Chapter 73
On the way back that night, Lu Dieqing asked Helian if there were any good silk threads. She wanted to make some small things.
Originally, she had wanted to find a way herself, but thinking of the Crown Princess’s status, even a pouch worn on her person would probably need to be made of better silk thread, right?
Helian didn’t know what Lu Dieqing wanted to do, but when she heard her ask, she immediately replied, “There are all kinds of silk threads in the storeroom. I’ll have someone bring them over later. What do you want to use them for, Master?”
Lu Dieqing stammered, “It’s nothing. I’m just looking for some pretty silk threads.”
She pressed her lips together, unwilling to say the reason why she wanted the silk threads.
It was just… she was a little shy about embroidering a pouch for the Crown Princess and didn’t want anyone else to know.
Lu Dieqing just wanted to do this secretly.
Helian saw that she didn’t want to say more and immediately replied, “Don’t worry, Master. You’ll have whatever you want,” her attitude doting.
She had seen with her own eyes that since the Crown Princess had met Lu Dieqing, her aura no longer seemed so cold. In other words, she had become more human.
Helian personally felt that Miss Lu was a little noble benefactor to their Crown Princess.
A benefactor didn’t necessarily have to be someone who could help you in your career and let you rise to the top. They could also be someone who brought good luck and true feelings, and made your days happier.
Although Miss Lu had no power and looked delicate, and her personality was even naive, such a person was often like a cloud in the sky, able to bring a gentle rain that moisturized things without a sound, bit by bit irrigating a person’s heart.
Lu Dieqing heard the doting in Helian’s words and was a little embarrassed. She lowered her head, her cheeks also a little red.
“Helian, how long have you been with the Crown Princess?”
Helian thought for a moment and said cautiously, “This servant has been with Her Highness for just over five years.”
And five years ago, she had been training as a secret guard prepared for the Crown Princess by the Liao family, the Empress’s maternal family. She had only been sent to the Crown Princess’s side five years ago.
She was one of the secret pieces the Liao family had placed by the Crown Princess’s side. If it weren’t for an important matter, she wouldn’t have taken over.
Now that the Crown Princess was willing to put her in the open to personally take care of Miss Lu, it was clear that she truly valued the other.
Although it was a bit of a betrayal of the Liao family’s purpose in training her, as long as the Crown Princess was willing, she was also willing.
It was just that these things didn’t need to be said to Miss Lu.
Helian, like the Crown Princess, subconsciously didn’t want to use complex things to influence Lu Dieqing.
The sedan chair stopped at Yunxi Hall this time.
Helian immediately had someone go and bring the silk threads, while Lu Dieqing pattered back to the bedchamber.
Everything in the bedchamber was luxurious. The palace maids stood at the side, but a certain someone was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Dieqing didn’t know why, but she felt a certain indescribable longing and loss.
She had gone to see A’Sang today and had talked so much with her. At this moment, she had a lot of things she wanted to say to the Crown Princess.
It had only been two days and one night, but why did it feel like it had been a long time since she had seen the Crown Princess?
Lu Dieqing took out the dagger placed next to the Yushan bamboo and studied it in her hand.
The little wooden doll, which she always kept in her sleeve, was also taken out.
Oh, and the little bronze mirror A’Sang had given her today.
She was so happy. She had three good friends!
It seemed that ever since she had had the little doll, her luck had been getting better and better.
Lu Dieqing could almost not remember what her life had been like before.
Helian soon came in, opened the box of different silk threads, and let Lu Dieqing see.
“These are all beautiful.”
When Lu Dieqing saw them, she immediately thought of what kind of pouch to make for the Crown Princess.
In her heart, the Crown Princess’s color was a light blue, but there was also some pink hidden in her heart.
So, she wanted to make a very fresh pouch to give to the Crown Princess.
The current pouches were all a garish red and green, or very bright colors.
Lu Dieqing wanted to personally embroider a pouch for the Crown Princess that matched her aura.
She was so motivated.
Lu Dieqing wished she could start embroidering the pouch immediately.
She gathered everything she needed and began to draw a pattern. Helian watched from the side without a word.
As she watched, she was a little surprised.
Looking at Lu Dieqing’s familiar movements, it was clear that she really had some experience with embroidery, and was even very skilled, not just for show.
Helian could see that Lu Dieqing was preparing to embroider a pouch.
“Master wants a pouch? You can have the palace maids embroider it. Don’t strain your eyes.”
It was already dark outside. Although there were candles lit in the bedchamber, doing embroidery required one to not even blink, which was very taxing on the eyes.
Helian thought that Lu Dieqing’s most beautiful feature was her eyes, and she felt a little sorry for her new master.
Only then did Lu Dieqing realize that Helian was watching her embroider the pouch. Her lips parted.
“I want to give it to someone. It can’t be embroidered by others.”
After saying this, she immediately pressed her lips together tightly.
Oops, I accidentally told the truth.
The girl covered the pouch on the table, her face full of annoyance.
Helian immediately saw that the person Miss Lu wanted to give it to was probably… their Highness?
She covered her mouth and smiled.
Lu Dieqing pressed her lips together in annoyance.
“Don’t tell her,” she mumbled in a hushed voice.
Helian looked at the person who had come from behind, lowered her eyes, and hid her smile.
“Okay, I won’t tell Her Highness.”
Lu Dieqing’s face lit up with a smile, a shallow dimple on each side, her eyes full of a gentle and romantic color.
A cool, clear voice came from behind.
“Won’t tell this Princess what?”
Ah!
Lu Dieqing jumped up like a startled rabbit.
The pouch, whose pattern she had just drawn, was held tightly in her two hands and hidden behind her back.
Her heart was pounding. Facing the Crown Princess like this, she was so guilty she couldn’t help but swallow.
“How come… you came back without a sound?”
The little girl was delicate and charming. Even her complaints sounded like she was acting cute.
At the side, Helian and the other palace maids had already tactfully withdrawn, leaving the two of them alone.
Zheng Xuening had been holding it in for a day and a night without pinching the girl’s cheeks, and her heart was a little itchy.
Now, seeing Lu Dieqing’s guilty little deer-like appearance, standing dazedly in front of her, her two small hands hiding something behind her back, she looked so charming and cute.
She curved her lips and bent down slightly.
Her slender fingers landed on the girl’s cheeks without any politeness.
She gently pinched both cheeks.
Lu Dieqing’s eyes widened. Her watery gaze made Zheng Xuening’s heart stir even more.
“Your Highness… why are you pinching my face…” Her confidence was lacking, and even her speech was weak.
Zheng Xuening raised an eyebrow, her exquisite face closing in, her long eyes almost seeing into the girl’s heart.
“You’ve been up to no good behind this Princess’s back. What, you dare to tell people not to tell me, but don’t dare to admit it?”
Lu Dieqing was anxious, her red lips opening and closing.
“How have I been up to no good? You, Your Highness, you’re slandering me.”
Hmph, as expected, the little cat has been tamed and has even learned to talk back with its claws out.
Zheng Xuening’s hand landed on the back of the girl’s neck.
Her cool palm pressed against the other’s tender skin, like touching fine suet jade. She was almost reluctant to let go.
“Then what was it you said you wouldn’t tell me just now? Hmm?”
The Crown Princess asked slowly.
Her palm roamed over the skin of Lu Dieqing’s neck, then slowly tightened, as if to completely control the other.
Lu Dieqing shrank back, ticklish and shy.
“I can’t tell you…” she said weakly.
When giving a gift, how could you tell the other person what it was in advance? She wasn’t ready yet.
If she said it in advance, there would be no surprise.
Zheng Xuening stared at her, and after a long moment, the corners of her lips curved.
“Not obedient. You should be punished.”
She pressed her lips together and slowly approached the girl.
Lu Dieqing’s almond eyes grew wider and wider.
The Crown Princess, just like that, kissed her on the cheek.
The next moment, the tender flesh on her cheek was bitten, like a naughty kitten being bitten by a big cat.
“Does it hurt?” The Crown Princess stood up straight, her lips exceptionally red.
Her cheek was still wet from just now. Lu Dieqing’s soul was lost. She stared at her blankly, as if she didn’t understand the Crown Princess’s words.
Aaaah!
What just happened!
