Chapter 103 - Doesn’t Have the Intelligence (1/2)

”Your Majesty!” The woman hurried forward and curtsied. ”Yin Lin Lin greets His Majesty Tianjun!”

”Mn.” Rong Su didn't bother replying to her and instead glared at his brother-in-law. Why did you let her inside? Couldn't you have told her I was busy or — even better — not inside? At least hold her off for a while and send someone to give me a fair warning!

Qiang Yan shrugged barely perceptible. What could he do? That woman wouldn't listen to him.

”Your Majesty!”, Yin Lin Lin cried out, her voice already getting on his nerves. ”I came to report a shocking incident I was made aware of. A servant girl came and confessed to me that she had killed a god reincarnated for his trial in the mortal world!”

Rong Su nodded continuously and wanted to politely usher her out of the door when the implication of her words hit Qiang Yan.

”What did you just say?”

”Qiang Yan, I was speaking to His Majesty. How dare you interrupt!”

Rong Su straightened up at his brother-in-law's words. Indeed, what had she just said? ”Just repeat your words for us!”

Yin Lin Lin puckered her lips. She didn't like the way the two were talking to her. But what could she do? Rong Su was the incumbent heavenly emperor while her status was lacking. ”I said a servant girl came to me and confessed that she killed the mortal reincarnation of a god. Ah, that poor chap. He was attempting one of his trials but he must have crossed someone.” Her gaze flitted to Shun Tao.

The fate's scribe gritted his teeth. ”What are you insinuating, Yin Lin Lin?”

”I'm not insinuating anything! I'm just telling His Majesty what happened. It's not my problem your lover did something like that!”

”Hah?” Shun Tao didn't even understand but the heavenly emperor and the god of war looked at him immediately. ”What … what lover? I don't know anything about that!”

The heavenly emperor frowned. ”You still dare to say that? Even we heard of that scandal.”

Qiang Wei hadn't heard of any scandal since the men in the god of war's palace wouldn't dare to gossip in front of him but he had seen Shun Tao and Hong Bao. ”That should be the servant girl you got close to.”

Shun Tao was still mystified. Which servant girl?

”Hong Bao”, injected Leng Jin Yu before falling silent again.

Shun Tao's eyes went wide. ”Hah? How is Hong Bao my lover? She only helped me out a bit.”

Yin Lin Lin stood up without waiting for the heavenly emperor's permission and pointed at Shun Tao. ”Shut up, Shun Tao! That hussy told me her whole sob-story of how you messed up someone's fate and how she got afraid something might happen to you and how she had wanted to help you. Would she break into the god of war's palace to steal the soul-devouring dagger if she wasn't your lover? Damn, you must have hated that god very much to have even his soul ruined for eternity!”

Yin Lin Lin had turned away from the heavenly emperor and Qiang Yan. Pointing at Shun Tao, she smiled smugly. See that? 'Fate's scribe'? Somebody like you, I can take out in one move! You had better not offended me. Now live with the consequences! That precious lover of yours certainly won't see the end of this day!

The heavenly emperor and the god of war were both stunned and didn't know what to say.

Leng Jin Yu pressed his lips together, feeling a little guilty. Had I not gone without a word and taken her with me to the god of war's palace … Maybe she wouldn't have done that? She's way too naive and doesn't know much about the nine heavens. She couldn't have come up with something like stealing a dangerous artifact and killing a reincarnated god by herself.

He had seen enough in the mortal world and heard of enough in the nine heavens to know that somebody must have plotted against her. And Hong Bao wasn't experienced enough to understand that. If somebody told her stealing the weapon and killing the reincarnation was the way to help the fate's scribe she would just believe it and do exactly that.

This crime … It was enough to warrant her death. And unfortunately, the god they were talking about was even the crown prince. If he had really been assassinated with that weapon …