I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 414 Helping the evildoer
Zhou Yuande fell silent, ran to fetch a chair for Xiao Jingfan to sit on, and sighed inwardly.

These days he's come to realize that his emperor is only enthusiastic about this one thing, and Miss Chu has no intention of entering the harem at all.

Normally, he would have scolded Chu Liuzheng for being ungrateful, saying that a servant was putting on airs. But who could blame him when His Majesty had taken a liking to him and was now eager to be nice to him?

These days, the emperor is so anxious that he feels like he's being torn in two, either guarding Chu Liuzheng's tent or Prince Rui's tent, afraid that if he doesn't keep an eye on one of them, something bad might happen to them.

In just a few days, he lost a lot of weight. The head eunuch saw this and felt sorry for him. How could he bear to hold the emperor back any longer and say anything nonsense to Chu Liuzheng?
One of them finally woke up; we can't afford to disturb them any further.

In a short while, Xiao Jingfan had heard his head eunuch sigh three times. He turned his head to look at him, his eyes filled with doubt.

Zhou Yuande smiled awkwardly: "This old servant will make you a cup of tea."

"Hmm." Xiao Jingfan turned his head back and continued to stare at the curtain, listening to his inner thoughts.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go in, but...

Well then, I might as well just sit at the door.

Chu Liuzheng was engrossed in searching through the Bagua diagrams, unaware that the emperor was sitting right at the tent entrance.

[Hahaha! I finally caught him! Let me see, the scholar is now... on Moon Gazing Island!]

[Holy crap! That master on Wangyue Island is actually the scholar!! The scholar is a master! He actually aided and abetted evil!]

Xiao Jingfan's pupils trembled, and he suddenly gripped the armrest of the chair to hide the turmoil in his heart.

[Oh, no, no, no, the scholar didn't voluntarily surrender. He simply encountered a huge wave while at sea, his ship went out of control, and ran aground near Wangyue Island, where it was discovered by the pirates.]

Faced with the choice between death and backbreaking labor, the scholar chose to become a charlatan, convincing the pirates that he was a deity descended to earth to help them rise again, and they were eager to build a temple to worship him.

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

His Majesty the Emperor silently chanted: Amitabha, I'm used to it, I'm used to it, I'm used to it, don't get angry, don't get angry, don't get angry...

Yes, he wasn't angry at all.

[Uh... so the scholar's name is Yi Zhen? That sounds like a pseudonym. Could it be another alias?]

Chu Liuzheng was unaware that he had once again put the emperor's mood on a rollercoaster ride. He looked at the system interface and continued scrolling down.

[Oh~ Scholar Yi set up the formation around Wangyue Island to prevent unlucky souls like him from falling victim to pirates again, not to deal with the navy.]

The people on the ships that were hijacked by pirates weren't actually killed; instead, they became laborers on the island and were part of the development of Wangyue Island.

[When the navy launched a surprise attack on Wangyue Island, Yi Shusheng was being taken by the chief to Qionghua Island to meet Master Huang. By the time he found out, the battle was already over. He was so angry that he didn't eat for three days and started thinking of ways to torment those smug pirates.]

[Uh... deliberately complaining that the food wasn't to his liking, making the head of the household cook himself, almost burning down half the island?]

[They deliberately spread rumors that the second-in-command was in for a bloody disaster and needed to shave his body hair to save his life, resulting in the first-in-command and his gang shaving him completely bald, his screams echoing throughout the entire island?]

Wearing a skirt for a month, drinking porridge while upside down, using smelly feet as a cure, eating bird droppings?!

Chu Liuzheng felt nauseous and almost vomited up the food he had just eaten.

She took a few deep breaths, and the faint scent of jasmine from the bedding filled her lungs, gradually dispelling her nausea.

She continued flipping through the pages, and the various ways Yi Shusheng tormented people opened her eyes.

[Oh my god, isn't Yi Shusheng supposed to be a reclusive master who can predict the future? Why does he seem so unreliable?]

Xiao Jingfan, standing outside the tent, frowned deeply, sharing the same sentiment.

[No, I was looking for the Heavenly Lotus Fruit.]

Chu Liuzheng slapped his forehead, his attention completely drawn to Yi Shusheng's antics; he hadn't even gotten to the important matter yet.

[When Yi the Scholar arrived on the island, he was searched. If he had been carrying the Heavenly Lotus Fruit, it would definitely have been found. Since it wasn't found, the Heavenly Lotus Fruit is definitely not on him.]

Chu Liuzheng began to flip through the pages following the scholar's movements.

She had previously mistaken the Thousand-Handed Scholar for the Scholar Yi, and was misled by the sheer volume of information, which made it difficult for her to track down the Scholar Yi's whereabouts.

But things are different now. She only needs to keep an eye on Yi Shusheng's whereabouts and not be misled by other information about Qian Shou Shusheng.

[Yi Zhen, Yi, the scholar...]

Chu Liuzheng meticulously reviewed the messages, starting with the most recent ones.

【No, this isn't it either, this... Ugh~ I'm not a pervert, I don't need to know that Scholar Yi is wearing yellow underwear today, thank you!】

Xiao Jingfan spat out a mouthful of tea, choking and coughing.

Zhou Yuande quickly patted his back.

The commotion was so loud that Chu Liuzheng couldn't help but hear it.

She was all too familiar with the emperor's cough.

She hurriedly shut down the system, pulled the covers up and pretended to be asleep, silently praying that the emperor would not come in.

When she first woke up, she must have been blinded by greed, actually obediently serving as the emperor's pillow for over an hour just to eat melons. If her stomach hadn't been growling with hunger, who knows how long that bizarre position would have lasted.

Of course, this wasn't what Chu Liuzheng cared about; strictly speaking, it only accounted for a small part of his concerns.

What bothered her most was that while she was nestled in the emperor's arms eating melon, a group of people waited outside the tent after hearing that she had woken up and rushed to visit her. At the same time, Eunuch Zhou enthusiastically explained to her that she and the emperor were hugging each other tightly and expressing their feelings, blah blah blah. Just thinking about it made Chu Liuzheng want to kill Eunuch Zhou a thousand times over!

She gripped the blanket tighter and tighter, unwilling to face reality.

The coughing outside the tent stopped.

The sound of the curtain being lifted.

Approaching footsteps.

The scent of sandalwood wafted past Chu Liuzheng's nose before its owner did.

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

I'm asleep. I'm asleep. I'm asleep.

The footsteps faded away, but the sandalwood scent lingered.

The rustling sound of fabric rubbing together.

The bedding on the side of the bed sank slightly as the person sat down on the edge of the bed, gently placing their hand on the bedding and leaning closer.

A warm breeze brushed against her face, and Chu Liuzheng's heart pounded like a drum. The sandalwood scent, which should have calmed her mind, instead made her feel chaotic and wished she could immediately lose all her senses.

Why is Tyrant getting so close? I don't have any flowers on my face!

Another warm breath brushed against my ear.

Chu Liuzheng felt a shiver run down his spine, and the roots of his hair stood on end.

【Ugh!! Your breathing is disturbing me!!!】

In his frustration, he seemed to hear a soft laugh, but when Chu Liuzheng listened carefully, the laughter disappeared.

Perhaps she was too nervous and misheard?

His hands under the blanket unconsciously clenched into fists.

【Ugh~ When is the tyrant leaving? I can't keep up the act any longer.】

Xiao Jingfan looked at the person on the bed who was trying to pretend to be asleep, reached out and touched the person's long eyelashes, and chuckled clearly in a low voice.

Chu Liuzheng's ears went numb, and he felt numb all over. He vaguely thought, "Has my acting deteriorated?"

Once you're caught pretending to be asleep, there's no point in continuing.

Faced with the choice between opening his eyes or keeping them closed, Chu Liuzheng chose to put up a stubborn resistance.

That's right, she's faking it! Go ahead and pry her eyelids open if you dare!!