Chapter 843: Chapter 843: An Unusual Reward
A celebration banquet, thus outwardly harmonious but inwardly discordant.
After the awards ceremony, came the banquet. In the grand hall, singing and dancing were ongoing, with an array of delicacies and dancing girls swaying their slender waists, yet none of it interested Sikong Mo in the slightest. In fact, there was a surge of irritation in his heart.
Until the leading dancing girl, in her dance, swung her long water sleeves in front of him again, and a strong fragrance filled his nose once more, turning his patience to ashes in an instant.
Without needing to move, a cold glance swept over, meeting the dancing girl’s unabashedly flirtatious expression.
However, the dancing girl seemed surprised, her legs turned weak from Sikong Mo’s icy demeanor.
With a thud, the dancing girl fell to the ground, and the music halted immediately.
In the grand hall, everyone watched this dramatic scene.
"Insolence!" The old Emperor’s anger filled the entire hall.
"Have mercy, Your Majesty, have mercy..." The dancing girl came to her senses and knelt to beg for forgiveness. The old Emperor, however, did not even need to speak; just a glance from the eunuch behind him prompted a guard to come and drag her away.
Although the dancing girl initially intended to seduce Sikong Mo, even a mere mistake was enough to cost her life.
In this grand hall, how worthless a person’s life is.
Ye Jiu felt compassion but was not in a position to speak. Seizing the moment when everyone’s attention was not on her, she leaned closer to the War King, "Father, quickly speak up to save her, or she’ll be beheaded!"
Everyone knew that the life of a dancing girl was merely a tool for the powerful to vent their fire, yet no one spoke a word for her.
Among them, of course, was the War King, "If she is to be beheaded, then so be it, don’t trouble yourself with unnecessary matters."
It was excessive, to take someone’s life so lightly; this was the first time Ye Jiu had witnessed these people, whom she had kept close in her heart, being so ruthlessly inhuman.
Ye Wenyu, who was also from a humble background, couldn’t bear to watch this.
Not just him, several others of similar background were displeased; he was just more straightforward.
While others remained silent, just as Ye Jiu was about to step forward secretly to save the girl, he suddenly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, although this dancing girl erred, she was only frightened by the War King’s aura. I plead with Your Majesty to show mercy and spare her life."
Ye Jiu held her forehead, this foolish boy!
Everyone else was silent, yet he dared to speak, unafraid of the old Emperor’s wrath possibly extending to him too.
Ye Jiu dared to step out to save the girl because she knew, given her status, no one would react poorly towards her over a dancing girl. Ye Wenyu, this foolish boy, didn’t consider what he was relying on and dared to speak out.
Sure enough, the old Emperor’s gaze swept towards her, and Ye Jiu quickly put on a pleading expression.
The old Emperor’s displeasure over the lost Tiger Talisman instantly lifted.
This girl’s luck, compared to the Tiger Talisman, was not too bad, refusing Sikong Mo wasn’t necessarily a loss for him either.
"Since Deputy Commander Ye pleads, I shall show leniency," the old Emperor said.
Ye Wenyu immediately expressed his gratitude, and the dancing girl, who was nearly dragged out of the grand hall, broke free from the guards, crawling back to prostrate on the ground, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy, thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy..."
Her head hit the ground with each kowtow, without a sign of holding back.
"Enough, leave," the old Emperor waved his hand.
The group of dancing girls rolled and crawled away.
After the miscellaneous crowd left the grand hall, the old Emperor amiably spoke to Ye Wenyu again, "Since Deputy Commander Ye pleaded, then this dancing girl shall be bestowed upon Deputy Commander Ye."