Chapter 414: Sheep, wolf, and tiger
As for why Chu Shao Bai would appear here, he didn"t even need to think to know it was planned by Empress Dowager Zhou.
She really was a confused Empress Dowager!
He really wanted to loudly curse.
In order to defend against him, the old tiger, she had sent a wolf to guard the sheep. Wasn"t that sending the sheep into the wolf"s mouth!
"Brat Hei, if you have the skills, then don"t use your mouth. Who will lose and win, we"ll know once we fight. Do you dare to go out with me and fight?"
Chu Shao Bai was angered by Mo Chuan"s cold arrogance. Although he knew he couldn"t win, he couldn"t allow himself to seem weak!
"I didn"t come here to fight you. If you want to fight, then we can make set aside another time." Mo Chuan coldly said.
He knew that the sun was about to rise. After the sun rose, he would have morning court and wouldn"t have time to teach Chu Shao Bai a lesson.
"Alright, then tomorrow at midnight on top of the imperial palace. Do you dare?"
"It"s a promise!"
Mo Chuan did not say anything else and gently placed the box in his hand beside Chen Ning. Taking a deep look at her, he jumped out the window and his figure disappeared.
Chu Shao Bai never thought he would leave just like that. If he wasn"t afraid of waking Chen Ning, he would not have let Mo Chuan leave so easily.
He came and went as he wished, did her really think all the guards in the palace were useless?"
"Shameless! Shameless!" Chu Shao Bai angrily stared in the direction Mo Chuan disappeared in and cursed.
When he remembered Mo Chuan saying "she is my woman", his face turned red with anger.
After seeing this shameless person, he had never seen anyone as shameless as him!
He decided that because of this sentence, he would teach that shameless brat Hei a fierce lesson.
Even though he was angry, he still had his intelligence.
In terms of martial arts, Chu Shao Bai knew that he wasn"t as good as the opponent. If they really fought, then the one being taught a fierce lesson would be him.
However……Who said that teaching him a lesson had to be an open fight!
He looked over and suddenly thought of something good.
"Hei, hei, brat Hei, wait until you smell the smoke coming from your own body!"
He revealed a triumphant smile before looking over at the box that Mo Chuan had placed beside Chen Ning before leaving.
What did that brat Hei bring!
Chen Nin was still asleep, so he picked up the box. Opening it, he found that it was filled with papers!
There were pieces neatly ordered, being filled with dense amount of words. The top page had not even dried yet.
"Scriptures! That brat Hei is just like me, copying so many pages of scriptures! Humph, if he wants to please Ning"er, in his dreams!"
Chu Shao Bai gave a snort. He was not polite as he poured out all the pages Mo Chuan copied and placed it with his own.
He didn"t want to touch Chen Ning and leave silently, but now he changed his mind.
If he just left silently like this, after she woke up, she might think the pages of copied scriptures would be from that brat Hei. That would be too easy for brat Hei!
He sat down beside Chen Ning with a faint smile as he watched her. Although he hadn"t slept all night, he was still energetic.
Chen Ning felt that this sleep was very nice and very deep. However, she felt an itch coming from her nose, like a little bug was climbing on it.
She suddenly woke up. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Chu Shao Bai.
He was smiling as he held a tiny strand of her hair, brushing it across her nose.
No wonder her nose was itchy. It was this brat playing his tricks!
Chapter 415: At night, I"ll be with you
"Hi, lazy girl. If you don"t wake up, then I"ll draw a turtle on your face!"
It was that familiar face, that familiar smile, and that familiar voice.
It was Xiao Bai? He was back?
Chen Ning rubbed her eyes and found that she wasn"t dreaming. She sat up feeling pleasantly surprised.
"Xiao Bai, is it really you?" She almost could not believe it. She reached out to grab Chu Shao Bai"s face and pinched twice, "Xiao Bai, am I still dreaming? Why does it not hurt at all?"
"Aiyo! Pain, pain, pain!" Chu Shao Bai grimaced in pain, but didn"t escape from her hands, "Of course you"re not dreaming because you"re pinching my face!"
He knew that she was doing this on purpose. His lips curled up and his sparkling eyes filled with a full smile.
She was acting the way he was familiar with and was no longer angry at him!
He became high spirited and a flower bloomed in his heart.
"Puchi!" Chen Ning broke out in laughter and her hands let go. She flicked his forehead once, "Why are you disturbing people"s sleep early in the morning! Next time you dare to disturb my sleep, I"ll let you see a good show!"
She suddenly found that even though he was spirited, his eyes were completely bloodshot. She asked in a concerned voice, "Xiao Bai, have you not slept for several days? With your eyes as red as a rabbit"s, when did you come back? Yi, why are you here?"
Chu Shao Bai saw her face filled with concern and his heart felt warm. With an uncaring expression, he said, "I just didn"t sleep for a few days, it isn"t anything. I"m not tired at all. Un, it was the Empress Dowager……The Empress Dowager wants me to stay with you while you copy scriptures."
"The Empress Dowager?" Chen Ning understood as soon as she heard this.
Empress Dowager Zhou was afraid Su Jin could not stop the emperor, so she sent Chu Shao Bai watch her.
She was really well intentioned.
She did not care about it as she said with a faint smile, "Where did you go in the past few days?"
Chu Shao Bai"s face turned red and he scratched his head for a while before spitting out, "Ning"er, I…..I broke my word. I couldn"t come back in time for the hunting compet.i.tion, so are you mad with me?"
"Am I someone that becomes angry so easily? If you didn"t come back in time, you must have had something important to do, so how could I blame you! Is your errand finished? Did you come see me as soon as you came back? Xiao Bai, from your rabbit like eyes, you should still go to sleep!"
Chen Ning said in a half real half fake scolding voice.
It was like a giant stone fell in Chu Shao Bai"s heart. His lips curled into a smile and his face revealed a bright glow.
"When Su Jin come later, I will leave. She will stay with you during the day and at night…..I will be with you." His smile covered his face.
When Empress Dowager Zhou gave this ch.o.r.e to him, her face was covered in apologies. However, she didn"t know just how happy this made him, this was something that he wished for!
As long as he could see her everyday, he would be satisfied.
Because once she returned to the King Ding Yuan palace, he would not have another reason to go see her.
"Stay with me? Or are you monitoring me?" Chen Ning deliberately revealed a serious expression.
"Ning"er, I will never limit your freedom. I"ll take you wherever you want to go, but the Empress Dowager is doing this for your good. She wants to keep you in the palace and protect you."
"Protect me?" Chen Ning blinked her eyes.
Chu Shao Bai forcefully nodded, "The Empress Dowager said that there were powerful martial artists that wanted to harm my third brother. You don"t know martial arts and if you remain in third brother"s palace, you will be in danger. So she called you into the palace to have you remain under the protection of the imperial guards. As long as you don"t leave the palace, no matter how strong a person is, they will not be able to harm you. I will stay with you in the meantime and protect you."
Chapter 416: Caught in the act
After a pause, he laughed at said, "I am the prestigious King Jing An, for the Empress Dowager personally entrust me with guarding you shows how important you are. Ning"er, you can be a.s.sured that as long as I"m here, even flies cannot think of flying in to hurt you!"
He suddenly thought of the black figure that silently entered the temple and his face became a little warm. However, it was a good thing she was asleep and didn"t know about this.
After Chen Ning heard this, she couldn"t help thinking that the reason Empress Dowager Zhou lied about seemed really reasonable with no flaws at all.
She smiled and said, "Then grace that the Empress Dowager shows me…..Un, it really is high as the heaven and deep as the earth. If it"s like this, it must be hard on you."
"Ning"er, you know that no matter what I do for you, I do it willingly. I…..I just want to see you everyday. Even, even if you make up with my third brother, you wouldn"t ignore me, right?" Chu Shao Bai stared at her.
Just mentioning Chu Shao Yang, his heart filled with pain and the smile on his face disappeared.
Chen Ning suddenly thought of that unbearable scene and she felt more disgusted than eating a fly.
"Xiao Bai, in front of me, don"t ever mention this person"s name again. I don"t want to hear it."
Her face turned ice cold. She had been smiling like a beautiful flower, but it was instantly covered in a layer of snow.
Chu Shao Yang"s heart skipped a beat. He wanted to ask something, but he swallowed it down.
He wanted to ask why, but thinking about it, he didn"t care about why. His third brother must have done something to make her unhappy.
As long as she was angry, it had to be third brother"s fault!
He did not know what happened in the carriage and he didn"t know that Mo Chuan faked the decree to bring her into the palace.
The matters concerning the royal face, it was all completely covered up by the Empress Dowager. There were only a few people in the palace that knew about this.
"Yi, Xiao Bai, did you copy these scriptures?"
Chen Ning found that there were extra copied scriptures on the table, with a few dozen pages being there and she couldn"t help being pleasantly surprised.
"Yes…..I copied it, it was all done by me." Chu Shao Bai swallowed down a mouthful of saliva and his neck turned stiff.
Not only did he feel guilt in his heart, he hoped that brat Hei would find out and it would anger him to death!
"No wonder your eyes are completely red. Copying this much, you must have been copying all night, right? Xiao Bai, why would you do something this silly? The Empress Dowager had me copy these scriptures to help me temper my heart. I"ll copy it myself in the future."
She did not like copying the scriptures, but she didn"t dislike it. Empress Dowager Zhou would not let her go in a short period of time, so she would peacefully just live here for now. This temple was quiet and silent and copying the scriptures would also build character.
"Xiao Bai, why does the scriptures you copied look different?" Chen Ning looked over the copied verses a few times and asked in a strange voice.
Although she didn"t know how to write with a calligraphy brush, she could tell the difference with a single glance.
The words written by Chu Shao Bai were like little flowers, written in neat handwriting, making every word look refined. As for Mo Chuan"s writing, it was written in an ancient style that was filled with majesty, with each stroke being filled with strength that could pa.s.s through the paper. The two of them had tried to mask their writing styles, but their styles were still different and could be differentiated with a single glance.
"Ah? About this….." Chu Shao Bai never thought he would be caught. His face turned slightly red, but he suddenly had an idea.
"It was because I was tired of writing with my right hand, so I switched to my left hand."
Chapter 417: Blown up to the point where his skin had no hair
"Xiao Bai, you"re really good. Even the words written by your left hand looks this good." Chen Ning praised with a smile.
"Ning"er, can you help me make some thunderbolt eggs?" Chu Shao Bai suddenly said.
He thought of his fight with Mo Chuan last night and couldn"t help thinking of the thunderbolt eggs Chen Ning mentioned before. This strong explosive that wouldn"t kill someone, it was just what he needed.
"Thunderbolt eggs? What do you need that for?" Chen Ning"s eyes went wide.
I want to blow up that brat Hei until his skin has no hairs left!
Chu Shao Bai said in his heart.
However he knew that if he told the truth, Chen Ning would never agree to him. So he said in a hesitant voice, "I want to use them to deal with a nasty person."
His expression was very strange and Chen Ning was feeling suspicious, but she suddenly thought of something. Would he be using these thunderbolt eggs against Chu Shao Yang?
"Alright, I"ll give you however many you want. Just go and help me gather the materials and I"ll make them as soon as you"re done."
Chen Ning"s agreement was very direct.
Chu Shao Bai suddenly revealed a smile and said, "What do you need?"
Chen Ning wanted to pick up a pen, but thinking of her words that were as ugly as earthworms, she dispelled this idea, "I just need some eggs and firecrackers, the more the better."
She wanted to make a few even more powerful thunderbolt eggs this time.
Chu Shao Yang, just you wait!
"Alright, I"ll go right now."
Chu Shao Bai heard Su Jin"s approaching footsteps and picked up his outer robe to drape over himself before walking out the door.
"I greet King Jing An." Su Jin quickly bowed down.
"No need." He gently said.
Faced with Su Jin, the tone of his voice was completely different from when he talked to Chen Ning. It was like he was a completely different person.
His white robe was raised by the wind and he flew off into the sky. The sun shined down on his picturesque face, releasing a faint golden glow.
The maids in the yard that were cleaning saw it from a distance and they couldn"t help blushing.
Su Jin also secretly nodded. Not only was King Jing An"s character good, he was also good at martial arts, and his face was even more beautiful than a painting.
Even compared with husband Ye, it would not be inferior.
It was unknown which family"s daughter would be blessed enough to become King Jing An"s princess. She would be the most envied girl in the world.
"Aunt Su Jin, the princess has copied the scriptures all night and is now resting. This king has something else to do, so I ask aunt to help take care of the princess. Let her do whatever she wants as the Empress Dowager ordered, but don"t let her leave this temple." His expression was gentle, but his words allowed no refusal.
"Yes, this servant will remember." Su Jin quickly replied.
Chu Shao Bai"s words made her secretly stunned. She had thought the same as Empress Dowager Zhou and felt that King Jing An would feel wronged being ordered to guard the temple. However, not only did he agree without saying anything, he seemed to get along with the Ding Yuan Princess.
This was strange.
But she thought about it. Kind Ding Yuan was the King Jing An"s blood related brother and the Ding Yuan Princess was his sister in law, so of course they would be closer than normal people.
Su Jin walked into the temple and found a pile of thick copied scriptures on the table. She couldn"t help feeling surprised.
"Princess Consort, you"ve actually copied this much. Did you not sleep all night?"
"Wu." Chen Ning vaguely replied.
Seeing all these copied scriptures, Su Jin"s impression of Chen Ning was raised by quite a bit.
For a clever and diligent girl like this, how could anyone not like her.
Su Jin looked over the sheets one after the other. Each page was elegantly written with no smudge marks at all, making it clear that the person copying it was working very hard. She couldn"t help liking her more and more the more she saw.