Chapter 94 Not used to it (2)
Chen Hui closed her eyes and enjoyed the massage to her ankle. She felt so comfortable. She suddenly thought about whether Li Youde served many masters in the palace when he was young. That was why his skills were quite good? Did she receive a big benefit that she could enjoy now? Wouldn’t his sign of advertisement be ‘chief masseur of the royal court’ according to the advertisement style of the later generation? It sounded very stylish.
Chen Hui was amused by her thoughts. She sat up and looked at Li Youde. She bent her knees. From between her knees, she could see him looking down very focused. His face was make-upped with white powder today, but even if he was like this, Chen Hui thought that he was very cute. She thought that this must be what they mean with beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
“Lord, do you think we look like we are delivering babies like this,” Chen Hui suddenly smiled.
Li Youde’s movement paused. He looked up at her and sneered, “Can you have something serious in your mind? What nonsense is in it?!”
Chen Hui smiled sweetly, “This Lady Chen’s mind is full of lord.”
Li Youde choked, got up and said, “I finished applying. Take a rest and don’t walk around blindly!”
Having said that, he quickly went out as if something was chasing after him.
Ah Da and Ah Er were not outside. Li Youde also didn’t care much about that and walked straight to his room. When he stepped over the threshold, he paused. The last two sentences that Chen Hui said appeared alternately in his mind. Knowing that he couldn’t see Chen Hui, he still looked back. He was in a daze for a moment and lightly slapped his cheek after a while.
Li Youde, that is enough. Don’t really become confused and disoriented by being hooked by her and become a joke for nothing!
In the following days, Li Youde often went to inquire at princess Yatai’s, wanting to find out who from the Xi tribe dared to use him. However, all of those three tribes have some grudges against the king of grassland. It was almost impossible to figure out which tribe did it. Therefore, Li Youde’s decision in the end, was that no matter which one of the three other tribes did it, except for the king of grassland, the other three were his targets of revenge.
He promised to say a few good words for princess Yatai during the negotiation of peace and in return, the king of the grassland must find a way to eliminate the other three tribes in the future. This was naturally a good thing for the king of the grassland. Who didn’t want their tribe to become stronger after annexing the other small tribes? As for whether it was beneficial to Great Liang, that was not within Li Youde’s consideration. He was very suffocated when he came back to supervise the army and they still didn’t want him to breathe?
And these few days, Chen Hui could feel the sense of distance between Li Youde and her. It was not as serious to say that he was avoiding her, but he leaves early and returns late every day. He only came over at night to ask about her sprain. It happened that her sprain seemed to have subsided and he would leave after he looked at it. Now, even if she pretended to be pitiful and said that it hurt, he didn’t stay any longer.
Chen Hui felt that her actions of the past few days may be a bit extreme. Everything should be done in a step-by-step manner. The moment she acted; it had been full of lust. Was it too exciting for him? Yes, he had pinched her breast more than once, but she inexplicably felt that he still seemed quite innocent. After thinking it through, Chen Hui decided that in the days before returning to the capital, she should still act like a “good woman”. As for after returning to the capital…Hehe.
The order from the capital arrived at Jianbei on a sunny day. Chen Hui was naturally ineligible to go receive the decree, but she heard from Ah Da afterward that the emperor had agreed to the negotiation of peace. At this time, many people were relieved, including Chen Hui. The main person in charge of the negotiation of peace is Lang Yu. The emperor gave a rough framework for the negotiation of peace. As for how the result would be, will be Lang Yu’s independent display of qualities.
It was none of Li Youde’s business anymore. He also didn’t want to stay in this place any longer. So, after some preparation, he took the twenty thousand soldiers of the capital back to the capital. When they came, Lang Yu led the team. When they returned, deputy general Gong became the one who led the team. Even if he would be despised by his colleagues, he was still extremely respectful towards Li Youde and came to ask for Li Youde’s instructions at the start of their way back home.
Li Youde was very satisfied with deputy general Gong’s behavior and his way of speaking was affable. The two of them interacted joyously. Chen Hui who witnessed this felt that deputy general Gong was going to kneel and call him father in the next moment.
Fortunately, deputy general Gong still had a bit of the thing called integrity. Not long after he left, the team officially set off.
Chen Hui had changed back to men’s clothing and sat in the same carriage as Li Youde. Before leaving, she thought that Li Youde would throw her into another carriage but he didn’t which made her feel a bit sweet.
Chen Hui’s right ankle finally got a lot better after a few days of rest, but she still couldn’t walk by herself. She couldn’t let Li Youde support her outside, let alone let him carry or hold her. she could only walk with the support of Ah Da and Ah Er and got into the carriage painstakingly.
When the carriage moved, Chen Hui looked outside and saw that Jianbei was getting farther and farther out of her line of sight. She couldn’t help but feel a sense of sadness. Princess Yatai was still in the city. She didn’t even say goodbye to the other party. After this time, the possibility of her coming to the frontier was almost zero.
The mountain road near Jianbei and Fanyang was bumpy. Chen Hui sat for a while when she suddenly raised her eyes to look at Li Youde and said, “Lord, can this Lady Chen lean on lord? This Lady Chen’s foot hurts and this Lady Chen can’t sit still…”
Chen Hui’s expression was so pitiful that Li Youde couldn’t say no at all. He raised his chin and said impatiently, “Come over.”
“Thanking lord!” Chen Hui stood up on one foot and moved towards Li Youde, but the constant bumping of the carriage made her lose balance. She suddenly threw herself in Li Youde’s arms.
Although it felt good to have a soft human flesh cushion underneath and she could hold Li Youde as a human flesh pillar to keep balance, Chen Hui immediately moved to the side and said apologetically, “Lord, this Lady Chen didn’t do it on purpose.”
Li Youde thought that according to Chen Hui’s past behavior, she would definitely hug his neck and refuse to go down, maybe…she would even have kissed him. After all, he has been deliberately cold to her these past few days. She shouldn’t be able to hold back on what she wanted to do. Therefore, he was stunned that Chen Hui fled to the side and felt that some things were unexpectedly absurd as well as the almost untraceable suddenness that he felt in his heart. It was as if this was supposed to be like this.
He looked at Chen Hui. She had already taken his arm and leaned against his shoulder, showing a faint sense of intimacy towards him.
Li Youde sat upright, looking at the front door with a blank expression, but his thoughts were a bit messy.
Seeing that Lady Chen’s behavior was still intimate. There was no change after thinking about it. Could it be…that she thought he didn’t like her excessive actions? So, she stopped doing them? …What a thought! He indeed…indeed didn’t like it!
Li Youde unconsciously remembered the kiss in the carriage from last time. That kiss that was originally light as a feather but was made more to be reeking of blood by his momentary loss of control.
Actually…he also didn’t really dislike it much. It was just that he wasn’t used to it.
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