Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Ye Piaoling was utterly confused, but after hearing the latter half of his sentence, she chose not to argue for the sake of settling things as quickly as possible.
She simply nodded and said, “There’s nothing going on here. Go on with your duties.”
The secret guard cupped his fists, then turned and left in a flash.
His expression was brimming with excitement.
He had to hurry and share this fresh gossip with his colleagues!
-Confirmed! Miss Ye had admitted it herself. She really had given birth to eight children for His Highness!!
After the secret guard left, Ye Piaoling let out a breath of relief.
She turned around, took out the second Launch Talisman, and continued transporting the bed.
As she cast the spell, there was a whoosh, and the bed was teleported out once more!
This time, the receiving point was a bamboo-lined path outside Chonghua Palace.
Ye Piaoling had investigated that path repeatedly as well. The bamboo leaves were dense as rain, and hardly anyone ever passed through, making it a suitable place to temporarily store the bed.
Ye Piaoling hopped onto her electric scooter and sped off.
-Departing from the rear mountain transfer hub. Next stop, the bamboo grove transfer hub!
In the bamboo grove.
Di Xiulan was strolling slowly with his hands clasped behind his back.
Liang Yun attended him at his side.
His master disliked long, drawn-out banquets, so as soon as the emperor’s capping ceremony ended, he had left.
The weather was cool today, and Di Xiulan had suddenly felt like taking a walk through this bamboo grove. Thus, he had abandoned his carriage outside Chonghua Palace and proceeded on foot along this winding, secluded path.
“Has there been any movement at the Prime Minister’s Mansion?” Di Xiulan asked casually.
Liang Yun knew that what he truly wanted to ask about was Miss Ye, so he immediately replied, “Everything at the Prime Minister’s Mansion is as usual. As for Miss Ye, ever since she returned from Tianwen Sect these past few days, she has locked herself in her room, burning the midnight oil every night. It seems she has been studying something.”
Miss Ye had previously been running to Chonghua Palace again and again, but these past few days, she had gone on hiatus.
Liang Yun observed his master’s expression. Why did it feel as though his master looked a little…
Concerned???
After they turned a bend, they saw something standing in the distance, blocking the road.
Di Xiulan frowned. “Is that…”
Liang Yun said, “It looks like a bed?”
Di Xiulan: “…”
Not only was it a bed, it seemed to be his bed.
Liang Yun also found the bed familiar and immediately strode forward to examine it.
Once he got close, he saw the inscription carved on the headboard at a glance:
Ye Piaoling’s Bed
Liang Yun immediately cried out, “Master, this is Ye Piaoling’s bed… No, this is your bed!”
“…”
Di Xiulan walked to the bedside, his gaze darkening.
Liang Yun was already dumbstruck. “How did your bed end up here?”
Di Xiulan swept his eyes over the bed and saw a Launch Talisman lying quietly on top of it. One corner of the talisman was marked with a number: two.
It seemed this bed had been teleported twice before arriving here, and there would be a third and fourth time afterward…
Following his master’s gaze, Liang Yun also noticed the paper talisman on the bed and the formation under it.
He bent down to observe it and said in shock, “Master, this formation is actually rather ingenious… Who could be so bold as to move your bed here?”
The moment he finished speaking,
from the other end of the secluded path, Ye Piaoling came charging over on her electric scooter like a gust of wind and fire.
She had come to retrieve the bed and had originally been in an excellent mood.
But never in her wildest dreams had she expected that on the other side of the bed, there would be a Regent King!!
Ye Piaoling’s eyes suddenly widened.
Her hand slammed on the brakes, nearly causing an accident.
The electric scooter barely stopped beside the bed.
On the other side of the bed stood Di Xiulan.
The two of them stared at each other across the bed.
“…”
“…”
Ye Piaoling’s expression twitched.
This path was very narrow, and with the large bed lying across the middle, it had blocked the entire little road completely. There wasn’t even anywhere to run…
Then she looked at the man on the other side of the bed. His expression was unreadable, but the corners of his mouth carried a faint smile the entire time as he simply looked at her.
The legendary death stare.
Ye Piaoling felt her heart thumping wildly.
A moment later,
Ye Piaoling struck first and broke the silence.
Pointing at the bed, she questioned him, “Your Highness, how could you put a bed here? It affects traffic so badly!”
Di Xiulan did not answer. Instead, he stared at the dark circles beneath her eyes and asked mildly,
“Have you not been sleeping well lately?”
His voice was gentle and pleasant, almost enough to count as concern.
Ye Piaoling had no idea what he was playing at, so she could only force out a smile. “Yes, I really have been a little sleep-deprived lately…”
Her smile revealed exhaustion.
She had stayed up for several nights, learned formations, and meticulously planned out this route. Who would have thought that the moment the bed left Chonghua Palace, she would be caught red-handed by the Regent King!
She had inspected this bamboo path several times, and every time, it had been completely empty. Who could have known this man would have a sudden fit and come here today?
Ye Piaoling turned her back and wiped away a tear.
Her sorrow was that big.
Then she turned back, took a deep breath, and continued shifting the blame.
“Your Highness, not to criticize, but this little path really isn’t the place to put a bed! Look, I originally wanted to pass through, and now I can’t get by. I can only go back the way I came… In that case, I’ll be leaving first. In the future, don’t put the bed here again!”
With that, she made as if to turn the scooter around and leave.
Di Xiulan suddenly spoke in an indifferent tone. “This king was under the impression that you were the one who moved this bed here.”
“Huh? Your Highness, what are you talking about?”
Ye Piaoling looked shocked.
Di Xiulan said, “Was it not done by you using a teleportation method?”
“What?”
Ye Piaoling looked blank, then laughed in surprise. “Your Highness, what kind of joke are you making? What even is a teleportation method? I don’t understand at all!”