Xiao Heye stood up, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked her in a low voice, "Does your foot still hurt?"
He lowered his voice, trying his best to appear gentle and kind, but Su Tiyue still sensed a cold and indifferent aura in Xiao Heye's sharp eyes.
It hurts, of course it hurts.
Su Tiyue didn't answer that way. She turned her head, her eyes red, and said gently, "If I hadn't treated you like that a few days ago, wouldn't you have helped me today no matter what? Is it because you're angry with me that you deliberately stood by and did nothing?"
Xiao Heye didn't refute, but simply said, "Your Majesty, the palace is a place of unpredictable people and lurking dangers. This servant cannot protect Your Majesty at all times. Besides..."
He paused, a wicked smile playing on his lips, and said, "Didn't I promise Your Highness a favor? If Your Highness truly doesn't wish to serve the Emperor today, there's no need to jump off the building. You can simply devise a way to stab him to death... just like you killed Prince Rong. Then, I will take care of the aftermath for Your Highness."
Assassinate the Emperor? How dare Xiao Heye utter such treasonous words?
What a madman!
If Su Tiyue really does that, it won't just be a matter of how to handle the aftermath, but rather a matter of collecting the corpses of the entire Su clan.
Su Tiyue paused for a moment, her clear eyes looking at him with anger, and said, "Master Xiao, are you trying to drag everyone down with you when you go crazy?"
She spoke in a fierce manner and with a fierce tone, but her voice was soft and lacked force.
The seemingly gentle and delicate empress can be quite adorable when she's fierce.
"Tsk." Xiao Heye sneered and moved his body to the foot of the bed.
He lifted the blanket, slowly raised her right foot, and placed it on his lap. His fingers lightly stroked her bandaged ankle as he said coldly:
"And what about Your Highness? You neither want to play crazy games with me nor play games with me properly... When you have nothing to do, you hide in this little Listening Rain Pavilion, as if you're afraid I'll eat you up."
"Your Majesty, I know you only come to my palace when you need something. Now that something has happened, you're blaming me for not protecting you properly?"
As he spoke, Xiao Heye deliberately pinched her ankle lightly with his long, slender, fair fingers.
"Ouch...it hurts..."
Su Tiyue frowned, her eyes slightly reddening, and said pitifully, "It hurts. The palm print."
Xiao Heye curled the corners of his mouth, a dark emotion rising in his eyes. He stopped immediately when he heard her cry out in pain, and did not touch her ankle again.
He didn't even use any force, so why did he start yelling in pain?
"Your Majesty, will you blame me every time something happens to you in the future?" he asked.
Su Tiyue pondered for a moment, then clenched the corner of the blanket with her fingers and said aggrievedly, "In this palace, as long as you... and your people don't harm me, no one else will."
Xiao Heye couldn't help but laugh out loud, and asked her, "What about the Emperor? The Emperor wouldn't harm you, he would only cherish you... right?"
“You…” Su Tiyue was stunned and speechless at his question.
In front of her, Xiao Heye was never a proper person. He always spoke in a vulgar and frivolous manner. In the past, he might have pretended to be aloof and indifferent to women, but now he was unwilling to pretend at all.
He only knows how to tease and scare her; he's absolutely despicable.
Seeing her face, which looked like she was about to cry, feeling wronged and annoyed, Xiao Heye continued, "In Your Majesty's eyes, the two people you fear most in this palace are the Emperor and your servants... Your Majesty should know that you can't escape them either way."
"Since you've chosen to side with me, why do you always try to hide?"
"Hmm...?" Xiao Heye's burning gaze fell upon her, his dark eyes revealing no discernible emotion.
Having held a high position for a long time, the aura he exuded when speaking was always more noble and imposing than that of ordinary people.
Every time Su Tiyue was in front of him, she was always terrified and uneasy.
"Master Xiao... I've ended up in this state entirely out of necessity. Yes, I was the one who provoked you in the first place, but it was a helpless act on my part... I..."
Just thinking about what Xiao Heye did to her that day, how he looked like he wanted to devour her whole... How could she not be afraid of Xiao Heye like that?
Su Tiyue lowered her head, her face flushed, and stammered out several "I...I...I," not knowing how to say those words.
Su Tiyue wanted to say that she wasn't that kind of person. If she hadn't been forced by circumstances, why would she have gone down this path?
But she couldn't bring herself to say it...
"Your Majesty, I think I understand. You mean... you want to take advantage of me for nothing?"
Xiao Heye smiled and lowered his head, put her feet back on the bed, and then carefully covered her with the blanket.
"Tsk, Your Majesty is truly cunning. You only enjoy the benefits brought by your servants, without ever thinking of giving anything in return. Whether it's a transaction or a game, Your Majesty, you really have no sincerity..."
He joked, "Why don't you choose again?"
Seeing that the conversation between the two was getting increasingly tense, Su Tiyue panicked and hurriedly explained, "No, Master Xiao, that's not what I meant. You have power and influence, and you've helped me a lot. I even owe you my life... So, I will give you whatever you want."
"Is that so? Your Highness went to great lengths to find a eunuch as your backer. What Your Highness most wants to protect, this servant desires as well..."
Xiao Heye leaned closer to her, supporting himself on the bed with one hand, his gaze steadily fixed on her face.
Su Tiyue said, "I want to protect myself and my family."
"It seems I haven't explained myself clearly enough. Your Highness is so resistant to serving me in bed; isn't what you most want to preserve your chastity?" Xiao Heye looked her up and down, then leaned down and whispered meaningfully in her ear:
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