T/N: Spoiler I think this chapter is so cute >_
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Waiting until they returned to the room, the always calm andcollected Chen Rong showed a grim expression, saying, “Lady Zhao, I don’t knowif there are some things I should say or not”
Zhao Jin Yu was somewhat astonished, saying, “Auntie Chen ifthere’s something you have to say just say it”
Chen Rong stared at Zhao Jin Yu for quite a while, untilZhao Jin Yu was rather scared in her heart,
then did she clear her throat andsaid, “Lady Zhao, the pill you showed me yesterday, I wasn’t too sure at thattime…, but I thought about it today, no wonder it was so familiar, as it turnsout it actually is the palace’s secret medicine yuxue pills, previouslythe richest person in Hangzhou Lord Zhuang’s mother fell seriously ill, LordZhuang was very filial, he spent thousands of gold to get just one of these yuxue pills, and entrusted us Xingtianbodyguards establishment to escort it, at that time I was also there, that’swhy I remembered it.”
Zhao Jin Yu was a bit blank, Chen Rong however carried onsaying, “As for these yuxue pills itis a tonic which solidifies and strengthens the body, only using it forseasickness is truly wasting resources recklessly.”
Zhao Jin Yu was shocked again hearing this, again her heartached, astonishingly Su Qing Chen would actually bring out such treasure, herheart ached because she had eaten one of the pills herself yesterday, and hadeaten another one this morning, in total two pills, were finished by her, ifone pill is worth a thousand gold, two pills are worth two thousand golds, itwas simply a windfall, right now she lacked money, feeling regretful, shemuttered to herself, “I really have no foresight…”
Chen Rong carried on saying, “Lady Zhao, you’re still youngso you wouldn’t know, that man would not give something to a woman without areason, if it was simply a common pill then fine, but Lord Su had sent yuxue pills, this is the unusual thing.”
Zhao Jin Yu heart was on guard and was roused awake, shenodded saying, “At that time I also thought Lord Su was getting too intimatewith me, but I am only a common person, what would Lord Su be attempting?”
Chen Rong profoundly looked at Zhao Jin Yu, sighing ingeneral she said, “Foolish child, he is a man, you are a girl…, tell me whywould he give you something?”
Zhao Jin Yu, “…”
Chen Rong continued to say, “I think it would be best toforget going to Hangzhou together, one must be vigilant so as not to be harmed.”
After Chen Rong left Zhao Jin Yu laid on the bed to rest…, thethought of Su Qing Chen having considerations for her were not unreasonable,but Zhao Jin Yu however did not approve of it, ignoring that they had beenhostile the first time they met, without a trace of the rumoured romanticnotion, her appearance was only common, how could it constantly occupy the mindof an experienced and knowledgeable commander of the Embroidered UniformGuards?
“Maybe the pills were soon to be expired, he gave it to bein pa.s.sing?” Zhao Jin Yu broke her brain thinking about it but couldn’t find areason, finally she simply stopped thinking about it.
Anyway someone barefoot was not scared of wearing shoes, nowshe already didn’t fear anything, besides, if Su Qing Chen truly treated herlike a younger person, she would also deeply respect him, but if he had otherreasons…, she would make sure he did not have an easy time with her life.
People came and went on the narrow sh.o.r.e, simmering with thevoices of people, maybe everyone carried a lantern, or the shops hung redlanterns in a row, the whole road was brightly lit like the
daytime.
It was not the first time Zhao Jin Yu visited the nightmarket in the ancient times, but she still felt shocked, because this wasn’tthe capital city known for the millions of people, rather it was a shippingport called Qingzhou, Su Qing Chen changed into a beautiful sky blue velvetgown with rounded embroidery design, wearing a neat small moccasin, a greyrodent cloak with a red kesidraped over his shoulders, tall and thin build, both legs slender, restraininghis habitual severe appearance, he showed a somewhat relaxed manner, his entirevery prominent posture was somewhat graceful and elegant like a son of a n.o.ble,sterling qualities, very much above the common crowd, obvious at a glance.
This sort of Su Qing Chen not just Zhao Jin Yu, even ChenRong couldn’t help look at him more than once, she said to Zhao Jin Yu, “LordSu’s presence really is out of the ordinary.” Then she showed a somewhatworried expression.
Zhao Jin Yu found it rather funny, she unconsciously touchedthe stone hanging from her neck, taking advantage of Chen Rong looking at acomb at a small vendor’s booth, she secretly said to the stone,
“Little thing,isn’t Lord Su very handsome?” Immediately without waiting for the stone toreply she spoke as if talking to herself, “To simply speak of his appearanceand manner, he truly is outstanding, and is unmarried, no wonder Auntie Chen isworried I would be so dazzled by him to lose my mind.”
At this exact moment Chen Rong seemed to worry about losingthe young girl, constantly looking at her, afraid that because of her youth andpurity, her heart would be swindled away by Su Qing Chen. Even though she feltChen Rong was making a rather big fuss over a minor issue, she was still verygrateful in her heart, thinking about it if she didn’t have a soul inside herfrom the future, she really couldn’t be sure if she could control herself.
Recently Su Qing Chen was too abnormal, abnormally verystrange, there were seventeen ports in the ship channel, sometimes it needed tobe docked to rest and reorganise, sometimes it was because a guest needed toget off the ship, but most stops were very short, at most it would depart aftera few hours, who would have known ever since Su Qing Chen boarded the ship itwould have to stop at every port, and this stop to rest and reorganise alsochanged into an entire night.
At the start Zhao Jin Yu had thought Su Qing Chen hadsomething to handle, after stopping at each port, Su Qing Chen would come tofind her, saying since the ship has stopped at sh.o.r.e, why not go for a walk,and not waste such a rare opportunity, Zhao Jin Yu knew when the ship docked itwould need a night to rest and reorganise, with plenty of time, there was someflexibility, moreover it was not easy to travel far in the ancient times…, ifshe missed this time as a woman she didn’t know when the next time would be, soshe took a la.s.siez-faire approach.
However after a while she discovered something was off, howcould she be so fortunate each time…, fortunate enough that it seemed Su QingChen deliberately arranged for her to go sightseeing.
Just like this time, Su Qing Chen acted like a qualifiedguide, taking her to wander around the night market, now he bought her Qingzhou’sfive spice seasoned brazed chicken, now he would let her taste Qingzhou’s pressedcakes…,explaining with plenty of patience the origin and interesting anecdotes ofthese snacks, Zhao Jin Yu only wished she had ten stomachs so she could eat allthese delicacies, in the end unable to finish them the leftovers were wrappedup in big and small bundles,
Su Qing Chen still acted as a local guide on hisown initiative while carrying these things, very considerate and gentle.
At this moment Zhao Jin Yu suddenly felt…, perhaps Su QingChen truly had deep feelings for her? Otherwise this did not make sense! Whywould he treat her so well like this? Simply like treating a princess! What’smore, as a woman who travelled through time, even though she had no one whowould be stunned by her disappearance, still she had an outstanding spiritright? Su Qing Chen liking her seems to not be impossible!
Eventually Zhao Jin Yu had not finished her daydreaming, thestone had poured cold water on her saying, “Don’t daydream, even if youswitched with Xishi’s exceptional good-looking appearance, with no talent andno morals, Su Qing Chen won’t like you, hurry up and hand the sugar-coatedtangerine stick to us, we want to eat that piece of tangerine.”
Zhao Jin Yu, “…” She really wanted to choke this stone todeath!
“Think about it, your appearance is average, your body is alittle better…” The emperor unconsciously thought of touching that softcleavage every day, but very quickly he disregarded it, taking a bite of sugar-coatedtangerine Zhao Jin Yu had bought over, showing an enjoyable expression, “butit’s barely enough for you to get by, compared with those at the top you arestill too far, as for your family background you don’t even need us to sayright? A daughter of a guilty official, Su Qing Chen wouldn’t even want you asa concubine. You might as well properly serve us, maybe if we’re happy, allyour worries will not be worries.” The emperor spoke with an aloof superiortone.
At this moment Zhao Jin Yu’s actions were slightly strange,placing the sugar-coated tangerine stick at her neck, against the necklace...
Every time she stored the stone in the bag, the stone wasvery unhappy, after all he could not see through things, he couldn’t see a lotof things, later the two people discussed for half the day and simply foundsomeone to grind the stone into a teardrop shape, then hung from her neck witha string, that way she could openly bring it out, and could see everything.
“Really you are…” Zhao Jin Yu was extremely angry from theemperor’s words, she firmly stared at it, however a somewhat unsatisfiedfeeling rose in her heart, even though she wasn’t remarkable, still she wasn’tas unbearable as the stone said, waiting until Su Qing Chen came carryingseveral steaming hot qianzisteamed bun she took the initiative to the take the things from his hands,saying, “Thank you Uncle Su.”
Su Qing Chen was somewhat surprised, in the past no matterhow grateful Zhao Jin Yu was towards him, she did not get this close, seeingher come closer of her own accord, he smiled even more gently and brightly,tenderly saying, “How is this tiring, one year I went to Sichuan with theemperor…”
The two people naturally walked side by side, Su Qing Chenbrought up what he had previously experienced, his voice was bright and clear, ithad a gentleness like a pearl in this noisy night market.
At the start Zhao Jin Yu was merely sulky, in the end shewas actually somewhat fascinated, Su Qing Chen was very good at storytelling,slow but with a distinct force, occasionally making Zhao Jin Yu nervous, fromtime to time making her, again being captivated by the descriptions of thosepeculiar experiences, unaware she took an empty step…, Su Qing Chensharp-sightedly and deftly caught her, by coincidence again a pa.s.ser-bycollided with her, Su Qing Chen very naturally gathered her into his arms, ZhaoJin Yu went head first into his chest, Su Qing Chen’s scent filled her nose.
From afar it looked normal for Su Qing Chen to hold Zhao JinYu.
Under the hazy lanterns, Zhao Jin Yu’s eyes were bright,face like peach blossoms, with a bashfulness and timidity making them actuallylook identical to a refined and eternal painting, imprinted into one’s memory.
All of a sudden Su Qing Chen felt something hit his chest.
The emperor seeing Zhao Jin Yu blushing from ear to ear likea young girl, again looked at Su Qing Chen who had an absent look in his eyes…,he dangerously squinted his eyes, for some reason, he only felt an unbearableoppression in his chest like a stone was stifling it.
This woman truly has no sense of honour and shame!!
Chinesesilk tapestry woven in a pictorial design.