Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

80. Hypnotizing Princess Frise

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Frise stood at the front door of the hotel where Nancheng Lie lived. She took a deep breath to calm herself down before she walked into the hotel and boarded the elevator. Under the guidance of a waiter, she came to the door of Nancheng Lie’s hotel room.

With a polite smile, she said to the waiter in a soft voice, “You can leave.” Frise had a good reputation in Leiluo Kingdom. She always behaved like a gentle, polite and approachable princess in front of outsiders, so people of Leiluo Kingdom liked her.

She also made regular donations to charity and often helped the poor. Her own career was blooming. She hid her ambition under good deeds. What she did was very helpful for her succession to the throne in the future.

It proved that she must have started scheming for the throne a long time ago.

Frise knocked at the door. After a while, the door opened and Nancheng Lie’s handsome face appeared before her eyes. “Welcome, Your Highness.” Nancheng Lie gave a graceful bow to Frise. He behaved like a charming gentleman.

With a tender smile, Frise said, “I deem it an honour to accept your invitation.”

The room echoed with soft music. The music was pleasant to the ear and could make people feel completely relaxed. “What would you like to drink, red wine or tea?”

Frise refused, “I ate snacks before I came here. It’s not easy for a woman to keep slim. Mr. Nancheng, I’m sorry but I can’t have a drink with you.” Her refusal met Nancheng Lie’s expectations. He poured two glasses of red wine, put one on the table in front of Frise, then picked up the other and took a sip before he sat down opposite Frise.

The room echoed with music, but no one was in a mood to enjoy it. Frise looked up at the wall clock. It was half past six. Ten minutes had passed since she came here, but Nancheng Lie remained silent. What the hell did he want?

Frise felt puzzled. After a long silence, Nancheng Lie finally asked, “Did something happen to Xu when he was in Leiluo Kingdom?”

“What?” Frise didn’t understand what he meant.

“The other day I mentioned something about the past to Xu, but he seemed to have no recollection of that. What’s more…” Nancheng Lie squinted at Frise and continued, “I remember that Xu had a red birthmark on his inner thigh near his balls. But one day I found that his birthmark disappeared. Can you tell me what happened?”

What?!

Frise was stunned.

What Nancheng said was vulgar. He had the air of a playboy, smiling as if he disdained worldly affairs. He looked fixedly at Frise. His eyes were like two icy knives, preparing to cut through her pretense. “After Xu returned to China, we often took a shower together, and I even satisfied his lust with my hands for several times. I remember clearly when we took showers together in childhood. He did have a birthmark.”

Frise blushed. This man had a handsome face, but what he said was coarse. There was no elegance in the way he bore himself. Frise subconsciously explained, “Maybe you remember wrongly. After all, you were just a little child at that time.”

“No, I have a good memory.” Nancheng Lie gave an ambiguous smile. “Xu’s pubic hair is less than mine. He matured later than I did. I once studied his pubic hair carefully out of curiosity.

“So…”

“Now try to think back to the day Han Mingxu was born…” A dreamlike voice came from behind Frise. The next second she lost consciousness. Elen appeared in the room. Apparently the light music playing in the room was hypnotic. “What you just said is not consistent with the plan you worked out with Li Qinghao.”

Nancheng Lie burst into laughter. “I found that she blushed when she looked at me, so I changed my plan. I guess she’s still a virgin.”

Nancheng Lie gave a bright smile. He was released from the heartache for the time being. He was very happy because he had fooled Frise, so he laughed a hearty laugh.

Elen shook his head helplessly. Only in front of Xu would Nancheng Lie be obedient like a lovely rabbit.

Elen began to hypnotize Frise… The air in the room grew heavier as Firse let out the whole story.

Nancheng Lie’s face dropped to the floor. Elen was stunned by Frise’s horrible ambition.

Meanwhile, in the palace of the crown prince.

Keqi looked at the beautiful young man in front of him. The man and Frise were usually inseparable like shadows. When people first saw him, they were always attracted by his beauty. Only Keqi knew that the man looked as young as he did 17 years ago. Keqi first met the man at the age of 5. His beautiful face had not changed over the years.

Keqi had a sudden impulse to ask this beautiful man how he kept his youth.

“Mr. Hua.” Keqi pushed the thought from his mind. He knew the man came with a command from Frise.

The beautiful man named Hua said, “Good evening, Your Highness. Princess Frise asked me to invite Mr. Li to her palace for tea.” His voice was flat with almost no inflection, but his attitude was imperious.

“Tea? I like tea, too. I’ll go with Qinghao.”

“Your Highness, Princess Frise invites only Mr. Li,” Hua said in an aggressive tone, emphasizing every word.

Keqi’s smile suddenly vanished. “What if I don’t agree?” He looked at Hua with a serious expression. Conflict might break out at any moment.

“Your Highness, you don’t have the right to say no. All you have to do is obey orders from Princess Frise.”

“Without Li Qinghao, I can’t sleep at night. You know, an insomniac is easily lost in various fancies and conjectures. Maybe I’ll be seized with pessimism and commit suicide.”

“Are you threatening Princess Frise?”

Keqi shrugged and said, “Of course I value my life, or I would have killed myself long ago. But you know, I’ve always wanted to run away.”

“Do you think you can get out of here?”

“Maybe I should say something original at my enthronement tomorrow.” Keqi smiled gracefully. “Are you going to cut off my tongue, Mr. Hua? You know, only the dead can keep secrets forever.”

“All right.” Hua stopped talking. He gave Keqi a stern look before he turned around and left. Keqi broke out in a cold sweat.

His real weakness was exposed.

When Frise woke up, she was still in the hotel. She felt dizzy and had no memory of what happened just now. She had a vague impression of a voice behind her. She swung around and found no one. Only Nancheng sat opposite her, drinking wine.

She glanced at the wall clock. It was twenty minutes to seven. Only ten minutes passed? But it felt like more than half an hour.

“Can you answer my question, Your Highness?” Nancheng Lie’s voice brought Frise back to her senses. “You’ve been thinking about it for 10 minutes.”

Was she really lost in thought for ten minutes?

Frise thought back to the question Nancheng Lie asked her and replied, “I don’t know what you mean. When we brought Mingxu back from the Han family, we had a DNA test and the results proved that he had a close blood relationship with the Royal Family of Leiluo Kingdom. Mingxu was raised in China. If you have any questions about him, you can ask the Han family. If you still have doubts, you can take him for a DNA test.” Frise stood up and continued, “I’m sorry but I have to go. I have a lot of things to do at present. I wish you a good time in Leiluo Kingdom.”

With that, Frise left. Her heels clicked on the floor.

The clack of high heels echoed in the corridor, reminding Nancheng Lie of the plot Frise had been brewing for 22 years.

“What’s your idea?” Elen came out from the inner room as soon as Frise left. He walked over and set the clock ahead 10 minutes. It was, in fact, ten minutes to seven. In order to remove Frise’s doubts, they had adjusted the wall clock. Besides, the sofa was exactly opposite the wall clock. Frise was a clever woman. Nancheng Lie knew that she would suspect him when she came to herself. So, he set the wall clock back and created a piece of ‘evidence’ to cheat her.

Nancheng Lie clenched his fists. His veins were popping out on the back of his hands. “I don’t believe Xu is dead,” he said in a husky voice. His eyes were full of pain.

“But I’m sure Frise was telling the truth.” Elen can’t accept the dead of Han Mingxu, too. But he thought Nancheng Lie should face up to reality. If Nancheng continued to deceive himself, he would live with heartache forever.

“Bro.” Nancheng Lie stood up, went to the window and looked out. “If Xu is dead…” His voice was barely audible, but Elen heard him. Elen’s body trembled uncontrollably.

Lei…

Nanchenglie said, “If Xu is dead, I will destroy the whole Leiluo Kingdom.”

Because they indirectly caused the death of his beloved.

Li Qinghao was still immersed in Keqi’s story when he got a call from Nancheng Lie. He was dithering over whether to take revenge on Keqi. He had intended to expose their dirty business at Keqi’s enthronement, but now… In spite of his hatred for Keqi’s cruelty, Li Qinghao swayed precariously between revenge and forgiveness.

But the news that Nancheng Lie was going to tell him would drive him to make up his mind.