LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 6.1
Chapter 6.1
At a quarter passed Xushi (*), Zhao Wan held the washed green satin out of the door of the Laundry Bureau. A few Laundry Bureau palace maids looked at her back and whispered, “I heard that the day before yesterday, she offended the newly appointed Beauty.”
T/N: 7-9 pm
“That’s right. The Beauty said to let her go deliver the cloth today; don’t know how she’ll punish her!”
Zhao Wan was thinking about the white rabbit jade pendant, so she put the rumors behind her and kept her feet on the ground, but Mama Ji stopped her: “A Wan, wait.”
Mama Ji had always treated her kindly, so Zhao Wan immediately stopped in her tracks, “What’s the matter, Mama Ji?”
Seeing her holding the cloth, “Where are you going?”
Zhao Wan: “To Xiu Yi Hall.”
Mama Ji frowned slightly, “Noble Lady Wang of the Xiuyi Hall is not in an excellent mood today and has already punished several palace maids for serving meals, so you …… should be more careful.”
Zhao Wan: “Yes, I only need to meet Beauty Gu at the west side of the Xiuyi Hall. I should not meet her.”
Mama Ji nodded, “I’m calling for you because I have something to discuss.”
“Mama, please speak.”
“There are two masters of the Department of Clothing, and one is twenty-five years old and has left the palace, so there is a shortage of a master. You are good at women’s work and have ingenuity, so I recommended you to the Department of Clothing.”
The head of the Department of Clothing was an eighth-grade female official, more powerful than the palace maid of the Laundry Bureau, who didn’t have rank.
Zhao Wan bowed and said, “Thank you for your great kindness, Mama.”
Mama Ji knew Zhao Wan had been ostracized in the Laundry Bureau, so she said with a serious heart: “You look good, quick-witted, causing narrow-minded persons to envy you. The Department of Clothing is a good place to go. Although I recommended you, in a few days, you still have to be selected according to the rules and regulations. You should practice diligently.”
Zhao Wan bowed, “Thanking Mama.”
A thunderbolt rolled across the sky.
Mama Ji raised her hand to help Zhao Wan up. “You’re a thorough person. I believe you’ll have great fortune in the future. Quick, get up, take an umbrella, and go to Xiuyi Hall quickly. Don’t miss Beauty Gu’s errand.”
A few rumbles of thunder and heavy rain poured down. Gu Yi stood by the window nervously and looked at the rain shadow outside through the diamond pattern. It was raining so heavily and smelled like the first meeting of the male and female lead.
I beg the female lead to come soon! I’m willing not to drink milk tea for half a year! I’m begging you!
Tao Jia saw she was too close to the window and advised, “Master, don’t get stained by the rain outside the window. Today, I especially combed you a flowing cloud bun to match this lotus root-colored shirt. This turquoise-colored Luo skirt is very beautiful.” She also stuffed a fan of the same color into her hand, “If Beauty thinks that closing the window in the rain is suffocating, you can use a small fan.”
Gu Yi received the fan and gently swung it. She did wear a lot today. Especially that lingerie, it was enticing but not breathable, ah!
Gu Yi fanned herself and heard a long shout outside: “His Majesty arrives.”
Damn, he’s here, he’s here, the Heartless Emperor, he’s here!
Gu Yi couldn’t help but straighten her back and stand like a green pine.
Xiao Yan walked swiftly through the rain curtain. The palace attendant, who was holding the umbrella and fan behind him, ran all the way, fearing that the rain would fall on the emperor. Xiao Yan walked into the west wing of the Xiuyi Hall, and Gu Yi led the palace maids to kneel on the ground. She pressed her forehead to the ground, a big bow of obeisance.
“Get up.” Xiao Yan said. His voice was unexpectedly clear, unlike the grimness Gu Yi had imagined. Slowly, Gu Yi raised her head to look up at this heartless emperor from the book. She first saw his bright yellow robe with twelve seals listed on it. Gu Yi counted the sun, the moon, and the stars going up step by step and depicted on his chest was the flying golden dragon. The emperor in front of her wore a golden-winged cicada crown, with a few strands of black hair falling like ink, eyebrows like raven feathers, under the long eyelashes were a pair of peach blossom eyes, dark brown, glazed and transparent eyeballs. His eyes should be romantic, yet he, with a scar on his forehead and his unhappy, indifferent gaze, was looking at her like an ordinary object.
Last night, in the dark, Gu Yi felt he was a bright person, but today, after a closer look, she deemed he was a heartless emperor. His aura was as heavy as a collapsing mansion. Kill or live; it was all in the mind of an emperor to decide. A layer of cold sweat rose behind Gu Yi’s neck, and she stammered, “Ask …… for the Emperor’s peace!”
Xiao Yan took a close look at Beauty Gu in front of him. Her face was slightly pale, and her breath was accelerated due to nervousness. She was afraid of him, but she looked at him in an instant. The pupils in her almond eyes were as if they were dotted with black ink, not moving at all. Looking directly at the emperor’s eyes was already disrespectful.
Does the Gu family also send a straw bag?
A straw bag that can only hold one golden peanut —
He felt uninterested and raised his hand, “Get up.”
Gu Yi was so nervous just now that she forgot to stand up even after the emperor called her up. It was only at this moment that she finally stood up. Eunuch Gao Gui retreated outside the hall with a group of courtiers, leaving only Gu Yi and Xiao Yan.
Why has the female lead yet to arrive? Is she on her way here? Gu Yi was distracted from listening to the movement outside the window. Another thunderstorm rolled across the sky, rumbling.
Xiao Yan saw Gu Yi standing frozen in place, unfolded his arms, and said unhappily, “No training Mamas from the Shangyi Bureau taught you today?”
Didn’t she even send a golden peanut? Why is she so ungrateful?
Gu Yi heard this and saw him spread his arm, so she immediately reacted, “It is …… my negligence ……” She said softly, “Today, Mama has come to teach.”
She reached out to remove the jade belt around Xiao Yan’s waist and his clothes for him.
The cloth on his shoulders was cold, and Gu Yi intended to stall for a while. “His Majesty has been drenched in the rain. Soaking in a hot bath will make you feel better and protect you from the cold.”
She stood on her tiptoes and reached out to remove the Golden Winged Cicada Crown from his head. Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and the tip of his nose smelled the fragrance, spreading from her cuffs, like the smell of apricot flowers and spring rain.
Gu Yi immediately took Xiao Yan’s silence as acquiescence and went to the entrance of the hall to call the maidservants to come in to prepare the bathwater.