Lose My Heart to the Lovely Kitten Princess - Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Ignore the politics
Xiaowu hurriedly helped Chu Yunshen disrobe after they arrived home.

After taking off each layer of Chu Yunshen’s garments, he saw the bandages completely soaked with blood.

Dried blood had caked all over the garments, so they remained stuck fast to Chu Yunshen. Xiaowu could only dampen the bandages with medicated wine before slowly peeling them off and applying medication and re-bandaging them.

Cheng Xiaoxiao secretly craned her head out and happened to see Chu Yunshen’s back.

She saw a lot of blood on the bandages Xiaowu had just removed from Chu Yunshen, so she knew his wounds must have opened.

It felt painful just watching Xiaowu pour medicated wine on the wounds and Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help cringing. However, Chu Yunshen didn’t utter a word or even frown.

He was always getting into trouble!

Cheng Xiaoxiao was very displeased at how careless Chu Yunshen was with his condition, so she looked at Chu Yunshen bitterly.

Xiaowu could detect someone staring at him while he was changing the bandages. However, he had no idea Cheng Xiaoxiao was staring at him out of fear he was not gentle enough when dressing Chu Yunshen’s injuries.

Although Chu Yunshen had fair skin on his back, it was covered with all kinds of injuries.

Cheng Xiaoxiao knew that had he had gotten them throughout the time he spent on the war front. She couldn’t understand how the emperor could bear to see his son suffering like this.

Regardless of the war front or the justice department, both his jobs proved life-threatening.

Didn’t the other princes sit around with nothing to do? Chu Hongyi even had the time to visit her every day.

After Chu Yunshen was done having his wounds dressed and got changed, he turned to see the lion cat staring at him in a daze.

Perhaps Cheng Xiaoxiao was staring at Chu Yunshen so intently that he felt awkward and did not make eye contact.

He walked over to the study and asked Xiaowu, “What have you learned about the real set of accounts used in the salt embezzlement case?”

Xiaowu seemed to be the only person in the room who hadn’t noticed anything amiss. The moment he heard Chu Yunshen’s question, he spoke with complete reverence, “As you expected, there were remnants of ash from the burning of paper. Those shops with unaccountable transactions in the accounts were long gone by the time we got there.”

Was Chu Yunshen still investigating this?

When did he give the orders? Why didn’t she know anything about this?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt as though she was watching a drama and had inadvertently missed out on a few important episodes.

Now that she wanted to catch up on the drama, she felt a little lost.

“Mr Su said everything was fake.”

Xiaowu attempted to share his reasoning with Chu Yunshen. “Master, since the accounts and token are fake, and the seventh prince ended up punished…”

Cheng Xiaoxiao was so completely taken aback by what Xiaowu said that she opened her mouth wide.

Was everything fake?

Why did everyone keep going around hiding something?

Was the token a forgery and did Chu Yelin get punished?

Why hadn’t she gone to the palace with them?

She really wanted to know what happened.

Sadly, Cheng Xiaoxiao would probably fail to understand the things transpiring before her eyes even if she went to the palace given her brain capacity.

Xiaowu nodded with half understanding as he contemplated.

“From the looks of it, Prince Qing looks innocent.”

In hindsight, Xiaowu added, “Could Prince Qing be behind it?”

Chu Yunshen waved his hand and interrupted Xiaowu, “Enough. You may leave. No one is to disturb me.”

Cheng Xiaoxiao stopped trying to wrap her mind around the politics.

After all, Chu Yunshen knew best.

Xiaowu felt the same way too, but he was still a little puzzled and felt that something was amiss today.

When Xiaowu got to the door, he swiftly came back in.

“Master, who shall I send to change you and the cat’s bandages? Usually, I’m the one doing it.”

Chu Yunshen frowned once more and seemed displeased with Xiaowu’s recklessness.

“From now on, you don’t have to take care of her.”

“Huh? Then who should I send to do it?”

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought Chu Yunshen finally realized what an idiot Xiaowu was and planned on getting her a nice maid to do it.

The baby bird kept jumping around excitedly. Cheng Xiaoxiao wanted to over and play with her pet to pass the time.

Now all her boredom had disappeared as she listened to Chu Yunshen excitedly waiting to hear what he had planned for her.

“I will take care of her.”

What?

What the…?

Xiaowu and Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at each other and did not know what to say initially.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was instantly delighted.

Oh heavens!

Chu Yunshen was finally enlightened!

From the looks of it, he must be trying to repay her for saving him!

Was this the beginning of a new chapter and were they moving into the romantic part of the story?

Cheng Xiaoxiao unabashedly thought about Chu Yunshen bathing her stark naked and almost ended up nose bleeding.

The scene was simply too steamy!

It was unbearable…

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at Chu Yunshen with her eyes burning as though she was about to strip him and swallow him whole any moment.

Chu Yunshen could sense the change in Cheng Xiaoxiao as well and left his back stiff.

Heeheehee.

Was Chu Yunshen being shy?

She could be even more passionate.

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at him as though she had X-ray vision and could see right through Chu Yunshen’s garments.

She kept staring at Chu Yunshen so intently that she made Chu Yunshen feel stark naked and he finally left with Xiaowu when he could no longer bear it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao burst out laughing mischievously when she saw Chu Yunshen flee.

“Meow meow meow!”

The cat seemed to be meowing happily.

Chu Hongzhen was in deep thought in the palace just as Chu Yunshen fled the scene at his residence.

After all, anything was possible at night.

At Weiyang Palace, Chu Hongzhen embraced the half-dressed imperial consort Su as they prepared to turn in.

He kept caressing her smooth delicate skin everywhere and left her tingling.

“Your Majesty, you seem to be in high spirits today.”

Imperial consort Su could no longer bear Chu Hongzhen’s teasing and hurriedly grabbed his large hands.

Chu Hongzhen could not help feeling a ripple in his heart when he sensed her soft hands.

“I saw the boys today.”

Despite already knowing of the matter, imperial consort Su pretended as though she was clueless.

“How are they doing with work?”

“Even though they lack ability, they certainly have a lot of ambition.”

Chu Hongzhen recalled how the princes acted in the imperial study earlier in the day and could not help seething in fury.

He could not help getting rough with imperial consort Su as he thought about it.

“Ow…”

Imperial consort Su couldn’t help wincing in pain when he squeezed her hand too hard.

“Sorry about that.”

Chu Hongzhen hurriedly let go of imperial consort Su and looked at her hands to see that he had left red marks on her for holding them too tightly. He felt bad and quickly rubbed them as he blew on them.

Imperial consort Su looked shy as she blushed and said sweetly, “I’m fine… Thank you.”

Chu Hongzhen looked at imperial consort Su looking submissive and seductive and could not help feeling moved.

“I’m so glad I have you. Our boy is a good kid too.”

Imperial consort Su knew better than to agree directly. Instead, she modestly replied as she smiled, “All of your sons are great.”

Perhaps owing to the incident that transpired today at the imperial study, Chu Hongzhen was reminded of his youth.

As he looked at imperial consort Su and thought about the fourteenth prince, their faces gradually turned blur and overlapped with his face when he was young.

“All of them are good sons, but our boy is the best. Trust me. I will protect you and our boy.”

Chu Hongzhen embraced her with unprecedented affection. Imperial consort Su seemed to realize he was trying to tell her something when he suddenly spoke so candidly with her in his arms.

She suppressed her excitement and secretly reveled in her heart as she said sweetly, “I will do my best to teach him and ensure he stays out of trouble.”

Everything passed harmoniously at Weiyang Palace that night.

……

The next day at Prince Jing’s residence.

In a secluded courtyard, Wan Xia was holding an embroidery frame and embroidering something.

“Did His Highness send the cat over today?”

Xiao Yue looked at Wan Xia’s long slender fingers and felt they were lovely. She looked incredibly elegant with every move she made.

“Miss Wan Xia, you are so beautiful,” blurted Xiao Yue without hesitation.

Xiao Yue came from a poor family and had to work as a maid, so she was uneducated. She was incapable of using any fancy words to describe Wan Xia’s beauty other than this.

“You silly girl. I was asking you a question. Why did you suddenly say such irrelevant nonsense?”

“Pfftt…” Wan Xia couldn’t help laughing when she heard what Xiao Yue said. Laugh lines suddenly bloomed on her face like ripples in a pond.

She suddenly felt it was inappropriate of her to laugh out loud, so she covered her face with her sleeve.

Xiao Yue swiftly expressed her sincerity, “It was true. You are the prettiest person I have ever seen. You are even prettier than the Goddess of Mercy.”

“Stop saying that. How will people think of me if they hear me being compared to the Goddess of Mercy?” Wan Xia stopped laughing as she spoke calmly while she continued embroidering unhurriedly.

“You are nothing like those people. You are even kinder than the Goddess of Mercy herself. I swear to serve you for the rest of my life and help you overcome all problems.”

“Really? Good?”

Wan Xia neither commended Xiao Yue nor attempted to win her over. Instead, she chatted with her distractedly before she started to focus on the embroidery.

Xiao Yue noticed that Wan Xia didn’t seem happy, so she thought Wan Xia didn’t think she was truly loyal.

She caught sight of the embroidery Wan Xia was doing. It was a small snow-white creature with brown and red contrasting eyes. It looked exactly like Prince Jing’s lion cat.

“Are you embroidering this for the lion cat?”

“Uh huh.”

Wan Xia remained disinterested in chatting. Xiao Yue couldn’t help feeling anxious when Wan Xia acted like she didn’t have a care in the world.

“You should stop embroidering. What’s the point of treating the lion cat so well and embroidering for her?”

Xiao Yue felt Wan Xia was being mistreated by the prince. Despite her incredible beauty, all he cared about was the lion cat.

“You are so kind and thoughtful towards a mere cat because she belongs to His Highness, but he refuses to even give you a single look and gives you such cold attitude.”

“Xiao Yue, how could you say such nonsense!”

Wan Xia’s voice turned cold abruptly and even sounded stern.

“How could you say that?” The more uncompetitive Wan Xia appeared, the more indignant Xiao Yue felt. “Now His Highness doesn’t allow anyone else to help take care of the lion cat and does everything on his own. In my opinion…”

“Go on.”