Blood-Sucking Empress

Chapter 47: Confessing to Everything

“….Sang Zixin, you really do not know?”

“Ah! Your Majesty, how do you know my real name?!” When Sang Zixin heard his real name come out of the Empress’ mouth, his heart nearly stopped beating.
He had always believed that this secret was well hidden, why would the Empress know? “Empress, since when did you know?”

“Hmph, if zhen did not know your true identity, do you think you could have stayed in the Imperial palace?” She hadn’t planned on choosing anyone at the time.
If it wasn’t because the other party was another country’s spy and had piqued her interest, and she allowed him to stay, then wouldn’t this man really think of her as a womanizer then!

Sang Zixin’s condition had just taken a turn for the better, but his recovered complexion turned ashen as he knelt on the ground, his whole body trembling and his eyes were full of despair.
It turned out to be like this.
No wonder the Empress had treated him this way.
It turned out that she had known about his identity from the very beginning and he had naively thought that he had concealed it well, absolutely ridiculous.

“I am a spy sent by the Sang Empire.
If you want to kill me or cut off my flesh as punishment, I will leave it all up to the Empress to decide.” At this moment, he did not know what else to say besides this.

Kill or cut off flesh as punishment? If she really wanted to kill him, did she really have to wait until now?

“Where is the sachet of poison that Sang Ziling gave to you?” She no longer wanted to beat around the bush.

This time, Sang Zixin was so taken aback that he did not know how to act surprised any more and he finally understood the situation completely in his heart.
The Empress had long known everything, and he was but just a ridiculous toy to play around with.

“Threw it away.” He had found a place in the Imperial garden and buried it.
After all, it was poison, he could not just carelessly throw it away.

“Then what about the poison left within your own body?” She was not surprised that he had thrown it away.

“…” Sang Zixin remained silent.
Did she really want him to say that he was not afraid of death and that even after a long internal battle, he had decided he would never poison the Empress? He did not want to see that, let alone see the Empress’ disdainful gaze!

“Ha, foolish!” Even if Sang Zixin did not say a word, she also knew what he was thinking.
This poor little thing had made it stupidly clear that he wanted to wait for death.
She really did not know what to say to him.
Was he kind or was he a fool?

“Yes, this servant is foolish and has never been smart, but what should this servant do? Would poisoning your Majesty really get me the antidote in return?” Sang Zixin felt deeply aggrieved.
Facing such a choice, what could he do? There was no choice from the start.

“Of course you could have done so, why did you not?” Looking at Sang Zixin’s pitiful and aggrieved expression, she felt that he really began to fit the “poor little thing” image even more.

“…” Hearing the Empress’ question, Sang Zixin’s heart felt even more uncomfortable.
Why had she asked? Of course he would not poison her.
Even if they were merely a stranger, he would not harm them, let alone her.

Since childhood, apart from his father, only this person was willing to give him a little warmth and affection.
Even if such warmth was accompanied by unbearable banter and teasing, if he had a choice, he would rather play the part of the joker and hope to stay by her side.
He did not care about the rest, as long as he could receive a little warmth, that was good enough.

“Why aren’t you answering?” Upon getting responded with silence, Qianhe Liyou felt a little strange, especially when she saw Sang Zixin’s face.
It made her suspect that there was something she did not understand.

Sang Zixin’s face changed colors multiple times when asked.
First, his face turned a pale, ashen white, and then he blushed for a while.
After hesitating for a long time, he seemed to have come to a certain decision and he weakly replied: “The Empress treats this servant very well, and this servant will never harm your Majesty.” Since he did not have much time to live, he might as well take the opportunity to say what he was thinking.
He gritted his teeth and went on to say: “This servant is very grateful to the Empress.
Although it was not on my own will to come and live here, I am grateful to those people.
They allowed me to come here and live such a relaxed and happy life.
Especially, they let me meet someone who treats me very well…”

Sang Zixin looked at the Empress, and the so-called “good” person in his words was self-evident.
Now, it was Qianhe Liyou’s turn to be astounded…

Good to him? Was this person really talking about her? Did she treat him well? She was truly suspicious! But, the others’ eyes and actions made her feel that this person was indeed herself.

“Sang Zixin, the person you said is good to you, is this person zhen?” Qianhe Liyou decided she had to ask for a clear answer.

Sang Zixin gently nodded and explained, “In my memory, only my father was kind to me.
But, my father has long passed away and you have treated me well.
Although, on the outside, you seem a little, a little…but you treat your people well, and this servant can clearly see that.”

“Just where did you get the notion that zhen is a good person?” She did not believe she was a good person, just where did this man determine that from?

“You have never beaten or scolded this servant.
You never punish randomly and even give this servant soup to drink, allowing this servant to dine with you.
Besides treating this servant well, you also are kind and treat others well, such as the King Dowager, the King Consort and the other people in the harem.”

When he had spent time with the Empress these past few days, he truly felt this way.
While the Empress seemed cold, in fact, this person was very gentle.
The Empress had never been angry, nor had she punished any palace attendants without reason.
She was different from those he had met before.

This little pitiful thing was truly innocent, and if he thought that she was good based on these alone, then if she really treated him better, wouldn’t he just give his heart to her at this point?

Giving one’s heart, Qianhe Liyou suddenly thought of this possibility.
She carefully observed Sang Zixin’s expression and saw that his face seemed to be flushed and that he seemed a little embarrassed.
Perhaps it was possible that he had these types of thoughts.

“Do you like zhen?” Qianhe Liyou never curbed back what she said, always saying whatever came to mind.
She was always straightforward in these types of situations.

Sang Zixin’s eyes widened and his face turned redder and he was at a loss on how to answer.

“Answer zhen!” Although the expression was basically equivalent to the answer, she still wanted to hear him say this word of love.
And she hated this word, so she should investigate these types of things thoroughly.

“Empress, with someone of your caliber, all men like you right? This servant knows that he is of lowly status and is a citizen of the Sang Empire, undeserving to like you at all.
Empress, why must your Majesty ask this servant like this?”

The Empress was extremely beautiful, and her aura was all the more terrifying, domineering, elegant and distinguished and capable.
In his eyes, the Empress was simply a perfect existence, how could he not admire him?”

“And that is what it means to like someone? Pitiful thing, you… It was truly foolish, just because he had fallen in love with her, he would rather die than poison her.
If this wasn’t stupid than what was it? But, seeing his already pitiful state, she couldn’t bear to say this “stupid” word any longer, “Get up, zhen will summon a Imperial Physician to detoxify your poison.
You will be fine, but do not act so foolishly in the future.”

She had injected her spiritual energy into his body, temporarily suppressing the raging poison.
But, to completely detoxify it, other methods were needed.
She didn’t know if the poor little thing’s poison would be easy to detoxify.
If the Imperial Physician was unsuccessful, she could only detoxify him using her own blood.

What a zombie cared about the most was his own blood, that was where their spiritual energy resided, especially the spiritual essence flowing in the blood near the aterties.
This essence could dissolve and detoxify any type of poison, so she was not worried about the poison in the little poor thing’s body.

From beginning to the end, she had never thought about letting this poor little thing die, especially after she heard those types of words.
But after hearing that, how should she arrange for him now?