Chapter 73: Did the Pure and Innocent Shadow Guard Get Domineeringly Doted on by Your Majesty Today? p1
What does Huaguang want to do?
Is it to check the wound? Or?
Yuan You’s heart was pounding like a drum. She had no idea.
She had learned how to warm the master’s bed, but when she was caught by Huaguang, she couldn’t react at all. She couldn’t bring herself to soften her waist and take the initiative to cater to her.
She didn’t want Huaguang to think she was too frivolous.
But a shadow guard did not have the right to refuse her master. Huaguang’s will, she had to obey.
If this could make her master a little happier, she was willing.
As long as it could make her master happy, she was willing.
The outer garment was loosened, revealing the white inner garment that was also stained with blood.
Huaguang was careful. As she undressed, she observed Yuan You’s expression.
This shadow guard had no dissatisfaction. Her lowered eyes were filled with forbearance, and also a hint of bewilderment and vulnerability.
So good.
“Come up.” Huaguang turned to the bed and gestured for Yuan You to sit in front of her.
Yuan You did as she was told.
Under the inner garment was only a close-fitting undergarment.
The wound was completely exposed, looking even more gruesome.
A shadow guard is sensitive to gazes, and Yuan You was even more so. After all, she was a young girl. Although she was wearing an undergarment, she was still shy.
She wanted to hug herself but was worried that the extra movement would displease Huaguang, so she silently clenched her trouser legs.
Yuan You lowered her head, trying to hide her burning ears. Her neck curved into a fragile and submissive arc.
It’s fine.
If Your Highness wants to look, she won’t hide.
Huaguang had long since been stunned.
So the body hidden under the tight-fitting clothes was so thin.
No matter how much a young girl’s bones were trained, they could not be trained to be as strong as an ox, as fierce as a tiger. A body of flesh and blood will always be exhausted.
Huaguang couldn’t help but think of her own wicked actions. She had not held back in venting on Yuan You. Could such a scarred body really take it?
Did Yuan You always, just like tonight, hide in her room and cry after being punished?
Was she in a lot of pain?
Huaguang’s fingertips trembled. A strong sense of remorse welled up in her heart. For a moment, she couldn’t bring herself to apologize to a shadow guard, so she chose to be silent.
Yuan You knew there were scars on her back, but she had already forgotten how those wounds had come to be. When she was young, her skills were not good enough, and she was also foolish, always “minding other people’s business,” so she was often injured.
Later, when she grew up, she still loved to “mind other people’s business,” but her skills were strong, and the backer behind her was even stronger, so the number of times she was injured decreased.
She didn’t care about the scars on her body. A shadow guard was never destined to be pampered. She had always treated the injuries she had suffered as lessons, and also as proof that she was getting stronger and stronger.
She had a lowly life, but she was also equally strong.
But she was worried that Huaguang would dislike her body. The apprehension made her tremble uncontrollably, and her head drooped even lower.
A person like Your Highness, who is used to seeing good things, probably wouldn’t be interested in someone like her…
Sigh… Mmph?!
A hand, without any warning, touched her scar.
Yuan You trembled even more. Huaguang’s touch made her breathing suddenly become rapid. Her already red earlobes were about to drip blood.
The scar was too ugly. She was afraid of dirtying Huaguang’s hand. But at this moment, a hint of hope quietly arose in her heart.
Your Highness maybe… maybe doesn’t dislike her…
Huaguang was used to being proud. She was unwilling to apologize, so she put all her pity into her fingertips.
She touched those scars and secretly warned herself that from now on, she was not allowed to wantonly hurt Yuan You.
Yuan You had always applied the medicine herself. A naive person is always afraid of the unknown. Her heartbeat grew faster and faster. After a moment, she was swept away by a dizzying feeling. She even began to feel her limbs go weak. The strange physical reaction made her feel at a loss.
Even though Huaguang was just checking her scars, she still acted very unpromisingly.
Huaguang felt the temperature under her fingertips grow hotter. She watched as the originally pale scars gradually turned an alluring pink…
Her breathing also became rapid.
Faced with such a submissive person, the desire for control in her heart was greatly satisfied.
She wanted more.
So, Huaguang leaned closer, pinched Yuan You’s neck, and, as she wished, felt the violently beating pulse.
Her lifeline was held in someone’s hand. Yuan You stiffened at first, then quickly relaxed. She even tilted her head up slightly, offering her most vulnerable spot completely into Huaguang’s palm.
She endured the slight suffocation, just to make it easier and more comfortable for her master to pinch.
Huaguang was pleased by her and said, “You are mine. You are never allowed to betray me.”
Yuan You’s throat was pressed. She said with difficulty, “Yes… your subordinate is yours…”
Hearing her words, Huaguang was so thrilled her scalp tingled.
She let go of Yuan You’s neck and, in a moment of inattention, touched that innocent curve.
“Mmph…”
Yuan You’s end note was panicked and tender, so coquettish it was out of tune, completely different from her usual silent appearance.
Huaguang heard it, and a strong flutter suddenly arose in her heart. At this moment, she clearly realized that she had developed a different kind of feeling for Yuan You.
She actually, to a woman…
Could it be that she was a mó jìng—a mirror grinder?
As the crown prince, she had fallen for a shadow guard?
Huaguang abruptly withdrew her hand and stood up in a panic.
Yuan You turned her head in a daze, her eyes glistening with water, the corners of her eyes wet and red.
What’s wrong with Your Highness?
“I… I’ll go and call the imperial physician to prescribe a few more medicines for you! You… you can rest tomorrow. You don’t have to come and serve me!”
After speaking, Huaguang pulled open the door and quickly disappeared into the night.
She needed to think carefully.
Yuan You looked at the empty doorway. The restlessness that had been stirred up by Huaguang all turned into emptiness.
She knew she was in love. She shouldn’t be like this, but she couldn’t resist Huaguang’s attack.
In fact, Huaguang didn’t need to do anything. Just by hooking her finger at her, she couldn’t take it.
Yuan You slowly lay down, curled up in the place where Huaguang had just sat, and pressed her burning cheek against the bedding that still had her master’s body heat and scent, greedily taking a breath.
She could only feel Your Highness like this.
This was her only indulgence.
*
The night was deep. The wind in the palace walls was cold and damp.
Huaguang was already asleep. Yuan You sat alone under the corridor, merging with the darkness. The old wound on her right shoulder always ached faintly in the damp weather. She skillfully suppressed this slight discomfort, just as she suppressed those improper fantasies.
Ever since Huaguang had taken off her clothes that night, she had been much gentler to her, often holding her to sleep. Then, they had crossed the line. For the first time, she knew that some tears could not be held back.
Yuan You had always been submissive.
She was just a shadow guard, just one of Huaguang’s possessions. To be used by her master was her honor. She didn’t dare to be greedy, didn’t dare to ask for more, such as a title. She didn’t even dare to ask Huaguang to be gentle. When she couldn’t take it, she would secretly bury her face in the pillow and whimper softly.
Life went on like this, unclearly. During the day, she was still that silent and reliable, skilled and sharp shadow guard. At night, she took off her tight-fitting clothes and became the crown prince’s private plaything, at her mercy.
Yuan You tacitly allowed Huaguang to do anything to her, not daring to complain a single word.
She knew very well that Your Highness would not belong to her.
She was not worthy.
But she always couldn’t help but steal a glance at Huaguang. For this, she even fell in love with being on duty. That way, she would have a whole day to look at Huaguang.
Willpower always has its weak moments. So she began to fantasize, could Your Highness have a tiny bit of affection for her…
It doesn’t have to be a lot.
Just a little is fine.
Yuan You, with this unmentionable expectation, spent her days and nights in the palace, both happy and desperate. And then, she waited for the emperor’s edict to execute her.
Yuan You knelt on the ground. After hearing the edict, she just calmly kowtowed. “Your subordinate accepts the order.”
She walked into the Department of Punishments with composure, not trying to escape, not trying to seek Huaguang’s protection.
The Department of Punishments was filled with the smell of blood.
Yuan You was tied to the execution rack. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impending punishment.
It’s good.
Finally free. I no longer have to digest the loneliness after being taken. I will no longer be apprehensive for half a month because of one of Huaguang’s glances.
Your Highness… I’m leaving. May you, like your noble name, be peerless in beauty and grace, shining for a thousand autumns. I…
She said goodbye silently in her heart. Even if only she could hear, she didn’t dare to say a word of love.
The executioner had just picked up the knife.
The door was kicked open.
A bright yellow figure appeared at the door, fuming.
Huaguang’s chest heaved violently. The monstrous anger had burned away all her feigned benevolence. Her whole body was filled with a fierce hostility. She gritted her teeth. “Stop!”
“It’s the emperor’s will…”
A guard had just spoken when Huaguang’s sword was pointed at his neck.
“Whoever dares to stop me, I’ll chop off their dog head!”
Huaguang rushed in, scaring everyone so much their souls were about to fly out. They all knelt down.
“May Your Highness be at peace…”
“Get out of the way!”
Huaguang cursed so loudly that no one dared to block her anymore.
Yuan You looked at her approaching and said in a small voice, “Your Highness…”
Huaguang looked at the person bound by the iron chains before her, her heart aching. She had rushed here, afraid she would be too late!
Afraid of seeing an already cold corpse…
Her subordinates had told her that Yuan You had not resisted at all!
Why didn’t you come and find me? Do you want to die that much?!
Huaguang abruptly raised her hand—
“Slap!”
A resounding slap landed hard on Yuan You’s face.
