Rebirth: The paranoid war king was controlled by the crazy female protagonist

She vaguely sensed that he seemed angry. Could it be because of Aoi...

"Why don't you fight back?"

Xiao Yanqing's question interrupted her thoughts.

"She is no match for you." He reminded her again not to try to find any excuses.

"Because she belongs to His Highness, and I have said that I will not cause any trouble for His Highness." This answer is very reasonable.

"So, you just let her bully you?" He obviously didn't believe what she did.

"No, she just has someone she loves and is unwilling to accept it. There's nothing wrong with that."

He noticed that she was vaguely changing the subject in her words, and she didn't care at all. She even defended Aoi Yue, which was not how she should behave. At least this was the conclusion he came to after getting along with her.

Unless Kuiyue can bring her some kind of benefit or value.

Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and forced her to get closer, "Jiang Qingyu, did you do this on purpose?"

"You're not the kind of person who would swallow your anger when you're bullied."

She curved her brows and met his gaze calmly.

"Then how do you think I did it on purpose? Did I guess that Miss Kuiyue would come to bully me today? Did I guess that Your Highness would come today? Did I guess that Your Highness would catch me from behind? And thus achieve some purpose?"

"Haha, Your Highness, is this the answer you want to hear?" She chuckled and did not back down because of his pressing tone.

He knew that this was simply impossible. There was no evidence and no answers. When facing her, he always felt an uncontrollable confusion that made him entangled.

"Does Your Highness want me to fight back?" she asked in confusion.

"If she bullies you, of course you can." He stared straight into her eyes. He wanted to know what she was thinking.

"If she died, wouldn't you feel bad?"

"I just asked you to fight back, not to kill her."

"Your Highness knows that if I fight back, she will die." As she said these words, her eyebrows gradually lowered, gloomy, and cold.

She couldn't give an explanation. She felt disgusted by Aoi's existence. She didn't deny that she wanted her to die.

Just as he was about to continue asking, he suddenly noticed the bruises remaining on her arms.

He was stunned, loosened his hand, and looked carefully. It was clearly a new wound on top of the old one. Although it was very shallow, he still found it.

"What is this?" He frowned slightly.

She responded calmly, a small smile on her lips, "As I told you, Your Highness, I hate to be patient."

"Patience of what?" He didn't understand what exactly she meant.

“Everything I want to do but can’t do.”

"what's up?"

This time she chose to remain silent, and he could see that she didn't want to speak.

He pursed his lips, very unhappy with her attitude, "I will arrange your next tasks after we go back. From now on, you cannot have any injuries on your body, otherwise, I will find someone to watch you all the time."

She took back his loosened hand and took off her sleeve, wondering why he was so angry.

"Okay, I'll be obedient."

After a moment of silence, she seemed to remember something.

"Why did His Highness come to pick me up?"

"Wen Shu is in the military camp today." He responded coldly.

"I see." She smiled faintly, and faced with this answer, she did not ask any more questions.

……

After returning home, they came to the house and found that they were the only ones there.

"Jiang Qingyu, listen carefully to what I am going to say next." He looked at her.

"Okay, Your Highness, please speak."

"In the Oiran Contest in five days, I want you to take this position."

She pursed her slightly red lips. She knew her own strength and this was difficult.

Seeing that she didn't respond, "It seems you already know."

"Your Highness, why do I have to get this position?"

"Jiang Qingyu, you have no choice." He didn't intend to tell her now.

"Your Highness thinks I will succeed?"

"You don't seem to have confidence?"

"I know my own abilities. I've seen the performances at Huanxiang Pavilion, and among all the dancers performing there, my chances of winning are slim." She admitted the possibility of her success in this mission.

Jiang Qingyu is good at analyzing victory and defeat, and analyzing the value of benefits that can be gained from failure. However, it seems now that she doesn't know what she will gain from this competition.

"What if I want you to get it?"

She lowered her eyes, "I can try, but I'm not absolutely sure."

"Jiang Qingyu, you know my purpose." He curled the corners of his lips.

"Your Highness's ultimate goal is to have me return to the Jiang Mansion, but I don't understand what this has to do with the Oiran?"

"What would happen if you went back to the Jiang Mansion now?"

"I will be questioned, punished, and imprisoned." She breathed calmly, as if this was a common occurrence.

"You know it very well, so you need to..." He guided her step by step. With her intelligence, she would definitely find a way.

She was stunned, her eyes moved slightly, and she got the answer in her mind, "Value."

"Yes."

"One that will not pose a threat, nor make him willing to abandon your value at will." He affirmed again.

“Now, do you have confidence?”

At this moment, his stern brows seemed to steady her heart.

Her expression also showed her determination, "Haha, I understand, Your Highness."

"I won't lose."

Jiang Qingyu's experience has never disappeared from her memory. It was the Jiang family who dragged her into the devil's lair step by step and destroyed her life.

Getting rid of Jiang Zhuo is revenge for her original self in this body, and it is also what she must do.

"Very good, looking forward to your performance."

At this moment, Qing Yu looked up at him, "Your Highness, thank you."

At this moment, he saw her true self under her black pupils again, "Why?"

Why? She knew that this was a cumbersome strategy for Xiao Yanqing, and it was not the only option. There was only one possibility, which was to reach a long-term cooperation deal with her, and this kind of cooperation had a prerequisite, that is, she must survive.

If she lived within people's sight, Jiang Zhuo would not dare to take the risk of getting rid of her, so she was very grateful for his expectation. Regardless of whether there was exploitation or not, at least he wanted her to survive.

"Haha. Anyway, thank you, Your Highness." Her truest emotion disappeared in an instant.

"Then I'm going to rest."

Before he could respond, she was gone. She ran away again, as she always did when he was about to catch her.

He felt that the gratitude just now was genuine, but why?

At night, she curled up in bed with a dagger in her hand, and she felt her burning heart beating unbearably.

Xiao Yanqing's expectation, concern, and smile echoed in her mind again and again, but she didn't know what it was.

She knew that she needed his expectations, more and more. She wanted to be close to him, to understand him, and to understand the heart that beat for it.

"Xiao Yanqing, hehe..." She chanted his name.

Has everything been different since the first time he accompanied me?