As Ren Shou hid his face on his sleeve, the Ministers all looked at him with pity.
They know the feeling. But too bad, they had been staring at him for almost an hour now. They already see what's all there to see. The mighty general in the battlefield, tsk tsk, there's no way to replace any more image than him laying on the casket beautifully with her bright dress and requisite makeup.
There's no way to revive the Great General, who was unsurpassable on the battlefield.
"Hey, are you crying? Was it that bad? It is called cross-dressing. There is even a professional job for this." Liam whispered to Ren Shou to comfort him.
"That's not the case. Why Wangfei? Did I mistreat you to get revenge like this to me?" Ren Shou felt betrayed. He had trusted his Wangfei. His belief that women could not be trusted was getting stronger. A woman was a scary creature.
"..." Liam reflected on herself. Was it that terrible? She looked at the Ministers who still had dark faces all this time.
There's no question about it. It was awful. However, she doesn't even feel guilty about it as she was having fun.
Besides, she was creating history, together with her list.
But since she decides to treat this young man sincerely and 'kindly,' Liam pacified Ren Shou.
"Sorry, husband. I promise I will return this favor to you. Just let me pass this one, okay?" She spoked softly on his ears.
Ren Shou was still feeling bad. He was a mighty general that haven't been seduced by any women, nor even touched by them, except the maids- and ehem- recently his Wangfei. However, he still unconsciously laid down his guard and let himself be tricked. He passed out in a single flick of a woman's finger. It's a big blow in the General's pride.
"Husband? Let me play this once. It is just crucial for me to successfully played out this event. So help me with this? 'Please.' " Liam had never begged before. But since the Liam Drevaline had died and the inner Liam who behaved naughtily had been let out free, Liam had no qualms in begging like this. She treated it as a part of her 'evolution.'
Ren Shou did not answer and drowned in self-pity and how women were creatures that shouldn't be trusted.
Liam glanced at her surrounding. The Ministers took this chance to stopped dancing and watched the show of how the great couple would fight here and then.
The Emperor and the Empress find their little argument more interesting than the 'Princesses' dancing with their Princes.
Liam sighed. She gently touched Ren Shou's head. She combed his hair with her fingers.
"My Princess, do not fret anymore. I apologize for doing such fraudulent acts against you. " Liam started. Since these people wanted a show, she would give them one. Until they cringed in this romantic episode.
But most importantly, she needs to let Ren Shou agree to her. It would be wrong if her husband would hold a grudge against her for this, keep her daily food, and stop sending servants that would massage her. That would be really bad. She still planned to live leisurely.
Ren Shou cringed at Liam's doting tone. Was she talking to a child? And what's with her words?
Ren Shou got more pissed about it.
"This prince committed such a grievous sin. I am willing to pay with my life. I promised, my princess, I will fetch the stars and the moon for you if you wanted to. You are the love of my life." Liam's voice was sweet and filled with gentleness. However, Ren Shou was getting more annoyed the more she talked about this nonsense.
"My heart only beats for you-" The hand that was combing Ren Shou's hair was caught by a tight grip. Ren Shou grabbed Liam's hand to stop it from combing his hair.
"Are you really sincere to everything you said?" Ren Shou faced her and spoke these words seriously. His dark eyes were looking right through her.
Thump.
Liam's heart skipped a beat. She was stunned. For a moment, Ren Shou gives off an otherworldly aura that she couldn't explain. His eyes made her scared for a moment.
She stared at him. His eyes were now reflecting that he was hurt. In his dark pool, only her figure was reflected.
"I'm sorry. I went too far." Liam said she was a bit out of herself. She stood up.
It was enough. This party was enough. She had enough fun with the Ministers. She had made them cross-dressed, and she made this general wear a princess gown.
There's no need to pushed them too far.
(A/n: ehem. You already pushed them far, okiee )
Liam faced the crowd who only lacked popcorn. She smiled at them. She recovered the gentle prince from before.
"Let's have a meal now." She flicked her finger.
The servants who still wore that strange outfit came out with plates of food.
A sumptuous dinner was served.
******
The Emperor watched everything unfold in his eyes.
The dinner's serving was quite unusual, but surprisingly, he had like it. According to Lady Ren, this recipe came from the West.
There was a short play about a girl who helped a wolf eat her grandma. After the wolf ate the girl's grandma, the wolf pretended to be her grandma to eat the girl. The Emperor's takeaway was that you should be careful to the people around you; you might not know where they will stab you back and consume you' (A/n: that's how he understood it. )
The Emperor doesn't want to be the little girl, nor does he want to be the wolf who would be ruined in the end.
He glanced at Ren Shou, who now changed back to a General's outfit. This thorn needed to be removed soon. Then he looked at his weapon, Lady Ren, who was still in that strange clothing.
His eyes had a glint of doubt in them.
Nevertheless, people who schemed against him would receive retribution from the heavens and from him. He would try to see how this woman would kill Ren Shou, then her ending will soon come.
And if this weapon he had groomed could not do that, he would just kill the two of them in one blow.