Chapter 923: Chapter 923: It Serves You Right to Be Unlucky Chapter 923: Chapter 923: It Serves You Right to Be Unlucky “Get out! I saw the two of you embracing each other, how can you say nothing happened?”
Liu Sisi cried uncontrollably.
She had told herself not to cry over such a shaful matter, what was there to cry about? But the tears were like they didn’t cost a penny, pouring out uncontrollably as she ran outside.
Di Yelei desperately slapped the door panel.
“It’s a misunderstanding! When did I embrace her? You must have been deceived by others’ slander. These people just want to create chaos in the world. Sisi, don’t listen to their nonsense, open the door and let in, Sisi…”
The more Liu Sisi listened, the angrier she beca. She couldn’t help but wipe away her tears, flung open the room door, almost getting hit in the face by Di Yelei’s palm—luckily, he retracted his hand quickly, scaring up a cold sweat on him, and he hurriedly made a placating smile: “Sisi, I really didn’t do anything to betray you…”
“Enough! Di Yelei, have you no sha? When I went to the farm, I personally saw you holding that woman in your arms, yet here you are, still arguing your case!”
The more she spoke, the angrier she got, and she couldn’t help but viciously kick him several tis.
“When? I didn’t… Ouch! That hurts…”
Di Yelei tried hard to recall the situation at that ti, not prepared for Liu Sisi’s footwork; several kicks landed heavily on his legs, causing him to grimace in pain.
“You’re talking about when you went to the farm? It’s unjustified! My little kitten, I was about to leave when she suddenly fainted, so I quickly caught her. And then you arrived, we were not embracing each other! It’s unjust, this is worse than Dou’e’s injustice!”
He rembered that indeed it seed the woman had been clutching at his arm at that ti.
No wonder Sisi had misunderstood!
“Sisi, I, Di Yelei, here make a vow! If I have done anything to betray you, may lightning strike down, and may I not die a good death!”
It did seem that their posture at that ti was indeed quite strange, but he also didn’t rule out the possibility that Xing Pan’er was intentionally causing trouble.
Liu Sisi’s pushing finally stopped, and she looked up into Di Yelei’s eyes.
Under the candlelight shining from the doorway, she could see the seriousness and determination in his eyes, and finally withdrew her hand.
“Are you really telling the truth?”
Di Yelei also felt quite helpless, what were all these troubles!
“Sisi, we’ve been husband and wife for many years, when have I, Di Yelei, ever lied to you? When have I ever failed to keep a promise to you?”
He suddenly lowered his voice, leaning in close to Liu Sisi’s ear: “Besides, if I really wanted to sneak soone into the backyard, not to ntion anything else, I would be in big trouble with His Majesty.”
Even for the sake of imperial dignity, His Majesty would never allow any other won in the mansion.
“You can still hide your mistress in a golden house!”
Liu Sisi’s anger had subsided by more than half, but then she suddenly rembered what the other person had said, “Fine, if you want to prove your innocence, it’s simple. Send that woman away, and if you stop seeing her, I will believe you.”
“I can’t do that, I promised her I would take care of her…”
Before Di Yelei could finish his sentence, Liu Sisi’s expression darkened once again, and she lashed out with another vigorous kick.
“Di Yelei! Go to hell!”
“Ah—”
Along with Di Yelei’s screams, the room door slamd shut right before his eyes. It hit him directly in the nose, causing him to tear up from the pain.
“Sisi, Sisi, open the door, I have sothing to say, Sisi… Why won’t you let finish my words…”
Outside in the small courtyard, those who were eavesdropping around the corner each revealed a smile of amusent. Now they knew how formidable he was, didn’t they?
Who made you so smug? Serves you right for your bad luck!
Liu Sisi directly bolted the door from the inside, completely ignoring the man who was still desperately banging on the door. Instead, she went to the bathroom to wash her face, and once again buried herself in the bedding.
The tears that had stopped now fell once more.
Let that despicable bastard keep knocking—let him drop dead for all I care!
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While the married couple was in the midst of their quarrel, within the palace walls, the lights were still on.
His Majesty was listening intently to the news brought back by the Shadow Guard, his expression changing several tis before he burst into laughter.
“Ruyu actually threw punches and kicks?”
“This… is what the Shadow Guard reported.”
Eunuch Xiao dared not lift his head.
Princess Ruyu had grown up in the countryside, and even though the educating nannies had intensely instructed her in the ways of etiquette, it was normal for her to sotis exhibit her own temper.
“Speaking of which, the husband of a Princess of the Great Zhao should be the Prince Consort, right? National laws cannot be abolished, but so things indeed need to change.”
Having said that, he turned and picked up his brush-pen, once more imrsing himself in reviewing petitions.
Eunuch Xiao, standing behind him, shuddered and then quickly knelt down: “Your servant obeys the decree!”
It wasn’t until he had finished reading those few petitions and marked them with his instructions that he lifted his head.
Zhao Yuanlang, satisfied, raised his eyebrows with pleasure at Eunuch Xiao, then resud his usual inscrutable deanor: “Little Third Son, co to think of it, you’ve been serving by my side since you were young, for several decades now, right?”
“To report to Your Majesty, to be precise, this old servant has had the honor of accompanying Your Majesty for forty-seven years. I rember when I first saw Your Majesty, you were still in your school years, and it was the late Emperor who rewarded to serve by Your Majesty’s side, fortunate to be in Your Majesty’s service ever since. In the blink of an eye, it’s been a lifeti—this old servant only hopes to live a few more years, to serve by Your Majesty’s side for a few more years.”
“Good! It’s rare for you, Little Third Son, to have such filial piety; I am greatly comforted!”
Zhao Yuanlang laughed heartily three tis: “Over these years, you have always been my right-hand man, and you understand my intentions very well. Indeed, others may leave, but I can’t be without you. You’re not young anymore; you should also take so ti to relax.”
Eunuch Xiao’s hand trembled slightly, his face regaining its smile as he replied, yet his back bent even more deeply.
“This old servant is willing to lay down my life for Your Majesty, and as long as this old servant can still move, when the day cos that I can’t, I will retire outside the Imperial Mausoleum and quietly live out my days…” His voice trembled more and more as he spoke.
Zhao Yuanlang, growing sowhat impatient, stood up from the dragon chair: “Enough! You understand my heart the best, I cannot be without you, how can I let you retire to the Imperial Mausoleum? It’s not early anymore, go rest.”
With that, he went straight to the sleeping palace.
Eunuch Xiao hurriedly followed until His Majesty had gone to bed, after which he slowly retreated. Once hit by the cold wind outside, he sobered up a lot.
Could it be that His Majesty is really considering letting him leave?
It seems that the ti has co to arrange so things, lest he end up regretting it when it’s too late. Thinking carefully, it seed that he had long since had no family back at ho; now left alone, he truly didn’t know where to go…
No! He can’t leave, absolutely not!
In the palace, he had fought and struggled for a lifeti, starting from a little eunuch and climbing step by step to his current position—how much effort had he put in?
He couldn’t let go, and he wouldn’t let go.
Ti spares no one, alas!
After much pondering, Eunuch Xiao gritted his teeth. His Majesty has taken an interest in Marquis Yongping’s Mansion, and perhaps now was his opportunity! But opportunities often co with risks—should he really take the gamble?
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