Chapter 7 The questioning
Li Youde slowly lowered his hand and swept with his eyes. He saw that a handkerchief was spread between the two servants and two pastries fell beside the handkerchief. It seemed the be the same pastries as the ones on his table today. His pupil shrank a bit. He instantly understood that the so-called concealed weapon was just a thing without attacking power. When he looked down, he saw the top of Chen Hui’s head. Her hair was dark, showing the small scar on her forehead. At this moment, this woman was holding his thigh tightly. The softness of her chests was firmly pressed against the muscles of his thigh. A strange feeling instantly emerged, making him uncomfortable.
“Let me go!” Li Youde yelled after he regained his senses.
Chen Hui said, “No! This Lady Chen is lord’s person when alive and lord’s ghost when dead. How could I be humiliated by others?!”
After she spoke, she hugged Li Youde’s thigh tighter. In order to hold him tighter, the arms wrapped around his thigh moved up again. It was already very close to the place that Li Youde never had let people touch.
Li Youde couldn’t free himself from her. He raised his head and looked at the two dumbstruck people. He then yelled angrily, “Are you dead? Why don’t you come and pull her away?”
Chen Hui looked excited, but in fact she watched her surroundings calmly. Seeing that after the two servants were scolded by eunuch Li, they began to move, she hugged Li Youde’s thigh and circled flexibly. It looked like she was hiding behind Li Youde. She choked as she complained, “Lord, this Lady Chen truly didn’t hide any weapon! If lord doesn’t believe, then call two maids to search my body! If lord insists on letting them search my body, wasn’t it deliberately wanting this Lady Chen dead? If lord truly hates this Lady Chen so much, then just say it. This Lady Chen wouldn’t let lord say more and finish myself, lest it annoys lord!”
Chen Hui spoke very passionate and sincerely. Those who didn’t know would think that she had long been in love with Li Youde.
After Chen Hui’s long speech, Li Youde calmed down a bit. He lowered her head and glanced again. He could feel this woman’s fragile figure. The wound on her forehead was looming with the shaking of her bangs. Looking at her face, she was pale and weak. Her eyes were slightly red because of being stirred up.
He didn’t believe her confession. That day, he woke up after a night of drinking and wanted to go see her. Who would’ve thought that he got to know the news that she preferred to commit suicide than to follow him? He was immediately furious. He, Li Youde, was also a character. Those who wanted something from him, which one wouldn’t regard him highly and treat him respectfully? Even her father Chen Pingzhi sent his daughter to him while he (LY) was drunk in order to please him. That night, he was very drunk. So, he vaguely agreed to let Chen Pingzhi sent his daughter here. When he woke up, he was unhappy at being schemed like this by another, but since he had already accepted, he would accept her. Who would’ve thought that this woman failed to appreciate his kindness?! Confining her for three days was his intention. Then, the kitchen treated her harshly. He took a laissez-fair attitude and coldly looked at this to teach her a lesson.
At this moment, Li Youde also believed that Chen Hui didn’t have any weapon on her and also didn’t want to kill him. Seeing her crying and her regretful appearance, he felt very happy. It was only a daughter of a small merchant, why pretend to be a chaste and honorable woman? Didn’t she still have to rock her tail and beg for mercy now?
Li Youde’s anger dropped a bit and he sneered, “Let go.”
Chen Hui looked up at Li Youde. The coldness between his eyebrows made her tremble slightly and she silently let go of his thigh. She didn’t stand up and shrank to a side.
Li Youde glanced once at Xiao Liu. The other immediately understood, moved a chair and wiped it with his sleeve, so that Li Youde could sit down.
Li Youde said, “Who is serving in the Plum Yard?”
Xiao Liu went blank for a moment and then hurriedly answered, “It seemed that it was someone transferred from the kitchen…”
Chen Hui looked up. She wanted to speak, but she was afraid that if she interrupted, it would anger Li Youde. So, she dropped her sight with an expression of wanting to say something but hesitated.
Li Youde said, “Go and bring that person!”
Xiao Liu got the order and left immediately.
Chen Hui looked at the ground silently. Her mind was in a perturbed state. Ay, she wondered whether she would be able to eat meat. Looking at eunuch Li’s expression, he didn’t seem that angry? However, eunuchs have too many thoughts. Although, on the surface, he was smiling, maybe, he had already cut the person in eight pieces in his heart. Towards her whose fate was determined by him, he didn’t have the need to keep his anger in his heart. So, he was probably not angry anymore, right? Otherwise, he would’ve long acted against her.
For a moment, she was a bit upset at her impulsiveness, but she didn’t feel regret. The hard life of eating congee every day gave her great courage!
Li Youde was the only one sitting. The other servant stood respectfully while Chen Hui sat on the ground. Li Youde didn’t spoke. The other two didn’t dare to speak casually. It was quite for a while
One foot suddenly stretched out in front of Chen Hui’s eyes.
Chen Hui knew that it was Li Youde and couldn’t help but froze for a moment. Then, she looked at him in surprise. She didn’t know what he wanted to do.
Li Youde looked eerily at her and laughed, “Lady Chen, my leg hurt after being clutched by you. What should you do?”
Was this to make her…massage?
The corner of Chen Hui’s lips curled and she smiled, “This Lady Chen will massage for lord.”
She didn’t resist at all, rolled both her sleeves a but up, put her slender hands on his calve and kneaded moderately.
Originally, Li Youde thought that such a ’disgrace’ would make Lady Chen feel humiliated. He never expected that there was no trace of reluctance on her face. This was a bit boring for Li Youde. Just as he was about to retract his leg, he felt that leg was massaged very comfortably. The words that he was about to say were swallowed back. Unconsciously, his gaze fell on her nimble hands.
Chen Hui massaged the calf for a while and then moved up naturally. Li Youde thigh were massaged. Anyway, she had even hugged his thigh before, so, she didn’t feel embarrassed at this moment. To be honest, she thought that it was too worthwhile to be able to have meat all the time with only one massage.
Chen Hui was focused on massaging, but Li Youde frowned slightly.
Those hands were very nimble. The soft fingers pressed against his thigh. Even if it was through a layer of fabric, he felt comfortable. The limp and numb feeling that had emerged gradually wandered upwards. He suddenly remembered the soft touch when she held his thigh tightly before. His line of sight slowly moved upward from her hands and fell on her chest.
Li Youde’s sight didn’t dodge at all. Chen Hui gradually noticed it and couldn’t help herself from sneaking a glance at him. Following his gaze, her expression became a bit bad. More and more, she felt like she was digging a hole for herself to jump in. Where was the eunuch? Where was the not having a lifeblood? Why was he looking at her breast? Was he interested in having sex with her? She suddenly felt nervous. Although, it was said that he didn’t prepare to use that box of jade genitals, but no one had said that he couldn’t prepare other things by himself.
Seeing Chen Hui’s expression chance, Li Youde sneered once. He retracted his gaze disdainfully, lowered his gaze and suppressed the evil tendencies in his heart. When Chen Hui was afraid that her actions today went overboard and whether it was pushing herself into the fire pit, Xiao Liu returned with Xiao Tiao.
As soon as Xiao Tiao came, she knelt with a plop in front of Li Youde and shivered with fright.
Li Youde shoot a glance at Chen Hui and his gaze swept over her knee.
Chen Hui retrieved her hand and stepped to a side. She knew what this exasperating eunuch meant. Didn’t he look at her insidiously just because Xiao Tiao knelt and she was sitting on her knees just now? What could he do to her if she pretended to not notice? At best, he would take her as being stupid…
Li Youde laughed, “Did I let you stop?”
Chen Hui, “…No.”
She reached out her hands again and messaged again like before and didn’t dare to mess around.
Xiao Tiao couldn’t stop shivering. She didn’t even dare to look at Chen Hui. Before when Chen Hui left, she was extremely scared. When she waited till night and Chen Hui hasn’t returned, she was frightened out of her wits. When Xiao Liu came to summon her, only a numb panic was left in her heart. She had always been working in the kitchen and had never seen her master. However, it was inevitable to hear some rumors. She had long been full of fear towards the master. Now that she was summoned, her mind was blank and she could hardly speak. She didn’t even dare to look at her master.
Li Youde’s anger had already been cooled down while he was waiting. Seeing Xiao Tiao’s horrified look, he curled up his lips in satisfaction. Not knowing what he was thinking, he glanced at Chen Hui once again. Seeing that she was still massaging his leg wholeheartedly and there seemed to be no fear at all, his expression darkened.
“Lord, she is Xiao Tiao who had been sent to Plum Yard,” Xiao Liu said respectfully.
Li Youde gave a hum. When he spoke, his voice seemed to be clingy and made the listener feel uncomfortable, “Xiao Tiao, I will ask you something and you have to be honest, otherwise…” He sneered twice.
Xiao Tiao’s head dropped lower and was too scared to say a word.
Chen Hui was very unhappy. Xiao Tiao was originally timid and wasn’t as fearless as her because of meat. Forget it that this exasperating eunuch let her be a free massager, he still instilled fear in Xiao Tiao like this. What if she went crazy because of fear?
Thinking like that, Chen Hui’s strength in her hands became a bit greater subconsciously.
Li Youde glanced over with anger at the bottom of his eyes. When he just raised his foot, Chen Hui moved back and said apologetically, “Lord, I’m sorry. This lady Chen lost control…”
Between the two, it happened that Li Youde wouldn’t be able to kick her even if he lifted his foot because of the distance.
Li Youde gave Chen Hui a gloomy look. He couldn’t do such a thing like standing up, walking over and kick her. He retrieved his gaze and asked Xiao Tiao who couldn’t stop from shivering in fear, “Xiao Tiao, I ask you, how did Lady Chen Hui leave Plum Yard?”
“La, Lady Chen Hui…she, she…” Xiao Tiao shook so much that she couldn’t speak clearly.
Li Youde had no patience. His eyes moved and he was about to kick someone when Chen Hui suddenly called, “Lord!”
Li Youde’s movement stopped. When he raised his face to look at her, his expression was gloomy.
Chen Hui’s had an obedient expression and said, “Lord, this Lady Chen climbed on the table and then on the wall and then climbed down the tree.”
Li Youde’s mouth twitched and his voice became sharper., “Did I allow you to speak?”
Chen Hui lowered her head as if she was scared and her shoulders shrank. The expression on the lowered face was not as nervous as she showed. Although, she had accidentally offended eunuch Li again this time, but since he summoned Xiao Tiao for a questioning, it could be seen that he didn’t intend to snap her at once. Otherwise, why did he had to put in so much effort? However, whether she could live a good life in the future was a bit uncertain and she didn’t know whether he took in her “heart-felt words” when she treated him as another person…
Seeing Chen Hui’s seemingly terrified look, Li Youde finally felt satisfied, turned and looked at Xiao Tiao, “Is what Lady Chen Hui said the truth?”
Xiao Tiao hurriedly said, “Y, yes! Everything that Lady Chen Hui said…is the truth!”
Li Youde curled up his lips, smiled and the malicious intention emerged unintentionally, “Did she say what she came to do?”
Xiao Tiao couldn’t help but glance once at Chen Hui.
Li Youde scolded, “I let you speak, then speak. Why do you look at her for?”
Xiao Tiao was scared that she shivered again and hurriedly said, “Lady Chen Hui, Lady Chen Hui said, said that she wants to eat red braised, red braised pig trotters and , and lamb, lamb meat…and chi, chicken…”
Chen Hui sighed slightly in her heart. Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Li Youde say impatiently, “Pick the important things to say!”
Being scared by Li Youde, Xiao Tiao became more fluent in an instant, “Lady Chen Hui said, to come, come please master…to eat well…”
Chen Hui felt relieved after hearing this. Finally, she finished speaking the important thing. Like this, Li Youde would believe her emotional confession more, right?
Li Youde seemed to finally hear an answer that made him satisfied. The smile on his face was like a poisonous snake that made the people looking at it terror-stricken. At the same time, his shrill and gloomy voice suddenly sounded as if he had come to a realization, “It turned out that Lady Chen was plotting to please me, so I will let you out of the residence.”
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