51 Endure (2/2)

*drip*

No matter who much effort Yue Xiao Xiao put in to stop the blood from coming out of her mouth, the blood slowly trickled from the corner of her lips.

”Master!!”

XuanRong panicked when she saw the black blood dripping on Yue Xiao Xiao's clothes. She used her elbows to propel herself upward, but Yue Xiao Xiao grabbed her shoulder. Trying to stop her from moving.

”Don't. Your body is still weak. *cough* If you move now, you won't be able to endure the next session.”

”But---!!!”

*cough* *cough*

”I'm fine. Master is already accustomed to this kind of thing.”

Yue Xiao Xiao smiled but her smile did not contain any happiness.

'Ai, it seems like my time is almost up. Little Yi, mother wanted to see you before mother pass away… too bad… mother thinks that being able to see you once again is not possible.'

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In a certain room, a man with a silver mask was kneeling on the floor.

”Yue Shen, why are you kneeling?”

A baritone voice suddenly spoke behind the curtain covering the large bed in the inner chamber.

”This servant has caused trouble to His Lordship.”

”Oh?”

After responding obscurely, the man behind the closed curtain did not continue speaking.

”Your Lordship, this servant was not able to hold himself back and almost caused His Lordship's identity to be discovered. This servant----”

”Yue Shen.”

”Y-Yes, Your Lordship?”

The man with a silver mask inwardly shivered when suddenly felt the increase of temperature in the surroundings.

”When we return, go to the Dark Palace's punishment hall and receive your punishment.”

”This servant will accept Your Lordship's punishment.”

It took a couple of minutes before the man behind the closed curtain spoke once again.

”…I know you mean no harm. Yue Shen, remember our purpose here in Jing. No matter what you see, no matter what you hear, you must hold back. Now is not the time to alert our enemies. Do not forget, we are not in Qian Zou. Before the separation of each empire, forming into four smaller countries, the Jing royalties were the ones who hold the power in the entire continent. Moon Pavilion might be one of the top tier organizations within the Jianghu[1] but This Lordship thinks that we are slightly weaker than Jing country's forces. Do not forget, there are many hidden lions and crouching tigers everywhere. Among all the people in our Moon Pavilion, only you and shadow were chosen to stay by my side. I have high expectation on both of you. Do not fail me.”

The man with a silver mask obediently lowered his head. Indeed, in this foreign country called Jing, they could not act impulsive and should always be vigilant. It was a sudden moment of anger that made him lose his composure. He hated the fact that His Lordship had to hide his identity in order to fool their enemies. Watching him struggles every day made his heart ache for him. Thus, when he could no longer contain the anger he felt, he crippled a certain prince's hand. It was already too late before he realized that he should have killed him instead of crippling his hand. Too bad, the physicians in Jing were all first rank and they were able to heal his broken bones.

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