Volume Two, Chapter Eighteen

"Don't worry. He wouldn't dare."

Author's Note:

As for the issue of typos, there may still be occasional ones during serialization for the time being... Please forgive me, everyone, QAQ. Sometimes I just can't spot them even when I check them myself, ORZ. But they'll be corrected in the physical book! Rest assured!

Mwah =3=

Volume Two, Chapter Eighteen

"Uh? Why?" She wasn't even confident enough to gamble on her value and position in His Majesty's heart. Why was he so certain?

"Because I've already had Wei Chenmu deliver a message..." His eyes narrowed viciously as he raised his palm and clenched it into a fist. "If he stands by and does nothing, I'll butcher his cat and make him lose several lives at once."

"Pfft." The only person bold enough to threaten the Holy Emperor with butchering his pregnant "Imperial Noble Consort" was probably Young Master. Even so, she didn't feel optimistic. "My 'chariot' has already been abandoned. How much of a threat can one cat possibly pose to His Majesty?"

"There's something even more ruthless, but I don't want to tell you." He turned his face away somewhat evasively. That reaction aroused her intense curiosity.

"What is it?"

"You don't need to know. It's quite powerful, anyway."

"Tell me! You're making me itch all over by telling me half and swallowing the other half! Hurry up and tell me."

"Then promise to make up with me."

"..." So this was what he had been waiting for? She raised her brows and folded her arms across her chest. "If you tell me, I'll consider it. If you don't—Lord Jailer, please lock me up in another cell, mmmph—"

A large hand sealed her loudly shouting mouth. Li Chenjing admitted defeat. "I went through the old bookcase and found some nauseating