novelhk Chapter 70: Li Yunrui's Methods
Chapter 70: Li Yunrui's Methods
"Hehe, you know what, I've admired you for a long time. I came here today because I really wanted to have a chat with you."
Ye Chengfeng's words were clearly a flirtation with Li Yunrui.
"Hehe, it seems my charm is as strong as ever, that I am admired by a young talent like you."
"How boring. Older women are no match for young girls. There's no sense of accomplishment in flirting with them."
Ye Chengfeng's comment about an "old woman" almost broke Li Yunrui's defenses.
"Does she really think I have a good temper?"
"Oh, really? What are you going to do then?"
Ye Chengfeng didn't care at all, and simply placed the sword in his hand on the table.
"That's what I should be asking you. What are you going to do about it?"
"It seems the Princess doesn't have a very good memory. Let me remind you: a thousand men were ambushed and killed on the border of the Qing Kingdom. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
"Here for revenge? If that's the case, why don't you make a move? Are you afraid? Your resolve for revenge isn't strong enough!"
Even at this point, Li Yunrui still said such things. Those who know her well say she's crazy, and they're absolutely right.
"Yes, yes, that's true. Killing you would be too costly. How about this, let me chop off a few fingers first to vent my anger?"
Ye Chengfeng knew Li Yunrui all too well. She might not be afraid of death, but that didn't mean she could tolerate humiliation.
Sure enough, Li Yunrui panicked when Ye Chengfeng said "chop off your fingers to vent your anger".
Indeed, she knew Ye Chengfeng wouldn't risk killing her, but chopping off her fingers was another matter entirely.
"That's not good either. Losing fingers would really disrupt my daily life. How about we make some cuts on my face?"
This statement is even more devastating; Li Yunrui's most commendable feature is her face.
This was also the only point in which she considered herself to surpass Ye Qingmei.
"What do you want from me to let me go?"
Although Li Yunrui could tell that Ye Chengfeng was bluffing her, she didn't dare to gamble, and she believed that Ye Chengfeng definitely didn't come to her for that reason.
"Talking to smart people is simple."
As he spoke, Ye Chengfeng held up one finger and continued, "Ten million taels of silver, isn't that a fair price?"
Li Yunrui's face immediately darkened.
Over the years, she has embezzled more than 20 million from the internal treasury, although other smuggling accounts are not included.
She could indeed come up with ten million taels, but why should she give it to Ye Chengfeng?
"No way, after controlling the Imperial Treasury for so many years and guarding the three major workshops, which are like golden goose laying eggs, you can't even come up with ten million? You are indeed far inferior to Ye Qingmei."
"Look at Ye Qingmei. In less than ten years, she established the Ye Family Trading Company, which spans both Southern Qing and Northern Qi."
Li Yunrui already felt inferior to Ye Qingmei, which is why she hated Ye Qingmei so much and wanted to devour her flesh and bones at all times.
"Shut up, don't mention that name in front of me!"
Li Yunrui shouted hysterically.
"Keep your voice down, or you'll attract the guards, and I'll really have no choice but to kill you."
Fortunately, Li Yunrui still had a shred of rationality, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Ye Chengfeng was no longer one of fear, but only one of boundless rage.
What kind of psychological trauma did Ye Qingmei inflict on this princess that made Li Yunrui hate her so much?
The original work does not describe these things, but only mentions them vaguely, saying that Ye Qingmei was brilliant in that era.
Logically speaking, a woman like Ye Qingmei should be an idol for all women in the world.
But the opposite is true; few women admired her, while men held her in high esteem.
Even Emperor Qing admired Ye Qingmei immensely.
Perhaps Ye Qingmei was too career-oriented!
For some reason, Li Yunrui suddenly stood up and walked towards Ye Chengfeng with captivating charm.
She had already gone to bed and was only wearing a thin nightgown.
At this moment, the robe slowly slipped down.
"As smooth as cream," Ye Chengfeng finally understood the meaning of this idiom.
Holy crap!
Ye Chengfeng fled the place without hesitation.
Li Yunrui is indeed nearly forty years old, but that doesn't mean she's less charming than she was in her youth; on the contrary, she's even more captivating.
Who is Ye Chengfeng?
He's a lecherous old man. If he hadn't known that this woman was a viper, and that Ye Chengfeng had good self-control, he would have been a fool.
That's how he managed to prevent his brain from being controlled by his lower body.
Ye Chengfeng sent a message in Kyoto at night, muttering under his breath, "Damn it, Li Yunrui is a crazy woman, she actually used a honey trap!"
As soon as Ye Chengfeng returned to the Fan family's courtyard, he saw Fan Xian looking at him with a gloomy expression.
"You're such a bastard, using me as bait?"
"That little vixen can't catch you anyway, why are you angry? I'm the one who should be angry, okay?"
Seeing Ye Chengfeng's frustrated and disgruntled expression, Fan Xian wasn't so angry anymore.
Moreover, he was very curious about what had happened to Ye Chengfeng, who looked like he had just eaten shit.
"What on earth happened?"
"Heh, your mother-in-law actually backed down in front of me."
"Pfft! What did you say?"
"I said your mother-in-law was in front of me..."
Before Ye Chengfeng could finish speaking, Fan Xian quickly covered his mouth.
Fan Xian was about to lose his composure and dared not let Ye Chengfeng repeat himself; his fragile heart couldn't take the shock.
Fan Xian then pulled Ye Chengfeng back into the house before letting go of him.
"Sigh, I never expected her to be so unscrupulous, using her beauty to seduce a junior!"
After holding it in for a long time, Fan Xian finally said this.
"Yes, I shouldn't have run away."
"What, you really want to fall for my trap?"
"What do you take me for? I mean I should have just killed her; she's too dangerous."
Ye Chengfeng's expression was grave.
Fan Xian immediately understood the crux of the matter. A person who would even use his own reputation as a means to an end, with no bottom line, was indeed someone to be wary of.
"Don't let Wan'er know. I don't want her to know that her mother has no bottom line."
"You can refuse to tell me, but you must help me when I kill Li Yunrui in the future."
Ye Chengfeng seized the opportunity and used this incident to threaten Fan Xian into helping him kill Li Yunrui.
"You, you're such a bastard! You encouraged me to kill my own mother-in-law?"
"What, you don't want to kill her? What if I told you that your mother's death was also inextricably linked to her?"
Ye Chengfeng was obviously lying to Fan Xian. The person behind Ye Qingmei's murder was Emperor Qing, and the one who did it was the Empress's family.
At that time, although Li Yunrui harbored madness in his heart, he was essentially a nobody and had no ability whatsoever.
Fan Xian gritted his teeth, knowing that Li Yunrui had always wanted to kill him.
"Okay, I promise you, but Wan'er can't know about this. As for the plan, you can figure it out yourself."
"Hehe, of course, I'll give you a plan right now."
"Huh? So fast?"
"Of course, why not just have the grandmaster behind you take action?"
"Wu Zhu...!"
Before he could even utter the word "uncle," Fan Xian realized there was a problem.
"Are you trying to trick me into telling me something?"
"Wow, you actually have a Grandmaster protecting you?"
Although Ye Chengfeng knew of Wu Zhu's existence, he couldn't reveal it.
Given Ye Chengfeng's status, he shouldn't know about Wu Zhu's existence.
Ye Chengfeng needed an excuse, and Fan Xian's slip of the tongue provided the perfect opportunity.
"Give up. Not to mention that Uncle Wuzhu is not in Kyoto right now, even if he were, I wouldn't let him do it."
"Hey, with such amazing combat power, you don't even know how to make use of it. What a waste. If I could persuade that old bastard Si Gu Jian, I would have already chopped Li Yunrui into mincemeat."