Rose Empress sank into deep thought.
"Besides."
Jun Changxiao continued, "With your current injuries, without treatment from a famous physician, recovery on your own would take at least several years, perhaps even decades. Could you evade Empress Lingping's search during that time?"
"..."
A flicker of conflict passed through Rose Empress's eyes.
The moment Tuo Ling had led people into her bedchamber, she had realized something was wrong.
But she had never expected this hateful fellow to rescue her rather than hand her over to Empress Lingping.
"Go on."
After a difficult inner struggle, Rose Empress looked at Jun Changxiao and said, "What are your conditions for helping me?"
Jun Changxiao leaned closer and smiled. "Become my maidservant."
"Dream on!"
If Rose Empress had not been so weak, those two words would surely have sprayed his face with saliva.
"If you don't like being a maidservant, you can be a servant girl or an attendant." Jun Changxiao shrugged. "Anyway, I won't mind having you."
Rose Empress gritted her teeth. "Even if I die, I will never be a servant girl or an attendant!"
Whoosh!
Jun Changxiao yanked her over and said coldly, "We made a bet. You need to accept defeat when you lose!"
"Did I lose?" Rose Empress glared at him.
Jun Changxiao roared, "If you didn't lose, then why did you end up in my hands?!"
They had made a wager before: one would become a servant if he lost, and the other would become a maidservant if she lost. But now, no matter what the outcome was, one side would surely renege!
"No one witnessed it, so it doesn't count."
"You..."
"Once I recover, we'll fight again!"
"You..."
Jun Changxiao raised a finger at her, trembling with rage.
There was actually someone in this world more shameless