Chapter 226: Bold
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
The rain hit the eaves, and the palace lanterns in the long corridor swayed slightly.
The empress dowager was wearing a dark red phoenix dress and sitting on a carved palanquin. She was holding a book in her hand and covering the title of the book with her big sleeves. Her sparkling almond-shaped eyes were seriously reading it, like an empress dowager auditing politics.
Hongyu, who had an extraordinary appearance, was walking in front of the palanquin, holding a palace lantern for the empress dowager’s illumination. She muttered softly, “The tunnel in the side hall has already been dug. 1 heard from the artisans that we can run directly to the Prince of Jing Estate. If we continue forward, we can even go to Literary Virtue Bridge.”
The empress dowager was quite concerned about this matter and exhorted, “Tell the people from the Ministry of Works not to seal it off. Leave the portion that goes to the Prince of Jing Estate. In the future, when I have nothing to do at night, I can go out of the palace to stroll around. It’s safer to take the tunnel.”
Hongyu hurriedly shook her head. “The tunnel is so deep, and there are rats. If
Your Majesty and 1 walk alone, we’ll probably cry from fright halfway.”
“The first time is unfamiliar, but the second time is familiar. It was my first time last time, so 1 was naturally on tenterhooks. Now that 1 know everything, what’s there to be afraid of…”
As they chatted, the honor guard returned to the Eternal Joy Palace.
The empress dowager’s resting palace was full of craftsmen and dust. The empress dowager couldn’t stay anywhere at night, and there were no other concubines in the Imperial City. There was only the empress. She would definitely sleep with the empress these two days.
When she arrived at the Peaceful Hall, there was no one else inside other than the palace maids. After asking, she learned that the empress’s whereabouts were unknown. Liren had just returned, but she had been abducted out of the palace by Ye Jingtang.
The empress dowager was rather helpless about this, but she was used to staying alone in her empty room. She didn’t wait for the two of them. After washing up, she changed into a thin nightdress and climbed into the dragon bed.
It was drizzling outside the window, and the bedchamber was dim and quiet.
The empress dowager didn’t have the habit of sleeping early. She couldn’t sleep even when lying on the bed. Since she had nothing to do, she lay on the side of the luxurious dragon bed with her back facing the light and continued to study The Secret History of the Romantic Empress in her hand.
This book was about palace secrets. There was even a plot where the heir was injured, and the empress dowager secretly took the Fire Bathing Picture from the palace to treat her lover’s injuries.
The book was written quite well. It said that the Fire Bathing Picture affected the ‘essence’ of a person. Because the Fire Bathing Picture was too powerful, it caused essence blood to go to the brain and made the empress dowager stick out her tongue.
The empress dowager felt that the writing was wrong. She was practicing the
Fire Bathing Picture and knew that this picture wouldn’t cause the beastly nature of people to erupt.
The effect was the same as when a person had just recovered from a serious illness. Because a drop of essence was equal to ten drops of blood, and recovering from injuries consumed a large amount of human essence blood, it would cause one to be sleepy and weak for some time. During this time, one would need to eat many nourishing items to nourish the body. Even if one wanted to defile a girl, they would be powerless.
And why would she stick out her tongue for that kind of thing…
The empress dowager’s face turned slightly red. When she saw this paragraph, she remembered how talented Ye Jingtang was. He should be interested in the Fire Bathing Picture.
But the Fire Bathing Picture was a great opportunity bestowed by Master Tree. It was also the only variable in her life that she could see the end of at a glance. It was extremely precious to her.
If the empress urgently needed it and sent people to search for it, she would probably still hand it over to the Imperial Court after hesitating for a long time.
But the empress was tough and gave people the feeling that she was omnipotent. She had never shown that she was in urgent need of these strange and powerful items. It was safer for her to stay in the Imperial City for a long time than her. Since she could keep her little treasure, she naturally kept it.
But Ye Jingtang was from outside the palace. The previous palace gate gods were not allowed to practice this picture. If she made the decision to give it privately, she might cause trouble for the empress.
After letting her imagination run wild for a moment, the empress dowager threw aside her distracting thoughts and continued to admire the scene of the empress dowager being defiled. Just as she was gradually entering a good state, she suddenly heard the sound of the bead curtain being pushed aside from outside the bed.
Clatter!
Ye Jingtang left Jasper Pavilion and went to the Black Office to find a robe. On the way, he saw Qiu Tianhe recuperating in the Black Office. When he saw that he was fine, he returned to the palace.
As the night deepened, the heavy rain turned into light rain, and the palace gradually became quiet.
Ye Jingtang was wearing a black robe with his saber hanging at his waist. He arrived at the Eternal Joy Palace with his waist token that allowed him to enter and leave the Imperial City freely.
It hadn’t been long since he left. The Peaceful Hall hadn’t changed much, and the bedchamber by the lake was still quiet. There was no movement.
Ye Jingtang walked around to the side of the Roaring Dragon Pond, crossed the lake surface like a dragonfly skimming the water, and landed on the terrace facing the lake. Then he entered the bedchamber and looked at the dragon bed in the inner room.
There was a green jade bead curtain in the room, and he could see that the light outside the Babu bed was lit. He could vaguely hear the sound of even breathing, but because of the angle, he couldn’t see the exact situation inside the bed from the outside. She’s already out?
Ye Jingtang was in the empress’s bedchamber. He definitely wouldn’t have thought that others could sleep on the dragon bed. Seeing that the light was on and she didn’t seem to be asleep, he slowly walked into the inner room and raised the bead curtain to check on her.
Clatter!
The jade bead curtain was opened, and only the outer side of the bed could be seen. The thin blanket had already been unfolded, and long black hair was draped over the edge of the pillow.
Ye Jingtang was about to poke his head over when the woman sleeping on the bed flipped over and looked back at him, revealing her beautiful face and her big eyes that were as bright as stars.
Boom!
A bolt of lightning flashed across their minds.
The bedchamber instantly fell silent. Even the lampstand seemed to freeze at this moment.
Ye Jingtang’s expression froze. Although the other party was wearing a loose nightgown, her hair was undone, and she wasn’t wearing makeup, her almond-shaped eyes, red lips, and round figure made him recognize her immediately!
As they looked at each other, Ye Jingtang could see the flash of surprise in the empress dowager’s eyes. Then her almond-shaped eyes widened, her red lips parted slightly, and she covered her bulging clothes with the thin blanket. Her expression turned to panic, and she was about to let out a scream that could pierce through gold and crack rocks and was enough to resound through the Eternal Joy Palace.
Ye Jingtang immediately knew that things were bad. He rushed to the bed and covered the red lips that were about to scream.
Wu—” The empress dowager’s mouth was covered by the hand of the tall man who rushed over, and she could only let out a few muffled whimpers. Her eyes were full of fear and anger as she raised her hand to push Ye Jingtang’s arm. She also wanted to slap the book in her hand to make some noise to remind the silly Hongyu.
Her movements were too big, causing her already loose nightdress to shake wildly.
Ye Jingtang was slightly anxious. He didn’t want to alarm the palace maids outside, so he could only brace himself and use the technique he had learned from Ning’er to tap the empress dowager’s chest twice.
Tap, tap-
“Wu~” The empress dowager’s limbs immediately went limp, and she lost all her strength. Dizziness overwhelmed her, and her eyes widened a little. Helplessness, grief, and despair flashed in her eyes. Before she lost consciousness, the last meaning in her eyes was probably: If you dare to touch me, I won’t let you off even if 1 become a ghost…
Then her big teary eyes slowly closed, and she lay weakly on the pillow.
Silence returned to the bedchamber.
Ye Jingtang let go of the empress dowager’s lips and looked at her beautiful, mature face full of despair, grief, and indignation. He knew that this matter might not end peacefully.
But he couldn’t worry about so much at this moment. Yuhu hadn’t reacted at all. Something must have happened.
Ye Jingtang quickly covered the empress dowager with the thin blanket, walked behind the screen, and knocked lightly on the sliding door.
Knock knock!
He listened carefully, but there was no movement inside.
Ye Jingtang’s heart sank slightly. He turned the knob on the tiger head relief and opened the sliding door to check.
In the enclosed private bathroom, the candlestick was still lit. The qilin armor placed in the middle exuded a dark golden glow. It looked imposing and heavy, giving off a dignified feeling.
In front of the armor, a beautiful woman was leaning against the edge of the bathing pool. Her complexion had recovered a lot, but her eyes were closed, and she was silent and motionless.
Ye Jingtang looked up and saw a patch of white skin. He hurriedly turned his head to avoid it, but he immediately felt that something was wrong. Afraid that Yuhu had stopped breathing, he gritted his teeth and entered the bathroom.
Yuhu’s well-rounded figure was half immersed in the water. The water didn’t reach her neck, and the rest was submerged in the water.
Her legs were closed together. This time, there was a small piece of red cloth at the base of her legs that covered the triangle area, but her curvy legs and butt line were still visible.
Yuhu seemed to be on guard. Her arms were crossed over her chest, but her entire body was relaxed, causing her arms to slide down naturally.
Ye Jingtang wasn’t in the mood to appreciate these things. He quickly walked up to Yuhu and placed his fingers under her nose. Her breathing was even and not cold.
Then he pressed her fingers on Yuhu’s neck. Her pulse was as thin as a thread and felt very weak.
When he was here earlier, Yuhu’s body had been hot. But now it was cold, and her body temperature was very low…
Although Ye Jingtang didn’t know medicine, he was in Jianghu all year round and could roughly tell the situation.
Yuhu’s pulse was weak from the inside out. It didn’t feel weak because of intense exercise, but it was a loss of the inside.
If he had to describe it, it would probably be as if his body had been hollowed out after being enjoyed by seven or eight wolf-like girls for three days and three nights…
Ye Jingtang knew that after recovering from a serious illness or injury, the body would be weak for a few days, but Yuhu’s weakness was a little too much.
He carefully looked at Yuhu’s face and found that there seemed to be an additional strand of white hair among her black hair…
While Ye Jingtang was checking carefully, he suddenly noticed that Miss Yuhu was moving her eyelashes. Then she frowned slightly and opened her charming eyes, showing the displeasure of having just woken up.
Their eyes met.
Ye Jingtang frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
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