Chapter 37

“Your Highness, your humble consort feels like his face is burning! Could you please just allow me to apply some ointment first?” Rather than speaking ill of Xingyi, Zixiu presented the most convincing evidence. If Xingyi was telling the truth, that she had taken the matter into her own hands just to sober him up, why hadn’t she applied the ointment for him by then? Or his face wouldn’t have swollen to this point! Besides, as Zixiu couldn’t stand the pain anymore, he was worried that he might black out at any time if left untreated.

Nangong Du had figured out what was on Zixiu’s mind, but instead of yelling at Xingyi, he only ordered calmly, “Xingyi, go fetch the ointment.”

“… Yes!” After hesitating for a while, Xingyi walked out obediently.

“You’ve made quite a scene, haven’t ya?” As soon as Xingyi left, Nangong Du narrowed his enchanting eyes while curving his lips up into an uninhibited smile. “Did you sing the obscene song because you were feeling lonely without me last night?”

“How were my songs obscene? Can’t you see she was just slinging mud at me?” Zixiu retorted with his face twisted out of pain, throwing all caution to the wind.

Nangong Du didn’t seem annoyed. “Do you mean I should punish Xingyi?” he asked with a smile.

Zixiu was so delighted at his words that he almost clapped his hands in approval. However, he managed to stay calm, as if he didn’t hear what he said. “This pervert and that skank are confederates, so he won’t punish her easily. I’d better wait and see.”

Sure enough, Nangong Du shifted the topic next.

“But you have to tell me what the hell happened last night. The last thing I want to do is wrong an innocent person!”

“An innocent person? How come you addressed such a vicious woman as an innocent person?” Zixiu sneered inwardly.

“Honey, why don’t you tell me about last night? Is that because you feel you’re in the wrong…”

“I wonder what makes you think this way!” Zixiu interrupted him angrily when he heard Nangong Du ask him in a skeptical tone. “Your Highness, you promised me that you would never find fault with me again, but now even a maidservant dared slap me. As nobody takes me as the princess, your humble consort would rather be a doorman!”

“What?” After freezing for quite a while, Nangong Du suddenly burst into laughter. “Darling, is this some kind of a joke? You’re my legitimate wife. How can I send you to work as a doorman?”

“Your Highness, you can’t even bear to degrade me to a doorman, but how come you turn a blind eye to the maidservant bullying me?” Zixiu said, sounding even a little enraged. “As this jerk said I was his legitimate wife, I’m going to fight for the right of this title! What’s more, that vicious woman should pay for calling me ‘b*tch’!” he thought.

“Honey, looks like you’re not gonna take it lying down unless I punish Xingyi with due severity.”

“That’s not the case. Your Highness, do you still remember the agreement between us? Your humble consort only wants to remind you to keep your promise,” Zixiu said with a mysterious look, but actually, he hadn’t remembered what kind of agreement he had signed with that pervert yet. As since they signed the agreement, Nangong Du had treated him much better than before, he took it for granted that the agreement was binding on him to some extent. Now he was taking it as his bargaining chip!

“Darling, are you threatening me?” Nangong Du said with a quirk look crossing his slightly narrowed eyes.

Thankfully, as Zixiu’s face hurt so much, he was propping his chin with a frown, which served as the ideal cover-up for his tension. “Your humble consort dares not!” After he spat out the words slowly, the two of them ended up in a subtle deadlock.

A short moment later, Xingyi returned.

“Your Highness, Princess Liuxu, here’s the ointment!”

“Apply it for Princess Liuxu!” Nangong Du ordered coldly.

Xingyi’s heart sank as she was keenly aware that Prince Mu was not in a good mood. “Yes!” Biting her lip, she walked over to Zixiu with the ointment and said gently, as if full of concern, “Your Highness, this might hurt a little bit. Please hold still!”

“Humph!” Zxiuxiu didn’t want to talk to her, so he closed his eyes with a snort. “Nangong Du is still hesitating about whether to punish Xingyi, so obviously, I lost the game! I’m so stupid! How can I count on that damn unequal agreement!

“Ah—”

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so Zixiu finally cried out loudly.

Almost at the same time, Xingyi, who was applying the ointment for him, went down on her knees with a thump. “Your Highness, it’s all my fault! I shouldn’t have exerted that much strength. Your Highness, please…”

“Xingyi, what’s wrong with you? If you had applied the ointment earlier for Princess Liuxu, ‘her’ face wouldn’t have swollen like this!” Zixiu was so surprised that he froze on the spot when he heard Nangong suddenly yell at Xingyi.

“Your Highness, I should be blamed for that. I was about to get Princess Liuxu the ointment last night, but, but… ” With that, Xingyi suddenly burst into tears. “The medical room is usually open in the morning, and as I didn’t have the key, I failed to get the ointment in time…” Covering her mouth with her hand, she sobbed miserably while trembling, as if she had been grievously wronged!

Zixiu blushed with anger. He grabbed the pillow on the couch tightly and was seized with the impulse to throw it in the face of this lying b*tch. However, Nangong Du not only believed what Xingyi said but also let her go after merely asking her a few more questions.

“Calm down, Darling. You said once that rage might be detrimental to one’s health.” After sending Xingyi away and comforting Zixiu for a moment, Nangong Du sat down on the soft couch, picked up the ointment on the table, and was about to apply it to Zixiu’s cheek.

Zixiu turned his head with his lips twitched. He didn’t need anyone’s insincere care!

“It’s not worth getting mad at a maidservant. Xingyi already realized her mistake,” Instead of losing his temper as usual, Nangong Du coaxed him in a soft voice.

However, as Zixiu had had enough of his tricks, he didn’t respond.

“I know Xingyi’s story is not entirely credible, but can you swear that you didn’t say anything insulting to me last night?”

“Yes, I cursed you! So what? Don’t you think you deserve it?” Zixiu thought, rolling his eyes at Nangong Du with contempt.

“Liu Zixiu, you’re too naïve! You’re just trying to set me against Xingyi, aren’t you? But I know better!” Nangong Du’s patience was worn out finally. But he was right was right about one thing. Zixiu meant to use him to teach that arse licker a lesson.

“You’re not going anywhere outside your chamber until that swelling has subsided!” With that, Nangong Du threw the ointment to Zixiu and left with a grim look.