Chapter 55: The Power of Shoes

“Deng Fei, watch your words,” the Fourth Princess spoke sharply for the first time, even the Empress wouldn’t dare to speak so disrespectfully to a mere commoner like this, even though they were not in Tuoba Kingdom.

Chen Xin heard the insult but remained graceful and composed, her face indifferent, but her eyes were filled with turmoil. She could tolerate whatever others said about her, but why did they have to involve Xiao Yu’er? That was her bottom line.

“You’re asking for death.”

With a leisurely exhale of those two words, Chen Xin lifted her foot and sent a shoe flying. Like a thunderbolt, it weighed thousands of pounds as it smashed into Deng Fei’s temple. Instantly, Deng Fei, caught off guard by the speed, couldn’t dodge in time. Before she could even scream, her head exploded, a pile of red and white matter sprayed out, and she flew backwards, hitting the wall and falling to the ground, her body limp, her head twisted unnaturally.

Deng Fei never imagined that a careless remark would cost her life.

Arriving from the inn, Nuan Fan happened to witness this brutal scene. She widened her eyes in shock, stopped abruptly, and took a deep breath, forgetting that she was hovering in mid-air, then fell with a thud.

The Fourth Princess, closest to Deng Fei, couldn’t even utter a sound. It was too horrifying and violent. She struggled to suppress the nausea in her stomach, and her earlier fearlessness had vanished.

It was hard to imagine someone could be so ruthless and brutal.

At this moment, Chen Xin looked at the Fourth Princess, her eyes pitch black, hiding her emotions. “Clean up this place, and don’t disturb us.” With that, she closed the door.

Seeing Chen Xin’s figure, the Fourth Princess’s emotions were complicated and difficult to understand. Suddenly, she raised her voice towards the door, “My name is Tuoba Yiran.” She knew that Chen Xin must have heard it.

“Your Highness, are you alright?” Nuan Fan, limping and holding her shoulder, arrived in the courtyard and anxiously approached.

Hearing the voice, the Fourth Princess turned her head and saw Nuan Fan, her expression gentle again. “I’m fine. Have someone clean up this place. Leave no trace for Tuoba Lin’s people to find out anything. Let them think we did it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The scene just now was too shocking, and Nuan Fan felt she would probably never forget it in her lifetime. And she knew, based on the conversation she had with the Fourth Princess, that someone must have heard it. Combined with the Princess’s orders, Nuan Fan dared not disobey.

“Let’s go. If someone sees, it will arouse suspicion.”

“Yes.”

As they reached the door, the Fourth Princess glanced back at the door, then opened it and walked out. After closing the door, the two quickly returned to the inn. The fight had ended, and the one thousand soldiers who had escorted them along the way had also arrived to back up. Tuoba Lin’s people saw the situation was not good and fled.

Back at the inn, Nuan Fan removed the cloth strip, reapplied medicine to her wound, and did not dare to waste time. She personally led people to Chen Xin’s courtyard to dispose of the body and clean the walls, all done quietly and carefully.

However, all of this was observed by someone in secret. Perched on a tree not far away, an old woman with a youthful face and unkempt appearance stared at Chen Xin’s courtyard with shining eyes, constantly muttering to herself, “Not bad, not bad. This girl suits my taste. I must take her as my disciple…”

Meanwhile, lying on the bed, Chen Xin listened to the sounds outside, feeling somewhat relieved. The initial intention to kill Deng Fei was because Deng Fei had touched her bottom line, but it indirectly saved Tuoba Yiran from being killed. It could be considered helping her.

Although Tuoba Yiran had decent martial skills, Chen Xin knew she suffered from asthma. If engaged in intense physical activity, she would have difficulty breathing, making it hard for her to hold her own against Deng Fei.

As for the consequences of killing Deng Fei, she had considered it beforehand. After all, she was a servant of Tuoba Kingdom’s Third Princess, but with Tuoba Yiran present, she believed no one would know what happened tonight. People of the royal family were never simple.

Except for that peeping person.

However, not sensing any hostility, Chen Xin didn’t bother about it.