The Capital City has always been a trendsetting and opinion-shaping hub since time immemorial.
The moment two heads were chopped off at Heaven and Earth, the whole street of the painting workshops was boiling with excitement. Many patrons who had gone to other brothels started flocking to Heaven and Earth. Newest update provided by novel★fire.net
Of course, the street of the painting workshops was just the beginning. In any world, gossip and astonishing news are what humans are most curious about.
So, before the swordsmen from the Ministry of Justice even returned to their residence, Ocean Vaughn from Ministry of Justice had already received the message.
Of course, he didn’t believe it, refusing to accept that a mere brothel would dare to cross him, the Ministry of Justice who was in his prime, so he continued to attend to his master, Princess Jing.
Indeed, though a member of the Ministry of Justice, it was Princess Jing who actually called the shots in the Vaughn household.
Princess Jing was only twenty-three years old today. She married Ocean Vaughn at the age of sixteen. The Vaughn family was a prestigious household in a provincial city of the southwest, and the Vaughn family patriarch once held the position of Minister of War. Although he had now retired, he still wielded high connections and influence within the Ministry of War.
Seven years ago, when Princess Jing married Ocean Vaughn, the Vaughn patriarch had not retired, and the old Emperor was still alive. Now, even though seven years had passed, they had already seen three generations, after all, the previous Emperor only lasted five years.
Perhaps because Princess Jing was born into the Royal Family, she felt nothing for Ocean Vaughn—it was the Emperor’s decree, and she had no choice but to marry. Thus, not long after her marriage, she took a lover. Over the seven years of marriage, she had given birth to two sons and a daughter, but who the real father of the children was is anyone’s guess.
Normally, Princess Jing didn’t return home, and neither did Ocean Vaughn. They each went about their own pleasures, but today, for some reason, Princess Jing got upset somewhere and came home to take it out on Ocean Vaughn.
Ocean Vaughn washed her feet and massaged her, serving her with more diligence than he would his own mother, but the two had not been together in a long time.
Perhaps sensing her husband’s consistent devotion over the past seven years, Princess Jing’s anger subsided after being massaged by him for a while!
"Although Brother Six has become the Left Virtuous King, he is not the Emperor, so you’d better not cause any major trouble outside. If Brother Six gets angry, don’t expect me to save you!" Princess Jing said indifferently as she lay on the bed.
"I know, it’s nothing serious. I just took a fancy to a brothel and plan to take it over to cover our household expenses. Our family’s expenses are too large." Ocean Vaughn continued to gently pat Princess Jing’s body. Although he outwardly respected this woman, who was indeed quite a beauty, he had absolutely no interest in her.
Just thinking about how she mixed with countless men outside made him feel the urge to strangle her.
But he couldn’t, nor did he dare. Taking a daughter of the Royal Family was just like that; such was his life from now on.
Princess Jing was also quite easy-going in this regard—he had set up several households outside, and she pretended not to notice.
"Was it that Heaven and Earth?" Princess Jing had apparently heard of Heaven and Earth, as it was a topic of much conversation in the Capital City.
"Yes, that one," Ocean Vaughn nodded.
"Who’s behind Heaven and Earth?" Princess Jing asked with interest.
"Just a small brother-in-law of a Ministry of Civil Personnel official and a ruffian from the street of the painting workshops, none that have any clout!"
"Oh." Princess Jing nodded without saying a word—it was clear that these backers were insignificant.
"How long has it been since you were with me?" Out of the blue, for some reason, Princess Jing wanted to reward her fair-faced husband.
"Over a year, I guess, hehe, you have a frail constitution, it’s okay," Ocean Vaughn chuckled.
"Come lie beside me in bed..." Princess Jing said softly.
"Oh..." Ocean Vaughn’s face was filled with distaste, and although he was reluctant, he had no choice but to climb into the bed.
And just as he got into bed, Princess Jing leaned forward, seemingly initiating the seduction.
The two of them were passionately kissing, also reminiscing about all the good times they had in the past!
However, after about ten minutes of struggling, Princess Jing’s voice suddenly turned ice cold, "Get lost, get far away from me, and never let me see you again!"
Ocean Vaughn grabbed his clothes and ran; he knew precisely why Princess Jing was angry and telling him to scram—it was because he really wasn’t in the mood. After more than ten minutes of trying, his bird was still sound asleep.
It wasn’t that he was unwell, but rather he found no pleasure in it mentally. He was thoroughly disgusted by Princess Jing and also hated her, hence the huge psychological shadow it cast over him. Even when Princess Jing rarely took the initiative, he still had no reaction at all.
"Damn whore, I find you dirty!" Once out of Princess Jing’s yard, Ocean Vaughn spat out in disgust. It wasn’t that he was incapable— with other women, he could go on for seven rounds in a single night!
Just as he left Princess Jing’s yard, two servants ran over; one of them ignored him completely, not even sparing him a glance as he dashed past him.
Ocean Vaughn’s chest swelled with anger. This servant was Princess Jing’s coachman, a favorite of Princess Jing who also had an affair with her, so his disdain for Vaughn was to be expected.
However, the other servant stopped in front of him. This one was a minor overseer from the steward’s side.
"Master Ocean, it’s terrible! Samir Vaughn has been beheaded, and that Mr. Han too, beheaded! Sixteen guards returned with two headless corpses!" the servant said with a face full of grief.
"What? Really beheaded?" Ocean Vaughn’s eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.
"They’ve got guts! Take me to the front yard to see!" Ocean Vaughn commanded after a final glance back at the princess’s yard, then turned and walked away.
The lights in the princess’s room went off; once that coachman went in, the lights went out!
The princess was already burning with desire just now, so how could she not engage in a romp once that coachman arrived?
Ocean Vaughn just felt his head was too damn green...
Soon after, he reached the front yard where sixteen armed guards were kneeling on the ground, and the two headless bodies lay quietly. Ocean Vaughn’s gaze turned cold, "That stutterer killed Samir? What exactly happened?"
"That stutterer’s elder brother showed up, named Guillermo. Guillermo had an expert with him, likely a Golden Core or Feather Transform strong practitioner, who just chopped off the heads of both the steward and Mr. Han!"
"How dare they, this is outright rebellion, rebellion!" Ocean Vaughn, furious, kicked one of the armed guards, then started pacing in circles in the yard.
In truth, he was really just a pretty boy, the kind without any grand aspirations, just a son of a bitch waiting for death, feeding off his household. In his residence, indeed only Samir Vaughn was a skilled fighter; the rest were just ordinary guards.
Now that Samir Vaughn was dead, what was he to do?
The princess’s side did have experts, Golden Core, Feather Transform, and even Nascent Soul practitioners, but he had just angered the princess. Going to the princess at this moment would be like asking for trouble, wouldn’t it?
"Damn it, to the Ministry of Justice!" Ocean Vaughn knew that the princess wouldn’t help him now, so his only option was to resort to other methods. The Ministry of Justice was responsible for the security of the Capital City. He intended to use official forces to oppress Heaven on Earth, and hopefully, those from Heaven on Earth would also take out the Ministry of Justice’s people!
Meanwhile, soon after Ocean Vaughn had left, the princess’s room lit up again, and at the same time, Princess Jing cursed, "Silver spear without wax, getting more and more useless!"
"Yes, yes..." The coachman knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing repeatedly.
He had come to visit the princess tonight on serious business indeed, not expecting the princess to be in such a flustered state, pulling him onto the bed, so he hadn’t taken any medicine beforehand, which enraged the princess!
"Out, out, out..." Princess Jing waved her hand impatiently.
"But... but, Princess, Master Ocean has sent people to monopolize Heaven on Earth, and they have killed Steward Samir Vaughn!"
"Good riddance, I hope they kill that bastard Ocean Vaughn too, get out..." Princess Jing said with annoyance.