Auntie Xiao and her daughter arrived at the brothel.
The two were trembling yet extraordinarily excited, their emotions a jumble.
However, their master was not present. The people at the brothel had already gone to inform her, and they merely had to wait for her arrival.
“Mother, once the master makes her move, Yun Shu will have no escape! You and I will have rendered a great service. When the time comes, we’ll leave the Assassin’s Palace and live a life of extravagance! Oh, right, Yun Shu has a lot of money. We can seize her assets, and Father’s too. Bah! Bah! Bah! Yun Changfeng isn’t my father. I was his daughter for so many years, and he never gave me anything. In truth, I’ve been at a great disadvantage! Mother, I want Yun Changfeng’s fortune too!” Yun Ying’s eyes lit up at the mention of fortune.
An aura emanated from her.
It was the anticipation of the future!
Yun Ying was not the only one with such anticipation; Auntie Xiao felt it even more keenly. She nodded excitedly, “You’re right. You were Yun Changfeng’s daughter for so many years for nothing, and I was his concubine for so many years for nothing. What did he ever give us? Nothing! Therefore, his fortune must be ours!”
Mother and daughter exchanged glances.
They saw that same anticipation in each other’s eyes.
They waited and waited.
Finally, after an hour, they saw their master arrive, masked.
“Master!” the mother and daughter exclaimed in unison.
“Speak, what is so urgent that you needed to see me?” the woman asked, looking down at the mother and daughter, who in her eyes were like ants.
Auntie Xiao immediately reported, “It’s like this, Master. We just went to the temple fair, and we saw Yun Shu at the temple fair! Yun Shu had three children with her!”
Upon hearing this, the woman’s gaze sharpened, fixing on Auntie Xiao. It was about Yun Shu’s whereabouts?
Auntie Xiao felt the pressure emanating from the woman’s gaze and quickly continued, “We can confirm it! Yun Shu grew up under my watch since she was a child. Even if she’s wearing a fake face, I can recognize her! A painted skin can hide the face, but not the bones. I could recognize her even if she were reduced to ashes!”
Yun Ying excitedly said, “Master, my mother and I would never mistake her for anyone else! Perhaps Yun Shu is still at the temple fair now. She’s with children, and children playing at the temple fair usually stay all day! If Master sends someone to capture her now, they’ll surely catch her!”
Her excited demeanor suggested she could see Yun Shu captured at any moment.
The woman narrowed her beautiful eyes, appearing entirely unhurried. “Since we’ve confirmed she’s in the capital, there’s no need to rush. The temple fair is crowded, and capturing her now would easily alert her. Did you see her with that fake face?”
As the master of the Assassin’s Palace, if she lacked this much composure, she wouldn’t be worthy of the title.
As long as she was in the capital, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar; Yun Shu would have no escape.
“Yes! I remember, and my painting skills are excellent. I can paint her current face!” Yun Ying said with full confidence.
Even though that face looked so ordinary, forgettable after a single glance, she could still remember it!
“Master, rest assured, Ying’er’s painting skills are indeed good, and I’ve also memorized that face. I can remind Ying’er,” Auntie Xiao quickly added.
Yun Ying’s eyes darted, and she added, “Master, I also remember the appearances of Yun Shu’s three children! We can paint them too, which will increase the chances of finding them and their mother!”
When the woman heard the word “children,” the light in her eyes seemed to turn icy in an instant. “Children?”
“Yes!” the mother and daughter said in unison.
Huh?
Why did they feel as though the master's expression had turned somewhat gloomy upon hearing about Yun Shu’s three children?
“Paint them all.”
“Yes!”
There seemed to be a hint of coldness in the woman’s tone. “Once this is accomplished, I will reward you handsomely. Don’t disappoint me, understand?”
This statement was both encouragement and a warning.
The two were startled by her words.
The smiles on their faces instantly turned solemn. They knew very well that if they failed to accomplish this task, their master would not spare them, and they would be finished. The Assassin’s Palace never kept useless individuals.
They absolutely could not become discarded pawns; they were determined to succeed and retire!
With this thought, the mother and daughter became full of confidence.
In just a moment, they had finished the portraits.
When the woman saw Yun Shu’s extremely ordinary fake face in the portrait, she suddenly let out a light chuckle. “She actually used such an ordinary fake face. No wonder so many people couldn't find her.”
“Master is right. Even I, seeing this fake face, find it hard to believe they are the same person. Fortunately, Ying’er and I saw her back and her posture. Even if she’s done something to her face, it absolutely wouldn’t affect my judgment,” Auntie Xiao said with full confidence.
She knew that her and Ying’er’s chance to turn their lives around depended on this; therefore, they had to succeed, even if it meant risking their lives!
“I rarely heard you discuss Yun Shu before. Since I have some time now, tell me more about Yun Shu,” the woman said with evident interest.
If it were before, the woman wouldn’t have been curious about other women.
But things were different now.
This Yun Shu might become an obstacle in her path, and she disliked bumps on her path; she preferred a smooth road.
She wished to clear away any obstacles.
Upon hearing this, the mother and daughter saw an opportunity to make their master dislike Yun Shu even more, and they were determined to seize it.
Immediately, the two began to slander Yun Shu in every possible way, portraying her as utterly detestable.
“You say she used a certain drug to incapacitate the Night King?” the woman was quite curious about this.
“Yes! Master hasn’t met the Night King, so you don’t know how ruthless and cruel the Night King is. So many talented and beautiful women in the capital, yet the Night King didn’t even glance at them. How could he have slept with Yun Shu, who was so foolish back then?” Yun Ying quickly replied.
Auntie Xiao agreed. “So it must have been some kind of drug that led to her conceiving the Night King’s three children. Later, after she suddenly stopped being foolish, she used seductive tactics to lure the Night King. Bah! Shameless! The fact that the Night King doesn’t want her now is certainly because he saw through her true colors.”
The woman let out a few light laughs. “If it’s truly as you say, then Yun Shu is merely a woman who uses seductive tricks.”
“She indeed uses seductive tricks to lure men, but more importantly, it’s her face. No exaggeration, those portraits only capture a resemblance, but not her entirety. Her true beauty far surpasses the portraits. Even Princess Shengyue of our Western Xia would be inferior. Oh, and also Princess Ningde, she too cannot compare to Yun Shu’s face,” Yun Ying said, grinding her teeth with jealousy as she spoke of Yun Shu’s beauty.
Heaven was too unfair; that face should have belonged to her!
The woman’s smile suddenly vanished, and a chilling aura enveloped her.