“Why are you afraid? Haven’t I said I’d take your life?” Fei Zuo curved his lips, full of smiles. “Fifty lashes, I’ve already been merciful.”
“Your Highness, Your Highness…” The maidservant looked up, seeing the Crown Prince wouldn’t even glance her way, and urgently begged the woman in the tree, “Miss, please intercede for this servant!”
“Ahem, well, Your Highness,” Mei Kaiye coughed, “Let it go.”
“How can it be let go?” Fei Zuo raised an eyebrow, thoroughly interested. “Failing to watch her, isn’t that dereliction of duty? I’ve always been clear about rewards and punishments.”
Mei Kaiye was speechless, her hand slipping again, her skin abrading painfully on the rough tree bark, “I won’t climb trees anymore, I want to come down!”
“Oh?” Fei Zuo glanced at her, “Admitting your mistake?”
“I was wrong!” Mei Kaiye made a tragic face, “It hurts so much.”
“Didn’t I say it? This king has always been clear about rewards and punishments. This reward is saving you.” Fei Zuo glanced at her sideways with a smile and strode away. “As for punishment, hmm, Mei Kaiye, did you hurt yourself when you fell?”
He was indeed right. After losing her memory, Mei Kaiye was like a harmless lamb, completely at his mercy. Sometimes when she resisted, it was quite interesting. She had lived here for two years. Although she still had some subconscious guard against him, it had faded. After all, he was the only person here who was familiar with her and willing to protect her.
“It doesn’t hurt, not at all!”
“Then why aren’t you getting up? Is sitting on the ground comfortable?”
Mei Kaiye was stumped and forced out, “I’m appreciating the moon. Is that not allowed?”
“Appreciating the moon?” Fei Zuo looked up at the azure sky and instructed the maidservant, “No need to give her wound medicine.”
Mei Kaiye felt aggrieved, “But my hand hurts. I’m injured.”
“Very good, Mei Kaiye. So, you’ll just hurt a bit more, lest you always treat my words like the wind passing by your ears.”
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If he won’t give it, she’ll steal it. Thinking this, Mei Kaiye smiled brightly again, “Hey! Isn’t this maidservant going to be punished?”
