"Your joke is not funny at all." Ah Man said softly, as if trying to calm himself down.
“It’s not a joke.”
Ah Man felt like he was going to be pissed to death. If he were Murong Kai, there would be no need for him to crawl through a dog hole to enter the palace.
He was just playing tricks on me, it was so hateful, I shouldn't have saved him.
"Not everyone can enter the palace, so..." Murong Kai only said the beginning of his words. His meaning was clear, but it made Ah Man even angrier.
She was also someone who lived in the deep palace, so she naturally knew that not everyone could enter the palace casually. However, if she wanted to bring someone into the palace, she had a way, and she definitely didn't have to choose a method like climbing through a dog hole. She believed that Murong Kai did the same.
"Murong Kai, I won't be grateful to you."
"Well, I don't need it either."
Ah Man glared at Murong Kai and continued to move forward, but her pace became faster and faster. After only a few steps, Murong Kai was already staggering and panting.
Just when Murong Kai was about to remind Ah Man to slow down, Ah Man walked faster and successfully threw Murong Kai off her.
His leg injury was very serious and he was holding on. Suddenly he lost his support and couldn't even stand. He fell to the ground with a thud.
"Murong Kai, I didn't mean to do that. I didn't mean to knock you down." Ah Man apologized quickly, but there was no apology in his eyes.
"Keep your voice down, do you want to let everyone know that I'm back?" Before Ah Man could finish her words, Murong Kai spoke in a low voice.
Ah Man fell silent, slowly walked to Murong Kai's side, and said with a smile: "So you don't want people to know that you are back."
Therefore, he would not enter the palace as a prince, so he would take himself to climb the dog hole.
Ah Man felt a little guilty again. After all, he was seriously injured, and it was a bit unfair for her to treat him like this.
"what's your plan?"
Ah Man simply sat next to Murong Kai, looked like a good friend, and asked with concern.
"I have no plans, but I will take revenge."
"You still want revenge in this state?" Ah Man did not forget to glance at Murong Kai's legs while speaking.
The person who could torture the prince to the point of being on the verge of death and throw him into a mass grave must be of a very high position in this palace, even if he cannot cover the sky with one hand.
When Murong Kai, who was still a teenager, faced a person like that... you can guess the result without even thinking about it.
"Of course I can't do it, but I still have you." Murong Kai was smiling when he spoke, but when those words fell into Ah Man's ears, his smile seemed to be poisoned.
"What does your revenge have to do with me?" Ah Man tried hard to distance himself from the matter.
She was indeed lawless in the Bei'an Palace, but this was the Great Zhou, and she would not act recklessly. Besides, she had nothing to do with Murong Kai, and it was not worth it for her to go against the big shots in the palace for him.
"You promised me before that you would owe me a favor."
Murong Kai spoke calmly, without any awareness that he had calculated against Ah Man, but Ah Man's expression changed again and again. She had been thinking of agreeing to the favor and running away later, but she didn't expect that when she was about to trick Murong Kai, she had already been tricked.
She finally understood what her cousin kept saying to her: Those who cheat others will always be cheated by others...
"You showed me the way, but you asked me to... Murong Kai, you are too cruel. I refuse."
"Then you can go ahead, but now is the guards' shift, so be careful."
This kind reminder made Ah Man even more angry. He was not familiar with the road ahead. He might run into guards who were changing shifts. Now he was worried about whether to advance or retreat...
"Go quickly. I heard that you Bei'an women are free and easy-going and strong-willed. You will not give in."
Ah Man stared at the complacent young man and felt deeply that the worst thing she had ever done in her life was saving Murong Kai.
(End of this chapter)