The night was quiet.
The wind was especially cold and bleak tonight.
The palace was shrouded in darkness, with only a faint glow coming from the corridor lanterns.
Just a minute before Die pushed open the door to the side chamber...
Inside the sleeping quarters—
Chen Mo, unable to fall asleep, simply flipped over and once again pinned Queen dusa beneath him.
He kissed her already slightly swollen red lips.
Queen dusa wrapped her arms around Chen Mo's neck.
Just as Chen Mo's hand began stroking the smooth skin on her back—
Creak...
The door suddenly opened.
Die's voice rang out in the darkness.
"Chen Mo, are you asleep?"
The mont her voice echoed—
On the bed, both Chen Mo and Queen dusa's pupils contracted, their expressions changing drastically.
The usually calm and composed Queen dusa was now clearly flustered.
Chen Mo broke into a cold sweat.
If Die were to see him pinning her most beloved sister beneath him, kissing her passionately...
There'd be no doubt—he'd be facing her blade for sure.
"Your Majesty, hit !"
In a mont of desperation, Chen Mo whispered the idea.
Queen dusa instantly caught on.
She surged her Dou Qi and blasted Chen Mo off the bed.
Then, without hesitation, she leapt down and began raining punches on his head like a storm.
The commotion, naturally, caught Die's attention.
When she lit the candle—
She saw her sister straddling Chen Mo, beating him senseless.
"Big sis, stop!"
Die's expression changed imdiately. Furious, she rushed forward and pulled Queen dusa off him.
Then she glared at her and scolded, "Sister, how could you? Even if you don't agree with being with him, you can't just beat him like this!"
Die assud her sister was furious about the conversation they'd had earlier about her feelings for Chen Mo—and had co to take it out on him.
Thankfully, she arrived just in ti. If anything worse had happened... Die didn't even want to imagine the consequences.
After scolding her sister, Die quickly helped Chen Mo up, gently checking him over with concern, "Chen Mo, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"Hiss... That hurts..."
Chen Mo winced in pain, groaning slightly.
Now was the ti to act like he was seriously hurt. Otherwise, Die might start putting the pieces together.
Queen dusa played along and coldly warned him, "If I ever catch you being all lovey-dovey with my little sister again, I'll cripple you."
"Sister, that's too much..." Die bit her red lip, her voice trembling.
Chen Mo shivered internally. He could tell—the Queen had used this mont to speak her true feelings.
Saying it in front of Die only made it all the more terrifying.
He backed down fast.
But backing down didn't an giving up.
Chen Mo was a man who danced on the edge of a cliff.
He was the embodint of "playing with fire."
He believed that as long as he managed his ti right, everything would work out.
"Hmph. I'm too much?" Queen dusa narrowed her eyes and glared at Die. "It's the middle of the night, and instead of being in your own room, you sneak into his—what were you trying to do, hmm?"
"I... I just wanted to talk to Chen Mo..." Die stamred, clearly caught off guard by the Queen's fierce counterattack. After all, she had snuck out.
Chen Mo was a little stunned.
A perfect reversal—making it seem like Die was the one in the wrong.
He had to hand it to her. Brilliant.
"What do you an 'just talk'?"
Clearly, Queen dusa wasn't planning to let it go.
"I... I just wanted to have a chat," Die mumbled, half-truth, half-lie.
"A chat? Couldn't that wait until morning? You had to sneak over in the middle of the night?" Queen dusa sneered.
Chen Mo couldn't take it anymore and subtly signaled her with his eyes to let it go.
If Die sensed sothing was off, they'd be finished.
Queen dusa noticed and narrowed her phoenix eyes. "You. Co with ."
Without giving Die a chance to argue, she grabbed her and dragged her out of the chamber.
Die pouted but followed her sister reluctantly.
—
As the doors shut behind them...
Chen Mo slumped to the floor, his robes soaked in cold sweat.
Damn, that was intense.
—
After sending Die off—
Queen dusa let out a deep breath. Her back was drenched in sweat.
She quickly turned away and re-tied the sash of her chest wrap, which had co loose during the chaos.
If Die had looked a little more carefully earlier, she might have noticed the wrap had already slipped down slightly.
"Scoundrel..."
As Chen Mo's face flashed through her mind, Queen dusa bit her lip in frustration.
Truly shaless.
But then, the blush on her face quickly faded, replaced by a chilling coldness. Sitting regally on her throne, she coldly ordered:
"Yue Nu."
Monts later, the chamber doors opened and Yue Nu entered.
"Do you realize your mistake?" Queen dusa asked, looking down at her coldly.
"???"
Yue Nu blinked. "Please enlighten , Your Majesty."
"How were you patrolling tonight? Soone snuck into my bedchamber and you didn't notice?"
The Queen's chamber was breached?!
Upon hearing this, cold sweat instantly ford on Yue Nu's forehead as she dropped to her knees. "Your subordinate was careless. I beg Your Majesty for forgiveness."
"Hmph." Queen dusa scoffed. "You've served for years, so I'll let it go—for now. But I have a task for you."
"Your Majesty need only give the order. Yue Nu will carry it out even at the cost of her life."
"It's not that serious," Queen dusa replied. "Starting tomorrow, keep a close eye on Chen Mo. If he ets with my sister again, report to imdiately."
"Yes, understood."
—
The Next Morning
Chen Mo went to find Queen dusa, trying to get a sense of her schedule.
"Is Her Majesty in?" he asked Yue Nu.
"Her Majesty has gone to the council hall," Yue Nu replied—though her gaze lingered on Chen Mo a little too long.
"Is there sothing on my face?"
Chen Mo noticed the odd look and asked.
Yue Nu shook her head.
Chen Mo walked off.
After killing so ti in the side chamber for an hour—
He went to see Die.
Perfect. As expected, Queen dusa was busy during the day.
His ti managent plan might actually work.
After passing through several long corridors and taking a few turns, Chen Mo finally reached Die's residence.
But after last night's near disaster...
Chen Mo had learned his lesson.
He imdiately summoned Mo Yan and had her hide in a corner. If she saw Queen dusa approaching, she was to alert him imdiately.
Only then did Chen Mo dare enter Die's quarters.
"Your Majesty was right—Chen Mo really did go to see the Princess!"
From a shadowed corner—
Yue Nu watched it all unfold and quickly went to report to the Queen.
Inside Die's bedchamber, the layout wasn't much different from Queen dusa's. Even the bed in the inner room was identical.
The only real differences were that Die's quarters lacked a throne, and the space was slightly smaller.
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