Chapter 315: Too Few Servants (3) (2/2)

Chu Lian noted his wretched appearance and made a suggestion. “Since you’re only leaving after lunch, why don’t I get Wenlan to boil some water so you can take a bath?”

Since the day she had inadvertently overheard Mo Chenggui’s words, she had specially gone to look for Huang Zhijian to learn more about what it was like in the army.

She was told that it was common for the soldiers to go without bathing for up to a month in the winter, even the officers. When she looked at He Changdi’s appearance, she had brought up this suggestion with purely kind intentions.

However, in He Sanlang’s ears, it sounded like something else. The words of praise that Chu Lian had given Tang Yan resounded in his mind.

What, did this wicked woman think he was dirty? He Sanlang gritted his molars and harrumphed in his heart. As dirty as he might be, he was still her husband! She had no other choice!

If Chu Lian were to find out about his twisted line of thought, she would surely start to curse at him.

She was just offering him a bath out of the kindness of her heart. Wasn’t he too good at leaping to conclusions?

When He Sanlang thought back to those young, fit guards by Tang Yan’s side, the right hand he had placed on the table unconsciously curled into a fist. That Tang Yan! He had abandoned his duties to bring a group of flowery-looking guards over to show off in front of Chu Lian! Hmph, let’s see who gets the last laugh when I report this to Prince Jin!

Chu Lian called for Wenlan and instructed her to start boiling some water. He Sanlang didn’t say a word, but he abruptly remembered that Chu Lian had only brought two female maidservants to attend to her on this trip. The rest of the people in this courtyard were all men. Thinking back to how that wicked woman liked to admire handsome men, as well as how Tang Yan and his guards had been decked out in their finest, He Changdi immediately felt as if he had swallowed some flies.

Wenlan was about to turn and leave after receiving Chu Lian’s instructions, when He Changdi added on another order in a dark tone. “Bring some middle-aged female servants back tomorrow. It looks like there aren’t enough servants here.”