"Empress Dowager, Ling'er feels... much better."
Little Ling'er raised her exquisitely crafted porcelain doll-like face, her lips curling into a relieved smile, her small hand tightly gripping Qin Yu's palm, as if afraid that this warm touch would vanish in an instant.
"Much better?!"
The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up, her gaze landing on Qin Yu.
"This..."
Feeling the Empress Dowager's gaze, Qin Yu felt a tightness in his chest, as if sitting on pins and needles.
He had just convinced a Flame Guard.
Now, holding the princess's little hand, wouldn't the Empress Dowager kill him?!
Moreover, if this were to reach the ears of the Great Yan Empress... the consequences could be unimaginable!
He had learned from Yan Yu that the princess was the Empress's most cherished sister.
If the Empress were to find out, his fate would likely be extremely miserable, suffering through all eighteen tortures a hundred times each.
Qin Yu wanted to withdraw his hand.
