Chapter 50 Be My Highness's Sword

After dawn, Zhou Huaiyan arrived at the palace gate in a carriage. At the same time, he also received news from the palace.

The final outcome of this palace coup was basically consistent with what the young man had expected when he woke up in the summer resort.

Ah Fei was rewarded for her rescue and became a popular figure in front of the emperor. Her uncle was also stopped in front of the Xuanzheng Hall and finally gave up the idea of ​​regicide.

The reason why it is basically in line with the requirements is that the only slight difference is Ah Fei's fighting power, which is far beyond Zhou Huaiyan's imagination.

The seventeen-year-old foreign boy stood firm among thousands of rebels, and even had the upper hand when fighting against Duke Wei.

Zhou Huaiyan closed his eyes. He might have to reassess the degree of danger Ah Fei poses.

Although this result occurred, it was probably because the road to the palace was too narrow for the army, and only a few hundred people actually approached Ah Fei and engaged in a melee with her.

Or maybe, my uncle was cautious and didn't use his full strength. Or maybe, his best weapon fell into the hands of the opponent.

In short, Zhou Huaiyan can find many excuses for this result, but none of them can change one fact, which is——

The young man from a foreign race stood guard in front of the Xuanzheng Palace in front of everyone, alone, on a horse, with a long spear.

Resist the rebel army and protect the emperor.

He even suppressed and almost defeated the iron-blooded general who was deified with his own strength.

Hongdou helped the boy get off the carriage and got back on the sedan chair. She looked worried.

"Your Highness, would you like to ask Dr. Li to come first..."

“No need.”

Zhou Huaiyan indifferently swept the bloodstains on the ground that had not yet been cleaned. His expression was unusually calm at this moment, and even every word he spoke seemed to have no ups and downs.

"Go meet him first. I have something to tell you."

This "he" did not point out who it was, but Hongdou understood it immediately. There was a hint of resentment in her eyes, but when she looked at the boy again, she couldn't help but reveal a look of heartache.

Hongdou has been with Zhou Huaiyan since she was fourteen years old, when the Ninth Prince was only five years old. While other children of the same age were playing coquettishly in their parents' arms, her little prince could only lie on the hospital bed, holding Duke Wei's hand and comforting him softly.

At first, Hongdou thought that the little prince was just a royal blood who didn't make progress and had no knowledge. Until she stayed with the Ninth Prince for year after year,

After unknowingly passing the layers of tests set by the other party, Hongdou finally realized how wise and intelligent his master was.

He had a clear understanding of the relationship networks of the major families in the court. He was also in control of all the arrangements that Princess Jiang Xian had left in Jiangnan. He even knew all the military personnel in the northern border.

The boy possesses wisdom far beyond his peers, and even beyond the wisdom of this dynasty.

He even turned firecrackers, which people believed were used for festive celebrations, into the most terrifying weapon in the world.

Hongdou knew that her master might have more cards up his sleeve that she didn't know about, but she had served the young man for so many years and claimed to be the person who knew the young prince best in the world, so it was not a bad idea to try.

Zhou Huaiyan was indeed smart, even to the point of being almost a demon. But the smarter a person was, the more arrogant he was. This arrogance was ingrained in his blood and even in his breathing.

The more proud a person is, the less he allows himself to make mistakes.

Because their intelligence will allow them to avoid stupid mistakes, but if such a smart person can't avoid it, then the mistake will inevitably be fatal.

So Hongdou knew that the things the little prince could not tolerate the most were being threatened, being deceived, and... making mistakes.

But these three things are now concentrated in the same person.

If keeping Ah Fei was not of great use, perhaps His Highness would find out that he had been fooled by a foreign slave for so long, and his first reaction would be to kill him with his own hands.

Zhou Huaiyan never punished anyone himself. He always gave orders calmly and then had people dragged out to execute them, so as to avoid polluting his eyes.

But last time, Hongdou saw the boy personally whipping Ah Fei with a whip. He even applied medicine to Ah Fei himself after the punishment.

From that moment on, the maid of honor knew that His Highness no longer regarded him as a simple pet cat substitute, and the boy, who had always been rational, gradually began to lose his rationality with Ah Fei.

Just after the first reminder, His Highness sent him to the ordination hall. Hongdou did not say anything more and endured it until now, but watched His Highness fall step by step.

[Foreigners are really good at tricks. 】

[If I had known this earlier...]

At this moment, the parked carriage interrupted Hongdou's thoughts.

——We’ve arrived.

Zhou Huaiyan looked at the magnificent palace in front of him. This was Chonghua Palace, where the emperor and his mother lived when he was still a prince.

Since the day the emperor ascended the throne, this palace has been carefully maintained and cleaned every day, but no one lives in it. Now the emperor is using it to help Ah Fei recover from her injuries.

The young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and his originally calm expression suddenly turned into one of impatience and anger. He got off the sedan chair and walked in hurriedly.

[It starts again...]

A new disguise and a new drama began.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, His Majesty has personally instructed that no one should disturb you... Hey! You can't..."

"Get out of my way, Your Highness!"

The overly angry tone at this moment made Zhou Huaiyan suddenly confused as to whether it was real or just an act like he had done before.

The next second——

Hongdou directly pressed the obstructing eunuch against the pillar with her backhand. The excessive force made a terrible muffled sound.

The maid of honor quickly cleared the way for the young man.

"Your Highness, please."

Zhou Huaiyan strode in with his long sleeves waving. Before he could finish his prepared speech, he saw several anxious and sweaty imperial doctors and... a bloody blur.

The female doctors hurried out with basins full of blood, and ran in with new clean water.

——A Fei was seriously injured.

The overly strong smell of blood in the air made Zhou Huaiyan feel a tightness in his chest, and then pain.

The pain was not enough to tear my heart apart, but it was just like being tightly wrapped around my heart by countless thin threads, which then slowly tightened, and tightened again, until dense beads of blood were drawn.

In fact, the young man should have anticipated this, but he subconsciously ignored it.

The soldiers that Ah Fei brought were all loyal to Duke Wei. If they really wanted to stop him, then all the weapons would be pointed at him.

There were several thousand men and horses, even if they could not stretch out in the narrow palace passage, there were still several hundred of them. They were all veterans who had experienced the battlefields of the northern border, and they were brave enough to defeat ten enemies with one.

Several hundred...

And Ah Fei is alone.

"......"

Zhou Huaiyan stood quietly for a moment, then walked forward and casually pushed over an exquisite white porcelain vase.

Bang--!!!

A loud and terrifying explosion exploded in the room, shocking everyone.

"Nine...Nineth Prince?"

The Duke of Wei now commands a large number of troops in the capital, and he has just made great contributions in the palace coup. Naturally, the status and position of the Ninth Prince are now incomparable.

Everyone in the room immediately knelt down. Zhou Huaiyan maintained an angry look on his face and said,

"Get out!"

"This......"

The doctors looked at each other hesitantly.

"Your Majesty has instructed us to take good care of ourselves..."

"Don't you understand what people say? If you don't, then just cut off your ears and don't keep them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became silent and everyone hurriedly retreated.

The maid of honor closed the door and stood guard at the entrance as usual.

Zhou Huaiyan walked over the broken porcelain pieces on the floor and walked to the bed. He lowered his eyes and looked at the dying person on the bed.

At this moment, Ah Fei looked like she had lost half her life. Only a few weak breaths were left. She was like a stray cat that had been abused and covered with scales and then thrown into a trash can.

"......"

After a moment's silence, the boy squatted down, stretched out his hand, and slowly brushed away the hair that was stuck to the side of his face due to the blood.

"Hmm..."

The seriously injured foreign boy seemed to feel something, his eyelashes began to tremble, and a slight groan of pain vibrated from his throat.

Zhou Huaiyan paused with his fingertips, then retracted them and hid them in his sleeves. He stood up and stood at a distance, waiting for the other party to open his eyes with an expressionless face.

"Brother Huaiyan..."

Because of the blood in her mouth, Ah Fei pronounced these four words very vaguely, like a mumbling, and could not be heard clearly at all.

“Cough… cough cough cough…”

He woke up after a violent coughing fit. Fortunately, the figure he had been thinking about gradually appeared in his blurry vision.

"Master... cough cough cough..."

He coughed violently because of his own blood, causing the wound that had just been sutured to open again, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger.

Zhou Huaiyan stared at his painful expression quietly, his dark pupils were like a deep pool, without any ripples.

After a long while, Ah Fei finally managed to stand up and was able to speak.

At this time, he had not yet noticed the boy's alienation and indifference.

"Owner......?"

Although his voice was weak, his tone was joyful. He thought he had successfully completed the task assigned by his master and was looking forward to receiving some praise or reward.

However, there was no response for a long time.

"......"

There was an awful silence in the house.

At this time, Ah Fei gradually realized that something was wrong. He looked at the indifferent young man not far away, and a great panic arose in his heart for no reason.

"Master, what...what happened?"

Zhou Huaiyan stared at him steadily until Ah Fei was so frightened that she wanted to kneel down, then he finally spoke.

"Do you have a name?"

This was the question Zhou Huaiyan asked when they first met.

"......name?"

Ah Fei was stunned at first, then his face suddenly turned pale, but he still subconsciously avoided it.

"No...it wasn't given by the master. Tell me, did he say it was Ah Fei?"

“.......”

After getting this answer, Zhou Huaiyan sneered.

"You have been by my side for so long, but you can't even guess the intention behind asking this question?"

"......"

Ah Fei guessed it, but couldn't answer it.

He clenched his finger bones tightly, and his body kept shaking, not sure whether it was from fear or pain.

Suddenly, Ah Fei fell off the bed, struggled to crawl to the boy's legs and grabbed his clothes tightly, her hoarse voice filled with tears.

"No, it's not what you think... Ah Fei... Ah Fei can explain... can explain..."

Zhou Huaiyan lowered his eyes, his gaze inadvertently sweeping across the deep and shallow bloodstains trailing behind him.

"Okay, explain."

But the reason was too complicated and lengthy to explain. In her panic, Ah Fei was a little incoherent, but she still quickly finished the most important part.

"I, I am indeed not... not just a servant. I am not a spy, nor a secret agent. I am... I escaped from the foreign king's secret training camp, and then, I hid in... a prisoner-of-war camp and was transported to the capital, and then... I was picked up by my master."

He spoke too quickly and began to cough again, coughing up a lot of blood, but his hands never let go of the boy's robe.

After hearing this, Zhou Huaiyan's expression remained indifferent, and he didn't know whether he believed it or not. After a moment, he raised his head and turned his eyes away from Ah Fei.

"Your rescue yesterday is a great gift from me. The emperor wants to seize military power, but he has been unable to find someone who can replace the Duke of Wei. This is his biggest concern."

"......Owner?"

Ah Fei raised her head carefully, her pale face wet with tears.

"But you showed up. A humble identity is easier to control than a glorious family background. You have the military strength comparable to that of the Duke of Wei. With a little experience, you can command the army, plus you have the merit of saving the driver..."

“——That’s enough.”

Ah Fei was slightly stunned, not understanding what the boy meant. Weren't they just talking about his past?

"The only thing that the emperor is concerned about is the relationship between you and me."

Zhou Huaiyan lowered his head and smiled mockingly.

"But, what is our relationship?"

"I......"

Ah Fei frantically hugged the boy's calf and cried.

"A slave... a slave is the master's property. He can be a servant, a pet, or a knife. A knife that kills for the master, a shield that blocks arrows... anything, anything is fine."

As long as it’s Zhou Huaiyan’s.

No, don't leave him.

"You hate me so much, don't you?"

Zhou Huaiyan stared at the pair of emerald eyes that he had been obsessed with, and for the first time he realized how difficult it was for him to understand a person.

"Hate me for treating you like a... toy for so long?"

If he were to put himself in the other person's shoes, Zhou Huaiyan would feel that if he were to be toyed with, humiliated, and forced to be submissive by the target of the mission every day, he would definitely hate it.

"It's been so long, it must be very humiliating, right? Do you feel disgusted?"

"No... No, no, nothing."

Ah Fei cried and shook her head. She had clearly told the whole truth, but she didn't know how to make the boy believe it.

"Yes, it is my own will, I am happy about it, no... it is not what you think..."

Zhou Huaiyan squatted down, slowly slid his fingertips across the wet corners of his eyes, and felt the hot temperature rolling in each tear.

"You should be the best one he has trained."

"......"

Ah Fei's trembling body froze. Zhou Huaiyan was very sensitive and caught this detail.

If you don't object, it means you agree.

The boy showed no sadness, anger, or resentment. He just looked at him with a faint smile, and even used an admiring tone.

"No wonder, his acting is so good, he even fooled me."

"No...it's not..."

Ah Fei felt like she was going crazy. He did hide things and deceive people, but he was not as bad as the boy said.

But as the one who actually committed the fraud, he didn't know how to refute it.

"As long as you hate me, you will dispel the emperor's concerns."

But at this time, Zhou Huaiyan changed the topic to something else.

"It even made him extremely happy. Next, the emperor will give you a status. Perhaps, he can allow your mother to be reburied in the Yun family's ancestral tomb, and your name will also be included in the family tree."

"He also gave you status, such as official titles and a wide range of treasures and wealth, so that you could go from being a lowly servant to a true superior."

However, after hearing about these things that countless people dreamed of, the wounded foreign boy just cried and shook his head, begging.

"No, Ah Fei doesn't want those, doesn't want those..."

But Zhou Huaiyan would no longer be softened by his tears. He watched him crying, his cold eyes sweeping across Ah Fei's face inch by inch.

This is a very handsome and deep face, with a strong sense of mixed blood and mystery. It is Zhou Huaiyan's favorite appearance, especially when crying, it looks very beautiful.

"But in exchange, the emperor will use you as a knife to cut off the 300,000 iron cavalry in the north, one by one, and then use the imperial power to eat them up bite by bite. But if the 300,000 iron cavalry in the north are eaten by the emperor, my uncle will die."

The boy spoke in a calm and casual tone, but there was a terrible ferocity in his tone.

“So, I won’t let him do that.”

He pinched Ah Fei's chin and lifted it to an angle that made her feel painful. Zhou Huaiyan was expressionless and quietly admired this face that became more attractive because of crying.

"Didn't you say you wanted to be my sword? Then go and please the emperor, let him help you ascend to a high position, and sharpen the blade. This way..."

The boy's tone was very gentle, but his dark eyes were filled with bloody murderous intent.

"So you can kill for me, right?"

"......"

The author has something to say:

The chapter was locked before because someone reported yhsq, but it is indeed partly my fault, the description is too exaggerated, don't worry, little angels, I have been revising the text recently, it should be released soon. The description and narration in the future will be more cautious, just... above the neck.