Chapter 156 (1/2)

Chapter 156

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou returned home together. After closing the door and remembering Ye Qi’s wonderful expression, Xiao Lou couldn’t help chuckling. “I didn’t expect Ye Qi to also be dressed as a woman or a woman who sells art, not her body… You asked Chief Shao to go to him alone. Is it okay?”

Yu Hanjiang replied seriously, “Shao Qingge might like to joke around but he is still reliable when it comes to major events. I let him tell Ye Qi about his situation so that Ye Qi can rest a.s.sured.”

The maid Pinger came over and asked if they wanted to have supper. Xiao Lou said, “No, Pinger, you go to rest.”

Pinger went into the room and helped them make the bed before turning around and leaving.

It was already dark. Yu Hanjiang looked at the bed and said, “Sleep, tomorrow we will go and see the Eighth Prince.”

There was only one bed in this bedroom. Xiao Lou remembered the wedding night in his dream and was really embarra.s.sed to share the same bed with Group Leader Yu. However, Group Leader Yu looked calm as he frankly asked, “Are you still sleeping there tonight?”

Xiao Lou’s scalp was numb as he let out a ‘hmm’ sound.

They briefly washed up, took off their coats, white the white sleeping clothes and lay side by side in bed.

The quilt, sheet and pillows were all bought by Pinger in the afternoon along with their housekeeper. The two people covered themselves in the same quilt and once again lay in the posture of ‘a corpse.’ They didn’t dare move their hands and feet.

Xiao Lou slept on the inside and Yu Hanjiang slept on the outside. It wasn’t long until the two people fell asleep.

There was another fragment of the plot in the dream.

Four years ago, the champion Yu Hanjiang returned to Jiangzhou. He remembered Xiao Lou and found the valley outside Jiangzhou according to his memories in order to propose marriage to Xiao Lou. He saw a small medicine boy drying herbs and asked, “Does Xiao Lou live here?”

The medicine boy looked up with an indifferent expression. “He went to the mountains to take medicine.”

Yu Hanjiang turned to look at the mountains and saw Xiao Lou carrying medicine on his back.

He accompanied Xiao Lou to collect the medicine and on the way back, the two of them stopped at a stream to wash. Yu Hanjiang saw Xiao Lou’s wet hair and gulped before whispering, “Miss Xiao, I have been thinking of you forever. This time, I came to propose marriage to you, hoping that you will marry me.”

Xiao Lou almost fell into the lake. He immediately stabilized his body and smiled awkwardly. “Yu gongzi really knows how to joke around.”

Yu Hanjiang gently grabbed Xiao Lou’s hands and stared into his eyes. “I’m not joking. I really want to marry you and grow old with you.”

Xiao Lou shook off the hand and put away the smile as he spoke seriously. “Yu gongzi, when I saved you, I dressed up as a woman to disguise my ident.i.ty. In fact, I am a man and we can’t get married.”

Yu Hanjiang choked and looked at Xiao Lou with disbelief. “What? Are you a man?”

Xiao Lou loosened his hair, took off his coat and slowly explained, “My father was a coroner. In the past, he a.s.sisted the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in solving numerous cases, including the serial killing in the capital that was a sensation 10 years ago. However, while he arrested the murderer, only one accomplice was caught and the primary person escaped for many years. This man is very good at using poison. My father was poisoned by him five years ago. In order to avoid revenge falling on the descendants of the Xiao family, my mother always asked me to dress as a woman and I followed my mother to live in seclusion in Jiangzhou. Saving you was just a matter of raising my hands. You don’t need to be too concerned about it.”

Looking at the other person’s serious expression, Yu Hanjiang couldn’t speak for a long time.

Xiao Lou smi8led. “If you don’t mind, can I be friends with Yu gongzi?”

Yu Hanjiang looked complicated as he turned away in a lost manner.

Xiao Lou originally thought this person would give up. As a result, within a few days, Yu Hanjiang came again. This time, he carried a large box full of engagement gifts and stared at Xiao Lou seriously. “It doesn’t matter if you are a man. The style of Daqi is open and many good men are h.o.m.os.e.xual. There are even male concubines in the emperor’s harem. I still can’t forget you and I want to marry you.”

Xiao Lou sprayed a mouthful of tea all over the ground.

Of course, he refused but Yu Hanjiang was very stubborn and came to find Xiao Lou every day.

On one occasion, Xiao Lou sprained his foot when collecting medicine. Yu Hanjiang carried Xiao Lou on his back in the rain and caught a cold. Another time, Xiao Lou tried a new prescription and was affected by the toxin for three days and three nights. Yu Hanjiang stayed by his bedside to take care of him the entire time.

Gradually, Xiao Lou was moved by the man’s persistence.

Xiao Lou’s mother was seriously ill at this time. Seeing Yu Hanjiang so infatuated, she took her son’s hand and told him, “This Yu gongzi has deep affection for you and is worthy of being entrusted with you. I can’t live long and those murderers will find you one day. It will be more difficult for you to cope with them if you are alone. Marry Yu gongzi as a woman and become his wife. I believe he will take care of you.”

Before his mother died, she held Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang’s hands tightly together. “I hope you don’t lose him…”

Yu Hanjiang knelt in front of the hospital bed and promised, “Mother, rest a.s.sured. I swear I will do everything in my power to protect his life.”

Xiao Lou’s mother smiled. “Okay, I can rest a.s.sured with your promise.” She stared at her son. “I don’t need you to show my filial piety. Just scatter my ashes into the river. The two of you choose a date for the marriage. I will be watching in the sky with your father and will be happy for you.”

Before leaving, all the secret notes belonging to Xiao Lou’s father while he was working were pa.s.sed to Xiao Lou. In addition, the toxicology she studied herself was pa.s.sed on to her apprentice, Liu Qiao, who was at the medicine house outside Jiangzhou.

Those seeking revenge only knew that Coroner Yu. They didn’t expect Xiao Lou to take on a woman’s ident.i.ty and marry the new palace champion, Yu Hanjiang.

On the wedding night, the two people drank a gla.s.s of wine. Then Yu Hanjiang took off his red wedding clothes and the phoenix crown on his head.

Blue silk was scattered and the light of red candles swayed.

Xiao Lou stood in the candlelight with a flush on his cheeks, making Yu Hanjiang unable to look away.

Xiao Lou was embarra.s.sed and wanted to hide but Yu Hanjiang’s eyes were deep as he gently hugged Xiao Lou and whispered, “So what if you’re a man? You are you. From today on, you are my wife.”

Xiao Lou wanted to talk but his lips were directly kissed by Yu Hanjiang.

……

There was the sound ‘boom boom boom’ outside. It was the watchman beating the gong to signify the third of the five night watch periods. (TL: 23:00 – 1:00)

Yu Hanjiang sat up in a cold sweat.

he turned his head to see that Xiao Lou was still asleep. In the moonlight, this person’s face looked like jade without flaws. The rosy lips exuded a fatal temptation that made the knot in his throat roll twice. Deep in his heart, a strong desire to kiss Xiao Lou rose.