The old man from the Zhuang family stood up and shouted at the leopard twice. The leopard raised its head and looked at the old man from the Zhuang family, then bared its teeth and struggled hard.
But the black bear tried his best and slapped the leopard on the head with his paw. There was a crisp click, and the leopard rolled its eyes and fainted on the ground. The black bear won.
The old man who owned the banker's face was as pale as paper. He had expected to win but couldn't. What would he do if he lost? That was the entire gambling house's ten-day turnover, but he lost it all in one night.
Ji Lingxue turned around and looked at the old man of the banker who was holding his chest with a look of heartache and said, "You have to admit defeat. Can we go now?"
"Well... Gentlemen, how about we play something else..." The old man of the banker tried his best to keep them.
Ji Lingxue was not in the mood anymore. "No, it's getting late. We should go back and rest." She waved her hand and took Xiao Yichen's hand and walked out of the gambling house.
As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by two gambling thugs. One of them said, "Gentlemen, it's not good to think of leaving after winning the money!"
Xiao Yichen raised his eyebrows and sneered, "No one dares to stop me from going this way." His tone was so domineering that Ji Lingxue couldn't help but turn her head and look at Xiao Yichen twice.
Ji Lingxue felt that Xiao Yichen had always been gentle and elegant, but she didn't expect that he could be domineering at times.
Just like now, the two thugs saw what Xiao Yichen said so domineeringly, raised their hands and swung their fists to teach Xiao Yichen a lesson, but they didn't expect that Xiao Yichen looked gentle, but he stepped on them under his feet with just a few moves, and they cried out in pain.
The noise at the door soon alarmed the entire gambling house, and the thugs in the gambling house swarmed out like bees and surrounded Ji Lingxue and Xiao Yichen.
Ji Lingxue crossed her arms and said, "I don't like the style of this gambling house at all!" She won the money with her real ability, but the gambling house wouldn't let them go. Could it be that this gambling house only attracts gold, not the Golden Toad
Xiao Yichen rubbed his wrist and said with a fighting attitude: "Since you don't like it, I will crush it flat."
Ji Lingxue patted Xiao Yichen's chest, smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work." Then she retreated behind Xiao Yichen. Forty or fifty gambling thugs besieged Xiao Yichen but got nothing. Xiao Yichen was really angry, and these thugs fell to the ground with their arms and legs spread out, howling in pain.
Everyone else in the gambling house hid in a corner, fearing that they would be implicated. Xiao Yichen was furious, and a few thugs, seeing that they could not beat Xiao Yichen, went to attack Ji Lingxue. Ji Lingxue looked innocent, but when these thugs approached her, before they could even touch the corner of Ji Lingxue's clothes, they were either kicked away by Xiao Yichen's feet, or their hands suddenly became red and painful, and they rolled to the ground begging for mercy without Xiao Yichen kicking them.
Xiao Yichen said: "Whoever is the leader here, let him come out to see me."
The gamblers in the gambling house who were watching the show looked at each other, gazing at Ji Lingxue and Xiao Yichen with bright eyes. They thought that these two were crazy to dare to cause trouble in Xiao Shisanniang's territory.
Ji Lingxue stood beside Xiao Yichen and felt very majestic.
In a moment, a charming voice rang out, "I don't know who dares to act wildly in my territory and hurt so many of my subordinates." As the words fell, a red dress fluttered, like an enchanting Lycoris radiata, quietly blooming in the night sky.
Ji Lingxue couldn't help but admire in her heart, she was so beautiful. Xiao Shisan Niang was wearing a red dress and standing in front of Xiao Yichen, her pair of peach blossom eyes were captivating, but it was a pity that Xiao Yichen had a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, so he was not electrified.
Xiao Yichen asked: "You are the manager of the gambling house. I didn't expect you are a woman." The disdainful tone made Xiao Shisanniang in front of him twitch her eyebrows.
Shisan Niang said, "My lord, although I am a woman, I am also a woman who knows right from wrong and understands reason. I am not like you who would suddenly destroy my place and beat up my people while we were having fun gambling..." As she spoke, she pointed to several thugs around her who were beaten black and blue.
Xiao Yichen spread his hands and said, "This is a good question. You can ask your subordinates. My brother and I won money in your gambling house, but you didn't let us go. What's the reason? Do you guys who run gambling houses only like to make money and are reluctant to give out some silver?"
The old dealer came out trotting and almost vomited blood when he heard what Xiao Yichen said. "Sir, what you won is not just a small amount of money. That is the turnover of our casino for ten days."
Shisanniang turned her head and looked at the old man of the Zhuang family with an inquiring look. The old man had cold sweat on his forehead and told the truth under pressure. At last, he said, "Shisanniang, it was because I didn't manage my subordinates well that I offended this young master."
Shisanniang turned to look at Ji Lingxue. Perhaps women’s eyes were venomous. She could tell at a glance that Ji Lingxue was a woman dressed as a man. “Turns out you’re a girl.”
Ji Lingxue puffed out her chest, not at all embarrassed. She had a backer. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Xiao Shisanniang say, "Do you dare to bet with me again? If you win, I won't pursue what happened tonight. If you lose, you can keep the medical expenses of my brothers like I did. Is my suggestion not too much?"
Xiao Yichen stepped forward and blocked Ji Lingxue behind him. He looked directly into Shisan Niang's charming peach blossom eyes and asked, "I'm unhappy today. Will you give way?" Xiao Yichen gestured behind him, and the secret guards mixed in the crowd immediately went out and gave a signal.
Shisan Niang laughed and said, "You beat up my people and want to leave like this? Do you think I shouldn't stop?" Zhou Huajian clapped his hands, and a group of men in black immediately walked out of the dark and surrounded Ji Lingxue and Xiao Yichen.
Ji Yuqing walked back under the bright starlight in the sky. When he saw the city gate right in front of him, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He looked back nervously. There were heavy shadows of trees behind him, but he always felt that a pair of strange eyes were staring at him.
Ji Yuqing touched the sweat on her arm, turned around and quickened her pace. Suddenly, a figure flashed and the strange man in black who had just disappeared suddenly appeared in front of her. He was so elusive that Ji Yuqing shuddered with fear.
Ji Yuqing asked: "Do you have anything else to say?"
The man in black raised his hand and showed a piece of paper in front of Ji Yuqing, sneering: "Do you think I'm easy to fool? You just drew a map and handed it to me, and you still want me to help you. Humph, if you make me angry, you will suffer the consequences!"
Ji Yuqing's eyes widened when she heard those sinister words full of threats. What really horrified her was the hand-drawn maze map in front of her. This was not the layout map of Prince Chen's Mansion that she had stolen. It had been replaced and she had no idea.
The more Ji Yuqing thought about it, the more cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Was it Xiao Yichen who discovered it? Was he asking someone to switch the things just to give her a warning
Seeing Ji Yuqing in a trance, a rough big hand strangled Ji Yuqing's neck. She choked on her breath and her cheeks turned red to her eyes. "Don't... don't kill me, I... I know the map..."
The man in black loosened his hands and Ji Yuqing was able to breathe freely. She covered her throat and gasped for air.
The man in black said: "Then I will give you a little more time to get what I want, otherwise you will never get what you want..."
Ji Yuqing only felt her hands and feet go cold, but fortunately the man in black let her go and disappeared into the darkness again.
Ji Yuqing bent down, picked up the maze map and held it tightly in her hand, her fingers trembling slightly...
Western Suburbs Casino
In less than half an hour, the guards of Prince Chen's Mansion surrounded the entire gambling house. Ji Lingxue had to admire the speed of Xiao Yichen's men. They were really fast. Before they even started to fight, reinforcements had already arrived. Before she could show the poison powder on her body, the other party had already been subdued.
Xiao Yichen ordered coldly: "Tear down this gambling house for me."
"Yes!" The guards' uniform responses echoed throughout the gambling house.
"You... who are you?" Shisan Niang looked surprised. He called himself "this king", what kind of king was that...
Could it be King Chen...
Shisan Niang was startled and wanted to rush out, but it was too late. Two guards attacked her from the left and right, and they held her down in less than three moves.
Shisan Niang shouted at Ji Lingxue and Xiao Yichen's receding backs, "Prince Chen, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again next time... Prince Chen, you can't close down the gambling house... We are all doing business honestly and have not violated any laws. You can't do this... Prince Chen... You know that there are people backing my gambling house. You have accidentally offended them by doing this..."
Unfortunately, Xiao Yichen walked further away and didn't take Shisan Niang's threat seriously at all.
Ji Lingxue returned with a lot of gains and was in a particularly good mood. She patted Xiao Yichen on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, I'll buy you a drink."
The gambling house has been controlled by the people from Prince Chen's Mansion. Xiao Yichen will directly hand over the next matters to Chi Feng. By tomorrow morning, this underground gambling house will disappear.
Ji Lingxue said, "Your Majesty, if you investigate the underground gambling house, the capital will not even have a place to have fun in the future. Isn't it boring?"
Xiao Yichen glanced at the complaining Ji Lingxue, then looked down at her chest which was bulging with banknotes. He smiled and said, "Princess, you have won such a large sum of money, what are you going to do with it?"
Ji Lingxue's eyes rolled. She had naturally thought of the use of it. She planned to make a fortune in the cooking competition.
Ji Lingxue said: "This is my private property, Your Majesty, please don't be jealous."
Xiao Yichen twitched his lips and asked curiously, "As a woman, what do you do with so much money?"
As a princess, Ji Lingxue had no worries about food and drink. As a woman who planned to be independent, Ji Lingxue felt that there was nothing wrong in saving some money for herself. In case the man changed his mind and no longer wanted her, she would still have money.
Ji Lingxue blinked, smiled brightly, and said half seriously, "When you divorce me one day, I will fly far away."
Xiao Yichen's face darkened, and he looked at Ji Lingxue speechlessly and helplessly. After a long while, he said, "Don't worry, you won't have that chance. He won't let her leave him.
The two returned to the palace. Ji Lingxue turned over and got into the big bed, yawned, and fell asleep in a daze. In the dimness, she felt that the quilt was rejected. A familiar breath floated into her ears. It was the faint sandalwood scent of Xiao Yichen.
Ji Lingxue said in a daze: "Xiao Yichen... why did you come to sleep in my bed again? Believe it or not, I will kick you off the bed!"
Xiao Yichen grabbed Ji Lingxue's restless legs, smiled evilly, raised his hand to touch Ji Lingxue's hair and said, "Be good, go to sleep, I will only sleep and not touch you!"
Ji Lingxue snorted coldly and gradually fell asleep.
Xiao Yichen tilted his head and looked at Ji Lingxue in the dark night, a smile of success appearing on the corner of his mouth.
(End of this chapter)