I've Decided To Be This Tyrant's Dark Moonlight - Chapter 8

Wei Ying’s chin was held, forcing her to look up at the Emperor.

The Emperor’s fingers were icy, making her shiver.

“You’re so sick, why haven’t you gone back to rest?”

With that, Yun Shao’s handsome brows furrowed slightly. He couldn’t understand why this showgirl was so unyielding and liked to wander around.

Wei Ying only glanced at the Emperor before quickly lowering her eyes. Her long eyelashes trembled, casting a shadow on her pale face.

Yun Shao looked at her, and was a little distracted, and said softly: “If you are not feeling well, don’t walk around. Take good care of yourself.”

Fu Shou folded his sleeves and couldn’t help but look up at the girl kneeling on the ground.

His Majesty had never said such a thing to anyone before. This child didn’t look like that person back then…

Yun Shao didn’t know why he was like this.

Coming back to his senses, he withdrew his hand, rubbed his sleeves, a faint blush appeared on his pale cheeks, and he stood tall in the setting sun. He lowered his charming eyebrows and glanced at the showgirl on the ground. The girl knelt on the ground obediently, her head bowed.

Yun Shao pursed his lips.

When other concubines and showgirls saw him, they all rushed over eagerly, but this showgirl named Duan Wei Ying saw him as if he were a tiger or a wolf, and refused to look at him more than once.

Is he… that ugly?

Yun Shao subconsciously touched his cold lips, feeling a little frustrated.

However, in the eyes of others, this notoriously brutal emperor stared at Wei Ying coldly, with a fierce look on his handsome face, as if he would issue an order to have her dragged out and beheaded at any time.

Xiao Qianxue clenched her hands and thought, did Yingying offend His Majesty?

Why is His Majesty staring at her with such a terrifying look, as if he wants to devour her alive?

Fu Shou stood aside with his head lowered, also thinking that he thought His Majesty had taken a fancy to this showgirl, but it seemed he was overthinking it. Based on his many years of experience serving His Majesty, this showgirl must have inadvertently offended the Emperor, and she probably wouldn’t have many days to live.

Pity. Fu Shou thought.

Wei Ying asked the system: “Little chicken, little chicken! What kind of look is this from the dog emperor?! I just interrupted the plot a few times so he couldn’t take the female protagonist back, so there’s no need for him to want to kill me, right?!”

She felt that the dog emperor’s expression would chop her into pieces in the next second.

Gong Dou Ji: “Is this a few times?! Touch your conscience, you’ve played the emperor to the point where he’s aesthetically fatigued with the female protagonist, and you still call it a few times?”

Wei Ying: q^q

Wei Ying: This dog emperor is so petty.

Gong Dou Ji had nothing to say.

The emperor stood tall in the setting sun, pale and gloomy, with exquisite eyebrows lowered slightly.

Melancholy and sickly.

This was a very beautiful face. Many concubines and showgirls, even though they knew the emperor was brutal, couldn’t help but fall in love with him at first sight when they saw this face. So Gong Dou Ji couldn’t understand why its host was so repulsed by the dog emperor.

Bah, why was she also calling him a dog emperor now?

Wei Ying thought that kneeling like this wouldn’t work. She just showed her face in front of the emperor a few times and interrupted the emperor’s good deeds of taking the female protagonist back to the harem a few times. Although… it wasn’t a capital offense, the person opposite her was a brutal tyrant who liked to dig out people’s eyeballs. Maybe he would have a whim today and want to dig out eyeballs again.

It was terrifying.

Gong Dou Ji: I can’t see that you’re scared at all.

Wei Ying: q^q To save my life, I’ve decided to use a precious card.

Gong Dou Ji: You only have two gray cards and one green card in your hand. What’s so precious about them?

But Gong Dou Ji was very panicked now. It scanned left and right and found that there were no dangerous items like incense burners or braziers around, so it was a little relieved. It was really afraid that the host would do something terrible and end this novel prematurely.

Wei Ying took out the “Heart Flutter” card and subtly looked around: She and the dog emperor met on the palace road, which was paved with azure stone slabs, with vermilion city walls on both sides. The only living things nearby were their group of people and the horse in front of the emperor’s carriage.

Good horse.

Wei Ying thought, and with a small movement of her hand, the horse neighed.

Yun Shao was originally staring at Wei Ying in a daze, but suddenly, his heart began to beat wildly.

Thump, thump.

He heard a wonderful sound from behind him and couldn’t help but turn his head. His body trembled slightly, and his eyes widened.

In the setting sun, the tall and majestic dark horse stood tall: “Whoa!”

This horse’s name was Thunderbolt. It was a treasured horse presented as a tribute from the Northern Wastes. The legend was that it could travel a hundred miles a day. Later, Thunderbolt was assigned to the Imperial Horse Division of the Imperial Household Department to pull the emperor’s carriage.

— It was too much of a pity for it.

Yun Shao suddenly thought this and couldn’t help but walk towards Thunderbolt and stroked its dark fur.

Its long mane was scattered, the whole horse was shiny, its body was graceful and strong, and it looked like a heavenly horse descending in the setting sun.

Thump, thump.

Yun Shao’s heart fluttered, his cheeks were slightly red, and he said to Thunderbolt: “Are you willing to follow me into the harem and be my… horse!”

Three seconds passed quickly. When the emperor realized what had happened, he froze in place.

The three onlookers almost buried their heads in the ground, trying hard to pretend they hadn’t heard anything.

Yun Shao: Damn it.

Back at the Showgirl’s Quarters, Xiao Qianxue’s expression was gloomy and she didn’t look good.

Wei Ying felt a little guilty towards the original female protagonist. After all, she was now a downright vicious supporting actress, a certified CP breaker.

The power of the plot works both ways for the two protagonists. That is to say, while the dog emperor is attracted to the female protagonist, the female protagonist will also fall in love with the dog emperor.

Just now, she had opened how many blind boxes, and the female protagonist had fallen in love that many times… Every time a little bit of romance was born, she would nip it in the bud.

Wei Ying thought about it and felt very sorry for her.

However, in the original book, the female protagonist’s biggest regret was falling in love with the dog emperor at the beginning. If it weren’t for that fateful first glance, she could have lived a happy and peaceful life as before, without having to endure so much torture later.

“Yingying?” The female protagonist’s bright and moving face came closer: “Time to drink your medicine!”

Wei Ying’s small face wrinkled as she stared at the dark, bitter medicine and negotiated: “Can I not drink it?”

Xiao Qianxue: “No. Be a good girl, Yingying. You’ll get better after you drink it.”

“It won’t get better even if I drink it,” Wei Ying said in a low voice. She could only get better by completing the tasks and living like a ruthless card-drawing machine.

Xiao Qianxue thought she was feeling sorry for herself and couldn’t help but feel pity for her. She thought that Yingying had to endure the torment of illness at such a young age, which was… too pitiful. She should take more care of her in the future.

“Yingying, drink it quickly.” Xiao Qianxue’s voice softened: “You’ll sleep after you drink it. It’s not bitter at all, I’ve tasted it!”

Wei Ying was half-skeptical: “Is it really not bitter?”

Xiao Qianxue nodded seriously, with a sincere expression: “Really. I put a lot of sugar in it.”

However, as soon as the bowl of medicine entered her mouth, Wei Ying’s eyes turned red from the bitterness, and she almost spit it out. It took her a long time to recover.

Xiao Qianxue’s eyes widened: “Do you still find this bitter?”

Wei Ying: …

She was most afraid of bitterness.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her tearful eyes became watery, with a hint of red at the corners.

Xiao Qianxue tentatively took a sip of the remaining half bowl of medicine, her small face full of confusion: “It’s not bitter.”

But seeing Wei Ying’s appearance, she didn’t want to persuade her to drink the medicine anymore, so she said: “Then you should go to bed early. I’ll go light the lamp.”

She had also gotten a bag of cinnabar from the female official today, and she planned to sprinkle some at the entrance of the small courtyard, as she heard it could ward off evil!

When she was about to leave, her sleeve was gently pulled. Xiao Qianxue turned back and asked in confusion: “Yingying, is there anything else?”

The sick beauty on the bed had red eye corners, slightly furrowed brows, and said softly: “Qianxue, it’s all my fault. His Majesty has taken a liking to you several times today. If it weren’t for my useless body holding you back, Qianxue would have already been brought into the palace by His Majesty.”

With that, tears streamed from the corners of her eyes, quickly sliding down her cheeks.

Xiao Qianxue’s heart softened, and she quickly comforted her: “I don’t want to enter the palace. Yingying, don’t think too much. That animal from a few days ago…” She paused, coughed twice, and then said: “His Majesty only just slept with you, I wouldn’t want to go up to him again.”

Wei Ying pursed her lips and asked pitifully: “Really?”

“Of course it’s true!”

Wei Ying lowered her head, revealing her long, pale neck. After a moment of silence, she said: “You don’t have to lie to me. You’ve been unhappy since you came back. Isn’t it because of His Majesty?”

Xiao Qianxue was startled, hugged the pillow, and sat on the bed in a daze: “It’s because of him.”

Wei Ying’s heart sank. She leaned against the girl’s back, rested on her shoulder, and tried to tempt the female protagonist: “His Majesty has six palaces and three thousand beauties. It’s too unrealistic to want to be with him for a lifetime. Qianxue, the emperor’s heart is unpredictable. When we enter the palace, the most important thing is to protect our true hearts and never give our true love to the wrong person.”

Xiao Qianxue nodded repeatedly at first, but when she heard the last part, she frowned in confusion: “What? I didn’t give my true love to the wrong person. I’m just worried about my Little Pear Blossom.”

Wei Ying was also stunned: “What?”

Xiao Qianxue analyzed it with a clear head: “His Majesty took away Little Pear Blossom that day, and I thought he would treat it with all his heart, but look at the way he looked at that black horse today!”

Deep affection, gentle and tender.

Xiao Qianxue was filled with sorrow: “Little Pear Blossom must have fallen out of favor! What should I do, woo woo woo, Little Pear Blossom has such a fierce temper. When I raised other horses before, it would be angry and not eat grass for several days. Now His Majesty doesn’t like it anymore, woo woo woo, what should it do? Yingying, why did I get so carried away that day and give Little Pear Blossom to His Majesty?”

Wei Ying: …

She felt even more guilty.

She patted the female protagonist who was crying like a pear blossom in the rain and promised: “His Majesty will send Little Pear Blossom back if he doesn’t like it. Don’t worry.”

This was the first time Xiao Qianxue had cried since entering the palace. She was really worried about the little horse she had raised herself. When she heard this, she asked tearfully and with a muffled voice: “Really?”

Wei Ying assured her: “Really. I never lie.”

Gong Dou Ji was silent.

Xiao Qianxue threw herself on Wei Ying and cried for a long time over her little white horse. Then she thought about being away from home, and at first she was sobbing softly, but then she cried louder and more miserably. She even forgot to sprinkle the cinnabar and light the candles. When she was tired of crying, she squeezed into bed with Wei Ying and fell asleep.

When she was in a daze, she heard someone whisper in her ear: “His Majesty will definitely return Little Pear Blossom tomorrow. I promise.”

Xiao Qianxue tugged on Wei Ying’s sleeve and hummed softly. She thought that Little Pear Blossom would definitely not come back, but Yingying’s comfort made her feel much better.

Yingying is so nice.

The flickering lamplight cast a silhouette of the girl’s thin and cold side profile.

Wei Ying sat at the head of the bed, her fingers resting on Xiao Qianxue’s loose long hair, and looked at the swaying shadow on the white wall without a care. Thinking of something, she curled her lips: “System, come out.”

Gong Dou Ji: “I don’t approve of you drawing props for the female protagonist! Only a purple card can bring Little Pear Blossom over, but you should just give up, host, you won’t be able to draw one!”

Wei Ying: …

It’s not necessary to say the last sentence.

She shook her head and sighed softly: “A purple card? It would be a waste to use it like this.”

Gong Dou Ji: You’re actually a bad luck player, right?

Wei Ying took out the two remaining cards, one gray “Lustful Intentions” and one green “Dream Lover.” As the name suggests, “Dream Lover” can make you appear in a designated person’s dream. In Gong Dou Ji’s many years of dedicated service, the host would usually use it on herself, in conjunction with the “love at first sight” with the emperor during the day, to meet again in a dream at night, in order to make the emperor obsessed with her.

But now, as it looked at the faint smile on Wei Ying’s lips, it suddenly started to feel nervous.

“Host, there’s something I don’t know if I should say or not.”

Wei Ying: “Say it.”

Gong Dou Ji: “Help—me—!”

…

That night, Yun Shao had a very strange dream.

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