After being married to Xiao Jue for three years, I acted as a fool for three years.
He regarded me as a disgrace and never set foot in my chamber.
Everyone said that Xiao Jue, the Emperor of the Great Xiao Dynasty, was ruthless and desireless, and was a walking ice sculpture on earth.
I thought so too.
Until that day, in order to test his true attitude towards my mother's family, I set up a trap. I "accidentally met" him in the imperial garden discussing matters with his most favored general. As usual, I ran after the butterfly, and then "accidentally" knocked over the chessboard on the stone table. The black and white chess pieces were scattered all over the place, which just disrupted the crucial border battle they were reviewing.
The general's face was ashen, and Xiao Jue's eyes were so cold that ice shards could fall out.
I was so scared that I shrank into a ball. While picking up the chess pieces, I put the chess pieces back on the chessboard in an idiotic tone, muttering: "The red ones... The black ones... Dad said we should do this... Surround... Eat..."
What I displayed was exactly the siege formation that my father, the Grand Master of the dynasty, was best at, and the deadlock that Xiao Jue most wanted to break.
The general didn't understand, but Xiao Jue did.
I saw his fingers tightening suddenly, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out.
For the first time, shock, suspicion, and fear appeared on the face that was always calm. All kinds of emotions were intertwined, and finally turned into an almost crazy possessiveness.
Late that night, he came to my bedroom for the first time.
He didn't light a lamp, just stared at me in the darkness, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Feng Qingwan, who are you?"
I huddled in the corner of the bed, still looking stupid, but calmly calculating in my heart.
