Chapter 113 The Sickly and Tyrannical Crown Prince 11
Xue Feibai pushed open the door a crack and frowned as he peered inside.
On the magnificent bright yellow bed in Chongming Palace, a slender, snow-white leg rested on the man's wheat-colored arm.
Xue Feibai couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he could see the tattoo on the side of the other person's neck.
When my cousin first learned to write, my aunt, the Empress, was so pleased that she framed his calligraphy and sent it to the Xue family. That piece of calligraphy is still hanging in my father's study.
Xue Feibai could see that calligraphy every time he went there. Although it was a bit more immature than the calligraphy on the tattoo, it was still written by the same person.
His cousin, the arrogant and fierce Crown Prince in public, was secretly tricked by a prisoner of war from the northern frontier into acting coquettishly and almost crying, yet he still thought he was humiliating a slave.
This is utterly absurd.
Unable to bear it any longer, Xue Feibai suddenly pushed open the door and stormed in.
Eunuch Gao tried to stop him, but Xue Feibai, despite his handsome and gentle appearance, was a rough man who had been in the military since childhood. He casually flung him to the ground.
"Oh dear! General Xue, you can't go in without His Highness's order!" Eunuch Gao was helped up from the ground by several palace servants, trembling.
"If I don't rid His Highness of this scourge today, I will have disgraced the Xue family's reputation for loyalty and bravery!" Xue Feibai kicked up the sword that had fallen from the table, drew it from its sheath, and aimed it straight at the slave's back.
Lu Yuanju's muscles tensed up instantly, and when he lifted his eyelids, his dark pupils appeared vertical in the candlelight, like a wild beast being disturbed while eating.
However, he was merely tidying up the clothes of the dissolute prince on the bed, but he did not dodge the sword.
Pfft.
The longsword pierced his back and through his chest.
Lu Yuanju stared down at the blood-dripping sword tip, plotting to sow discord in his mind.
It's laughable that a man from the northern frontier would resort to such despicable tactics to win favor in the imperial palace of the Celestial Empire.
As expected, the arrogant Crown Prince immediately glared at Xue Feibai, "Xue Feibai, how dare you trespass into my bedchamber? Do you even respect me as the Crown Prince?!"
"Your Highness, I am doing this to ease your worries," Xue Feibai continued earnestly. "The prisoners of war from the northern frontier harbor resentment towards the Celestial Empire. Why would they obediently grovel at Your Highness's feet? They must be approaching with ill intentions, hoping to take advantage of the situation and use Your Highness to destroy our Celestial Empire and thus exact revenge!"
"Since you're so afraid of these remnants seeking revenge, why did you spare their lives in the first place and let the remaining troops escape?" Xie Rong sneered.
Xue Feibai remained silent for a few moments, then sighed, leaned closer, and whispered, "Your Highness, once you ascend the throne, the Xue family will never harbor any hidden dangers like they do today."
"But before you ascend the throne, if the Xue family wants to ensure that your position as crown prince remains unshaken, they must leave behind a remnant so that the court and the people need the Xue family."
"Therefore, Your Highness, I humbly request your understanding of everything I have done for you," Xue Feibai concluded.
When it comes to the throne, Xie Rong is always easily appeased.
But one thing at a time, Xie Rong still wouldn't let go of a certain point, and asked him in a gloomy voice: "You said he resents me and won't obediently grovel at my feet, but does that mean my cousin will never resent me, even if I want him to obediently grovel at my feet?"
Xue Feibai was taken aback.
His cousin, the crown prince, still retained a seductive air about him, but the coldness in his eyes was enough to chill one's heart.
Xue Feibai lifted his robe and knelt down, "Your subject..."
Lu Yuanju had already collapsed unconscious at Xie Rong's feet. Xue Feibai caught a glimpse of the man's face out of the corner of his eye and felt that he looked somewhat familiar. When he squinted and looked again, he was even more shocked.
"Your Highness, this man must not be allowed to live!"
As Xue Feibai was speaking, he was about to get up and draw his sword again, but Xie Rong stepped on his shoulder.
"Are you determined to make trouble for me today?" Xie Rong stared at him coldly.
"Does Your Highness know who this person is?"
Xie Rong raised an eyebrow and snorted, "Who else could it be? His name is Achou, he is my slave, my little dog."
Xue Feibai's expression was solemn, and he was about to say something more.
"My mother always tells me that my only relatives are my mother and the Xue family. I was very happy that my cousin dined with me today," Xie Rong said with a stern face and a cold tone, "but my cousin is really disrespecting me."
Xue Feibai smiled bitterly: "I know I was wrong."
How can the friendship between the Xue family and His Highness be damaged because of a slave?
There are many ways to deal with a slave; we can take our time.
Xue Feibai withdrew.
Xie Rong said unhurriedly, "Go and fetch the imperial physician."
Eunuch Gao responded and left, secretly thinking to himself, "This Ah Chou has some tricks up his sleeve!"
They actually managed to get His Highness and General Xue into arguing.
...
When Lu Yuanju woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.
"Brother Lu is awake!"
The warriors from the north surrounded his bed, craning their necks to look at the eyes that moved beneath his eyelids.
Lu Yuanju opened his eyes, frowning from the pain in his chest. His gaze swept over the tattoos on everyone's necks, and he paused. "What happened to your necks?"
"Hey, we're brothers, brothers should share joys and sorrows. How can we let you be humiliated by that little prince alone? Let's go find the prince and have him tattoo one of each of us!"
"Look, the second brother is the second slave, the third brother is the third slave, and I am the youngest, I am the seventh slave, hehe."
Lu Yuanju closed his eyes; the wound seemed to hurt even more.
What a bunch of idiots! Wasn't it enough that he was humiliated? They had to get involved, and they might even be doing that little prince his bidding!
Lu Yuanju was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
"Oh no, did she faint again?"
"No, Brother Lu must be too touched. We're all brothers, why be so polite?"
Lu Yuanju took a deep breath.
Then another person spoke.
"Brother Lu, why do you always stay longer than us when you go to serve the Crown Prince's bedchamber? Aren't you supposed to be back before dawn? I see you always come back after 7 a.m.."
"Are you envious?" Lu Yuanju said calmly.
"How could that be!" the man immediately said. "I was just concerned about you. I was afraid that the Crown Prince would deliberately make things difficult for you."
"How many times has he deliberately humiliated me?" Lu Yuanju sat up, looked down at his injuries, his eyes dark and unfathomable. "Don't do such things again. I don't need you to share my joys and sorrows. Some things are enough for me to bear alone."
That young prince's methods of humiliation are ingenious, and he's always finding fault and throwing tantrums. If it were anyone else, who could endure such shameful things? These brainless brats?
Since that's the case, we might as well just let him go.
"Got it?"
Back in the northern frontier, Lu Yuanju relied on his savage spirit to defeat all the tribal warriors and became a leading figure among the younger generation of warriors.
Even the chieftain was prepared to hand over the leadership to him, so these warriors didn't really dare to disobey him.
Even though Lu Yuanju is now just like them, a slave used by the Crown Prince of the Celestial Empire to warm his bed, they don't have much objection to men.
Before long, Eunuch Gao came to summon Lu Yuanju to Chongming Hall. Once Lu Yuanju left, everyone dispersed.
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