Peerless Heiress - Chapter 49
With their round bellies sticking out, they tumbled and crawled into the secret passage, carrying each other along. Only after closing the door did they pat their chests with lingering fear and burst into laughter.
Yay, we weren't caught! We can come again next time, hehe.
I smiled smugly.
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The two lingered in the suburbs for half a day, only returning to the city around noon. Then they began to deeply realize a truth: overeating is indeed bad, especially those kinds of nourishing beauty soups.
I spent the entire afternoon lying on the bed, clutching my stomach and sighing.
My stomach hurts so much, it's so bloated.
I looked pitifully at Ru Ying, whose face was dark with anger, and Zi Ru, who was both angry and amused as she made me some digestive tea.
"You've been missing since early this morning. Do you know how busy everyone in the building is? We even had to urgently notify Jin San to bring his men to look for you," Ru Ying scolded.
"Uh, it can't be that exaggerated, can it?" I stammered, feeling a little guilty.
"I was afraid something would happen to you, you heartless little thing. You ran off without saying a word." Ziru tapped my forehead with her slender finger.
I shivered, shrank back, and chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, Ziru, if I didn't know you were aware of my true gender, I would have thought your words sounded exactly like a wronged wife blaming her lover."
Ziru winked at me and said, "You're beautiful."
I patted my chest dramatically, "Thank goodness, that scared me to death!"
"Here, have some." Zi Ru couldn't help but chuckle and suddenly handed over a cup of tea.
Looking at the dark tea, I couldn't help but feel miserable. Zi Ru insisted that digestive tea had to be strong, so it was brewed like this. Just by looking at the tea, I knew it would be extremely bitter without even tasting it.
Chapter 109: The Invitation
"Um, Ziru, can I not drink it?" she asked with a fawning smile.
Ziru glared at me, "Of course not."
Seeing Ziru's uncompromising expression, I was annoyed. "I'm not drinking it."
"Then I'll fill it up." A cool, indifferent voice spoke from the side.
Purple as proud.
I was speechless, my fingers trembling. "You, you, you two, when did you two become so in sync?"
"While you were eating all sorts of random things and refusing to drink any antidote tea," Ru Ying replied calmly, without even looking up. It was as if the person speaking wasn't her at all.
Honestly, I didn't eat any random stuff! Those are beauty elixirs used by imperial concubines and princesses! Although, well, I guess I ate a little too much of that. Besides, I only got close to you two for fun, so why am I being controlled by you now and having to drink that bitter medicine I've always hated since I was little?!
"I...I...I regret it. I don't want either of you anymore. I don't know you." I said angrily.
"Too late. You've already taken it, you've already met it. There's no going back." Zi Ru smiled, while Ru Ying didn't even bother to raise an eyebrow.
Aaaaaaahh ...
Enraged, he could only inhale deeply upon seeing Ru Ying's cold gaze, then obediently closed his eyes and swallowed the thick, dark tea. Less than a second later, he suddenly jumped up as if bitten by a dog, frantically searching for sweets.
Zi Ru hurriedly handed over the prepared candied fruit, and Ru Ying slightly curved her lips, revealing a faint smile on her cool face.
"A servant came to the Royal Post Station today and gave you an invitation to Qingfeng Tower this afternoon." Ruying handed me a gold-colored slip of paper.
I took it from him without thinking. "Cheng Jue?"
He actually contacted me first?
Wasn't he supposed to be harassed by that Seventh Princess? How come he still has time to come looking for me?
Well, that's fine, I was just looking for him anyway, hmph.
They threw me into this time and space and locked me up. I haven't avenged myself yet.
Go listen to what this madman has to say. And see what all that strange feeling he gave me that day was all about. Don't let me know why you threw me here, and don't let me find out what the medium for opening up time and space is, or else...you'll see.
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Qingfeng Tower is located on the shore of Huai Lake, or more precisely, in the center of a famous large garden—the Confucian Scholar Garden. The Confucian Scholar Garden is a gathering place for the talented men and women of the upper class in Tianxing Kingdom, where events such as banquets are often held.
When I strolled leisurely to the entrance of the Confucian Garden, Cheng Jue was standing to one side with a smile on his face.
"You've arrived?"
"Yes, so what do you want?" I got straight to the point, being polite before getting to the point. My eyes scanned his clothes, wondering if he carried that time-traveling medium with him.
"It's nothing much, just a gathering at the Confucian Academy today. I was invited, but I don't have a female companion, so I asked you to come," Cheng Jue said casually. He seemed to be a gentleman from another time, elegantly inviting a lady to a banquet. His expression and movements were all incomparably perfect.
"Please, are you kidding me? This is another time and space. Besides, while I am a lady, I am a man right now, don't you know that?" I rolled my eyes. But I couldn't help but look past him, straight into the depths of the garden. People were coming and going, lots of beautiful women and handsome men, it looked like a lot of fun.
Chapter 110: Longyang
Cheng Jue chuckled, walked over, and took my hand. "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Let's get straight to the point. I know you love excitement, and you'll definitely enjoy this kind of excitement, especially one from another time. So, the moment I received the invitation, I knew I had to bring you here. Let's go."
Uh—really? That's more like it.
I squinted with amusement, then couldn't help but purse my lips, "You talk like you know me so well."