Chapter 594 - Lost Pearl? (2/2)
“Ah? The emperor is seventeen years older than me?? I can’t tell at all!” Yu Xiaocao mumbled softly. However, she had to defend her ‘innocence’, “When I was born, my eldest grandaunt helped with the delivery. Moreover, I’m twins with Xiaolian and we look extremely similar. People who aren’t familiar with us often mistake us! I’m certain that I’m my mother’s biological daughter!! You wouldn’t be suspecting that the emperor had an affair with a married woman, right?”
“Of course not!” He knew that the emperor was a slight clean freak. If he wanted to get intimate with someone, he would have chosen a young maiden. Why would he like a peasant woman with an ordinary appearance? In actuality, he was just speaking thoughtlessly earlier. The la.s.s sometimes spoke in a nonsensical manner, so he was also led astray and made a thoughtless comment.
“I heard that Sir Su was already serving the emperor when he was in his teens. Would you not know about the women he had a relations.h.i.+p with in the past? Or…is the emperor a womanizer who flirts everywhere in your heart?” Yu Xiaocao had no doubts about her own ident.i.ty. Her parents doted on her even more than her brothers, so she was certain that she wasn’t adopted!!
“A big promiscuous radish? Can a radish be promiscuous?” Su Ran tried to change the subject to cover up his nonsensical remark.
Generation gap ah! Yu Xiaocao couldn’t help but explain to him, “A big promiscuous radish isn’t describing the radish. It’s used to describe someone who is very flirty and fickle in relationsh.i.p.s…”
“Is it really alright for you to say that about the emperor?” Su Ran sometimes felt that this girl was very bold. She even dared to joke about the emperor. Wasn’t this a clear display that the emperor was reluctant to punish her?
“Uh…I didn’t say that the emperor was this kind of a person. Don’t slander me!” Yu Xiaocao was instantly led off topic. Did she call the emperor a womanizer earlier? She didn’t, right? No, right?
“Don’t worry, I know you didn’t do it on purpose. I won’t report it to the emperor. You ah, you should be careful when you speak in the future, lest someone with ulterior motives hears you and stirs up trouble in front of the emperor!” In a seemingly serious manner, Su Ran reminded her with an earnest tone.
Yu Xiaocao nodded obediently with a confused expression on her face, “Mhm! I will pay more attention in the future! Thank you, Sir Su! You’re such a good person!”
Chunhua, who heard everything, had the urge to cover her face, ‘My dear Young Miss, you just got led astray by Chief Steward Su! Wasn’t he the one who suspected that you were the emperor’s long-lost daughter? Wasn’t he the one who suggested that the emperor was flirting everywhere? Shouldn’t he be the one who should reflect and correct his mistakes? Why did you two switch roles?’
Su Ran cast a warning glance at her and laughed in his heart, ‘This la.s.s is really easy to trick.’ She was fooled by just a few words. The way she thanked him just now was just like what the emperor said——foolishly cute. If he was Royal Prince Yang, he probably also couldn’t help but be attracted by this cute yet somewhat muddle-headed girl, right? Su Ran quietly suppressed the weird feeling that emerged in his heart and s.h.i.+fted his gaze towards the outside of the cave that was gradually darkening.
“Eh? Why is that fellow Zhu Junyang gone for so long? Nothing happened, right?” Following his gaze, Yu Xiaocao looked towards the entrance of the cave and muttered to herself in a somewhat worried and concerned tone.
Su Ran turned his head and saw the worried expression on the la.s.s’s face. He finally understood why Royal Prince Yang saw him as an eyesore. At this moment, how much he hoped that the person she was concerned about was him ah!
“Don’t worry!” He suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the fluctuation of his mood, so he hastily withdrew all his emotions and comforted her by saying, “Royal Prince Yang is strong enough to kill a bear with one punch. The only thing that can hurt him in this mountain would have to be a powerful monster! But, didn’t you call him devilish? The situation of a fight between the same species probably won’t occur. Therefore, your Zhu Junyang is safe!”
‘Your Zhu Junyang? To be labeled as one who belonged to the la.s.s, that fellow, Royal Prince Yang, is seriously lucky! What’s with this slight sense of envy within my heart?’ Su Ran, who had always been shrewd, felt somewhat confused.
“Hahaha…” The la.s.s laughed heartlessly and almost fell to the ground, “That guy, Zhu Junyang, has hunted so many foxes recently. Do you think that some fox demon will come to settle accounts with him? The fox demon had originally come to get revenge for its fellow fox descendants, but when it saw that fellow’s appearance, it was immediately attracted by his seductive phoenix eyes and decided to devote itself to him…hehehe… Aiya, this won’t do! My tummy hurts from laughing so much! I can’t continue to think about this!!”