The intuition between men is always extremely accurate.
The moment Sheng Yunqi saw Huo Wei, he knew that Huo Wei had taken a fancy to Dugu Luanyue.
Like a mad dog starved for years, upon seeing a sizzling, oil - oozing pork rib, it was about to pounce on it the next second, hold it in its mouth, and swallow it into its belly.
Sheng Yunqi stood in the mud, patted the hem of his robe, and his voice turned cold:
"Isn't the rose field enough to prove your concern for her?
If you care about her, you must be afraid of her hating you. If I really met with an accident at your hands, she would hate you for the rest of her life.
It's true that Luanyue used you, but she had no choice. All the benefits you've gained in the court and the imperial government were all planned by her.
Apart from not loving you, she's never done anything to hurt you. What on earth are you angry about?"
Huo Wei walked over, reached out, and tightly grabbed his lapel:
"You seem smart, but in fact, you're quite stupid. You've dragged her down time and time again.
If it weren't for me discovering this, but the Emperor instead, you and she would have already been on the beheading platform in the Northern Yan long ago."
Sheng Yunqi continued smiling:
"Look, you caught me for her safety, didn't you? I, Sheng Yunqi, would like to thank the Prince on behalf of my Luanyue."
Huo Wei slapped him across the face with a resounding crack, and with one hand, he tugged at the dog - chain and tightened it:
"On behalf of your Luanyue?
Who do you think you are? You're just a spineless wimp, a good - for - nothing who looks like a dog eating shit. It would be as easy for me to kill you as to crush an ant. What right do you have to speak on behalf of the Queen of the Northern Yan?"
Sheng Yunqi reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, as if proclaiming his sovereignty:
"Luanyue only has me in her heart. She doesn't like a rough and cruel person like you. You'll never have a chance in your lifetime!"
Huo Wei shook his head with a cold smile:
"Dugu Luanyue must be blind to take a fancy to you. At a time like this, saying such things to deliberately provoke me. Aren't you just pushing her to her death?"
If it were him, he would never provoke a powerful person like Sheng Yunqi did. This was no different from pushing Dugu Luanyue to the edge of a cliff.
But when he left, he still remembered what Sheng Yunqi had said just now: Apart from not loving you, she's never done anything to hurt you. What on earth are you angry about?
Huo Wei's slanting eyebrows drooped slightly, and the hostility in his eyes flared up again. His vision was filled with a black mist.
He just hated Dugu Luanyue's deception. He didn't like her, not at all.
Huo Wei kept telling himself this in his heart, over and over again. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, turned around, and gave Sheng Yunqi a vicious look.
Early the next morning, Huo Wei went to the Fengluan Palace to pay his respects. He held a box in his hand: "Your Majesty the Queen, these are some tokens of goodwill from the Prince's Mansion. I hope you'll accept them."
The scar on Dugu Luanyue's forehead was still there. She wondered what kind of game this Huo Wei was playing. According to common sense, Huo Wei wouldn't even bother with her anymore, let alone send her a gift.
She slowly walked down, trailing her bright red dress. The golden tassels in her hair swayed slightly. She stretched out her fair and delicate fingers to take the box.
The moment the box was opened, she let out a startled scream, and her breath caught in her throat:
"Huo Wei, you... you're crazy!"
Huo Wei licked his sharp canine teeth, glanced at the box on the ground, the two red testicles, and the half - mutilated penis that had been exposed, then raised his eyebrows at her and said, "Does the Queen like it?"
Dugu Luanyue's face instantly turned deathly pale. Her lips trembled as she said, "You... you, Huo Wei, you really did it to him! You're a madman, a crazy man!"
Huo Wei reached out and wrapped his arm around her slender shoulders, pinning her against his chest. With one hand, he gently scraped her cheek, again and again, with a ferocious smile:
"Why are you trembling? These are parts from your childhood sweetheart. Shouldn't you worship them?"
Dugu Luanyue closed her eyes tightly, not daring to look at the bloody mess anymore. Just thinking about Sheng Yunqi made her heart ache unbearably:
"You're just a mad dog. Let go of me!"
Huo Wei lowered his head and whispered coldly in her ear, "If you keep talking to me like this, I'll start cutting off your fingers or ears tomorrow.
I've thought about it. Since you like him so much, I'll cut him up bit by bit and then send the pieces to you, okay?"
Dugu Luanyue grabbed Huo Wei's lapel. Her slender fingertips dug into his gold - embroidered robe, and her knuckles turned white from the strain:
"I've said before, I don't like him that much. Why are you hurting him!"
Huo Wei pulled her hand away and still kept her in his arms. His long, slanting phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, exuding a dangerous aura:
"But he said that you only have him in your heart and that you love him the most.
Aren't I just fulfilling your wishes by returning him to you bit by bit?"
Sheng Yunqi's words were like a fuse, and Huo Wei was the explosive.
Every word Sheng Yunqi said was like lighting the fuse.
Dugu Luanyue had no idea what had happened. How could Huo Wei have taken action in just one day?
Her heart was completely broken. Her breathing became chaotic, and her body gradually went limp as she knelt on the ground. She had never felt so powerless and heart - broken before.
Huo Wei squatted down and reached out to lift her delicate chin: "Your Majesty the Queen, smile at me like you used to. I want to see it now."
Dugu Luanyue stared straight ahead, motionless:
"Today, I'll go to the Emperor and tear up the marriage alliance treaty. I'll take Sheng Yunqi back to the Southern Chu. Do whatever you want in the Northern Yan."
She was decisive. She pushed Huo Wei away and stood up, walking towards the door of the palace.
Huo Wei's black eyes widened in surprise. Leave? He quickly stepped forward and blocked her way: "I just asked you to smile, and you want to go back to the Southern Chu?"
Dugu Luanyue struggled desperately to break free from him: "Do you want me to continue watching you humiliate me and abuse Sheng Yunqi?"
Huo Wei grabbed her and dragged her back into the bedroom. The two of them struggled with each other.
Aunt Meijiang rushed over: "Your Highness the Prince, you can't do this. Her Majesty the Queen is already injured!"
Huo Wei said, "I'm still angry!"
With a loud bang, the bedroom door closed.
Huo Wei's tall figure loomed over her like a dark shadow, almost crushing her wrist:
"Who exactly is humiliating whom? Ask yourself! It's you, Dugu Luanyue, who has been playing me for a fool. Is it wrong for me to humiliate you a little?"
Dugu Luanyue gasped for breath and sniffed: "If humiliating me means you'll give up recruiting soldiers and let Sheng Yunqi go, right?"
Huo Wei gritted his teeth as if he was about to crush them:
"You finally admit that you were lying to me yesterday, right?
You wanted to calm me down so that I wouldn't take action against Sheng Yunqi. But you didn't expect that I still did it, did you?"
He had actually believed her at first. It was just that what Sheng Yunqi had said yesterday had made him suddenly wake up. Dugu Luanyue was lying to him again, trying to buy time for Sheng Yunqi.
Dugu Luanyue struggled desperately. One of the gold hairpins on her head fell to the ground with a crisp sound. One of the pearls on the hairpin broke. Her eyes turned red:
"Huo Wei, what on earth do you want to do to calm down? How can you let Sheng Yunqi go?"
Huo Wei said, "When you provoked me, you should have known what kind of person I am.
I really don't like you, but you've deceived me and used me. Can't I even vent my anger?"
At this time, Aunt Meijiang announced outside the bedroom door: "Your Majesty the Queen, the Emperor has sent someone to summon you to his bedchamber before dinner."
Dugu Luanyue looked up and swallowed the sourness in her throat: "I see."
Huo Wei pinched her chin: "Find a way to decline."
Dugu Luanyue's delicate figure was kneeling on the ground, her clothes in disarray. She looked at Huo Wei in confusion: "Why?"