359 King Xiaoyao
In Duke An Manor, a gloomy-looking man sat on a wooden four-wheeled cart.
Beside him, a maidservant was trembling as she brewed tea. She accidentally spilled some of the hot water in her hand on the table.
Her fair fingers instantly turned red.
The maidservant couldn’t care less about the pain. She immediately walked in front of the man and knelt down with a bang, kowtowing desperately.
“Your Highness, please forgive me!”
The man: “Drag her away.”
A guard immediately walked out and dragged the servant girl out with his hand covering her mouth.
“Qin Yuansou, you’re going too far by disregarding human lives like this!” A girl about ten years old shouted angrily at the man.
She was young to begin with, but from her face, one could already tell what kind of beauty she would look like in the future.
At this moment, because of her anger, her pearl-like eyes were also misty.
It made her look even cuter.
This person was none other than Xu Linglong.
The name she shouted belonged to King Xiaoyao.
Because she had offered him divine water some time ago, Qin Yuansou, who had been paralyzed since he was young, had some feeling in his legs. Her status in Duke An Manor was now a little delicate.
At the very least, it was much higher than the missing Miss Xie.
“How dare you! How can you call His Highness by his name!” A guard walked forward and pulled out the saber at his waist, wanting to scare Xu Linglong.
“Your Highness, is this how you treat your savior?” Xu Linglong frowned at King Xiaoyao, looking very unhappy.
King Xiaoyao: “Back off.”
The guard took a step back with an indignant expression.
Xu Linglong secretly raised her chin at him, looking like she had won.
Then, she looked at King Xiaoyao. “That sister only spilled a little tea. Why do you want her life? Don’t think that just because you’re King Xiaoyao, you can take away other people’s lives like this.”
After saying this, Xu Linglong secretly gave herself a thumbs up.
If she said that, King Xiaoyao would definitely think that she was a kind and magnanimous person.
After all, in the eyes of the nobles, the lives of servants were similar to beasts.
Especially those servants who had signed a life contract. As long as they made a mistake, their master had the right to kill them.
The laws of the Great Chang Nation stipulated that one was not allowed to bully servants at will, but that was only for ordinary people.
If a rich family wanted to punish a servant, they would naturally find all kinds of excuses. When they punished her, they only said that it was a small punishment.
As for whether that person died accidentally or was crippled after the punishment, of course, it was not the Master’s fault. Perhaps that person was not in good health to begin with?
There was too much room for maneuver.
In Xu Linglong’s previous life, she was not a kind person. Later on, she led such a miserable life. If she did not find something to vent her anger, how could she relieve the bitterness in her heart?
Therefore, although there were not many servants who had died at Xu Linglong’s hands, it was not a small number.
King Xiaoyao: “Then how do you think we should punish her?”
Xu Linglong was secretly delighted when she heard this. It seemed that King Xiaoyao was really attracted by her charisma!
Hence, she said shyly, “That sister is just not very agile. Just let her practice more in private.”
“That makes sense.” King Xiaoyao nodded and did not continue.
Xu Linglong knew when to stop. She hurriedly handed over another bottle of water and praised King Xiaoyao before retreating happily.
She is only 11 years old now. It was too early for her to seduce King Xiaoyao. However, as long as King Xiaoyao had a place for her in his heart, there was no harm in waiting a few more years.
In any case, King Xiaoyao was not married yet. Moreover, who would marry a cripple?
As long as she controlled the recovery of King Xiaoyao’s leg, such that it would only heal in a few years time, she would be able to marry him then.
In order to achieve this goal, Xu Linglong even mixed some ordinary water into King Xiaoyao’s divine water.
Xu Linglong left happily. She did not know that after she left, King Xiaoyao did not even look at the bottle of water.
“Take it and throw it away.”
“Yes.” The guard stepped forward and skillfully picked up the bottle. He opened it and poured the water into a potted plant at the side.