Chapter 285 – Poisoned and Dazed (1/2)

In order to do that, he first had to help Elena take care of a bunch of detestable traitors to help her regain power. Although it was troublesome, he didn’t mind, since helping Elena was already a thing he decided on. He should pay more thought and effort to that down and out monarch.

So… half a year is the deadline!

Turning an entire kingdom into an enemy for one person… it might be a bit insane, but why not!

“Lin Xiao, can I really believe you? You have to understand, no one can go against the king’s orders!” ShenDai Ying’s voice trembled but carried expectations.

Was she drunk, or was he drunk, or was the whole world drunk?

How could anything good happen to her?

“No one can go against the king, is it…” Lin Xiao smiled and responded, “No, if it’s me, I can.”

“What? … Puh! Hahaha.”

Hearing Lin Xiao say that so seriously, ShenDai Ying felt a rare assertiveness from him, this youth in front of her gave her an unprecedented peace of mind. That lazy boy suddenly turned into a reliable man, she couldn’t believe the sudden change.

“Sigh, it could be that I’m drunk, or you’re blurting out nonsense to make me happy, but I’ll believe you!”

ShenDai Ying smiled, after all was said and done, she took a couple of deep breaths, rubbed her puffy eyes and cleared her throat. It seems a lot of the alcohol already passed through and her consciousness became clearer.

Since Lin Xiao already gave her the promise she wanted, then shouldn’t she respond in kind for this pure and innocent youth that was willing to take the risk and change himself for her?

Yes, she should have responded long ago.

It’s not too late.

“Okay Lin Xiao, since you have a way, then I’ll… eh?”

ShenDai Ying smiled sweetly and as she was planning to respond to Lin Xiao’s promise, before she could get her words out, she slipped and her body uncontrollably fell forwards!

The crowd cried out in alarm and felt shocked at the princess losing her composure.

“Sister Ying?”

The sudden change also surprised Lin Xiao.

He only just reacted, he was actually already in a tough spot! If he made another scene, he really didn’t know what he should do.

Think about it, a foreign princess, the prince’s fiancée, under everyone’s watchful eyes, personally invited an unfamiliar male to dance at her engagement party. While they danced, she stopped and started crying in his arms ignoring everyone’s shocked and ridiculing gazes.

Earlier, when he noticed ShenDai Ying sobering up, he wanted to quickly leave and find his disobedient maid. But he never thought that there would be a sudden shocking change…

ShenDai Ying slipped and lost her balance and her body fell uncontrollably forwards.

Falling?

That won’t do!

A princess falling onto the dance floor, at that time her sexy clothes would be dirtied and will reveal her alluring skin and would get stared at by the surrounding noblemen, how could that be allowed? Losing face was less important, her reputation and integrity was on the line! If she fell now, then she might be labelled as, the one who made a fool of herself after getting drunk, or losing her mind seducing a lover, then that would be problematic!

In order to avoid any scandals, Lin Xiao quickly grabbed her hand and used his other arm to grab her slender waist and forcibly pulled her back!

“Eh? Lin Xiao!”

Noticing him pulling her, she leaped towards him and grabbed onto his neck and wouldn’t let go, afraid that she would fall again.

But something unfortunate happened once again.

It was strange, ShenDai Ying was able to maintain perfect balance and dance gracefully even when drunk, but now that she sobered up a bit and she felt very comfortable, she wasn’t able to control her body anymore and lost her balance again.

But this time, it wasn’t just her…

“Hey! Sister Ying, don’t grab onto me so forcefully… I…”

“What? Eh?”

Because she was too nervous, she didn’t notice that she was strangling him. He shakily fell back a couple of steps, then his knees went weak and fell back along with ShenDai YIng.

“Ohhhh!!”

The crowd gasped.

“Quick, go check if Princess ShenDai Ying is injured or not… wait, eh?”