Chapter 190 Why are you so confident?

Inside the hall, candlelight is bright.

Princess Goryeo stood in front of the imperial desk, the ruby ​​and gold butterfly hairpins on her temples swaying slightly, casting irregular shadows on her profile.

She pursed her lips tightly, her dark eyes rolled around, and her hands were clenched tightly, with a faint white color appearing at the joints.

Xiao Jingfan looked at her, "Where is the princess's treasure?"

"It's so far away, yet so close at hand." Princess Goryeo took a deep breath and looked up at the man behind the imperial desk. "I have something important to report to Your Majesty."

Xiao Jingfan nodded slightly, motioning her to continue.

Princess Goryeo looked directly into his narrow eyes and mustered her courage to speak: "The news I want to tell you concerns the country of Dasheng, so I want to use this information to make a deal with Your Majesty."

Xiao Jingfan: "What deal?"

"I hope that after I tell you this, Your Majesty will forgive me and..." Princess Goryeo shook her hand vigorously, "and save my life and ensure I have a worry-free life for the rest of my life."

"Life?" Xiao Jingfan raised an eyebrow. "The princess is in danger of death?"

Princess Goryeo nodded first, then shook her head and explained hurriedly: "I was forced."

"Oh?" Xiao Jingfan raised his tone, seeming very interested.

Princess Goryeo was delighted, "Your Majesty has agreed? I..."

"Princess, please go back." Xiao Jingfan's slender eyebrows drooped, showing a bit of inhuman indifference.

Princess Gao Li was stunned for a moment, then asked anxiously, "This concerns the country and people of Da Sheng. Your Majesty, do you really not want to know?"

Xiao Jingfan's eyebrows did not move, and he said the same words: "Princess, please go back."

Looking at his cold face, Princess Goryeo bit her lip in anger and walked away angrily.

She expected Xiao Jingfan to call her, but even after she reached out to open the door, the voice still didn't come.

She stopped in front of the door, her outstretched hand seemed frozen to the door, and she made no further move.

Xiao Jingfan reached out and picked up the teacup, drinking while reading the book on the table, seemingly not caring at all about the movements of the other person in the hall.

The sound of flipping pages was infinitely amplified in the hall, as if it was right next to one's ears, like the beat of a drum, making one feel anxious and unbearable.

Princess Goryeo kept the door open and waited and waited, but finally she angrily withdrew her hand from the door and turned back.

He bent his knees and knelt before the imperial desk.

"Your Majesty, please have mercy."

The gorgeous skirt spreads out layer by layer, like a blooming hibiscus flower.

Xiao Jingfan didn't even raise his eyelids, and continued drinking tea and reading.

Princess Goryeo clutched the hem of her skirt and said, "I am willing to tell you everything. Your Majesty, please spare my life."

Xiao Jingfan still stared at the book, not even looking at her, nor responding a word.

Princess Goryeo gritted her teeth and after some hesitation finally spoke: "Your Majesty, I am not Princess Mizhen of Goryeo, but Princess Mizhen's maid Feishuang."

So this is what surprise is.

Xiao Jingfan slowly closed the book and looked up at her: "Go on."

*

At the same time, Chu Liuzheng, who had just come out of the tea room, was caught red-handed by Wei Mingliang's followers.

"Your Highness invites the young lady to come over and have a chat."

Chu Liuzheng glanced in the direction of his finger.

She saw Wei Mingliang standing at the corner with his hands behind his back, looking at her.

Seeing her looking over, he nodded at her.

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[I've served you tea and apologized, what does that damn butterfly want to do now?]

"Please come this way." The attendant urged.

[Alas, little palace maids have no human rights! ]

Chu Liuzheng followed him over and stopped two steps away from Wei Mingliang, bowing and saying, "Your Highness, best wishes. I wonder what you want me to do?"

Wei Mingliang gave a wink to his followers, who immediately retreated to a distance and guarded, not allowing anyone to approach this side.

Chu Liuzheng glanced around.

[With so many Imperial Guards patrolling around the Yangxin Palace, the Butterfly shouldn't dare to act recklessly, right?]

Wei Mingliang saw what she was thinking at a glance and said, "Are you worried that I'll press your acupoints again?"

"No." Chu Liuzheng grinned, revealing a typical fake smile. "Your Highness is upright and honest. How could he use such deceitful tricks on a weak woman like me?"

It's a compliment on the surface, but actually a mockery.

Wei Mingliang squinted his eyes and looked at her. "What is so special about you that His Majesty would treat you so differently?"

Chu Liuzheng:?

[What's with that look, Butterfly? Isn't the treatment I get just standard for a good, low-level employee? What's so special about it?]

She has always had a clear understanding of her position in front of the emperor, that is, an excellent worker.

"Your Highness must have misjudged me," Chu Liuzheng said. "I possess neither military prowess nor great beauty. I am merely an ordinary palace maid, common in the palace. How could I possibly deserve your Majesty's special attention?"

[Butterfly probably doesn't know how tyrants treat their trusted and favored ministers. They give them promotions, wealth, houses, land, servants, beauties, and tons of rewards. That's what it means to treat them with special respect.]

Wei Mingliang didn't think his intuition would be wrong, but when he saw Chu Liuzheng's clear eyes without a trace of evasion, he couldn't help but doubt himself. Could he really be wrong?

No, it's impossible.

If the woman in front of him was really an ordinary palace maid, when he asked Emperor Shunguang for her that day, no matter from which perspective, Emperor Shunguang should have agreed and given him the palace maid.

After all, she was just an insignificant little palace maid.

However, Emperor Shunguang not only did not respond, but chose to protect the palace maid, and almost lost his composure when the palace maid bumped into the pillar.

If it was said that Emperor Shunguang was simply attracted by the beauty of this palace maid, judging from the results of his tests, it didn't seem like that.

Just now in the palace, he deliberately asked the palace maid to feed him tea in order to observe Emperor Shunguang's reaction.

If Emperor Shunguang really fell in love with this palace maid, he would have reacted with anger or displeasure when he saw that she had to serve another man closely despite having an injured hand.

But...none.

At most, he explained something to the palace maid, but he was just stating the facts.

There were so many thoughts in my mind, but only a moment passed.

Wei Mingliang asked, "You didn't lie to me?"

Chu Liuzheng: "This servant dare not deceive Your Highness."

Wei Mingliang: "..."Hasn't this woman lied to him enough?

Chu Liuzheng lowered his head slightly and said, "If Your Highness has no other instructions, I will take my leave."

She greased her feet and tried to slip away.

"Stop." Wei Mingliang raised his foot and blocked her way.

[Damn! Long legs are amazing!]

Chu Liuzheng raised his eyes and smiled: "Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"

Wei Mingliang raised his hand towards her, and Chu Liuzheng quickly stepped back, staring at him warily.

[Frog fun! If I hadn't reacted a bit, I'd have gotten hit. I don't want to be tickled to death!]

Wei Mingliang's eyes fell on her hair: "The pearl on your left side is crooked."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reminder." Chu Liuzheng raised his hand and touched it.

There was no mirror and my hands were wrapped in gauze, which was really inconvenient. After touching it, the beads became even more crooked.

Wei Mingliang wanted to lend a hand to help her, but Chu Liuzheng was very alert, so he was too lazy to lend a hand.

He stepped aside and said, "Let's go."

Chu Liuzheng glanced at him and cautiously walked out, sticking close to the wall. He had taken three or four steps when he suddenly heard a voice from behind, "I'm taking you back to Xixia."

His intuition told him that he couldn't give up just like that. There must be something strange about this palace maid.

Chu Liuzheng: ? ? !

【Is this a notice? ? 】

[Bah! Who are you? How can you be so arrogant? Who the hell wants to go back to Xixia with you? Go get treatment if you’re sick! ]