Chapter 403: Chapter 265: Never Failing Her in This Life
Yun Sheng, has recently lost a lot of weight.
When held in one’s arms, her body feels significantly lighter. Ye Beiming feels somewhat heartbroken. Little Wildcat has been toiling and bustling about recently, and what worries her the most is actually the affairs of the Yun Residence.
No matter how Yun Sheng might verbally disdain the Yun Residence, the fact that she is of its bloodline cannot be changed.
As long as Yun Sheng is unwilling, he will never let the Yun Residence fall.
"Are you saying that... do you actually have full confidence that you can turn this competition around... No, you don’t even know, General Yun, he has been poisoned. Actually, when I went to see Xia Wenxu yesterday, it was precisely for this matter," upon hearing this, Yun Sheng couldn’t help but put away her playful thoughts.
In Great Zhou, the only person who could boldly claim to give whatever one desires is one person alone, and that is Emperor Zhou.
Yet the Ye Beiming that Yun Sheng knows is certainly not someone who makes promises lightly; once he speaks up, it means he’s completely certain.
"It’s the Demon Beast Amniotic Fluid, the poison within General Yun’s body and moreover, it’s a poison cast by Yun Cangxue," Ye Beiming said slowly and methodically.
"How could you know? Have you been to the medical hall and seen those herbal concoctions?" Yun Sheng grew anxious.
"Little Wildcat, you’re very clever but still somewhat naïve. Did you think that today’s matter could be resolved by just you alone? Do you know why Yun Cangxue did that? It’s because Tang Yu was taken away, and the ones who took her were the Blood Hand Ditch, controlled by Xuan Wuji," Ye Beiming’s face was filled with inscrutability, as if nothing could be hidden from him.
In just one night, Ye Beiming had already found out that months ago, Tang Yu was taken away by a group of men with unknown identities.
Yun Cangxue must be acting under duress due to the matter concerning Tang Yu.
When it comes to medical skills, Yun Sheng could be considered the foremost in Great Zhou. She is also very intelligent—the most serene among all the women Ye Beiming has seen.
Sometimes, Ye Beiming would even associate Yun Sheng with his own Empress Dowager, Empress Li.
Among all the women Ye Beiming has met in his life, his mother, Empress Li, left the deepest impression on him. She was not only incomparably beautiful but also superior in strategy and tactics.
Yet, such a peerless beauty as Empress Li failed miserably in the matter of "love."
She, for an Emperor of Great Zhou who did not love her, met a downfall both in reputation and body, ending up with no remains left. Every time Ye Beiming thought of this, his heart churned with indignation, and a touch of anger surged in his grey pupils.
He turns his head again to look at the person in his embrace.
Upon learning the reasons behind Yun Canghai’s betrayal, Yun Sheng fell into deep thought.
Ye Beiming’s scrutinizing gaze went unnoticed by her.
Ye Beiming carefully looked at Yun Sheng, from her bright red, petal-like lips to her delicate, ovular face, and her deep black eyes, without missing a single detail.
Yun Sheng, deep in thought, exuded an aura utterly incongruent with her age, a quality that made Ye Beiming feel unable to take his eyes off her momentarily.
Yun Sheng is still young; in terms of appearance, she cannot yet be compared to Empress Li, who was once considered the number one beauty of Great Zhou.
Her knowledge of the Four Arts is non-existent, but her medical skill and her comprehension of magic are things that even Empress Li cannot match.
Like today, even upon learning such significant news, anyone else might have been panicked, yet Yun Sheng managed to calm her mind, pondering over the entire sequence of events.
Ye Beiming had a feeling in his heart that Yun Sheng was growing at an astonishing rate, and given enough time, she would transform into a woman even more dazzling than his mother.
She is Yun Sheng, not Empress Li.
And he is not the Emperor of Great Zhou; he will never fail her in this life.
The moment half of Ye Beiming’s Magic Soul entered Yun Sheng’s body, he knew that this young woman was irrevocably tied to him, past, present, and future.
But, the obstacles lying between them—if one day she discovered them, would she still lean into his embrace as she does today, motionless?
Ye Beiming’s mind whirled with endless thoughts, and so did Yun Sheng’s.
When it came to scheming and strategic conflict, she indeed paled in comparison to Ye Beiming, who was born and raised within the Emperor’s family. She never expected Yun Cangxue to be so treacherously rebellious.
Between a son and a father, in the end, the son is still more important.
"Ye Huli, could you do me a favor?" Yun Sheng lifted her face, well aware that Ye Beiming knew much more than she did.
She was the epitome of a modern woman, self-reliant since childhood due to the early demise of her parents.
After arriving on Wuji Continent, especially with Yun Canghai’s deliberate training, she always took care of herself, never relying on anyone else.
This was the first time she ever reached out to someone for help.
Her display of vulnerability, however, made Ye Beiming’s eyebrows twitch, and his smile deepen.
To him, Yun Sheng’s request for help signalled that she might be opening her heart and starting to accept him.
Yun Sheng was inherently intelligent, but because of her upbringing, she was not adept at underhand dealings and intrigue.
Yet, upon recognizing the dire situation she was in, she quickly made up her mind.
Be it Xuan Wuji, the Dark Crown Prince, or Tian Quezi, did they really think that she, Yun Sheng, and those of the Yun Residence were easy to bully?
If they had confronted her openly and honorably, Yun Sheng might have refrained from acting in the shadows.
But since they resorted to all sorts of tactics, how could Yan Yunsheng let them get away with their tricks?
"At your service," Ye Beiming saw a glint of determination in Yun Sheng’s eyes and knew that Little Wildcat had finally come to her senses.
Upon further reflection, Yun Sheng quickly pieced the entire situation together.
"Tell me the whereabouts of Blood Hand Ditch," Yun Sheng nearly spat out these words through gritted teeth.
Ye Beiming’s eyebrow lifted, "You want to go to Blood Hand Ditch?"
"One must eventually pay back what one owes," a murderous intent appeared in Yun Sheng’s eyes.
"Why get your hands dirty? If it displeases you, after tomorrow, Blood Hand Ditch will no longer exist in this world," Ye Beiming’s lips tightened as he took hold of Yun Sheng’s hand.
The hands of a man and a woman are inherently different in size.
As Ye Beiming caressed Yun Sheng’s hand, he reflected that her hands should be used to save lives, while his, already stained with blood, would not hesitate to be stained with the lives of a hundred more.
If anyone dared to upset his woman, he would ensure they would live in constant turmoil.
In the early morning, located tens of miles into a valley in the northwest of Great Zhou City.
This place was at least half a month’s journey from Yujing.
The valley was filled with perpetual mist, and any hunter or Demon Beast that entered could never leave.
Unnoticed by many, a Magic Array masking the area had been set up around the valley.
The plants outside the valley appeared quite ordinary, but upon a closer look, one would find that they were all poisonous herbs.
The haze was also an illusion created by the Magic Array.
This place was the main base of Blood Hand Ditch.