After quickly skimming the script and placing it on a chair beside her, Xia Wan'er gritted her teeth and nodded, "Okay."
Shangguan Qiao saw this, turned around and glanced at the chair next to him, then lowered his head to glance at the script in his hand, looked back and smiled: "Wan'er—"
"Ah?!" Xia Wan'er was so frightened by the face and tone that looked so similar to Murong Qiao that her face turned pale, her legs went weak, and she could hardly stand.
I raised my head tremblingly, and saw Shangguan Qiao asked a little embarrassedly: "Can I call you that? I don't remember many words, can I hold the script?"
Is it an illusion
Xia Wan'er's heart was not completely settled. She stepped back unnoticeably and said, "It's just a name. Please feel free to do as you please."
Shangguan Qiao smiled as if he hadn't noticed, and said with his hands spread out, "Then I'll start."
Xia Wan'er nodded: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, the aura of Shangguan Qiao on the opposite side suddenly changed. He transformed from a gentle and elegant scholar into a serious man with a cold and majestic look in his eyes.
Xia Wan'er had just been frightened by him and hadn't gotten into the mood yet.
She closed her eyes and tried to calm herself.
When he opened his eyes again, Yan Mumu, whose confession had failed, was facing the emperor who was traveling incognito and hiding his identity.
Looking at the person in front of her, her beautiful eyes were tinged with anger, and she said angrily: "I didn't know that Mr. Huang was well-read, but he was a despicable villain who liked to steal other people's letters!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shangguan Qiao stepped forward, stretched out his right hand that was not holding the script, and grabbed her wrist directly. He asked in a cold voice: "In your mind, am I so unbearable, so inferior to your brother He Sheng?"
This action was not in the script. Xia Wan'er was so scared that she struggled twice but failed to break free. Her wrist was pinched and it hurt, but seeing that he was so immersed in the role, she didn't want to interrupt him and continued with her lines.
She stared at him and replied firmly: "Yes, in my mind, you are not even half as good as Brother He Sheng! He is not like you, who can resort to any despicable means."
"Oh? Despicable?" Shangguan Qiao sneered and pushed Xia Wan'er to the corner. He spoke word by word with a cold tone, "Then you know that he took the initiative to give me this letter and asked me to come here."
"Impossible!" Xia Wan'er denied it immediately. "My brother He Sheng would never do such a thing! It must be you, a villain, who schemed to get my letter from him!"
Shangguan Qiao's eyes suddenly became vicious, especially the teardrop mole under his eyes, which made him look even more weird.
Xia Wan'er's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly pushed him away, ran to the door, pointed at him and said, "You villain, I won't allow you to slander my brother He Sheng!"
Originally, she should have slapped the emperor here, but it was just a scene between the two of them, so there was no need to really hit him.
Shangguan Qiao, however, seemed to have suffered a great blow. He raised his sinister eyes with a cold smile on his face. He stared at Xia Wan'er and approached her step by step, saying, "In this case, I will force you today to make you realize the reality. You should have belonged to me!"
Seeing him approaching her, Xia Wan'er quickly called him to stop: "Teacher Shangguan, your acting skills really opened my eyes."
In fact, Shangguan Qiao’s acting skills are good, but Xia Wan’er always feels that his acting is a bit over-the-top. The emperor’s blackening in the script is not this kind of gloomy blackening. Shangguan Qiao seems too sinister, which makes Xia Wan’er feel a little scared.
"Wan'er, you also make me look at you in a new light." Shangguan Qiao walked up to her. He seemed to have not yet come out of that state, and his tone was grim.
Xia Wan'er paused and was unable to continue quickly.
Suddenly, Shangguan Qiao clamped her neck with his big hands and pulled it up hard.
Xia Wan'er was caught off guard by his pinch. By the time she reacted, her feet had been forced off the ground. The feeling of suffocation came too quickly and she couldn't utter a sound. She grabbed his wrist in horror and slapped it to make him let go.
Just when she thought she was about to die, Shangguan Qiao suddenly let go of her hand.
Her body slipped from his hands like a fallen leaf and she collapsed against the door, gasping for breath.
Shangguan Qiao's cold voice rang in her ears: "You are living comfortably in this world, right? I heard that you even clung to Qiao Mingye's thigh? What, do you think I can't make you the Crown Princess?"
(End of this chapter)