Ji Yu stared at the treacherous man in front of her, Ji Yang, her father had often said that Liu Dong Ming was a man who killed with a smile on his face in fact till the very end, he never made anyone feel that he was in the wrong or that he was going to betray them, it was only when the person who was on the verge of dying realised that something was wrong did this man reveal his scheming nature.
In her father's words, Liu Dong Ming was a man who could win the favour of anyone if he wanted to and in a manner where the person whose favour was won would never suspect that there was a white-eyed wolf standing beside them.
" Left prime minister Liu, if you want to kill me then go ahead and use that sword of yours," Ji Yu's prejudice against the Liu family was not something that could be washed away in a night or two, she stubbornly believed that there was something very wrong with this man in front of her which was why she did not agree to his suggestion. " There is no need to play mind games with me since you are so aware of everything that happens around you, I am sure that you already know that I am nothing but a chess piece which can be abandoned at any moment by my family."
"It's good that you are self-aware," Liu Dong Ming did not deny nor did he offer flowery words to ease the hurt which Ji Yu was suffering from, instead he blinked his eyes, which were illuminated by the moonlight making his eyes look as sharp as two swords which could cut through anything that came in front of them.
His lips curled derisively when Ji Yu's clenched her fingers upon hearing his agreement before he parted his lips and drawled, " But imperial concubine Ji needs to know that sometimes even a rusted sword can give the most painful scar. You are indeed the biggest fool of the Ji family ——"
With a turn of his head, he looked at the grave which was freshly dug on their side and then continued to speak in a light-hearted manner, " You did not even know that from the day you were born, you have been used by your father, grand aunt and even your mother whom you loved so much.
In your foolishness you allowed them to cover your eyes with lard causing you to lose the one person who cared for you the most——-"
" Be quiet, left prime minister Ji! You are going too far with your words!" Ji Yu felt her face burn when she heard the words of Liu Dong Ming. Though what he said was right, there was no need to strip her bare and throw her naked body in the middle of the street.
Liu Dong Ming was not at all scared instead he turned to look at Ji Yu with amazement twinkling in his eyes as he muttered, " Dear me, looks like I touched a nerve did I not? I will apologise to you, imperial concubine Ji. And as an apology, I can assure you that I can allow you to meet with your beloved Xiao Lin, what do you say?"
Ji Yu looked at Liu Dong Ming for a few seconds before she threw her head back and started laughing in an unrestrained manner. With her hand over her lips, she chuckled before saying, " If you were going to kill me then you should have done so, left prime minister Liu. There was no need for you to say such a lengthy speech.
But I hope that you are prepared for the consequences because even if I am just a chess piece, I am still an imperial concubine. I am afraid that my family will make use of my death as much as they can once they find out that I am dead."
Liu Dong Ming raised an eyebrow as he looked at Ji Yu and replied with a smile, " I am afraid that you misunderstood me, imperial concubine Ji. When I said that I will let you meet Xiao Lin, I did not mean that I will send you to the underworld, I simply meant that I will ——-"
He stopped speaking and closed his eyes—— and when he opened them, Ji Yu could help but gasp as she looked at those empty black eyes.
The air around her dipped and morphed causing a chill to rise around her, a second later Ji Yu turned to look around her and her eyes widened when she saw that the man behind Liu Dong Ming was no longer looking human like instead his face was replaced with a skull and his eye sockets had blue little flames burning inside causing Ji Yu to shudder as she looked at the man in front of her.
She wanted to run but her heart was thudding in her chest and her legs seemed to have turned into iron, she could not even lift her feet up from the ground much less run away from this place. She looked at Liu Dong Ming as if she was entranced and when Liu Dong Ming closed his eyes again and opened them before they returned to their usual condition, the chill in the air seemed to have vanished.
The guard behind him had also turned back to human and her legs which were not willing to move were finally willing to tremble and move a little, she shuddered and then took a step back as she continued to stare at Liu Dong Ming.
Cold sweat was covering her spine as she gulped harshly—— because she was in a hurry, she stumbled over a flower bush falling on her bottom but she still did not dare to look away from Liu Dong Ming in case the latter did something scary to her.
" Wh…What exactly are you?" She asked in a quivering voice.
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