Chapter 44 Your Highness, please punish me.
Riley comes to Scarlett about the treatment room.
After Scarlett left, he checked the surveillance footage in the treatment room and discovered that a female named Bessie had been looking around and frequently looking up at the camera when Scarlett was in danger.
Her hands were on the table.
The pen at hand fell down for no reason, making that fatal noise.
However, the surveillance footage did not clearly indicate that it was Bessie who dropped the pen.
then.
Riley went to look up her information again.
The most important piece of information shows that Bessie and a slave who was driven out of Herda Palace three years ago are siblings.
This is a dangerous signal and we must be on guard against it.
Interstellar females are precious and cannot be disposed of casually. The current situation is a good reason to help Scarlett shield herself from danger.
So he suggested that Scarlett execute Bessie directly.
Scarlett was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this, a flash of horror in her eyes. "Execution? That's too severe. There's no actual evidence to prove she dropped the pen. It's better to investigate thoroughly before making a decision."
"Your Highness, this is not a case, no evidence is needed."
"Her presence will be detrimental to Your Highness. This is the best judgment."
Riley lowered his eyes and spoke in a calm tone, but his words sent a chill down Scarlett's spine.
Scarlett looked up at him, her brows furrowed, her expression serious. "Riley, we're discussing a life, not the weather. You can't be so careless!"
"Your Highness."
Riley looked into Scarlett's eyes. Green waves surged in her dark green pupils, and the faint light that emanated from them was extremely pure. "You are the most noble female in the Oranrosa Empire. Anything that poses a danger to you must be eliminated immediately!"
"Riley!"
Scarlett shouted, but before she could finish the rest of her words, she saw Riley bend his knees and kneel in front of her.
It was too sudden.
Scarlett took a step back in fear.
Seeing Scarlett retreat, Riley actually crawled forward on his knees, took two steps closer, raised his head, and looked at her fiercely, "Your Highness, as your beastly husband, I put you in danger, and I should apologize for my crime. Now that I have discovered someone is committing misconduct against you, and I am unable to deal with it, I am adding insult to injury. Since Your Highness is unwilling to deal with her, then please deal with me first."
With every word Riley spoke, he took two steps forward, his eyes becoming sharper, greedy, and focused each time he got closer.
Looking at Scarlett, it was like looking at the prey he had been waiting for and was about to have a feast on.
But when he spoke, his expression was so pious, like a prayer, asking his god for forgiveness.
Alternation between tension and relaxation.
Close the distance between him and Scarlett.
Scarlett was completely unaware.
He stared blankly at Riley.
Until Riley came to her side, took her hand, put his forehead against the back of her hand, and spoke in a low, hoarse voice like sand and gravel rolled by a heat wave, hazy, soft, and seductive, making Scarlett's ears blush.
He said, "Your Highness, please punish me."
The atmosphere is somewhat ambiguous.
Scarlett's cheeks flushed.
Everything was fine, but suddenly something went wrong.
This, this, this...
Is this the real Riley?
Doesn’t he hate himself the most?
She shuddered and stammered, "Laile Laile, we..."
"Scarlett!"
Chi Ye stood at the door of the hall without knowing when. His slanted fox eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, his pupils were full of indifference. He glanced at Riley who was kneeling on the ground, walked in, snatched Scarlett's hand from him, squeezed it gently, and said, "Come with me, I need you for something."
Scarlett was worried about having no excuse to get away, so she hurried to follow Chi Ye.
Chiye actually had nothing to do with Scarlett.
He just saw that Scarlett was injured today and wanted to come over to see how she was doing, but he didn't expect to see Riley holding Scarlett's hand and pretending to apologize.
Riley is a pretentious person who likes to play the pig and eat the tiger. He was afraid that Scarlett would be deceived, so he made up an excuse on the spot to take her away.
The two walked aimlessly for a while.
Chi Ye felt more and more guilty as he walked, worried that Scarlett would think he had lied to her. His brain was working fast, trying to find a legitimate excuse for himself.
Unexpectedly, he actually found it.
He pulled Scarlett across the corridor and came to the cherry tree in the inner courtyard. He straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, stood under the tree with his head held high and chest puffed out. He raised his chin and asked Scarlett with a proud look, "How about it? I'm handsome too, right?"
Scarlett: “…”
You took me walking for nearly twenty minutes just for this?
Scarlett was confused and a little speechless.
After a long time.
She said with a face full of despair, "Handsome."
"I knew it."
Chiye raised his eyebrows excitedly: "Isn't he much more handsome than Dzeko?"
Scarlett raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.
It turns out that people really laugh when they are speechless.
Chi Ye thought Scarlett had acquiesced, and became even more excited. "In two days, I will go to the Imperial Court for patrol. Then I will let you see me in patrol uniform. I will be even more handsome than now!"
Scarlett kept smiling.
Thank you for the invitation.
…
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the next day.
Scarlett took the initiative to find Riley and wanted to discuss Bessie's matter again.
Of course, she didn't meet Riley alone. Riley's behavior yesterday scared her a little, so she brought Lilia along.
Riley was reading in his room at the time.
White shirt, black suit, and straight trousers without a single wrinkle.
He sat under the window, holding a yellowed page of the book between his slender fingertips and gently turning the page. He was as elegant as a medieval oil painting, exuding gentleness.
The pale golden sunlight fell on his eyebrows.
The handsome face was a little dimmed by the light, but the contours of the facial features became clearer, and the overlapping of light and shadow added a touch of aggressiveness.
"Riley."
He heard Scarlett's voice, closed the book, raised his head, his eyes curved, and said in an inexplicably gentle tone: "Your Highness."
The two discussed for about half an hour.
Riley didn't forcefully try to kill Bessie.
Scarlett was not magnanimous enough to say that she must forgive him.
During this period, Lilia also gave her own opinions.
Finally, everyone unanimously decided to induce a confession.
Of course, it was not to elicit a confession from Bessie, but to elicit confessions from all the females present at the time.
Riley locked them in a small room, randomly selected a name, and asked them to tell her what they were doing at the time.
It doesn't matter if she can't say it, Riley will tell them that she will be sent to the royal court tomorrow, and the inquisitor will unlock the light brain and directly judge her memory.
Riley is a congressman and knows best how to induce confessions.
Use both kindness and severity.
Soon someone couldn't bear it and confessed.
Not only did he admit that he was the one who dropped the pen.
She also admitted that she was the one who released Holst.
This person is none other than.
It was Bessie.
After all the twists and turns, it's still her.
Scarlett felt no disappointment or loss.
She gave herself an explanation.
Also gave Bessie an explanation.
Scarlett stood outside the interrogation room and saw the girl named Bessie holding her head high. She said calmly, "Yes, I'm avenging my brother. He just accidentally stepped on the grass, and Scarlett ordered his legs to be broken, leaving him disabled for life and dying of depression. It's only right that Scarlett's life be used to pay for my brother's! I only hate that Holts was useless and didn't bite her to death!"
He scolded two people with one sentence.
Such a strong character.
Scarlett actually felt a little fond of him.
She asked Lilia, "Does Bessie have no family?"
Lilia flipped through the information in her hand. "Yes. Her mother died of illness three months ago. Her three fathers were buried alive with her. Her only brother also died a month ago. She has no husband and no children. She has been alone ever since."
No wonder he dared to do such a thing.
It turns out that I have no worries anymore.
Scarlett thought for a moment and said, "I remember she was a good doctor and an A-level female."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Lilia's tone was filled with regret: "Bessie is from Parral City, which is a slum area and is not eligible to enter the Imperial City. She was admitted to the Imperial City based on her own ability."
Parral City?
Why does this name sound so familiar?
She seemed to have heard it somewhere.
At this time, Riley came over after finishing the interrogation.
He took the information from Lilia, flipped through two pages, and said calmly, "Your Highness, a plague broke out in Parral City half a month ago. It has not been resolved yet and the city is still in danger. If Your Highness does not want to deal with Bessie yourself, you can send her to her hometown."
"She is a doctor. If she can cure the plague with her medical skills, it is Your Highness's mercy that spared her life, and the people of Parral will also benefit from it."
"If she dies, it is her fate, and Your Highness can rest in peace."
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