Chapter 157

157 Romanticising his concubine

” Help me get ready and ask the kitchen to heat the soup that I have brewed ever since the morning,” Ji Yu hurriedly ordered as she walked over to the mirror on her cabinet, her shows that were tied loosely on her feet clanked on the floor. She walked towards the cabinet and then crouched down to drag the stool back, but she was stopped by Xiaolin who caught hold of the stool and then pulled it back.

“Please leave such things to me, your highness,” Xiaolin told her as she pulled the stool back and then helped her missy sit down on the stool she bent down and then pick up the small red blush that was sitting on the table, with the help of a delicate and small cloth sponge she applied the red blush on the cheeks of Ji Yu causing her already red cheeks to flush even more.

After applying the blush, Xiaolin put the small wooden container back on the table and then picked up the red rogue that was applied on the lips of a woman. She picked up the delicate brush that was used to apply the red rogue and then applied it on the lips of Ji Yu, like this, she continued to prepare Ji Yu for her meeting with the Emperor.

It did not take long for Ji Yu to get ready and the soup that she has asked Xiaolin to heat up was also ready by the time she walked out of the courtyard, with her face red with excitement, Ji Yu walked over to the imperial palace of the Emperor.

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Liu Hui Ying has just stepped out of the carriage when she noticed a woman walking towards their direction. Seeing Ji Yu walk over to their carriage, she stepped away from the Emperor who was in front of her, she did not want to get involved in whatever was going to happen now.

When Zhai Tianyu saw that Liu Hui Ying has stepped away from him, a frown appeared on his face. Why was this woman stepping away from him? His question was answered almost at once as Ji Yu walked closer to him and greeted him sweetly, ” This Concubine greets you, your majesty.”

He did not know why but when he saw Ji Yu appear in front of him while Liu Hui Ying was standing beside him, he suddenly felt like he has been caught in some sort of affair. No...no it should be the other way around right? He should be feeling guilty towards Ji Yu right? Why was he feeling guilty towards Liu Hui Ying?

And for what? He turned to look at Liu Hui Ying, who was looking somewhere else while humming, it was as if she was giving him the privacy to talk with Ji Yu. This woman, does she not feel jealous of him, even the slightest bit?

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” Your majesty?” Ji Yu called again and this time Zhai Tianyu turned to look at the woman who was standing beside him. He was slightly annoyed by Ji Yu’s disruption but he thought of it as nothing but simple annoyance because of the delay in solving the case of his aunt.

” Is there something that I can help you with, concubine Ji?” Zhai Tianyu’s voice was soft and he did not seem to be annoyed at her at all but for some reason, Ji Yu felt that there was something off about Zhai Tianyu, however, she ignored it as nothing but tiredness after working so hard and smiled, ” I have brought something for you, your majesty. I heard that you haven’t had your breaks yet, why don’t you give the opportunity of having breakfast to this concubine?”

Ji Yu’s request was nothing big and Zhai Tianyu knew that as well but for some reason he was annoyed by the request that she has put forth but there was no reason for him to refuse what she has asked him, right? Then why doesn’t he want to agree to her request?

” Your majesty?” Ji Yu looked at Zhai Tianyu with her smile dropping off her face as she looked at the man who was not replying to her. In the past he agreed with whatever she wanted at once, so why was it that he was no longer replying to her the way he used to, but why?

“Let’s go,” seeing that Ji Yu was no longer smiling and seemed to be on the verge of crying, Zhai Tianyu felt his heart droop with guilt. This woman came to the imperial palace because of him but now he was acting like this towards her, he turned to look at Zhai Heng, Yu Lingyun and Liu Hui Ying especially Liu Hui Ying who was watching him with curiosity.

” I will return to the meeting in a minute, please wait for me a little,” Zhai Tianyu told them but he was actually speaking to Liu Hui Ying, if Liu Hui Ying was a woman who knew about the feelings of a man, she would have understood that the man in front of her was actually pleading to her but it was an unfortunate situation for Zhai Tianyu because Liu Hui Ying did not have any idea about the feeling of a man.

She nodded without a care in the world and said, ” We will wait for you, your majesty.” But in her head, she was already thinking of moving on to the next step, since the Emperor wanted to waste his time romancing his concubine then why should she waste her time over him?

Zhai Tianyu too understood that Liu Hui Ying did not understand what he was trying to tell her, he sighed and then turned to look at the two men who were standing next to her and then said, ” I will be back, do not move on to the next point of the investigation without Zhen.”

” We understand,” both Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun agreed with what Zhai Tianyu said but as they thought about how forceful Liu Hui Ying could be they were no longer as confident as they were before.