Chapter 34

In the dead of night, the flame of the candle on the windowsills of Princess Liuxu’s bedroom was flickering with the breeze from the lake.

Zixiu was lying on the comfortable soft couch at his ease with a silk quilt on his belly, his hair disheveled. While throwing the snacks into his mouth from time to time, he waved a small fan occasionally. He was in such a good mood that he took a look at the moon in the sky now and then.

Enjoying the beautiful scenery, he was suddenly seized with the impulse to sing.

He thought for a while with a piece of cake in his mouth before a song’s name suddenly came to mind.

“You look haggard and lonely with tears in your eyes.

The pale crescent reminds you of the good old times.

It was a long frosty night,

You are leaning against the rail in the attic when despair strikes.

Hearing the knock on my red window lattice when the drizzle dropped by,

I lamented for having to be apart from you.

My dream morphed into a touch of fragrance far behind,

And I seemingly see you with it wafting in the wind.

Chrysanthemum withered, scattering on the ground.

Your smile has faded, nowhere to be found.

Seeing the fallen petals all over, I indulged myself with a broken heart.

Listening to the north wind whistle outside,

I can’t help thinking of you throughout the endless night.

Alone by the lake, I was overwhelmed by sorrow…

“Ha-ha-ha!” When he hummed this line, Zixiu suddenly burst into laughter, felicitating that he hadn’t jumped out the window the day before, as there was a lake outside, and he couldn’t swim at all!

More to his delight, Nangong Du had a bedroom separate from the princess and his concubines. It was because that the damn pervert had been carried to his own bedroom as soon as he got out of the sedan that Zixiu was bold enough to eat, drink, enjoy the moon and sing at will on the soft couch at this time of night. In other words, he didn’t need to worry about that asshole picking on him or harassing him. Given the current situation, Zixiu had a slim chance to escape, but how come he had the mood to enjoy himself? As the saying goes, ‘life is short, just seize the day!’ Moreover, he had slept too much during the day and didn’t feel drowsy at all for the moment, so he might as well have some fun of his own.

As nobody had come to complain, Zixiu raised his voice and sang loudly, “Chrysanthemum withered, scattering on the ground. Your smile…”

“Liu Zixiu!” A voice suddenly rang coldly, which got all the rest lyrics stuck in Zixiu’s throat.

“Who’s there?” Zixiu was so startled that he bounced out of the soft couch in an instant and almost cried out.

Needless to say, it wasn’t some ghost, but Xingyi. Zixiu hadn’t noticed that the maidservant in charge of serving the ‘princess’ would sleep in the small chamber next door when she was on duty, and it happened to be her on duty tonight.

“My apologies! I thought you’ve left!” He said sincerely, thinking that Xingyi was irritated because he disturbed her rest. However, he hadn’t realized that Xingyi hated him to the core and she not only regarded him as her sworn enemy in love, but also intended to get rid of him.

“Humph!” Xingyi snorted. She had already hit the ceiling the moment she lifted the curtain of the sedan and saw what Nangong Du and Zixiu was doing. Now that the shameless b*tch was asking for trouble, she would definitely teach him a good lesson!