Chapter 253: Secret Guard Delivering a Letter (1/2)
“Do you wish to know?” Bai Luochu originally wanted to ignore Cai Ling’s questions. She wanted nothing more than to sleep but she couldn’t take it anymore. She knew that if she didn’t give Cai Ling a satisfactory explanation, the little girl would pester her all day. In the end, Bai Luochu decided to resolve all of Cai Ling’s doubts in order to bring some peace to herself.
When Cai Ling heard that her mistress was offering to explain the situation, she became excited. There was no way Cai Ling would miss the opportunity to learn about interesting events going on in the residence and she celebrated. “Of course!” However, Cai Ling seemed to recall that her mistress had been awake for the entire night and she regretted her decision a little. She decided to allow Bai Luochu to rest before pestering her any further.“Mistress, you can shorten the story!”
Bai Luochu felt warm in her heart after hearing Cai Ling’s words. This servant girl still had her interest in mind and she didn’t shower Cai Ling with so much love for nothing. Bai Luochu prepared to make the explanation a little clearer so that she didn’t disappoint the little girl.
“After I had my conversation with the Third Prince, he turned away to walk out of the residence. Qianqian came at the exact moment and started to throw out accusations in order to cause a misunderstanding between the two of us. She didn’t expect to be the one yelled at by the Third Prince. After that, I dragged her to my aunt before leaving.” Bai Luochu narrated the whole incident to Cai Ling.
“What about the Third Prince? What was he here for?” Cai Ling noticed that Bai Luochu only answered one of her questions.
“His Third Highness...” Bai Luochu looked far away and her thoughts started to float away as well. It went back to the reception pavilion as Bai Luochu recalled the words that Pei Wuchen had spoken. She also recalled his final words to her, ‘take care’.
At the end of the day, a prince won’t be able to empathize with people who lead difficult lives.
Bai Luochu shook her head. She felt that it was fortunate for her to be able to live again after experiencing such a dark past. There were too many people with malicious intent in the world.
Bai Luochu shook her head again and said to Cai Ling, “Nothing much. We talked about how a child would follow someone with sweets and several unhappy stories.”
“Ah?” Cai Ling was very confused after hearing Bai Luochu’s reply. Putting aside the fact that children would always follow people who gave them sweets, Cai Ling felt that it was strange that the Third Prince came all this way to tell a story.
Cai Ling might not understand the meaning behind Bai Luochu’s words, but she was happy that Qianqian was being punished. She recalled that Bai Luochu didn’t sleep for the entire night and she rushed to the kitchen in order to request for some dishes to help nourish Bai Luochu’s body. This was probably the only thing she could do for her mistress.
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