"Punishnt?" Gu Shengyin lightly murmured these two words.
That clear, cold voice was like a fine hook, snagging Ying Qi’s heart, keeping it suspended, unable to let go.
She knelt on the icy white jade floor, on an early spring night, still carrying the lingering chill of winter, seeping into her body from her knees.
She didn’t know what kind of ordeal awaited her.
"Rest assured, punishnt will not be lacking for you."
With one sentence, the last shred of hope in her heart was completely crushed.
Ying Qi obediently lay on the floor, waiting for her master to continue speaking what was left unsaid.
"What I just ntioned, is a trivial matter. Ying Qi, have I ever treated you unwell?" Gu Shengyin suddenly asked.
It seed like just a casual question she rembered, but it made the already guilty-hearted Ying Qi jump.
Ying Qi pressed her head against the icy floor, hearing her own calm voice: "Master has been exceedingly kind to Ying Qi."
"Hmph, exceedingly kind indeed." Gu Shengyin suddenly sneered.
"Because I was exceedingly kind to you, you wished to take my place?"
It was like a bolt from the blue.
Ying Qi’s entire body shook from this sentence.
She raised her head, her beautiful eyes fixed firmly on Gu Shengyin, her voice unable to hide her panic: "Master discern wisely, Ying Qi would never dare harbor such a delusion!"
All thoughts of glory and wealth, of lifeti honor, vanished from her mind at that mont.
The only thing Ying Qi wished for now was to sohow dispel her master’s suspicion.
Otherwise, otherwise...
She would die!
Gu Shengyin closed her eyes: "Any improper thoughts you might have had, you and I both know. Ying Qi, I, Yong Le, have treated you well, yet never would I have expected to nurture an ingrate like you!"
Ying Qi still refused to give up: "Master, did soone spread any gossip? Ying Qi’s loyalty to Master is true as can be, witnessed by heaven!"
She looked up at Gu Shengyin, seeing her still with eyes closed, not looking at her, decided ruthlessly.
"Master, Ying Qi can swear to the heavens."
"Oh?" Gu Shengyin opened her eyes, finally moved.
Ying Qi gritted her teeth, raised three fingers with her right hand and vowed: "Heaven above, Ying Qi is loyal to my master, the Eldest Princess Yong Le, without a divided heart, witnessed by heaven and earth! If I break this oath, may I..."
For so reason, at this point, a foreboding feeling suddenly surged within her.
But Gu Shengyin only looked at her: "Then what?"
Ying Qi closed her eyes: "If I break this oath, may I, Ying Qi, for the rest of my life: wander in storms, et an ill end. Seeking life in vain, seeking death in vain!"
This was already an extrely heavy oath.
"Very well."
Gu Shengyin suddenly laughed.
She spoke: "Did you all hear that? What she just said."
In the empty, desolate hall, several gray-clad figures suddenly appeared.
Gu Shengyin addressed the leading gray figure: "Ying Yi, she is your subordinate, handle her as you see fit."
The gray figure silently saluted, and before Ying Qi could react, two people had sealed her acupoints.
As the gray figures prepared to leave, Gu Shengyin’s cold words echoed behind them.
"Rember, be sure to adhere to her own words: for the rest of her days, let her wander in storms, et an ill end. Seeking life in vain, seeking death in vain!"
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Chapter Ten!
Good night, everyone~
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