Chapter 22: The Revenge of the Concubines
No one bothered me that day, and in the middle of the night I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly felt something come under the covers.
I reached out and touched it in a daze, it was slippery and cold, like touching fine silk. The thing slowly slid across my arm, inch by inch, and the fishy smell jumped into my nose.
I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when I opened my eyes, I saw a red tongue pointed at my eyes and spit out, as well as a very wide open mouth.
Screaming through the quiet night sky, I stood on the ground, frowning at the stiffened snake on the ground, knowing in my heart that someone must have deliberately let it in, none other than the concubines of the King of Ease.
I was tempted to throw the snake in front of the Easy King, and let him see what his women had done, but then I thought that if I had gone straight over like this, they would not have admitted it. I stared at the snake for a moment, and an idea came to me.
That night I found Aman, who happened to be playing a few games with a few other people. When I pulled him into the inner room and threw the snake in front of him, his eyes widened wider than the brass bell, and he even said that he was going to tell the Easy King, and I smiled and said no, just a small favor for me, and he listened to my suggestion and said yes. After that, I played with them for a while before returning to my room.
The sky had become faintly bright, and I tidied up a bit before I came to the King of Pleasure. I arrived at the right time, and the maids were bringing fragrant rice porridge to the table, which made my mouth water.
"The villain greets the prince." I bowed my head and said, I thought that yesterday I had tied up his concubines in the garden, and that he should at least say something to me today, but he had no reaction but disgust on his face.
I glanced at him, and I really wanted to put the bowl of porridge directly in his face, but for the sake of the plan, I had to endure it silently. Sure enough, after a while, I heard a messy footsteps from far to near, and when I looked up again, a few colorful figures had already floated in.
King Xiaoyao immediately dragged me into his arms, he put one hand around my waist, sandwiched a piece of pastry and put it on my mouth, I bit hard under the resentful eyes of the concubines, pretending to be happy in my mouth and chewing carefully, those women were really unhappy, but they didn't dare to take a step, they could only stiffen and salute one after another: "Concubine to the prince to say goodbye." ”
The King of Joy didn't even look at them, he kept stuffing the pastries into my mouth, I choked on the pastries and rolled my eyes, and my hands unconsciously carried the meat on his waist, he was carried by me, and then stuffed harder, and gently told me to eat more.
The meal was so hard that by the time I swallowed the last bite of the pastry in my mouth, my stomach was so strong that I didn't want to move again.
The concubines stood at the door, watching me and the King of Joy "flirting" and finishing the meal, their faces full of jealousy and resentment. I know that their resentment towards me has deepened, and they must be thinking of all kinds of ways to fix me in their hearts.
But I don't care about any of this, I pretended not to know anything and smiled sweetly at King Xiaoyao: "Lord, you see that this weather is suitable for going out to enjoy the flowers and scenery, why don't we go to the garden for a stroll." "In fact, today's weather is very gloomy, thick clouds make the whole world look gray, what I didn't expect is that as soon as my words fell, a thunder sounded in the sky, this is probably the first spring thunder of the year.
"Your request will be fulfilled by this king." The King of Joy cooperated in pulling me up, ignoring the resentful gazes of the concubines, and walked out.
The wind was very strong, and the sky was very gloomy, and even a very thick cloak could not stop the cold wind.
I looked at the flowers that were blown all over the place, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. The women who want to come to this palace are just like these flowers, waiting for the master to appreciate them every day, and after a long time, the master's interest is also lacking, and these flowers can only wither alone, lonely and old for life.
I really can't figure out why men in ancient times took so many wives and put them in the house, didn't they understand the truth that the more women there were, the more right and wrong? Or do they feel that the house is too quiet, so they should create some trouble for themselves?
Behind me, the concubines who were dressed up in flowers were still following from a distance, I turned my face slightly, looked at the pitiful expressions on their faces with my spare eyes, and suddenly lost any desire to fix their mood, and gently broke free of the hand held by King Xiaoyao, and said in a low voice: "The prince still enjoys the flowers with the ladies, the villain is a little unwell, and wants to go back to rest." ”
The King turned to look at me, his eyes burning, and he wrapped my hand in his palm again, and said, "Aren't you doing this today just to see how they react?" ”
I was stunned for a moment, looked at his bottomless eyes, and smiled bitterly, it turned out that I still couldn't hide it from him: "I don't think what happened last night happened, and it's not easy for them, since you married them, you should treat them well, and don't waste time on irrelevant people." ”
"Heh, I can't see that this king's male pet is really generous!" They leaned down on the side of my face and kissed me, and said with thin lips close to my ear: "But, this king just likes you, what should I do?" ”
I pushed him away expressionlessly, looked at the extremely serious face, and said, "You can't like me, and you won't like me, you know this very well." You are my lord and my servant, and I am well aware that I must fully comply with your requests. I'm also a person, you can ask me to do anything, but you can't force my heart! ”
"Ah Yuan, do you dare to bet with this king?"
"Bet on what?" I asked.
"Bet your heart!" The corners of his mouth rose, and he stretched out his hand to point to my chest, and said: "The deadline is one month, in this month, no matter what this king does to you, you can't refuse, and after a month, if you still don't like this king, this king is willing to let you go." ”
Belch... Why does this scene sound so familiar to me? I lowered my head and thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that it was a scene that often appeared in TV dramas, and I thought that such a bloody thing would happen to me one day.
"It's not fair, you have nothing to lose regardless of the outcome!"
"No one has the right to say no before this king!" He ignored my rebuttal, threw down the sentence, tore off my cloak, and strode away.
The concubines didn't have the time to care for me, so they followed him away. I stood there trembling and watched their backs drift away, and I had mixed feelings in my heart.
Thinking that I had only been in the palace for more than two months, I was just to complete the task given to me by the masked man, but how did things develop like this now? I felt that something was off track, but I couldn't think of what it was, so I had to reassure myself that I didn't care about whatever he did.