Chapter 92 That book (2)
Chen Hui’s interest has already been hooked by Li Youde. She thought about it for a while before she thought of a topic that should be considered safe, “Then…Then…what about the follow-up after consort De used the bras to seduce the emperor? Did the emperor get bored?”
Li Youde’s expression darkened. He slapped the table and reprimanded, “Just said that you are a coward, but in a blink of an eye, you brought up the emperor’s affair!”
“…Lord, you bully people!” Chen Hui said with a look of grievance, “It is obviously you who brought up the matter of the palace first. I just followed you and asked a few more questions. How come it has become my fault? Humph, I don’t want to know anymore, alright?”
She picked up the book on the table, turned around and ran. Li Youde mentioned the consort to change the subject. Presumably, there was nothing more that she would get out of him today. It was nothing to leave now.
Li Youde stared blankly at the empty door after Chen Hui has left. It took a while for him to react. He stood up angrily and shouted, “Lady Chen, come back!”
Chen Hui didn’t come back. And Ah Er who was guarding outside, got a rebuff after going to look for Chen Hui. He came back and said, “Lord, Lady Chen said that she won’t come back!”
“Rebel! Really rebelling!” Li Youde slapped the table from anger again. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong. He looked down and saw that there were three books left on the table. The Legend of the Golden Hairpin that he had put down when he slapped the table earlier has disappeared.
“This Lady Chen!” Li Youde said after he came to the realization and hurried out.
The door of Chen Hui’s room was closed. Li Youde asked Ah Da and Ah Er to knock on the door and he shouted from the outside, “Lady Chen, hand over the book!”
Chen Hui’s voice came from the room, “No! I have to study it hard,”
Li Youde got furious, “What for do you want to learn this kind of thing?!”
“…Lord, don’t ask such an embarrassing question in front of others,” Chen Hui said, “This Lady Chen will be so embarrassed!”
Li Youde simply was stumped for words. If she was so embarrassed, why did she still take the book for?
“I don’t want to waste more words with you. Hand over the book!” Li Youde said angrily.
The sound in the room paused and after a while, Chen Hui’s voice could be heard, “Widow Huang didn’t think it was enough and cast a smiling glance at that scholar. She said with a dazzled smile, ‘Little official, this humble one still wants…it wouldn’t be that you only have this ability, right? It can’t even compare to butcher Guo off the village!’, When the scholar heard this…”
“Shut up! Don’t read aloud anymore!”
Li Youde listened to the first two sentences before he realized what Chen Hui was reading. Then, he heard her read the widow’s word in a tone that seemed to hook away people’s souls. He got dumbstruck for a moment and his heart was beating wildly. He turned his head and glared at Ah Da and Ah Er, “What are you still being dumbstruck for? Still not rolling away?”
The two of them rolled away with red faces. Li Youde stared angrily at the door of the room. He could almost see Chen Hui smiling slyly in the room. In the end, he left angrily.
Li Youde didn’t give up. After urging Chen Hui to hand over the book and she refused to do so, he took advantage when no one was in the room and let someone go into her room to look for it. Unfortunately, Chen Hui hid the book too well. Li Youde’s people returned without success. When he asked Chen Hui for the book again, Chen Hui would recite a few paragraphs of the book. Sometimes, she would say, “Sweetheart, what do you still come here for? Don’t you already have a more beautiful little wife?” Another time, she would say, “This humble one thinks about the good of official every day and misses it so much that this humble one is unable to eat. This humble one just hopes that official would take pity…”
The moment Li Youde mentioned the book, Chen Hui would read a dialogue aloud. Until one day there were only the two of them, Li Youde stopped her before she could finish and never mentioned the matter again after that.
What Chen Hui read aloud was, “Little sweetheart, don’t…don’t stop. Harder…” Before the word ‘f***’ was read aloud, Li Youde stopped her. Chen Hui was thick-skinned, so, it was nothing for her. Instead, it was Li Youde who run away from being angered by her.
Chen Hui didn’t know what kind of image she has become in Li Youde’s heart. It could also be considered that this was her way of giving him a vaccine. Some things would happen sooner or later…
Although, Li Youde was the supervisor of the army, now that the war was over, the affairs of the army have nothing to do with him anymore. After staying in Jianbei City for a few days, Chen Hui didn’t want to stay in the room and attract insects. Therefore, she changed into women’s clothes and went to stroll on the streets with Li Youde.
Li Youde hasn’t been to Jianbei before. Perhaps, it was because he had been scared before that he had to flee the city; he was not very interested in Jianbei. It was because he was bored that he would accompany Chen Hui for a stroll.
The two didn’t let many people follow them. Aside from their people, there was just one more Gu Tianhe. He came here before them and was more familiar with the city. So, he served as a guide and bodyguard.
The customs of Jianbei are fierce. Now that the war is over, people have already taken to the streets. If those who didn’t know fell onto the streets, it was impossible to see that a siege just happened a few days ago.
Chen Hui had some interest in everything. She looked here and there. Li Youde was like an old mother, always following her around and saying a few words to her from time to time, “Slow down, don’t fall!” “The capital also has these things. So shoddy, why buy it for?!” “Blush is used by women. What am I going to do with it?” Why buy two for five cents less. I am not short of a few cents?” “…”
After walking through half a street, Li Youde who was only in the prime of twenty-seven-year-old felt old for the first time.
Chen Hui strolled half of the street and felt that the annoyance that she had been holding for a few days was gone. She took a hairpin that one would know was not worth much with one glance, turned to Li Youde and compared it in her hair. She asked smilingly, “Lord, does it look good?”
Before her smile could bloom fully, it froze abruptly and she cried out, “Be careful!”
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