Chapter 189: My Dear Majesty, Please Let Go (19)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad
Xia Liang stood there with her head hanging down. She didn"t panic nor cry. She was incredibly calm, unlike other ladies raised in rich and powerful families.Baili Jue didn"t deny that, apart from s.e.xually attraction he had for her, he was attracted by her calmness and pa.s.sion. She was pure and mysterious, simple and complicated, which put him in a fight of senses and emotions.
His emotion said that he could trust her. She was not a spy. She was not plotting against or hurt him.
But his senses told him that she was so suspicious. He shouldn"t believe her if there was no an acceptable explanation.
Baili Jue touched her hair and was ready to follow his emotion and tell her that he could deal with it. And he would make sure her father would be fine and so would her entire family.
But before he said anything, Xia Liang looked up and said calmly,
“Master, you are wrong. My father"s att.i.tude is not the key. The most important thing is what the prince of Rui is up to. If we could take advantage of this chance, it would be a great chance for you to beat the prince and for me to show you my loyalty to you. By then, my father wouldn"t be beheaded and we would get your trust.”
Baili Jue narrowed his eyes to her words. He was completely shocked by her.
She was smart enough to a.n.a.lyze the fake plan of selling defective weapons to the enemy. Now that she got it right to the prince of Rui and put her father aside, he was honestly surprised.
“The prince is well known a careless prince who is not interested in power, and a good brother to his majesty. Perhaps his majesty asks him to do this.” Baili Jue was interested and then dragged her onto the bed. He seemed to be determined to have a long conversation with her.
“Impossible.” Xia Lang shook her head and said, “I saw the prince in Fairy Ferry when I followed my father. He is not kind of person who is not interested in power. If it was an order from his majesty, my father wouldn"t have a second thought.”
“Do you have any ideas to beat the prince and also get your father out of this?” Baili Jue asked, raising his eyebrows.
“My father should show his hand.” Xia Liang said, “hope the emperor is too stupid or too fatuous. He can give my father a chance to make confession. Then my father would pretend to help the prince but in fact work for the emperor. in that way, he could figure out what the prince is up to, get the evidences of his treason, and then get rid of the prince of Rui for the emperor.”
Baili Jue pinched her cheek when she said that he was too stupid or fatuous. He teased, “what if the emperor is fatuous and he wouldn"t believe your father? He might put your father in jail and have him beheaded when your father tells him about it.”
Xia Liang frowned at his words and calculated how possible it would be. Then she looked at Baili Jue and said, “master, do you have soldiers or power? How many do you have?”
According to her observation and guess, Xia Liang could tell that he was a man with power in this world.
“If I do and I have a lot, what would you do?” Baili Jue looked at Xia Liang, narrowing his eyes, looking forward to hearing more.
“Kill the emperor and you can replace him.” Xia Liang said.
Baili Jue was shocked by her words. What was on her mind? She could encourage him to usurp the throne that easily.
“Xia Liang, I underestimated your courage!” Baili Jue said between his teeth, grabbing her by the shoulder.
“Is this all you what? Finding a man with a power, allure him, encourage him to usurp the throne, and then you can get a great wealth and eventually become the queen?”
If she knew that he was the emperor, would she be scared? Would she regret that she exposes her true purpose before him?
Xia Liang frowned at his words. She didn"t argue but said firmly, “master, you are angry.”
Baili Jue glared at her, eyes full of anger. How could he not be mad since she already encouraged him to overthrow himself?!
Although he was the emperor, it was still unforgivable to say things like that especially when she didn"t know who he really was.
If he could be more brutal and rational, he could have killed the woman who was too bold and had loyalty to the emperor. no matter how special she was, he wouldn"t allow her to seduce him and harm him.
“Xia Liang, I can kill you and your entire family now just because of what you just said!” Baili Jue said coldly, clenching her chin.
Xia Liang made a quick guess suddenly from the outrageous Baili Jue. She didn"t panic. She said, “master, so you are the emperor.”
“Are you scared right now? Do you regret?” Baili Jue was surprised how observant she was. He let go of her chin, a signal to admit he was the emperor.
“No. I am happy.” Xia Liang shook her head and said, “you are the emperor and my father"s problem will be easily solved. I am lucky.”
“Xia Liang, what makes you think I am not going to kill you? What makes you so bold? Do you think I like you? Do you think I can"t live without you and let you get whatever you want just because I have intimacy with you twice?”
Baili Jue narrowed his eyes because he found that Xia Liang stayed calm as if she had already had him under control and she was sure that he wouldn"t hurt him. He didn"t like the feeling.
However, what he was madder about was that he really didn"t have the heart to kill her. Just simply thinking of hurting her, let alone kill her, he would regret to have that thought. There was no way he could do it.
Instead of getting mad at Xia Liang, he was madder at himself.
He had lost his mind because of her. He was irritated and angry at himself for being crazy about her and letting her take the wheel of his emotions.
He was an emperor. A woman should not control his mind, his heart, his body.
"Because even if you don"t remember, even if your ident.i.ty changes, memory changes, temper changes, but you are you, you have never hurt me.” Xia Liang said calmly,
"Master, why don"t you listen to your heart. Do you really think I"m going to kill you? Is it that hard for you to believe me in this world?"
Baili Jue looked at her with red eyes, wondering what she meant.
What was this world? What did he forget? What didn"t he remember? He and she had a history? Was that why she changed her att.i.tude toward him?
"Haha…Are you telling me that we met in last life? Are you saying that you changed your att.i.tude toward me and that you liked me just because you recognized me as your husband in a previous life or something?!"
"You can think so." Xia Liang nodded.
"This is ridiculous. I don"t believe it," said Baili Jue, shaking his head.
Xia Liang looked at him and did not speak again, but reached for the thing under the pillow and gave it to him.
"What are you going to do?" "Baili Jue asked in a cold voice, his heart was trembling.
"Stab me," Xia Liang said in a cold voice, approaching him and seizing his hand.
"If you don"t believe me, if you think I am to hurt you, kill me now. My life is in your hands. All it takes is one stab and you can kill me."