God Of Death's Shadow Princess

Book 9: Lord of the Eternal Flame

"Y-y-you! How did you get the Jade?!"

Unable to believe his eyes, Qiuqi was so stunned he couldn't even close his mouth. 

Sanxian and Rifeng was chuckling by the side, this Young miss of theirs was definitely capable but they themselves were curious how she manage to get the jade pendent.

"Qiuqi, you shouldn't have made a deal you can't win."

"You!"

Angered beyond belief, Qiuqi could only point his finger at Rifeng who was clearly mocking him.

On the other hand, Rongyue sat gracefully, playing with the teacup between her fingers, her lips curled beautifully into a light smirk. 

"Hmph! I can't be bothered by you guys! Say, what is it young miss wants this master to do?"

Rifeng laughed watching how Qiuqi was swallowing his embarrassment at losing the bet, while Sanxian could only shake his head looking at his twin brother. 

Thinking about it,

"even we guys couldn't fathom his strength, what's more a female like you? You should be smart about it, shouldn't have made a bet you can't see through."

This sentence that Qiuqi said was probably what got on their Young miss's nerves.

You can look down on anyone but never a woman. Rifeng could only internally remind himself never to make this mistake. 

Ignoring Qiuqi's annoyed expression, Rongyue stood up,

"I tell you once I've thought about it, good night."

The three men could only watch helplessly as she elegantly made her way back to her room, the past day was rather exhausting and all she wanted now was to rest early.

She had no intention to bully her own people but she had to remind them that whether male or female, one shouldn't judge base on the gender.

Entering her room, Rongyue quickly freshened up with the hot water Tianzhu had prepared before hand and changed into comfortable silk clothes for sleeping. Lying on the bed, her mind was full of thoughts, she had never been a deep sleeper and it was worse when there was a lot of things on her mind. 

After turning in her bed a few times, she finally fell asleep with much difficulty but even though she was tired, her rest didn't last too long. She had fallen asleep when the moon had reached the highest point in the sky but just barely 5 hours later, her eyes shot wide open with a glint of coldness, slowly narrowing as her ears twitched at the sound of footsteps entering her room.

For this person to be able to enter her room this easily, meant that the two girls guarding outside must have been dealt with. 

The entire room was silent, In the darkness, she could make out the tall figure slowly moving towards her.

They were only separated by the few thin gauze curtain that was pulled down surrounding the bed and under the dim moon light coming through the window, she could barely see who the person approaching was.

Each step was elegant and carried a domineering aura. Just as the figure neared, it suddenly stopped and a familiar deep baritone sounding voice that was slightly rough and powerful spoke.

"Still in bed?"

Rongyue frowned as she sat up. Her long hair falling over her shoulders like a waterfall.

Even though the curtain separated them,  Shen ZhaoXie could still see her sitting up, her ebony black hair contrasting against her white inner garment, he shifted his eyes, feeling an unusual itch in his chest.