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Chapter 225 Locking Up a Beauty in the Golden Palace
The man didn't speak again, but after he quieted down, his excessively deep and dark eyes seemed to burn people, making Qin Su's heart burn and subconsciously let go of his hand.

She lowered her head, not daring to look at him, her heart pounding wildly.

The man gave a barely perceptible smirk, then pulled the person closer to his chest, his eyes playful and cold, his words like sharp blades stabbing cruelly into the heart:

"Do you think he'd go crazy if he found out?"

These words sent a chill down her spine, and her cheeks, which had been burning from the conversation, turned deathly pale in an instant.

She blinked and looked up at him, easily spotting the malice in his eyes, as if he were watching a show.

He did it on purpose.

He wanted to use her to hurt Ling Xiao.

At this moment, this thought became incredibly clear in my mind.

Chu Junyan naturally noticed the girl's reaction. Finding it amusing, he reached out to touch her face and chuckled, "Why that expression? What are you thinking about..."

A crisp "smack" sounded in the carriage, and the man's hand turned red from being slapped.

Chu Junyan's lazy smile faded. When he met the eyes of the person in his arms, he realized that her gaze had become so cold and angry, as if the previous charming shyness was just an illusion.

It seems he teased the little rabbit too much.

"If Your Highness intends to use me to hurt others, then forget it. In this life, there will only be one person in my heart. If you insist on forcing me..."

She mustered her courage to meet his eyes, her slender body seemingly trembling slightly, yet her tone was exceptionally firm: "I'm afraid it won't work out."

Chu Junyan didn't speak immediately. He narrowed his eyes and observed the girl's expression, as if trying to discern something from it.

Then, he suddenly chuckled, his voice clear and pleasant: "Sang Sang, are you threatening me?"

The words were spoken with a smile, yet they sent a chill down one's spine. If Eunuch Liu were here, he would surely urge Qin Su to apologize quickly, for His Highness was clearly angered.

Unfortunately, there's no Eunuch Liu here, only a man determined to protect his beloved: "I dare not."

He said he didn't dare, but the stubbornness in his eyes didn't seem like he didn't dare at all.

As she finished speaking, the atmosphere in the carriage seemed to turn cold.

"That's so touching. He would be so happy if he knew you thought that way."

The man wasn't angry; he even smiled and praised her, instantly pushing Qin Su's sense of crisis to its peak: "You... uh..."

Before she could even finish speaking, a sharp pain shot through her neck, and her vision went completely dark.

With a blank expression, Chu Junyan held the unconscious hand in his arms, his slightly curled fingers tracing across the girl's delicate eyebrows and cheeks before landing on her slightly swollen lips.

"It's better if she's asleep."

Otherwise, if he let her say a few more words, he was afraid he would lose control and strangle her.

Looking at the girl's peaceful sleeping face, his expression was exceptionally gloomy and cold. His usual gentle and refined demeanor had vanished, leaving only a deep and unsettling aura.

The carriage continued on its way, and no one knew what had happened.
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"Ouch, that hurts!"

Qin Su felt pain in the back of her neck before she even opened her eyes after waking up.

Her delicate brows furrowed instantly, and a cry of unbearable pain escaped from her lips.

[Host, you're awake?]

The system's highly perceptive voice rang in her mind, and Qin Su's fingers had already landed on the back of her neck, pressing on the painful spot.

As her memories returned, she remembered what had happened before she lost consciousness.

He actually knocked her unconscious! That bastard prince really dares to do that!
"Apply me some medicine," Qin Su frowned and asked the system for help.

This feeling made her realize that the prince had deliberately not applied the medicine to her.

How can there be such a stingy person?

The medication had a built-in anesthetic effect, and the pain quickly disappeared. Apart from a red mark on my neck, nothing else was visible.

Did he say anything before he left?

While talking to the system to obtain information, Qin Su looked up and surveyed the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings.

It was clearly in a palace, but it didn't seem to be one of the palaces she had lived in before.

The system's words today were inexplicably hesitant: "The Crown Prince...."

Qin Su was about to urge him on when she suddenly realized something was wrong with her feet.

She suddenly reached out and pulled back the covers, and then saw that beneath the long, light red dress, on her slender, pale ankles, a golden chain had been fastened at some point, making a soft, clattering sound with every movement.

Her scalp tingled instantly, and her voice was colder than ever before: "What is this thing?"

The system had no more room to escape, so it resigned itself to its fate: [This is a "gift" from the Crown Prince to the host, saying that the host should stay here from now on, as he intends to keep a mistress here.]

Qin Su didn't speak, but reached out and lifted the cold chain, then pulled hard.

There was no response.

This intricate golden chain was even stronger than it appeared; it was impossible for a person to break it.

Qin Su's emotions were a bit off, and the system noticed it, but then thought it was just overthinking things.

The Crown Prince seemed quite emotional when he left; he appeared angry, but then...

"Give me a tool." Qin Su suddenly interrupted it, her tone colder than ever before, her pupils even darker.

The system instinctively responded: 【Huh? What tools does the host need?】

Qin Su: "Pliers, scissors, wrench, anything will do, I want to get rid of this piece of junk."

The system paused in its browsing of the store, looking at its host with some surprise, thinking it had misheard: [Host, are you sure?]

Qin Su: "Give it to me."

Without saying anything, a flash of white light appeared, and a small pair of pliers landed in the girl's hand.

She picked it up and, without saying a word, tried to twist the disgusting thing in half.

Seeing that Qin Su acted immediately without hesitation, the system had to remind her: "Breaking the chains is fine, but has the host thought about how to explain this to the Crown Prince?"

The chain was clamped in the pliers, and it was just a matter of her twisting hard to break it. Qin Su's face turned cold, and she wanted to say, "I don't care what he thinks," but she stopped herself at the last moment before she made her move.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, the system inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. But it quickly noticed something was wrong: [Host, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?]

Although the Crown Prince's behavior of chaining people up like canaries is disgusting and disrespectful, given the host's personality, he shouldn't care.

Such a strong reaction is somewhat abnormal.

Qin Su was not convinced; her gaze remained fixed on the disgusting chains, and waves seemed to surge within her chest.

It's okay, it's just a small thing. We've overcome such big difficulties before, what's this?
He doesn't deserve to affect your emotions. He doesn't deserve it!
It's just a chain. You're not her, and you can't untie it if you want to.

No one can hold you back, there's no need for that, no need at all...

The girl's delicate face was expressionless, except for her exceptionally dark eyes. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that her arms were trembling slightly.

The system gradually realized that something was wrong with the host, and wanted to ask her what was wrong, but didn't know how to start.

Fortunately, Qin Su finally managed to compose herself.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes again, as if... she was slowly suppressing some emotion back into her heart.

"Put it away, I won't use it anymore."

Hearing that the host had regained his senses, the system felt as if it had been reborn.

Waaaaah, it was only just now that it realized how dependent it was on its host.

【Okay, right away.】The system replied quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it put away the small pair of pliers that had just been sent out.

Qin Su raised her hand and wiped her face. Her complexion was somewhat haggard and dejected, but her eyes had brightened considerably.

"Somebody come!"

She called out to someone, but when she opened her mouth, she found that her throat felt like it was being cut by a knife. She didn't know if it was because she was cold and uncomfortable or because she had cracked her voice. Her usually soft and sweet voice was also much hoarse.

Soon, the palace doors were pushed open, and a familiar palace maid ran in: "Your Highness, you're awake?"

It was Chunyu. Seeing the genuine concern on her face, Qin Su's restless heart calmed down a bit: "How did I get back?"

Chunyu's smile froze for a moment. Thinking of what happened that afternoon, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed...

"Your Majesty, you were carried back by His Highness the Crown Prince."

The little girl blushed slightly with embarrassment as she said this.

Qin Su noticed the key word "Crown Prince," indicating that someone had regained their identity as soon as they returned.

After waiting for a while without hearing her mistress's next words, Chunyu couldn't help but look up at her: "Your Highness, are you going to get up?"

Qin Su looked up at her, and for some reason, just that one glance sent a chill down Chunyu's spine.

Sure enough, the next moment, she made an unexpected move—

"what is this?"

Qin Su's slightly serious voice was more serious than ever before, making the gaze falling on her feet become somewhat flustered and tense.

"Thump" "Thump~"

Several kneeling sounds rang out in succession. The palace maids knelt down before her without saying a word, but no one dared to explain the origin of the chains to her.

Qin Su's heart, which had just calmed down, was almost ignited with anger again.

She gripped the intricate and beautiful embroidered quilt beneath her hands tightly, forcing herself not to lose control of her emotions: "Get the key to open it."

Silence returned.

After a long while, just when she thought no one would answer, a soft voice rang out: "The key, the key is in His Highness's hands..."

Chunyu glanced at the palace maid who had spoken, then raised her head and mustered her courage to speak: "Your Majesty, the key is in His Highness's hands. Before he left, he instructed that if Your Majesty were to wake up and wish to see him, you should have your meal first."

Finally, after relaying His Highness's instructions, Chunyu felt inexplicably excited and happy. Look, His Highness really dotes on the Consort; even in this situation, he doesn't forget to remind her to eat.

Qin Su lowered her eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Just as Chunyu was about to persuade the Empress to put on her clothes so she wouldn't catch a cold, she suddenly raised her hand and swept all the bedding and pillows off the bed and onto the women, her tone fiercer than ever before: "Get out! All of you, get out!"

The palace maids turned pale instantly, hurriedly scrambled to their feet, bowed, and hastily retreated.

Since entering the palace, the concubine had always been gentle and kind; this was the first time they had seen her so angry and out of control.

The palace maids were afraid, but more than that, they were worried—worried about how they would explain themselves if His Highness found out…

[Host, host, are you alright?]

The system was also startled by Qin Su's sudden outburst of temper; this was the first time it had ever seen its host lose such a temper.

Qin Su remained silent, her eyes colder and darker than ever before, as if some terrifying memory had been stirred up.

Not only did she throw things off the bed, she also swept all the ornaments from the headboard off the bed.

The delicate porcelain fell to the ground with a crisp sound, which made the palace servants at the door turn pale.

She stood barefoot on the ground, startling even the system, which panicked and said: [Host, be careful of the broken pieces on the ground, don't hurt your feet...]

Then it went silent, because it realized that its host was indeed throwing a tantrum, but it was doing so in a "calm" manner.

The places I walk on barefoot are clean and free of debris; I don't intentionally step on them.

The thought had barely crossed the system's mind when it froze: Huh? Why do I feel that the host's calm personality would lead to intentionally harming himself?
However, it didn't think for long, because Qin Su's actions didn't stop. She walked to the table, picked up the things on the table with both hands, and smashed them hard on the ground.

The flying blade grazed her delicate, snow-white cheek, leaving a clear trail of blood.

The system was almost dumbfounded.

But her eyes remained cold. Despite her angry and furious actions and emotions, her face remained indifferent and calm, as if nothing had happened.

For some reason, the system felt that the host was somewhat frightening at the moment, in an abnormal way.

A series of smashing sounds echoed from inside the room. After the initial shock and panic, one of the palace servants at the door finally remembered that they should go find Eunuch Liu.

Looking at the room she had wrecked, Qin Su's emotions finally subsided somewhat.

[If you really don't want to stay here, we can... Host!]

The system volume suddenly swelled up; someone unaware of the situation might think it was going crazy.

Qin Su picked up a sharp shard from the ground and held it up to her slender white wrist, her eyes cold and rational.

The system, which wanted to persuade her to calm down, was unsure whether it was overreacting or should speak up to stop her.
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"What did you say? Say it again?"

Even Liu Gonggong, who had seen many storms, was momentarily stunned by the palace maid's words.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, after the concubine kicked us out, she smashed things in the room."

The palace maid spoke while trying to calm her erratic breathing.

Eunuch Liu: ...

No, this... why does he still find it so unbelievable?

Concubine, Miss Sangsang?
So why would someone with such a gentle and mild temper lock themselves up and imitate the Seventh Prince by smashing things?
what?
Is the world finally going mad?

"Okay, I'll go with you to take a look right away."

Liu Gonggong's expression was unreadable when he spoke, but his eyes were unusually complex.

Looking at the messy room, Qin Su finally showed a hint of satisfaction on her beautiful face.

Then he walked back to the bed, stepping on the ground again.

She climbed onto the tatami mat, huddled in a corner, hugged her knees, and curled up in a ball. Tears welled up in her eyes on her pretty little face...