Your Majesty, Eunuch Lin Is Pregnant

63. Life Spared

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

It was already the early time of the fall and palace lanterns were hung up in the branches. Looking at the anxious emperor in front of him, Shiao Qi really couldn’t tell if things were going to get better or not.

“Your Majesty, Zhuifeng has just reported that he still has not found Her Highness. But he is certain that Her Highness is right in the river town at the moment.”

Right after the reporting, with a gust of wind blowing by his ear, he looked up and found the emperor disappeared all of a sudden.

With no time left for caring about other things, Shiao Qi started to chase him with his flying skills right away.

“Your Majesty!”

On the long road towards the palace gate, Shiao Qi finally made it to stop Ye Shengxuan.

“Get out of my way!”

Ye Shengxuan’s eyes turned really cold. And not like the coldness one had used to see in his eyes, it had a strong killing intent in them.

The emperor’s rage was so intimidating that those palace servants stopped a few steps away from them, as none of them wanted to trigger the fight.

“If Your Majesty leave the palace right now, who should be left here to take care of the court? And considering the Empress Dowager’s temperament, Concubine Xian would be…”

Shiao Qi didn’t finish his words, but he believed that Ye Shengxuan was able to understand what he was implicating.

The Empress Dowager and Ye Shengxuan had long been not getting along with each other, and Concubine Xian was just like a thorn in her eyes right now.

Clenching and relaxing his fists, Ye Shengxuan then closed his eyes slowly after looking at the palace gate not far from him.

“Three days. If Concubine Xian doesn’t come back in three days, I will go to the river town myself.”

Three days was the ultimate compromise that he could offer, because he could barely endure the thought of Helian Chacha and Chu Jianmo being together at the moment.

“Your Majesty, I…”

“Am I qualified to rule this country if I, the emperor, cannot even protect the woman I love?”

Foreseeing that Shiao Qi might want to ask him about it, Ye Shengxuan went directly to Yangxin Hall after answering him with that sentence.

Even if he really left the palace in 3 days, he should make sure that the Empress Dowager was no threat to them at all.

But Shiao Qi still couldn’t figure out his intention even after Ye Shengxuan had totally disappeared from his view.

The fall in this river town was quite different from it was in the capital city as it was still vibrant green everywhere. Helian Chacha was awakened by a peculiar fragrance.

Opening her eyes slowly, she saw some red and yellow silk pieces dangling down from the top.

“Hey, girl! You finally wake up!”

Suddenly, a seductive voice came to her. Helian Chacha tilted her head unconsciously.

A chubby, pimp-like woman with golden and silver jewelry was walking towards her.

Snuggling to the other side of the bed, Helian Chacha looked at the woman in front of her nervously, wondering if the white powder on her face would fall off along with every step she took.

“Where am I?”

The pimp came to Helian Chacha immediately and leaned her body a little bit so that Helian Chacha could see those young girls behind her.

They all covered their mouths with a handkerchief and she could even hear their giggles. Looking at those girls, Helian Chacha couldn’t help feeling shocked.

The very thing that these girls had in common was that they were all wearing very slutty clothes. It had been quite some days since she came to the ancient time, but such kind of dressing style really shocked Helian Chacha as there was nothing but the brothel came to her mind at the moment.

“Ouch!”

Helian Chacha shivered unconsciously, and she noticed that the chubby woman came back to her once again.

“Don’t be scared, girl. Since you’ve come here to the Red Cherry Land, you are one of my girls now. From now on, you are just like them. Call me Meiniang.”

After saying that, the woman started giggling again while holding her handkerchief, which made Helian Chacha feel a bit sick.

Seeing her reaction, those girls behind Meiniang stood up instantly and formed a line behind Meiniang.

This smiley womanhated to see people who showed obvious disgusts towards her. Every time she saw that there was a really nasty outcome.

Those girls lowered their heads and stared at their toes, waiting to see Helian Chacha being punished.

After half an hour, the room fell into a dreadful silence. And since there was still not a single sound, those girls couldn’t help looking up curiously.

“Girls, from now on you are in charge of teaching Qingyu the Guqin, chess, calligraphy, and painting. In 7 days we are going to have an auction for the first night of Qingyu in our Red Cherry Land.”

The blue veins on the forehead of Meiniang had already burst out. If it were not for the one who backed Helian Chacha up, Helian Chacha could never have been standing in front of Meiniang like nothing had ever happened.

Those young girls nodded and answered immediately. But the skills of playing Guqin, chess, calligraphy, and painting could never be mastered within 7 days, so they all felt agitated.

“Hey, I think you just talked to the wrong person. I’m not Qingyu.”

Helian Chacha stood up from the bed and had a strong dizzy feeling in her brain which pushed her back again to the bed.

It wasn’t hard for her to know that someone must have poisoned her. She was treated this way just because she had found out what kind of person Chu Jianmo really was.

That’s why people always said it was impossible to judge a man’s heart from his face. People were absolutely right on that!

“Aha, but from now on you are Qingyu of Red Cherry Land. If you don’t remember your identity, I’m sure the others have ways to help you memorize it.”

After saying that, Meiniang turned around to leave the room. She knew that she might kill Helian Chacha immediately if she stayed in that room for just one more second.

“Qingyu, do you know how to play Guqin, chess, calligraphy, or painting?”

Since Meiniang had left, the atmosphere in this room was now getting more friendly. Yet Helian Chacha was surrounded by those girls beside her bed.

She shook her head quickly because she didn’t have such skills. However, she didn’t mind showing some moves of Taekwondo or Karate to them.

“Really?”

Actually, the four girls were named after Guqin, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The Red Cherry Land didn’t have many customers, but just many talented girls. So their main business right now was training new girls brought here by Meiniang. Only in that way could they cover their monthly payment and not become a servant. And that was why they spent a lot of effort to train every single girl.

Checking the room once again, Helian Chacha saw a random window on the sidewall, and her eyes were brightened all of a sudden.

However, Shu (calligraphy) noticed all of her movements.

“Qingyu, spare us with your tricks. Under that window, Meiniang has set a giant trap there. If you jump out of this window, you will be…”

Shu didn’t finish her sentence, instead, she started to laugh at her with the other three girls.

“If I remember it correctly, ever since that trap has been set up, almost 10 girls have been killed in there.”

Hua (painting) said it casually as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with herself. And when she saw the drastic change of Helian Chacha’s face, she knew she did it right.

“Since you don’t know how to play them, please choose one you’re interested in. We can set an example and start to train you.”

Finally, Qin (Guqin) spoke up. Somehow, she wanted to befriend this girl the first time she saw Helian Chacha, but obviously, this was not the right time to do that.

Covering herself with the quilt once again, Helian Chacha curled up in the quilt like a shrimp.