[014] The Burning Affection in His Eyes
“Li Yaoyao, who gave you the audacity to touch someone in my palace?”
Li Luoluo appeared silently, like a fearsome demon from hell. In her hand, a long whip studded with spikes seemed to take on a life of its own. Each lash drew blood as it struck Li Yaoyao’s face and body.
When the whip snapped back, it tore both skin and flesh, sending chills down the spines of those witnessing the scene.
The Crown Princess was terrifying, yet inexplicably, those who watched felt a sense of satisfaction.
After all, Li Yaoyao had bullied them before and knew how to provoke the Crown Princess, earning herself such punishment.
Now, watching Li Luoluo whip her, the onlookers felt an odd sense of relief. They were collectively stunned, and no one dared step forward to stop her.
“Ah… Li Luoluo! You wretched woman! How dare you ruin the princess’s face? The Empress will never forgive you!”
Li Yaoyao was in such pain that even breathing became difficult. She couldn’t believe Li Luoluo would be so cruel.
At this moment, Li Yaoyao finally understood why her father had warned her—but it was already too late.
Li Luoluo cast a sidelong glance at the bloodied Li Yaoyao, her catlike pupils narrowing dangerously. “Li Yaoyao, you dare seduce someone in my palace? Do you even deserve it?”
“This time, I’ve only punished you lightly.”
Her gaze sharpened as she looked at the trembling attendants around them, her voice commanding: “Are you all dead? Why aren’t you driving this mad dog out of Xiaoyao Palace immediately?”
She was satisfied with the effect. She wanted those spies lurking in the shadows to understand the consequences of provoking her—could they handle it?
The attendants shivered in fear, kneeling in droves, then rose cautiously and saluted: “Your Highness, we will immediately expel this mad dog from Xiaoyao Palace.”
Without mercy, they dragged Li Yaoyao, who was in unbearable pain, out like a dead animal and threw her from the palace, quickly shutting the gates behind her.
Then they retreated to hide, afraid of incurring Li Luoluo’s wrath.
But no one anticipated what would happen next. Enduring the excruciating pain, Li Yaoyao swiftly threw a cyan-colored vial, shattering it. The colorless, odorless mist inside rapidly spread toward Li Luoluo, Hua Qingcheng, Tuoba Jinghao, Huo Sinen, and Zhonghua.
Li Luoluo didn’t notice immediately. When she did, the sensation of her clothes sticking to her and the burning heat radiating through her body filled her with a sense of foreboding.
In the next moment, Hua Qingcheng’s already seductive eyes shimmered with a dazzling glow as he stared at Li Luoluo, his voice sending a strange warmth into her ears: “Your Highness, please… pamper me, won’t you?”
“I promise I won’t be worse than Beiming Ye.”
“Look, even my beast form is better looking, isn’t it?”
His desire for Li Luoluo had reached its peak, his eagerness to claim her utterly obvious.
Li Luoluo’s remaining rationality warned her: this wasn’t real. They were all Li Yaoyao’s admirers, but in truth, she grabbed Hua Qingcheng by the collar, pinning him against the wall, her catlike pupils glinting with mischief.
“Hua Qingcheng, don’t try your handsome-man trick on me, or I’ll turn it against you!”
Her body burned more intensely, and she knew she needed a man as her antidote. She cursed herself for falling into Li Yaoyao’s vicious scheme.
She understood Li Yaoyao’s hatred born of love: believing that Hua Qingcheng, Tuoba Jinghao, Huo Sinen, and others didn’t love Li Luoluo but only her. Since they wouldn’t help eliminate her, Li Yaoyao sought to ruin them, forcing them to couple with those they despised, living the rest of their lives in disgust.
Hua Qingcheng, stunned by the Crown Princess speaking such saccharine words, was slightly disoriented under the influence of the drug: “Your Highness, I have a secret… I want to tell you mouth to mouth.”
His fox-like eyes narrowed seductively. He had decided—this woman was his!
In just a few hours, she had stunned his entire world.
“Though you’re annoying, Your Highness, in my eyes, you are charming and endlessly captivating.”
Li Luoluo’s unique fragrance filled his senses, heating his breath, making him struggle to control himself. Just as he felt the urge to press her to the ground, his mind flashed, and the words slipped out.
Under Li Luoluo’s stunned gaze, Hua Qingcheng’s crude, cheesy lines flowed relentlessly: “I want to become your shower gel, moisturizing every corner of you!”
The affection in his eyes burned like fire, his heart racing wildly. He was determined.
“Li Luoluo, I don’t know how to be good; I only know how to be bad. But now, I just want to be your beloved.”
“Has your heart emptied? Can I enter?”
Faced with such a stunning man and under the drug’s influence, Li Luoluo found it difficult to resist—and she didn’t want to. She was the Crown Princess, after all.
She admitted she wanted to surrender.
Rather than suffering, she wanted to enjoy the present moment.
Hua Qingcheng was overjoyed. With no hesitation, he gently moved his hands, taking full control of Li Luoluo, and held her close.
Her petite body was soft and fragrant, just as he had imagined. Her peach-colored lips enticed him utterly.
“Your Highness, my heart has never belonged to anyone else. Only schemes. But now, my heart is entirely open to you.”
“No one has occupied my heart before. From now on, it’s only you!”
His warm breath, carrying a captivating scent, brushed past her ears and reached her nose.
Li Luoluo’s dark, catlike eyes lit up like stars at his intoxicating presence.
Hua Qingcheng couldn’t resist kissing her lips, lowering his voice to whisper tenderly in her ear: “Your Highness, today you make me want to fall onto you and never get up again.”
His body ached intensely in desire.
Li Luoluo, intoxicated by Hua Qingcheng’s passionate declarations, gazed at him burning with desire.
His deep, fiery eyes made her feel as though he wanted to absorb every cell of her being.
“Your Highness~~~”
Hua Qingcheng’s Adam’s apple bobbed as a hoarse, smoke-like voice escaped his throat.
“Hua Qingcheng, it’s not too late to regret this!”
“If you become mine, and dare get close to another woman, I will personally kill you!”
“Are you afraid of someone like me?”
Li Luoluo’s reason teetered on the edge. Facing such a breathtaking man’s temptation, she truly could not resist—and she did not want to. She was, after all, the Crown Princess.
