Volume 2: Case within a case, The Imperial Granary of Heaven Chapter 21: Living with the Emperor

  When I first reincarnated into Qing Ya, they hoped that I would do well as the Guardian Lady and hold on until they found a way to return Qing Ya to her own body. They asked me not to do anything, but I made these people one by one headache. And when they started planning how to make good use of this seemingly fine chess piece, I died.

  Died cleanly and neatly, died without any attachment, then reborn as a chubby girl, the "Hundred Flowers Palace" flower master, once again became someone else's pawn and entered the palace, saw Xuan Yuan Yi Fei, but he hoped I could change others.

  Why did I feel moved this time and even had a kind of willingness to help Xuan Yuan Yifei? Okay, if Xuan Yuan Yifei was using a soft approach to win me over, he succeeded.

  "Far away... are you going to rebel?" I asked Xuan Yuan Yifei cautiously. Xuan Yuan Yifei didn't make any movement, and only responded with a deep sigh.

  "You... why do you trust me?" This is something I couldn't understand the most, after all, I have always had a complicated relationship with Feng Qingya.

  Xuanyuan Yifei put down his brush and looked at me: "Because you don't belong to anyone, actually, I'm not sure if you'll listen to me either."

  "I..." got up, hands clasped around my chest, sat cross-legged on the bed. Xuan Yuan Yifei was right, I don't belong to anyone.

  "I've investigated, you're not a person of Wind Qingya, nor are you from the Tianji Palace. You suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappeared, leaving Wind Qingya and everyone else caught off guard, and also making me fall into passivity due to your mysteriousness..." Xuanyuan Yifei's voice fell into bewilderment.

  Everyone is drawn to me because of my mystery, but I don't like this feeling. Because of their curiosity about me, they have what's called interest in me, which doesn't make me happy.

  I slowly walked up to Xuan Yuan Yifei. He was still dazed from confusion, I pursed my lips and waved my hand in front of him, he reflexively suddenly chopped at me with his palm, I jumped in fright, and before I could react, he had already chopped down to right in front of my eyes, abruptly. Just in time, he stopped his attack.

  "Are you okay?!" He withdrew his hand and opened his eyes, with a hint of reproach in his amber-colored eyes.

  I smiled and shrugged: "Look, I'm an ordinary person, nothing mysterious at all. It's just that I've been lucky enough to be reborn twice."

  "Rebirth?" Xuan Yuan Yifei was somewhat surprised, but he didn't show strong shock. This is the emperor? Won't be shocked by the weight of Mount Tai.

  "En. Rebirth, revival, whatever, so what you see is elegant and refined, it's just elegant and refined. The fluttering one standing in front of you now is also fluttering, no disguise, nothing at all. Don't believe me? Touch my face." I leaned my face towards Xuan Yuan Yifei, he hesitated for a moment before stretching out his hands to caress my face.

  But he didn't examine my background, instead, he held my face and looked at me carefully. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth rose with a smile, that seemingly ordinary smile made his handsome face look vivid.

  "I already knew last night that you didn't disguise yourself."

  "What!" I immediately withdrew into my own head, a bit angry. "How can you, can you!"

  "I just wanted to confirm because your performance last night wasn't entirely like the old you."

  "Then is my little eunuch's clothes yours, you..."

  "That's right, it was me."

  "You, don't you have any conscience!"

  "There's only Chunyu brothers, but Xianxian is not here, are you asking me to let Zichen take away the eunuch uniform on your body?"

  Open mouth. Speechless. No one is good. But Xanxan can barely consider it.

  "I'm too lazy to talk to you!" I huffily threw myself back onto the bed, remembering that I hadn't even washed up yet. Then I hastily and casually dealt with it, and applied medicine to my own feet.

  "Considering how good you've been to me, I've decided to help you." Lifting my eyes, Xuan Yuan Yifei had already walked up to me, looking at my feet and furrowing his brow: "I'm coming with you."

  "No, no, no, I'll do it myself." This medicine is so expensive, how can it be good for Xuan Yuan Yi Fei? "Right, I can help you, but I want to know the beginning and end, and after things are done, I want 10,000 taels of gold." Clear accounts with brothers, working for the emperor must make a big profit.

  "Are you unwilling to stay by my side?" Xuan Yuan Yifei suddenly said this, although I understand that he is making me his confidant, but still can't help but feel a warmth in my heart and think of other things.

  A moment's infatuation won't disperse my rationality, so I resolutely shook my head: "It's not easy to leave the Guardian Manor

  Having gained freedom, I won't choose this kind of life again. I'll go to the foot of Mount Houyuan and open an inn, then entertain guests from all over the martial arts world, listen to various strange stories, earn some silver, chat about trivial matters, and live a carefree and happy life. By the way, I'll reserve a royal suite for you, just for you, how's that? Isn't it generous enough?"

  She raised her eyes to look at Xuan Yuan Yifei, who had his hands tucked into his sleeves, and his narrowed eyes revealed no thoughts. After a long while, he smiled: "Alright, then you sleep."

  "Hmm...alright." Somehow, Xuan Yuan Yifei's attitude seemed a bit different from before. However, the thoughts of an emperor are as deep as the ocean, and it's better not to guess. When interacting with an emperor, one must maintain a certain distance to avoid unnecessary harm.

  Never thought that one day I would live with an emperor.

  Xuanyuan Yifei would come punctually every evening to have dinner with me, but he never slept with me. Sometimes it was really embarrassing, I slept in the bed and he slept on the couch. I'm not such an unkind person, and letting a handsome guy sleep on the couch wasn't like me either.

  So I would occupy the couch first, but every morning when I woke up, I was always on the bed.

  Xuanyuan Yifei, don't be so good to me, I'll get emotional and eventually fall into your kindness, unable to leave your side.

  Shu Qingya, you absolutely cannot, cannot like Xuan Yuan Yi Fei, if you do, it's like a moth flying into fire, or a tropical fish going to the North Pole, or a polar bear pulling out its fur, it's like running away from home - seeking death!

  But if Xuan Yuan Yi Fei were to fall in love with this young lady? A snowy scene began to emerge in his mind.

  This girl, who is me, stands proudly in the wind and snow, a white ermine cloak flying in the wind.

  Xuanyuan Yifei: "Don't go - I beg of you -" He hugged Benguniang's legs, prostrating himself at her feet.

  "This girl: 'No way, what's good about living in the palace? The house is big but I always get lost, there are many dishes but it's hard to choose, I hate choosing the most. Don't you know that I have choice phobia?!'"

  Xuanyuan Yifei: "Alright! I'll prepare a special sedan chair for you, and every day, we'll only serve four dishes and one soup!"

  "This girl: 'What's with all this fuss about Feng Xue and Dong Fei Xi Fei? I have a cleanliness habit, I don't like to share a man with others.'"

  Xuanyuan Yifei: "This is no problem, I can take all of them off, as long as you're the only one!"

  "This girl: 'But there's only one handsome guy in the palace, it's going to get aesthetically tired.'"

  Xuanyuan Yifei gritted his teeth: "Alright! I'll give you a beauty pageant, I'll hold one for you every year, let's call it Super Male Color, how about that?"

  The girl began to enter a state of consideration.

  Xuanyuan Yifei continued to plead: "Let you be with different handsome men every night, casually a few times, I won't mind, just occasionally think of me, reward me one night, and I'll be content."

  "Wah wah wah, good boy, really good." I laughed and stroked Xuan Yuan Yifei's head, soft hair, feels nice to the touch.

  Huh? Where did this brain come from?!

  I snapped back from YY and suddenly found an object crouching beside me, while I was touching its head.

  "Ah! What's going on!" I jumped up in shock, how could I be imagining a child in the courtyard.

  "It's not a thing, it's me." That thing raised its face, I was shocked, it was Hou Xuan! And, it was a Hou Xuan wearing eunuch attire!

  "Madam, what are you thinking of? You're smiling so wantonly."

  "Later, Later Qian! You still have the face to see me!" I raised my hand and hit him, Later Qian covered his head and begged: "Madam, don't hit, don't hit."

  "You've come to rescue me now? Too late! I've already decided to stay and become Xuan Yuan Yi Fei's trusted aide." I stood with my hands clasped behind my back, looking majestic.

  Hou Xian got up with a bow and patted the eunuch's uniform: "Madam, you misunderstood. I didn't come to the palace to save you, but for Xuan Yuan Yi Fei."

  Dark lines, instantly filled with tears, a gust of wind blows by, heart chillingly cold. Later, I was wrong about you, tears streaming...

  "Madam, you also saw that Xuan Yuan Yifei is indeed a rare master. I must defeat him, otherwise how can I become the true number one in the world? So! I have decided to enter the palace as a eunuch, observe Xuan Yuan Yifei carefully, find out his weaknesses, and then... hehe, knock him down!" Hou Xuan's eyes gleamed with golden light, speaking with flying spittle, even if he was handsome now, he didn't look good anymore.

  If he had done it to save me, I would have been grateful and cried bitterly, but he did it for Xuan Yuan Yi Fei!