Chapter 58【VIP】

When Jian Yue woke up, there was always no one around.

According to common sense, she should be guarding the door.

But the master always asked her to blindfold herself, went into the bedroom, and held her to sleep.

Ever since she became a bed-maid, she had never seen Henry's face. And Henry would never really touch her, but would constantly hug and kiss her, and ask for other things from her.

She was curious about why she couldn't see Henry in the morning, so she asked around and found out that the place she went to every time was not the prince's bedroom, but a room in the inner hall.

The old maid told her that sometimes the royal family would dislike the bedchamber maids because of their status, and when that happened, they would be taken to other rooms.

It doesn't matter where it is. The most important thing is that Jian Yue has managed to keep her innocence.

People outside didn't know what was happening inside, but they all knew that Jian Yue was Rong De's favorite maid. Gradually, she was surrounded by many maids or guards who flattered her and tried to curry favor with her.

This made her hallucinate the time when the secret language was still there, when she was always the most talked about person at the banquet.

However, now that the sociable Anastasia and Dusula are gone, she, who is not good at socializing, really has a hard time coping and sometimes has to avoid those people, which makes her bear the title of being difficult to approach and playing tricks on others.

Li Xu even took advantage of this rumor to reach the ears of the old maid, and the slander made the old maid think that Jian Yue had been getting carried away recently, so she arranged for Li Xu to serve in the bedroom, and she was assigned to the inner hall to serve the nobles who came into the palace every day.

When Mary told Jane Yue about this, she complained bitterly and felt wronged.

She was really bending over when she was serving Henry in bed - she had thought about using her memories to stimulate Henry, but every time she couldn't get her words out, he would physically block her mouth.

I haven't made any progress on my mission, but instead I'm treated as a power-obsessed and ignorant woman. It's really unfair.

After delivering the desserts in a depressed mood, Jian Yue had to go to the kitchen to deliver the dirty plates.

As she walked, Jian Yue passed by a courtyard. In the center of the courtyard, a handsome knight was standing with his head raised.

He was staring at a tree. Jian Yue was curious, so she followed his gaze and saw a young cat trapped on the top of the tree.

The knight seemed to be struggling with how to rescue the cat, circling around the tree.

Jian Yue's heart overflowed with pity as she walked down the stairs. She stopped ten steps away and bowed, "Good day, sir. Do you need any help?"

The knight was too focused on the tree to hear her greeting and just sighed at it.

"Sir?" Jian Yue called out again, and only then did the knight come back to his senses.

The knight was startled, his back tensed with anxiety, and asked, "Is it true that outsiders are not allowed to enter here? But I remember this is the outer hall..."

"No, sir, I want to ask if you need help." The palace has strict rules and class divisions, and low-level nobles are not allowed to enter many places.

"...If you're willing to help me, young lady, that would be great." He pointed at the tree and smiled sheepishly. "As a knight, I'm afraid of heights. I can't bring it down."

"I see." Jian Yue looked at the kitten in the tree and placed the dirty dishes in her hands on the cobblestone path. "Master, please stand back. Let me do it."

"Hey, you're a lady!" The knight waved his hand hurriedly. "This is not proper."

"It's not about etiquette, as long as you don't feel offended." Jian Yue rolled up her sleeves and prepared to climb the tree. "To be honest, I used to climb trees a lot when I was a kid."

Although she hadn't climbed a tree for a long time, climbing a tree of this size was still easy for her.

The knight watched nervously from below: "Be careful!"

"It doesn't matter!"

She jumped up, hugged the trunk and climbed up.

After easily catching the kitten, Jian Yue reached out and called out to the knight, "Sir, catch it!"

"Oh!" The knight came to the tree and spread his hands to catch the cat. "Okay!"

Jian Yue threw the kitten gently, but the cat reacted faster and prepared for landing in mid-air. It stepped on the knight's head and landed safely on the ground.

Jian Yue jumped down from the tree, but stumbled when she landed: "Ah!"

Fortunately, she did not fall, and the knight quickly came over to support her.

But he was in too much of a hurry, and wanted to grab Jian Yue's sleeve, but grabbed her hand by mistake.

A soft touch appeared in the palm of his hand. He curled his fingers, and a tingling sensation instantly spread from his palm to his whole body, even his scalp began to feel numb.

He relaxed as if he had been electrocuted, and stood aside even more awkwardly, his face flushed unnaturally.

"Thank you, sir." Jian Yue brushed the sawdust off her skirt. Looking up, she saw a black cat's paw print on the knight's blushing head. His purple eyes curved slightly into crescents. "Sir," she pointed to her forehead, "a paw print."

Her smile was as warm as spring breeze, which made the knight startled and even raised his hand to wipe

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong, sir?" She touched her face, "Did I get some dust on my face?"

The knight immediately realized his abruptness, coughed, and looked away, his ears tingling.

Corner,

"It's still far behind those beauties."

"Did you call out something?"

"My name is Yue. I'm a maid serving the prince, and I'm not married yet." Jian Yue was confused. She could accept the first two questions, but why did they ask her whether she was married?

"I...I..." The knight in front of her suddenly stuttered, holding her hand and kneeling on one knee, frightening Jian Yue. "I, Theodore Bright, hereby ask you to marry me!"

Jian Yue:?

So the scenario of Sinderel being proposed to has been transferred to her again?

But why? She just saved a cat! ? She didn't save his life!

"Excuse me……"

"Our Bright family has been loyal to the royal family for generations. My father taught me the spirit of chivalry since I was a child. If you flirt with an unmarried woman, you must marry her."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Theodore. His face flushed red and he stammered, "I, I'm serious! Besides, you're kind and beautiful, exactly the type I like!"

Jian Yue: "That..."

Theodore: "Please don't reject me, at least give me a chance!"

Jian Yue: "Ah...what if I say I'm a bedmaid..."

Theodore: “Huh?”

Jian Yue smiled: "Yes, I am a bed maid."

Seeing the man in front of her stunned, Jian Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay to say this...I guess I can't be considered an innocent woman.

Jian Yue secretly glanced at the knight named Theodore. Theodore seemed to be really shocked by this incident, scratching his head in distress.

It took a long time and her dirty dishes hadn't been delivered yet. If it was any later, she would be scolded again.

Thinking of this, Jian Yue picked up the dirty dishes again and saluted him: "Sir Knight, I will be leaving first."

"No." He suddenly raised his voice, frightening Jian Yue again. "I can accept it! After all, a maidservant doesn't necessarily have to sleep with you! And do you believe in love at first sight? I do. I can let bygones be bygones!"

And let bygones be bygones. Who do you think you are?

Jian Yue complained furiously in her heart, her eyes nearly rolling to the sky, yet she managed to maintain a calm expression: "Sir, please think about this carefully."

"No." Theodore shook his head firmly. "I will tell my father and then ask the prince to give you to me as a concubine. Because of your background, I can't make you my principal wife. Please forgive me."

My goodness, this guy is really stubborn.

Jian Yue had lost her patience in talking to him. After all, what she said was for people, not animals.

She smiled at Theodore and walked straight past him with her plate, her face stern.

Theodore stuck to him like a tail.

And all of this entered the corner, the darkness, and the eyes of that man.

The dark emerald eyes forced the civil servant who was reporting to shut his mouth and asked tremblingly, "...Your Majesty?"

The man glanced at him and strode away.

He was very fast. The civil servant just had to lower his head and he disappeared into the shadows again, as if he had never appeared.

At night, Jian Yue received another notice to sleep with the emperor.

Jian Yue touched her mouth silently. It seemed that she would suffer again tonight.

After sighing, Jian Yue began to wash herself.

"Yue!" Mary opened the door without knocking, half of her head exposed, and a malicious look in her eyes. "Are you going to serve the emperor again tonight?"

Jian Yue had just taken off the maid outfit she wore during the day, revealing half of her fair back. She quickly pulled up her clothes and said in a panic, "Why didn't you knock again? I've told you several times!"

"I'm really anxious." Mary said with a raised tone, and came in with a plate full of desserts in her hands. "I made a new dessert and wanted to let you try it first."

The dessert had just come out of the oven and was still steaming. Jian Yue was a little touched when she saw it - since she became a bed-maid, she had moved out of the maids' bunk bed.

The kitchen is some distance away from the new residence. It is still January, and although it is not snowing, the temperature outside is still very low. Obviously, Mary hurried all the way to prevent it from getting cold.

Jian Yue rubbed Mary's little face and pretended to be angry, "Are you running in the corridor again? The consul's maid has taught you a lesson several times."

"Hey, it's okay. I hid myself from people this time, so no one saw me!" Mary knew she was showing concern, and raised her face proudly. "Try it now, try it now. I'll give it to Master tomorrow."

"Okay, I'm your experiment?"

"No, I just wanted to give you a taste."

"You've already been exposed by what you just said, haven't you?"

Although she complained, Jian Yue was willing to be Mary's experimental subject. "It's delicious!"

"Hehe, as long as it tastes good. By the way!" Mary took out an aluminum box from her apron pocket and handed it to Jian Yue. "You usually don't dress up, and you work so hard, you never tell me your preferences. I didn't know what to get you, so I thought that girls should all want to smell good, so I bought a box of perfume." She scratched her face and said a little embarrassedly, "I, I send all my money back home, so I can't buy anything nice. Don't despise me... Hey, why are you crying? Don't you like it?"

Mary hurriedly wiped Jian Yue's tears, thinking that Jian Yue didn't like the gift she gave her, and kept apologizing.

Jian Yue held her hand that was wiping her tears and hugged her tightly.

"Thank you." Her voice choked. "Thank you so much, my only friend."

Mary froze in her arms, then gradually softened and embraced Jian Yue with both arms. "You're welcome, my friend."

Mary was the first friend she made after returning to this world and breaking away from all ties.

She accepted that she concealed her origins and that she would be thought of whenever something good happened.

It was easy for them to make friends. Jian Yue wanted to use her to get in touch with the older maids, but at that time she was bullied by the maids with more experience and was forced to do work that she shouldn't have done.

Just by saying a few words for her, she became friends with Mary.

But at first, it was just exploitation.

Jian Yue didn't even think they could be friends.

Thinking of this, her heart began to ache again.

She doesn't deserve this sincerity.

But this is the imperial palace, and she has no powerful background, so she can only rely on everything around her to move up.

Sorry. But she will definitely remember these good things, and then in the future, she will ask Kidd to pay them back.

She opened the scented powder, sprinkled some on her exposed skin, and then went to the bedroom alone.

She put on her blindfold as usual and knocked on the closed door.

This time, she did not wait for the order to enter, because the door was opened directly, as if the owner had been waiting for her at the door.

"Your Highness." She bowed and saluted, but just as she was halfway through the salute, her wrist was grabbed and she was dragged into the room.

She staggered and fell to her knees on the velvet carpet. It didn't hurt because the carpet was soft enough, but she still groaned softly.

She heard the door slam shut, then the sound of carpet being rubbed. The sound stopped not far in front of her, and a man's voice fell from above her head, resoundingly.

"Theodore Bright asked me to marry you."

I didn't expect that kid to act so quickly. Jian Yue frowned and denied it in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I didn't know about this."

"I didn't ask you if you knew." He said coldly, "If you understood, you would stop him."

"Excuse me……"

Someone grabbed her chin with great force, causing Jian Yue's brows to twitch in pain.

"Because you belong to me, inside and out." He leaned close to her, buried his head in her shoulders and neck, greedily absorbing her fragrance. His trembling eyelashes brushed against her tender skin, tickling Jian Yue's whole body and making her breathing disordered. Her defenses gradually collapsed under his scorching breath. "But he insisted on provoking me, asking me to give you to him."

"This is a humiliation to the royal family."

He bit her earlobe, as if to vent his anger, as if to take revenge.

"You bewitched him, and you bewitched me too."

"What should I do, Yue?"

"Do you need him, or me?"

He paused.

"I have to say—I need you."