Shi Sheng did not make a sound, and neither did Chen Bei.
Until Ling Yi came to call her, she left without saying a word.
Chen Bei heaved a sigh of relief. He got up from the bed, but before he could sit properly, Shi Sheng came back with a bowl of medicine in his hand.
"Drink it."
"… What is this?" Chen Bei stared at the bowl of medicine. It tasted a little bitter and did not smell very good.
"It's to nourish the body." Shi Sheng said lightly, "Drink it."
Chen Bei bit his lower lip and looked at Shi Sheng with his eyes wide open.
"Don't look at me with that expression." Shi Sheng stuffed the bowl into his hand. "Aren't you tired of pretending?"
The bowl was a little hot, and Chen Bei almost could not hold it steadily. Shi Sheng saw that his fingers were red, so he took it back. Chen Bei's face was pale, as if he did not know what to say.
"I know what you're here for. It's not that easy to kill me, but I can tell you a shortcut." Shi Sheng stirred the medicine with a spoon, and his eyes were cold. "You should have noticed that when I'm in front of you, I'm not on guard. Work hard to please me, and you might be able to kill me."
There was no response from the room for a long time.
"… How did you know?" Chen Bei's voice was cold again, and it no longer trembled. His entire temperament had changed, and he was like a king wandering in the dark night.
Shi Sheng gave up stirring. "I set up something in this room. If you hadn't taken the initiative to let the assassin in, he would never have been able to get close to you. And the zither last time, you can control the sound to kill people, right? You knew that I was here, so you wanted to make a move several times, but you didn't in the end, so you could only play monotonous syllables. "
"Anything else?"
"Do you know why I killed those people from Shu?"
Just as she said, there were not so many coincidences in this world.
In the past, Feng Ci was always waiting for her to save him. This time, he took the initiative to deliver himself to her. She would not believe that there was no ghost.
Chen Bei took a deep breath. "You knew from the beginning that the Empress was muddle-headed and tyrannical. It was all an illusion, right?"
Shi Sheng handed the bowl over, and Chen Bei took it calmly.
"It's not poisonous. It's just a tonic for your body. Don't look like you're ready to die." Shi Sheng looked at him with amusement and anger. "How could I bear to kill you?"
Chen Bei raised his head and drank the medicine in one gulp. It was still a little hot, and it burned from his throat to the bottom of his heart.
From now on …
He might not be able to leave this place alive.
This woman would not let him off.
"Your acting is great." At the very beginning, even his mentality was revealed. He really seemed like a stubborn youth who was unwilling to enter the palace. If she had not been on the battlefield for a long time, perhaps she would have been deceived by him.
"What will you do to me?"
"I won't do anything to you." Shi Sheng took the bowl away from him and put it aside. "No …"
She suddenly approached him and placed her hands on both sides of him. She pulled him into her embrace and lowered her head to kiss his lips. Chen Bei's eyes suddenly widened. Before he could resist, the person who molested him had already left.
"I will treat you like this. The condition that I can't touch you for three months is now null and void."
"You …"
"Come on, maybe you can kill me." Shi Sheng touched his head. Chen Bei immediately moved his head away and looked at her with a complicated expression.
Shi Sheng shrugged indifferently, got up, and left the room.
"Aren't you going to ask me why I want to kill you?"
Chen Bei's voice stopped Shi Sheng from leaving. She turned her head slightly. "It's not important. I just want you as a person."
She knew that it was not his intention, and that was enough.
Chen Bei watched Shi Sheng leave the room. He tried to force the medicine out, but so much time had passed, and only a small portion was forced out.
If it was really poison, it was already too late.
… …
Lingyi waited outside. When Shi Sheng came out, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, that assassin just now seemed to be from Shu."
"Yes."
"Young Master Chen Bei is also from Shu." Lingyi's tone was hesitant.
An assassin from another country, and what was more coincidental was that there was another person from Shu living in their palace. Was he here for him, or did he have other motives?
"No matter what the people of Shu are up to, all of you remember this. No one is allowed to touch Chen Bei. No one is allowed to doubt him, and no one is allowed to question him!" Shi Sheng's eyes were cold, shocking Lingyi.
They were not even allowed to question him.
What kind of poison was Her Majesty suffering from?!
Lingyi advised earnestly, "But Your Majesty, what if he has other motives? We have to ensure your safety. We can't let any danger be by your side. You are the ruler of a country. You can't be willful. "
"If I say no, then no." Shi Sheng's voice was calm, but there was no room for discussion.
Lingyi opened his mouth and swallowed the words of dissuasion. The current Her Majesty was no longer the Her Majesty who still needed people to remind her. She had a plan for everything.
This was perhaps the power of being born in a royal family. Under the influence of others and without deliberately learning, one could become a very good emperor.
Of course, this person in her family did not seem to be a good emperor at this time. She was now a willful and blindly arrogant empress.
The matter of the assassin did not cause any waves, as if such a thing had never happened.
Chen Bei found that there were more imperial guards outside the courtyard. The people serving him had also changed. At a glance, it was obvious that they had been trained. Although he knew martial arts, he was not sure if he could rush out of so many high walls.
Therefore, Chen Bei did not move for the time being, as if he had given up the intention of escaping from here.
As the birthday approached, more and more people came in and out of Chen Bei's side. Chen Bei could occasionally see Shi Sheng. The people around her did not stop, constantly reporting things to her.
She could calmly and quickly instruct them how to deal with it after listening to a series of words.
Of course, most of the time, the way to deal with it was rough. If they were not convinced, she would beat them up. If they were not convinced, she would let them rebel. If they did not dare to rebel, they would do as she said.
Later on, she did not know how the reputation of a tyrant spread.
But she did not care and allowed the rumors to spread outside.
"You don't care about your reputation that much?" Chen Bei sat in the distance and looked at Shi Sheng, who was dealing with political affairs. She came over almost every day and did not do anything. She just stayed here with him to deal with things.
"I only care about you." Shi Sheng fiercely drew a cross on the memorial and casually threw it aside. She continued to take down another one, glanced at it, and continued to draw a cross.
Chen Bei suspected that she did not look at it at all. Perhaps she only looked at the name. As long as it was someone she did not like, no matter what was written on the memorial, she would draw a cross.
He had really never seen such a willful emperor.
"What exactly do you like about me?" Chen Bei sat opposite her. He was puzzled. She knew that he was here to assassinate her, but she still let him stay by her side. She was simply crazy.
Well, there wasn't a single thing she was doing that wasn't crazy.
Shi Sheng continued to draw crosses and did not even raise her head. "I like everything."
Chen Bei frowned and silently watched her read the memorials.
When she was quiet, she gave off a very peaceful and docile feeling. She lowered her eyebrows and eyes, and her long and dense eyelashes blocked her eyes. The lines of her side profile seemed to soften. But once she spoke, it was completely impossible to calm down. They wished they could strangle her to death.
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
