The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 6 In the End, Subordinates Must Crawl

Huang Wushuang had gone to great lengths to contain his anger, but like everyone else, he had limits. Hearing the challenge that was uttered from Liang Fenghong's mouth, the translucent expression attached to his face was like a slight crack. However, he clenched his hands behind his sleeves and took a deep breath, refraining from saying anything against that brash man before him.

On the other hand, Xiaoxue noticed a crack in her employer's expression and her heart was beating rapidly. If he did not resolve the matter as quickly as possible, he was worried that trouble would befall the Crown Princess' residence and the newly formed relationship between Huang Wushuang and Li Guifei was instantly shattered.

Xiaoxue's eyes turned towards the palanquin that had not made a sound. If his guess was correct, then Huang Miaoling was clearly there. ‘But ...’ His eyes glanced towards Liang Fenghong. The confidence radiated on the man's face made Xiaoxue's heart uncomfortable to directly open the palanquin and examine its contents. ‘What should I do?’ xiaoxue.

Seeing Huang Wushuang and Xiaoxue's reaction, Liang Fenghong snorted and the smile on his face disappeared replaced with an annoyed expression. “If not, then stop wasting my time.” His tone sounded threatening.

At this moment, Xiaoxue was aware of something. ‘It's just a game!’ thought. Liang Fenghong must have been trying to make doubts arise in his heart, threatening him indirectly using the name Princess Wu Meilan. ‘Want to frame me? Not that easy!’ his mind as he ran towards the stretcher to open the curtain that covered the inside of the stretcher.

“You—!” Liang Fenghong looked slightly surprised and his forehead wrinkled, he did not expect that servant girl would dare to take such an action. ‘Bold, how brave!’ it's in the heart.

Huang Wushuang's eyes caught the change in Liang Fenghong's expression and the corner of his lips lifted up. ‘Ah, is that it?’ He just understood what was going on. ‘Try to make us believe the person inside is Wu Meilan even though there is actually only Huang Miaoling?’ He chuckled inwardly and his hands clenched tightly—this time because of the spirit. ‘Huang Miaoling, even your man who is so loyal cannot protect you.’

“Heh.”

The instant the laughter snorting sound rang out, Huang Wushuang's eyes that landed on the palanquin instantly glanced towards Liang Fenghong. The corner of the man's lips was raised vaguely as his eyes flashed a mocking look. This was the first time Huang Wushuang had seen a Liang Fenghong look so expressive from the number of times they had met. Honestly, that guy is very handsome. But at the same time, he looked terrible.

‘What's—?!’

Not having time for Huang Wushuang to finish her inner self, the gasp sound from Xiaoxue's side shifted her gaze. He was wide-eyed to see Xiaoxue's entire body tremble while his eyes looked terrified.

Xiaoxue looked at the person before her with both eyes wide open. His fingers flanking some of the curtain cloth of the stretcher cover shook violently and his legs trembled.

There was a girl with elegance who was able to slap the Crown Princess sitting quietly while closing her eyes. Slowly, his eyelids lifted and showed a pair of tanned black beads. His outlook was plain, but also domineering.

The girl's lips opened and a melodious voice stated, “Really .. commendable courage.” The girl's words sounded calm and non-deprecating, but the person who was intelligent enough understood the insults and anger stored within.

Hearing Wu Meilan's remark, Xiaoxue immediately removed the curtains and knelt in front of the palanquin. “Princess! Forgive servant! I didn't know you were inside!” he shouted in a asking tone.

Wu Meilan's words made Xiaoxue a little confused. In Xiaoxue's eyes, he had only offended Liang Fenghong and the Imperial Princess Wu, not lied.

Wu Meilan was convinced that his words were incomprehensible to Xiaoxue. Therefore, he said more clearly, “You said that you did not know that I was here. In reality, Young Master Liang had said clearly inside the palanquin was me. However, you instead brushed aside his words and even insulted his dignity by saying that he had lied, hiding someone else in a stretcher.” A small laughter sounded from inside the palanquin. “Crown Princess, isn't your servant so creative? I'm afraid his sanity is a little compromised.”

Aware of being called by Wu Meilan, Huang Wushuang knew that he had to answer. However, he did not know what to say. Therefore, her lips could only open and close for a few times before finally deciding to say, “Mr Princess, I have neglected to educate my servant. I hope that the Princess is kind enough to forgive and put the matter aside. Xiaoxue only knows how much I admire you and feel guilty because I couldn't welcome you the other day

Pelipis Wu Meilan twitched. ‘It turns out, as Young Master Liang said. The sister of Miss Huang ... has a different nature to her sisters.’ The Princess said, “So, if I don't forgive her, I'm a bad person. What does Crown Princess mean?” his tanyanya made Huang Wushuang wide-eyed.

“Mr Princess, you know clearly that's not what I mean,” replied Huang Wushuang in a slight panic tone. Having trouble with the Princess of Wu Kingdom was definitely not a good thing considering her current position was extremely dangerous. “I didn't mean to offend you at all.” He finally made a cruel decision. “For the sake of showing my sincerity, I will act decisively towards my servant.”

Hearing this, Xiaoxue raised her gaze in shock. “P-Crown Prince ...” His expression looked difficult and clear. Huang Wushuang obviously knew himself to only be trying to help, how could he possibly punish him in public like this!? If that were to happen, wouldn't his reputation be destroyed instantly?

“Shut!” snarled Huang Wushuang with an angry expression. “From!” As he saw Xiaoxue preparing to stand up, he said, “Does anyone allow you to stand?”

Xiaoxue was completely at a loss for words. If he did not stand up, how could he approach Huang Wushuang? Wouldn't his master want to tell him to crawl?

Appearing a puzzled expression for so long and not hearing any continuation from Huang Wushuang made Xiaoxue pensive. ‘Really? Crown Princess wants me to crawl!?’

“Didn't you hear what I said, Xiaoxue?” huang Wushuang asked once more while throwing a horrible look at Xiaoxue.

This made Xiaoxue hesitantly stick her hand into the street. At that moment, his entire body trembled, probably trying to suppress the shame that was piling up in his heart. Slowly, he crawled with his feet and hands like an anj*ng who came back to his master.

While crawling, Xiaoxue closed her eyes. Tears rolled down the servant girl's face, erasing all the self-esteem she had. ‘This ... outrageous!’ his stranglehold was deep, knowing clearly this was not what he wanted after all the things he had done for Huang Wushuang. When he reached Huang Wushuang, Xiaoxue looked up with a face as red as a tomato. “P-Crown Prince.”

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A/N: Whelp gurl, you got what u desire.