Your Majesty, Eunuch Lin Is Pregnant

51. The Friendship of Men

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Somehow, she always felt that Jiang Yunuan was just pretending to be a nice guy, so she decided to keep away from him in case  something unwanted happened.

Hearing that, Jiang Yunuan shook his head immediately, “That’s no true. I must have seen you before!”

He circled around Helian Chacha, while Helian Chacha also turned around just to escape from his watching.

“Oh! Now I remember it!” He suddenly stopped and shouted happily, “Lin Dagou!”

Helian Chacha felt her lip corners twitched a bit as she wondered how long these people needed to forget this “outstandingly unique” name.

Since she had already been recognized by him, Helian Chacha couldn’t find a reason to deny it, so she put her hand down and pretended to tidy up her dress naturally, “Yes, it’s me. So what?”

“I heard it from Tingfang that His Majesty has entitled a eunuch as his concubine lately. So, it is true.” Jiang Yunuan started to look at her from head to toe while holding his chin as if he had just found out some new species, “You look not bad. With this dress, you do look like a woman.”

Bohe couldn’t stand it anymore, so she stepped up and said to Jiang Yunuan, “Mr. Jiang, it’s time for Her Highness to go back to rest.”

Jiang Yunuan reached out his hand to stop them immediately, “No rush. It’s in the morning. Who needs a rest in the morning? Come on, let’s go find His Majesty with me. He must be happy to see you.”

Then he grabbed the arm of Helian Chacha and tried to take her with him.

After trying a few times, he realized that he was not able to take away this vulnerable-looking woman.

So he turned around to ask her, “What’s wrong?”

Helian Chacha looked at him and then threw a glimpse at her arm in his hand.

Jiang Yunuan was stunned a bit and then he released her immediately as he got her mind right away, “I am so sorry. I was being rude. Please, Your Highness.”

He made a way for her.

Helian Chacha enjoyed his courtesy and went to the front after nodding to him.

The two of them walked to the direction of Yangxin Hall one by one. On their way, Jiang Yunuan always tried to pick up a talk with Helian Chacha, but Helian Chacha didn’t want it at all. So she just answered him randomly each time and then the conversation ended shortly.

A short while later, they finally arrived at Yangxin Hall.

At that time, Ye Shengxuan was reading the memorials. His eyebrows furrowed a bit when he saw the two of them walking in together.

However, it seemed that Jiang Yunuan didn’t even notice the subtle change of Ye Shengxuan’s face that he just went up to bow to him, “Good day, Your Majesty.”

“Get up.” Ye Shengxuan put down the memorials, “How come you two came here together?”

The moment Helian Chacha tried to explain, Jiang Yunuan said ahead of her, “Here is the thing. I was on my way to Yangxin Hall, and I met Concubine Xian who was coming to Yangxin Hall as well, so we came here together.”

Ye Shengxuan nodded, “Alright, I was just about to have my breakfast. You two can join me.”

Somehow, Helian Chacha felt super weird that the three of them sat together. It seemed that Jiang Yunuan always stopped when he tried to talk to Ye Shengxuan, and she needed to be careful with her words when she tried to talk to Ye Shengxuan since Jiang Yunuan was sitting beside them. She felt that Ye Shengxuan was eating alone because he was enjoying his breakfast in such a natural and elegant mood.

During the breakfast, none of them said a word. But Helian Chacha could understand that Ye Shengxuan and Jiang Yunuan were planning to talk about something that she couldn’t be told.

Since she was there, both of them were tacitly silent.

Therefore, after breakfast, she made an excuse and left Yangxin Hall.

Right after Helian Chacha had left, Ye Shengxuan told them to close the gate of Yangxin Hall and asked Jiang Yunuan coldly, “Why did you bring her here?”

Jiang Yunuan shrugged carelessly, “Well, I just wanted to see how you get along. We’ve known each other for such a long time, and I haven’t seen you fight so hard for anyone.”

Ye Shengxuan frowned a bit, “No more nonsense. Have you brought the thing here?”

“Take it.” He took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and threw it to him.

Ye Shengxuan reached out and caught it right away. He then opened it and took a sniff.

“Although it cannot totally clear the toxin inside your body, it can surely inhibit it. When the toxin comes out, just take one pill, and then you will come back sober in an hour.” Jiang Yunuan said.

“Thanks.”

Jiang Yunuan waved his hand, “Don’t play the polite boy here with me. If you really want to thank me, just let me enjoy my free life for a few more years.”

“No. I need your help in this palace.” Ye Shengxuan didn’t hesitate to refuse him, “And if it is not necessary, you better not come to the palace lately in case you attract their attention.”

“Sure thing!” Jiang Yunuan played with the cup in his hand and then put it down on the table gently, “Then I am going back now if you don’t need me here. Otherwise, my dad would complain again that I am wasting my time running out every day.”

“Good.”

When he approached the door, Jiang Yunuan stopped and turned around to ask Ye Shengxuan, “Oh, why do you like that girl?”

Ye Shengxuan was stunned by his question that he didn’t know how to answer that at that moment.

And Jiang Yunuan was just trying to joke with him before leaving, so he didn’t expect that he would think about it so seriously. He looked quite shocked and turned around to open the door, waving at Ye Shengxuan before he left, “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I’m off.”

(Sound of door opening)

Bang!

All at once, the lights inside Yangxin Hall went dim immediately. Ye Shengxuan stood right there and his eyes were filled with complexity.

On the other side, Helian Chacha bumped into Chu Jianmo who was summoned by the Princess when she was on her way leaving the hall.

Seeing Helian Chacha was there, Chu Jianmo went to her immediately, “Good day, Your Highness.”

When she saw the man coming to her, her eyes brightened up. She bowed back, “Good day, Mr. Chu.”

At that moment, she was about to talk about the token with Chu Jianmo. But suddenly she realized that Bohe was with her, so she didn’t say what she had planned to say and turned around to tell Bohe instead, “Bohe, I have something to talk with Mr. Chu. You can leave now.”

Bohe looked at Chu Jianmo without much friendliness, but Helian Chacha had already ordered her to leave, so she could not say no to her. She then bowed to Helian Chacha despite her unwillingness, “Then I will wait for you in Yonghe Palace, Your Highness.”

“Go ahead.”

After sending Bohe away, Helian Chacha finally spoke to Chu Jianmo, “This is not a good place for us to talk. Please follow me.”

The two of them walked for a while, passing many lanes and paths. Finally, Chu Jianmo saw there was a small pavilion not far away, so the two of them walked in side by side.

As soon as they sat down, Helian Chacha started to say, “Mr. Chu…”

Before she could start her sentence, Chu Jianmo said, “There is no one else here, you don’t have to call me like that. Just call me Jianmo.”

Helian Chacha felt her face was blushing slightly, “Jian… Jianmo…”

Looking at her embarrassed look, Chu Jianmo giggled, “What did you try to tell me?”

Thanks to Chu Jianmo’s reminding, she now remembered the real business, so she said immediately, “I didn’t get the token. Ye Shengxuan is super vigilant that he always keeps the token with him.”

“That is really difficult.” Chu Jianmo held his chin as he was deep in his thoughts.

Seeing that he looked quite reluctant, Helian Chacha said hurriedly, “Although I still haven’t got it, I will try to get it as soon as possible.”

Hearing that, Chu Jianmo tapped her shoulders, “Don’t push yourself too hard. If this way doesn’t work out, I can try to figure out another way. Just never let the emperor find out what you are up to, or you will be in danger. Understand?”

Helian Chacha was stunned for a second as she felt so thankful for him.

She and Chu Jianmo had actually been strangers before, but he kept on helping her again and again. And they got to know each other in this process that it seemed that she was falling for him gradually.