Chapter 312 (Part 2) (1/2)
Chapter 31: Strange Illness (Part 2)
He scared three souls out of my seven[1]
Nice guy, you still can’t tell the differences between males and females You still did…whatever you wanted to do
“This flower is very beautiful Did you set it aside for me?”
“Unfortunately, I crushed it” I gave a dead stare to those jade-like, translucent white fingers around the gorgeous red lotus, lightly stroking the flower…ah tome intently, and my face reddened as I choked back, “…that’s not really it I saw it growing colorfully by the pond so I sort of wanted to pick one for you” The more I spoke, the more I sounded like a mosquito, out of breath
His expression then was very lovely, and the gaze froh to steal my soul away
In that instant, my heart had completely fallen to the enemy’s hands
“The water’s getting cold…” he called out, as if wronged greatly
I hurriedly wrung htly shook his head “You shouldn’t do things like this” He took awayto the bed He resu hihtly, “The jianghu is fine, so why did you come to the palace?”
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His indifferent words were enough to scare me out of my wits
Was it possible that…he’d recognized o?
Seized with panic, I stood up a bit helplessly and tried to keep calm His forehead was knotted in theThat soft, unhurried voice said, “If I had any family, I wouldn’t let them co ordinary people With exceptional natural talents aeneration, it would be si fro free and unfettered Why then, would your parents ever send you to become a court lady?”
I liftedno ure out whether he was trying to feelnow in case he grew suspicious, but I couldn’t help it There was one thing…that had been ontime
If I didn’t ask now and ret it in the future I resisted with great difficulty and gripped aze swept acrossme feel a bit flushed before he looked away
“For a certain person, I had no choice but to act againstout the
“Your beloved?”
He only s
That was neither a yes or no, but looking at his particularly lonely expression, I loweredpain
Yifu, what exactly am I to you?
The candle fla, I still felt like there was no place for me to stay
“I’ve already spoken, but you haven’t answered ot closer, his line of vision lowering until he askedthe palace?”
He tenderly gazed at me and I looked away, unable to hold my own as I cleared my throat “I’m not Lord Hua with his consu brother and an elder over 80-years-old at home Our days are rather difficult, so if I entered the palace, my family’s livelihood should be much better”
He carefully looked at oosebumps
“…forget it, I won’t talk with you about these things, ” He shi+fted back slightly with a snosis today, did you notice anything suspicious?”
“The eunuchs’ actions were a bit unusual”
“Go on,” His hand rested on his lip as if in deep thought, though the posture was exceedingly elegant
I could guess his thinking, and paused before speaking, “A certain young eunuch burned a bit of redients into ashes behind his back, instead of adding it into the pot”
He nodded with a smile
“Sharp eyes Can you naredient it was that he burned?”
I openedup
Hold it in…
I couldn’t say it aloud Wasn’t thisa stone to stub my own toe?[2]
“Your servant is only a useless girl and naturally isn’t acquainted with all kinds of plants like Lord Hua Moreover, the imperial palace has many valuable and precious medicines and that person moved so quickly, so it was hard to see”
“Your martial arts skills are presumably not bad, or else how could you catch that person’s trickery?”
“Things are naturally complex within the court, unlike the outside world”