I married an exasperating eunuch Chapter 54

Chapter 54 A way out of the embarrassing situation

Chen Hui approached Li Youde at this time. Her expression had the nervousness of being afraid to be discovered by others. She also looked like she terrified and expectant for Li Youde to see her as one of his own and don’t kill her to silence her.

She continued, “Lord, this Lady Chen knew that it was important when this Lady Chen saw you looking for it so anxiously…but didn’t dare to hand it over directly. This Lady Chen had long understood that the more secret this Lady Chen knows, the more dangerous it was. So, this Lady Chen thought about throwing it into Rely Bamboo Pavilion. When the cat came back while carrying it, it carried it to Rely Bamboo Pavilion…Unexpectedly, even if this Lady Chen thought carefully, this Lady Chen was still unable to avoid lord’s fiery eye and perceptive of the finest detail!”

She explained what she had done and praised Li Youde again while she was at it. It was not that she was kind and didn’t want to tell on Ziyu. It was really that since she said that it was a voodoo object used in witchcraft, she couldn’t let Ziyu get involved in this matter and ruin it. She was sure that Ziyu knew what it was and if she was caught by Li Youde, she would definitely talk. The future is long. She would always have other ways to retaliate against Ziyu. So, there was no need to rush.

Li Youde looked at Chen Hui for a long time. Her expression was impeccable. She probably really thought like this and there was nothing suspicious about this statement.

However, he was not happy at the moment.

In other words, he was confused, ashamed and irritated before when he thought that she might already know what it was. However, after learning that although she saw it and mistakenly thought that it was something else, he was unhappy again.

What if she knew what this was? How would she react?

Li Youde knew that he should let her continue the misunderstanding and let the matter end like this, but the reality was that he raised his hands, grabbed Chen Hui’s shoulders and pressed it down lightly. He made her look at the brocade pouch in the box and his voice sounded like a cold wind against her ear, “Lady Chen, you guessed wrong…Do you want to know what exactly is here?”

Chen Hui was shocked.

Heavens! What is this person doing?! She gave him such a sincere story that made him have a way to get out of this embarrassing situation, why didn’t he grab it?! What on earth did he want to do?! She didn’t want to know…No, she didn’t want him to know that she knows what that is!

Chen Hui shook her head quickly, “This Lady Chen doesn’t know! This Lady Chen feels that it is better to know less!”

Li Youde sneered and whispered in her ears, “That was cut off before I entered the palace…Lady Chen, you have touched it?”

Chen Hui looked at Li Youde with wide eyes. The shocked appearance that had fallen into Li Youde’s eyes gave him a secret pleasure and a trace of unnoticeable sadness.

And what made Chen Hui shocked was that he actually said it?! She thought that the previous sentence was to deliberately irritate her and it was just to scare her. She never expected that he would really say it! What did he want to do? Did he plan to get rid of her because he knew that she touched it? Just like every villain, before letting the enemy die, they always let them understood why they have to die?

“…Lord, this Lady Chen has a last wish,” Chen Hui said tragically.

Li Youde was slightly startled. He didn’t understand why she said that suddenly and he didn’t respond for a while.

Chen Hui didn’t care and continued, “Please lord, you must let this Lady Chen eats something that this Lady Chen especially wants to eat before letting this Lady Chen die.”

Chen Hui’s words were too hard to understand for Li Youde. He didn’t know whether he should ask her what she really wanted to eat or why she thought that he would kill her. It was almost the same as being angered to death by her.

 “Don’t talk about anything else…I want you to see this,” Li Youde pointed at the brocade pouch in the box.

Chen Hui said, “…This Lady Chen doesn’t want to look at it once again.”

Li Youde sneered, “Disgusting?”

Chen Hui sneaked a glance at Li Youde and whispered, “A bit…but if other parts of a person’s body were cut off and stored for so long for this Lady Chen to touch, this Lady Chen would also feel disgusted. Besides…this, even if it grew well on a person, this Lady Chen would still feel disgusted when touching it.”

She glanced openly at Li Youde again and whispered as if she was a bit shy, “Of course, if it’s lord’s…this Lady Chen wouldn’t feel like that.”

Li Youde’s heart jumped wildly but he just opened his eyes wide and rebuked angrily, “Is this what a woman like you should say?!”

Chen Hui flinched and felt that Li Youde was too pretentious. He eagerly told her what that is and she couldn’t say something nice to fawn upon him? She finally understood. He implemented the way of ‘only the official is allowed to light the fire’ to the core. Hehe, believe it or not, if she could speak without reservation, she could tell a few hundreds of sexual jokes and scare him to death!

• Only officials are allowed to light the fire: Gods may do what the cattle may not.

Chen Hui lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, “Lord won’t let this Lady Chen say it, so, this Lady Chen will not say it. But what this Lady Chen said is sincere.”

Li Youde suddenly remembered that night when her shoulders were bared, she lay between his legs and was trying to take off his pants. The candlelight in the bathroom was dim and she had looked shyly at him and said that she was willing. At that time, her hand was already pressing on his stomach. The cold touch made him get goosebumps and also made the shame and panic that he felt at that time magnify to the extreme.

Today, after learning what she had seen and touched, she didn’t show any disgust except for the initial surprise.

He didn’t know what expression he should make. He remembered the decision he made before leaving in the morning and felt more and more that he did the right thing.

Lady Chen is a treasure. No one knows this except for him. He also doesn’t want anyone else to know.

“Heh,” Li Youde retracted the hand that was suppressing Chen Hui’s shoulder. With a cold expression on his face, he said, “You made it sound so nice. If you really don’t care, then touch it again to let me have a look.”

Chen Hui said straightforwardly, “In front of lord…this Lady Chen is a bit embarrassed.”

She couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. She felt that she might have overcome today’s obstacle. Li Youde got low self-esteem because of his identity now. Naturally, he didn’t want anyone to see. Since it was already a fait accompli that she had seen and touched it, what she had to do was made him realize that she didn’t look down on him because of this. So far, it had been fairly successful.

However, when she thought about how sensitive and distrustful Li Youde was about this matter, she felt that this era was really too rotten. The modern era was indeed better. There were no eunuchs who were devoid of all humanity.

Li Youde smiled sarcastically.

Chen Hui spoke, but she reached out her hand again, “But if lord has a request, this Lady Chen would naturally…”

Her hand was only halfway out. Before she even got close to the box, her hand was tightly clasped by Li Youde.

Chen Hui looked at him. His face was blue. Probably, he could strangle her directly if she touched it again. Alright, she had passed the obstacle, but she shouldn’t be too arrogant. He cared about this thing for too long and it had long exceeded her expectations.

She retracted her hand, but Li Youde didn’t let go of her even when she felt some pain.

“Lord…you are hurting this Lady Chen,” Chen Hui said aggrievedly.

Li Youde released her hand as if he had suddenly regained his mind. He quickly closed the lid of the box. After the brocade pouch was concealed did his heart loosen up slightly.

“Alright, don’t pestle here anymore. It makes me upset looking at you,” Li Youde snorted coldly, “Get out!”

“Yes, lord,” Chen Hui responded obediently and didn’t dare to cause trouble again.

When she walked to the door, he suddenly stopped her, “Lady Chen…”

Chen Hui turned around.

Li Youde pursed his lips and looked at her silently.

Chen Hui suddenly, “Lord, don’t worry. What has happened today, this Lady Chen would let it rot in my stomach.”

Li Youde gave a hum and beckoned to let her go out.

With the door closed, he stared motionlessly at the box for a while.

Chen Hui went back to her own room as if she had escaped a calamity. Seeing her return safely, Xiao Tiao asked her how she was.

Chen Hui didn’t go into details. She helped Xiao Tiao apply the medicine while telling her that she should forget everything about today and not mention it again in the future. She would naturally forget…except for the revenge on Ziyu. Fortunately, Li Youde didn’t know that his treasure had passed through several hands before it reached her hands. Otherwise, he might go crazy…Yes, she definitely must not let him know about this!

Sure enough, ignorance is bliss.  

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