Xiao An Fei set the Fox Lord down and hurriedly kowtowed before him.
"P-please be understanding, My Lord! This servant had no other choice!"
Bai Qingyue glowered at Xiao An Fei's shivering form on the ground before him. As he approached her, she felt the surrounding air grow colder and colder.
Xiao An Fei's breath became visible before her as small puffs of opaque mist.
"I can do nothing but reflect upon my failure as a ruler when it comes to the disobedience of my own subjects," Bai Qingyue finally murmured at length.
Too frightened to argue, Xiao An Fei kneeled in utter silence.
Bai Qingyue's voice, although soft, turned laden with malice. "I must have been far too benevolent in recent times, for it seems it has taken only a few days for my servants to forget exactly whose orders they should be following."
