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Chapter 44 Your Highness, please punish me.

Riley came to see Scarlett about the treatment room.

After Scarlett left, he reviewed the surveillance footage from the treatment room and discovered that a female named Bessie had been looking around and frequently glancing at the camera while Scarlett was in danger.

Her hands were on the table.

The pen beside him fell to the ground for no apparent reason, making that fatal sound.

However, the surveillance footage did not explicitly show that Bessie dropped the pen.

then.

Riley then looked up her information.

The most important piece of information shows that Bessie and a servant who was expelled from the Herda Palace three years ago are siblings.

This is a dangerous sign and we must be wary of it.

Interstellar females are precious and should not be disposed of casually. This is a good reason to help Scarlett protect herself from danger.

Therefore, he suggested that Scarlett execute Bessie directly.

Scarlett paused for a few seconds, a look of horror flashing in her eyes. "Execute her outright? That's too harsh. There's no concrete evidence that she dropped the pen. It's better to investigate more thoroughly before making a decision."

"Your Highness, this is not a case to be solved; no evidence is needed."

"Her presence would be detrimental to Your Highness; that is the best verdict."

Riley lowered his eyes, his tone was calm, but what he said sent a chill down Scarlett's spine.

Scarlett looked up at him, her brow furrowed, her expression turning serious. "Riley, we're discussing a human life, not just the weather. We can't be so casual!"

"Your Highness."

Riley looked into Scarlett's eyes, her dark green depths swirling with a pure, ethereal light. "You are the most noble female of the Oran Rosa Empire. Anything that poses a danger to you should be eliminated immediately!"

"Railley!"

Scarlett shouted, but before she could finish speaking, Riley suddenly knelt down in front of her.

too suddenly.

Scarlett was so frightened that she took a step back.

Seeing Scarlett retreat, Riley crawled forward on his knees, taking two steps closer. He raised his head, his gaze intense: "Your Highness, as your beastly husband, I have put you in danger and should beg for forgiveness. Now that someone has been found to have acted improperly towards you, yet I am unable to deal with it, my crime is compounded. Since Your Highness is unwilling to punish her, then please punish me first."

With each sentence Riley spoke, he would take two steps forward, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp, greedy, and focused with each approach.

He looked at Scarlett as if she were prey he had long awaited and was about to feast on.

But when he spoke, his expression was so devout, like a prayerful person asking his god for forgiveness.

A balance of tension and relaxation.

To bring him and Scarlett closer together.

Scarlett was completely unaware.

He stared blankly at Riley.

Until Riley came to her side, took her hand, pressed his forehead against the back of her hand, and his low, husky voice was like sand rolled by a heat wave—dreamy, soft, and alluring—making Scarlett's ears turn red.

He said, "Your Highness, please punish me."

The atmosphere is somewhat ambiguous.

Scarlett's cheeks turned bright red.

Everything was fine until suddenly things went wrong.

This is this...

Is this the real Riley?

Isn't he the one who hates himself the most?
She trembled, and stammered, "Lai Lai Lai Li, we..."

"Scarlett!"

Chi Ye appeared at the palace entrance at some point, his fox-like eyes slanting and seemingly smiling, his pupils filled with indifference. He glanced at Riley kneeling on the ground, walked in, took Scarlett's hand from his, squeezed it gently, and said, "Come with me, I need to talk to you."

Scarlett was worried about not having an excuse to get away, so she hurriedly followed Chi Ye.

Chi Ye actually doesn't need to see Scarlett.

He had come to check on Scarlett because she was injured, but he was surprised to see Riley holding Scarlett's hand and feigning apology.

Riley was a charlatan who loved to play dumb to deceive others. Afraid that Scarlett would be fooled, he made up a reason to take her away on the spot.

The two walked aimlessly for a while.

Chi Ye felt increasingly guilty as he walked, worried that Scarlett would think he had lied to her. His mind raced as he tried to find a legitimate reason for himself.

Surprisingly, he actually found it.

He led Scarlett through the corridor to the cherry blossom tree in the inner courtyard, straightened the wrinkles in his clothes, stood tall and proud under the tree, raised his chin, and asked Scarlett with a rather smug look, "How about it? I'm handsome too, right?"

Scarlett: “…”

You led me for almost twenty minutes just for this?

Scarlett was stunned, and speechless.

After a long time.

With a look of utter despair, she said, "Handsome."

"I knew it."

Chi Ye raised an eyebrow excitedly: "Isn't he much more handsome than Zheko?"

Scarlett smiled, raising the corners of her mouth.

It turns out that people can actually laugh when they're speechless.

Chi Ye assumed Scarlett had tacitly agreed and became even more excited. "In two days, I'm going to patrol the Royal Court. I'll show you what I look like in my patrol uniform then—even more handsome than I am now!"

Scarlett kept smiling.

Thanks for the invitation. ...

……

the next day.

Scarlett approached Riley to discuss Bessie's situation further.

Of course, she didn't meet with Riley alone; Riley's behavior yesterday had frightened her a bit, so she brought Lilia along.

Riley was reading in his room at the time.

A white shirt, a black suit jacket, and perfectly pressed trousers without a single wrinkle.

He sat by the window, a yellowed page between his long, slender fingers, turning it gently, as elegant as a medieval oil painting, radiating gentleness.

The pale golden sunlight fell on his eyebrows and eyes.

His handsome face was softened by the light, but the contours of his features became clearer, and the interplay of light and shadow added a touch of aggression.

"Railley."

He heard Scarlett's voice, closed the book, looked up, his eyes crinkling, his tone inexplicably gentle: "Your Highness."

The two discussed for about half an hour.

Riley did not forcefully attempt to kill Bessie.

Scarlett did not generously offer to forgive him.

Lilia also offered her opinion during the meeting.

In the end, everyone unanimously decided to use inducement to confess.

Of course, it wasn't the offering that was seduced by Bessie, but the offerings of all the females present at the time.

Riley locked them in separate small rooms, then picked a name and asked them to tell her what she was doing at the time.

It's okay if they can't say it. Riley will tell them that she will be sent to the Royal Court tomorrow, where the judge will unlock her personal terminal and directly judge her memories.

Riley, being a congressman, was an expert at extracting confessions.

Using both kindness and severity.

Soon, some people couldn't take it anymore and confessed.

He not only admitted that he had dropped the pen.

She also admitted that she was the one who released Holst.

This person is no one else.

It was Bessie.

It's still her after all the twists and turns.

Scarlett showed no disappointment or loss.

She gave herself an explanation.

This also gave Bessie an explanation.

Scarlett stood outside the interrogation room and saw the girl named Bessie raise her head, speaking neither servilely nor arrogantly: "That's right, I'm avenging my brother. He just accidentally stepped on the grass, and Scarlett ordered her men to break his legs, crippling him for life and causing him to die in despair. It's only right that Scarlett's worthless life pays for my brother's! I only hate that Holters was useless and didn't bite her to death!"

One sentence insulted two people.

Such a strong and unyielding personality.

Scarlett actually felt a slight liking for him.

She asked Lilia, "Doesn't Bessie have any family?"

Lilia flipped through the documents in her hand. "Yes. Her mother died of illness three months ago, her three fathers were buried with her, and her only brother died a month ago. She had no husbands, no children, and had always lived alone."

No wonder they dared to do such a thing.

It turns out that there were no more worries.

Scarlett thought for a moment and said, "I remember she has good medical skills and is an A-level female."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Lilia's tone was tinged with regret: "Bessie is from Palar City, which is a slum. She wasn't qualified to enter the Imperial City. She got in on her own merit."

Paral City?

This name sounds so familiar.

She felt like she'd heard that name somewhere before.

At that moment, Riley, who had finished his interrogation, walked over.

He took the documents from Lilia's hand, flipped through a couple of pages, and said calmly, "Your Highness, a plague broke out in Palar City half a month ago and has not yet been resolved. It remains a city in danger. If Your Highness does not wish to deal with Bessie personally, you can exile her to her place of origin."

“She is a doctor. If she can solve the plague with her medical skills, it is Your Highness’s mercy that spared her life. The people of Paral City will also benefit from this.”

"If she dies, it is her fate, and Your Highness can rest assured."

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