The little merman raised his glistening eyes and almost pleaded as he grabbed the hem of his robe. "Let me see him, okay?"
Sheng Jiu really couldn't stand him groveling like this for Sheng Jue. He yanked his robe out of the merman's hand and got up coldly.
The little merman watched his figure nervously. Sheng Jiu slowly said, "Bring Sheng Jue here from the prison."
A guard responded and rushed to the prison. The little merman timidly shrank into the water. Sheng Jiu turned to look at him and asked in a low voice.
"Are you happy now?"
The little merman hung his head and said nothing. Sheng Jiu took off his outer robe and stepped into the water in just his under - clothes.
The little merman looked up at him. "What are you doing?"
Sheng Jiu bared his chest and smiled at him. "I just want my brother to see how much I dote on you so he can relax in prison."
As he spoke, Sheng Jiu directly tilted up the merman's chin. When he heard the sound of chains and footsteps behind him, he suddenly grabbed the merman's neck and kissed him.
"Your Majesty..."
The voice behind him suddenly stopped. The bedroom was completely silent.
The little merman opened his eyes in horror. Sheng Jue's shocked voice slowly came. "Sheng Jiu... What are you doing?"
Sheng Jiu let go of the merman and turned to look at him. "Oh, brother. Sorry. I got too carried away."
Sheng Jue struggled to stand up and glared at him gritted his teeth. "Sheng Jiu, you despicable brute!"
Sheng Jiu turned around, looked down at Sheng Jue's mess, tapped his fingertips on the porcelain wall by the pool, and said with a low laugh, "Good brother, what are you saying? I'm your younger brother after all."
Sheng Jue's body trembled violently. He said vehemently, "I will... Kill you, kill you!!"
Sheng Jiu got out of the pool, grabbed the chain around Sheng Jue's wrist, and stared at him fiercely. "Kill me? For a useless merman... You want to kill me? I really should let Father see what you're like..."
The only sound around was Sheng Jue's heavy breathing. Sheng Jue gritted his teeth. "Don't you dare say that you didn't have his reason when you seized the throne?"
Sheng Jiu grabbed his neck. His expression seemed a bit annoyed and ashamed. "If it weren't for the dirty things your mother did, I wouldn't have even thought about seizing the throne... She forced my mother to death and even wanted to kill me."
"You... Let him go!"
A timid and trembling voice came from behind. Sheng Jiu loosened his grip a bit, turned to look, and saw his red - rimmed eyes again.
The little merman bit his lower lip and looked at him. "I want to talk to him alone."
Sheng Jiu withdrew his hand, was silent for a moment, and said indifferently, "One incense stick's time."
The little merman nodded shiveringly.
As soon as Sheng Jiu left, Sheng Jue rushed to the edge of the pool. "Has he done anything to you?"
Wanwan shook his head and reached out to touch the chain. "Will this thing always be on you?"
Sheng Jue was silent. He retracted his palm a bit and hung his head, not daring to meet his eyes. Wanwan pouted and almost cried. "So, you... Won't come back?"
Sheng Jue suddenly looked up. "I will."
Wanwan was stunned. Sheng Jue held the hand that Wanwan had placed on his chain and looked at him firmly. "Under the pillow in the bedroom, there's a secret compartment. There's a poisoned dagger in it. As long as you kill him, I can come back."
Wanwan's eyes became dull. He pulled his hand out of Sheng Jue's and asked in disbelief, "So, you want to kill him."
Sheng Jue dodged his eyes for a moment. "You can see that he's cruel and unpredictable. If he rules the Sheng Kingdom, the common people won't have a good life. So..."
He didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Wanwan understood.
Wanwan looked at his slender fingers and said weakly, "But, I don't know how to kill..."
Sheng Jue's expression was almost pleading. "You can do it, Wanwan, for me..."
Wanwan looked at the man who had saved him at the beginning. For a moment, he suddenly felt that this man was very strange. He knew he was timid...
How could he ask him to do such a thing?
While Wanwan was still hesitating, the time of one incense stick was up. Sheng Jiu leaned casually against the doorframe of the inner chamber and looked at them with a smile.
Sheng Jue stood up sensibly. The look in his eyes when he looked at Sheng Jiu was as if he wanted to dig out his bones and blood. But unfortunately, the chains bound his hands and feet, preventing him from resisting at all.
Wanwan's eyes became even more panicked when he looked at Sheng Jiu. Sheng Jiu glanced at Sheng Jue and said indifferently, "Take him away."
Several guards rushed up again and dragged Sheng Jue out of the bedroom.
Wanwan watched Sheng Jue's back and couldn't help shivering.
When he was in a daze, someone tilted up his chin. He turned his head in panic and could only see Sheng Jiu's inquisitive eyes.
"What did you say to your old lover?" He stroked his chin and asked in a low voice.
Wanwan was silent. Sheng Jiu chuckled. "Did he tell you to whisper in my ear?"
Wanwan hung his head and shook it.
"Actually, it's not impossible..." Sheng Jiu smiled ambiguously, then reached out to touch his tail and said in a low voice, "I remember that there's a soft scale on a merman's tail..."
When Wanwan heard this, he was so shocked that he flicked his tail. His blue - glowing tail slipped out of Sheng Jiu's hand. He murmured, "How do you know?!"
As soon as he said this, he felt that he had said something wrong and bit his lower lip without saying anything.
Sheng Jiu carefully observed the expression on his face and casually touched his tail again. "Actually, I saw you a long time ago... I think you should have seen me."
Wanwan looked confused.
Sheng Jiu squinted his eyes slightly as if lost in memories. "I remember at that time, the rumors about you were spreading like wildfire in the palace. Everyone was curious about what treasure my brother had brought back. I was curious too, so I asked my brother a lot of questions."
Here, he laughed to himself. "But my brother told me not to meddle and scolded me... But I wasn't willing to give up, so I secretly sneaked into the palace at night."
Wanwan's body stiffened. Remembering something, he pointed at him. "So it was you standing by the window at that time?"
Sheng Jiu hooked his collar with his finger and pulled him closer. "It was me..."
Sheng Jiu stared directly into his blue pupils and asked word by word, "So tell me, did my brother touch you? Did he part your soft scales and enter your territory?"
Wanwan looked at the terrifying expression on his face and shook his head in a panic. He tried to back away, but Sheng Jiu grabbed his wrist. Wanwan's tail splashed huge waves in the pool.
"Let me go... Please."