Chapter 173 I'm Tired of It
Su Qinyao calmed down and a sneer appeared on her face:
"It's Yan'er! You've come just in time!"
Her eyes widened, and she pointed at Xiyan:
"Look at the good servant you've trained! First, she plotted to murder Shu'er and Wan'er at the Phoenix Pavilion. I only summoned her to the palace for questioning, and she colluded with bandits to break into the Forbidden Palace, killing more than a dozen guards and palace maids. She even attempted to assassinate the princess. I'm afraid her goal is not just to target Shu'er."
Su Qinyao's voice suddenly rose to a higher pitch, with a ferocious tone that tore off the mask of hypocrisy:
"She belongs to the palace. As her master, shouldn't you, Xiao Nanyan, give an explanation?"
Xiao Nanyan slowly stroked the jade pendant around his waist and sneered:
"How could a little maid make my aunt so angry?"
"A mere servant girl, actually colluded with bandits and caused chaos in the palace. Could it be that her master also harbored rebellious intentions? It seems that what happened today was no accident!"
When Xiao Nanyan raised his eyes, a hint of sarcasm surged in his eyes:
"If you follow my aunt's logic, if the chef in the imperial kitchen spills the soup one day, will it be blamed on me?"
"But this maid belongs to you, Xiao Nanyan!"
Xiao Nanyan stood with his hands behind his back, his lips slightly curled:
"It's true that she's a maid in my palace, but I have at least eight hundred servants in my palace, if not a thousand. If any of them commits a crime, I'll be charged with treason. Wouldn't I die a death by injustice?"
"Xiao Nanyan, you can quibble here. If this had nothing to do with you, why would you break into the palace at night? Do you have the emperor's decree or my instructions?"
She suddenly approached the edge of the carriage, her eyes sweeping across Xiao Nanyan's face like a knife:
"Or... is this little maidservant more than just a slave to you? I heard that you and she..."
"She's just a pretty maid, here to warm the bed and keep me company." Xiao Nanyue spoke in a nonchalant tone, as if he was talking about an ant on the ground.
Xiyan's figure in the distance shook, and her pale fingertips pinched into her palm tightly.
Helian Feng's expression changed slightly: "If that's the case, why didn't you give her up when I asked you for her yesterday?"
"When did I ever say I wouldn't give it to you?"
Xiao Nanyan raised his eyes and sneered, "She obviously didn't want to, but she willingly became my maid to warm my bed. With such a beautiful woman throwing herself at me, what can I do?"
His eyes never looked at Xi Yan, but his tone became more and more frivolous:
"A lowly servant girl, interesting for a few days, but with only a few tricks, I've already grown tired of her."
Helian Shu, who was standing by, was already laughing so hard that her body was shaking. She pointed at Xiyan and said shrilly:
"Oh, what a worthless slave you really are! You thought you were on the up and up, but you're just a slut who's been played with by others!"
Xiyan bit her lower lip tightly, and the salty taste of blood spread between her teeth.
She lowered her head, a few strands of scattered hair covering her red eyes, but it couldn't stop her body from shaking uncontrollably.
Hundreds of gazes were like thorns on his back, and Helian Shu's harsh humiliation was like boiling iron poured on a wound. In particular, Xiao Nanyan's light-hearted words "I'm tired of it" were still buzzing in his ears.
She clutched the blood-stained hem of her skirt, almost pinching a hole in the fabric.
It turns out that in his eyes, I am just an object for his entertainment!
Xiyan only felt that the coldness rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, which was even colder than when Helian Shu and the others pushed her into the icy bathtub.
There were faint sneers coming from all around, some people were whispering to each other, and some were snorting with disdain. Every voice turned into a sharp blade, gouging her last bit of dignity into pieces.
Su Qinyao narrowed her eyes, but she didn't believe it:
"If it wasn't for her, why were you so anxious to enter the palace?"
"Auntie's words have reminded me." Xiao Nanyan suddenly took a half step closer, the chill in his body not diminishing.
"Even though she's a lowly servant, if she really did commit a crime and brought shame upon me—wouldn't I be unable to clear myself even if I jumped into the Yellow River?"
Su Qinyao's face turned from pale to blue in an instant.
She originally thought that Xiao Nanyan broke through the "Nine Palaces Locking Dragon Formation" because he was trapped by love, but now she saw him trampling the maid who used to warm his bed into the dust. Could it be that he said this on purpose to avoid falling into the trap she set?
No matter how much Su Qinyao hated Xiao Nanyan, this happened in public after all. She couldn't just accuse him without finding any fault in him.
After all, he is the regent of Apocalypse. If we deal with him hastily, it will be difficult to silence the people's gossip.
Well, let’s push him a little harder!
Thinking of this, Su Qinyao gritted her teeth and sneered:
"So, she's nothing more than a slave girl for others' amusement! If that's the case, what's the point of keeping her around? So, let's just execute this woman who's causing chaos in the palace right here and now!"
Before Yan Feng could make any move, Xiao Nanyan's cold smile exploded with chilling emotion:
"Don't worry, aunt. Since she is a servant in my palace, I will personally deal with her!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw his long arm like lightning, snatching the longbow from the guard's waist, and his black sleeves swept down the cold stars in the sky. The moment the bowstring snapped, no one even had time to blink, the arrow had already been wrapped in a sharp whistle and was heading straight for Xiyan!
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