After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Xie Xing, looking all fresh and beautiful, took the tiger to the Southern Army Camp.

They had already occupied the city, so Xie Xing entered the city.

Thinking of this, Xie Xing's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Once you enter the city gates and your identity is discovered, that means certain death.

I don't know if Chao Le is a pervert or an idiot, that he actually believed her and didn't even have someone check her identity before bringing her into his territory so innocent and charming?

Xie Xing wished he could shake Chao Le's shoulders and make him open his eyes and take a closer look.

Could she be a spy?

"Jiao'er." Just as a drama was unfolding in his mind, Chao Le suddenly spoke, startling Xie Xing.

Chao Le turned her head, her brows furrowing slightly as she looked at Xie Xing and asked, "Why are you sweating so much on your forehead?"

Xie Xing subconsciously reached out and wiped it away.

Her heart was pounding, and she immediately replied, "Your Highness, please don't mind, I'm just a little nervous."

Chao Le understood upon hearing this.

He stood with one hand behind his back, his back straight. "No need to be nervous. You have no need to feel inferior to the person I have chosen."

Xie Xing: "..."

She looked up at Chao Le's back, revealing her half-moon eyes.

Dude, you're actually quite confident.

Chao Le took Xie Xing and Yue Liang to the city lord's mansion.

Before entering the mansion, she glanced around and noticed that there were soldiers and guards with swords everywhere outside the mansion, and the city was evacuated.

Xie Xing took in all of this and then followed Chao Le inside.

"Your Highness!"

Upon entering the mansion, a general in armor greeted them.

The general was a burly man with a full beard, and his expression was anxious. "Your Highness, what has happened?"

Chao Le's lips curled into a wicked smile. He flicked his long robe, laughed three times, and then gracefully turned and sat down in the chair in the main seat.

"My intervention was naturally successful."

“Their supplies have been burned. Let’s see how long they can hold out.”

"Three days later, once the Chu army is nearly starving, we will send troops to annihilate them all!"

"Good!" The bearded man shouted excitedly.

Xie Xing trembled in fright.

"Your Highness, may I ask who this gentleman is?"

After he finished speaking, the bearded man looked at Xie Xing suspiciously, and then glanced at the moon behind Xie Xing.

The moon glanced at him casually, then looked away.

The bearded man was stunned by the moon's gaze.

This tiger…

It looks like the king of the mountains!

"This is a beautiful woman I met in the mountains."

When Xie Xinglai was mentioned, a satisfied smile appeared on Chao Le's face.

He glanced at Xie Xing, then at the tiger behind her. "A tiger-taming girl, a beauty and a tiger—I've never seen such a novel combination before. I'll bring her here to be my concubine..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xie Xing immediately said, "Your Highness, you don't deserve such praise. It was this servant who said it, Your Highness."

"Eh." Chao Le waved his hand dismissively and said, "A woman as beautiful and talented as you is qualified to be my concubine."

"If I say you are a beautiful concubine, then you are."

Xie Xing: "..."

She stopped talking.

Fine.

as long as you are happy.

The bearded general looked at Xie Xing suspiciously, then said, "Your Highness, this woman's origins are unknown, and we met her in the mountains. What if she is a spy from the Chu Kingdom?"

Xie Xing's heart skipped a beat.

That beard is really sharp.

They immediately began to doubt her identity.

Chao Le waved his hand dismissively, chuckled, and said, "Do you think I can't tell whether someone is from Chu or not?"

“Jiao’er claimed to be a commoner in the city.”

"Whether they are from the city or not, I will know once Jiao'er takes me to their residence in the city."

"Is that right, Jiao'er?"

Chao Le looked at Xie Xing with a smile in her eyes.

Xie Xing's back began to sweat profusely. Meeting Chao Le's smiling eyes and the bearded man's wary and murderous gaze, Xie Xing chuckled twice and could only say, "Your Highness is absolutely right."

“I am a city dweller.”

"But Your Highness, it's getting late. How about we go tomorrow?"

Xie Xing's fingers were trembling with fear.

Upon hearing this, Chao Le nodded: "Jiao'er is right. Since we are going to take Jiao'er as a concubine, we should naturally prepare some gifts for the occasion. So let's do it tomorrow."

"Haha." Xie Xing laughed twice.

Her expression held a faint sense of death, as if she wished she were dead right now.

The bearded man was thus dismissed.

Chao Le simply assigned Xie Xing a courtyard.

The courtyard was neither too big nor too small, and next door lived one of Chao Le's beautiful concubines.

Upon hearing the news that Chao Le was coming, the beautiful concubine immediately lifted her skirt and ran over happily without even combing her hair.

She was first startled by the moon behind Xie Xing.

"Ah, Your Highness!"

"Tiger! Your Highness, tiger!"

The concubine cried out in surprise and jumped onto Chao Le.

Chao Le embraced the beautiful concubine, casually offered a few words of comfort, and then put her down. "This is my newly acquired thirteenth concubine. You can call her 'sister'."

"This is the tiger cub she raised."

The beautiful concubine stared wide-eyed, her cherry-like lips slightly parted, as she covered them a little. "Your Highness, isn't this too cruel?"

"What kind of woman keeps a tiger?"

"Such a woman must be careless and incapable of serving Your Highness comfortably. How could she be as understanding, gentle, and considerate as I am?"

The beautiful concubine playfully punched Chao Le's chest with her small fists.

Chao Le closed his eyes with great pleasure, took the concubine's small hand in his hand, sniffed it lightly, and then said, "My beauty is gentle and considerate, I've tasted the sweetness of her."

"But I get a little tired of eating the same dish all the time."

"So we found a different kind of girl to experience something new."

As she said this, Chao Le turned to look at Xie Xing.

"Is that right, Jiao'er?"

Xie Xing: "..."

Xie Xing gasped.

This guy is so well-dressed and handsome, yet he's so promiscuous.

Xie Xing had a glimpse of Shang Chaoyue's handsome face.

She fell silent again.

That's true, there aren't many people who are that handsome.

Compared to being the concubine of those old and ugly men, most women would probably prefer to be the concubine of the Emperor.

However, it also means that this person faces a lot of competition.

Xie Xing now realizes that this prince is probably more lustful than shrewd.

escape!

Must escape!

Let's escape tonight!

Thinking this, Xie Xing smiled and said, "Your Highness is absolutely right."

"If Your Highness likes something new, I can make many more."

"Oh?" Chao Le became interested. "In that case, I'm quite impatient. In that case, I'll stay in your room tonight."

Seeing this, the beautiful concubine glared fiercely at Xie Xing.

Xie Xing felt ashamed.

She quickly said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I just returned from hunting in the mountains today, and I am covered in dirt and smell."

"In order not to spoil Your Highness's mood, how about tomorrow?"