Chapter 686: Just who is it? (2/2)
Han Yunxi was too exhausted to reply and simply headed up the stairs. Su Xiaoyu quickly grabbed her. “Master, just–”
“What would you think if I chased you off instead?” Han Yunxi interrupted.
Su Xiaoyu grew agitated and gripped Han Yunxi’s hand so tightly that it hurt.
“Little Yu’er’s life was rescued by master. Little Yu’er will live as master’s servant and die as master’s ghost. I won’t leave master for the rest of my life, living or dead!”
Han Yunxi had just left a ghostly bamboo forest that was scattered with human corpses. Hearing this only made goosebumps rise on her skin. She rolled her eyes at Su Xiaoyu and said, “Let go!”
Su Xiaoyu only grew more nervous. “Master, if you chase little Yu’er off, I’ll stop living! I mean what I say!”
“Then why are you trying to chase off Baili Mingxiang?” Han Yunxi asked.
“I…I…” Su Xiaoyu had her reasons, but she didn’t want to share them. The world knew that Qin Wangfei was one of Cloud Realm Continent’s smartest women, but in her eyes, master was actually its greatest fool. She couldn’t even tell that Baili Mingxiang liked His Highness Duke of Qin and kept the woman by her side. It was like nurturing a tiger that invited calamity.
“You’re still not letting go?” Han Yunxi was so sleepy. Leisurely Cloud Pavilion was a place to soothe her heart, but why was there nothing but trouble here?
No matter how bold Su Xiaoyu was, she didn’t dare to oppose Han Yunxi. In the end, she obediently released her hands. Han Yunxi planned to sleep in the next day, but Zhao mama woke her up first thing in the morning with a shout from the foot of the stairs.
“Esteemed wangfei, are you awake?”
“Esteemed wangfei, when did you come back? Why didn’t you say anything? This old servant could have bought some nice hens to make you soup!”
“Esteemed wangfei, are you awake yet? This old servant made His Highness’s favorite breakfast. His Highness isn’t awake yet, so perhaps you can get him out of bed?”
Han Yunxi buried her head beneath the covers and pretended to sleep, but the last sentence made her jump out of bed. Waking Long Feiye out of bed? I can do that! I have to! She quickly washed and dressed herself before coming down the stairs. Zhao mama saw her with the same reaction as Su Xiaoyu, delighted beyond compare. She looked at her from head to toe before exclaiming, “Esteemed wangfei, you’ve gotten skinnier!”
Han Yunxi immediately muffled her mouth with an icy warning. “If you dare to say ‘skinny’ again, I’ll send you to the countryside to raise chickens!” I haven’t gotten any skinnier at all! It’s impossible when I’m traveling with Long Feiye. In her opinion, her looks didn’t lose to Duanmu Yao, but she wasn’t as skinny as the other girl. That was a great issue weighing on her heart.
Scared by her words, Zhao mama quickly nodded. Only then did Han Yunxi release her. “Go prepare some morning tea first. I’ll call Long Feiye out of bed.”
Zhao mama was quite unused to hearing esteemed wangfei refer to His Highness by name. Su Xiaoyu glanced at Baili Mingxiang before she chuckled. “Only master’s allowed to call His Highness directly by name. Do you guys know why?”
“That’s obviously because His Highness allowed esteemed wangfei,” Zhao mama was smiling so broadly that she couldn’t even close her mouth. She always felt that the days were meaningless without her master and mistress at the estate. Now that both were back, she could start busying herself in the kitchens again.
“Baili Mingixang, what do you think?” Su Xiaoyu was doing this on purpose, of course.
“Because His Highness only loves esteemed wangfei,” Baili Mingxiang said seriously. “Don’t go to Pill Fiend Pharmacy today. Stay behind and wait on esteemed wangfei and His Highness, I’ll go instead.” She left without hesitation, but Su Xiaoyu only snorted contemptuously.
Han Yunxi didn’t have her fill of sleep, but she was still full of spirits. But once she reached Long Feiye’s quarters, she realized that she couldn’t get in when the door was locked from the inside. After knocking a few times, she got no reaction. The building is so big that Long Feiye might not even be able to hear my knock. For once I’ve gotten up earlier than him to call him out of bed, but now I’ve lost that chance.
Actually, she was mistaken. Long Feiye had highly vigilant senses even when unconscious, so he could sense every movement around his quarters. She was about to leave when a shadow guard appeared.
“Greetings to esteemed wangfei.”
“His Highness is still sleeping, right?” she asked.
“His Highness is at the ancestral hall,” the guard replied.
So early. Did he find a new clue? Han Yunxi had just reached the bamboo forest when she saw Long Feiye walking back.
“You found something?” she asked urgently. Much to her surprise, Long Feiye tossed her a letter. “A ransom note?”
Actually, she had privately pegged Tianan’s empress dowager as the culprit who hired assassins to kidnap Grand Concubine Yi to figure out Long Feiye’s birth origins. But now they’d gotten a ransom note in exchange. Does this mean this has nothing to do with Long Feiye’s origins?
Han Yunxi opened up the message and saw the following lines: Three days from now, at noon precisely, bring the treasured Profound Frost Sword to Lost Void Lake to exchange for the hostage. Only one person can come. If you’re late, shoulder the consequences!
“What an arrogant tone!” Han Yunxi said coldly. “Just who is it?!”
Translator’s Note: Oh my goodness…Su Xiaoyu’s treating HYX the same way she used to treat her original master who saved her from the streets, Chu Tianyin…