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Chapter 283: Chapter 283 Minister under the Skirt (5)

The locked room was overly quiet.

But even in such a quiet environment, Xie Shu couldn’t hear Chuzheng’s breathing.

He glanced over, and the woman was sitting in the corner, facing away from him, her appearance unclear.

Xie Shu hesitated before getting up and walking towards her.

As soon as he reached out, his hand was caught.

The woman’s hand was fair and slender, with a burning warmth, and his own hand started to heat up in response.

She slowly turned her head, and upon seeing it was him, she let go, turned her face to the side again, and silently closed her eyes, “Don’t disturb me.”

“Your Highness really is carefree,” Xie Shu couldn’t help but prick her with a remark, “Aren’t you afraid I will kill you?”

“What benefit would there be for you if I died?” Chuzheng’s tone was light, unconcerned.

Xie Shu: “…” There truly wouldn’t be any.

If she died, how would he get out?

It seemed Xie Shu’s wrist still retained her temperature, too hot to the touch.

He felt something was amiss and raised his hand to check Chuzheng’s forehead.

The scorching temperature alarmed Xie Shu; she was burning up like this, yet she showed no reaction.

–

Although Chuzheng was feverish, her consciousness was clear. After resting for a while, she propped herself up and stood.

“What are you doing?” Xie Shu frowned and extended a hand to support her, “You can’t move with your current condition, or the poison will spread even faster.”

“Don’t you want to get out?” Chuzheng’s tone was still cold.

“How are you supposed to get out in this state?” Xie Shu said irritably, “Your Highness, this is not the time to be showing off.”

“It’s fine.”

Chuzheng brushed him off and walked toward the exit of the locked room.

Xie Shu: “…”

Xie Shu felt he should be eager for her to die. So her courting death had nothing to do with him.

Chuzheng didn’t walk fast, but her figure remained straight and tall, like a pine that would never fall.

Xie Shu followed behind at a leisurely pace.

He muttered a curse, quickened his steps, and supported her, “Your Highness, please don’t die.”

“I won’t let anything happen to you.” Look at you with your Good Person Card! Such good luck! Not like me, poor little thing with such a hard life.

Dragging this weak and sick body, and still having to find a way out for you, a weakling.

Xie Shu: “…”

To Xie Shu’s ears, this phrase probably meant even if I die, I won’t let anything happen to you.

The feeling was indescribable, a mix of astonishment and… strangeness.

–

By the time Chuzheng and Xie Shu left the passage, it was two days later.

Suddenly seeing light, Chuzheng was so stimulated she almost cried, but she managed to hold back the tears.

Outside was a forest, and at that moment, the sunlight cascaded through the treetops, casting a golden edge on Chuzheng.

Rustle rustle rustle…

“Your Highness!”

“It’s the Grand Imperial Princess!”

“The Grand Imperial Princess is over there!”

Sudden voices rang out, and a group of people rushed forward, surrounding her.

Xie Shu was one step behind Chuzheng. Hearing the voices, he shrank back into the darkness.

Chuzheng, having lost too much blood and poisoned besides, felt dizzy from the commotion.

Xie Shu watched as Chuzheng was carried away, leaning against the cold, damp exit. He should have been happy… finally free from that woman.

A swath of red fabric peeked out from the darkness, brushed by the sunlight, glaringly red.

When Chuzheng woke up, she found herself lying by a lake, with people bustling about in the distance, a lively scene.

Her wounds had been tended to.

“Your Highness, you’re awake.”

“The Grand Imperial Princess is awake!”

Chuzheng, holding her wound, looked at the people crowding around her, mostly young people. This Secret Realm had age restrictions; no one over thirty could enter.

“How do you feel, Your Highness?”

“Are you hungry, Your Highness?”

“Your Highness…”

“Shut up,” Chuzheng said irritably, “Get away from me.”

Who is your grand imperial princess.

Stop the senseless shouting!

The air is practically cut off by you.

Chuzheng’s face was so cold that after exchanging looks for a moment, the group dispersed, leaving only one person behind.

“Your Highness, Young Master Xie Shu…” The remaining person eyed Chuzheng’s expression and cautiously began to speak.

Good Person Card…

Wasn’t he right behind her?

Where did he go?!

Chuzheng suddenly thought of something, “Is he dead?”

“…”

What does Your Highness mean by this?

In the past, whenever Xie Shu was mentioned, she’d either look joyous or anxious; this cold, detached question if he was dead, what’s the situation here?

“No… we haven’t found Young Master Xie Shu,” the person carefully replied.

Great.

So the Good Person Card ran away.

Chuzheng’s poison had been cured, and she wasn’t clear about the origin of this injury; it was already there when she woke up.

It’s probably from an injury she sustained before her memory loss.

All participants in the Secret Realm were young elites of Jingyuan Country, with Chu Yingyu, the Grand Imperial Princess, leading the entire team.

Although Chu Yingyu’s behavior was outrageous, she genuinely had strength.

They were still inside the Secret Realm now.

What treasures one could obtain in the Secret Realm all depended on personal luck.

Jingyuan Country’s haul was average because they had spent all their time looking for the missing Grand Imperial Princess.

[Main task: Spend a hundred Inferior Xuan Stones within half an hour. Xuan Stones have been dispensed to your Space, please check to receive them.]

Chuzheng: “…”

The knife in Chuzheng’s hand whooshed as it plunged into the ground.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Aggression was on full display.

I’m a patient now! Do you understand what that means?! I can’t do strenuous work! Bastard, are you even a thing?!

[…] So, should I answer if I am a thing or not? This sentence is cursing me through and through! Miss, you’re being too much!

The people on the other side were scared as well, huddling together and trembling.

“…Do you feel like her Highness is somewhat terrifying?”

“Is it because Young Master Xie Shu has disappeared?”

“But her Highness didn’t ask us to look for Young Master Xie Shu.”

“Could it be that something has happened to Young Master Xie Shu?”

A group of people murmured their discussions, not daring to provoke further trouble.

Chuzheng on the other side pulled the knife out and stabbed it back into the ground.

Her whole person was emitting a ‘strangers keep away, acquaintances do not disturb’ menacing aura.

Her Highness… is scary!

Wuuu! What on earth happened to Young Master Xie Shu!

“You, come here,” Chuzheng suddenly pointed at someone.

The person who was called shivered immediately and, under the sympathetic gazes of their companions, walked over in fear and trepidation.

“Your, Your Highness, what are your orders?”

Sitting firmly with legs astride, Chuzheng propped herself with one hand on the knife, her manner cold and ferocious, “What valuable things do you have on you?”

The person frantically began pulling out everything they had on them.

They stopped just short of stripping off their clothes.

The circulating currency in this world is Xuan Stones.

A kind of stone imbued with Xuan Qi.

These Xuan Stones aren’t only used for cultivation and absorption; they’re also needed in many places, in short, they’re indispensable.

Inferior Xuan Stones are the lowest level of Xuan Stones.

There are also Middle-grade Xuan Stones, Superior Xuan Stones, and Fine Xuan Stones.

Chuzheng picked out an item and then tossed some Xuan Stones to the person, “You may go.”

The person didn’t even look at what Chuzheng had thrown and sprinted back.

“Come back.”

“Your, Your Highness.” The person’s legs went weak with fright.

“Take these things with you,” Chuzheng jabbed at the items on the ground with her knife.

The person didn’t dare to ask any questions, gathered the items in their arms, and left at the speed of a hundred-meter dash.

In the past company with Her Highness, they had never felt she was this terrifying.