Su Qiuge was completely restrained and unable to move. At this moment, the night breeze blew in through the open window, giving her goosebumps. She was wracking her brains trying to change the subject when a sudden inspiration struck her, and she spoke, “With such an ambiguous identity, how can I trust you?” Thinking that her question was particularly reasonable, she took a step forward and continued, “First, tell me who you really are.”
The man in red clothes in front of her paused slightly upon hearing her words. He lowered his gaze and stared at her for a while, but before he could respond, laughter came from the window. Su Qiuge turned her head and saw someone effortlessly climbing in through the intricately carved window.
Han Ming, dressed in the black attire of a palace guard, landed on the ground and adjusted his robe. He still wore a smile as he looked at her and said, “Regarding this matter, since you ask like this, you must have known it long ago.”
Su Qiuge remained silent for a moment, frowning as she looked at him, someone who entered and exited the palace so effortlessly. In fact, she had already guessed it. Ordinary brothel servants wouldn’t possess such great abilities; perhaps… these two and the group of white-clad women who attempted to assassinate her on the boat had similar origins.
At this moment, incense smoke wafted through the palace, accompanied by a heavy fragrance that filled the air. Suddenly, she felt a dizziness in her head as the scent reached her nose. Strange… what kind of incense was burning in this hall? She furrowed her brow, suppressing the discomfort, and asked, “Who are you all…”
Before she could react, Han Ming took a step closer, continuing to smile playfully. “Of course, we are assassins,” he said. “Assassins who take money and risk our lives.”
Amidst the increasingly thick incense, her head grew even hazier. By the time she realized that something might have been added to the incense burner and wanted to call for help, she was already unable to move, weakly leaning against the person behind her.
He carried a cold fragrance and remained silent, making the entire hall eerily quiet. He held her wrist and brought her into his embrace, and she weakly lifted her eyes, asking, “Are you here to kill me?”
Han Ming chuckled, “Princess, you seem to think quite highly of yourself.” He approached and leaned in, saying, “Someone is willing to pay a hefty price for your brother’s head, and we’ve come to trouble him.” “Of course, we need you as bait to lure him into our trap.”
He even said with a malicious smile, “Shouldn’t you be grateful that we’re sparing you?” Perhaps because he was getting too close, Xie Xinglin, who was behind her, pulled her wrist back slightly.
Han Ming noticed and smiled slightly, then walked over and rested his shoulder on Xie Xinglin’s, saying, “If we can make such a big deal, there will be plenty of women. Why would we need this arrogant little princess?” Facing his words, Xie Xinglin slapped his hand away and coldly said, “When did you become so meddlesome?”
Su Qiuge watched helplessly as they decided her fate like this, feeling extremely miserable. She never expected this turn of events.
She pressed her lips tightly and didn’t utter a word. Shortly after, she was taken away like this. She had no strength to resist at this point. She was tied up and placed inside a carriage, while Han Ming drove the carriage. Through the occasional opening of the curtain, he looked at the sky outside and suddenly asked the person beside him, “Why didn’t you just explain it to me directly earlier?”
He lowered his gaze and stared at her, falling into an unusual silence. Faced with his silence, she suddenly felt very angry.
Unable to hold back any longer, she began to curse loudly, “All that talk about lanterns and sugar figures, it’s all lies, isn’t it? Pretending to be friendly, but it was just to get close to my brother. You wanted to act earlier on the boat, didn’t you? Did you only refrain from doing so after seeing the failure of those white-clad people? And then you came up with the idea to kidnap me?”
He maintained a calm expression and remained silent in the face of her loss of control and cursing. The journey was not long, and they soon arrived at a restaurant, where she was led upstairs.
She was assigned to the same room as him.
She had realized early on that he was not the person who loved her, but the previous scene was inevitably influenced by her dreams. Looking at him with the same appearance, she couldn’t help but feel a trace of attraction.
Although she knew that none of this mattered, facing him, she felt an unprecedented sense of grievance. Throughout the journey, she had been cursing at him continuously, and even now, in the room at the restaurant, she didn’t stop. In fact, her curses only became more severe.
“Do you really think I’m interested in you? At best, you’re just slightly good-looking. In my household, there are thousands of people like you!”
“No way, no way! You don’t actually think a lowly servant like you can match up with this princess, do you?”
“Let me tell you, from beginning to end, I have been playing with you. You didn’t actually think you succeeded in seducing me, did you?”
Her hands and feet were bound, and her body was limp and powerless, but her verbal skills were still sharp. She stared at him with her beautiful angry almond eyes.
His eyelashes drooped slightly, and a hint of darkness appeared in his eyes. However, she still hadn’t realized it and continued to curse, “Let me tell you, even in my next life, this princess will never be interested in someone like…”
Before she could finish her sentence, he walked up to her and grasped her chin tightly, preventing her from speaking. She glared at him angrily, and he lowered his eyes to meet hers. He held her wrist firmly, restraining her struggles, and then leaned down to kiss her.
A cold fragrance emanated from him, accompanied by this possessive kiss that made her head spin. She vigorously shook her head, but he bit her lip with his teeth, forcing her to submit.
Of course, she wasn’t one to back down. She retaliated with an even fiercer bite, and she could even taste the metallic tang of blood spreading in her mouth. It seemed she had made him bleed.
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