Chapter 63

Donghuang Taiyi stood where he was for a moment, then his figure flashed leisurely and quickly disappeared.

At Zhao Mingqu’s residence.

After making preparations for his departure.

Zhao Mingqu boarded his carriage and, escorted by a large number of guards, left the Prince’s residence with a flamboyant air.

His departure appeared very common, and the carriage was also very low-key.

Except for the flag hanging on the carriage, which proved his identity.

Everything else appeared very ordinary.

He only brought the necessary guards to ensure safety; everything else was kept simple.

It did not look at all like an imperial Prince with high status and power that swayed the court.

“Prince Zhao is heading to court!”

“Prince Zhao is still so simple; he doesn’t have any airs of a Prince...”

“That’s right, Prince Zhao is a very good person; he is good to the commoners and good to his servants...”

“Most importantly, Prince Zhao is loyal to the Great Qin; in his early years, he fought in all directions and established great military achievements...”

“...”

Many commoners on the streets of Xianyang City saw Zhao Mingqu’s carriage and horses appear and moved aside one after another.

Looking at Prince Zhao Mingqu’s carriage and horses, many commoners revealed expressions of respect and admiration in their eyes.

It seemed they had a very good impression of this Prince.

Inside the carriage.

Zhao Mingqu listened to the discussions of the commoners that drifted in from outside the carriage from time to time.

Listening to the commoners’ praise for him, a look of pride appeared on his face.

“My reputation has reached a very high level...”

Zhao Mingqu was very satisfied with the image of a Prince who was close to the people and loyal to the monarch and patriotic that he had cultivated.

In the court, he appeared very respectful to Ying Zheng.

He performed the etiquette of a subject to a monarch very well, never overstepping his bounds, and was very dutiful.

Usually, he was quite good to his servants and the commoners.

Wherever a disaster occurred, he would pay out of his own pocket to provide relief.

Of course,

Zhao Mingqu would not be stupid enough to provide relief in his own name.

Instead, he would first petition the imperial court and provide relief to the disaster victims in the name of the court.

Allowing the court and the Emperor to gain a good reputation.

However, after doing this kind of thing many times, word would still leak out, and some people knew what he was doing...

After the commoners knew what he had done, they loved him even more.

Therefore,

his reputation was also very high, and he was loved by countless commoners.

He was also respected by many court officials, and even Ying Zheng had commended him many times.

Of course,

what Ying Zheng was thinking in his heart

when he did this

was something few people could fathom.

Even Zhao Mingqu couldn’t, but because he petitioned Ying Zheng every time he did these things and then did them in the name of Ying Zheng and the imperial court,

there had never been any problems, and he did not need to worry about the dangerous and terrifying label of “winning the hearts of the people” being pinned on him.

Thinking about all kinds of things in his heart, and thinking that the situation was becoming more and more favorable to him.

Thinking that Ying Zheng did not have long to live, Zhao Mingqu’s mood was very excited.

This excitement would only be revealed when he was in private.

Zhao Mingqu’s carriage was driving slowly along the street.

And at this time,

in a restaurant,

Ying Mo was sitting by the window,

wearing a mask, his gaze fixed on the carriage driving slowly below.

His gaze,

instantly locked onto,

a figure walking slowly forward step by step beside the carriage.

The moment he saw that figure, the light deep in Ying Mo’s eyes suddenly became sharp.

“Found you!”

A terrifying killing intent suddenly erupted from Ying Mo’s body, and his eyes suddenly became as cold as thousand-year black ice.

A hoarse and cold voice sounded slowly from beneath the mask.

The terrifying killing intent, like a tangible aura, instantly permeated the surroundings.

At this moment,

Zhao Mingqu inside the carriage, and Feng Chen outside the carriage,

suddenly,

felt a terrifying aura shroud them.

“What is going on?!”

Zhao Mingqu suddenly felt goosebumps rise all over his body.

It was like being pricked by a needle, stinging, and at the same time, a cold aura emerged from his bone marrow, making him shiver uncontrollably.

He seemed to feel that something was staring at him from a certain direction.

Subconsciously, Zhao Mingqu lifted the curtain and looked in the direction from which the feeling came.

At the same time,

Feng Chen also noticed,

that terrifying aura,

and together with Zhao Mingqu, looked in that direction simultaneously.

Instantly,

the two of them saw,

on the restaurant not far away,

a person wearing a mask staring at them.

Zhao Mingqu’s gaze met the two cold stars beneath the mask.

“Boom!!!”

The moment they met, Zhao Mingqu felt a roar explode in his mind, and his pupils contracted violently.

A terrifying killing intent, surging and billowing like a tidal wave, instantly crushed toward him.

“This...”

Zhao Mingqu’s face instantly turned pale, and his pupils were filled with terror: “Ghost?! These eyes...”

Instantly,

Zhao Mingqu guessed that this person wearing the ghost-face mask must be that elusive Ghost.

At this moment,

he felt boundless killing intent from the Ghost’s eyes!

This killing intent seemed to have condensed into substance, making his eyes sting just from meeting his gaze for an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the Prince recovered from the shock, his face changing again and again.

Subsequently,

he quickly lowered the curtain, and then his voice was low and hoarse.

“Feng Chen, come in.”

The Prince, having lowered the carriage curtain, had a changing expression, but his heart was pounding violently in his chest.

A chill made his whole body cold, and he immediately ordered Feng Chen, who was walking outside the carriage, to enter.

As soon as his voice fell, the carriage door opened, and Feng Chen walked in.

The moment he entered, Feng Chen noticed that the Prince’s face was pale and ugly, and his brow was full of horror.

“Ghost...”

“He is here!”

“He has targeted me!”

Seeing Feng Chen enter, the Prince gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and hissed: “This bastard, why did he target me? Could it be that he discovered something?”

Suddenly discovering that he had been targeted by the Ghost he had been trying to avoid, Zhao Mingqu was both shocked and angry.

At the same time, he could not understand...

Why??

Why did this Ghost...

suddenly target him? He clearly shouldn’t have been exposed at all!!!

“Master, what should we do now?”

Feng Chen’s face was also very ugly, and he asked the pale-faced Zhao Mingqu in a low voice.

Zhao Mingqu’s expression was uncertain; he reached out and lifted a sliver of the curtain to observe outside.

Upon looking, he suddenly discovered that the Ghost was sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed slowly away by a young woman.

“Hmm??”

Watching this scene, Zhao Mingqu was slightly stunned, and a look of astonishment flashed deep in his eyes: “He... left? What is going on?”