Chapter 76â Snow White in a Dark Fairytale (4)
The young lady returned to herself. The blush on her face gradually deepened, her eyes containing a bashfulness as she looked at the handsome, mature man in front of her, âYour Majesty, Fujiana was just a little dizzy todayâŠso I rested for a while more.â
A hint of worry surfaced in the kingâs eyes as his gentle gaze concentrated on the girl, âLater, I will have someone go to your room.â Pausing, he said with a seemingly casual tone, âBut I heard that you had the maid send grapes over, was it because you werenât able to finish your breakfast?â
Shen Mubai thought to herself, the news was sent this fast, and it also made the original believe that the king truly doted on her.
However, after carefully thinking about it, although the original had a haughty character, she was still only a girl that was merely sixteen years old. Confronted with the kingâs gentleness and pampering, and indulging in these, even though the king never once touched her, and even with the attitude that addressing the king as âHis Majestyâ was the default, the original still didnât sense even the slightest bit that something was wrong.
âItâs just that Fujiana didnât have much of an appetite, so I wanted to eat something sweet and tart. Your Majesty, youâve been so busy recently, Fujianaâs been staying inside the palace all day long to the point of almost growing mold.â Faced with the kingâs concerned greeting, the girlâs tone couldnât help but carry some spoiltness.
The king chuckled dotingly and used his fingers to tap her nose, âYou, ah, still so childish even though youâre the queen now.â
His tone was still as tender as before, so gentle that it could drip water (or that water could be squeezed out from it). It was only that that smiling expression didnât reach his eyes.
The girl seemed to be completely unaware of this, and acted coquettishly just like she had in the past, âYour Majesty, Fujiana is only like this in front of you, when will you be done with those things that youâre busy with?â
The king said smilingly, âRecently, Iâve been discussing the matter of connecting our countries by marriage with the neighboring country, so Iâm afraid that Iâm unable to find time to keep you company.â
Neighboring country? Marriage?
âFor Snow White?â The girl slightly wrinkled her brow, not at all hiding her expression.
The kingâs smile fell, âFujiana, Snow White is my daughter, and you are her stepmother, and Alesiaâs queen. Pay some attention to your actions and speech.â
Before, the original deliberately made things difficult for Snow White, and her attitude was increasingly becoming âwin an inch, want a foot.â It was to the extent that she no longer hid her loathing and jealousy of Snow White in front of the guards and servants. This sentence of the king was tacitly admonishing her. If it were the original, she would only have understood a little, but Shen Mubai understood it all.
However, the character she was playing was Fujiana.
âYour Majesty, is Snow White getting married to the neighboring country?â
The happy expression that she was unable to suppress became visible on her beautiful, young and tender face. The girlâs tone hardly concealed her delight.
Originally, Shen Mubaiâs mission was precisely to destroy Snow Whiteâs arranged marriage with the neighboring country. However, due to her character and the kingâs problematic intense paranoia, right now she had no choice but to act out an appearance of âIâm so happyâ.
Actually, she choked down a mouthful of blood.
The king minutely frowned, and immediately after smiled helplessly, âSnow White is a good child, I hope that the both of you can properly get along with each other.â
While he was saying this, he carefully examined the girlâs expression. As expected, the other side had on an unwilling appearance, and in the blink of an eye, had changed the subject.
Only when he saw this did the king start to smile little by little. The shallow warmth and tenderness by the edge of his mouth set off his handsomeness and gentleness.
Walking out of the palace, Shen Mubai was full of despair. More and more, she thought that the missionâs completion was so far away it seemed forever.
This old, perverted king definitely had a secret tale. First, letâs not speak of why he married the original, then acted out a doting and pampering image. On the matter of Snow Whiteâs marriage, the kingâs attitude was even odder, it practically wasnât even the appearance that a proper father should have towards their own flesh and blood.