I married an exasperating eunuch Chapter 32

Chapter 32 Heartache

Li Youde paused. The anger that he felt because of being scolded by the emperor was long gone, but it was replaced by another kind of anger.

He turned his head and glared at Chen Hui, “If you talk more, I will let you crawl from the main door to the back door!”

Chen Hui tightly closed her mouth.

Li Youde looked at her drenched body and pitiful appearance. He felt that it was too irksome of a presence. He frowned and said with disdain, “Go change first!”

After he finished speaking, he returned to the room.

Chen Hui sat up and looked at the servant next to her. The other party was also looking over in panic and met Chen Hui’s gaze. He immediately said, “Lady Chen, this little one didn’t do it on do it on purpose! This little one was just tired from kneeling and stretched out the leg. I really didn’t see Lady Chen walk by…,” He had a crying expression, “If this little one knew that Lady Chen was passing by, this little one wouldn’t have dared to stretch my leg!”

Chen Hui recognized that this person was Xiao Jiu. His sense of presence was usually very low. He didn’t dare to look directly at other people. She knew what he was afraid of. There was nothing to be afraid of about her. The one who is scary is Li Youde. These people didn’t know what kind of conversation she had with Li Youde. They only thought that Li Youde took a fancy on her, so, they also feared her.

• Xiao Jiu means little nine.

Chen Hui suddenly had the refreshed feeling of the fox exploiting the tiger’s might. No wonder everyone liked to cling to someone influential. If one could cling to someone influential, the fortune would change greatly.

• The fox exploiting the tiger’s might: to use powerful connection to intimidate people.

Chen Hui recalled what she saw before she stumbled and then thought that there would be no benefit to others if she stumbled. She felt that it really didn’t seem like a conspiracy. So, she gestured with her hand and said, “Alright, I’m fine. But you have to be more careful next time. Not everyone is like me.”

“Yes, yes, thank you, Lady Chen for not bothering with this little one!” Xiao Jiu hurriedly thanked.

Ah Da didn’t see how Chen Hui fell before and had assumed that she fell by herself. When Li Youde appeared, he also stood at a side and didn’t even dare to breathe heavily. Only now that Li Youde had gone back to the main room did he dare to come over and heard what Xiao Jiu said. He quickly scolded Xiao Jiu again. But after all, Chen Hui didn’t bother with it, so, this matter naturally passed like that.

Chen Hui was afraid that if Li Youde waited too long, he would get angry, so, she didn’t dare to delay. She hurriedly went into the room to change clothes and wiped her hair. Ah Da fetched water again. No one tripped Chen hui this time. She also walked carefully and calmly came to the entrance of the main room. She stuck her head out and probed inside.

The ground was a in a mess. Li Youde was not in the outer room. He should be in the inner room.

Chen Hui carefully avoided the wreckage on the ground and walked to the door of the inner room. She stuck her head inside and whispered, “Lord, this Lady Chen will come in.”

“Mm,” Li Youde snorted once.

Chen Hui walked in, put the washbasin down and carefully looked at Li Youde’s forehead. It was not a big wound, but it did bleed.

“Lord, should this Lady Chen help you apply medication?” Chen Hui looked at Li Youde and said, “If the wound isn’t treated in time, it is easy to get infected.”

Li Youde casted her a sidelong glance and said snappily, “With your clumsy appearance, would I still dare to let you do it?”

Chen Hui felt very wronged. The one who was clumsy was obviously another. Now, she had to be the scapegoat.

“Lord, this Lady Chen will be very careful to not hurt lord,” After Chen Hui finished speaking, she felt that this sounded a bit strange. However, since it was already said, she could also not take the words back.

Fortunately, Li Youde didn’t think anything was wrong. He glanced mockingly at Chen Hui. Only then did he raise his chin and motioned for her to do it.

Chen Hui soaked the towel in water and squeezed it half dry. She prepared to clean the makeup on Li Youde’s face first. When a warm cloth towel touched Li Youde’s face, he glanced Chen Hui’s face and turned away when he saw her focus.

The face that Chen Hui most often see was Li Youde’s painted white face. Of course, what she liked to see more was his face without makeup. That face was so ordinary that there was almost not much distinguished about it, but it was more comfortable to look at. Also, it let the sharpness on his body lessen a lot. This may be one of the reasons why Li Youde would make his face white. It was to put a layer of mask on himself.

While Chen Hui wiped Li Youde’s face, she thought about trivial matters. She discovered that the powder on his face seemed to be water-soluble. It was easy to wash off with water. Fortunately, the emperor didn’t spill tea on his face when he threw the teacup at him, otherwise, the look on his face would be funny.

After reaching the location of the wound, Chen Hui moved more carefully while staring at Li Youde nervously, fearing that he might get angry if she hurt him.

However, it was also unknown what Li Youde was thinking about. He gritted his teeth for a while. If it wasn’t because Chen Hui had guessed that he was not angry at her, otherwise, her actions would’ve been messed up.

When wiping the face, it was inevitable that there would be more physical contact. From Chen Hui’s professional esthetics point of view, she felt that Li Youde’s skin is quite clean and felt very smooth. The feel was not bad. If it wasn’t because she was afraid that Li Youde would see through her small thoughts, she wanted to touch a bit more.

After washing his face, she applied the medication, Chen Hui applied some ointment to her fingertips and gently stroked his wound. Li Youde was sitting on the bed while she was standing in front of him. There was a difference in height between the two. Chen Hui raised her hand and blocked Li Youde’s sigh, which made her relax a lot more.

Because of this height difference, Li Youde’s eyes turned to Chen Hui’s chest. He stared at it subconsciously for a while, but his head was thinking about the things that had happened in the palace today. Because the residence of the emperor’s favorite consort, Consort De, needed to be renovated, he was also very worried these days. However, the construction period was still delayed due to various factors. When Consort De cried, the emperor naturally looked at him for trouble. The emperor reprimanded him and even used his hands when he got stirred up. How would he dare to dodge? He even had the be thankful to the emperor’s grace after being smashed. In reverence before His Majesty, he promised to sincerely supervise and urge the craftsmen well to complete the task. After that, he went to scold his underlings. He was really upset and returned to the residence.

• Consort De/ Consort of Morality is the fourth ranked consort in the harem. For more info see Ranks of female in the imperial family.

Thinking of Wang Youcai’s gloating appearance when he left the palace, Li Youde was so angry that he wanted to smash some more things. However, everything outside had already been smashed and there was nothing to smash at hand. There was only a silly woman who said herself that she would be an object to relieve the boredom voluntarily.

At this time, Chen Hui had already finished her job. She took a step back and said, “Lord, it’s done. Then, this Lady Chen will withdraw?”

What answered her was Li Youde’s raised hand. The moment he raised his hand, he pulled Chen Hui into his arms. When Chen Hui came out of the daze, she was already sitting on Li Youde’s lap. He wrapped one hand around her waist and pressed the other unceremoniously on her chest.

Li Youde didn’t say anything. He also didn’t need to explain his actions.

Chen Hui couldn’t do it anymore. Her whole body was stiff. She sat on his lap and didn’t dare to move. A jet plan roared past her head.

What’s the situation?! He had said that he is not interested in women! What, what is going on?!

Chen Hui was frozen for a while before she realized that things might not be as she thought. According to her estimation, for three minutes, Li Youde just squeezed and played with her chest with an expression that his mind was elsewhere and didn’t do anything further.

After a while, the shock on Chen Hui’s face was replaced by numbness. Well, to say that she was an object, was not an exaggeration at all. This was taking her as a human pillow or things such as an action figure to play with. If it was only that, she would truly be relieved. Just now, for a split second, she thought that she would be pushed on the bed and have this and that done to her. Fortunately, the only thing that was unlucky was her chest now…She also felt that it was very comfortable for her chest to be kneaded, but the feeling of being kneaded by others was really…hard to describe. Could it be that after the squeeze of last time, it was a good feel and an interest had emerged? In the future, he won’t keep this vulgar habit, right? Hey, would she produce patina after being squeezed for so long…?

Chen Hui tried to relax her body, ignoring the strange feelings and thought about messy things to divert her attention. It didn’t matter, if she was a pillow at hand. Li Youde is an exasperating eunuch and this special habit couldn’t be considered strange.

It was uncertain how much time had passed. Li Youde finally let go of Chen Hui and pushed her without a word to let her get up.

Chen Hui hurried out with a lowered head. She just walked to the outer room when she remembered that she hadn’t taken the washbasin. After hesitating for a moment, she turned around, met Li Youde’s eyes and stuttered, “I…I forgot to take the washbasin.”

She hurriedly went over to pick up the washbasin and fled out quickly.

Ah Da was waiting outside. Seeing that Chen Hui finally came out, he went to her. Before he spoke, Chen Hui pushed the washbasin into his hand and her right hand subconsciously lay on her chest.

That exasperating eunuch’s hand was so powerful. It hurt so much!

As soon as she raised her head, she saw Ah Da’s somewhat weird expression. The corner of her mouth turned down and she sighed, “Lord is hurt, my heart also hurts.” Why didn’t the emperor lose a bit of accuracy at that time and smash this exasperating eunuch to death?

After having said that, she left with her hand covering her chest and a sad face, leaving Ah Da feeling ashamed for being inferior to her.

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