Chapter 1966 - Benefactor
Chapter 1966: Benefactor
The Zhou Clan wanted to be angry but did not dare to. If they followed her words, wouldn’t they be admitting that they were stupid?
And what she said made sense. Even if they made use of their sympathy, they wouldn’t injure themselves to such an extent. Everyone had fallen unconscious. If they killed them then, they would not be able to defend themselves.
So, even if they wanted to make use of their sympathy, it was too much.
“This means you were indeed thrown here.” the Great Elder said.
“That’s right. So for the time being, you do not need to think about the conspiracies you have come up with.” Sima You Yue said.
“Why does it matter? All of the intruders need to be killed!” Someone disagreed with the settlement. At a glance, this person looked like someone who enjoyed fighting.
“Zhou Clan’s Second Elder, as the Second Elder, you are not thinking for your family’s stability and safety but only of fighting and killing everyday. Are you not afraid that you might implicate your family one day?” Sima You Yue retaliated.
“How did you know that I am the Second Elder?” The Second Elder was sure that he had not seen her before, but yet she could recognize him. This meant that they did their preparation before coming.
“Not only do I know that you are the Second Elder, I also know that your injury was caused by Xu Yu. Oh, he’s just the Soul Clan’s Commander.” Sima You Yue said.
“How did you know that we and people from the Soul Clan…” The Second Elder looked at her in shock, “Who exactly are you? How did you find out about all these things?”
Right now, the Zhou Clan did not believe that she came with no agenda. Otherwise, how would she have known about these things?!
At this moment, everyone was looking at her with distrust.
“Why are you so nervous?” Sima You Yue felt tired from standing. Just when she was about to move her legs, Wu Lingyu took a chair and placed it behind her.
She smiled at him, sat on the chair, then looked at them calmly without explaining anything. Both parties remained still.
Yan Ya was tired from witnessing this, so he took out a chair to sit on as well. However, this chair was a much flashier and luxurious seat. The back of the seat was filled with different gemstones, comparable to a King’s chair.
Sima You Yue looked at his seat and tried to control her mouth from twitching. She did not think that he was such a flashy person.
The Zhou Clan looked at Yan Ya, secretly frightened. What is this person’s background, doesn’t seem to be Sima You Yue’s subordinate.
“Buzz Buzz Buzz…”
A faint sound came from outside, followed by the shouts of the people outside, “Ah, why are there so many bees?”
Densely packed scarlet bees were flying outside. They were not attacking anyone but they were everywhere. Only a small number of them flew into the council chamber, landing on Sima You Yue’s shoulder.
One of the clan members came in from outside, and shouted, “Patriarch, there are many bees flying in from outside!”
“No need to panic. Do not attack them.” Zhou Zhou said calmly.
The clan member saw that there were also scarlet bees in the house. Knowing that the Patriarch knew about it, he took his leave.
Zhou Zhou looked at Sima You Yue, she was playing with the scarlet bee on her palm. She was very calm and filled with confidence. She had no signs of anxiousness from being thrown into jail.
“We have talked for so long, I still do not know the name of this great lady.” His tone had eased a lot.
“Sima You Yue.”
Sima You Yue? When they heard her last name, they knew that she was not from a big family or strong influence, so why could they not look directly at her when she only had this aura?
“Don’t think that she is some nameless second generation, she is the Ghost’s King most beloved Princess.” Yan Ya reclined on his chair, showing signs of laziness.
“Since when did the Ghost King have a Princess with a different surname?”
Ghost King had sealed quite a number of Princesses, but all of them had the surname of Yu. Since when did he have a Princess with a different last name?
“That’s true, she’s only been in the Ghost Realm for slightly more than ten years. Although she had quite the reputation outside, the news probably did not travel here .” Yan Ya said slowly, “But, even if you do not know about her, you must have heard about her mother, Ghost King’s youngest daughter, Yu Ke Luo.”
“What? She is Yu Ke Luo’s daughter?”
Everyone in the Zhou Clan was shocked. The Zhou Clan’s patriarch finally knew why she looked so familiar. She looked very similar to her mother, he had once seen Yu Ke Luo from afar years ago, but since they were of different ages, he did not link them together.
“Speaking of which, the Dark Princess used to be kind to us. We did not know that it was a benefactor’s daughter that we were delaying today, my apologies.” Zhou Zhou stood up and bowed towards Sima You Yue.
“Patriarch, since when was the Dark Princess kind to us?” The rest were not aware of it and they thought that he was spewing nonsense.
“Many years ago, when the ancestor was reaching his limits. In order to refine a medicine for him, we went to search for the Medicine Elder to ask for a type of medicinal ingredient, do you still remember?” Zhou Zhou asked.
“Of course I remember. If the Medicine Elder did not give us the ingredient, the ancestor would not have survived and be alive now.” The Second Elder said.
“Then you should be able to remember that we had visited many times, but he refused to let us in.” Zhou Zhou said, “The Medicine Elder was dismissive towards the things they brought over, and many times it was the Medicine Elder’s Disciple who asked us to leave, till the very last time.” Zhou Zhou recalled.
The Great Elder seemed to remember something, and said, “Patriarch, could that be the lady from that day?”
“That’s right.” Zhou Zhou nodded his head, “When we went over that day, we were stopped outside as usual. At that moment, a lady was looking out of a window of the pavilion. Then, we heard a lady’s voice, saying that we had come over many times, that meant we urgently needed that medicinal herb. Since the old man had so many, why was he not giving us any. After a while, the Master Elder’s disciple took the medicinal herb that we needed and came out. When we were leaving, I heard the two disciples talking about something regarding the Dark Princess.
“Indeed, you have always mentioned that there was a lady. I didn’t think that it would be her.” The Great Elder said with a sigh of regret.
“Yes, we did not hear news of her for a long time, I didn’t think that one we would encounter next would be her daughter.” Zhou Zhou said.
They did not think that it would turn out this way, so the Zhou Clan felt a little awkward at that moment. The person that wanted to interrogate previously was actually their benefactor’s daughter. Looking at her now, they felt ashamed.
“By the looks of it, there will be no need to fight today.” Yan Ya did not think that the situation would take a turn so abruptly, and it was obvious that the Zhou Clan remembered the favour that Yu Ke Luo did for them.
“No fighting, no fighting. Since the Young Princess is the Dark Princess’s daughter, you are naturally my guests. Moreover, didn’t you say that you did not intrude on purpose? How can we hold onto this and not let go?” Zhou Zhou said, “Zhou Hui, go and prepare the Forest Billows Courtyard for our guests to stay in.”
A lady stood up immediately and went to prepare.
Zhou Zhou said to Sima You Yue, “Young Princess, since you are already here, just stay at our clan for a little while. Do give us a chance to do the honours of playing host?”
Sima You Yue looked at Wu Lingyu, seeing that he had no objections, she agreed. She kept her scarlet bees aside. The group of densely packed scarlet bees flew in, making them suffer from trypophobia.
After keeping the scarlet bees, she said to Zhou Zhou, “Patriarch Zhou, I want to hear about something from you…”