Chapter 25: You Have Never Truly Known Me
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With a loud bang, Wanqi Haoyu was thrown onto the bed. The cold surface sent a sharp chill through his back, and the force behind the impact was so great that it felt as though every bone in his body had nearly been shattered.
“Master!”
Qingzhu cried out in alarm. He had never imagined that the warm atmosphere of a moment ago could plunge to freezing point in an instant, nor that his master would be thrown onto the bed the very next second.
His eyes reddened as he hurried forward and knelt, bowing his head repeatedly against the floor. His body trembled violently. “Princess, please spare Master. He has always lived a life of luxury and cannot endure being tormented like this in prison.”
Indeed, it was only because the princess had not killed anyone lately and had shown no intention of forcing herself upon Master that he had forgotten what she had done to him in the past. How could he have forgotten her mercilessness, her cruelty, her bloodthirsty nature?
The princess standing before them was a great demoness. Had there ever been a day when, displeased, she did not casually kill several people to vent her anger? Had there ever been a day when she did not torture someone until they wished for death?
The sudden turn of events left the prison guards utterly stunned. They stood there foolishly, trembling like fallen leaves. They certainly did not believe that the rumors of old had all been lies. The princess often locked people in prison and toyed with them until they wished they were dead—they had all witnessed it with their own eyes. Now that the princess was enraged, would they be able to keep their lives?
While everyone else trembled in fear for their lives, Xiangcao alone watched the scene with delight. At last, her princess was showing her strength. Hmph! She had long felt that the princess had become far too gentle, and that her former authority had vanished without a trace. These disobedient people deserved to be taught a lesson, lest one day they climb right onto her mistress’s head.
Just as Xiangcao was sincerely rejoicing on the princess’s behalf, her mistress spoke again.
“Xiangcao, drive everyone out. I have something to say to my husband in private… We will speak properly.”
The woman’s voice sounded harsh and icy, utterly devoid of warmth. It chilled Wanqi Haoyu’s heart and left half of Qingzhu’s heart cold as well. He followed everyone out, deeply agitated. Judging from the princess’s expression, she truly was furious. Could Master really die at the princess’s hands?
Master had always treated him well. He could not allow him to lose his life here. With that thought, he turned and ran, sprinting desperately toward the outside. A faint flame flickered in his eyes, like the last spark of hope.
“Second Imperial Daughter… With the Second Imperial Daughter there, Master will surely be saved. Master did all this for the sake of the Second Imperial Daughter…”
Once everyone had left, the prison cell abruptly fell silent. The only sound was the faint crackling of charcoal burning in the brazier.
Wanqi Haoyu lay quietly on the bed, just as he had when she first met him—exquisitely handsome, his cool, moonlike gaze meeting hers.
“Aren’t you afraid that I might devour you right now?”
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Wanqi Haoyu and Yun Qian’ge were pressed very close together. Silence surrounded them on every side. At that moment, it seemed that each could hear the other’s heartbeat and breathing. He smiled faintly, just as his temperament was—light and restrained—yet his cool voice carried an unshakable certainty.
“You won’t.”
“Wanqi Haoyu, don’t assume that you understand me. You don’t. You have never understood the real me.”
“I only want to stay beside you when you are hurting.”
“Stay beside me? Because you care about me? Or because you have some other purpose? Heh, Wanqi Haoyu, do you think I am foolish enough to expose my weakness before my enemies and give you an opportunity to stab me in the back?”
“What do you mean?”
Wanqi Haoyu’s face went utterly pale in an instant, and his heart plummeted to the bottom of the abyss.
With a loud bang, Wanqi Haoyu was thrown onto the bed. The cold surface sent a sharp chill through his back, and the force behind the impact was so great that it felt as though every bone in his body had nearly been shattered.
“Master!”
Qingzhu cried out in alarm. He had never imagined that the warm atmosphere of a moment ago could plunge to freezing point in an instant, nor that his master would be thrown onto the bed the very next second.
His eyes reddened as he hurried forward and knelt, bowing his head repeatedly against the floor. His body trembled violently. “Princess, please spare Master. He has always lived a life of luxury and cannot endure being tormented like this in prison.”
Indeed, it was only because the princess had not killed anyone lately and had shown no intention of forcing herself upon Master that he had forgotten what she had done to him in the past. How could he have forgotten her mercilessness, her cruelty, her bloodthirsty nature?
The princess standing before them was a great demoness. Had there ever been a day when, displeased, she did not casually kill several people to vent her anger? Had there ever been a day when she did not torture someone until they wished for death?
The sudden turn of events left the prison guards utterly stunned. They stood there foolishly, trembling like fallen leaves. They certainly did not believe that the rumors of old had all been lies. The princess often locked people in prison and toyed with them until they wished they were dead—they had all witnessed it with their own eyes. Now that the princess was enraged, would they be able to keep their lives?
While everyone else trembled in fear for their lives, Xiangcao alone watched the scene with delight. At last, her princess was showing her strength. Hmph! She had long felt that the princess had become far too gentle, and that her former authority had vanished without a trace. These disobedient people deserved to be taught a lesson, lest one day they climb right onto her mistress’s head.
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Just as Xiangcao was sincerely rejoicing on the princess’s behalf, her mistress spoke again.
“Xiangcao, drive everyone out. I have something to say to my husband in private… We will speak properly.”
The woman’s voice sounded harsh and icy, utterly devoid of warmth. It chilled Wanqi Haoyu’s heart and left half of Qingzhu’s heart cold as well. He followed everyone out, deeply agitated. Judging from the princess’s expression, she truly was furious. Could Master really die at the princess’s hands?
Master had always treated him well. He could not allow him to lose his life here. With that thought, he turned and ran, sprinting desperately toward the outside. A faint flame flickered in his eyes, like the last spark of hope.
“Second Imperial Daughter… With the Second Imperial Daughter there, Master will surely be saved. Master did all this for the sake of the Second Imperial Daughter…”
Once everyone had left, the prison cell abruptly fell silent. The only sound was the faint crackling of charcoal burning in the brazier.
Wanqi Haoyu lay quietly on the bed, just as he had when she first met him—exquisitely handsome, his cool, moonlike gaze meeting hers.
“Aren’t you afraid that I might devour you right now?”
Wanqi Haoyu and Yun Qian’ge were pressed very close together. Silence surrounded them on every side. At that moment, it seemed that each could hear the other’s heartbeat and breathing. He smiled faintly, just as his temperament was—light and restrained—yet his cool voice carried an unshakable certainty.
“You won’t.”
“Wanqi Haoyu, don’t assume that you understand me. You don’t. You have never understood the real me.”
“I only want to stay beside you when you are hurting.”
“Stay beside me? Because you care about me? Or because you have some other purpose? Heh, Wanqi Haoyu, do you think I am foolish enough to expose my weakness before my enemies and give you an opportunity to stab me in the back?”
“What do you mean?”
Wanqi Haoyu’s face went utterly pale in an instant, and his heart plummeted to the bottom of the abyss.
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