong’s timely arrival today, the city officer would surely have thrown it suddenly, and since she would have been totally unprepared, she might really have been crippled by the blast.

Not only was she feeling a sense of hindsight fear, but Jiang Yichun also started to feel annoyed, regretting that he hadn’t killed that Mrs. Diao Mo directly in Shengyao City.

The city officer’s confidant had pretty much spilled everything he knew, so Ao Qi gave him some reward money and let him go, instructing him to continue doing his job as long as he kept quiet about having seen them.

The man wasn’t stupid; if he spoke up, it wasn’t just the city officer who wouldn’t let him off the hook, even Mrs. Diao Mo wouldn’t spare him.

Once the man was gone, Ao Qi turned to Bai Ruozhu and the others, saying, ”This isn’t a good place to talk. Let’s find a restaurant to eat and chat.”

”I’m also very curious about how you managed to offend that whore Diao Mo,” Princess Yingtong said, her face showing a look of disdain.

Bai Ruozhu saw that Princess Yingtong also strongly disliked Mrs. Diao Mo, which made her somewhat more favorable towards the princess. After all, wasn’t the enemy of an enemy a friend?

Although Jiang Yichun wasn’t really in the mood to go to a restaurant at the moment, Ao Qi and Princess Yingtong had just helped them, so it was only right to thank the two of them.

Soon, the four arrived at the restaurant. Ao Qi ordered a private room of the highest quality and called for some dishes and wine. After the waiter left, he looked at Bai Ruozhu and asked, ”How did you provoke Mrs. Diao Mo? It seems she harbors a deep hatred toward Mrs. Bai.”

Mentioning this matter left Bai Ruozhu feeling speechless. She briefly recounted their encounter with Sangta’s group robbing the Jin Family Merchant Team, then helping Jin Wanliang detoxify, followed by Jin Jing taking a fancy to Jiang Yichun and troubling her repeatedly, only to have her leg bitten off by a ferocious beast sent by Sangta’s Group in the end.

Of course, she didn’t mention Sangta calling her a prophet or the absurd suggestion that she become a beast’s consort. She also left out their secret beating of Jin Wanliang and the incident of poisoning him.

Before she could finish her sentence, Princess Yingtong slammed her palm down onto the table, causing the teacups to jump.

”That Jin Jing is no better, latching onto someone else’s man like a relentless leech and intentionally causing harm. And that Sangta is such a waste, since he unleashed a beast, he should have let it bite her to death! What’s the point of just biting off one leg? Totally useless!” Princess Yingtong roared in anger.

Ao Qi coughed dryly twice, disapprovingly said, ”Take it easy, with that temper, who would dare to marry you?”

Princess Yingtong glared at him, ”What did you say? Don’t think that just because I forced you to ask for a decree to marry me, that I’m into you. I simply didn’t want to marry a barbarian like Sangta.”

Ao Qi huffed, ”Then go ask someone else for help, I don’t want to throw my future happiness away because of you.”

Bai Ruozhu saw that the two were going to quarrel and hurriedly interrupted, ”I thought you two were enemies, but it turned out to be just a misunderstanding yesterday.”

”He is my enemy!” Princess Yingtong glared at Bai Ruozhu viciously, ”I came over today out of boredom just to have a look, but he’s still my enemy. He actually gave away the brooch that I’ve liked since I was a child!”

Bai Ruozhu’s mouth twitched. If this barbaric princess knew the brooch had been given to her, who knew how she would react.

”My grandmother always said it could only be given to someone fated to have it. You don’t even know how to use it, how could I go against my grandmother’s last wish?” Ao Qi said, then suddenly turned to Bai Ruozhu, ”Perfect, Mrs. Bai is just the fated person my grandmother was talking about.”

Bai Ruozhu was petrified on the spot. Did Ao Qi really have to throw her under the bus like this?

She cursed Ao Qi in her heart and managed to squeeze out a smile, ”I was also lucky to know how to wear it, but I wouldn’t want to steal the princess’s favorite.”

Expecting Princess Yingtong to blow up, instead, she leaned in close to Bai Ruozhu, curiously asking, ”How do you wear it?”

Bai Ruozhu reached into her sleeve, connected her thoughts to Space, took out the brooch, then opened the clasp in front of Yingtong and fastened it in the place where Western etiquette dictated it should go.

Princess Yingtong’s eyes widened, ”So that’s how it’s used, I... I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.” She scratched her head in annoyance, messing up her hair.

However, she quickly recovered her proud demeanor, sized up Bai Ruozhu from head to toe, and then gave Jiang Yichun a few glances. The displeasure on her face faded away, and she even sported a hint of a smile, as if her mood had improved again.

Bai Ruozhu was completely baffled, finding the princess to be very capricious.

”Mr. Bai really is quite a catch, no wonder Jin Jing was so persistent. I think you’re much better than that brat Ao Qi,” Princess Yingtong suddenly said, laughing.

Ao Qi’s face turned cold in an instant, and he swept an unhappy glance at Princess Yingtong, ”Keep me out of your business.”

In a moment, Bai Ruozhu understood. It seemed the princess was upset because she thought the person who received the brooch might develop a romantic connection with Ao Qi. But since Bai Ruozhu, who already had an excellent husband, and whose relationship seemed quite good, had the brooch, there was naturally no link to Ao Qi anymore, and thus the princess was happy again.

Ah, after all the trouble, it was just a pair of frenemies causing a fuss, saying things like ”much better than Ao Qi” was actually the princess letting go.

Bai Ruozhu also breathed a sigh of relief, as she definitely didn’t want to provoke some unfounded jealousy.