Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Sessful Rut Festival (II)
"On this warm winter day, we gather to celebrate His Majesty''s sess in oveing his rut. There is no death this year, so I want all of you to have a joyful winter until next year. You may eat as much as you want at the banquet for the next five days, andstly... I want you to cheer for our King! Long live the Beast King!"
"Long live the Beast King!"
"Long live the Beast King!"
"Long live the Beast King!"
All the soldiers followed the cheers as they were once again drowned in euphoria. Gale didn''t expect his beloved to suddenly start cheering his name, so he asked, "I asked you to open the celebration because I want you to be cheered by everyone."
"But you said that you and I are the same. That means, when they cheer for you, they also cheer for me," Swan giggled.
"Well, yes, but..." Gale felt helpless, but he couldn''t help but lightly pinch her now- chubbier cheek before chuckling, "You really know how to surprise me, wife."
"Of course, that''s why I''m your wife."
Everyone on the castle grounds was busy celebrating by either drinking, eating, or just talking with each other. However, there were two people who secretly wished this was just another mourning day, just likest year.
Lady Jade crossed her arms and nced at Alice, the bunny maid who stood behind Long Xiurong as her attendant. They exchanged nces and had a tacit understanding of what to do next.
Jade had spent her week perfecting the odorless and tasteless poison that would slowly kill someone if it had been digested for at least a whole week.
The victim would start feeling weak all over, followed by constant nausea and diarrhea, then the victim wouldn''t be able to get up from the bed and would keep vomiting and defecating on the bed until she died of unknown cause.
Jade made sure that the poison would be undetectable, that even Matoa, the miracle doctor who helped Gale, wouldn''t be able to detect this poison, because Jade was the one who created it.
''I spent days and nights perfecting this poison, but I don''t want to risk failing this one mission. It would get significantly harder to kill Swan if she could somehow detect the poison with her magic,'' Jade thought. She nodded at Alice, silently telling her to proceed with their initial n.
Jade secretly handed Alice a small bottle of the poisonst night, and she instructed her to feed Long Xiurong a drop of the poison on her drink every day to see the effect.
Alice nodded, as she had prepared the poison vial in her pocket. She just needed the right time to put it in Long Xiurong''s drink without making it too obvious.
Thus, she kindly asked, "Mdy, do you want a drink? I can bring you any drink you want. Since this celebration is in winter, most of the drinks are served hot. Or if you want, you can also drink alcohol to warm yourself up."
Long Xiurong shook her head, "Not in the mood. I just had my tea before I came here," she replied. "I''ll go and meet with Princess Swan first. I want to congratte them personally."
Long Xiurong sauntered towards the Beast King and Princess Swan, leaving Alice frustrated because she kept getting a cold shoulder.
Long Xiurong stood in front of Gale and Swan, and bowed politely, following the custom from the Eastern Long Dynasty.
"I''m here to congratte you both, Your Majesty, Princess Swan. I am happy that you two can safely
return. hope the Kingdom of
Beastmen will continue to prol
and hope that I can be given the chance to see it flourish until my old days because I''ve seen this kingdom as my new home now."
What Long Xiurong meant was obvious. She hoped that neither the Beast King nor the Princess would kick her out of the castle because she truly had nowhere to go.
Gale didn''t take this kindly, as he remembered how Long Xiurong had a ridiculous request of wanting to get pregnant with his offspring because she thought that Swan was infertile.
He didn''t tell Swan about this, because Swan seemed to have a very good opinion of her. But seeing her boldly asking to be spared, so she could stay in the castle made him ufortable.
However, he said nothing as he waited for Swan''s response.
As expected, Swan responded amicably, "Thank you for your blessing, Lady Long. You''ve been sent to the Kingdom of Beastmen as His Majesty''s bride, so this castle is your second home."
Long Xiurong nced at the Beast King whose expression soured when Princess Swan mentioned the word ''bride''. She understood his grievance and had no intention of chasing him anymore.
She knew that the Beast King wouldn''t give a damn if she got sent back to the Eastern Long Dynasty and died, but what she needed was Princess Swan''s blessing, not his.
Thus, she bowed for the second
time and said, "I may be sent to be His Majesty''s bride, and I expected myself to be part of the harem.. However, from what I observed, there is no harem to begin with, Princess. His Majesty is undoubtedly yours, and I have no reason to challenge your status as his only wife. I merely hope that you are kind enough to let me stay, that is all."
Swan was taken aback by Long Xiurong''s response. She looked at her husband and saw that Gale had that sneering expression. Even under that blindfold, Swan could guess what kind of eyes Gale made.
Gale was staring down at Long Xiurong as if she was nothing but a nuisance, or even worse, he treated her the same way he treated the servants.
"Gale, Lady Long is your wife too," Swan reminded, but Gale scoffed as he wanted to make it clear from now on.
"I never asked for another bride. It was all Jade''s idea. She can stay in our castle
as long as she wants as a guest. I''ll give her all the amenities and attendant, but she should know her ce."