This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me - Chapter 243:

Chapter 243: As If I Am Here (1)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The silver moon hung in the sky like a hook. From time to time, the greetings of maidservant could be heard in the courtyard.

“Young Master Ye~”

“Mm, rest early…”

After Ye Jingtang handed over his horse, he first went to the west residence to take a look. He found that Yunli had lost so badly that her scalp was numb. She had even started to ask the bird to help her draw the tiles. Satisfied, he left and went to the east residence.

Ye Jingtang was the young master of the Pei family. He was too old to stay in the back residence. He had returned very late two days ago and didn’t care about the rules, so he had directly slept on Ning’er’s bed.

Since he had nothing to do today and was resting at home, he obviously couldn’t swagger into the Third Lady’s courtyard. He had to live in a courtyard of the east residence according to the rules.

The east residence of the Pei family’s mansion was very big. His foster father, Pei Yuanfeng, had lived here when he was young. Now, only Pei Luo lived here. After Pei Luo went to school, there was no one else here.

After Ye Jingtang entered the capital, Third Lady had wanted him to stay in the Pei residence. Two months ago, she had tidied up the room. He had changed his clothes a few times here, but he had never stayed here.

Ye Jingtang walked along the corridors to the east residence. He declined a few maidservants who had secretly come to serve him and arrived at his room alone.

His room and Pei Luo’s room were opposite each other. The layout was the same. The main room was in the middle, the study was in the east, and the bedroom was in the west. At night, the windows were dark, and the room was silent.

Ye Jingtang walked under the eaves and pushed the door open. He could see that the main room was neat and tidy. In the middle of the Luohan couch was a fresh fruit plate.

Ye Jingtang took off his saber from his waist, walked to the fruit plate, and picked up a washed green apple, and turned into the bedroom in the west. Just as he was about to take a bite of the apple, he stopped in his tracks.

The bedroom was divided into inner and outer rooms. In the middle was a round mahogany partition with a bead curtain hanging on it.

There was a round table, small stools, a lampstand, and other things in the outer room. In the inner room, there was a canopy bed with a light blue curtain hanging.

The room had been tidied up by the maidservants until it was spotless, but the curtain that should have been neatly hung on the hook was lowered, and he couldn’t see the bed behind the curtain.

Ye Jingtang had been an escort all year round, so he was very vigilant. He listened carefully, but there was no movement on the bed. He guessed that the maidservant had been afraid that mosquitoes would enter, so she had lowered it. He walked over and used the hilt of his saber to open the curtain.

This move was out of professional habit when he checked rooms. But when he lifted the curtain, he found a woman on the bed!

The woman was very tall. Her long black hair was tied by a hairband and draped over her back. From the side, he could see that her chest was very magnificent, but her waist was quite slender, and the curves under her waist had astonishing tension.

There were no lights in the room. Under the moonlight from the window paper, he couldn’t see clearly, but he could still see that the woman was wearing a bright red dress. She was dressed simply without any accessories at all. At this moment, she was lying on her side on the bed with her hand supporting her cheek.

Swoosh!

Although this wasn’t the first time that Ye Jingtang had bumped into a woman of unknown origin on his bed, he was still caught off guard. He retreated behind the bead curtain, holding the saber in his left hand and the hilt in his right hand, ready to attack.

As for the green apple in his hand, it fell out of his hand and toward the floor.

Just as it fell a few inches, a fair hand reached out from the curtain, caught the apple steadily, and retracted.

Crunch-

It sounded like she took a bite.

??

Ye Jingtang instantly entered a battle-ready state. It was so quiet that only his heartbeat could be heard, but he quickly returned to his senses. “Miss Yuhu?!”

“Uh-huh-” A lazy and mature voice came from behind the curtain. “I came uninvited. I hope you don’t mind, Young Master Ye.”

Ye Jingtang let go of the hilt of his saber with a strange expression. He didn’t mind Yuhu coming uninvited, but a peerless female expert, whose hairless tiger he had seen yesterday, had come to his bed in the middle of the night…

If she wasn’t here to kill him, then she was probably here to sleep with him…

Ye Jingtang hesitated for a moment before putting down his saber. He took out a flame stick and lit the lampstand. “Why would I mind? Miss Yuhu, how is your injury?”

The dim yellow light illuminated the corners of the room. Through the gaps in the curtains, he could see the waistline of the bright red dress.

“I’m fine now. Sit down. I have something to talk to you about.”

Ye Jingtang felt that Yuhu’s visit wasn’t about anything good. He didn’t open the curtain and sit on the bed. Instead, he went to the outer room, took a small round stool, placed it at the head of the bed, and looked at the woman through the curtain. “Miss Yuhu, 1 have a clear conscience about what happened yesterday. If you come to tell me to take responsibility…”

The empress was lying on her side on the bed, so her demeanor was natural and languid, as if she was lying on her bed to summon her subordinates. “Don’t think too much. I’m here because Her Majesty has something to arrange for you. I’ll leave after saying it.”

“What is it?”

“Put your hand in.”

Ye Jingtang hesitated for a moment, but he still braced himself, lifted the bottom of the curtain, and put his hand in.

Then something heavy was placed on his hand, bringing with it her body heat.

Seeing that it wasn’t anything strange, Ye Jingtang heaved a sigh of relief. He took out his hand to look at the item, only to see a pure gold token lying in his palm. On the back was a dragon head relief, and on the front was ‘As If I Am Here’…

Ye Jingtang knew the weight of this token and couldn’t help feeling strange.

In his left hand was ‘The Soul of Yan Is Indestructible’, and in his right hand was ‘As If I Am Here’!

In the future, he would probably be able to do whatever he wanted in lawful society and the underworld. However, if things got out of control…

After looking at the gold token, Ye Jingtang smiled and said, “This token is not simple. What does Her Majesty have to say?”

Crunch-

The empress took another bite of the green apple and chewed slowly before saying, “Yesterday, the Prince of Wu’s heir was exposed. The news must have been sent to Wu Province overnight. The Prince of Wu doesn’t have the strength to rebel, and he won’t come to the capital to be executed. When he receives the news, he will definitely escape..”