"Squeak—"
A little mouse darted by.
Meng Qingluan exhaled, but her tense nerves did not relax.
While she was hesitating, she suddenly heard a noise coming from inside the house. The room in the middle had been lit up at some point. The light was dim, but she could see a graceful figure leaning against the window.
Meng Qingluan's heart skipped a beat.
She called out tentatively.
"Little princess?"
"..."
There was no response.
Meng Qingluan slowly moved forward, but suddenly stopped.
In the reflection of the window paper, she saw the head of the person inside the room turn towards her direction.
She couldn't see the people in the room clearly, her back was covered in cold sweat, and her feet felt like they were nailed to the ground, unable to move.
Meng Qingluan felt a chill creep up her feet, as if a venomous snake was silently lurking and staring at her. Fear surged through her like a tidal wave.
She watched as the man got up and walked slowly toward the door, where he leisurely pushed it open.
"Squeak—"
Meng Qingluan's ankle was touched by the familiar sensation again, and her body suddenly trembled, her knees buckling.
It can move now!
Before Meng Qingluan could think of the reason, she hurriedly turned around to run away. As soon as she turned her head, she met a pair of familiar smiling eyes.
"Madam Shen, where are we going?"
Meng Qingluan swallowed hard, trying to remain calm, and bowed her head respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects."
Before she could even squat down, he had already lifted her up by her hands.
The emperor's smile was ambiguous.
"Madam Shen, there is no need for such formalities. From now on, you need not bow when you see me."
Meng Qingluan suppressed the churning in her stomach.
"That's against the rules."
"Hmm? Rules?" The emperor seemed amused by her words, and laughed loudly, "Is what Lady Shen is doing now in accordance with the rules?"
Meng Qingluan remained stubborn, pretending not to understand what he meant.
"After changing my clothes, I thought I could walk back, but I got lost and ended up here by mistake. Please forgive me, Your Majesty..."
“No need to explain,” the emperor interrupted her. “Lady Shen, I will not blame you.”
The emperor moved closer to Meng Qingluan, looked at the top of her dark hair, and suddenly leaned down to sniff the top of her hair.
Meng Qingluan could even clearly hear the heavy breathing he made when he sniffed hard.
She gritted her teeth and lowered her head even further.
"But is this what Madam Shen is looking for?"
Meng Qingluan suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up and what she saw almost made her vomit.
—The emperor was holding a skeleton, barely recognizable as a corpse, with waist-length, frizzy hair covering its skull.
Meng Qingluan noticed that the skeleton of the corpse was very small, probably belonging to an underage girl.
More importantly, she was also wearing a bracelet on her right wrist.
The skin on my wrist had stuck to the bone like a thin sheet of rice paper, and my wrist miraculously remained hanging in place without falling off.
She recalled seeing women wearing similar bracelets when she was with the Ayek tribe in the Golden Horde.
Meng Qingluan's heart sank.
"Madam Shen, you smell so good."
"..."
The emperor's words brought her back to her senses, and Meng Qingluan broke out in a cold sweat.
If someone else had said those words to her, Meng Qingluan would have thought that person was a scoundrel.
But when the person in front of her said such things, Meng Qingluan felt like a lamb to the slaughter, ready to be devoured and feasted at any moment.
The emperor squinted in ecstasy, his eyes barely open, his gaze wandering.
"Lady Shen, would you be willing to grant me one request?"
Meng Qingluan pinched her wrist, her face beaming with a smile.
"Your Majesty, please give your word. I would gladly go through fire and water for you."
"How could I bear to see you suffer so much?" The emperor's smile widened.
"Make it my food."
"I am the supreme ruler, possessing the bloodline of the Golden Dragon. If you become my food and merge into my flesh and blood, you will share my holy light."
He bewitched him.
The emperor squinted, leisurely watching the woman with her head bowed before him.
He's done.
The moment she refused, he panicked and begged for mercy to run away. He chased after her, skinned her alive, pinched her jawbone, and ate her raw.
The prey will taste better when it is fully loosened up.
Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
"Such a good thing?"
The woman he was staring at suddenly looked up from the silence, her eyes shining with undisguised surprise. She asked uncertainly, as if she couldn't believe such a good thing could happen.
Meng Qingluan's reaction caught the emperor off guard.
However, they were all thousand-year-old foxes, and the emperor quickly recovered from his shock. He casually threw the corpses into the courtyard.
He grasped Meng Qingluan's shoulders with both hands.
"I knew I hadn't misjudged you, and your scent didn't lie to me either."
"You are indeed no ordinary woman... Rest assured! My word is law, and I will always keep my promise to you."
"How do you want me to eat you?"
Seeing that she was sensible, the emperor took pity on her and asked for her opinion.
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