Borhes applied a warm compress to Xiao Yixia’s face for a while before her little face returned to normal. Borhes smiled with satisfaction.
“My little queen has finally returned to her original beautiful appearance! My little queen is so delicate that she needs to be carefully nurtured.
Very well, from now on, in front of my little queen, I will try my best to restrain my temper. After all, in six thousand years, my little queen is the only woman who suits my taste!”
Seeing that Borhes was in a better mood, Lynn’s courage unconsciously grew.
“Your Majesty, does this subordinate still need to return to the palace to fetch ice?”
A teasing smile curled at the corner of Borhes’s lips.
“Yes, bring back plenty of it. But… it won’t be for Xiaxia’s use—it’ll be for yours. After all, the very fact that you asked that question means your brain isn’t working properly!”
Lynn lightly slapped his own face.
“Your Majesty, please spare me. This subordinate’s mouth was out of line just now.”
Borhes let out a light chuckle.
“If you can make Xiaxia happy, then I’ll spare you.”
Lynn’s mind raced at lightning speed. Suddenly, it was as if he’d thought of something.
“My Queen, you probably don’t know this yet—when the camera was invented in the 19th century, I used it to take a photo of His Majesty. He was so startled he leaped ten meters away and asked me in terror what kind of latest witchcraft this was.
Hahahaha… it absolutely killed me. That incident was two centuries ago, but every time I bring it up, I still want to laugh so badly…”
The corners of Xiao Yixia’s lips unconsciously turned upward.
“Who would’ve thought that a cold-blooded monster like you would be afraid of a camera…”
Xiao Yixia’s voice came to an abrupt halt, because Borhes suddenly kissed her on the cheek. At the same time, a click sounded—and a photo of the two of them was taken.
Xiao Yixia looked up at it, and the moment she did, she was nearly furious. The photo gave the impression that Borhes was kissing her cheek while she smiled blissfully…
Xiao Yixia immediately lunged for Borhes’s phone, but to her surprise, Borhes tossed it out of the carriage.
“Lynn, catch.”
Lynn, who was riding alongside the carriage on horseback, caught the phone with perfect ease. Seeing this, Xiao Yixia had no choice but to look at Lynn.
“Lynn, give me the phone.”
Lynn smiled and shook his head.
“My Queen, I apologize, but this subordinate cannot do that.”
Xiao Yixia was furious.
“Birds of a feather flock together!”
Borhes was quite puzzled.
“Xiaxia, what snakes, what rats? What does that mean? There are no snakes or rats here. Xiaxia, why is it that whenever you talk to me, you always like to bring up various animals?”
Lynn, outside the carriage, thoughtfully explained.
“Your Majesty, ‘birds of a feather flock together’ is a saying that describes bad people colluding with one another.”
Borhes suddenly understood. He let out a light laugh.
“So Xiaxia was cursing me and Lynn… Then I suppose all those other things I couldn’t understand before were also curses directed at me…
Lynn, what does ‘playing the lute to a cow’ mean? What about ‘flattery’ and ‘lickspittle’?”
Lynn continued his thoughtful explanations.
“‘Playing the lute to a cow’ is used to mock someone for not understanding what the other person is saying; ‘lickspittle’ describes someone who serves as a lackey for evil forces; ‘flattery’ means using pleasant words to please and fawn over someone.”
Borhes let out a light chuckle.
“So ‘playing the lute to a cow’ is an insult aimed at me, while ‘dog’s leg’ and ‘sycophantic flattery’ are insults for Lynn… Why does the Z country language have to be so roundabout? Can’t it just be simple?”
A trace of disdain appeared in Xiao Yixia’s eyes.
“That’s not roundabout, that’s called profound and extensive. If you can’t speak properly, then shut up! No one’s prying your mouth open and forcing you to talk!”
Outside the carriage, Lynn was breaking out in a cold sweat on behalf of Xiao Yixia and himself.
[Great, the King is definitely going to be angry again! Is the King going to make me throw the Queen into the back mountain again? Help, please, don’t assign me such a miserable task…]
Sure enough, the next moment, Borhes grew angry, his face dark and gloomy.
“Xiao Yixia, who gave you the audacity to speak to me like that? Don’t think that just because you’ve become the Queen, you can talk to me this way!
Do you think that just because you’ve become my Queen, I won’t touch you? Then you’re far too naive!
Lynn, halt the procession and throw Xiao Yixia into the back mountain to feed Little White!”
Lynn’s face fell. Sure enough, the King was angry. Wuwuwu, why was his life so miserable…
“Your Majesty, this subordinate has yet to find a woman who can replace the Queen. This subordinate boldly suggests that we spare the Queen’s life for now, and once I find a woman to replace her, then we can throw the Queen into the back mountain.”
Borhes was furious and still wanted to make Xiao Yixia suffer, so he coldly rejected Lynn’s suggestion.
“I am not so dependent on Xiao Yixia that I can’t do without her! Immediately halt the procession and throw Xiao Yixia into the back mountain!”
Lynn wore a bitter expression, but his brain was spinning at high speed.
“Your Majesty, Little White went out to play today and is not in the back mountain. Throwing the Queen into the back mountain now would just be wasting food. Why not have Your Majesty enjoy her first today, and then throw the Queen into the back mountain tomorrow?”
A bloodthirsty smile curled at the corner of Borhes’s mouth.
“Indeed, we can’t waste it. Such delicious food—it’s more economical for me, the master, to enjoy it first before giving it to Little White.”
As soon as Borhes finished speaking, he bared his sharp fangs. Just as he was about to indulge in a hearty feast without restraint, he felt Xiao Yixia trembling in his arms, and the accusations she had made against him before surfaced in his mind…
Borhes’s anger suddenly vanished without a trace. He retracted his sharp fangs and then pressed a kiss onto Xiao Yixia’s trembling lips.
“Xiaxia, I’m sorry, I almost broke my promise… Xiaxia, don’t be afraid, I won’t drink your blood.”
Xiao Yixia didn’t believe Borhes’s words at all. Just now, she had clearly felt something sharp pressing against her neck. Although she couldn’t see what it was, she knew it had to be the unique fangs of the Vampire Race…
Before she met Borhes and during the week she was demoted to Blood Slave, Borhes had drunk her blood too, but it was always drawn with a needle by the maids and then presented to him. That hadn’t frightened Xiao Yixia at all.
But the sharp sensation she felt on her neck today filled her with overwhelming terror…
After Borhes spoke, he noticed Xiao Yixia was still trembling uncontrollably. To soothe her, he first kissed her forehead and eyes, then kissed her cheeks, and finally pressed his lips to hers…
Borhes’s kiss was intense… so intense that it turned Xiao Yixia’s fear into anger…
Xiao Yixia pushed against Borhes with all her strength, but not only did he not budge, he pulled her even closer and deepened the kiss…
Unable to push Borhes away, Xiao Yixia could only struggle desperately…
Borhes paused for a moment, his voice hoarse and low,
“Xiaxia, if you keep squirming, I can’t control what happens next.”
The moment those words left his mouth, he sealed his lips over Xiao Yixia’s once more…
Xiao Yixia dared not struggle any longer and let Borhes kiss her…
Many envious and hateful glares swept toward the carriage, as if they wanted to tear Xiao Yixia to shreds with their eyes alone…
“That slut Xiao Yixia has no shame—she’s openly seducing the King during the procession!”
“No wonder they say Blood Slaves are lowly—being shameless is Xiao Yixia’s greatest trait as a Blood Slave!”
“That lowly Blood Slave Xiao Yixia has seduced the always aloof King into kissing her in public—she deserves to die!”
“Once Xiao Yixia is abandoned by the King, I’ll tear her to pieces!”
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