Chapter 128 By the Pond

"Your Majesty, I learned some massage techniques in the palace that can relieve your pain." Shen Yu still lowered his head. He retracted his gaze and covered the injured area behind Wen Yu's foot with his palm.

Wen Yu sneered: "No need."

As he spoke, he was about to pull his foot back. Shen Yu ignored him and rubbed his palms on Wen Yu's red, swollen and purple skin. The warm touch mixed with a strange scent spread along the epidermis and slowly penetrated into the inside, relieving the pain a little after a while.

Wen Yu's face looked extremely bad. He was about to get angry, but stopped when he felt relief on his feet.

Shen Yu sensed that Wen Yu's muscles were gradually relaxing, so he decided to stop while he was ahead. He casually pinched the foot bone of his hand and put the stockings on Wen Yu's left foot.

"My lady, I have overstepped my bounds." Shen Yu put on his shoes and socks for him and then returned to his original position. His words were calm, just as bold and unbridled as when Wen Yu first saw him.

Wen Yu sat on the edge of the bed. He stared at Shen Yu for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up and quickly left the inner hall.

Shen Yu only felt a cold wind blowing past him. When he looked up again, Wen Yu had disappeared from the entire inner hall.

Shen Yu stood up, rubbed the skin on his wrist, and went to the outer hall to wash his hands with water.

"Danqing, how are you?" The maid came over and looked worried. "The Queen didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

Shen Yu wiped the water off his hands, put his thumb on the base of his thumb, and said, "No, the Queen is very satisfied with me and gave me a name."

Maid Song heard this and said, "That's good."

There was a tremor in her voice when she spoke, probably because she was quite frightened by the hair-combing incident.

Shen Yu saw that the maid was very afraid of Wen Yu, so he couldn't help but ask, "Sister, are you afraid of the queen?"

The maid smiled bitterly: "He hates us to the core and has probably wanted to kill us for a long time. Your Majesty is now following him, and he can decide our life or death with just one word. Now the maids have been replaced one after another, and maybe it will be our turn next month."

Shen Yu didn't quite understand what she meant. He carefully considered his words and asked, "Wouldn't it be better if it was our turn? Then we could leave Kunning Palace and never have to face the Empress again."

"Danqing, you are still too young." The maid sighed softly. She wanted to touch Shen Yu's head to comfort him, but when she raised her head, she found that Shen Yu was more than ten centimeters taller than her.

Shen Yu: “…”

maid:"……"

"You don't need to know this now. Next month, if the Queen is still willing to keep you by her side, we will still have a chance." The maid raised her arm awkwardly, but she finally withdrew her hand and said, "Don't provoke him."

Shen Yu was thoughtful after hearing this. He was about to ask a few more questions, but when he looked up, he saw the palace maid in front of him walking towards him quickly: "Cuihua, the Queen wants you to pass."

The maid from before was stunned when she heard this, and she looked at Shen Yu in surprise.

Shen Yu's expression remained unchanged as he replied, "I understand. I'll be there right away."

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and said a few words to the maid, then followed the palace maid who had rushed over to another pavilion.

Wen Yu's Kunning Palace occupied a large area. It was rumored that the Emperor of Yue doted on him so much that he expanded the palace by nearly double its size within a few months.

The weather was hot at that time, and the craftsmen worked day and night, so countless guards and eunuchs died of exhaustion.

Of course, this is just a rumor circulating in Yue State.

Shen Yu heard a lot of gossip about Wen Yu on the way here. After entering Kunning Palace, he deliberately walked around every corner inside, including the newly built buildings.

The Emperor of Yue simply built a small pavilion in the Kunning Palace, right in the center of the pond.

Shen Yu had once seen the small pavilion from a distance beside the willow tree by the pond. Its eaves were like pure black bird wings, and underneath stood four white dragon jade pillars. The small doors of the pavilion were all bright red, and all had iron locks on them.

This pavilion is similar to the photo studio in some ways, except that the photo studio has a chain passage leading to the outside world, while the small pavilion of Kunning Palace stands in the middle of the pond, with no access around it.

If you want to get close to there, it seems that you still have to rely on a boat.

Wen Yu decided to have breakfast in a small courtyard not far from the pond.

Shen Yu followed the palace maid along the road and saw Wen Yu sitting alone at the table from a distance.

His long hair was scattered around his waist, and the golden mask on his face remained the same color. Half of his face was covered with beastly growths, and the other half was white and pure like jade, creating an almost deformed face.

The palace maids and eunuchs who served him were driven to stand by the pond. The palace maid who brought Shen Yu here did not dare to go in, and let Shen Yu go alone.

Shen Yu scanned the surrounding environment and walked into the villa.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen." Shen Yu bowed and saluted.

Wen Yu glanced at him and said, "I asked you to serve me breakfast, and I asked you to come back three or four times. You are really precious."

Shen Yu lowered his head and said, "My queen, something happened on my way here, but it has been dealt with now."

Wen Yu turned his head, his red eyes half opened, and Shen Yu's figure was reflected in his dark pupils.

When Shen Yu stood up, he was obviously much taller than the other maids. Now he stood in front of Wen Yu, and the dark shadow cast by the sunlight almost enveloped Wen Yu.

Wen Yu looked at him motionlessly. Every time Shen Yu looked back at Wen Yu at this moment, he would unconsciously look back at her. His gaze was fixed on the half of Wen Yu's cheek that looked very similar to his own.

"How long are you going to stand in front of me?" Wen Yu slowly opened her lips, "Get out of the way, don't block me from the sun."

"..." Shen Yu moved away and stood on the other side of Wen Yu.

Wen Yu had a simple breakfast, just some glutinous rice porridge with red dates mixed in. He had a poor appetite in the morning, so he ate light food.

Shen Yuting took over the maid's task. He walked forward and used a silver needle to test the poison in the glutinous rice porridge in front of Wen Yu.

Wen Yu sat still in his seat, watching Shen Yu testing the poison with a silver needle, and couldn't help but frowning. He raised his eyelids and looked at Shen Yu. Shen Yu's posture of testing the poison was natural and there was nothing wrong with it.

There was no change on the silver needle. Shen Yu put it away and said, "My Lady, it is edible."

Wen Yu withdrew his gaze, picked up the ceramic bowl on the table with one hand, lowered his head and took a few bites.

Wen Yu had a simple breakfast. He only drank half a bowl of glutinous rice porridge and put the food aside. After finishing, he sat still in his chair, as if he was waiting for something.

Shen Yu stood beside Wen Yu. He put away the dishes and chopsticks. He looked up and saw a group of palace maids walking towards him not far away.

The leading eunuch was very old. He hunched over and placed a plate of freshly made cakes in front of Wen Yu.

"Your Majesty, these are the cakes His Majesty prepared for you. The top one is the white jade frost square cake, and the bottom ones are the auspicious fruit and the wishful cake. They are all made according to your taste."

Wen Yu half leaned against the back of a wooden chair, rubbing his knuckles with a sarcastic look on his lips.