Chu Yunshen frowned slightly when he suddenly heard the sound of voices and laughter coming from inside the hall.
Were imperial consort Su and Chu Hongyi there too?
Sure enough, he spotted Chu Hongyi leaning over the emperor’s table with a calligraphy brush in hand as he wrote on some paper.
The emperor stood next to Chu Hongyi, correcting him.
“Here and here.”
Chu Hongzhen circled a few spots on the paper with his calligraphy brush before patting Chu Hongyi’s head gently and chuckling as he said, ‘Do you get it now?”
“Oh! I do now!” Chu Hongyi shouted happily, “Father is simply awesome.”
“You’re the one who’s smart and understands right away!” praised Chu Hongzhen proudly.
Imperial consort Su stood by the side and prepared ink for them as she smiled and watched them.
They were such a picture-perfect loving mother and son.
Chu Yunshen sneered coldly
“My eighth brother threw the calligraphy brush into the lake! Father didn’t even punish him! Father is so biased!”“You can’t say things like that!”“But he is! I told him so many times that it was the servant who broke imperial consort Su’s vase! I was wrongly accused!”“Your father is tired enough managing state affairs. Shen’er, why don’t you stop being angry with your father over this?”“Mother, you’re biased too! The only thing Father said to my eighth brother after he threw my brush away was for him to behave. But Father locked me up in a dark room after the servant accused me of breaking imperial consort Su’s vase! Neither of you like me!”“That’s nonsense. Of course, I like you!”“You simply don’t like me! You don’t like me at all!”“There there, Shen’er! Stop crying.”“Boo-hoo! Give me a hug, Mother.”“Okay, I’ll give you a hug. You’re a grownup already. Don’
Cheng Xiaoxiao hid behind a pillar and looked at the west side of the gold dragon banquet table.Since the victory banquet was held in Chu Yunshen’s honor, he should sit in the first seat. However, a man around seven feet and eight inches tall dressed in fine clothes was sitting there when Cheng Xiaoxiao looked up at the west side's first seat.The young man looked around 16 years old. He had well-chiseled features and attractive eyes. Chu Yunshen left the second seat empty and was getting ready to take the third one with Xiaowu standing behind him. Cheng Xiaoxiao found it odd. Didn't they hold this victory banquet for Chu Yunshen? Shouldn't he be taking the first seat? Why was someone else sitting there? This young man was rather dumb. Also, Chu Yunshen was acting strange too. He might not care about the seating arrangement, but why did he deliberately leave t
The moment imperial consort Su finished her sentence, the atmosphere froze for a while. Imperial consort Zhao looked at the empress on the main seat. She was drinking tea expressionlessly with her head lowered. She was utterly composed and certainly lived up to her status as empress. After all, the empress took years to get over the eldest prince's death back in the day. Cheng Xiaoxiao felt exhausted from listening to this. However, she had roughly figured it out. The woman sitting on the right of the main seat in green was imperial consort Zhao, and the one on the left was the evil imperial consort Su who liked to shit stir. She raised her paw and scratched her head. It was tiring listening to all this palace intrigue. She was going to leave!Cheng Xiaoxiao was about to head back to the pillar behind Chu Yunshen. Then she noticed the government officials on the east side of the table s
The woman danced. Then she twirled and appeared before Chu Yunshen’s table. Her white robes fluttered amid the cherry blossoms in the air. She threw her long flowy sleeve into the air towards Chu Yunshen’s shoulder. Chu Yunshen subtly avoided it with his eyes on the contents of his teacup the entire time. Pink cherry blossoms floated down and fell onto her temples, down to her sleeve, giving off a sweet-smelling scent as she danced to the music. Cheng Xiaoxiao had already figured out who the dancing woman was while she hid behind the pillar. It was her savior, Wan Xia. She leaned against the pillar and watched somewhat unhappily at Wan Xia as she kept dancing closer and closer to Chu Yunshen. Wan Xia kept gazing at Chu Yunshen with a tender look in her eyes. Although Wan Xia saved her, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t let her have Chu Yunshen. Fortunately, Chu Yunshe
In ancient times, slaves had a low status to begin with. Since this was the palace, she would lose her head if she was careless. Cheng Xiaoxiao had no choice but to carry her tray and follow the rest of the maids into Qimeng Garden. After she was some distance from the palace kitchen, she halted and wanted to take off with the food. However, the maid in front of her seemed to have eyes growing behind her head. Every time she wanted to attempt something, the palace maid would remind her softly, “Keep up! Do you want to die? If the food arrives late, we will all have to get punished!” After a few tries, Cheng Xiaoxiao could detect the palace maid losing her patience. Cheng Xiaoxiao could tell that if she tried anything funny again, the palace maid would probably throw her tray at Cheng Xiaoxiao. So she finally accepted her fate and gave up escaping. The moment they entered t
What did she just do?This was the emperor’s favorite son, Prince Qing, Chu Jinshuo!In his eyes, she was just a palace maid who was at everyone’s mercy!What was he going to do to her? Cheng Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at Chu Jinshuo hopelessly at the thought. Chu Jinshuo’s thin lips curved into an evil smile. His long index finger grazed the side of his lips as he stared at her profoundly and said, “You have quite the temper! I am very surprised.” Then Chu Jinshuo reached his hand for Cheng Xiaoxiao’s waist. It might be a pleasant surprise for Chu Jinshuo, but she was terrified! Get out of the way!She was running out of time!Cheng Xiaoxiao saw claws growing out of her almost translucent fingertips. She didn’t know how much longer she could sustain human form. She quickly avoided the pervert’s hands as she moved backward. Aft
“Get in the water and pull out the insolent slave who offended the imperial consort!” A voice so hoarse that it sounded like sandpaper rubbing the ground came from the shore!“Yes, Ma’am!” The sound of people diving into the lake could be heard. Chu Yunshen happened to arrive just in time to see this. Chu Yunshen felt angry about saving a palace maid after she stole food. He was planning on taking a walk elsewhere to ease his drunkenness when he suddenly heard imperial consort Su’s piercing scream. Hence, he came over to check. A set of palace maid’s clothing floated atop of the lake while a white cat could be seen thrashing beside it.Chu Yunshen’s dark eyes stared fixedly. Wasn’t that his lion cat?What was she doing in the lake?Chu Yunshen ordered the guards in the lake, “Save the cat!”“Yes, Your Highness!” replied a guard when they heard Prince
“Yunshen! Do you not plan on talking to me forever?”The moment Cheng Xiaoxiao heard the princess talking, her scalp couldn't help going numb.“That’s not it,” replied Chu Yunshen coldly without stopping.“Then why haven’t you spoken a word to me ever since seeing me?” said Chu Mengqian anxiously as she ran behind him.She was seated three rows behind Chu Yunshen earlier. Ever since the banquet started, she kept staring at him.She kept waiting for Chu Yunshen to realize she was there. However, he didn't talk to her during the entire banquet.“I had nothing to say,” said Chu Yunshen before he headed to the horse carriage. “Brother Yunshen, let me see you off!”Chu Hongyi followed behind him. After Chu Yunshen boarded the horse carriage waiting at the palace gates, Chu Mengqian could no longer restrain herself from saying, “Yunshen!”She wrung her handke