The Mad Princess
Beiyue wasn't kidding when she said she doesn't care what happens now.
She did all she could.
Its all up to the Emperor now to bring justice for her mother next. So she will focus on educating Dongling now.
Chaos, was what the royal children came home to after school that day.
Same for Xiao Zhongqi and Xiao Yun.
In the Xiao Estate, Xiao Yuancheng summoned his entire family, having new servants help the ailing ill family gather.
'Father, what's going on?' Zhongqi asked his father who looked ill. The other kind.
'Yun'er.'
'Yes father?' Xiao Yun asked her father.
'Do you know your mother was poisoning that girl for years?'
Yuancheng told everyone what he just found out, and how Emperor was perfectly fine with them all dying as the price to pay for their crimes!
'XUE YOU SLUT!' Qin howled, reaching for her cane to whack the other woman. 'THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!'
'Aargh!' Xue cried in pain as Yun ran for her mother's defense.
'Don't you hurt my mother you bitch!'
'She got us into this mess and we have no way out! We're all going to die!' Qin cried hysterically and began sobbing in despair.
'Mother! That girl likes you, maybe you can appeal for help?!' Ling asked her mother, Concubine Fang hopefully.
'Look at us, Ling'er. She poisoned even me.' said Concubine Fang sadly, looking at her bony hands with yellowing fingernails. 'All kindness and mercy she may have had, is drained dry by everyone else in this family's mistreatment of her that she poisoned even me.' she shook her head and she was in tears. 'She wants us all dead for what was done to her.'
'Fang!' Yuancheng cried in horror at her words. She was almost their last hope. Almost! But for her to be poisoned as well was a clear death sentence upon them all! Is his family going to die out of Beiyue's revenge? He never saw this coming from that damn brat!
His mind focused on one thing.
His father!
Maybe he can help them out by some miracle? He's the only one not poisoned because he went into Seclusion!
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After sundown...
Many palace employees have quite the tale to bring home that 99% of the city knows, and the remaining 1% will know by gossip shortly after. And something was going on that the Grandqueen was involved with something that pissed off the Emperor and no one knows why, and ordered for her to come home.
It had to do with what the Trash Princess had given him that he kept safe in his space ring.
It was all the palace employees had to talk about.
As chaos was happening, the princess who started all this, is teaching her maid Arithmetic!
That, and the Royal Tailor hopefully asked to see the Emperor without getting killed.
'What is it?' the Emperor asked.
'I have no idea what the princess is thinking.' said the Royal Tailor. 'She asked me to make her plain white silks of...unusual templates, with nary an embroidery design...she said she'll handle all else after I got measurements and these templates done. At least she let me dye the unusual skirts she wants me done in cotton. I just thought I should let his majesty know of her choices. And unusual footwear too that bares most of the feet, but asked me for unusual socks as well?' he was utterly bamboozled.
He showed drawings of mostly just robes of various sizes, and skirts, as well as obi sashes.
'...sigh, I don't know what she is thinking either...for when I first saw her, she wore an unusual fashion as well.' said the Emperor. 'It must have been all she had known due to years of isolation and mistreatment that she doesn't know the latest trends Yingye knows of that getting covered up is more important than getting styled. For now, humor her. Let's see where this goes and then let her see samples of the latest trends.' he said kindly. 'Isolation and mistreatment can cause havoc to one's mind until recovery.'
'Y-yes sir.'
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That night...
Yingye paid a visit to Princess Royal's residence, where her royal aunt used to live.
But!
'Eeek!' she couldn't help but yelp at the sight of her blood-splattered cousin, smiling in murder as she killed...and blood is still dripping down her sword. 'T-they're assassins?!'
'Exactly~!' she smiled as she spoke sweetly with a cold smile. 'Now, who are you?'
'D-don't you remember? I-I'm Princess Yingye, we used to play together...' Yingye stammered out while still eyeing the dead bodies in horror. 'I'll tell father, this is terrible!' she cried, running off.
'Milady...' Dongling croaked out as she saw an unbelievable sight.
Without ki, Princess Beiyue was fast with just pure muscular effort alone! This is too incredible!
'Now now, one day you can be as fast as me. Maybe in two more years of hard work~' Beiyue reassured Dongling, thinking it's about skill in killing the assassins. She has seen for the first time in action the Insect Breathing...
'Its not that, about the assassins...' oh, not? Ah well, she has her other ways around this. She smiled and happily clapped her hands once.
'Oh don't worry, I left one alive...I'll make him talk, you watch out for the Emperor, OK?' said Beiyue cheerfully as she slowly walked towards the assassin she crippled who was looking at her in fear, like a coming monster. He tried to bite onto something but, 'Oh don't bother...when you screamed when I cut your tendons, I shoved my fingers in your mouth, removed a few molars and injected numbing toxin so you don't feel pain~so you have no idea I removed your ability to commit suicide!'
"WHEN DID SHE DO THAT?!" the assassin and Dongling wondered in disbelief and in an instant, she was in front of the assassin...and dragged him away.
'A-aaahhh! Spare me! Please leave me alone!' the assassin begged, unable to to anything because his nerves and tendons are cut that he can't even walk let alone grab anything! He, a Gold-Class Warrior and assassin, felled by a ten year old trash was further injury to his pride.
'Awwww why should I? Will YOU spare me when your boss ordered you to kill me? No, right? So why should I spare you~?' Beiyue wondered playfully. 'Now, you only have your boss to blame and I'll simply do my job of making you talk~ cooperate, and its pain free! Aren't I generous?'
'WAAAAHHHHH!'
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The Emperor and his children ran for Beiyue's quarters with a few Black Cavalry bodyguards. As they got closer, they hear agonized screams and sobbings of a man.
They dreaded what they will find inside as upon entering the gates, they saw Dongling putting the bodies on a wagon.
'Dongling, report!' the Emperor ordered.
'We were training together when these guys attacked us!' Dongling cried. 'I thought we were done for when suddenly, miss moved like a seasoned swordswoman and she was so fast...and to think she has no ki...its just pure speed on her part! She killed all these guys with several thrusts and stabs and spared one for interrogation...' she said, shakily looking behind her and pointing at the shed where she keeps her cleaning tools. 'Maybe he's dead now?' the royals ran to the shed and opened the door to see a scene of horror, where the man's arms and legs were basically opened up and dissected. He was also cruelly emasculated due to the clear torn flesh. Tears and snot flowed down the man's face and he clearly died horribly. The room reeked of blood and piss.
A scene of blood and gore. And the culprit? A blood-splattered princess! Her arms and hands bloody.
'Aiya, you're late to the party!' Beiyue chirped with a smile as bile rose up their throats at her handiwork and they all puked. 'That's so mean of you, you just made additional mess~' she pouted childishly and in a lady-like manner, leaving a bloody handprint on her right cheek.
"This girl is mad!" they all thought in horror. Has she gone mad in the two years since Princess Royal died, back when she's at the mercy of the Xiao Family?!
'Well, I made this guy talk...apparently, I know too much so I must die as his boss says before the truth gets out, but that's pretty pointless now isn't it?' Beiyue laughed jovially, but mockingly. 'Royal Uncle knows a lot now! So even if I die, their crimes will still be exposed! Quite stupid of the Mu Clan, huh?' her words made one of the boys her uncle was with gasp? Who is he?
'What?!' Zhanye choked out in horror. 'Grandfather...ordered assassins here?!' the proof is in front of him. Bodies Dongling had to throw on a wagon. A man his cousin tortured for information because they were here to silence her.
'Mu Mixin!' the Emperor growled. 'At least I know who to grill! Summon the Black Cavalry and get Mu Mixin by force! I cannot wait any longer for mother now and don't bother being polite, he's committed a heinous crime anyway!' he ordered a soldier who quickly left. 'Beiyue, come with us after you freshen up.' he told Beiyue gently while wondering how to help his niece who gained her newfound madness and enjoyed it. All at ten years old! Just what happened to her in two years?!
'Oh OK. I hope you don't mind my clothes later...' her tone was casual too, as if she didn't open up a man for torture.
xxx
Ever since he heard from his Empress daughter, he knew he has to kill that brat.
He sent two assassins. One at Concubine Xue, and one at that trash.
Her murder was successful as she's just a normal woman anyway, but the other group must be waiting for a chance?
However!
He heard screams from the family maids. Not only that, Black Cavalry soldiers led by Geng Zhong burst into his office!
'You know why you're under arrest.' said Geng Zhong coldly as his men subdued the Marquis painfully. 'His majesty will further elaborate on that matter and believe me, I wanna know just what he found out about you, and you're so eager to silence Princess Beiyue. Too bad she killed your goons.' he said with a cruel smile. 'Haul his ass to the throne room!'