Cold Palace, Hot Blood: A Prince’s Rebirth

The Empress Victoria mentioned by the triangular-eyed palace maid was Lady Elira's rival more than ten years ago.

Lady Elira has always been well-educated and kind to others, so it was certainly not her who took the initiative to provoke the other party.

But Empress Victoria is too jealous.

Back then, Lady Elira was in her prime and was deeply loved, which made Empress Victoria feel neglected and she has been jealous of her until now.

Ever since Lady Elira and her son fell into trouble, Empress Victoria would find an excuse every now and then over the past ten years to have her maid Mara come over and deliberately make things difficult for her.

If Lady Elira fails to complete her task, she will be humiliated in various ways, either beaten or scolded.

Anyway, the mother and son were in the cold palace and could not Complain to the emperor, so naturally they could be bullied her however Empress pleased.

In a cold winter like this, throwing a pile of clothes to Lady Elira for washing is just one of the methods.

In the past, in order to protect Leon from being bullied, Lady Elira would grit her teeth and insist on washing her fingers even if they got frostbite from being frozen in the ice water.

These past two days, Lady Elira has been so anxious about her son that she doesn't have the time tocare about these things.

If Leon died, she didn't plan to live anymore.

But now that Leon has woken up, the situation has become troublesome.

"Miss Mara, you see, I was so busy taking care of my son these past two days that I forgot about this.

Ahem, I'm really sorry..."Lady Elira's uneasy words caused Mara to scream:

"What did you say? Do you still think you are the former Lady Elira? You have been banished toecold palace, no different from a lost dog."

She pointed at Leon on the bed and said arrogantly, "Do you know that it is your honor to wash clothes for Empress Victoria? It would be fine if you are not grateful, but you dare to be lazy for a loser. Are you worthy of the kindness of the Empress Victoria?"

"Yes, yes, I failed Empress Victoria's kindness. I'm sorry. I'll go wash it right away."

After years of humiliation, Lady Elira had long been numb and only wanted to end the matter as soon as possible.

She hesitated, glanced at the door, and smiled ingratiatingly: "Miss Mara, can you please close the door first? Ying'er has just recovered from his illness, and the thin blanket doesn't keep him warm. It would be bad if he catches a cold again."

As she spoke, she went forward to close the door.

"Wait." A hand blocked her way.

"Miss Mara, please forgive me..."

Slap!

As Lady Elira turned her head, Mara slapped her in the face unexpectedly, leaving her completely stunned.

On the bed, Leon's forehead veins throbbed and he clenched his fists suddenly.

He couldn't bear to see women being bullied!

Especially, his own mother who was begging for mercy for her son and was bullied!

Mara had no intention of backing down, She Looked down at Lady Elira and smiled coldly, "I wonder if you are mentally ill? I understand you, but who understands me?"

"What if the door is closed and the air doesn't circulate, and I get infected by your consumptive son? Can you take responsibility?"

After saying that, he pointed at the icy ground outside the door and said, "Get out of here and wash all the clothes for me. If you delay me, don't blame me for being rude!"

"I'm sorry, Miss Mara, don't be angry, I'll go wash it right away, right away..."

A trace of humiliation flashed in Lady Elira's eyes. She covered her cheek, pursed her dry lips, and prepared to go out.

Just as she took a step forward, someone grabbed her arm and said, "Mother, ignore her! I want to see if the sky will fall if we don't wash these clothes today!"

"That won't do. Okk Son, listen to me. Let me go and lie down obediently. You can't get out of bed yet..."

No matter how Lady Elira persuaded him, Leon refused to let go, but held it even tighter.

Mara was immediately furious, she put her hands on her hips and sneered, "Why, you want to show off your power as the eldest prince to me? Think carefully, this is the order of Empress Victoria, can you afford to disobey the order of Empress Victoria?"

"So what if it's Empress Victoria? So what if I defy her orders?!"

Leon spoke in a resounding voice, his eyes were sharp, and his aura seemed like a completely different person, which made people feel a little scared.

Mara was stunned.

Is this still the same useless person who never fought back when beaten or responded when scolded?

However, Mara was stunned for only a moment. The next second, she felt that her self-esteem was insulted and became even more angry and embarrassed: "You are a consumptive bastard. The more I talk to you, the more excited you become, right?"

Suddenly seeing the medicine jar on the stove, she rushed over and kicked it.

"No! I spent a long time begging for my son's medicine from the Imperial Hospital..."

Lady Elira looked at the broken medicine jar and the medicine soup all over the floor, and rushed forward like crazy, wanting to perform a final rescue.

"Haha, letting your son rebel, this is what happens when you offend me, Mara!"

Mara looked pleased and stepped on the spilled herbs several times.

After looking at Leon provocatively, she extinguished Lady Elira's last hope:

"Don't you care about your son?

Don't you want to cure his illness? I won't let you do that. This kind of rubbish needs to die sooner, the better!"

"Shut up..."

Lady Elira was finally angry this time. You could curse her, but you absolutely could not curse her son!

"How dare you yell at me?!"

Mara was furious and kicked her.

However, this time...

Smack!

Before Mara's foot landed, Leon had already rushed forward and slapped her in the face.

"ah!"

Mara screamed, covered her cheek and staggered back, looking at Leon in disbelief.

"you!"

"This slap is for your insubordination!"

Smack!

"This slap is to punish you for your arrogance!"

Smack!

"This slap will punish you for your lack of respect for others!"

Smack!

"This slap..."

After several consecutive slaps,

Leon almost used up all the strength he could currently exert.

Mara was beaten three times to the left and three times to the right. Both sides of her face were swollen and blood was flowing from the corners of her mouth.

"You... you loser, you actually dared to hit me, do you want to die, do you want to die?!"

Mara covered her face with her hands, her chest heaving violently, her eyes full of resentment and anger.

"Hit you, what's wrong?"

Leon thought that he would never hit a woman, but this Mara was really hateful, a vicious woman!

He is a tall and strong man, and he was a special soldier in his previous life. How could he be bullied by a vicious woman?

His eyes were as sharp as a knife. He grabbed the knife used to cut herbs on the table and said murderously, "If you say one more word, believe it or not, I will kill you."

"You dare!"

Mara shuddered with fear. The current Leon gave her an unprecedented terrifying feeling.

It seemed that if I dared to provoke him again, he would really kill me.

"See if I dare!"

Leon took a step closer, with the blade pointing directly at the opponent's throat!

The invisible pressure finally crushed Mara's last bit of dignity.

"Okay, okay, remember what you said now. I will go back and report to the Empress Victoria. Let's see how you explain it later!"

Mara felt guilty, so she said something harsh and turned around to flee.

Leon walked forward and closed the door, then pulled Lady Elira to sit beside the bed, and turned around to pick up the medicinal herbs on the floor.

"Son, let me take care of these. Go to bed and lie down. It's just..."

Lady Elira couldn't sit still any longer, and said worriedly, "If Empress Victoria sends someone to take revenge, what shall we do?"

The mother and son in the cold palace had no relatives and it seemed that they could only sit and wait for death in the face of Empress Victoria's revenge.

"Don't worry, mother. I have a plan."

Leon finished packing the herbs and stood up, a hint of cruelty flashing in his eyes: "They'd better not come, otherwise, I will definitely make sure they don't get enough and will have to bear the consequences!"