Chapter 247 World 10 (18)
The vermilion palace gate, in the darkness of the night, seemed even more solemn and majestic. There were no more maids waiting to greet us at the gate, and even the guards who usually guarded the gate were nowhere to be seen. The maid who had led the way brought the treasured fan to this point and then hurried away.
Baoshan's mind was filled with thoughts, yet she maintained a calm demeanor. Her beautiful eyes flickered, as if searching for her "family" who had come to visit her.
The fine golden threads, buried within the brocade robe, stood out even more against the pitch black. Chu Boyu wore casual clothes, his cuffs tied with ties, his arms outlined by the tight-fitting robe. Chu Boyu, carrying a palace lantern, slowly walked over to the precious fan. The orange candlelight seemed to cast a thin layer of beeswax on the fan's cheeks, accentuating its delicate beauty.
Bao Shan's long, soft eyelashes trembled slightly, and she spoke softly, "Your Majesty...why did you come here?"
Chu Boyu walked up to Baoshan and said in a gentle voice, "Didn't I tell the palace maid to tell you that I came to visit you?"
Bao Shan was surprised and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, are you the relative that the palace maid mentioned?"
Chu Boyu nodded, and said in a natural tone, "Didn't you say that since entering the palace, you have been branded by me. Since you are mine, then I am naturally considered your relative, and it is only natural that I can visit you."
Bao Shan lowered her head, remaining silent. When she raised her head again, her beautiful eyes were already filled with tears, as if she had a thousand words on her lips, but when they reached her lips, they turned into a single sentence: "Your Majesty..."
Seeing the beauty's eyes filled with tears because of his preparations, even the emperor couldn't help but be moved.
With such a beauty who can understand your kindness and whose sorrows and joys are all affected by you, which man would not be proud and satisfied, and love the beauty more and more.
Seeing this, Chu Boyu held the lantern in his right hand and held Bao Shan's hand with his left, saying, "I heard there are fireworks in the capital today, why don't you and I go together."
Baoshan naturally said yes softly. But just as Baoshan handed the soft hand to Chu Boyu, she suddenly remembered something and could not help but frowned, saying with sorrow: "I left with Your Majesty and I don't know when I will return.
But my good friend who lives with me may be worried about me because I haven’t returned for a long time. Your Majesty——”
Baoshan raised her pretty face and timidly looked at Chu Boyu: "Could you please ask someone to pass on a few words to my good friend Yinhua, so that she won't be worried and wait for too long?"
Chu Boyu responded softly.
Baoshan gave the messenger another round of instructions, telling Yinhua that she was traveling with His Majesty and that he didn't need to worry about her.
I think once Yinhua knows this, she will no longer worry about the safety of the precious fan.
Bao Shan and Chu Boyu walked side by side. The corridor leading out of the palace was wide and long. Looking up, they could not see the end in the distance.
With Chu Boyu accompanying him, the guards would naturally not stop him.
Baoshan walked out of the corridor and turned to look back.
The scene when Baoshan first entered the palace seemed to appear before her eyes.
At that time, she was standing in the middle of a long queue, receiving a jade token, and thinking about her future destination.
The scenery remains the same, but the people are different.
Baoshan turned around gently, her watery eyes calm, without the slightest nostalgia for the past.
Such a humble past was not worth Baoshan's remembrance at all.
Baoshan naturally moved closer to Chu Boyu, her cheeks slightly pale.
Because it was her first time out of the palace, Baoshan's eyes were filled with unfamiliarity and fear of the capital.
Her soft body pressed against Chu Boyu's arm, and her soft voice trembled with emotion: "Your Majesty, where are we going?"
Chu Boyu did not resist at all towards his reliance on the treasured fan.
Perhaps, due to Chu Boyu's gentle nature, he was extremely eager for someone to rely on him, trust him, and choose Chu Boyu as his shelter.
There was a soothing gentleness in Chu Boyu's voice: "Go to Chujiang Bridge, it's a good place to watch the fireworks."
The streets of the capital were bustling with activity. Lanterns hung from the eaves, illuminating the streets with a warm orange glow, making them as bright as day.
The palace lantern in Chu Boyu's hand had long been useless, so he threw it to the guard.
There were people coming and going on the Chujiang Bridge. It was located at a high position and was a good place to view the fireworks, so it was crowded with people early on.
The precious fan had been kept in the palace all year round, so seeing such a lively scene, it was inevitable that it felt flustered.
As soon as Baoshan stepped onto the Chujiang Bridge, her and Chu Boyu's intertwined hands were separated by the crowd.
Baoshan was fragile to begin with, and was constantly bumped by the crowd, so it was inevitable that she would stagger and could not even stand steadily.
But Baoshan had no time to worry about these things. Her beautiful eyes turned, looking for Chu Boyu's figure.
But it was extremely difficult to find Chu Boyu in the crowd.
After searching everywhere for the treasured fan in vain, she couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes. Tears began to fall softly, and her soft lips opened and closed as she whispered, "Your Majesty..."
A gentle voice mixed with helplessness sounded.
"I am right here."
Baoshan stopped sobbing and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Chu Boyu standing in front of her in a gold-woven robe with a faint smile on his face.
Chu Boyu leaned forward slightly, almost hugging the precious fan in his arms.
Bao Shan stared at Chu Boyu, her beautiful eyes, as if soaked in clear water, not daring to blink, only to stare at Chu Boyu's brows. Such a noisy environment made Bao Shan feel uneasy. She was afraid that if she blinked even a little, she would lose sight of Chu Boyu again.
Chu Boyu was stared at by Baoshan's affectionate eyes, and felt a burning sensation at his ears.
He cleared his throat, trying to hide the strangeness in himself.
"I saw you just now, but there were too many people around, so I spent a lot of effort to get to you. It's not that I intentionally didn't show up to make you anxious..."
Before he could finish his words, Chu Boyu was embraced by a warm and soft woman.
Baoshan placed her soft body in Chu Boyu's arms, her slender arms wrapped around his back, and her delicate white cheeks pressed against his chest.
"His Majesty."
Amid the noisy crowd, Chu Boyu could still clearly hear the sound of the treasured fan, which was soft and gentle, like rain hitting lotus leaves, clear and pleasant.
Bao Shan buried her head in Chu Boyu's broad and firm chest. Her voice was a little dull and cautious: "Your Majesty, please don't abandon me."
"I'm so scared. What should I do if Your Majesty leaves me..."
"Your Majesty, please don't abandon me..."
Baoshan was timid by nature, and the temporary separation from Chu Boyu just now had frightened her quite a bit.
At this moment, Bao Shan needed Chu Boyu's company. She was like a withering flower, eagerly longing for the care of rain and dew. Chu Boyu was aware of Bao Shan's concerns. But these sad words, falling into Chu Boyu's ears, inevitably made him imagine.
——Bao Shan didn't want him to abandon her now, or to not abandon her in the future...
If he were in the palace, the people around him would constantly remind Chu Boyu that he was the emperor. If he wanted treasures, he could take them. If he wanted a woman, he could favor her. Why bother worrying so much?
But after leaving the palace, Chu Boyu temporarily forgot his identity as an emperor. He lost all his glory and became just a man.
When Chu Boyu saw the precious fan, he simply wanted to own it and hug it.
Chu Boyu lowered his arms and placed them on Baoshan's slender waist.
Baoshan nestled in Chu Boyu's arms like a little bird, listening to Chu Boyu say, "No, how could I abandon you?"
Bao Shan's beautiful eyes trembled slightly, and her voice was soft: "Your Majesty treats me very well."
Hearing people's exclamations behind them, Baoshan and Chu Boyu looked up into the sky.
There was only a dull sound, and then specks of white light flew up into the sky along the silver-white silk thread.
Then, white light suddenly bloomed, and colorful light appeared.
Then, there was a continuous sound. In the dark night sky, there was only a full moon and a few scattered stars.
At this time, lights are flickering and colorful flowers are blooming in the air.
The crowd was filled with exclamations, and colorful light poured onto Baoshan's cheeks, adding a bewitching beauty to her porcelain-white face.
Various colors were intertwined on Baoshan's cheeks, but her eyes were still as clear as water, with ripples appearing in them.
Baoshan raised her head, revealing her slender white neck to Chu Boyu.
It is smooth and delicate there, just like the finest white jade. I just don't know if it will feel warm to the touch like real white jade when I touch it.
Bao Shan retracted her gaze, her eyes still shimmering with the light of the bright lights. She looked at Chu Boyu and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, the fireworks are so beautiful."
Chu Boyu, however, held the precious fan in his waist and walked towards the Chujiang Bridge.
Bao Shan was puzzled, but she followed Chu Boyu meekly and only asked, "Are we going back?"
Chu Boyu shook his head.
It was not until the guards came to pick up Chu Boyu and Baoshan in a black-sailed boat that Baoshan understood Chu Boyu's intention.
The Chujiang Bridge was crowded with people, and even though they could see the fireworks, it was not a pleasant sight.
Chu Boyu ordered his guards to find a black-sailed boat for the two of them to sit on and watch the fireworks.
The black-sailed boat floated quietly on the water. Baoshan walked on the deck. The swaying feeling made her heart tighten, and she subconsciously grabbed Chu Boyu's arm.
Even the tie on Chu Boyu's arm was messed up by Bao Shan's sudden support.
Chu Boyu did not bother with Baoshan. He stretched out his arm and let Baoshan support him. He put his other hand on Baoshan's waist and half-hugged Baoshan as he walked across the shaking deck.
When they got on the black-sailed boat, Baoshan discovered that the tie on Chu Boyu's arm had come undone.
Bao Shan thought of what she had done just now, and her face flushed. She said softly, "Your Majesty, I will tie the laces."
Chu Boyu extended his arm to let the precious fan move.
Originally, Bao Shan sat on a cushion, but in order to tie the straps, Bao Shan changed from sitting to kneeling.
She straightened her body, stretched out her soft, bamboo-shoot-like fingers, and fiddled with the slender laces.
Baoshan first straightened the laces and then gently tied the knot.
Just as she was about to withdraw her body, the black-sailed boat suddenly shook, and Baoshan was caught off guard and fell on Chu Boyu.
When Chu Boyu's body hit the ground, a dull sound was heard.
The precious fan was not injured because it fell on Chu Boyu's chest.
But such a scene seemed as if the positions of master and servant were reversed, and the precious fan treated the emperor Chu Boyu as a meat cushion.
Baoshan supported himself on the ground with his hands and tried to stand up timidly.
But a force pressed down on her waist, making Bao Shan unable to move.
The hair of the two people was entangled together, and Chu Boyu's eyebrows and eyes were only a few inches away from the treasure fan, and their warm breaths intertwined freely.
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