Miracle Doctor, Abandoned Daughter: The Sly Emperor's Wild Beast-Tamer Empress Chapter 219: Hush Money

Aside from the assorted seeds, there were also so stones, rice, and pieces of porcelain mixed into the pile. There shouldnt have been a need to go to such lengths, but whenever Hou Qi imagined Ling Yue sifting through the seeds by herself, an unbridled fury would imdiately burst out from within. As such, he will make an example of this woman today to deter any future candidates from causing trouble.

Making a bitter face, Manager ng eyed the pile of junk on the ground with most of her focus on the sharp fragnts that radiated a painful chill.

To think she herself, a dignified eight cauldron alchemist master, would be forced to kneel before a pair of lowly brats.

Just knowing this fact caused her to choke on the frustration confined to her stomach.

Damn you Lan Ling Yue. Once the prince leaves I will be sure to pay you back for this, she mumbles to herself so none can hear.

Not missing the dangerous gleam coming off the womans eye, Hou Qi raised his voice and started to shout: You are not allowed to use your spirit force to clean this up!

That command was no different from a death sentence to Manager ng, I I understand. On her knees, she began sorting through the ss like a ragged dog.

Without the aid of her spirit force, Manager ngs physical body was no different from a normal persons. As a result, her hands were soon cut by the sharp edges of the porcelain, causing blood to seep into the ssy pile. As painful as it was on her fingers, she endured and finally finished the task using two-three hours of ti.

As the woman raised her head again, the moon had already risen overhead by now. But thats not the shocking part, the shocking part was when she turned around to find the pair responsible for her misfortune enjoying themselves in fruits on a nearby table.

Never in her life had she endured such humiliation.

Your Highness, the seeds have been sorted. May I get up? Though theres enough anger pent up inside to make the woman gnash her teeth, she didnt dare show it. Instead, Manager ng continues to keep up her servant face.

After staying in the kneeling position for nearly three hours, her body cant take anymore and was in dire need of relief. No way shes willing aggravate the prince further.

The woman had the right idea in mind Hou Qi was about done anyways unfortunately for her though, just as the prince wanted to let her stand, Ling Yue cuts in at the critical mont. Your Highness, I heard Da Xia is strict with the laws. According to the rules, a court official caught accepting bribes is punishable by dismissal, or in worse cases, exile to the frontier. Is this not true?

As soon as her words ca out, Manager ng knew things are going to be bad. Instantly, the rising legs lost their footing again and jerked back to the ground where it landed right atop of so gravel pieces lying below. This caused quite the painful experience from the stab.

As painful as it were, theres plenty more coming right up.

Your Highness, Princess Yue, General Chiyan, please have rcy on my old bones. Shes a wise woman. Now that shes caught red handed, the only outco would be her dismissal, sothing she cant afford to allow.

Manager ng, your aning is that you wish to give us so hush money. Am I correct? Ling Yue blinks and blink, But you know, the three of us arent your average person so its not going to be cheap.

Hearing himself being dragged into the charade by the miss, General Chiyan wanted to object but found his tongue at a loss when the prince glared at him. Needless to say, this caught red handed idea also originated from the girl.

Xia Hou had no delusions about Ling Yues intellect because his mother was constantly reminding him of this fact. In the queens wording, if Ling Yue were to be a male instead, such a character will no doubt beco a pillar holding up the state.

Now that things have co to this extent with the words spelled out for her, Manager ng can only obediently pay the asking price: Princess Your servant here is willing to offer you three thousand gold With the sensation of cutting her own flesh, she shakily pulls out three pieces of bank notes from her sleeve.

Three thousand gold? Manager ng, are you treating us like beggars? How can you only offer that sort of number when youve been taking bribes for all these years? Despite her attitude, Ling Yues hand moved faster than her words and grabbed the bills before anyone could react.

Biting her lips, Manager ng reached into her sleeves again, but this ti, even her voice had a trembling tone to it.

Princess, heres fifty thousand

Just fifty? This wont do, this wont do at all. Im an odd person you know and likes to count money at night. If I dont have enough money to count then my mouth will start running by itself when I sleep. I cant guarantee that my lips wont slip if that happens.

Feeling the frustration and anger swelling up from her stomach again, Manager ng nearly choked herself to death when she had to forcibly force it back down.

You thankless wretch, I only wanted a thousand gold from you and now you are saying even fifty tis that is not enough for you? Helpless, she can only reach down to her boots to pull out several more bank notes.

In total, that brought the number up to one hundred thousand gold.

Forget about General Chiyan, even the sixth prince was surprised by the number. If they can easily squeeze this much out from a deputy manager, then wouldnt that an Main Manager Chou

After gathering the hush money, Ling Yue properly divided the spoil among the three of them. She and the prince split eighty percent of it while the last twenty will go to General Chiyan. This way around all three of them are in on it together. No chances of anyone ratting anyone out.

Getting up, Manager ng may be hurting on her knees and hands, but the most painful part remains to be her heart. Not only did she not get a penny from the blasted wretch, she just lost one hundred thousand gold in night. Just thinking of this made her heart feel like a knife had just stabbed itself in there.

Manager ng, let advise you on sothing. If one takes the night road too often they are bound to capsize one day. You must cherish what you have. Ling Yue didnt forget to leave this statent behind as they left.

Finally no longer able to suppress the anger and frustration thats been pent up all night long, the aching woman plops to the ground and fainted away like a corpse.