I married an exasperating eunuch Chapter 91 part 1

Chapter 91 That book (1)

Seeing that Li Youde was scared by her words and turned his gaze away from her, Chen Hui smiled in her heart. She walked over and took the book in Ah Er’s hand. She used her chin to gesture him to go out.

Ah Er glanced once at Li Youde. Seeing that the latter didn’t look at him, it naturally meant that Li Youde had no objection. He immediately stood up and quickly retreated.

“Lord, do we continue?” Chen Hui put the book back on the table. With one hand supporting her chin, looked with a smile on her face at Li Youde who was still standing.

Li Youde walked over. He picked up The Legend of the Golden Hairpin and said with a stern face, “This book is unsightly. You are not allowed to read it. If you want to read…read this one!”

He took the Book of Songs that he thought was the safest and flipped through it in front of Chen Hui. And the book in his hand has been rolled up and he refused to return it to Chen Hui.

Chen Hui glanced at the book in Li Youde’s hand with some pity. This was the first time she had come into contact with some smut content of ancient times. She didn’t look for it deliberately in the past, but now she had read a page by chance. This interesting and appealing smut content’s phrasing was brazened and the description was strong, causing people’s hearts to beat fast and difficult to calm down. Fortunately, Chen Hui had also read some smut in modern times. So, she was not shocked. That she blushed before was just because there was another person present.

“Lord, you don’t want this Lady Chen to read it, it wouldn’t be that you are keeping it for yourself to read it in secret, right,” Chen Hui asked.

Li Youde looked up and glared at Chen Hui. He refused to answer her question. He said directly, “Shut up.”

Chen Hui blinked and didn’t say anything. She just looked eagerly at Li Youde.

Li Youde frowned, “What?”

“Will lord still read for this Lady Chen?” Chen Hui looked expectantly at Li Youde.

Li Youde humphed once, “I will consider it if you beg me.”

Chen Hui immediately said without the slightest moral, “I beg lord…”

A faint smile appeared on Li Youde’s face. He casually opened the Book of Songs in the middle and read aloud.

Chen Hui propped her chin, stared at Li Youde and listened carefully.

Li Youde’s voice wasn’t as enchanting and magnetic as those voice actors. Instead, it was slightly sharp. However, when Chen Hui looked at his serious look while reading, his voice seemed to have been processed. It became gentle and pleasant to the ears. If he hasn’t entered the palace, at this age, would he have passed the imperial exam excellently and become a member of the civil group that he was now dealing with?

Chen Hui thought about this question seriously and felt that it would not be like that. She felt that with Li Youde’s level, he would definitely not be able to pass the imperial examination. At most, he would be a poor teacher in a small place and who has difficulty making a penny every day. Was it better to be a poor real man or a powerful fake man who was high above others?

Chen Hui chose the latter for herself. She has never been a real man after all. It doesn’t matter to her that she has two pounds less of meat. She never owned it anyway.

“Lord, at what age did you enter the palace?” Chen Hui suddenly asked when Li Youde finished reading and was turning a page.

Li Youde was dumbstruck for a moment. His relaxed expression darkened and he asked unhappily, “Why are you asking this? Where did you get so many questions?”

“This Lady Chen only wants to understand lord more. As long as it has something to do with lord, this Lady Chen wants to know about it,” Chen Hui said with a slight smile and was a little shy.

Li Youde didn’t like it when others asked about his past. Some things have passed. He wasn’t willing to bring them up again. However, Chen Hui’s reason for snooping pleased him. He snorted coldly, “That is a nice thing to say.”

Chen Hui looked at him with a slightly flattering smile.

Li Youde looked at Chen Hui for a while before saying, “If you are not bored by it, I can talk about it.” From his slightly tense voice, it could be seen that he was by no means as comfortable and calm as he appeared to be.

“Of course, it is not boring!” Chen Hui’s eyes lit up, “How many people want to hear it but couldn’t?! Lord, don’t worry, this Lady Chen will definitely keep it in mind to not tell anyone!”

Li Youde’s tensed state relaxed a bit and he pretended to be indifferent when he said, “I entered the palace when I was six. I was a little boy who didn’t understand anything. When I first entered the palace, I was beaten by the head steward every day and learned the rules for a year.” As he spoke, he looked at Chen Hui with a smile that was yet a smile and said, “With your temperament, presumably, you would’ve been beaten to death for not following the rules within three months. Once the corpse is wrapped, it will be transported out of the palace and thrown into the mass grave. No one will remember you.”

Chen Hui quivered. Knowing that Li Youde was mocking her for her wilfulness when she first got to Li residence, she mocked, “…It is still lord who is great, tolerant and kind-hearted. That this Lady Chen could become lord’s is a blessing that this Lady Chen has accumulated through several lifetimes!”

Li Youde glanced at Chen Hui with dislike but he was secretly delighted. Even if he knew that what she said was flattery and not sincere, he was happy to hear it and causing him unwilling to think more about it.

“Lord, is there still someone in your family?” Chen Hui asked curiously after realizing that Li Youde hasn’t said a word about what had happened before he had entered the palace. Generally, those who entered the palace to become eunuchs were all because their family was poor and they had been sold since they were young. There would be one less person to feed and they would get an income. However, she didn’t see Li Youde’s family inside Li residence. Maybe they have died from poverty. Maybe they had been lost and could not be found. Maybe he didn’t want to go find the family who sold him to be a eunuch at all.

Chen Hui was already mentally prepared for this considerable dangerous question, but Li Youde’s expression was very calm. As if he was speaking about other people’s affairs, he said, “All have long died. My parents died before I was six and my uncle also died not long after. There was a famine at that time. I would like to thank my aunt for sending me to the palace, otherwise, I would’ve starved to death with them. By then, how could I be as well-off as now?!”

“Lord is someone worthy that the heaven helps!” Chen Hui said immediately. Even though Li Youde didn’t get angry, she was sensitively aware that he didn’t want to talk about what had happened before he entered the palace. So, she decided to not ask those questions anymore. She just wanted to get to know him and didn’t want to anger him!

She got to know more about Li Youde today. Although, he didn’t say it himself and also didn’t show it too obviously, she could feel that he really enjoyed it when reading. Does he like to read books? Could it be that before the age of six, the young him also wanted to go to school and take the imperial exam, but because of the incident that had happened at the age of six completely cut off his dream, so, he didn’t want to mention it at all anymore?

Chen Hui didn’t want to ask this question anymore. It wouldn’t be too late to talk about the more in-depth questions when the relationship between the two of them was developed further in the future.

“I say one sentence, you flatter me with one sentence. Is it that you want to fool me into saying everything?” Li Youde looked with squinted eyes at Chen Hui.

Chen Hui said with a sincere expression, “No, no, lord, you have misunderstood. This Lady Chen’s words came from the bottom of this Lady Chen’s heart. There are no lies. What lord said was what lord wanted to tell this Lady Chen. This Lady Chen is very grateful for lord’s trust in this Lady Chen…”

With a smile in his eyes, Li Youde asked her, “Do you want to know about those consorts in the palace?”

Chen Hui was very interested in this non-dangerous gossip. After all, it was too boring here. She has to find something to do for herself. When she heard that, she immediately said, “I want to!” She paused and added, “I want to listen to some things that won’t cause me to lose my head.”

“Coward!” Li Youde mocked, “Since that is the case, it is better for you not to listen to anything!”

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