Helian Chacha felt a bit nervous so she stared at him nervously, “But what?”
He just smiled, “You should be more careful because it will become easier for them to notice your female features when you grow up day by day.”
Was it her delusion? She saw a bit of cruelty in his eyes when he finished the last sentence.
But Chu Jianmo looked really warm with that smile on his face, so she didn’t know if she was just too tired that she saw him wrong.
Seeing that she looked not so good, Chu Jianmo asked anxiously, “What’s going on? Do you feel unwell? Shall I call the doctor for you?”
Now she was certain about him because such a gentleman couldn’t be so crafty, and she must have been just too tired.
Chu Jianmo realized that she avoided his help unconsciously, so he felt a bit embarrassed but still said with a smile, “Maybe you just lost too much blood. You should have a good rest these days and don’t get too stressed out.”
She nodded.
The two of them sat there and chatted for a bit, and then Chu Jianmo stood up to say, “Alright, I need to go now. You can ask Xin’er for help because she will always be here with you.”
At that moment, a maid walked into the room and greeted her, “Good evening, Eunuch.”
She nodded politely and watched Chu Jianmo leave the room.
After cleaning the dinner table, the maid didn’t know what else she should do, so she just stood next to Helian Chacha and waited for her order.
Helian Chacha wanted to sleep, but it just felt so weird when there was someone else in the room, so she said to the maid after struggling for a while in the bed, “I don’t really need any help here so you may leave now.”
The maid looked quite reluctant, “But, my master told me to stay here to serve you, Eunuch.”
She felt a bit headache so she massaged her temples for a bit and confessed to her, “I really want to sleep now, but I can’t sleep when you are here.”
“Then I’ll go out and wait. You can call me at any time if you need me.”
Helian Chacha nodded and waved at her to let her go.
When Xin’er left the room, Helian Chacha finally felt relieved. She felt more and more regretful as she started to realize how much Chu Jianmo cared about her and how skeptical she was towards his caring.
Chu Jianmo was such a gentleman who always behaved so warm and nice, so how could he be so evil as she had expected before? It must because she had been with Ye Shengxuan for too long that she became as sensitive and skeptical as him.
Ahhhh!!!!!
“Helian Chacha, wake up! You are now in Chu Jianmo’s place, so why are you still thinking about that poker-faced Ye Shengxuan? Just wake the heck up!”
As she was talking to herself like that, Helian Chacha finally fell asleep.
The other day, Chu Jianmo came here to change the bandage for her early in the morning and then showed her his house after that.
Since he knew that she was actually a girl, Chu Jianmo started to treat her better and better. He tried his best to protect her from any risks, including walking.
This feeling of being cared so much by someone was the first time for Helian Chacha to feel the warmth from a man.
Back in the imperial palace, those people treated her well because they all wanted something from her. But the warmth she was feeling right now made her believe for the first time that it wasn’t so bad coming into this world, at least she met him here.
The good days outside the palace were comfortable but short.
The fourth day after she had left the palace, an imperial order came, asking Helian Chacha to return immediately or she would be charged of disobeying the order of His Majesty.
She didn’t dare to delay a minute, so she said goodbye to Chu Jianmo in a hurry and went back to the imperial palace with the eunuch who delivered the message.
As she had expected, a hurricane was now waiting for her.
Inside the Yangxin Hall.
Helian Chacha kneeled down to the ground and kept her eyes down. She could only see the pair of fine boots embroidered with gold strings and cloud patterns as she didn’t want to look into the eyes of the man in front of her.
Ye Shengxuan sat on his armchair and looked down at Helian Chacha, “So, I bet you think the Chu mansion is way freer than my imperial palace?”
“It is a nice place, but it is no match to the imperial palace!”
“Oh really?” Ye Shengxuan raised up his eyebrows a bit, “But why do I feel you wouldn’t come back if I didn’t send someone to pick you up?”
Helian Chacha tried to explain, “Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I didn’t mean that way! It was because of the wound on my shoulder that I needed to have a rest and not move. So even if I came back here, I wouldn’t be able to serve you, Your Majesty. That’s why I stayed at Chu’s place. If I knew you need me, I would definitely go back to serve you, even if there was an army ahead, Your Majesty!”
Ye Shengxuan waved his hand wearily to stop her, “Well, let’s skip that first. Tell me why you were assassinated and what kind of people did you mess up with?”
“I… I don’t know that either…” Maybe they were from that secret agency, but the action was too ordinary for them.
Or, maybe she accidentally had a new enemy?
Seeing that she was stuttering, Ye Shengxuan had no choice but to change his question, “Okay, then let me ask you another question. Why did you go out of the palace without my permission?”
Without permission?
Helian Chacha suddenly noticed the key point there and looked up immediately, “Your Majesty, I thought you were the one who told me to go out of the palace.”
She said calmly, “A few days ago, a palace maid came to me and told me you wanted osmanthus cake, so I was ordered to buy them for you and I…”
Her face suddenly changed when she was speaking of that.
“You get it now?” Ye Shengxuan sneered, “I never liked the smell of osmanthus and I never asked anyone to give you that order. You are lucky this time, but you shall never blame it on me if you die outside of the palace next time!”
Wait.
She blinked her eyes and stared at Ye Shengxuan as if she could read his mind, “Your Majesty, are you worried about me?”
Ye Shengxuan pounded the table, “How dare you!”
She shrugged and sobbed, “Although I was in the Chu mansion these days, I have always been thinking about you, Your Majesty. I wondered if you like your meals or the bed, and I wished I could go back to the palace every day. But I didn’t know you think me in that way, Your Majesty.”
Then she pretended to wipe off the tears which didn't exist at all and looked at Ye Shengxuan secretly.
Ye Shengxuan’s pale cheeks started blushing and he coughed a little bit as he tried to calm down, “You…you have been missing me these days?”
“Of course I have! If you don’t believe me, just dig out my heart and check it!”
The moment she finished that sentence, she could hear the sound of a sword coming out from its sheath. Feeling the pain on her chest, she looked down and found out that Ye Shengxuan did put a sword on her chest!
“Then I’ll check it out!”
“You bastard! I dare you to touch me with that!” Helian Chacha cursed him secretly.
Ye Shengxuan moved his wrist and the sword pierced the clothes of Helian Chacha. It almost poked her chest.
Yet she didn’t move at all but just kept kneeling down there as if she was a criminal waiting for the final verdict.
Ye Shengxuan looked at her in confusion, “You don’t fear death?”
She looked Ye Shengxuan in the eyes firmly, “I don’t mind dying for you, Your Majesty!”
Ye Shengxuan smiled and took the sword back into the sheath, “You’re quite tough. I don’t need your help here, just go back and wait until you’re fully recovered.”
“Yes.”
Then she bowed and left Yangxin Hall slowly.
The moment she walked out of the gate, she took a deep breath as it felt like going through a hard war every time she was challenged by Ye Shengxuan.
He was really a horrible man.
But, judging from his attitude, was he worried about her back then?
Helian Chacha felt a bit nervous so she stared at him nervously, “But what?”
He just smiled, “You should be more careful because it will become easier for them to notice your female features when you grow up day by day.”
Was it her delusion? She saw a bit of cruelty in his eyes when he finished the last sentence.
But Chu Jianmo looked really warm with that smile on his face, so she didn’t know if she was just too tired that she saw him wrong.
Seeing that she looked not so good, Chu Jianmo asked anxiously, “What’s going on? Do you feel unwell? Shall I call the doctor for you?”
Now she was certain about him because such a gentleman couldn’t be so crafty, and she must have been just too tired.
Chu Jianmo realized that she avoided his help unconsciously, so he felt a bit embarrassed but still said with a smile, “Maybe you just lost too much blood. You should have a good rest these days and don’t get too stressed out.”
She nodded.
The two of them sat there and chatted for a bit, and then Chu Jianmo stood up to say, “Alright, I need to go now. You can ask Xin’er for help because she will always be here with you.”
At that moment, a maid walked into the room and greeted her, “Good evening, Eunuch.”
She nodded politely and watched Chu Jianmo leave the room.
After cleaning the dinner table, the maid didn’t know what else she should do, so she just stood next to Helian Chacha and waited for her order.
Helian Chacha wanted to sleep, but it just felt so weird when there was someone else in the room, so she said to the maid after struggling for a while in the bed, “I don’t really need any help here so you may leave now.”
The maid looked quite reluctant, “But, my master told me to stay here to serve you, Eunuch.”
She felt a bit headache so she massaged her temples for a bit and confessed to her, “I really want to sleep now, but I can’t sleep when you are here.”
“Then I’ll go out and wait. You can call me at any time if you need me.”
Helian Chacha nodded and waved at her to let her go.
When Xin’er left the room, Helian Chacha finally felt relieved. She felt more and more regretful as she started to realize how much Chu Jianmo cared about her and how skeptical she was towards his caring.
Chu Jianmo was such a gentleman who always behaved so warm and nice, so how could he be so evil as she had expected before? It must because she had been with Ye Shengxuan for too long that she became as sensitive and skeptical as him.
Ahhhh!!!!!
“Helian Chacha, wake up! You are now in Chu Jianmo’s place, so why are you still thinking about that poker-faced Ye Shengxuan? Just wake the heck up!”
As she was talking to herself like that, Helian Chacha finally fell asleep.
The other day, Chu Jianmo came here to change the bandage for her early in the morning and then showed her his house after that.
Since he knew that she was actually a girl, Chu Jianmo started to treat her better and better. He tried his best to protect her from any risks, including walking.
This feeling of being cared so much by someone was the first time for Helian Chacha to feel the warmth from a man.
Back in the imperial palace, those people treated her well because they all wanted something from her. But the warmth she was feeling right now made her believe for the first time that it wasn’t so bad coming into this world, at least she met him here.
The good days outside the palace were comfortable but short.
The fourth day after she had left the palace, an imperial order came, asking Helian Chacha to return immediately or she would be charged of disobeying the order of His Majesty.
She didn’t dare to delay a minute, so she said goodbye to Chu Jianmo in a hurry and went back to the imperial palace with the eunuch who delivered the message.
As she had expected, a hurricane was now waiting for her.
Inside the Yangxin Hall.
Helian Chacha kneeled down to the ground and kept her eyes down. She could only see the pair of fine boots embroidered with gold strings and cloud patterns as she didn’t want to look into the eyes of the man in front of her.
Ye Shengxuan sat on his armchair and looked down at Helian Chacha, “So, I bet you think the Chu mansion is way freer than my imperial palace?”
“It is a nice place, but it is no match to the imperial palace!”
“Oh really?” Ye Shengxuan raised up his eyebrows a bit, “But why do I feel you wouldn’t come back if I didn’t send someone to pick you up?”
Helian Chacha tried to explain, “Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I didn’t mean that way! It was because of the wound on my shoulder that I needed to have a rest and not move. So even if I came back here, I wouldn’t be able to serve you, Your Majesty. That’s why I stayed at Chu’s place. If I knew you need me, I would definitely go back to serve you, even if there was an army ahead, Your Majesty!”
Ye Shengxuan waved his hand wearily to stop her, “Well, let’s skip that first. Tell me why you were assassinated and what kind of people did you mess up with?”
“I… I don’t know that either…” Maybe they were from that secret agency, but the action was too ordinary for them.
Or, maybe she accidentally had a new enemy?
Seeing that she was stuttering, Ye Shengxuan had no choice but to change his question, “Okay, then let me ask you another question. Why did you go out of the palace without my permission?”
Without permission?
Helian Chacha suddenly noticed the key point there and looked up immediately, “Your Majesty, I thought you were the one who told me to go out of the palace.”
She said calmly, “A few days ago, a palace maid came to me and told me you wanted osmanthus cake, so I was ordered to buy them for you and I…”
Her face suddenly changed when she was speaking of that.
“You get it now?” Ye Shengxuan sneered, “I never liked the smell of osmanthus and I never asked anyone to give you that order. You are lucky this time, but you shall never blame it on me if you die outside of the palace next time!”
Wait.
She blinked her eyes and stared at Ye Shengxuan as if she could read his mind, “Your Majesty, are you worried about me?”
Ye Shengxuan pounded the table, “How dare you!”
She shrugged and sobbed, “Although I was in the Chu mansion these days, I have always been thinking about you, Your Majesty. I wondered if you like your meals or the bed, and I wished I could go back to the palace every day. But I didn’t know you think me in that way, Your Majesty.”
Then she pretended to wipe off the tears which didn't exist at all and looked at Ye Shengxuan secretly.
Ye Shengxuan’s pale cheeks started blushing and he coughed a little bit as he tried to calm down, “You…you have been missing me these days?”
“Of course I have! If you don’t believe me, just dig out my heart and check it!”
The moment she finished that sentence, she could hear the sound of a sword coming out from its sheath. Feeling the pain on her chest, she looked down and found out that Ye Shengxuan did put a sword on her chest!
“Then I’ll check it out!”
“You bastard! I dare you to touch me with that!” Helian Chacha cursed him secretly.
Ye Shengxuan moved his wrist and the sword pierced the clothes of Helian Chacha. It almost poked her chest.
Yet she didn’t move at all but just kept kneeling down there as if she was a criminal waiting for the final verdict.
Ye Shengxuan looked at her in confusion, “You don’t fear death?”
She looked Ye Shengxuan in the eyes firmly, “I don’t mind dying for you, Your Majesty!”
Ye Shengxuan smiled and took the sword back into the sheath, “You’re quite tough. I don’t need your help here, just go back and wait until you’re fully recovered.”
“Yes.”
Then she bowed and left Yangxin Hall slowly.
The moment she walked out of the gate, she took a deep breath as it felt like going through a hard war every time she was challenged by Ye Shengxuan.
He was really a horrible man.
But, judging from his attitude, was he worried about her back then?
