"Andrew, I am not feeling well today so it is hard to talk..." She even coughed several times to stress her point and said: "Can you go back in another day?" The Empress suddenly acts sick and weak.

"Yes, Imperial Mother! I am sorry for bothering you and disturbing your rest." He immediately apologized.

Little Prince Andrew unhappily went outside of his Imperial Mother's courtyard.

I know that Imperial Father and Imperial Mother just do not like to answer my question... Is it hard to explain or is it hard to execute? Or could it be both?

His pressing question is still unanswered. It bothers him so much that his feet seem to be acting on their own and took him somewhere randomly until he heard two young officials who seemed to be resting and talking in a secluded part of the palace.

"So you finally showed your true feelings to her?!!" One of the two young officials excitedly asked his companion and continued talking. "I am glad that after so many years, you followed my advice..."

"Hehehehehe... Thank you so much, my friend! Like you told me, I did that kind of bullying and she seems to like me bullying her..." The other young official responded to his companion naughtily.

The two young officials happily laughed together!

Little Prince Andrew accidentally overheard their conversation and felt that he finally have some idea how to show his feelings!

So you have to bully a girl to show your true feelings... But how to do that?

He wanted to ask for more information but the two young officials are gone! He tried to look for a book reference about proper methods of bullying a girl but there is none so he decided to ask another person. He asked his manservant.

"How do you bully a person?" Little Prince Andrew seriously asked a manservant.

The manservant was not surprised that the little prince wants to bully someone lower than his status so the manservant immediately answered and enumerated the usual ways of bullying...

"Are you sure those are the correct methods of bullying?" Little Prince Andrew asked, a little bit suspicious.

"Yes, Your Highness, that is how you bully a person! I assure you that once you use those methods, that person will never forget you!" The manservant confidently replied.

"Then that is what I need..." Little Prince Andrew happily replied as he suddenly saw little Beatrix's face in his mind.

She will never forget me... I like that!

The next days, he put worms and any disgusting things on her bed, he find ways to insult her during their studies, he is always saying she is so dumb and stupid, he also put something disgusting on her food, he stole her things and destroy it, he made fun of her voice, and told her she is very ugly, and humiliate her in every possible way! He followed the advice of his manservant but the result was very different from his expectation!

"Why it seems to be not working?!!" He angrily asked his manservant.

The manservant thought and immediately replied:

"It is probably because your bullying is too shallow. You should be more creative, Your Highness! The more severe, the better!"

"The more severe, the better!" Little Prince Andrew reminded himself while thinking deeply... "You better be right or else, I will sell you as a slave to another empire!" He issued a warning to his manservant.

Little Beatrix cannot take it anymore! Little Prince Andrew went overboard this time! He put a snake on her bathtub! Although her servants assured her that the snake is nonpoisonous but it truly scared the hell out of her while she is bathing! The thing that she is most scared of is snakes! She could not help but scream and almost run outside completely naked when she saw the snake floating towards her while she is immersed in the bathtub!

She shivered and cried as she thought of the snake and the possible outcome if she run outside completely naked! If that happened, her reputation will be damaged and the two powerful families that she is representing will become a laughing stock! Her purity, dignity, and value as a girl will be questioned by everyone! If she is ruined, Prince Andrew will have a strong reason to break the betrothal but that is not the worst for her! What will happen to a girl who is supposed to marry the future Emperor? She will be dead for ruining the imperial family's face!

Andrew, I hate you! You are so cruel! You schemed to ruin me and kill me without dirtying your hands!!!

She could not help but cry due to severe hatred and helplessness as she recalled her previous tragic endings...

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