[-What are you looking at?]
[-What the fuck are you looking at!]
Shen Yangge's scalp prickled, and the veins at his temples throbbed. Fighting the urge to swear, he asked softly, "Your Highness, is there something wrong with me?"
His voice carried a hint of gritted teeth and menace.
The palace maids and servants were sweating all over their hands. They could barely stand to remain there, yet neither master dismissed them during their arguments or cold wars.
Wouldn't any other master wave a hand and order them to withdraw at a time like this?
The atmosphere suddenly grew heavy. After asking his question, Shen Yangge stared fixedly at Chu Xuanzhen. They stared at each other so intently they could practically have burned holes through one another.
[-Whoever blinks first is a dog.]
[-Hurry up and fucking blink, Chu Xuanzhen.]
Shen Yangge's eyes were glaring red, the blood vessels almost covering the whites around his pupils, but he maintained the same stare as he faced Chu Xuanzhen.
Just then, a voice interrupted their thoughts.
"Report-!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, the rebel Jin Xian has suddenly died!"
Chu Xuanzhen's expression shifted slightly. He lowered his eyelids, then lifted them again and turned toward the palace doors. As he walked, he instructed those beside him, "Protect your young master. If anything happens to him, however minor, you'll all answer with your heads."
His subordinates answered respectfully, "Yes, Your Highness!"
"Chu..."
Forget it. He would sleep!
He had barely lain down when an Old Imperial Physician slowly entered, carrying a medicine chest with a young boy accompanying him.
Shen Yangge shot upright like a dying man startled awake.
He cried inwardly, Holy shit, Chu Xuanzhen, you were serious?
The Old Imperial Physician's eyesight wasn't very good. He squinted at Shen Yangge the