The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cangyue Country——Nanlai Street

Ye Ling led the horse and walked forward until she came to the street where she was assassinated yesterday. She found that it had returned to normal. She looked at the owners of the stalls on both sides, curled her lips slightly, and sneered.

The stall owners were somewhat surprised. They didn't expect Ye Ling to come out so soon.

"Princess," Ying Ren said loudly, stopping Ye Ling: "The prince is waiting for you in the teahouse over there, please give me some face."

Upon hearing this, all the stall owners' faces changed. They never thought that the woman they refused to testify yesterday was really the princess. This time they had kicked against a rock, and they would inevitably be bullied in the future.

Ye Ling glanced at the teahouse on his left. It was the teahouse that Youminglang had just mentioned, where Meng Shishi met his subordinates.

"Princess," Shadow Blade spoke again, then begged in a low voice, "Princess, I beg you, just a few words. It's not too late for you to leave after you finish speaking. Besides, this is not an inn. Please."

"Okay, for my little brother's sake, I'll go see him. Tie up the horse for me." Ye Ling knew this annoying rule. If she refused in the street today, the news of the visitor to Nan Lai would spread. But if she met Nangong Chen, the news of Nan Lai would also spread. Apart from anything else, at least no one would dare to offend her. Sometimes, taking advantage of the power of others can be quite useful.

Ying Ren breathed a sigh of relief: "Come here, hold the horse for the princess. Princess, please come this way."

"Yes." A guard ran over and pulled Ye Ling's horse to the side of the street, because there was no pillar to tie it to.

On the second floor, Nangong Chen was drinking, Meng Shishi was sitting beside him wearing a veiled hat, and Xue Jingchuan was standing at the stairs, smiling and greeting him: "Xiao Ye Ling is here, it's not easy!"

Ye Ling smiled slightly as a response, then bowed perfunctorily: "Greetings, King Beichen."

"Princess, there is no need to be so polite. Please sit down!" Nangong Chen knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't care about the empty formalities.

Ye Ling took a pot of wine, walked to the window, and sat on the half-meter-wide open windowsill. With one foot on the windowsill and the other foot hanging naturally, he leaned his back against the window wall, took a sip of wine, looked at the crowd on the street below, and said, "Your Highness, please tell me if you have anything to say. I can hurry on my way after you've said it."

"Your behavior is becoming more and more like that of a chivalrous hero," Xue Jingchuan said with a smile.

"I'm just a gangster, how can I be like that? Just tell me what you have to say." Ye Ling took another sip of wine.

Meng Shishi, wearing a veiled hat, stood up and squatted slightly: "I pay my respects to the princess."

“Hehe…” Ye Ling laughed: “I can’t bear it!”

"I'm here to apologize for offending the princess today. I hope the princess will forgive me and be tolerant." Meng Shishi said this in anger.

"A great man does not bear grudges against a villain. So you also know that you are a villain? My biggest hobby is holding grudges. Do you have anything else to say?" Ye Lingcai did not appreciate it.

"Ye Ling" Nangong Chen spoke up: "Shi Shi is sincerely apologizing to you, please don't say that to her."

Ye Ling sneered again: "Everyone, the most ridiculous thing in the world is: you see the hypocritical and sinister side of someone, but others don't see it, and they think you are being unreasonable and intolerant."

"Ye Ling, everything has passed, why are you still holding on to it? Shi Shi has apologized to you, what else do you want?" Nangong Chen felt that Ye Ling should be like other women.

"Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Xue Jingchuan turned to Ye Ling.

Ye Ling took a few more sips of wine, glanced at Nangong Chen with a smile, then looked back at the street and said, "Your Highness Prince Beichen, this is the most disgusting thing I've ever heard: it's all in the past, why are you still holding on to it? You've let go of some things, but I can't, because it was me who was wronged in Beichen, not you. Don't try to persuade others to be kind without experiencing their suffering."

"This king..."

"Princess," Meng Shishi interrupted Nangong Chen and knelt down with a plop: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have offended you. Princess, please don't take your anger out on me, Senior Brother."

Ye Ling turned to look at Meng Shishi: "You're right, it was your fault in the first place. You like to protect your food and are full of hostility towards me, without even asking if I like this. Meng Shishi, from the beginning to the end, I didn't even bother to look at you, because you are too weak. You are not worthy to be my opponent."

"My Lady, I really want to apologize to you."

"Really? Then you have to feel as bad as I do for it to be an apology, otherwise it's just perfunctory."

"Ye Ling" Nangong Chen was obviously displeased: "Let's be merciful when we can. Shishi has already knelt before you. Don't use your status to put pressure on her."

"Nangong Chen," Ye Ling suddenly stood up: "Identity? Do you think I like this poor princess? You gave it to me out of your own desire."

"Ye Ling, don't talk nonsense, you will offend people," Xue Jingchuan quickly reminded.

Ye Ling guzzled his wine and then spoke, "Jingchuan, you know what? Snakes never know they're poisonous, and people never know they've made mistakes. Some people are like crows standing in a coal pile, they can see the darkness in others but not in themselves. There's no need to compromise with anyone, because in the crow world, even swans are guilty."

"Ye Ling, you were drunk, it was indeed their fault." Xue Jingchuan was afraid that Ye Ling would draw her knife directly, so he wanted to pull her away.

Ye Lingcai didn't leave and looked at Nangong Chen: "I'm not afraid of offending people because I'm no longer interested in leaving a good impression on everyone. What you see is me. I don't refute good or bad. I don't want to explain, and I'm too lazy to explain. I can't satisfy everyone, but I'm not afraid of being abandoned by the whole world."

Nangong Chen was so angry that he had a headache: "Ye Ling, you are drunk. I will not bother with you. Let Jingchuan take you to the inn to rest first."

"Yes, yes, yes," Xue Jingchuan quickly agreed.

"Go away!" Ye Ling was speechless. These two people both liked to lie with their eyes open. "Gentlemen, I may be insincere when I praise people, but I am absolutely sincere when I scold them."

"Princess, are you still unwilling to forgive Shishi?" Meng Shishi added fuel to the fire and asked tearfully.

"Senior Sister" A young man suddenly appeared from behind the screen. He pulled Meng Shishi up and stared at Ye Ling angrily: "Princess, right? They say flies don't bite seamless eggs."

Ye Ling smiled: "Really? Fine, you're a fly, so you have the final say!"

"You," the man said angrily, "it takes two to tango. Why is it that the fault is always on Senior Sister?"

Ye Ling slapped the man in the face with his backhand, then shook his hand: "See if it made any noise? I haven't hit anyone in a while, it hurts a little. As expected, the force is mutual."

The man covered his face with his hands, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.

"Are you okay?" Xue Jingchuan was concerned about Ye Ling's hand: "Why don't you use your internal energy and fight with your hands?"

"Whose responsibility would it be if I killed him with my internal energy?" Ye Ling asked back.

"That's right, just blow it on it."

The two chatted as if no one else was around. The man jumped up in anger: "Big Brother, what are you doing? She hit me."

"It was you who insisted on saying that it takes two to tango. Xiao Yeling was kind enough to demonstrate it to you. Don't be ungrateful. Shut up. You have nothing to do here. Stand aside." Xue Jingchuan's face was not looking good.

"Yes," the man bowed obediently, which shows that the deterrent power of the senior brother Xue Jingchuan is still good.

"Your Highness," Xuan Lei hurried upstairs. "Greetings, Your Highness. The reply from Phoenix Mountain has arrived."

Nangong Chen quickly opened it, and before he could finish reading, Xue Jingchuan asked, "What did the master say?"

"Master said he didn't send anyone to kill the princess." Nangong Chen's face changed after reading the letter. He looked up at Meng Shishi and said, "Junior sister, is it really you?"

"Senior Brother," Meng Shishi took off her veil and said, "You really don't trust me? You really trust Ye Ling?"

"Junior sister, Ye Ling never said that you wanted to kill her. Why are you suddenly turning against me?" Xue Jingchuan couldn't stand it anymore.

Nangong Chen slammed the table angrily. "Master said that one of your personal guards is not dead. He escaped to the branch hall and confessed everything. It was you who sent someone to kill Ye Ling. Why? When did she offend you?"

Meng Shishi's lips trembled, tears rolled down her cheeks like pearls. After a long pause, she spoke, "She was too much of a bully."

"Then tell me, how did she go too far?" Xue Jingchuan was obviously angrier than Nangong Chen.

"She...she..." Meng Shishi didn't know what to say, and hesitated for a long time: "She insults me every time we meet. I don't want to kill her, I just want someone to teach her a lesson."

"Is it really just like that?" Nangong Chen asked.

"Shishi, Ye Ling met you twice. The prince and I were present. She insulted you, but your words were nice? Every time you were the first to say hurtful words, and then she retorted. Even if she was not a princess, but an ordinary person, she couldn't talk back when you scolded her? Do you think everyone in the world has to give in to you?" Xue Jingchuan asked angrily.

"Senior Brother" Meng Shishi felt extremely aggrieved.

Ye Ling looked bored: "Okay, stop pretending, Meng Shishi, you don't even dare to tell the truth, it's true that people are invincible! Aren't you just afraid that I will take your man away? I'll say it again today, I don't want it. The person you like is no different from the prince. I think it's dirty."

"Ye Ling" Nangong Chen felt that he was being called upon.

"King Beichen, please speak louder so that all the people in Nanlai know that it was Meng Shishi from Phoenix Mountain who tried to kill me twice," Ye Ling deliberately spoke loudly.

"You...how do you want to solve it?" Nangong Chen gave in.

Ye Ling was moody, but now he smiled again. "When asked what the best medicine is, it's gold and silver. There are two solutions. Either I give you one yellow croaker for each waist badge, and count them out. Or I hand the waist badge to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Do you think he will handle it impartially? Oh, and to add, yesterday's two were two yellow croakers for each waist badge, otherwise I would have been at a huge loss. I think Phoenix Mountain should have the resources to do this, right? Or the Beichen Palace could provide it."

"Okay, I agree."

"Wait a minute," Ye Ling raised her hand. "I haven't finished yet. Others say that things can happen once or twice, but not three or four times. But for me, there is no such thing as a first or a second time. The reason I made an exception this time was to give Jingchuan face. That's all. If it happens again and again, I will directly enter the palace with my badge and let everyone in the world know how vicious Meng Shishi is, how she chases men around the world, and how despicable she is. Do you understand?"

"Ye Ling..."

"Your Highness Prince Beichen," Ye Ling said without giving anyone else a chance to speak, "Don't think my words are harsh. After all, your junior sister has done something shameful. From now on, you and I will not disturb each other. We will each live in peace. You have your castle, and I have my island."

"Come to the inn to get the yellow croaker at noon tomorrow." Nangong Chen didn't know what to say anymore.

"Okay, I'll give you the money and the goods. See you tomorrow," Ye Ling said and turned to leave.