Chapter 299 Serving the Emperor
Qi Yuxuan hugged the blanket, her face showing fear, and shrank back.
Xuanyuan Ze saw all of this and knew that this maid must not be allowed to live.
Xiao Ye addressed him as "Your Highness," the red marks on the back of her hand, the lack of prepared shoes and socks, and the uneasy expression on her face all indicated that this maid was not serving him attentively and was even suspected of sowing discord.
Xuanyuanze hated idiots the most, so he didn't even glance at her again and waved his hand to tell people to deal with it quickly.
Bai Shu was dragged away and tortured outside the study; her cries could almost be heard inside.
The palace servants were secretly gloating, but on the surface they appeared increasingly fearful and apprehensive.
Just now they said that the Carefree King had become a different person, but after asking his name, he was beaten to death. It seems that he is still the same ruthless Carefree King.
Perfect timing! Look how much the Carefree King dotes on this girl. Only without Bai Shu would they have the chance to show their faces in front of her, right?
"Brother Aze, does 'beating to death' mean Bai Shu will die?"
Ye Zhaodi had never heard of any punishments among the nobility; her world was limited to the Ye family, embroidery, and the stories she occasionally heard from storytellers.
Xuanyuan Ze looked at her and said softly:
"She's going to die, are you going to plead for her?"
Qi Yuxuan thought about it and then rejected it:
"No, don't plead for her. I don't know her, but I can sense that she dislikes me. Even if I plead for her to stay by my side, she will still continue to dislike me."
"I don't like her around."
The palace servants inside the room knelt quietly on both sides. Hearing such a naive yet cruel dialogue, they finally understood why the carefree prince liked this little girl and was willing to keep her in the inner room of his study.
It turns out that these two people are exactly the same—cold and ruthless.
Xuan Yuanze smiled, touched her hand, then his smile faded. Even after being covered in blankets for so long, her hands were still so cold.
Hot water was brought in quickly. Xuan Yuanze tested the temperature of the teacup before handing it to Qi Yuxuan.
Seeing her curious expression as she looked at the pale yellow hot water, but not drinking it directly, he explained:
"This is a cold-dispelling soup from the Wu tribe. Drinking it will warm you up."
The Wu tribe of Yue is the most mysterious and powerful tribe in the world. They possess many secret formulas that even the royal family does not know. They are skilled in poisons and Gu, and if they wanted to, overthrowing a dynasty would be as easy as lifting a finger.
Qi Yuxuan had heard of it before, but only heard about it. Today, after drinking the miraculous medicine twice in a row, she was really curious.
She asked, "Who are the Witch Clan?"
Xuan Yuanze took the empty bowl from her hand: "I'll introduce you to him another time when there's a chance."
The palace servants had all left, and Qi Yuxuan's heart began to race.
She saw Xuan Yuanze sit on the edge of the bed and slowly move closer: "Aren't you curious?"
"Why am I a prince of Yue? Why did I bring you here? You haven't asked any of these questions."
Qi Yuxuan heard her heart pounding strongly in her chest. She controlled her breathing, trying to keep it steady, and expressed just the right amount of curiosity: "Of course I'm curious, how could I not be?"
“But if I have to ask Brother Aze before I can answer this, then I won’t ask… I don’t want to put you in a difficult position.”
"Do not do what you should not do, do not desire what you should not desire. If you were willing, you would tell me on your own, wouldn't you?"
Qi Yuxuan was unsure whether Xuan Yuanze suspected her.
If she regains her memories, will Xuanyuanze imprison her? Will he use her as a hostage to blackmail the Qi Kingdom? Or will he kill her directly to prevent her from revealing anything she shouldn't and affecting the war between the two countries?
She pondered in her heart, but showed no sign of it on her face; in fact, she appeared somewhat spoiled and unhappy.
"Brother Aze, are you looking down on me too? I'm just an orphan, and you're a prince now. Am I not worthy to play with you?"
Beneath his deep, broad brows, a pair of dark eyes stared intently at her. After a long while, he finally smiled and said, "No, I will never dislike you."
"Xiao Ye, no matter when, no matter what you become, I will always wait for you."
Xuanyuan Ze briefly recounted how he was discovered to be a prince of Yue, and how he was eventually called away by palace servants.
Only when Qi Yuxuan was left alone in the room did she loosen her fists, which were tightly clenched under the covers. Her back was already soaked with sweat.
That evening, a new maidservant came to serve her bathing, washing her face, and styling her hair. Finally, a maidservant brought a box full of jewelry to do her hair.
Qi Yuxuan was a little puzzled, "It's already evening, do we still need to wear these things?"
Upon hearing her question, the maids immediately knelt down in fear: "We are only acting on the orders of the carefree prince and dare not disobey. Please do not make things difficult for us, young lady."
The little girl in the bronze mirror calmly pursed her lips before saying, "Tell me, who are you dressing up for so late at night, the Carefree Prince?"
The maids remained silent, none of them daring to speak.
Qi Yuxuan grabbed a sharp hairpin from the box and held it to her face: "Answer me."
A maid finally crawled forward on her knees, touched her head to the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "The Prince of Xiaoyao has summoned you to serve... to serve him in bed. You'd better prepare quickly, lest you keep the Prince waiting..."
Serving as a bedmate?!
Has Xuanyuan Ze gone mad?
Qi Yuxuan gripped the hairpin tightly in her hand and, when no one could see, tucked it into her sleeve. She gritted her teeth and uttered, "Do my hair."
If Xuanyuan Ze really wants her to serve him in bed, then even if she can't die together with him, she will definitely make him pay the price.
As for death, she won't die, at least not so easily at his hands.
She still wanted to return to the State of Qi alive, to see her mother and friends, and Qi Jun.
It seems that everything he said during the day was just a facade, a pretense of deception by this madman.
Indeed, he is now the supreme and carefree King of Yue, and he has long considered his childhood sweetheart as his own. Now that she is on his territory, he can do whatever he wants with ease, so why should he care about the thoughts of someone who has lost her memory?
The more Qi Yuxuan thought about it, the colder her heart became. She had considered several possibilities, but she had overlooked one: Xuan Yuanze was a man, a normal, twenty-two-year-old man.
By the way, in her past life, she lost her husband and son, yet he was able to forge an identity to go to the State of Qi to ask for her hand in marriage. In this life, without those entanglements and having lost her memory, she is nothing more than a caged bird that can never fly away to him.
The maid dressed Qi Yuxuan in a golden dress, the hem of which was embroidered with large patches of red spider lilies, swaying gracefully. It was a beautiful dress completely different from the clothes of the Qi Kingdom.
But Qi Yuxuan had no interest in admiring herself. She stared at her reflection in the mirror, her heart growing calmer and calmer.
The maid led her out of the inner room, where a sedan chair carried by four men was waiting.
"Please get into the sedan chair, young lady. Prince Xiaoyao is already waiting for you."
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