I married an exasperating eunuch Chapter 14

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Chapter 14 Useless

Chen Hui didn’t spoke a word on the way back to Plum Yard and was exactly the same as the timid Xiao Tiao. Instead, it was Xiao Tiao who looked at Chen Hui worriedly. What had happened just now, she was too scared from just watching, let alone Lady Chen who was directly tormented by master.

Ah Da sent Chen Hui and Xiao Tiao back to Plum Yard and locked the door as usual. Chen Hui returned silently to her room and pulled up the quilt like a robot, undressed and went to bed. Then, she dragged the quilt to cover her body and closed her eyes.

Xiao Tiao followed all the way. Seeing that Chen Hui was lying still in the bed, she stood for a while and then returned to her own room full of worries.

Chen Hui felt a bit embarrassed.

She was obviously not afraid before of causing trouble for that exasperating eunuch and wished to eat meat sooner and live a good life. However, after she saw the bloody scene today, all her courage, like a punctured balloon, vanished like smoke in thin air.

Perhaps, time-traveling to such a place where there was no meat to eat but without worries to die from hunger, was her fortune and also her misfortune. Although, she was also worried in the beginning, but not long after, her attachment to good food and a good life surpassed everything else and she even forgot that that exasperating eunuch who she had provoked had the authority to let her live and kill her. Moreover, he was absolutely not someone benevolent and kind.

Today, fear truly emerged for that exasperating eunuch. If he wanted to squeeze her to death, it would be as easy as squeezing an ant to death. That she could live leaping and frisking about up until now was simply a miracle.

Chen Hui’s mind was in a chaos. Then, she somehow fell asleep.

The next day, the person who came to deliver the meal changed. The meal remained the same.

Chen Hui originally wanted to eat meat, but now when she smelled meat, she recalled the nightmare of the previous night. She didn’t eat breakfast and only eat a bit for lunch and dinner. She was well-behaved like a quail.

Three days later, Xiao Tiao who had discovered that Chen Hui had become too quiet finally couldn’t hold in anymore and probed, “Lady Chen, are you okay?”

It was true that Xiao Tiao was very timid. However, her timidity was mainly because of her fear of being hurt. What happened that night was frightening to her, but she had forgotten about it within two days as a means to protect herself. Moreover, she had always knew her place and didn’t dare to do anything that would anger master. She felt very safe.

Chen Hui has hardly spoken these past few days. When she heard that, she took a long sigh and said, “Not fine, how could I be fine? My courage had been broken by fear. That certain someone is really too perverse.”

Xiao Tiao didn’t understand the meaning of the word perverse, but she knew that Chen Hui was talking about master. She looked around in a hurry as if she wanted to make sure that no one was eavesdropping. She whispered, “Lady Chen, you can’t talk anymore. Maybe someone will hear you…”

Chen Hui stared for a long time at Xiao Tiao as if she was suppressing something. She yelled once and lay back on the bed, “Anyway, no one will hear, this…” She still swallowed the two words “exasperating eunuch” and pondered for a while. A series of swear words in English came from her mouth. She felt grateful to the American series she had watched for so many years. She had not learned a lot of serious words, but she had learned a lot of swear words that starts with f, starts with a and starts with s.

Naturally, Xiao Tiao couldn’t understand Chen Hui. She stared stupefied at Chen Hui for a long time. Just when she thought that Chen Hui may be possessed, Chen Hui took a deep breath and stopped. The blank face of these several days was also full of blood and she smiled contentedly.

Xiao Tiao was even more blank.

Chen Hui looked smilingly at Xiao Tiao and said in a gentle tone, “Xiao Tiao, don’t worry. I’m fine. Can such a matter frighten me? Obviously not! As the successor of socialism, I am fearless!”

Xiao Tiao once again heard so many words that she didn’t understand from Chen Hui’s mouth, but she had gradually become used to it. Seeing that Chen Hui had really regained her spirits, she (XT) showed a big smile.

Afterwards, on the seventh day that Chen Hui had prattled on self-importance, although she still ate the light food every day, but with a turn her head, she would complain repeatedly at Xiao Tiao. However, she didn’t have any meaning to act.

For this, Chen Hui gave the fearless her an adequate reason: the thing like courage was like money. The more you use it, the more you will have less. Now, she is impoverished. She had to first accumulate some courage before she goes rebel against that exasperating eunuch.

That is right, she is so sensible and correct.

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Li Youde was not in a good mood these days.

In fact, he didn’t have any troublesome matter. Chen Pingzhi didn’t do anything to bother him except for sending the letter. It seemed that he (CP) had accepted his punishment to Chen household. His enemy hasn’t shown up in recent days. He didn’t have to look at that disgusting face and get angry. Because the construction of the palace was at his disposal, many people had sent all kinds of precious treasures which is also a considerable income. Even Lady Jiang seemed to have become closer to him a lot these days. In the past, when he greeted her, she used to nod. Now, she even smiled at him occasionally.

Thinking like this, all the things that he had encountered recently were good things, but he didn’t know why, he felt not very well as if something was missing.

It wasn’t until one that after he returned to Chrysanthemum Yard and suddenly noticed that he didn’t hear his Xiao Liu and Xiao Wu mention “Lady Chen”, that he suddenly noticed that it had been almost ten days since he killed the chicken to warn the monkey. Plum Yard had been so silent as if the people in the yard were long gone.

• Killing the chicken to warn the monkey: punish someone as an example for others.

This Lady Chen’s courage was nothing but that.

Li Youde thought in disdain. He thought in vain that she was fearless of nothing. She had been scared by such a small incident. Really useless!

The more Li Youde thought about it, the angrier he got. That Lady Chen dared to commit suicide, dared to sneak into Chrysanthemum Yard, dared to bargain with him, dared to have a battle of words with him and dared to touch his tiger’s whiskers without looking scared at all. In the end, he only let her look at a servant being beaten and she had been scared like this?

He felt an anger as if his prestige had been offended. Suddenly, he slammed his hand on the armrest of the chair and stood up. Ah Da, who was serving at his side, shivered from fear.

He only saw Li Youde’s face turn ashen as if someone had suddenly provoked him. Li Youde said coldly, “Ah Da, from tomorrow on let Lady Chen go do the laundry.” He thought for a moment and felt that she was his woman in name after all. So, she definitely wouldn’t be able to wash clothes for others or servants. So, he added, “Give her all the clothes that I haven’t worn in a long time. Let people watch over her. If she doesn’t wash one day or damage the clothes, she is not allowed to have a meal for one day!”

Ah Da lowered his head and had no objection at all. He responded quickly.

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Early in the morning when Chen Hui was still sleeping, she heard Xiao Tiao come in suddenly and excitedly said, “Lady Chen, there is someone of the Chrysanthemum Yard here!”

Suddenly remembering the person after a lapse of ten days, from Xiao Tiao’s point of view, it is that Chen Hui had been behaving well these days and that had pleased master. Now, advantages were coming.

Chen Hui opened her eyes in confusion. She discovered that her sleeping posture wasn’t well and she had already kicked the quilt out of the bed. She dragged it back and vaguely said to Xiao Tiao, “Tell the person that came that I am still sleeping. If there is something, it is the same if he tells you…”

Xiao Tiao quickly grabbed Chen Hui who was about to fall back on the bed and said excitedly, “Lady Chen, maybe master has forgiven lady!”

Chen Hui narrowed her eyes, slowly sat up and said to Xiao Tiao, “Then, let him wait for a moment. I will put on clothes first.”

Xiao Tiao rushed out and Chen Hui lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Had to say, the function of humans to protect themselves was very overbearing. The nausea and fear of that time had already faded a lot during these ten days. Hence, the desire for meat ignited once again in Chen Hui’s heart. Counting it, it had been almost twenty days that she hasn’t eaten meat. Rounding up to the nearest integer, that is one year. Who could tolerate this? However, although the feeling of fear had faded, but she still had rationality. She didn’t dare to play something for the moment and cause a disturbance, lest she anger that exasperating eunuch.

Hearing Xiao Tiao say that, although she felt that it was impossible, but she couldn’t help but look forward to it. If her treatment could get better with behaving well for a few days, then, before, she was truly gilding the lily and overreach herself!

When Chen Hui heard that it was Ah Da who came to pass the order of that exasperating eunuch, her expectations sank into the abyss instantly anger was flared bit by bit.

She stretched out her two hands in front of Ah Da, wave them in front of him and asked him, “What is this?”

Ah Da was dumbfounded and said hesitantly, “Hands?”

Chen Hui raised an eyebrow and said boldly, “These are hands that had been taken good care of for twenty years and led a pampered life. They are lily-white hands that are fair, soft, smooth and slender like they don’t have bones. You actually want such precious hands of mine to go do laundry? Even my parents haven’t let me do the laundry!”

Ah Da hesitated for a while and said, “Lady Chen, it seemed that you haven’t reached twenty years yet.”

Chen Hui’s expression didn’t change. She sneered once, “I just said a rough number, can’t I?” That she didn’t round it up to a hundred years was already considered giving him face!

Ah Da felt that sweat appeared on his forehead. “…Can, can, can. Of course, you can.” He seemed to understand where the uncontrollable anger came from when lord faced Lady Chen.

“Don’t interrupt!” Chen Hui said angrily, “Reason things out for me. Forget it if you don’t give me food. Now, you actually want me to do the laundry? Is there a clothes-washer missing in the residence? Anyway, I won’t…” Her high voice suddenly stopped as if her throat had been grabbed. She suddenly put o a smiling face and asked Ah Da, “By the way, where did lord let me do the laundry?”

Ah Da was startled by Chen Hui’s sudden change of face. It wasn’t easy for him to regain his senses and say, “Next to the well in front of Xichang House.”

Chen Hui was immediately full of smiles and said gently, “Aiya, it is an honor for this Lady Chen to wash clothes for lord. This Lady Chen feels as if a fragrant cake fell on the head and am so happy that I lost composure. Little brother, don’t take offense.”

Chen Hui didn’t care about Ah Da’s stupefied expression. What did it mean to be able to get out? It meant that she has the chance to sneak into the kitchen and steal something to eat! She wouldn’t go provoke that exasperating eunuch anymore. She can feed herself, right?!

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