I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 33 Acting School

[Hmm? Why are you looking at me, Tyrant? Have you finished your tea? ]

Chu Liuzheng looked at the opened tea bowl on the desk.

[There's still half a cup left. ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

He picked up the tea bowl and took a big sip, then sneered at You Shaoyun, "Compassion?"

You Shaoyun felt uneasy when he saw him, so he pretended to repent and knocked his head to the ground: "I know I was wrong, but I dare not ask for your Majesty's forgiveness. I only ask your Majesty not to implicate my family."

"Youlang." Princess Mingxia called out with emotion, tears glistening in her eyes.

Chu Liuzheng picked up a small copper kettle and walked forward to add water, sighing in his heart as he poured the water.

[Tsk tsk, Princess Mingxia is also a talented actress. ]

What is an acting school?
Xiao Jingfan frowned and glanced at the woman beside him.

Chu Liuzheng thought that the tyrant wanted her to grind ink again, so she picked up the small copper kettle and quietly quickened her pace, walking to the wall farther away from the tyrant and standing still.

[Huh~ Fortunately I ran fast! If I stand here, the Tyrant will not remember to call me to grind ink, right? ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

If you hate grinding ink so much, why not give this woman a different job?

Others: Let’s talk business. Your Majesty, what are you looking at?
"Your Majesty." Marquis Wen Zhao coughed to remind him.

——I know you like this tea-serving maid, but is it time to look at a beauty now? Your beloved ministers are still kneeling!

Xiao Jingfan waved his hand to signal the two to get up. As for You Shaoyun?
Keep kneeling!

The two fingers on the armrest of the dragon chair moved slightly, and he called out to the empty space: "Eleven."

A dark shadow appeared out of nowhere, startling everyone in the hall.

Wen Zhaohou and the others all looked at the man dressed in black and wearing a black dragon mask.

——Could this person dressed like this be the secret guard who protects His Majesty?

——I have always heard of it but never seen it, and now I can finally see it alive.

You Shaoyun's right eyelid twitched. It was said that the secret guards around His Majesty were very powerful. The fifth prince, who had the greatest hope of taking the throne at that time, died at the hands of the secret guards.

Can the secret guards find out information that the Jinyiwei cannot?

A bad feeling suddenly came over me.

As if in response to his premonition, Xiao Jingfan said to the secret guard: "Show it up."

You Shaoyun's breathing stagnated. What was going on?
Xiao Shiyi also had the same doubts, what to present?
The master didn't give him any individual task.

Although he was confused, Xiao Shiyi, a well-known smart guy among the secret guards, did not hesitate for a moment. He took out a paper roll only the length of his index finger from his sleeve and walked towards the desk.

"Please have a look, my Lord."

[Why does this paper roll look like it was torn from some random piece of paper? The edges are all rough and not neat at all. ]

Xiao Jingfan pretended not to hear these thoughts. He took the paper with a serious face and opened it with a stern face.

With the hand blocking the view, others would not be able to guess the contents of the paper through the light shining through the paper.

Xiao Jingfan glanced at the paper scroll which was completely drawn by a villain, and looked at Xiao Shiyi meaningfully.

——When you’re not doing tasks, you just draw little people, right?
Xiao Shiyi resisted the urge to touch his nose and turned his eyes away slightly, thinking to himself, who told you not to tell me in advance? It's good enough to have the paper roll, how about the half cold steamed bun left in his arms?
[What is written on the paper? I want to know.]

[Wow! Did the secret guards use villain drawings to pass on messages? Damn! Why doesn't the system have pictures?] Xiao Jingfan continued to pretend he didn't hear anything, slammed the paper roll on the desk, and glared at You Shaoyun: "Corruption and abuse of power to tamper with confessions, heavy sentences for those who were lightly punished, light sentences for those who were heavily sentenced, and countless victims. You Shaoyun, You Shaoqing, you are a great Left Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, what else do you have to say?"

These words were like a bolt from the blue to You Shaoyun's ears, shattering any hope he had.

——The secret guards have found out! Your Majesty knows everything!
——He’s finished!

"minister……"

"Your Majesty, my husband was just confused for a moment. I beg Your Majesty to give him a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious contributions." Princess Mingxia suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy.

You Shaoyun was immediately moved and looked at his wife.

——At critical moments, you can still rely on your own people! But, can you let him argue first?
Princess Mingxia grabbed his hand and said affectionately, "Youlang, no matter what happens, I am willing to face it with you."

"Princess." You Shaoyun was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. At this moment, he forgot all about his cousin and other beautiful women. His heart and eyes were filled with the woman in front of him who was willing to live and die with him.

Subconsciously, he felt that his cousin could not do what Princess Mingxia did.

Thinking of Princess Mingxia's deep affection for him, he couldn't help feeling guilty and annoyed.

——He shouldn’t have listened to his cousin and let the guards go to the bridal chamber with Princess Mingxia.

It doesn’t matter, there is still time for everything. As long as he can survive, he will immediately deal with those guards and never let Princess Mingxia know.

He was also willing to put aside past grudges and accept the princess sincerely.

He could give her everything except children.

[Wow! She is really good at acting. Look at how sincere Princess Mingxia is. If it weren't for the system, I would have believed it.]

[The man surnamed You looked very touched. Was he touched that the courtesan prepared by Princess Mingxia was useless, so that you and your group of girls would not get syphilis? ]

[Is it because I am moved that you and your cousin have tried so hard for so many years but still have no children? In fact, Princess Mingxia has long known that you and your cousin have had an affair, and gave you a sterilizing drug before you married into the You family? ]

[Or, are you trying to impress Princess Mingxia that she would rather have sex with those guards than expose you even though she knew it wasn't you who was sleeping with her in the bridal chamber, and even rank each guard in order of the time they had sex? ]

[Tsk tsk, You thought he was the one who secretly gave Princess Mingxia a sterilizing drug that made her infertile for many years. In fact, she didn't want to have children in the first place, and she was just using this trick to get rid of the problem once and for all.]

[Oh, by the way, Princess Mingxia has also won the hearts of those guards. Now they all listen to her, and You is about to be sidelined. ]

[Wow! Amazing! Princess Mingxia actually has a copy of You's evidence in her hand. She can kill You whenever she wants. You naively thinks that everything is under control.]

[Tsk tsk, You and his group of beautiful girls were played around by Princess Mingxia and they still feel good about themselves. They are so stupid that I almost feel sympathy for the scumbag.]

[Forget it, the scumbag doesn't deserve sympathy, light a candle for the guy named You. ]

Xiao Jingfan...I'm numb from listening to it.

Is this still the well-behaved and gentle Mingxia in his memory?

He looked at Princess Mingxia.

Princess Mingxia looked determined to share life and death with her husband.

With this expression and demeanor, even the most powerful person wouldn't be able to tell that this is acting.

Xiao Jingfan suddenly understood the meaning of the three words "acting school".

He asked in disbelief, "Mingxia, are you really willing to share the same crime with You Shaoyun?"

[Of course I don't want to. Did the tyrant forget that there is a red-lettered iron certificate in Chongde Marquis' Mansion? Princess Mingxia is the only remaining descendant of Chongde Marquis' Mansion, so the red-lettered iron certificate naturally fell into her hands. Even if the surnamed You commits a heinous crime that will punish all nine clans, Princess Mingxia can still escape unscathed, right? ]

Xiao Jingfan...really forgot.

(End of this chapter)