Chapter 45: The Petty Emperor

  "It was actually when you received the gift from the Second Prince that I confirmed you weren't really Princess Luli!" Mu Beichuan looked at her pale face, seemingly no longer willing to scare her, and directly revealed the truth!

  Mo Bei Feng looked at Mo Bei Chen with a gaze of admiration, raised the corner of his mouth and said: "I've long heard that the Second Prince of Li Country dotes on Princess Liu Li, but I didn't know it was to this extent, even in daily life, he pays attention to every little detail?!"

  Xia Tong was shocked and immediately remembered the reluctant eyes of Mu Yunsheng when he left, as well as those ordinary gifts that even she thought were unremarkable, but which were actually sent by him from a thousand miles away with deep affection!

  "He loves you!" Mu Beifeng asked her like that at the time. It turned out he had suspected it long ago!

  Mo Bei Feng couldn't help but laugh at Xia Tong's vivid expressions, and said to himself: "A man, if he isn't deeply in love, absolutely can't do this. He knows every detail of her life like the back of his hand!" He looked at her with a faint smile: "On the other hand, a woman, if there's a man willing to do so much for her, even if she doesn't love him, it's impossible for her to remain calm and unruffled, without any emotional fluctuations. Isn't that strange? If I'm not mistaken, then those gifts in the box must be all things that Liu Li likes best and is most fond of!"

  Wow! So that's how it is! Xia Tong looked at him and couldn't help but exclaim in her heart: This man isn't simple, he can see through things so easily with just a few words! Looking at him: "So you didn't suspect Lǐ Guó at all during the poisoning incident?"

  "Ah! Yes!" Mu Beifeng replied, and immediately turned the conversation around, laughing: "You little impostor, should I call you Nuwangfei's maid Xiatong or Princess Liuli? Mu Beifeng took a step closer to her, his narrow eyes slightly narrowed, and reached out to grab her pointed chin, gently lifting it up, his body leaning in close. "Tell me, shouldn't I punish you for deceiving the king?"

  His fingertips seemed to unintentionally rub back and forth on her chin, bringing a wave of numbness.

  Looking into his playful eyes, there was a hint of a sly smile! Xia Tong felt like a mouse being toyed with in the palm of someone's hand! Anger suddenly rose up in her heart, and she fiercely tilted her head to avoid her fingers, but it was no use, his hands followed her chin as it moved!

  "Kill me, then!" Xia Tong was furious! Looking at Mu Bei Feng's narrow eyes, he thought for a moment and said in a negotiating tone: "When you kill me, can you please invite the best and fastest executioner from the Southern Kingdom? Make it quick and painless, don't leave me half-dead and suffering. It would be better if I died with one stroke of the knife, wouldn't that be less painful, or not painful at all?"

  "Are you afraid of pain?" Mu Beifeng's mouth curled up in a sly and charming smile, seemingly surprised.

  "Nonsense!" Xia Tong glared at him fiercely, then looked at him, her gaze softening: "Before I die, can't you let me see Chen Yi? He's the only family I have in this world..." As she spoke, Xia Tong's voice became slightly choked, and she muttered to herself: "I'm going to die, I don't know if I'll be able to return to modern times and see my parents again!"

  Ming Qing's eyes were filled with a sorrowful expression, and Mu Bei felt a pang in her heart. She called out in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "Emperor Gege!"

  Mo Bei Feng glanced at him and turned to look at Xia Tong, who was still grieving, and smiled: "If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it long ago, and wouldn't have waited until now!"

  "So you won't kill me?" Xia Tong raised her head, looking at Mu Bei Feng, her eyes sparkling!

  "Is your courage really only this big? Mu Bei Feng gazed at her, asking in a way that avoided the question. "You weren't like this when you kicked me that time!"

  Things are going to be bad, Xia Tong's body that had just relaxed tensed up again: This guy is too vengeful, still remembering the last time. Last time she didn't know he was the emperor!

  An idea flashed through her mind, and Xia Tong was startled. Her eyes immediately scanned Mu Beifeng's lower body, and she couldn't help but blush: Was it because she had kicked him there last time? This time, he didn't kill her, but instead wanted to keep her alive to slowly torture her, to avenge the kick from last time? Thinking about this naturally, she couldn't help but break out in cold sweat: She knew that this petty man wouldn't let her off so easily!

  "Tong'er, what are you doing here?"

  A gentle voice echoed with a hint of pampering and self-indulgence, and Xia Tong's heart was overjoyed - her dust had arrived!