Chapter 19

Though that pervert was horrible, Zixiu was more fearful of hunger, which was as terrible as death to him!

Out of the instinct for survival, Zixiu was unwilling to starve to death after suffering such grave misfortunes, so with all his strength, he staggered against the wall to the table in front of the soft couch little by little, grabbed a slice of cake on a small glazed porcelain dish, and stuffed it into his mouth. He had never been so hungry, even hungrier than those refugees in impoverished areas!

“Refugees? Impoverished areas??” Weird words suddenly popped into his mind along with some strange images when he was gobbling the snacks. However, he had no time to think about it and didn’t notice anything wrong.

In less than a minute, the plate was emptied up! After gradually coming back to his senses, Zixiu was gripped by panic again. Having been starved for two days, he felt that a tiny dish of snacks was far from enough to fill his stomach. On the contrary, it not only made him feel sick with hunger, but also made him feel mentally tortured, just like finding the roast gone immediately after his strong appetite had been aroused by a taste of the sauce on top.

Driven by hunger, Zixiu finally decided to try his luck. Holding his breath, he moved to the outer room slowly, his heart pounding.

To his surprise, the curtain of the inner room was gently lifted when a soft, sweet voice suddenly broke the stillness of the evening. “Your Highness, you finally woke up!”

Struck by a twinge of shock, Zixiu almost blacked out. After a good while, he looked up in a daze.

It was Xingyi, who walked in with a smile, holding a delicate small flower basket. As if she had forgotten how rudely she had treated Zixiu earlier in the day, she continued, “Your Highness, I’m relieved to see you awake. I was nearly frightened to death at noon when you suddenly fainted with excessive sorrow. I see now you’re still very weak, so I suggest you stay in bed and rest. I’m going to report to Prince Mu right now!”

After her vivid monologue, Xingyi rushed out of the inner chamber with a smile, as if she couldn’t hold back her excitement, leaving Zixiu on the spot, dumbfounded. “Fainted with excessive sorrow? My memory must have failed me.”

When Zixiu was wondering what had happened before he fainted with his hands propping his head, Prince Mu, who was told that the princess finally woke up, could no longer contain his excitement and immediately dashed to ‘her’ bedroom, leaving all those officials and royal family members who came to show their concern for the new couple upon hearing about the incident that had happened to the princess’s maidservant, as well as his consorts, male concubines, maidservants and guards stupefied. They never expected that the new princess would have been capable enough to subdue this youngest prince, who was well-known for his mischievousness in the Nan Kingdom. Now they understood why the emperor of the Wen Kingdom had married his younger sister off to Prince Mu without hesitation.

All the guests marveled at the princess and they even wished that they could be lucky enough to meet this charming lady. At this point, Nangong Du already arrived at the bedroom of the princess at an incredible speed.

“Darling, you’re up?”

Though he was in a moderate position with his voice full of concern, Zixiu was still scared out of his mind. He couldn’t stop trembling and began to regret that he didn’t seize the opportunity to flee just now. But he was clear that running away could only worsen the situation!

It seemed the only way to ease that pervert’s rage was to apologize to him.

He didn’t have to put on an innocent look, as he was already innocent enough! Looking at Nangong Du with his bright, limpid eyes, Zixiu opened his mouth. “Your… Your Highness, I’m sorry! I’m terribly sorry! I didn’t mean to do that. I didn’t know the water was so hot… Ah! No! No! I didn’t mean to push you away. That was just an accident! I, I… Ah!”

Caught off guard, Zixiu fell into Nangong Du’s arms. “Heavens! Help!” he cried out instinctively.

“Honey, what happened? Did you have a nightmare?” Nangong Du reached out to stroke his pale face, and seemingly quite enjoyed the way Zixiu reacted. “Is he apologizing to me? Interesting! I’m sensing a theme here!”

“No, I didn’t!” Zixiu shook his head stiffly, but he didn’t dare push this pervert’s hand away, so he could only repeatedly remind himself, managing to suppress the feeling of vomiting, “Hold it back! Throwing up again will lead me to nothing but an early grave!”

“Rumble…”

His stomach protested again!

“Oh, he’s just hungry!” With a smile of relief, Nangong Du leaned towards Zixiu slowly.

“What are you doing? You psycho, if you dare to come any closer, I’m going…” Widening his eyes, Zixiu roared inwardly. If it were possible, he would have killed this bastard with a punch without hesitation!

“Say something to entertain me right now! Or I might accidentally strangle you if my spirit can’t be lifted!”

To Zixiu’s surprise, when they were as close as that their noses almost touched each other’s, the zoomed smiling face in front of him suddenly turned gloomy. Zixiu froze in an instant at Nangong Du’s threatening words, and he even thought that he had misheard them!

“Hurry up!”

“Huh?” Sensing a pinch in his waist, Zixiu came back to himself and looked up at the person in front of him with a doubtful look.

As soon as he raised his head, he immediately met this pervert’s indifferent eyes, which sent a violent shiver through him.

“Your… Your Highness…” Zixiu didn’t dare disobey his demand, so he managed to act coquettishly. However, it sounded like a hostage begging for mercy.

The look in Nangong Du’s cold eyes grew even grimmer.

At the thought that he had to please this pervert like a shameless slut, Zixiu felt like vomiting again.

Being annoyed by Zixiu’s reaction, Nangong Du grinded his teeth, his face livid.

“You naughty boy, stop messing about…” Having wrestled with himself for a while, Zixiu managed to finish a sentence that gave himself goosebumps!

Nangong Du seemed to have finally been satisfied by Zixiu’s performance. With a flirtatious smile on his face, he suddenly held Zixiu up and threatened in a low voice before the latter could let out a cry. “If you dare to cry out, no dinner will be served this evening!”

On hearing the word ‘dinner’, Zixiu immediately shut up and forced his scream back. It was obvious that the pervert had no intention to kill him, or he would have been worse than dead by now. Therefore, the greatest threat to him at the moment was hunger, which made him feel like he might collapse at any time!