Chapter 21 (1/2)

Chapter 21

The Forbidden City

He didn’t really carry her back into the bamboo house, instead he carries her up a small pathway next to the building.  After they walk up the path, they are exactly halfway up the hill.

At that very moment, they can hear the sound of people yelling from the peak.  He let go of her, saying, “They will find you soon.”  Each and every one of his words are concise.

He spoke very little for the past years.  The things he said to her this day can already be considered a lot.

“Remember, you didn’t see anyone.  Including the snake.”

She nods gently, “Chenqie understand.”

She hands over the umbrella to him.  He hesitates for a while, but accepted it in the end anyway.  If she didn’t meet anyone, there shouldn’t be any umbrella.  She didn’t say anything, merely turning around.  There is a flat rock behind her so she wipes the snow away and then naturally sits on it in silence, her head looking down like usual.

Xuan Yuan Yu’s behaviour is so weird today, so peculiar that she cannot put him in the same light as the man from last night.

But, he is the emperor, the master of the Forbidden City.

Everyone has their own secret.  Perhaps she had accidentally stumbled into his.  She should be thankful he isn’t killing her.

For a cold-blooded emperor like him, killing a consort is a decision he can make within seconds.

And her being alive and managing to send her father’s coffin off is all because of him too.  She is not an ungrateful person.  In fact, she is someone who appreciate the little things.