Helian Chacha wiped away the sweat on her forehead and said, “Please trust me, Your Majesty!”
“I have just caught the spy.” Ye Shengxuan helped her stand up and took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his hand casually. He then pretended to ask her unintentionally, “Do you need to see the spy?”
Helian Chacha subconsciously wanted to shake her head but before she could respond, Ye Shengxuan already continued to say, “Well, let’s have a look. If I didn’t believe you, you would have been wrongly beheaded already.” His voice suddenly turned to be quite cold, “Guards, bring her here.”
Soon there was the sound of footsteps coming from the outside of the hall. Helian Chacha looked to the direction, and she saw two imperial guards throwing a dying palace maid covered in blood to the ground.
The palace maid was about 18 years old and she got a very ordinary face. Her hair was very messy and her clothes were almost torn apart, sticking together by the blood which had already gone dry. It was obvious that she had been severely tortured before.
Helian Chacha was so shocked that she felt her heart stopped beating at that moment.
Wanbi? How could it be Wanbi? During these days after her transmigration, it was Wanbi and Wang Jinghu who had been taking care of her. A few days ago, she hadn’t had anything to eat because of Eunuch Fu, and it was Wanbi who had been feeding her secretly with steamed buns.
She thought maybe Wanbi was just being sympathetic, but now it seemed that it was because they both came from the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
The moment when she saw Ye Shengxuan, Wanbi suddenly got super aggressive and cursed loudly, “Filthy emperor! Just give me quick death. You’ll be hexed if you keep torturing me like this!”
Ye Shengxuan sat on the armchair gracefully and made himself a cup of tea, looking calm just as usual.
Helian Chacha clenched her fists as she was not sure what Ye Shengxuan was planning to do. Did he have doubts about her identity? And he brought Wanbi to her to test her attitude?
Since he was a very skeptical person, she was pretty sure about that.
Now, it was the perfect timing for her to prove her innocence. She could not just die here no matter if she was a spy or not.
Helian Chacha strode forward and kicked Wanbi, “Shut up, you reckless fool! How dare you curse His Majesty! You’re courting death!”
Wanbi spat out a mouthful of black blood painfully, and that made Helian Chacha a bit regretful for her. Yet she put on her former face quickly and turned around to look at the man sitting next to them in a calm face, asking, “Your Majesty, how would you like to deal with her?”
Ye Shengxuan’s eyes blinked slightly. He took a sip of the tea elegantly and said lightly, “Some ministers believe you and her are from the same group. And they say it’s better to kill a thousand innocents than to let one culprit get away. So, now they ask me to arrest you. I would do that of course, if it was someone else. But you saved my life, how could I do that to you…”
His slim eyes looked up at her slightly, “There is a sword hanging on the wall. Lin Dagou, you know what to do to prove your innocence, right?”
Helian Chacha trembled all of a sudden, asking, “So Your Majesty want me to kill her, right?”
“This is the only solution!” Ye Shengxuan put down the cup and continued to say, “Or, you can’t do that and would rather go to jail with her?”
Helian Chacha clenched her teeth, saying, “She is a spy from our enemy who tries so hard to kill Your Majesty. Why would I have any mercy to her?”
Helian Chacha was trembling yet she took that sharp sword hanging on the wall and walked to Wanbi. Looking at her face which was barely recognizable after the torture, Helian Chacha pressed the tip of the sword against Wanbi’s chest…
Helian Chacha wiped away the sweat on her forehead and said, “Please trust me, Your Majesty!”
“I have just caught the spy.” Ye Shengxuan helped her stand up and took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his hand casually. He then pretended to ask her unintentionally, “Do you need to see the spy?”
Helian Chacha subconsciously wanted to shake her head but before she could respond, Ye Shengxuan already continued to say, “Well, let’s have a look. If I didn’t believe you, you would have been wrongly beheaded already.” His voice suddenly turned to be quite cold, “Guards, bring her here.”
Soon there was the sound of footsteps coming from the outside of the hall. Helian Chacha looked to the direction, and she saw two imperial guards throwing a dying palace maid covered in blood to the ground.
The palace maid was about 18 years old and she got a very ordinary face. Her hair was very messy and her clothes were almost torn apart, sticking together by the blood which had already gone dry. It was obvious that she had been severely tortured before.
Helian Chacha was so shocked that she felt her heart stopped beating at that moment.
Wanbi? How could it be Wanbi? During these days after her transmigration, it was Wanbi and Wang Jinghu who had been taking care of her. A few days ago, she hadn’t had anything to eat because of Eunuch Fu, and it was Wanbi who had been feeding her secretly with steamed buns.
She thought maybe Wanbi was just being sympathetic, but now it seemed that it was because they both came from the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
The moment when she saw Ye Shengxuan, Wanbi suddenly got super aggressive and cursed loudly, “Filthy emperor! Just give me quick death. You’ll be hexed if you keep torturing me like this!”
Ye Shengxuan sat on the armchair gracefully and made himself a cup of tea, looking calm just as usual.
Helian Chacha clenched her fists as she was not sure what Ye Shengxuan was planning to do. Did he have doubts about her identity? And he brought Wanbi to her to test her attitude?
Since he was a very skeptical person, she was pretty sure about that.
Now, it was the perfect timing for her to prove her innocence. She could not just die here no matter if she was a spy or not.
Helian Chacha strode forward and kicked Wanbi, “Shut up, you reckless fool! How dare you curse His Majesty! You’re courting death!”
Wanbi spat out a mouthful of black blood painfully, and that made Helian Chacha a bit regretful for her. Yet she put on her former face quickly and turned around to look at the man sitting next to them in a calm face, asking, “Your Majesty, how would you like to deal with her?”
Ye Shengxuan’s eyes blinked slightly. He took a sip of the tea elegantly and said lightly, “Some ministers believe you and her are from the same group. And they say it’s better to kill a thousand innocents than to let one culprit get away. So, now they ask me to arrest you. I would do that of course, if it was someone else. But you saved my life, how could I do that to you…”
His slim eyes looked up at her slightly, “There is a sword hanging on the wall. Lin Dagou, you know what to do to prove your innocence, right?”
Helian Chacha trembled all of a sudden, asking, “So Your Majesty want me to kill her, right?”
“This is the only solution!” Ye Shengxuan put down the cup and continued to say, “Or, you can’t do that and would rather go to jail with her?”
Helian Chacha clenched her teeth, saying, “She is a spy from our enemy who tries so hard to kill Your Majesty. Why would I have any mercy to her?”
Helian Chacha was trembling yet she took that sharp sword hanging on the wall and walked to Wanbi. Looking at her face which was barely recognizable after the torture, Helian Chacha pressed the tip of the sword against Wanbi’s chest…
