Liu Hui Ying's face started to grow paler with each passing second.
"My queen, what is wrong?" Zhai Tianyu saw that there was something wrong with her right.
Liu Hui Ying's face turned paler, and she bit her fingertip. She was about to draw a talisman to temporarily seal the endless murderous aura, but as soon as she mobilised the spiritual energy in her body, it was immediately drained away at a rate that was way faster than she could recollect it. Her legs started to shake, and she almost lost her balance. But as soon as she stumbled back, a pair of strong arms caught her.
The man's deep and worried voice rang out from behind. "Are you alright?"
"I am fine." Liu Hui Ying's expression was calm, but her head was, in fact, a mess as her gaze fell on the man standing behind her. She clenched her fists at the sight of the great temptation in front of her. As long as she could take some spiritual energy from the man, she would be fine.
But—
She looked at the little rashes that were appearing on her skin. She could not —she could never touch a man.
"I am fine," she said, pushing the man away and speaking through gritted teeth. But her head was already in a mess as she could feel her elder sister slowly rising to prominence. If this went on, then it wouldn't take long for her elder sister to take over her body. She vaguely felt in her heart that there was something wrong. Although her sister had often targeted this spiritual pill, Liu Hui Ying had a good idea that this time it had something more to do with bullying Zhai Tianyu.
Of course, it was also because her sister was filled with greed.
Zhai Tianyu looked at the woman in front of him and frowned hard. "You obviously don't look good. How about this? I will take you back to the courtyard to rest." However, as soon as he reached out to hold the woman again, Liu Hui Ying suddenly jumped into his arms. Her actions caught him off guard, and he stumbled on his feet, falling hard on his back as the surface of the roof hit him.
"My Queen, what are you—"
Zhai Tianyu began, but then his breath hitched when he saw the eyes of the woman lying on top of him. "Si…Sister?"
Dark eyes with not the smallest white within them, along with the dark red glow. That alone was enough to make him shiver as he looked at the woman. He knew that this was Liu Hui Ying's elder sister. The evil spirit that had been trapped within Liu Hui Ying's body.
"Sister...what's the matter? Do…don't kill me… we can talk things through," said Zhai Tianyu. He did not know why Liu Hui Ying's elder sister had suddenly made an appearance, but he knew that it must be because she was angry at him for something. Usually, she only appeared when Liu Hui Ying was really angry and lost control of her rationality. But he was also confused. What was going on? Why did this evil spirit suddenly appear for no reason? He did not recall angering Liu Hui Ying tonight.
However, the spirit did not say anything. She simply stared at him as if he were a juicy piece of meat that she wanted to eat, and that only made Zhai Tianyu gulp. Well, he was indeed a skilled martial artist, but he was also an ordinary man. He did not have the skills to fight an evil spirit. Especially not a spirit that was so strong that it could make his knees go weak. Even Liu Hui Ying did not have the slightest bit of idea what to do with her elder sister.
This was the reason why she was keeping the evil spirit locked within her and was using her own body as a vessel.
"Let's…let's talk about this matter…" Zhai Tianyu raised his hands in the air. He no longer dared to touch Liu Hui Ying. Maybe the woman got angry because he touched her? That would explain why her sister suddenly made an appearance.
Since that was the case, he might as well keep his hands to himself.
When he saw that the woman was not speaking, Zhai Tianyu continued speaking, "I did not touch her because I wanted to, but because I had no choice. She was about to fall back; you saw it, right? I mean…of course you saw it. There is no way you did not see it. You were right inside of her when she fell. Right, right?" Zhai Tianyu made his voice sound as convincing as possible, but the woman never spoke. That only made the entire thing even more eerie and awkward.
"No?" he squeaked.
For the first time in his life, he felt trapped. What was he supposed to do in this situation where he was trapped by an evil spirit? And that, too, who was supposed to be his sister-in-law?
Zhai Tianyu did not know a lot of things, but he had a very good feeling that his sister-in-law did not like him even the slightest bit. And since she was the one holding him down, there was a very good chance that his life was at risk. He did not dare to act presumptuously in front of his dead sister-in-law. Since she was being silent, he could only shut his mouth as well.
Since I cannot do anything, I might as well lie down and take whatever is coming at me. Zhai Tianyu thought and decided to play dead. Lest the spirit decide to kill him, then he might as well close his eyes and let nature take its course.
Worst comes to worst, he would simply ask the spirit to let him write his will. At least he would somehow promote his elder brother to the position where he would take care of the throne. But the pain that he was waiting for never came.
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