Chapter 122 Face to face
She slowly sat up straight, looking down at Xie Wulu kneeling at her feet. She extended her fingers, painted with bright red nail polish, and with an extremely flirtatious gesture, lifted Xie Wulu's chin with her fingertips, forcing him to raise his head and meet her gaze.
"Tsk tsk...that face..."
Pei Mingyue's gaze lingered on Xie Wulu's face, her voice tinged with languor, "It's truly... a pity."
Xie Wulu was forced to look up and clearly saw the undisguised interest and possessiveness in Pei Mingyue's eyes!
A wave of immense humiliation instantly swept over my entire body!
He was a dignified seven-foot-tall man, a newly appointed Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination
He was being scrutinized by a woman who lifted his chin as if he were a child molester!
This is even more painful than killing him!
But isn't that exactly what he wanted to achieve?
"Your Highness..." he managed to utter, suppressing the urge to brush the hand away.
Pei Mingyue seemed not to hear him, and lightly stroked his smooth chin with her fingertips in an ambiguous manner.
"Want to stay by my side?" She parted her red lips slightly. "Not necessarily... but it's not allowed."
Xie Wulu's heart skipped a beat!
A glimmer of hope instantly ignited in his eyes!
However, Pei Mingyue's next words instantly plunged him into an icy abyss!
"I happen to be missing one here... a bed warmer."
"You, Xie Wulu, if you are willing to become my male concubine, I will take pity on you and take in this... stray dog."
Male concubine?!
It was like being struck by lightning!
Xie Wulu felt his vision go black instantly! His ears were ringing!
Male concubine!
What are they? They are playthings kept by powerful and wealthy women! They are people with a shameful identity! They are lowly creatures who can only please their masters by selling their bodies and dignity!
He thanked him without hesitation!
More than ten years of hard study!
A new scholar has passed the imperial examination with flying colors!
He should have been a pillar of the court and a source of pride for his family!
Now... he's actually reduced to being a woman's gigolo?!
Utter disgrace!
A surge of overwhelming anger and humiliation roared within him, threatening to overwhelm his reason!
He wanted nothing more than to jump up immediately, strangle the woman in front of him who had humiliated him, and then rush out to tear Xie Sangning, the instigator, to pieces!
Pei Mingyue! You've gone too far!
Xie Sangning! You're the one who caused all of this! I, Xie Wulu, will never forgive you!!!
His eyes instantly became bloodshot, and his body trembled with humiliation!
Pei Mingyue watched his distraught state with great interest.
She could clearly feel his body trembling, and see the hatred and struggle that was about to burst forth in his eyes.
This gave her a twisted sense of pleasure—look, a once high and mighty scholar has been trampled into the mud by her own words!
The feeling of controlling other people's fate...it's really great!
"What? You're unwilling?" Pei Mingyue's fingertips lightly traced Xie Wulu's Adam's apple. "I thought... your hatred for Xie Sangning was enough for you to pay any price... It seems your so-called great grudge is nothing more than this... You can't even bear this little grievance?"
These words instantly brought Xie Wulu to his senses!
Yes! Any price! As long as I can get revenge! As long as I can see Xie Sangning die!
He, Xie Wulu… was willing to give up anything! Including this physical body! Including this worthless dignity that had long been trampled upon!
So what if he's a male concubine?!
As long as I can get close to Pei Mingyue! As long as I can get her help!
Xie Sangning! You forced me to do this!
Xie Wulu abruptly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, all his emotions were forcibly suppressed.
He even managed to force an extremely docile, even somewhat ingratiating, smile onto his face.
He raised his head and gently rubbed his cheek against Pei Mingyue's hand.
"Your Highness is joking."
"It is my great honor to be able to share Your Highness's worries and troubles."
"As long as Your Highness doesn't mind, there's no need to worry... I'm willing to serve Your Highness like a dog or a horse, even going through fire and water, without hesitation..."
Pei Mingyue was stunned when she saw his instantly subdued appearance and felt the cool touch of his cheek on the back of her hand. Then she burst into an even more unrestrained laugh!
"Hahaha! Good! Good... a dog that knows when to yield!"
She abruptly pulled her hand back as if she had touched something dirty, then lightly kicked Xie Wulu's shoulder with her toe. "Get up! From now on, you will be called... Seventeen! This is the new name I bestow upon you!"
She was Pei Mingyue's seventeenth lover.
Xie Wulu's smile softened even more, tinged with gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, for bestowing this name upon me! Seventeen... I like it very much!"
He obediently stood up, bowing his head and standing respectfully to the side, his body slightly bent, his posture extremely humble.
Pei Mingyue looked at her new acquisition with satisfaction; its handsome and gentle face greatly pleased her.
She could almost picture Xie Sangning's dramatic expression when she learned that her cousin had become her lover!
“Come here,” she languidly beckoned, as if summoning a pet, “give me a… leg massage.”
Xie Wulu obediently replied "Yes," walked to the bedside, and slowly knelt down.
He stretched out the hands that had once held the pen to write magnificent articles, and gently massaged Pei Mingyue's calves.
He wore an impeccable smile.
Only in the depths of those lowered eyes surged a deep-seated resentment and madness!
Xie Sangning!
Pei Mingyue!
You...you just wait!
The humiliation of today will be repaid a hundredfold in the future!
As dawn broke and the ground grew cold, Xie Wulu awoke.
He curled up on a thin mattress, his body feeling as if it had been taken apart and hastily put back together, every bone screaming in pain.
Even more intense is the pain that travels through the skin!
He struggled to open his eyes, his vision still somewhat blurry.
The moment consciousness returned, the unbearable, nightmarish memories of last night, accompanied by pain, instantly overwhelmed him!
The whip lashed out as it struck his bare back, chest, and even thighs!
Pei Mingyue's face, flushed with excitement and pleasure, her eyes gleaming with madness, and the shrill laughter that emanated from her mouth like that of a demon...
"A talented young man from the Xie family? Hmm? He's nothing special!"
"Bark! Why aren't you barking? I love hearing dogs bark!"
"That bitch Xie Sangning, does she even know that her good cousin is a dog in my palace?!"
He clenched his teeth tightly, swallowing back all his screams and tears, until his gums bled!
He thought he was prepared to endure any humiliation, but he never expected that Pei Mingyue, this crazy woman, was actually a complete sadist!
Her service to the emperor was not only about sexual pleasure, but also about sadism!
Xie Wulu trembled as he propped himself up.
Every movement aggravated the whip marks on his back and chest, the burning pain causing his vision to blur, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his thin undergarment.
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