The Vampire Empress: Blood Queen & Her Kings

Jiang Ying Yue could not decide what to do in her current situation. She was definitely not looking forward to the lesson that the Head Servant was talking about to teach her.

Just when she was wracking her brain to think of an idea to defend herself, she once heard the melodic voice that belonged to the Prince.

"Leave her for me. I want someone to help me get changed for the banquet. You take the others and prepare a bath for me." The Prince ordered the Head Servant who immediately nodded his head.

Jiang Ying Yue was suddenly feeling that ending up in the hands of the Third Prince was even worse than facing the punishment given by the Head Servant.

She tried to open her mouth to refuse. She found no happiness in serving the Prince. But before she could speak a single word, the blazing glare of the Head Servant landed on her. It was like he was warning her to keep silent and follow the Prince's order.

Her attention was pulled away from the old man when she felt soft electric tingles grazing her body. Someone around her had used some type of powerful spell or something similar. She realized that the energy of this spell was almost similar to the energy left behind when Qing Shan had used his powers to defuse the fire that she started. 

Her eyes hurriedly scanned the area as she tried to see if the Immortal was hiding somewhere. Unfortunately, she found no one as far as Vampire senses could see. But she was sure that the caster of the spell was close to her when he/she cast the spell.

She was so lost in her own world that she completely forgot about the Prince who had been curiously observing her. She only came out of her thoughts when she felt cold rough fingers under her chin before her head was pulled up to look at the man.

Since she was still kneeling, the Prince had to bend his waist to hold her chin and this made the space between the two of them too small for it to be called proper.

"Your Highness...?"

Though she did not mean it, she still ended up sounding like she was questioning his actions. Well, she indeed wanted to know what he was doing or planning to do but seeing that she was currently playing the role of a servant and he was the Master, it was better for her to choose her words and actions wisely.

"Miss Jiang, it looks like you have degraded to a mere servant from a possible Empress candidate of this Empire just in the past few years. I wasn't expecting such a sight on my return." 

His voice was smooth, almost velvety, and as he spoke his eyes shone with twinkles in them. However, no matter how soft and pleasant he appeared, Jiang Ying Yue only felt cold shivers running down her spine as her ear registered his words.

He recognized her! Or more likely, he recognized the face that belonged to his ex-fiance. While she had been focusing on keeping her identity hidden from the servants or guards, it never occurred to her that the one who would recognize her wasn't among the masses. Instead, it was the man whom she should have avoided the most.

Wu Xie watched as the color rushed away from the girl's face and she became pale as if she had seen a ghost. He almost smirked at her poor state.

Initially, he was indeed surprised to see her working as a servant. That was not how he was expecting to meet her after so many years. But looking at her current state, he could not find anything different about the girl. She still seemed to be a weakling just like in the past.

Jiang Ying Yue kept kneeling on the floor until the man finally got bored of her and pulled away, retracting his hand and stepping back a few steps to put some distance between the two of them.

That's when she decided to move but instead of standing up, she just relaxed on the floor, letting her legs take a breath of relief as she positioned her hands behind her on the floor before looking up at the man who seemed to be surprised by her actions.

She let a very faint smile appear on her lips as she watched him. "What? Did you think that you will be able to intimidate me just because you recognized me?" 

Instead of answering her, the Prince just raised his eyebrows as he silently observed her. The way he was looking at her reminded her of someone who would look at an object as if he found it interesting enough to spend some time on it.

The thought made her scoff out loudly as she dusted her hands before standing up. She won't be giving the Prince any chance to ruin her life all over again. Maybe she should have listened to Silver and would have stayed in the Cold Palace. Now she was trapped in such a weird situation where she was not sure what she was supposed to do.

That very moment, a guard entered the room and greeted the Prince with a bow. "Your Highness, your bath water is ready."

The Prince kept his eyes trained on her as he hummed softly in response. "You all can leave. She will be enough to help me." 

The guard bowed and left the courtyard, once again leaving her alone in the company of the Prince.

"I won't be helping you with anything. Don't think that just because you know my identity I'll let you command me like your servant." She spoke in a cold voice before giving a hard glare to the man and taking a step towards the door.

Yet, she almost slammed against his hard body when he suddenly appeared in front of her, stopping her in her tracks and making her glare at him. 

"Miss Jiang, I'm getting late for the banquet. It's time for you to fulfill your duties. Come and get me ready."