Yue Ye obediently came walking over to the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s side as she placed the tray in her hands down onto the table.
“I heard about the toil my Lord had put himself under in the past few days and Little Ye did not dare to come disturb my Lord. But I heard the seniors saying that my Lord should get himself some rest and hence Little Ye had prepared some wine and some food, thinking to bring them here to allow my Lord to rest a little.” Yue Ye said, her large eyes unblinking, her mouth saying sweet endearing words.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s face split into a great big smile, his hand stretching out very naturally to clasp around Yue Ye’s tiny hand as he said feeling very pleased: “Little Ye is so sensible. I have not doted on you in vain.”
The little beauty was growing up by the day, and was also being so sensible and obedient, which just made the Shadow Moon Palace Lord find it all the harder to resist the itch in his heart.
Yue Ye blushed and lowered her head, her downcast eyes hiding the vicious glint inside.
“Litte Ye is naturally aware that my Lord is good to Little Ye. But Little Ye is not capable of anything else and just wants to serve my Lord well.” Upon saying that, Yue Ye then retracted her hand very naturally and picked up the wine flask from the tray, to fill up the two wine cups with fine wine. She then casually picked up one of the cups and then looked at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord with anticipation.
“For being so nice to Little Ye, Little Ye has nothing to repay the Lord with but to offer a toast to my Lord.”
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was in great spirits. Although Yue Ye had been obedient towards him previously, but she had always exhibited a kind of nervousness and felt a little distant. But Little Ye was now being very sweet and considerate to him which the Shadow Moon Palace Lord found highly pleasing. He had thought that it was because his unilateral decision to extradite Yue Ye from Elder Yue’s side had incited Yue Ye to feel grateful to him, and had never thought that the mind of a little twelve year old girl could possibly be all that complex.
Afterall, from what the Shadow Moon Palace Lord could see, Yue Ye was merely a puppet that Elder Yue used to hold Yue Yi hostage, and had never seen much of the world at all nor learnt of the intricacies in people’s struggle for power. So, she would most naturally be just innocent and pure.
“Alright. Wine that is offered to me by Little Ye, I will naturally have to accept it.”
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Chapter 1844: “Interweaving Ploys (4)”
“Alright. Wine that is offered to me by Little Ye, I will naturally have to accept it.”
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord tilted his head back and downed the wine in the cup immediately.
Yue Ye had however held on to her wine cup and while the Shadow Moon Palace Lord did not notice, she slipped a white coloured pill that was the size of a grain of rice into her own cup.
Immediately upon coming into contact with the wine, the white coloured grain instantly dissolved into nothing, melding into the water where the robust fragrance of the wine faded away.
White Shell neutralizes alcohol.
Yue Ye smiled slightly in her heart, and with feigned candidness, she gulped down the cup of “plain water” cleanly where it’s alcohol content had been completely neutralized.
After finishing the cup of wine, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had wanted to pull Yue Ye to him to enjoy a round of intimacy but unfortunately for him, Yue Ye cleverly dodged away from it and continued to offer up toast after toast to the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
Seeing that Yue Ye was drinking along with him and that the tiny face had taken on an alluring red flush, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord felt that there was no need to rush it too much at that moment. It was so rare that the little fella had delivered herself up to him and was trying so hard to win his favour in gratitude, was there a need for him to be so anxious?
Thinking that Yue Ye would not be able to hold her liquor all that well anyway, and she should fall tipsy and limp with just a few cups, he would just pull her into his arms when that happens so he would not frighten the little fella so much.
His mind filled with his devious scheme, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was highly accommodating.
Who would have known…..
The flask of fine wine that Yue Ye brought in, was not something from the Shadow Moon Palace but the greatest stuff she got from Jun Wu Xie. The wine was meant for Drunk Lotus and with how well Drunk Lotus was able to hold his drink, the strongest kind of spirits when placed in his mouth would still be tasteless. Hence, wine that Drunk Lotus liked to drink would have to be the finest and strongest kind of wine that could be found.
No need to even mention one whole flask. Even for people who were claimed to not fall after a thousand cups would feel tipsy and their mind in a whirl after just a cup or two, to fall unconscious from drink.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord had merely just taken three consecutive cups when he found his mind roaring in chaos, his vision turning blurry and clear intermittently. His face flushed a deep red, and the hand that held the wine cup then began to tremble.
“This wine is really just too fragrant…..” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord shook his head, and overcome with tipsiness, he did not know when his tolerance for spirits had become so bad. He had only drunk three cups and he was feeling a rather drunk.
“Since my Lord likes it, then have a little more.” Yue Ye said smilingly as she filled up the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s wine cup, as she went on to pour herself a cup as well. After dropping in a pill of White Shell to rid it of alcohol, she urged the Shadow Moon Palace Lord to drink up together with her.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was already feeling groggy from tipsiness and when he saw Yue Ye encouraging him to drink up, he did not want to lose face, so he braced himself to down another few cups.
Before the fifth cup was done, a loud thud was heard and the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s head crashed right smack onto the table, completely unconscious.
The smile on Yue Ye’s face immediately disappeared without a trace as she stared at the completely wasted Shadow Moon Palace Lord with cold eyes, a glint of disdain flashing within.
“Self disrespecting old man. Your son is just a few years younger than I am and you can be so utterly shameless.” Yue Ye said as she wrinkled her nose, and venting out all the suppressed hatred within her heart in an outpour, she raised her hand and rapped the Shadow Moon Palace Lord viciously upon the head.
Fortunately she was not fourteen years yet and her ring spirit had not awoken. She had no spirit powers and with her young age, though she used all her strength in the few times she hit the head, she did not knock the life out of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
But a earth shattering headache upon waking up from the wine would definitely be unavoidable.
After she finished venting, Yue Ye did not forget what she had been tasked with. She took out the bottle of elixirs that she had cultivated together with Jun Wu Xie, and poured out one pill. She then pried open the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s mouth, and stuffed it inside.
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Chapter 1845: “Trap (1)”
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord was made to unconsciously swallow the elixir. And as he was being made to swallow it, with his eyes still closed, he had been calling out: “Little Ye, Little Ye.”
Yue Ye’s face had then just smiled coldly.
When the Shadow Moon Palace Lord woke up still feeling highly groggy, the skies outside was already turning to dusk. He shook his head and without knowing the reason why, he was feeling an immense pain in his head.
Due to his deteriorating health, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had seldom drunk wine in the past few years. Even when he drank, it was in very small amounts and he had not been so drunk for a very long time. He then thought that it must be due to him having not drunk for so long that he was now feeling unwell.
After his mind cleared up a little, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s gaze then looked around him. He then found
Yue Ye fallen asleep with her head resting upon the side of his table. Looking at the side profile of Yue Ye’s face who was fast asleep, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s heart was feeling mighty glad. But with the throbbing pain in his head, he was in mood to entertain any other thoughts.
“Ungh.” Yue Ye awoke as she rubbed at her eyes, looking at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord to smile with a kind of charming innocence.
“My Lord, you’re awake.”
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord nodded as he massaged his head with his hand. “Little Ye drank too much as well?”
Yue Ye nodded her head.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord then smiled and said: “That wine is a little stronger and Little Ye’s tolerance against wine wouldn’t be able to hold up against it. I saw you sleeping so soundly and I did not want to wake you.” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord said cleverly, making it sound as if Yue Ye was the only one hungover and he was absolutely brimming with energy.
But in truth, it was the exact opposite.
Yue Ye knew what the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was thinking in his mind but did not expose him and just went on to put in an innocent and naive expression, laughing to herself in her heart.
[Go on and pretend! You totally deserved that whacking without even knowing a thing about it!]
“My Lord, Elder Yue is asking for an audience.” A guard came running in from outside the door, to deliver the announcement.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s brows creased up slightly and seeing the pale pallor on Yue Ye’s face, he immediately said dotingly: “Little Ye does not have to be worried. With me here, he will never dare to bully you anymore.”
Yue Ye nodded her head obediently.
“Let him come in.” Having reassured Yue Ye, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord granted Elder Yue an audience.
A a short while, Elder Yue then came walking in.
The entire room was filled with the thick scent of fine wine and Elder Yue could smell it clearly immediately upon coming in. He discreetly swept his gaze over the figure of Yue Ye standing beside the Shadow Moon Palace Lord, his eyes filled with a tinge of hatred.
He had truly underestimated Yue Ye, to have been countered and checkmated by her. The little lass was completely unlike what she looked like on the surface, her thoughts unpredictable. To think that she know how to latch on to such a big thigh like the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s.
No matter how indignant he was feeling in his heart, Elder Yue did not dare to kick up a fuss there, but to merely pretend as if he did not even see Yue Ye.
“Your subordinate has something to report.” Elder Yue knew that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord no longer trusted him like he had in the past, and he would naturally not dare to commit the slightest infraction now.
“Oh? What could Elder Yue have to say to me?” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s head was still throbbing in pain, but before others, he still had to pretend to be completely fine.
“My Lord, it seems like a bunch of people are stirring up trouble in the Hill City. They had not only damaged our Shadow Moon Palace branch in the Hill City but have even wounded several of our disciples in our branch.” Elder Yue went on to report.
“What? Someone dares to be that bold to act so audaciously within the perimeters of power of my Shadow Moon Palace?” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s face immediately turned dark.
The Hill City was one of the cities that belonged under the perimeter of power of the Shadow Moon Palace. Although the Shadow Moon Palace was not among the top within the Twelve Palaces, but as one of the Twelve Palaces, the extent their powers reached was vast and all the cities that sit within their sphere of influence belonged to the Shadow Moon Palace. Within every one of those cities, there would be a branch of Shadow Moon Palace installed to manage the place where disciples from the Palace would be sent to guard.
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Chapter 1846: “Trap (2)”
For so many years, it had been peaceful and uneventful. Common people and regular powers did not dare to go against the Shadow Moon Palace at all.
But Elder Yue was now saying that someone had dared to publicly go against the Shadow Moon Palace in the Hill City and things were no longer as simple anymore.
“Your subordinate is still investigating and based on what was said by our disciples who managed to escape from the Hill City, those people had attacked the branch under the cover of night and not only had they set the branch on fire, they had massacred many of our disciples.” Elder Yue lamented as he hung his head.
“What audacity! Go have it investigated into! When it is found out who is responsible for it, I will have him know that the Shadow Moon Palace is not to be trifled with!” With the Shadow Moon Palace Lord flying into such a rage, he sobered up completely. To have torched the Shadow Moon Palace’s branch within the their perimeter of power and had even wounded countless disciples, that was just plain and blatant provocation!
If the matter was not properly dealt with, where was the Shadow Moon Palace going to place their face?
“Reporting to my Lord, your subordinate has already ordered people to look into it immediately, and I believe that we will be able to find out the identity of the person responsible very soon.” Elder Yue said.
“How are the losses suffered by the branch?” A corner of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s brow was twitching violently. No matter who the person that was responsible was, the matter had delivered a slap across the Shadow Moon Palace’s face. How could he possibly tolerate such humiliation?
“The losses are grave. Only a small portion of our disciples had just barely managed to escape and most of the rest of our disciples have either died or gone missing. Because after the fire ravaged the place, their bodies were no longer recognizable and hence we are currently not able to ascertain which of our disciples have died. But your subordinate has already compiled a namelist of all the disciples in that branch and I present it for my Lord to have a look at it.” Upon saying that, Elder Yue then handed up a namelist he had already prepared to place into the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s hands.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord quickly scanned through it. The Hill City was not really considered to be a large city and hence there had not been too many people at the Shadow Moon Palace’s branch there. Most of them were not really any disciple of much importance which made the Shadow Moon Palace Lord feel a little more relieved.
Yue Ye Stood beside the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and her eyes passed highly fleetingly over the namelist.
Although the Shadow Moon Palace could not be compared to the Flame Demons Palace, but they still held a significant amount of power. Throughout the Middle Realm, there were not many who dared to challenge the Twelve Palaces’ authority with the exception of the Nine Temples. But the Nine Temples’ perimeter of influence was very far away from the Twelve Palaces’ perimeters and with the fact that the Shadow Moon Palace was significantly more low profile among the Twelve Palaces in comparison, even if the Nine Temples wanted to strike at the Twelve Palaces, they wouldn’t choose the Shadow Moon Palace.
Yue Ye could not help but feel that something did not feel right with Elder Yue coming in to present such a report at this moment. Of all times for something to happen, it had to be at a time like this.
Just as Yue Ye was feeling suspicious about Elder Yue’s intentions, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had already flipped to the last page of the namelist.
And upon that last page, two characters stood out prominently that made Yue Ye’s face turn deathly pale in an instant, her legs giving out as she fell to sit upon the floor.
On that very last page, there was only one name. Just simply those two characters had made Yue Ye feel like she had been struck by lightning, her heart immediately wrenching up.
“Yue Yi? Why would he go to the Hill City?” The only name on that page was Yue Yi! When the Shadow Moon Palace Lord saw those two characters, he was stunned for a moment and he immediately saw Yue Ye’s pale pallor the moment he turned his eyes.
; “Your subordinate deserves death. There had been news of some small disquiet in the Hill City before and your subordinate had thought that with Yue Yi’s powers, he should be able to go deal with the matter. But I had never thought that things would develop beyond what anyone could expect, and Yue Yi had only just reached the Hill City for a short period before the incident occurred.” Elder Yue’s face was filled with regret, looking like he was very worried for Yue Yi as well.
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Chapter 1847: “Trap (3)”
Yue Ye forcibly bolstered herself up and that was how she did not faint away. She stared in pure and complete disbelief at Elder Yue and if she had not used every ounce of her effort to hold herself back, she would have wished for nothing more than to jump straight onto Elder Yue to skin him alive!
This was definitely a plot schemed by Elder Yue!
“Why would you send him to go there for no good reason?” The colour of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s was not looking too pretty. Putting aside the relationship between Yue Ye and Yue Yi, but just Yue Yi’s outstanding talent alone was very rare among the Shadow Moon Palace’s younger generation and no matter whether it was due to sentiments or logic, he did not want to lose a disciple like this.
“It was negligence on your subordinate’s part and I had not thought that things would blow up to such an extent.” Elder Yue said, looking very much in self reproach.
“You couldn’t possibly be unaware that Yue Yi still had not fully recovered from his wounds. You really messed things up this time.” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord couldn’t make himself show Elder Yue any grace at that moment. If not for the fact that the time Yue Yi was sent out happened before he snatched Yue Ye over, he really might have thought that this was Elder Yue’s way of taking revenge.
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