Chapter 41 Even with a broken leg, I have to go.
"Get off."
Chunyu said in a cold voice, while Yu Nian answered readily.
"Okay..."
I'm talking about him.
Chunyu Han grabbed Yu Nian's arm with one hand and pulled over a piece of clothing with the other. In the blink of an eye, water splashed everywhere. Before Yu Nian could even see the scene clearly, Chunyu Han had already put on his robe.
Although the belt around her waist was loose, Yu Nian remained obedient and dared not look around.
Did you bring the items?
Chunyu Han has been busy with the Empress Dowager's birthday these past two days and hasn't had time to go see Yu Nian.
Yu Nian tossed her damp long hair, casually tucked it behind her ear, and tilted her head, looking like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.
"No."
These two words were spoken with righteous indignation.
"Then what are you doing here?"
Chunyu Han's eyes held a fierce glint, as he glared at Yu Nian.
Yu Nian's eyes darted around. Tell the truth? Tell him she came specifically to help him bathe? Forget it, if she said that, Chunyu Han would probably just throw her back into the pool.
"I just came to check if you missed me."
After several encounters, Yu Nian knew that Chunyu Han wouldn't hit someone who was all smiles. She figured that she could get away with it by acting cute or something, since she didn't have any bad intentions anyway.
"It seems you haven't thought about it. I'd better go back."
Yu Nian was talking to himself, preparing to slip away.
"stop."
Chunyu Han's brow twitched. When did his Honeysuckle Pavilion become a place for Yu Nian to play, coming and going as she pleased?
"Yu Nian, do you think it's fun to tease a eunuch?"
Yu Nian turned her head and smiled gently.
"My lord, you are not a eunuch, you are the one I love."
When Yu Nian finished speaking the first half of her sentence, she clearly felt a flash of murderous intent in Chunyu Han's eyes. When he finished speaking the second half of his sentence, his dark eyes regained their unfathomable calm.
Eunuchs definitely have some inferiority complex about their status, and Yu Nian tries her best to avoid mentioning the word. But Chunyu Han brought it up himself, so why does he look like he's about to eat someone alive?
This jerk is so hard to please...
"I hope you won't regret what you said."
Chunyu Han turned his back and said in a deep voice, "You must be present at the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration the day after tomorrow."
Yu Nian secretly rolled her eyes. She had to be there. If she went, she would definitely run into Li Mingjin. That guy couldn't stand not causing her trouble for even a second.
"If I'm not feeling well that day, I probably won't be able to go."
Yu Nian's heart was pounding with reluctance; she would avoid such traps whenever possible in the future.
"Even if your leg is broken, you have to crawl over there, unless you don't want to form an alliance anymore."
Chunyu Han threw out bait that Yu Nian, this little fish, would definitely take the bait.
Yu Nian's eyes lit up and she moved closer to Chunyu Han.
Have you thought it through?
That day, Chunyu Han said he could consider it, but he hadn't given Yu Nian an answer yet. Yu Nian was still a little hopeful about this.
Perhaps it was because the light in Yu Nian's eyes was too bright that Chunyu Han felt an urge to extinguish it. He thought it and did it, his thin lips parting slightly, whetting Yu Nian's appetite.
"Go back, I'll tell you the day after tomorrow."
Yu Nian pouted: "You're always bullying me."
Seeing Yu Nian's unhappy face yet her restrained expression, Chunyu Han was surprisingly in a good mood. He had bullied her, so what could she do?
Yu Nianqi didn't even change her clothes, and ran back in Chunyu Han's wet clothes. The night wind made her shiver and she sneezed twice.
Yu Nian, having climbed onto the south wall, turned to look at the vast Regent's Mansion. This wretched place must be incompatible with her, otherwise nothing good would ever happen to her here.
However, this trip wasn't entirely fruitless. After returning to her room, Yu Nian discovered that Chunyu Han's happiness level in the system had increased by 10 points.
Although I don't know what Chunyu Han was raving about, it's a good thing that he added some points.
For this mission's reward, Yu Nian chose 1000 merit points. Since she was going to that treacherous palace again, Yu Nian knew it was more important to save up some resources to ensure her survival.
...
On the day he entered the palace, Yu Huaifeng looked at Yu Nian, whose nose was a little red, and felt a pang of heartache.
“I don’t know where your fourth brother has gone off to. You caught a cold, and he didn’t even say he would come back to see you. If you’re not feeling well, you don’t need to go.”
"I'm much better, Dad, don't worry about me."
Yu Nian didn't want to go either, but they said she would crawl there even if her legs were broken! Sniffling, Yu Nian got into the carriage, wondering if she would see Lu Mingzhu, her little ray of sunshine, today.
The Empress Dowager was kind and loved lively celebrations. Every year on her birthday, she would set up special seats outside the Shou Kang Palace for the families of high-ranking officials who came to offer their congratulations, so they could watch performances and listen to operas together.
Yu Nian's family members were neither needed nor qualified to appear before the Empress Dowager. They parted ways with Yu Huaifeng halfway there, as Yu Huaifeng had to go to the Imperial Study first.
"Don't wander around the palace aimlessly. There are nannies to guide you. Just stay at the banquet outside for a while. If you don't feel well, go home immediately. Don't push yourself."
Before leaving, Yu Huaifeng still gave Yu Nian a few words of advice, as the roads in the palace were too winding.
"Don't worry, Dad, I'll definitely be there on time."
Yu Nian waved to Yu Huaifeng through the car window, signaling him to stop nagging.
Before drawing the curtains, Yu Nian looked up at the sky. The weather was terribly stuffy today, as if it were holding back a heavy rain.
From inside the carriage in the distance, Li Mingjin saw Yu Nian's carriage slowly leaving. His eyes darkened; that magnificent carriage had clearly become a thorn in his side.
After that incident, the eldest princess met with the crown prince in private and told Li Mingjin the whole story again. She said that the person she originally wanted to destroy was Yu Nian, and it was Yu Nian who interfered and caused Li Mingjin's reputation to be ruined.
Yu Nian, this woman with a deep mind and good at hiding her true intentions, can no longer be kept around, otherwise she might do something even more heinous.
"Someone come here."
Li Mingjin spoke in a low voice, summoning Fulu, the eunuch who served him personally.
"Go and dismiss the nanny who guided Yu Nian, and then go to the Xin Zhe Ku to inform my elder sister that she has arrived."
"Yes, sir."
The young eunuch received the order and quickly left to carry it out.
Li Mingjin sneered. This trip to Shou Kang Palace would be the end for Yu Nian, that hateful scheming woman. Last time she escaped, this time he would make sure she never returned.
...
Meanwhile, inside the carriage, Yu Nian sneezed twice more, took the toilet paper from Chun Tao, and wiped her nose without any regard for appearances.
"Miss, did you secretly throw away your medicine this morning again? You don't seem to be getting any better."
Yu Nian rubbed her slightly sore nose, threw the paper into the small slop bucket on the carriage, and shook her head vigorously.
"It's not that." Yu Nian shook her finger, looking at Chun Tao with a very firm gaze.
"I think someone might be talking badly about me behind my back!"
Yu Nian leaned against the car, feeling a vague unease about this trip to the palace. Could something bad be about to happen...?
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