Shen Jiao: "..."
Very good. I've seen people sabotage others, but I've never seen someone sabotage themselves.
...
Half an hour later.
Shen Jiao, who had been dragged to the palace by the tyrant, straightened her hair, which had been blown about by the night wind, and was somewhat bewildered.
She looked around at the path paved with crystal-clear white jade, and the octagonal double-petaled lotus palace lanterns inlaid with luminous pearls the size of goose eggs. She stumbled after taking two steps, thinking that she had hurt her delicate feet with a broken stone. Looking down, she saw that the ground was covered with gold, stone and jade artifacts.
Shen Jiao: "..." Sorry, Jinzi, I was blind to your greatness. It was my fault for being so ungrateful.
The palace servants in the imperial palace were even more well-trained and shrewd than those at Langya Pass. They would rather take action than speak, and they walked silently, as light as ghosts. They had the air of a tyrant.
Ji Yan placed her at the entrance of the bedchamber, casually ordered a dozen or twenty people to serve her, and then disappeared without a trace.
The head palace maid was young, but she was very capable of being a leader. Before long, she brought out steaming delicacies from land and sea, as well as silks and satins for the emperor to choose from. The palace servants served the food one after another, unhurriedly and without any sense of trouble.
To be honest, while the chefs at Langya Pass are quite skilled, they are slightly inferior to those here.
Shen Jiao ate heartily, accidentally eating two extra bowls of rice. She clearly felt a hint of shock in the eyes of the expressionless palace servant leader.
Shen Jiao: "..."
When I was halfway through my meal, I vaguely heard a few barks. It turned out that my dog had come looking for me.
Judging from its familiar and playful manner, it was probably sent to the palace when she went to Fengyulai. So, the tyrant really went to Fengyulai to cause trouble for Shen Qingye? Wow, poor Second Young Master Shen, of all people to mess with, he had to pick on such a petty princess.
The dog had gained a little weight. Considering the sentiment of having given flowers, Shen Jiao took a plate and shared some of the food she thought tasted good with the dog.
The dog was always well-behaved in front of Shen Jiao. It didn't smack its lips when eating, and it didn't make a sound when gnawing on bones. After chewing a couple of bites, it would wag its tail at her, acting like a well-mannered young nobleman.
If Wang Fu were here, he would definitely be loudly criticizing her as a green tea b*tch.
After having her meal, Shen Jiao, if conditions allowed, also took a fragrant petal bath, plus a well-timed massage from the palace maids, and almost fell asleep.
But when she actually lay on the soft, cloud-like bed, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Perhaps it was because the extravagant decor had blinded her, but she was still somewhat dazed.
Although the tyrant's thoughts were as unpredictable as ever, Shen Jiao was certain that Ji Yan had something to do just now, but after she yawned, the tyrant sent her to the palace without saying a word.
The tyrant, aided by her light-footed skills, flew incredibly fast; she didn't even hear the cries of the little healer who had been carelessly abandoned behind her.
Shen Jiao rolled from left to right, clutching her pillow. In her chaotic mind, two little figures were fighting. The one on the left, dressed in a pure white floral dress, was saying that the tyrant had a change of heart and changed his plans because of her.
The woman on the right, wearing a long black dress, is saying that the tyrant is a brain-damaged, irrational lunatic who just happened to pick her up on the way.
The little creatures were playing and arguing, and Shen Jiao couldn't figure out an answer. She drifted off to sleep, but perhaps because she had drunk too much juice, she couldn't hold it in and had to get up in the middle of the night. When she opened her eyes, a ghostly black shadow stood beside her, with some of its long hair falling onto her arm like a snake flicking its tongue.
"Your Majesty, when did you return?" Shen Jiao asked with a forced smile, perfectly embodying the image of a "pay-to-win" worker.
She finally understood. It didn't matter why the tyrant had dragged her back; the important thing was that he was a good person to get along with and provided meals.
"While you were asleep," Ji Yan replied casually after seeing that she was awake.
Shen Jiao: ??? So, you're staying up all night, taking up half the night's shift? Or do you only sleep when I wake you up?
The tyrant lay down and washed up before coming to his bedchamber. The night air was cool and the chill he carried was biting, but in this unbearably hot weather, Shen Jiao could only feel extremely comfortable and couldn't help but move closer to the natural air conditioner. To be honest, if the tyrant were in the modern world, he would save a lot on electricity bills in the summer.
Ji Yan watched the hamster's natural movements. Unlike the hypocrisy of others, she was genuinely happy to lick it. However, this was only for a short time. At the beginning of spring, she would always shiver from the cold.
Shen Jiao noticed the tyrant's thoughtful gaze and assumed he felt the sleeping area wasn't big enough. Well, after all, he was the emperor.
She huddled closer to her pillow, saying, "Now you can sleep."
This bed is spacious enough, about twice the size of the one in Langya Pass. The space she made was enough for the tyrant to perform a 360-degree clockwise rotation with room to spare.
She often wondered if the reason Ji Yan, that idiot, didn't like to sleep was because of his bad sleeping posture, which was why he needed such a big bed to avoid rolling off the bed and embarrassing the emperor.
Ji Yan looked at Shen Jiao, who had shrunk to the edge, and quickly realized what she had misunderstood. Faced with the yawning, frizzy hamster, he felt a little better and moved closer to the edge as well.
What a load of rubbish! Pushing one's luck!
Shen Jiao had no choice but to shrink back even further.
But every time she took a step back, Ji Yan would quickly take two steps forward.
"……His Majesty."
Her back felt empty and cool; the slightest movement could cause her to suffer a concussion.
Damn it? Why did you come over? She's about to fall. Is she night blind?!
Ji Yan looked at Shen Jiao, who was all smiles on her face but starry-eyed with excitement in her heart. She kindly carried her back to her original sleeping spot and then stared at her without moving, as if waiting for some command.
On this dark and stormy night, a night so ambiguous and prone to escalation, she suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment, inexplicably understanding the tyrant's intentions.
She hesitated for a moment, then readily rolled in. Sure enough, the tyrant rolled along with her. Whenever she was about to fall off the edge, that pale hand would pull her back.
It's like the principle of a conveyor belt. You finally reach the destination, but some idiot with nothing better to do puts the things back at the starting point, and so on, endlessly.
Finally, Shen Jiao couldn't hold it in any longer. She woke up to relieve herself, not to sleep with an idiot.
Ji Yan grabbed her, "Where are you going?"
Shen Jiao smiled: "The outhouse, Your Majesty, would you like to come along?"
She honestly admitted that she was just being sarcastic and meaningless when she said the second half of the sentence.
Clearly, she could never gauge the tyrant's bottom line. Ji Yan stood up impatiently, "Let's go."
Shen Jiao: "..." Go to hell.
Although you are an emperor above all others, I hope you can respect me. Going to the toilet alone is the right of every citizen!
Ji Yan scrutinized her expression. "You don't want me to stay with you?"
Shen Jiao: "Your Majesty, this is inconvenient."
I hope you wake up. You're a dog emperor, not an innocent high school girl. A dog emperor should act like a dog emperor. You don't need to go to the toilet hand in hand.
Ji Yan said "Oh," and then added, "Alright."
Shen Jiao thought to herself, "Thank goodness, I managed to persuade them to stay."
"Then I'll go anyway."
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