Seeing Hua Cai reach out to take the letter from his hand, Yue Chen pulled his hand back and instinctively hid it behind his back.
Hua Cai's outstretched hand froze in mid-air as she stared in astonishment at Yue Chen.
Yue Chen was also taken aback. Fearing that Hua Cai might misunderstand, he quickly explained, "It was a letter from my father."
At this point, revealing that the letter came from the Emperor of Yue would have aroused even more suspicion, given his current highly sensitive status. However, Yue Chen simply refused to lie to her. It was just that—cough cough—the words in the letter were so embarrassing that even he, a man, felt a little embarrassed reading them, let alone showing them to her.
"Oh, I see." Hua Cai withdrew her hand without any interest. Now, apart from swordsmanship, she had no interest whatsoever in someone as far away as the Yue Emperor.
"Then let's go practice our swordsmanship." Hua Cai looked at Yue Chen with a smile, a little embarrassed.
He had to attend court for her early in the morning, and when he returned, he still had to read memorials. He also had to deal with Minister A, who was trying to curry favor with him, Minister B, who was trying to arrange a marriage for him, and Minister C, who was trying to arrange a marriage for Hua Cai. He was extremely busy, and in the remaining time, he still had to teach her swordsmanship.
In the spare time he had left over from practicing swordsmanship, Yue Chen also managed to unlock a cooking skill and became quite a good cook.
She was both obligated to accept gifts and favors, and in just a few months, she lost all confidence when speaking to Yue Chen.
Every night, after finishing the late-night snacks Yue Chen brought, Hua Cai would deeply reflect on her increasingly decadent lifestyle. But every time she woke up late at night and Yue Chen appeared with mouthwatering food, she would instantly throw away the little bit of ambition she had managed to muster.
Now, Hua Cai has completely given up. Somewhat depressed, she pinches the extra flesh on her waist. Let her fall into depravity, she'll be happy while she's at it.
"Practice swordsmanship." Yue Chen noticed the eagerness on Hua Cai's face, stroking the letter in his hand, and suddenly the "encouraging" smile of Wei Tuo from a few months ago appeared in his mind.
"I'm afraid—I can no longer teach you swordsmanship." Yue Chen sighed, lowered his head helplessly, and clenched his fingers slightly in tension.
"Huh?" Hua Cai was surprised, unable to see Yue Chen's expression clearly, and suddenly didn't know what to do.
Seeing that no one was around, Hua Cai secretly sharpened her claws.
Should I try to coerce or entice him, or even resort to torture to extract a confession?
"My father said it's inappropriate for me to stay here. I was negligent during this time." Seeing Hua Cai standing there silently, Yue Chen quickly explained.
"Oh." Hua Cai looked down at the ground, her delicate embroidered shoes crunching on the pebbles.
Neither of them spoke, and the Imperial Garden instantly fell silent.
Should we take action? Should we take action?
Hua Cai was engaged in a fierce internal struggle, which frightened the system on the side, causing it to wail repeatedly.
"Boss, if you tie someone up and take them to a deserted place to learn martial arts, won't that anger the Yue Emperor? You'll end up with neither gold nor silver, and you won't be responsible for the aftermath of the mission."
Well, Hua Cai sighed.
After Hua Cai responded but remained silent for a long time, Yue Chen, feeling uncertain, couldn't hold back any longer and gritted his teeth to hand over the letter in his hand.
Master Wei, I've listened to everything you say. If that still doesn't work, I'll think of a way to knock the person unconscious and take them back to Yue.
As Hua Cai was pondering this, she suddenly noticed a hand in front of her, holding the same piece of paper that Yue Chen had been holding earlier.
"You—take a look." Yue Chen's voice was very low, sounding particularly unsure.
Hua Cai took it with a puzzled look, quickly read it, and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.
"Emperor Yue is really, really—" Hua Cai couldn't find any reason to describe Emperor Li's official tone.
Yue Chen felt a slight sense of disappointment and pursed his lips as he looked at the paper in Hua Cai's hand: "Perhaps Father has just not seen me for a long time."
“I think so too. If you want to see someone, just say so directly. Why go through all this trouble?” Hua Cai thought about the words in the letter, and the image of Emperor Yue speaking these words with a serious face flashed in her mind. She couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “You make up a lot of excuses. What’s with all this about whether it’s appropriate or not? If we just got married, you would shut him down in no time.”
The usually serious Yue Emperor, upon hearing such a nonsensical letter, found Hua Cai increasingly amused, leaning against a pavilion pillar and laughing uncontrollably.
Yue Chen was taken aback, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up, and the joy in his eyes seemed to overflow. His face was brighter than ever before, and his usually indescribable features now looked exceptionally radiant.
"Really? Then let his plans fall through, shall we?" Yue Chen looked at Hua Cai with a smile in his eyes, slowed his pace, and walked slowly to Hua Cai's side. He looked down into her eyes, his gaze filled with an unusual tenderness.
When she met Yue Chen's eyes, Hua Cai seemed to be bewitched and nodded blankly. When she came to her senses, she was dazzled by Yue Chen's bright smile.
"You...you...you—what did you just say?" Hua Cai jumped back in fright, pointing at Yue Chen and stammering.
Yue Chen stepped forward with a smile and reached out to smooth the hair on her forehead: "Nothing much, I'm going to write back to my father first. You wait for me here. Also, the Shadowless Sword, which I mentioned to you last time and is unique to the Yue royal family, will be taught to you when I get here."
The Shadowless Sword? Hua Caijing perked up, instantly forgetting everything that had just happened. She nodded repeatedly, urging Yue Chen to quickly reply.
Once Yue Chen had walked away, the system, which had been lying on the ground in shock, finally rose up: "Host, you just sold your integrity—cough cough, your marriage like that?"
You said you'd just learn some swordsmanship and leave, and you said you wouldn't even look at this kid.
Hua Cai stroked her chin, turned around and sat down at the stone table in the pavilion: "It's just a body in this world, not me. Besides, I'll leave after learning the sword moves. Getting married in exchange for two sets of sword techniques isn't worth it."
The Nine Yin Manual is powerful, but it requires a high level of internal energy and cannot be mastered quickly. In contrast, Yue Chen's sword techniques, which require less internal energy and focus on skill, are more practical.
The system went to the side, crying, to calculate how much energy would be left after the mission ended.
Ever since the general of the former Yue Kingdom established the Jin Kingdom, messengers have said that the combined number of times the previous dynasty's 800-li urgent dispatches were used is less than the number they have used in the past few months.
Upon receiving another urgent letter, the messenger, as always, worked tirelessly to deliver it to the Yue Kingdom's palace. Unlike before, this time, after reading it, the Yue emperor, for the first time ever, rewarded him with five hundred taels of silver. For the usually stingy—cough cough, relatively frugal—Yue emperor, this was practically a windfall.
As soon as he left the Imperial Study, the messenger encountered Master Wei, who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. After asking him a few questions, he was rewarded with another hundred taels of silver.
The messenger, who had suddenly become rich, was completely bewildered. It was only a few days later that he learned that the third prince of Yue and the current empress of Jin were actually getting married.
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