The Princess's Inner Thoughts Were Overheard by Her Emperor Father

Chapter 215

Inspect the duck pen's hygiene?

With one sentence, Xiao Yunzhou left the King of Chu and King of Zhou stunned.

As the saying goes, family shame should not be aired, and national shame even less so. Why would Xiao Yunzhou check the condition of his own duck pens in front of the emperors of their two countries?

If it wasn't good, wouldn't that be exposing his shortcomings in front of them?

The two kings' expressions flickered.

What kind of confidence did Xiao Yunzhou have to be so certain that Jing Country's duck pens were spotlessly clean?

The two kings suddenly became intrigued, wanting to find some flaws to make Xiao Yunzhou ashamed.

But before they could act, they saw rows of neat duck houses before them! Just as they were marveling at how the duck houses not only had fences but roofs as well, a duck that was out for air quacked and dropped a pile of droppings right in front of King Zhou Ling.

King Zhou Ling's mouth twitched.

"Hahaha! Brother Zhou, you must have a special connection to this place." The King of Chu laughed heartily at seeing someone's misfortune.

This one sentence made Xiao Yunzhou, who had been hesitating on how to find an excuse, brighten up. He immediately started walking towards the east with his hands behind his back, shaking his head at the duck droppings in front of King Zhou Ling's feet.

"Ah, Brother Zhou, this... I'm not sure if I should say it or not."

King Zhou Ling was taken aback, "Hm?"

Xiao Yunzhou's mystical expression left him confused, but the King of Chu beside him suddenly thought of the matter with the secret plan, "What? Xiao Yunzhou, don't keep us in suspense. Does Jing Country's expert have some insights?"

King Zhou Ling was stunned, apparently having heard from the King of Chu about Jing Country's expert alleviating his death crisis. He immediately became hesitant to step forward.

"Hm? Xiao Yunzhou, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't put on airs." King Zhou Ling felt uneasy under Xiao Yunzhou's sympathetic gaze.

Xiao Yunzhou clicked his tongue, deciding not to waste any more time, "Brother Zhou, you've just arrived here and already encountered filth. Not good, not good at all."

"Misfortune is at hand, I fear there may be bloodshed."

King Zhou Ling was dumbfounded. It was just duck droppings, wasn't it?

It was unlucky, sure, that it didn't fall in front of anyone else but chose him.

But how did this equate to bloodshed?

"I've never heard of this. Is this a Jing Country folk belief? Whoever steps in droppings will face bloodshed?" King Zhou Ling didn't believe it.

Xiao Yunzhou coughed lightly, "It fell in front of your feet, not on you. It's not you, but someone of your blood."

King Zhou Ling's expression, which had been firmly disbelieving, wavered a bit.

Because Xiao Yunzhou, as the emperor of a country, was now speaking like a mystic charlatan, but his expression was one of firm confidence, as if his words were absolutely true.

As they say, a gentleman's word is his bond, let alone the word of an emperor.

"Is there anyone of your blood currently facing danger?" As Xiao Yunzhou spoke, he led the two kings who were intently listening to him, unconsciously passing through the duck houses and arriving in front of the last row of civilian houses.

But after he ascended the throne, his royal brother requested to be stationed at the border of Zhou Xing, never to enter the imperial city for life.

King Zhou Ling could only place all his gratitude and respect for his royal brother onto his children.

"Kaizhi, you're not trying to harm me, are you..."

The woman's desperate and terrified low cries from inside the house seemed like a sharp blade, stabbing into King Zhou Ling's heart!

Kaizhi... the husband of his royal brother's daughter, Princess Ronghua?!

How did they end up here?!

"Hehe, Ronghua, let me make things clear before you die. I've given you bone-softening powder anyway, so you don't have the strength to escape. Soon your throat will be scalded, and you won't be able to speak either."

"I'll tell you clearly. Ten years ago when I entered Zhou Xing and saved you from a mad horse, it was all planned by my Yuan Mu Country. Men and women shouldn't have physical contact, but after I saved you, we had skin contact. No matter how much King Zhou Ling doted on you, his beloved niece, no matter how reluctant he was to let you marry far away to my Yuan State, he had no choice but to agree to our marriage."

"Moreover, I was your savior, and you fell for me at first sight, willingly following me back to Yuan."

"But you were nothing more than a pawn for my Yuan State. These ten years, marrying you, this arrogant and foolish woman, being gentle to you, it was all a scheme, all fake! It disgusted me to no end!"

"Now, it's finally time to deal with you!"

"If you die in Jing Country, after suffering humiliation and abuse before your death, guess what? King Zhou, who treats you like a precious pearl and your father like a benefactor, won't he fly into a rage and help my Yuan State destroy Jing!?"

The man's voice inside the house was full of hatred and triumphant arrogance.

But he still remembered not to be too loud before the deed was done, even suppressing his laughter.

"Haha, go ahead and scream, cry all you want. In Jing Country, no one will come to save you—"

But halfway through his laughter, he heard a loud shout from outside.

"Yuan Kaizhi, you bastard!"

"?!"

The vicious man inside the house, dressed in plain clothes but unable to conceal his noble air, froze in expression.

The next moment, with a bang, the door was kicked open.

The vicious man inside, holding a bowl of hot soup in one hand and grabbing the woman's hair with the other, turned his head and squinted to look. In an instant, he blinked!

How... how could it be King Zhou?!

No, impossible!

It must be a dream! Definitely a dream!

"A dream?" King Zhou Ling, furious beyond measure, rushed in and kicked him down, "I'll give you a dream, I'll give you a dream of death!"

[Ding, King Zhou's collection rate has reached 61%! King Zhou's favorability towards Yuan State has dropped to -50%!]

The system prompt rang out in Xiao Chuchu's mind the next moment.