The maids stammered.
Shen Zhiyi's expression was cold and angry: "Don't you listen to what this princess says?"
"explain!"
"We dare not deceive the princess!" The maids knelt down with a thud and said, "Lord Samus has now occupied the palace and is slaughtering the royal family and nobles!"
"Especially the former loyalists of the Queen, none of them will escape this fate!"
“Even the Queen and the Second Princess… were…” a maidservant looked up tremblingly and said, “They were all killed.”
Are Katarina and Shen Xiya dead?
Shen Zhiyi was stunned.
"And what about Samus?" A hint of urgency crossed her eyes. "Where is he now?"
The maid bowed her head and said, "Right now, the master is probably reprimanding Officer Adrian."
“Adrian?” Shen Zhiyi frowned. “I remember he was a neutral party and never pledged allegiance to the Queen.”
“Yes.” The maid swallowed hard, glancing at her furtively. “But Lord Samus said he had spoken rudely to the princess and even said in private that she had a bad temper. So, the lord said he would pull out his tongue in public…”
Shen Zhiyi was deeply shaken.
He went on a killing spree; was it all for her?
To... get revenge for her?
The maids were terrified. They looked around, then knelt and crawled to Shen Zhiyi, pleading in a low voice, "Princess, Lord Samus is unpredictable. In just two days, the palace has been stained with blood!"
"Everyone was terrified, afraid that they might say or do something wrong and lose their lives."
"The master values the princess highly."
"Now, perhaps only the princess can subdue him."
"Please, Princess, save the Empire, save everyone!"
Shen Zhiyi's expression was solemn.
He pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, "What about Ian and Leo?"
"How are they now?"
The words were spoken.
The palace doors opened silently.
A strong sense of oppression suddenly rose in the air.
Everyone turned their heads stiffly.
Samus stood in the shadows, dressed in black, almost blending into the darkness.
He didn't come in immediately; he just stood there, his cold gaze slowly sweeping over every face in the hall.
Finally, the image was fixed on Shen Zhiyi's face.
The air seemed to freeze instantly.
The maids collapsed to the ground, their lips turned white, and their teeth chattered.
Shen Zhiyi glanced at them.
"You may leave now."
They glanced quickly at Samus, and seeing that he was still standing there with a sullen face and had not said anything, they immediately felt as if they had been granted a pardon and staggered away.
Only the two of them remained in the hall.
Samus walked towards her step by step.
The black boots made a steady, clear sound, finally stopping beside her bed.
He lowered his eyes and gazed at her intently.
A suppressed undercurrent surged within his golden pupils.
"Does the princess still have the mind to care about others?" His voice was deep, like gravel rolling over Shen Zhiyi's eardrums, his tone laced with anger. "It seems I didn't try hard enough last night."
"So that you still have the leisure and energy to think about other men."
He practically gritted his teeth as he uttered those words, one by one.
Shen Zhiyi pursed her lips and looked up to meet his gaze.
"I'm asking you, where are they?"
Samus clenched his knuckles, his face grim as he leaned down.
"The dungeon."
His cold fingertips gently touched her cheek, but his eyes held a fanatical madness. "Everyone who has touched you deserves to die."
"Princess, what do you think I should do to execute them?"
Shen Zhiyi's eyes turned cold.
He raised his hand and delivered a palm strike!
Snap!
Samus turned his head, a red mark appearing on his fair face. He pressed his tongue against his numb cheek and suddenly laughed.
His laughter carried a hint of self-deprecation and a chilling undertone.
"You hit me because of them?"
He turned his head, his eyes filled with shattered ice and a surging, suppressed jealousy and hatred.
"What is it about me that I lack compared to them? Why does the princess always protect others?"
"Am I protecting them?!" Shen Zhiyi was furious. "If you keep killing like this, the empire will have no one left!"
"Who will I rule then?!"
"Release them immediately!"
"And those members of the royal family and nobility, they must not be killed either!"
No matter how capable he is, he cannot withstand the overwhelming public opinion.
Once those people unite and the whole country turns against him, even if he has the strongest bloodline, it will be cut off because he is going against the will of Heaven!
Samus stared at her in silence for a long time.
Looking at her cheeks flushed with anger, and the shimmering light in her eyes, as clear as water...
The madness in his eyes was gradually replaced by a deeper emotion.
“Okay.” He suddenly leaned closer.
His breath brushed past her ear, his voice hoarse, "If the princess agrees, I will stop the killing if you exchange yourself for her."
Shen Zhiyi stiffened. "What are you planning to do now?"
"What does the princess think I want to do?" He traced the red mark under her collarbone with his fingertips, his eyes dark. "I was wrong last night; I hurt the princess."
"My condition is—I will personally apply the medicine for you."
He lowered his gaze, curled his lips, and turned his profile, bearing the handprint of a slap, toward her, saying softly, "I repay evil with kindness; the princess should be quite pleased, shouldn't she?"
Apply the medicine?
Shen Zhiyi turned her face away, but her ears turned red uncontrollably.
She gripped the sheet between her fingers and said in a muffled voice, "Didn't you already use your talent to heal me? Why are you pretending to be kind and applying medicine?"
"This is unnecessary."
“On the surface, everything seems fine, but…” Samus’s eyes darkened, his lips pressed against her rosy lips with a sticky substance, his Adam’s apple bobbing, “There are still some areas where I won’t feel at ease unless I apply the medicine again myself.”
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