Chapter 76

The bet was lost!

This was something Lady Mingzhu had never thought of, or rather, she had never thought that her cousin Bai Bai Yifei would lose, let alone "die."

Everyone will die; this is an immutable thing.

But even people cannot be compared with each other.

At least, for an expert like her cousin, wanting to kill him in a head-on battle was basically impossible.

Before this, Lady Mingzhu thought so.

Today, she realized she was wrong; it turned out that her cousin could also die.

Grief surged from Lady Mingzhu's heart, then turned into deep hatred. But when her hate-filled gaze fell upon Su Xuan, she was awakened by reality, and this hatred vanished.

Su Xuan noticed this scene and couldn't help but find it quite interesting. He said: "My Lady, you are a person who knows the times; you should know what to do, right?"

Lady Mingzhu certainly knew what to do, or rather, she had already recognized reality.

She was an extremely intelligent woman; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to be taught medical, gu, and illusion techniques by Bai Bai Yifei, and impossible for her to become one of the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain. Compared to ordinary women, she was extremely calm, or perhaps one could say... indifferent.

She was accustomed to life and death; in her eyes, life was nothing more than something that could be toyed with at will.

Even though the one who died was her cousin, and she was very sad, after recognizing reality, she quickly accepted the result.

Her cousin was dead; this was a fact. Right now, the only thing she needed to care about was herself.

Su Xuan could kill her cousin and kill Ji Ji Wuye, which meant that Su Xuan could kill her at any time.

Not to mention, there was poison planted by Su Xuan inside her body.

If she could not remove this poison, and if there was no antidote, it would not be long before she would also die.

She was accustomed to death, but that did not mean she was willing to accept it.

Otherwise, she would not have chosen to be controlled by Su Xuan in the first place.

"Greetings... Master!"

Lady Mingzhu tried hard not to think about Bai Bai Yifei's affairs, and at the same time, she suppressed her emotions as much as possible, making her voice soft. She bowed slightly and performed a salute to Su Xuan.

That day, Yan Yan Lingji and Lady Mingzhu had successively made bets with Su Xuan.

The stakes for the bets were both themselves.

Yan Yan Lingji lost, and in order to preserve Master Tian Ze's life, she had no choice but to serve Su Xuan as her master.

Bai Bai Yifei died, and Lady Mingzhu also lost. Although the specific circumstances of the two bets were different, and Lady Mingzhu could have chosen to resist stubbornly to the end and refuse to yield even in death, in the end, she could not bear to part with her own life and served Su Xuan as her master.

However, even as fellow servants, Su Xuan's attitude toward Yan Yan Lingji and Lady Mingzhu was different.

"Since you have chosen to serve me as your master, then come and help me change my clothes!"

Su Xuan said to Lady Mingzhu in a commanding tone.

Lady Mingzhu was stunned; she had not expected Su Xuan to be so direct.

She looked toward Su Xuan and saw him looking at her with a playful gaze.

After Ji Ji Wuye was killed by Su Xuan and she saw the corpse of her cousin Bai Bai Yifei with her own eyes, her fear of Su Xuan had reached its peak. At this moment, feeling Su Xuan's playful gaze, her body shook, and she hurriedly stepped forward to serve Su Xuan.

She certainly knew what Su Xuan meant.

If it were in the past, if anyone dared to covet her body, she would use gu insects to give that person all kinds of torture and then let him die in pain.

Although she was the favorite concubine of the King of Han, even when the King of Han was alive, he had never actually touched her. The beauty in the King of Han's perception was actually created by illusion techniques.

But now, it was different from the past.

Her life and death depended on Su Xuan's whim.

At such a time, she could only be obedient to Su Xuan in every way to win a glimmer of survival for herself.

Let alone offering herself, even if it were other things, she would not hesitate.

Soon, in this daytime, Su Xuan enjoyed things that only the King of Han could enjoy.

He slept on the couch where the King of Han had once slept and did things that the King of Han had never actually done.

It is worth mentioning that the corpse of the Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Bai Yifei was still on the ground, and Bai Bai Yifei was Lady Mingzhu's cousin, once the person closest to Lady Mingzhu.

Time passed quietly.

When Su Xuan came to Lady Mingzhu's place, it was morning. After taking a short nap here, before he knew it, it was already afternoon.

Under Lady Mingzhu's service, Su Xuan put on his clothes. Lady Mingzhu, who was to the side, lowered her eyes, looking entirely ingratiating.

Su Xuan brought up another matter: "As far as I know, the Crown Prince has already summoned Ji Ji Wuye's son back to Xinzheng?"

"Yes!"

Lady Mingzhu responded.

"Ji Ji Wuye and Bai Bai Yifei have died one after another, and the Night Curtain is leaderless. Have you thought about what to do next? Will you seek another way out, or will you serve Ji Ji Yihu as your master?"

Lady Mingzhu had indeed thought about this question.

Ji Ji Yihu, whether in power struggles or methods, was not as good as Ji Ji Wuye. If he inherited the Night Curtain, without powerful subordinates like Bai Bai Yifei, the influence of the Night Curtain would obviously begin to shrink, not as it was in its prime.

But if she did not serve Ji Ji Yihu and sought another way out, Lady Mingzhu really could not find where the way out was.

"Master, what do you want to say?"

Even though she had only served Su Xuan as her master for a short time, compared to Yan Yan Lingji, Lady Mingzhu calling Su Xuan "Master" already seemed very natural.

"Ji Ji Wuye is dead, and two of the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain are also dead, which means that the ones who truly control the Night Curtain right now are the remaining two fierce generals. Since you have already served me as your master, then by rounding up, it is equivalent to me controlling half of the Night Curtain."

"Tell me, would the Straw-Cloaked Man be willing to be used by me and serve me as his master?"

Su Xuan said indifferently.

Lady Mingzhu immediately understood Su Xuan's intention.

She hurriedly stated her position: "Master, rest assured, I will definitely try my best to persuade the Straw-Cloaked Man."

"You don't need to persuade him; you only need to invite the Straw-Cloaked Man to appear before me," Su Xuan said indifferently. "If the Straw-Cloaked Man is a smart person, I believe he will know how to choose."

"If he refuses to make a choice, I don't mind leaving only one person among the Four Fierce Generals of the Night Curtain."

"I think, with only one fierce general left, there couldn't possibly be any dissenting voices within the Night Curtain, right!"

Lady Mingzhu heard the meaning in Su Xuan's words, her heart suddenly tightened, and she felt a deep chill.