The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss-Chapter 54 - Dealing with the Fool

“Hmm! Of course she will treat me well out of respect for my mother,” Xiao Cheng said, his face darkening slightly at the mention of Xiao Qingcheng’s mother.

A guard beside the carriage spoke up, “Second Young Master, now that we’ve found the third miss, should we head back?”

Xiao Cheng shot him a glare, and the guard quickly fell silent. Everyone was waiting for Xiao Cheng’s next words.

Xiao Qingcheng raised her eyes, squinting as she sized up Xiao Cheng, who was looking back at her. After a moment, Xiao Cheng finally spoke: “It’s getting late, and the city gates are closed. We’ll camp here for the night. Third sister, you’ll have to endure spending a night in the wilderness.”

Xiao Qingcheng sneered inwardly but kept her expression unchanged: “I don’t mind. If you can handle it, so can I.”

With that, she walked over to a nearby tree, climbed up, and sat with her legs crossed, watching the bustling group in the distance.

That night, Xiao Cheng personally entertained Xiao Qingcheng in the main tent that had been set up. Inside the tent was a square pear blossom wood table. In the distance, there were neatly arranged writing materials, flower-and-bird screens, and a silk couch.

Xiao Cheng sat on a pear blossom wood armchair, wearing a loose red robe and holding an emerald glass wine pot, looking at Xiao Qingcheng with a half-smile. Opposite Xiao Qingcheng sat the alluring and sexy woman from the carriage.

“Third sister, you’ll have to make do with some simple food tonight. Once the city gates open tomorrow, we’ll have better meals back home,” Xiao Cheng said. The dim candlelight in the tent cast a sharp relief on his features, highlighting the suspicion and ruthlessness in his expression.

Xiao Qingcheng remained silent, looking at the four delicate dishes in front of her.

“Master, waaaah… I want to eat too!” Little Pearl whined.

“Eat what? The food is drugged,” Xiao Qingcheng replied.

“What? Drugged?”

“There’s a certain amount of knockout powder in it.”

“Then master, don’t eat it.”

Xiao Qingcheng squinted her eyes and looked at the wine glass Xiao Cheng was offering: “I don’t drink alcohol.”

Xiao Cheng raised an eyebrow, picked up his chopsticks, and said, “Then third sister should just enjoy some of the dishes.”

“Master, don’t eat it! Master, don’t eat it!” Little Pearl warned.

Xiao Qingcheng hesitated, glancing at the food, and said to Little Pearl, “If I don’t eat, Xiao Cheng will definitely become suspicious.”

“Waaaah! Master, don’t put it in your mouth! What if you pass out?”

“So, get ready the pill from the pink bottle I ground up a few days ago. When no one’s around, sneak it into my mouth,” Xiao Qingcheng instructed.

With that, she began to eat heartily. The alluring woman and Xiao Cheng exchanged glances and shared a smile.

In no time, Xiao Qingcheng’s head thudded onto the pear blossom wood table.

“Huh! Just as I thought, a fool is much easier to deal with,” Xiao Cheng said with a sneer.

“Second Young Master, now that Xiao Qingcheng has passed out, what should we do next? We can’t just kill her outright, can we?” the guard asked.

Xiao Cheng glanced at Xiao Qingcheng, whose face was buried in the table, and said, “Of course we can’t do it directly. If the old ancestor asks later, I’ll be implicated.”

“So, what does Second Young Master suggest?”

Xiao Cheng paused before continuing, “Isn’t there a Miss Qingcheng? Using her to kill Xiao Qingcheng would be killing two birds with one stone.”

“But how could Miss Qingcheng possibly kill the third miss?” the guard questioned.

Xiao Cheng looked out the window with a cold smile, “I heard that Miss Qingcheng always wears a mask.”

The woman’s lips curled into a smile, “Second Young Master is truly brilliant and wise…”

Xiao Cheng dismissed his pride and stood up, “Enough. Send the third miss back to her tent.”

The woman stood up and bowed slightly, “Yes, Milady Mei Hong will do as you command.”

Mei Hong personally found someone to carry the unconscious Xiao Qingcheng to a small tent ten meters away from Xiao Cheng’s. After the maid left, Little Pearl quickly rolled out of Xiao Qingcheng’s sleeve and placed a round pill into her mouth.

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“Master, wake up! Master, wake up!” Little Pearl urged.

However, Xiao Qingcheng did not wake up as quickly as Little Pearl had hoped. Meanwhile, the sky outside the tent had turned completely dark.

As night fell and the north wind blew, a sense of desolation and conspiracy filled the air. Soon after, a graceful figure swiftly emerged from Xiao Cheng’s tent. With a few leaps through the gnarled trees, the figure silently approached Xiao Qingcheng’s tent.

“Wow! Master, someone’s coming! Wake up! Wake up!” Little Pearl warned frantically.

With a gust of wind, a corner of the tent was lifted. A pair of black boots came into Little Pearl’s view. Remembering Xiao Qingcheng’s instructions, Little Pearl quickly rolled into her sleeve. Through the gaps in the clothing, Little Pearl anxiously watched the situation outside.

“Oh no! She’s coming in! A woman! A woman in black nightclothes,” Little Pearl kept communicating with Xiao Qingcheng through their mental link. However, Xiao Qingcheng seemed to show no signs of waking up.

The woman, wearing a silver mask and disguised as the rumored Miss Qingcheng, stopped half a meter away from the bed where Xiao Qingcheng lay. She sneered coldly, “Miss Xiao San, don’t blame me for your death. You deserve it for being a fool, always the one to be bullied.”

With that, the woman lunged at Xiao Qingcheng with a dagger. A flash of silver light, faster than lightning, was about to touch Xiao Qingcheng’s cheek when, in the last second, Xiao Qingcheng’s eyes snapped open. Her piercing gaze seemed to pierce through the dark night, shining like a bright star in the sky.

“Think you can kill me? You’re not ready yet!” Xiao Qingcheng flipped over with incredible speed and swiftly neutralized the assassin. She snapped the killer’s neck with a clean and decisive move, leaving no room for hesitation.

“Ugh! Master, you scared me to death!” Little Pearl rolled out of the sleeve upon hearing the thud on the ground.

“Ugh, I still have a bit of a headache. Xiao Cheng is really ruthless. He used a lethal dose of knockout powder,” Xiao Qingcheng complained.

“Master, master, what should we do now?” Little Pearl asked just as flames suddenly rose outside the tent.

Xiao Qingcheng looked up sharply, hearing Xiao Cheng’s voice faintly from outside.

“A perfect setup, using someone else’s hand to kill,” Xiao Qingcheng muttered.

“Huh? What does that mean?” Little Pearl, perched on Xiao Qingcheng’s shoulder, asked curiously.

Before Xiao Qingcheng could answer, she quickly stripped off the tattered clothes she was wearing.