Chapter 72 Privilege (1)
“Lord?” Chen Hui reacted first and gently called.
“Mm,” Li Youde also responded lightly. Because the response was so short, Chen Hui couldn’t hear anything unusual from his voice.
But even so, Chen Hui was embarrassed due to not knowing when Li Youde had woken up. Did he wake up when she was getting the menstrual belt or when she was going to the toilet?…No matter which one it was, it was so embarrassing.
Chen Hui sniffed. She felt that there was a weird bloody smell in the air. She also didn’t know whether it was only her imagination. If Li Youde also smelled it…He had grown up working in the palace. Presumably, he must know a lot about this kind of woman’s thing, right? After all, he can give away a bra to Consort De!
“I…I just woke up to go to the toilet…,” Chen Hui explained in a low voice.
Li Youde heard the embarrassment in her voice. He was also very uncomfortable at this moment. Fortunately, the darkness hid his expression completely. He also pretended to not know what she did and said gently, “Go sleep.”
“Yes, lord. Good night to you too,” Chen Hui slid back in the bed and folded her hands like a corpse on her belly. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and let her breathing return to normal as soon as possible.
Li Youde saw that Chen Hui went back to sleep. He also planned to go back, but the smell in the air poured into his nose. He was dumbstruck for a moment and suddenly asked, “Lady Chen, did you get your period?”
Chen Hui felt that she was a corpse and didn’t want to answer Li Youde’s question. He must be born in the year of the dog. Was the smell so strong that he could smell it so clearly?!
“…Yes, lord,” Chen Hui replied.
Li Youde was silent for a moment before saying, “Apply some talcum powder tomorrow before we embark on the journey.”
Chen Hui blackened out for a moment and said, “I don’t have talcum powder…”
“I have,” Li Youde went back and lie down after speaking.
Chen Hui was dumbstruck for a moment. She suddenly remembered that she had smelled the fragrance of powder on him, but it wasn’t from what he painted on his face. She didn’t think much of it at that time. Only today did she got to know that it turned out that he had the habit of using powder. It just happens that she could use it to hide the smell and have the same odor as Li Youde. No one would suspect anything. After all, she is a personal servant of Li Youde.
“Thank you, lord,” Chen Hui whispered.
Li Youde just gave a faint hum and his last expression was hidden in the night. He didn’t let his misunderstanding get out. When he mistook that she was masturbating, he was shocked. He had never thought that a little girl like Lady Chen would do that kind of thing. But when he thought how she deliberately seduced him in the past, it didn’t seem to be strange even if it was so. He even got a strange desire of wanting to see her expression at that moment…
Fortunately, the misunderstanding had been cleared now. Thinking that he actually thought of her that way, Li Youde still felt a bit awkward even if she obviously doesn’t know. He closed his eyes and seemed to hear a few more light breathings and uncontrollable groans. He rolled over irritated and didn’t fall asleep that night.
Chen Hui had a good night’s sleep. After waking up and preparing to set off, she really got a box of talcum powder from Li Youde that looked beautiful as a handicraft on the outside. She opened it and applied some to her neck. Then, she smelled her body. It was the faint scent of Li Youde which perfectly covered up the other scents on her body.
Chen Hui returned the talcum powder to Li Youde but he said, “I still have many. This is for you.”
“Thank you, lord,” Chen Hui said while she thought, show off, in her heart. Then, she put away this talcum powder with a clear conscience.
The group of people got up early and set off after having breakfast at the inn. The breakfast was also rudimentary in a small town, but Li Youde was unwilling to let himself suffer when going to the battlefield. So, the breakfast of this morning was a fragrant and delicious millet porridge that was made by borrowing the kitchen of the inn, topped with pickled cucumbers and fragrant soup dumplings.
While expressed sympathy at how early the cook got up to cook, she rejoiced that she time-traveled into Li Youde’s residence and became the one who ate instead of cooks. This soup dumpling was made by the method of Suzhou and Hangzhou; the skin was thin with abundant filling. She gently bit to break the skin, blow it and then sucked the soup. Afterwards, she ate the soup dumpling in one bite. The meat inside was very tender with a touch of sweetness. It was a perfect experience.
After Chen Hui ate three soup dumplings in one go, she turned to see Li Youde look unblinkingly at her.
Li Youde saw her look over and said, “I didn’t think you will like this.”
Chen Hui didn’t have many meals with Li Youde. Basically, it had always been that she followed whatever he ate. She wasn’t picky as long as there was a bit of meat. And she thought that good things shouldn’t be eaten at once, or it would be too miserable if she got tired of them. Therefore, she also didn’t eat soup dumplings too often. Hence, Li Youde was also unable to know from those who served her what she liked to eat the best.
Chen Hui nodded and asked, “Lord, are you not eating?”
The bowl of porridge in front of Li Youde seemed to have only been eaten a little bit and he didn’t touch the other dishes.
“Concentrate on eating yours,” Li Youde didn’t speak more. He didn’t sleep well last night. Hence, he had no energy today and even lost his appetite.
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