Chapter 281 - Chapter 281: I’m Afraid Of The Dark
Chapter 281: I’m Afraid Of The Dark
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Xiao Jin withdrew his gaze. “After I locate the right person, it’ll be time for him to get lost.”
There was no need to send all the people sent by Emperor Kangze out. It would be much easier to control the others after taking care of the leader.
At night, Su Ying watched Bai Shuang and the rest move Xiao Jin’s belongings into her room.
Su Ying frowned and looked at Xiao Jin, who had just entered the house. “Why did you bring your stuff here? Don’t you have a place to sleep?”
Xiao Jin’s expression didn’t change. “The Manor is too spacious. I’m afraid of the dark at night.”
Su Ying was utterly speechless.
Xiao Jin continued as if he wanted to increase the credibility of his words, “Previously, the people working in the Manor all died tragically on the way to exile. Will their vengeful souls return to the Manor?”
Su Ying gave a scornful sneer. “The blood on your hands is probably hundreds or thousands of times more than those shed by this Manor. Do you think those people’s souls will come looking for you?”
Xiao Jin’s face tensed up slightly. “That’s why I can’t stay too far away from you.”
“What does this have to do with me?”
“Even ghosts are afraid of you.”
Hmph!
“Get lost!”
Su Ying immediately threw Xiao Jin’s belongings out.
Xiao Jin was then pushed out of the door. When he turned around, he saw two pairs of big, plaintive eyes.
The older toddler Ji glanced at his father helplessly, shook his head, and sighed. “Father, there’s another room next door. You can sleep next door.”
The younger toddler Ling rubbed her tiny nose and said, “Mother’s bed is too small. Father, you’d better not go in and occupy more space.”
“Alright, Ling. Let us go in and sleep.”
“Goodnight, Father.”
The two little fellows went into the house, hand in hand, leaving Xiao Jin standing all alone in the freezing wind, pathetic and sorrowful.
After returning to the capital, Su Ying didn’t rush to return to the Prime Minister’s Residence. Instead, she first went through the situation in the capital in detail.
Lin Zhuyu woke up early in the morning and got ready to go to the kitchen to see if the breakfast they prepared for Su Ying and her family was ready. This was something she used to do every day so that Su Ying and her family could eat something warm as soon as they woke up.
“Uncle Ilea.” Lin Zhuyu walked out of the kitchen and saw Hea Shouyi busy cooking by himself in the kitchen.
The day before yesterday, after he successfully prepared the eight Imperial dishes, Wei Xi had nothing to say and allowed him to stay in the kitchen.
However, over the past two days, the people in the big kitchen seemed to be brainless. They would forget to buy something or they couldn’t even clean up a chicken properly. Everything had to be redone again by Ilea Shouyi. The main chef that Wei Xi had brought in previously fell sick and asked Hea Shouyi to take care of the meals for the entire Prince Qi’s Manor, including the servants.
Of course, Hea Shouyi knew that these people were deliberately making things difficult for him. However, they didn’t know that he had to cook for nearly a hundred people every day in the northern wilderness. This wasn’t difficult for him at all.
Not only could he get the meals ready promptly, but he could also make them so well that everyone thought the food was delicious. No matter how unwilling Wei Xi was, he could only let Hea Shouyi stay in the big kitchen for now.
Hea Shouyi handed a food container to Lin Zhuyu. “Take this. I just prepared it so it’s still warm. 1 made an extra hawthorn cake today.”
Lin Zhuyu replied with a smile and walked back with the food container.
She walked past a moon gate and proceeded down the conjoining corridor before she came upon a maidservant in a pink dress walking toward her.
The maidservant stopped in front of Lin Zhuyu. “Your servant hereby pays her respects to Concubine Lin.”
Lin Zhuyu stopped in her tracks. She remained stunned for a while before she realized that the other party was addressing her. She had almost forgotten that she was once Xiao Jin’s concubine. However, His Highness had already divorced her in the Tiger Base. She was now free!
“Don’t call me that. I’m no longer a concubine.”
The maidservant in pink raised her head in surprise, but thereafter, she understood. “Your servant can see that His Highness and his Princess Consort have a very true relationship. Could it be that Her Highness cannot tolerate Concubine Lin? How could such a noble person like His Highness not have a few people who are considerate toward his feelings? Your servant truly feels pity for Concubine Lin.”
Lin Zhuyu did not feel that it was a pity at all!
She cast a side glance at the maidservant as if she could see through her. When the maidservant raised her head, she displayed a trace of indignation.
The maidservant in pink smiled when she saw this. “1 am Tao Hong and am now in charge of cleaning Her Highness’s courtyard. If Concubine Lin has any problems in the future, you can come to me. If it is within my abilities, I will definitely help Concubine Lin.”
Lin Zhuyu nodded without any emotion. “Alright.”
When Lin Zhuyu returned to the courtyard, Su Ying had just finished washing up together with the two children.
“Your Highness woke up at the right time. The breakfast is still warm. I wonder what delicious food Uncle Hea made today.”
Lin Zhuyu smiled as she took out all the food from the food container. There were five dishes and one type of porridge, all of which Su Ying and the children liked to eat every day.
“Grandpa Ilea’s cooking is the best. Everything he cooks is delicious.”
The younger toddler Ling was the first to climb onto the chair and sit down obediently. She was already hungry.
“You only know how to eat. Your face is getting rounder. You almost can’t do the martial-art squat anymore.” The older toddler Ji made condescending remarks with his mouth but he still broke the meat bun he took in half and gave half to his younger sister.
Ling pouted and gave a disdainful snort. She then opened her mouth and bit the meat bun angrily.
“I have to eat a lot to be able to squat properly.”
Su Ying and the kids had just finished eating when Bai Shuang walked in. “Your Highness, Caretaker Wei is here. He said that the palace has sent the palace robes over.”
“Show him in.”
Wei Xi bowed and walked into the room. After bowing to Su Ying, he asked the maidservants to bring in three sets of luxurious clothes, which were meant for them to wear at the celebration banquet.
“Your Highness, you and the Young Prince and Young Princess can try them on. If they don’t fit, your servant will immediately ask the seamstress to modify them.”
Su Ying did not refuse the items and told Bai Shuang and the rest to take the clothes and help her put them on.
This palace robe was made according to the standard specifications for Princess Consorts. When Su Ying put it on, it suited her quite well.
They had only returned for a short while, and no matter how fast the seamstresses in the palace worked, they could not make such an exquisite and complicated dress in just one or two days. It must have been leftover old stock, and they had taken it out to use again.
After the seamstress who tagged along noted down the areas that needed to be modified, she retreated to the side.
Wei Xi smiled and said, “Then your servant will not impose on Your Highness any further. Your servant will take his leave.”
“Prepare a horse carriage for me. I want to go out.”
Wei Xi asked, “Where would you like to go, Your Highness? Your servant will arrange for people to protect you along the way.”
“No need. You only need to prepare a horse carriage, that’s all.”
Wei Xi lowered his eyes and hid the emotions in his eyes. “Yes, Your Highness. Your servant will get someone to prepare it.”
After Wei Xi left, Bai Shuang asked in curiosity, “Where do you want to go, Your Highness?”
“Just taking a look around outside.” Su Ying had mentioned before that it was her habit to get to know the surrounding environment. Since she had thoroughly studied Prince Qi’s Manor, she naturally had to go to the surrounding area outside to see what kind of people and things were there.
“Then let me accompany you for a walk, Your Highness,” Aunt Zhao said.
“No need. Just let Bai Shuang tag along.”
Aunt Zhao was a little worried. “After all, Your Highness has left the capital for so long. 1 am worried that you are not used to the people and things in the capital.”
“Don’t worry, Aunt Zhao. If I can sleep in the wilderness, what is there that I can’t get used to here?”
Aunt Zhao frowned and almost replied, “I’m worried that you’ll go out and beat people up…”