NCCnovel Chapter 1267 A Woman Like the King of Hell
Chapter 1267 A Woman Like the King of Hell
"My lord, if you had known this beforehand, would you not have regretted it?"
Jiang Yubai sat in the carriage, listening to the chatter of the people along the way, his heart as still as if it were dead.
Fei He merely curled her lips slightly at his remorseful expression, without smiling, as if she understood that a young man like him would inevitably react this way in such a situation.
Your Majesty's policies are truly excellent; if it were during the late Emperor's reign...
Young people of that age have long since passed the age of innocence and should have accepted their fate long ago.
"Take a ride around the main street of Qiyang," Fei He instructed the horseman.
"No need."
Just as Fei He finished speaking and the carriage slowed down, Jiang Yubai stopped him.
Unfortunately, the groom only heard his voice but didn't take his words to heart.
The carriage continued on its way, and Jiang Yubai frowned, his eyes fixed on Fei He.
Fei He made no comment and did not try to stop him as he wished.
Seeing this, Jiang Yubai caught a glimpse of the indenture that had been placed beside him out of the corner of his eye.
He picked it up; there was paper and pen on the carriage, but Jiang Yubai didn't have time to slowly grind the ink.
He bit his finger and pressed his fingerprint onto the indenture.
He then picked up the indenture and shoved it in front of Fei He. Before Fei He could speak, Fei He called for the carriage to stop.
"Where does Young Master Jiang wish to go now?"
Jiang Yubai's mind flashed with images of his mother and younger sister, and he wanted to go back and see them right now.
But the thought of that terrifying woman from last night made him worry about the safety of his mother and younger sister if he told anyone.
Who was that person last night?
Fei He's eyes were deep and profound; even before he followed His Majesty, he had already seen countless deaths and comedies.
His dark eyes, which had always been devoid of warmth, began to show more smiles and tenderness after he came to serve His Majesty.
"You are not worthy to know."
His Majesty's instructions did not include this matter, so Fei He naturally would not interfere.
He stepped forward and accepted Jiang Yubai's indenture; whether or not he signed it was not important.
One handprint is enough.
The indenture had been taken away, and it was too late for Jiang Yubai to back out.
Fei He handed Jiang Yubai's indenture through the carriage window.
Someone outside quickly took it.
“Go to Lihua Lane and retrieve his household registration certificate.”
Anyone who enters a brothel or similar establishment will have their indenture and registration certificate held by someone else.
This life is no longer your own.
A response came from outside the carriage, and Fei He then turned her gaze back to Jiang Yubai.
“Young Master Jiang has no other way to go. My wife is kind-hearted, so you don’t need to be so wary.”
If Jiang Yu hadn't been born with such a face, after the Emperor executed those thugs last night, he probably would have sent someone to retrieve his indenture and household registration.
Set him free.
This face is both her strength and her weakness.
So regardless of whether he ran away or not, or whether he crashed into someone last night.
Fei He mentally rehearsed Jiang Yubai's future path, and the results were all pretty much the same.
Qiyang needs to develop, and officials from the capital will arrive in Qiyang in the future.
Jiang Yubai couldn't remain hidden forever; he still hoped to change his fate through the imperial examinations.
It's better to have run into His Majesty last night than to be sold into His Majesty's hands later.
At least the people of Great Xia, His Majesty's subjects, His Majesty will show some leniency.
As Jiang Yubai sat silently in the carriage, countless sounds outside reached his ears.
Fei He wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of patience when serving His Majesty.
After a while, when Jiang Yubai looked up again, Fei He could tell from his eyes that he had figured it out.
"Please take me to Jiangjia Village."
This time, Fei He only said to the coachman, "Let's go."
The carriage slowly began to move.
Like humans, horses can only understand the language of their own people.
On the way back to the village, Jiang Yubai's heart was not as fearful as before.
In just one month, he was sold twice: once by his ruthless in-laws, and once by himself.
The matter is already settled, and if you keep thinking about it, you won't know who to blame.
Jiang Yubai clutched the silver ingot stuffed in his pocket. It was thrown in his face by the madam after she forced him to sign the contract of servitude.
It was his indenture.
The important man offered to take care of his family for life, as long as he complied.
The silver in his arms was hard to hold, how ridiculous, yet he kept selling it for higher and higher prices.
"Did you also get to that person's side in this way?"
Fei He had already noticed what Jiang Yubai was hiding in his arms, even though Jiang Yubai's words were ambiguous.
But he immediately understood what he meant.
"No, I begged for it."
Fei He rarely looked at Jiang Yubai's question directly. Recalling the first half of his life, he realized that he had been begging desperately to get to the Emperor's door.
Fortunately, His Majesty did not mind and accepted him, which is why we have such a good life now.
Jiang Yubai couldn't understand why anyone, except for judges and little devils, would actively seek out a woman who was like the King of Hell.
Even though she was born with an exceptionally beautiful appearance.
Even the Asura Yaksha couldn't match her ruthlessness.
Meeting Jiang Yubai's questioning and sympathetic gaze, Fei He hadn't seen such an obvious sneer on her lips in a long time.
"If you knew who she was, you would probably kneel for ten years and beg her to come to you."
Jiang Yubai subconsciously retorted, "If she were the current emperor, perhaps that would be possible."
Fei He ignored his naive words.
He was still young and had limited experience in the rural areas of Qiyang.
One day he'll be proven wrong by what he said today, so why expose him now?
When Liang Chongyue and the system saw this, Liang Chongyue only slightly curled the corners of her lips as she listened to the system's loud laughter.
"Host, why does this person seem a bit dim-witted?"
Liang Chongyue opened Jiang Yubai's profile and saw that he was only seventeen years old. In a rural place like Qiyang, it was normal for someone his age to be a little naive.
“If he were intelligent and quick-witted, I wouldn’t have kept him alive until now.”
You can't teach someone by teaching them, but you can teach someone by teaching them, and one time is enough.
Besides, it's not good for someone to be too intelligent to be by the Empress's side. It has to be someone young and proud like that, so that she can truly please the Empress.
Blindly trying to please and scheme will only make things less interesting.
Yunling brought in some snacks after hearing the puppy's laughter, and Liang Chongyue and the system ate while watching.
It takes some time to get from the countryside of Qiyang to the city, but fortunately they were watching a replay.
With so many system upgrades, you can now skip over or speed up the playback to avoid the less interesting parts.
When the carriage stopped at the entrance of Jiangjia Village, the sky in the video was not yet very bright.
"Sir, this road is really bad; the carriage will be very bumpy going in."
Fei He lifted the curtain and glanced outside.
The road was dry and muddy; even the sturdiest carriage would probably break apart after going that way.