Zhou Yunshen shot it an icy look, his cold eyes brimming with murderous intent as the scent of blood spread through the air.
The parrot stood on one foot, its other foot suspended in midair. It dared neither lower it nor move it.
Its animal instincts told it not to move. One move, and it would croak...
"It said I was ugly and stupid... and even mistook me for a giant earthworm!"
The parrot: Don't make things up. I didn't. It wasn't me...
Zhou Yunshen wrapped an arm around Jiang Shuyue's waist and soothed her softly. "What sense of beauty could a bird possibly have? Why believe anything it says? Besides, look at the state of it. Can you really trust it?"
Jiang Shuyue seemed a tiny bit comforted.
"But it called me stupid, too!"
"With a brain that small, what does it know? We won't stoop to arguing with a stupid bird."
The parrot: ...I'm stupid? I'm the smartest creature under heaven!
Zhou Yunshen gave it another icy look, and it immediately lost its nerve.
"I'm stupid! I'm stupid! I'm a great big idiot!"
"See? It even insults itself. Something this stupid probably doesn't even know what its own words mean."
Jiang Shuyue rubbed her reddened eyes and tugged Zhou Yunshen a little closer.
She really was terrified of this huge bird, but the cage made of pure gold was simply too tempting.
She really wanted to touch the cage...
"Since you're so frightened, my wife, why don't we let it go? We can just tell the Empress Dowager it flew away on its own."
"Can we? If we let the bird go and only keep the cage, won't the Empress Dowager blame us? Accuse us of deceiving the throne?"
"What's the problem? The Empress Dowager wouldn't make things