Chapter 46

Volume 1_Chapter 46: Could it be that the Regent is protecting her in secret?

The next day, the corpses at Mingyue Building had been cleaned up, and Yun Qiyue had a good night's sleep.

While eating breakfast, Yun Qiyue said faintly to Qingyan, "You will come with me to collect debts later."

When Sixue heard this, she immediately widened her expectant eyes and looked at Yun Qiyue, "Miss, can you take this servant with you?"

She also wanted to watch her Miss's wild, arrogant, and ruthless demeanor, but unfortunately, after she helped her Miss set up the scene last night, she was shooed away by her Miss and didn't get to see the classic scene of those assassins being finished off.

Although she asked Qingyan afterward, Qingyan was a woman of few words, and listening to her tell it wasn't satisfying at all.

Her intuition told her that going to collect debts with her Miss would definitely be very interesting.

Looking at the expectation in Sixue's eyes, Yun Qiyue did not refuse.

Regardless of how powerful the other party was, she had ways to retreat unscathed and get the silver back anyway.

After finishing breakfast, Yun Qiyue took her two maids and went out.

As soon as she stepped out of the General's Mansion gate, she saw that many people had already gathered to watch.

Yun Qiyue knew that these people were all here to see if she was still alive; presumably, most of these people had placed bets.

Yun Qiyue did not wear a veil and walked past under their gazes in a grand manner; with every step she took, it seemed as if she could hear the sound of people's hearts breaking.

"Why is she still alive? I bet my entire family fortune."

"I stole money from home to bet that she would die within three days; she's still alive, how am I supposed to explain this to my parents?"

"Damn it, I wanted to rely on this gambling game to win back my losses, and now I've lost even my pants."

"..."

Listening to these people wailing and screaming, Yun Qiyue felt not a ripple of emotion in her heart.

These were all people who hoped for her death; it would be a miracle if she felt sympathy for them at a time like this.

Who could they blame for losing?

They could only blame their own greed for using her life as a bet, thinking they could make a profit.

After walking out of their field of vision, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yun Qiyue put on her veil and, led by Qingyan, walked straight toward the largest gambling house in the capital—Ruyi Gambling House.

At this time, Ruyi Gambling House had already received the news that Yun Qiyue was still alive, and the manager of the gambling house was already frantic.

Although only two people had bet that Yun Qiyue would be safe and sound, the amounts were large and the odds were high, totaling one million one hundred thousand taels that needed to be paid out; if they really paid out this silver, not only would Ruyi Gambling House lose a layer of skin, but their backers would also make them lose a layer of skin.

"Manager, what should we do about this? Are we really going to exchange the silver for them?" the deputy manager asked cautiously.

Whether it was one hundred thousand or one million, it was not a small sum; if it were really paid out, would Ruyi Gambling House still have a way to survive?

The manager's face was gloomy, "Exchange? What exchange? No one has ever been able to earn money from our Ruyi Gambling House. Go, give the order: no matter who comes to exchange the silver, just..."

The manager made a throat-slitting gesture, a fierce light shooting from his eyes.

To be the largest gambling house in the capital, Ruyi Gambling House naturally had its methods.

The deputy manager was clearly used to such things; hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went down to give the orders.

Just then, Yun Qiyue and her two servants entered the gambling house's main door.

Seeing that three women had entered, the deputy manager immediately drove them away unceremoniously, "Go, go, go, the gambling house is not open today."

Yun Qiyue took off her veil and smiled at the deputy manager.

The deputy manager was shocked when he saw Yun Qiyue's face, "You... you are..."

Yun Qiyue ignored the deputy manager and glanced at Qingyan beside her; Qingyan understood and immediately took out the receipt, holding it up, "We are here to exchange the silver for this gambling game."

When the deputy manager heard this, a bad thought immediately arose in his heart; he stepped forward and took the receipt from Qingyan's hand.

It was the one issued by Ruyi Gambling House, the one for the ten-thousand-tael bet.

The deputy manager's eyes tightened, and he reached out to tear up the receipt, but Qingyan had anticipated this and withdrew the receipt before the deputy manager could act.

Yun Qiyue looked at the deputy manager with a half-smile, "Could it be that your grand gambling house wants to welch on a debt? If this really gets out, no one will dare to come here to gamble anymore."

A ruthless look flashed in the deputy manager's eyes, but the next moment he revealed a fawning smile, "How could that be? Our gambling house has the best reputation; please, Third Miss Yun, go inside and sit first, I will go and invite our manager to come out and negotiate with you."

Yun Qiyue was not afraid and entered the gambling house quite readily, found a stool to sit on, and waved her hand, "Fine, go ahead."

The deputy manager turned around with a smile, but as soon as he turned, he put away the smile, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes, thinking that since she had come in, she shouldn't think about getting out again.

Yet at this moment, Yun Qiyue's faint reminder came from behind the deputy manager, "By the way, before you want to kill me, you must not forget what my current status is, otherwise you might bring disaster upon yourselves."

To intimidate the other party and save some trouble, she didn't mind playing the fox assuming the tiger's might for once.

The deputy manager paused upon hearing this, and when he turned to look at Yun Qiyue, he no longer pretended, but directly showed disdain in his eyes.

What status?

The Regent's fiancée?

Her? The Regent would fancy her?

Even if she died and turned to ashes, the Regent might not even remember her existence.

After all, what normal person would fancy an ugly woman? Not to mention that person was the Regent.

Yun Qiyue seemed to see what the manager was thinking and reminded him again, "Do you think I was able to resist those assassins on my own?"

When the deputy manager heard this, his face changed drastically.

He knew that the gambling house had sent assassins last night.

Could it be that the assassination failed because the Regent was protecting her in secret?

Thinking of this, the deputy manager did not dare to delay any longer and hurried upstairs to find the manager.

After the manager heard the deputy manager's report, his face also turned terrifyingly gloomy.

After pacing back and forth in the room for a few rounds, the manager finally went downstairs.

When he went downstairs and saw Yun Qiyue, the manager did not pretend either, locking onto Yun Qiyue with his gloomy eyes, "Do you know who our backer is?"

Yun Qiyue did not answer but asked instead, "What, does it have any necessary connection to whether you welch on debts just because of who the backer of your Ruyi Gambling House is?"

Yun Qiyue's straightforward words made the manager's face stiffen, and the expression on his face could barely be maintained.

"To tell you the truth, our backer is Heir Ming'an."

Heir Ming'an, whose real name was Yu Ming'an, was the current Empress's own nephew and the number one playboy in the capital; he could be said to commit every evil, and he could walk sideways in the capital; even the Prime Minister's Mansion did not dare to offend Heir Ming'an easily.

The manager thought that if he revealed the backer's identity, Yun Qiyue would have some misgivings, and then he could pay her twenty thousand taels for the sake of the Imperial Edict, considering it a big matter turned into a small one.

Unexpectedly, Yun Qiyue was never one to play by the rules; she raised her head without a care, looked at him coolly, and asked, "So what? Is he bigger than the Regent, or is it that he can welch on debts just because he is an Heir?"

The manager: "..."

How was he supposed to answer this?

An Heir was naturally not bigger than the Regent.

But the Heir had been running rampant in the capital for so many years and the Regent had no intention of interfering; surely he wouldn't meddle in other people's business for the sake of a Yun Qiyue this time, right?

As for the Heir welching on a debt, even if he wanted to, could it be said out loud?

Just as the manager was speechless, a sinister voice suddenly came from the door: "Even if this Heir welches on a debt, what would you do about it?"