bayedsolid Chapter 424: Flattery is fun
Chapter 424: Flattery is fun
A familiar chill gently pinched her neck from behind.
Like a snake wrapped around her throat.
Ling Yuanlong's eyes widened. He had never felt death so close before. A bitter rusty taste of fear rose on the tip of his tongue.
So weird.
The coldness behind him formed the outline of a woman, slender, graceful and heroic.
"You're looking for death." Her words were icy.
Ling Yuanlong's body trembled when he heard this. He did not dare to delay and controlled his pounding heart. He said in a hoarse voice: "You are the one from Huiming Garden..."
"Say something I like to hear." Zhu Jiu interrupted coldly.
Ling Yuanlong's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the other party didn't like to hear nonsense.
But she was still willing to say it, which meant she didn't want to kill her.
With his life protected, Ling Yuanlong heaved a sigh of relief and began to rack his brains, thinking of how to build a closer relationship with her and bribe her. Fortune and wealth are sought in danger. If he could still get her help...
The problem with those in power is that they always try to maximize their benefits.
"Count down to ten." Zhu Jiu spoke again without much patience.
Ling Yuanlong: “!!!”
"ten."
"Nine."
She came to her senses and deleted all the unnecessary words.
"One." The palm began to tighten.
Ling Yuanlong: “!!!”
She is unreasonable!
Ling Yuanlong's mouth twitched, and his voice became distorted and he said quickly: "I will not covet Gu Yixiao anymore!"
The palm did not continue to pinch.
"That's it?"
Ling Yuanlong swallowed his saliva and gritted his teeth and said, "Senior should have discovered the tracking magic weapon I left in her storage ring. I will take it back and will not target her anymore in the future."
"Well, I know that your original plan was to kill her if she didn't obey." Zhu Jiu said in a light voice.
"No, I just wanted to protect her safety. I was very nice to her..."
There was a moment of suffocation, and the hand on my neck began to tighten again.
"Are you sure you want to talk to me like this?"
Ling Yuanlong was horrified and quickly changed his words, "It was a foolish decision I made when I was ignorant. It doesn't count. I beg for your forgiveness, Senior!"
"I am willing to double the compensation to Gu Yixiao! If you have any instructions for me in the future, just give me a message, and I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"I am the Princess of Jiling, the future Emperor. I will definitely be of use to you!"
She is really a princess who knows the current situation very well. When others face this situation, their first reaction is to appear strong but be weak inside, and use their status and background to threaten others. They have to be beaten before they will let go of their pride and become honest.
However, she reacted very quickly, thought through the situation, and showed her sincerity and bargaining chips.
At the end, he seemed to be trying to please her, but in fact he was revealing his identity to hint to Zhu Jiu that killing her would do no good.
"The future emperor? You are very confident." Zhu Jiu did not mean to be sarcastic, he just spoke in a straightforward tone.
Ling Yuanlong lowered her head slightly, and her soft chin accidentally rubbed against Zhu Jiu's hand. She smiled cleverly and calmly, "It is all thanks to your help in Changle Palace that I have been able to successfully reach this point."
"Senior, you should have come out earlier so that I could know who my benefactor is."
"Then I will be grateful and do my best to repay you."
Ling Yuanlong already knew who stopped Mo Huaizun, and he deliberately said it out loud to get closer to him.
Since you helped her, it was a kindness.
Ling Yuanlong marveled in admiration at how powerful, majestic, and domineering Zhu Jiu had been in the past few days.
She had long wanted to meet her.
Xingjun was not fooled by the sweet flattery and said straight out: "She is seducing you, no, trying to win you over."
Even with a knife at his neck, he still instinctively sought sponsorship for himself.
Zhu Jiu had beaten Ling Yuanhan before in Baisui City, but he never gave in.
Ling Yuanlong should be the crown princess.
Zhu Jiu was flattered and relaxed, so he let go of her hand and said coldly, "Oh, I won't accept you as my disciple."
"..."
Zhu Jiu added: "I can let you go, but you have to promise to give Gu Yixiao anything he needs unconditionally from now on, including connections, resources, positions... everything."
Ling Yuanlong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, the pleasant smile on his face disappeared.
She thought this ghost had a cold personality, but it turned out not to be the case. When he mentioned the name Gu Yixiao, the hint of warmth in his tone was so obvious.
That kind of preference was just like the one the old emperor had shown to her before.
There is no love without reason. Love is an equal exchange. Ling Yuanlong is very clear about this.
She tilted her head, her eyes dark, "Senior, I can give you ten times what she gave you, why don't you come to my side?"
"Don't you feel inferior to her by your side? Compared to the corpse herders who have no fixed place to live, Jiling is a big stage, enough for you to turn the tide and show your skills."
Zhu Jiu understood her thoughts.
She teased in her heart, but said indifferently: "Sure, I want to be the emperor."
“……” Ling Yuanlong lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Look, he says he admires her, but he doesn’t even give her the throne. What kind of love is that?
Everyone should keep their eyes open and be wary of such hypocritical people.
"You can be the empress." Ling Yuanlong said seriously.
It seriously made Xingjun confused.
"What kind of strength does Ling Yuanlong have to allow you to be the queen? Even if she dares to say it, I dare not listen." Xingjun was very disgusted.
Zhu Jiu also didn't understand the princess's train of thought.
Besides, they are all women, and same-sex love is not popular nowadays.
"I hope you won't get drunk and go crazy and say unrealistic things." Zhu Jiu said coldly.
There was a flash of disappointment in Ling Yuanlong's eyes, and he frowned and looked at Gu Yixiao who was sleeping soundly on the bed.
I don’t know what I dreamed about, a faint smile appeared on my lips, my bright facial features became soft, and my face turned rosy after being drunk, like a dewy red rose in the night.
"Except for being prettier than me, she is not as good as me in any other way." Ling Yuanlong looked gloomy, "She gave herself to you?"
Such malicious words.
With a sharp and piercing "crunch" sound, Ling Yuanlong's jaw was removed.
Zhu Jiu stood opposite her, but she could not see anything except the hands outlined by the firelight.
A hint of murderous intent penetrated deep into the bones and heart.
Ling Yuanlong was in great pain, but at the same time, he felt a sense of comfort and obsession emanating from the bottom of his heart, as if he was sick.
The senior was angry, but she was completely seen by the senior.
She must have looked horrified with pain in her eyes, but the senior didn't let go. Instead, he scolded her, "You can pull out your tongue if you don't want it."
There was a mist in Ling Yuanlong's eyes.
When they first met in Changle Palace, the senior was willing to help her.
She felt unconditional favoritism, without any added value.
The senior would beat her but would not kill her. This is what true care and love means.
How reassuring.
Zhu Jiu felt that this man's expression was very strange. He didn't even have a trace of resentment, but was full of warm admiration, which made it difficult for her to be ruthless.
After she gave the warning, she told Ling Yuanlong to get lost and not to get close to Fanghua Garden.
Ling Yuanlong regained his freedom and immediately put his chin back in place, his expression bright, "Senior, does your hand hurt?"
Zhu Jiu, Xingjun: "..."
Everyone in this world has a disease. If someone doesn’t have one, it must be that it has not manifested yet.
But the two still didn't expect that Ling Yuanlong actually had this kind of disease.