Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 11.1
Hearing this, Ping An's face suddenly changed and before he could speak, he had already knelt on the ground.
"Young Master Wen, His Highness the crown prince is the hope of the people all over the world. Naturally, he is as dazzling as the sun in the sky." Ping An said in a shrill voice, "Young Master Wen and this slaves are living under the sun brought by the crown prince. So, never discuss His Highness the Crown Prince in private."
Wen Chi couldn't help laughing when he saw Ping An who was kneeling and trembling on the ground. He bent down and helped him up: "Aren't you quite audacious before? Why are you afraid now?"
He still remembers how some time ago, Ping An often gave advice in Wen Chi, teaching him how to stand out from the group of concubines in the east palace.
Ping An was helped up by Wen Chi. Cold sweat was oozing from his forehead and his eyes were drifting around as if he was observing the situation around him.
After a long while, Ping An approached Wen Chi's ear, cupped his mouth with his hand and whispered, "Young Master Wen, this is the East Palace there are ears on the wall, be careful of what you say."
This time it was Wen Chi's turn to be startled.
He didn't dare to look around, he could only stiffen his neck and wait for a while with a white face, before he whispered in a tone just like Ping An, "Can I speak now?"
Ping An was amused by his nervous appearance and smiled. Then he hurriedly pursed his lips and said: "Young Master Wen is the master of our Bamboo flute residence, so if you want to talk, you can talk."
Wen Chi hesitated whether to continue the conversation just now.
At that moment, Ruo Tao, who had washed her hands clean, walked over happily: "Young Master Wen!"
Don't know if it was because Ping An, had his back to Ruo Tao and was startled by her sudden voice, but he shivered a little and he hurriedly collected his expression. Then he intentionally raised his voice and said to Wen Chi: "After serving His Royal Highness, Young Master Wen, must be tired. Why don't you go and rest first and wait for the servants to prepare the evening meal before calling Young Master Wen to get up."
When Ruo Tao approached, she heard these words and let out a giggle: "Is Young Master Wen going to rest?"
Ping An said: "Young Master Wen is a little tired."
"Then, Young Master Wen, take a rest." Ruo Tao said with a smile, "Young Master Wen, don't worry, this servant and Ruo Fang have already picked up a lot of milk skin and are just waiting to knead the cream."
Wen Chi looked at Ping An, who was calm and at Ruo Tao, who was smiling with red lips and white teeth. Although a strange feeling rose in his heart that was hard to ignore, he didn't say anything and turned around and entered the bedroom.
He changed his clothes and saw Ping An carefully walking in with a water basin.
Wen Chi was not quite used to being waited on, so he asked Ping An to leave first and he himself washed his face then put the handkerchief on the edge of the water basin.
After he lay on the bed, he realized that not only did Ping An not leave, but he was still waiting not far away, hunched over his waist with a sad frown on his face as if he wanted to say something.
Wen Chi said, "Ping An, come here."
Ping An quickly walked over.
Wen Chi thought that Ping An might have a lot to say. He deliberated for a moment and changed his question: "When you said that there are ears on the wall, is it across the courtyard or across the wall?"
The Bamboo Flute residence is surrounded by large and small courtyards . When Wen Chi first entered the East Palace, eight out of nine of those courtyards were empty, but after that, many people came to the East Palace one after another and now, those courtyards are already occupied. If Ping An's "the walls have ears" refers to those neighbors, Wen Chi would not have asked these words.
Obviously, Ping An was guarding against Ruo Tao, who was only separated from them by a wall.
But what's wrong with Ruo Tao?
Wen Chi thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason.
Ruo Tao has a baby face and big eyes. Even without rouge, her cheeks always remain flushed.
He has to admit that Ruo Tao is very beautiful. If placed in modern times, maybe she can be an internet celebrity anchor or a nerd goddess or something…… cough cough, thinking too far.
Wen Chi hurriedly withdrew his thoughts that had already shifted to the Pacific Ocean and when he looked up, he saw that Ping An was still frowning and conflicted. He said sternly, "It's okay if you can't say it. I won't force you."
Ping An was a little moved. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Young Master Wen, this servant dared to say, you are not alone. Behind you stands Lord Wen and the entire Wen family and now that you are favored by His Royal Highness, it is inevitable that some people's eyes will turn blue with envy. Not to mention the hearts of the people. No matter who it is, it is better to be cautious. "
Wen Chi understood.
No wonder there are only four of them in the bamboo flute residence, but Ruo Tao and Ruo Fang play together and Ping An was a lone wolf, so it turned out that this factor was involved.
"I see." Regardless of whether what Ping An said was true or not, Wen Chi said gratefully, "Thank you, Ping An."
Ping An walked out and then turned back, kneeled on the ground and said: "The servant dares to say one more sentence. There is a saying that accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. His Royal Highness is the crown prince of this country and Young Master Wen serves His Royal Highness every day. It is best to be cautious in words and deeds and be careful. Over the years, there have been many people who entered the East Palace vertically but left the East Palace horizontally. "
After speaking, Ping An withdrew quietly.
Wen Chi lay back on the bed, staring at the layered curtains while pondering the words of Ping An. After pondering for a long time, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 11.2
Ping An's words worked. The next day, Wen Chi kept peeking at Ruo Tao intentionally or unintentionally.
However, he still didn't see any clues. He only felt that Ruo Tao looked more and more beautiful. He also felt that it was a pity that with her beautiful baby face she can't work as a modern internet celebrity
In this regard, Wen Chi felt deeply helpless.
He really can't control his obsession with good looking faces….
With Ruo Tao's face as a snubber, when Wen Chi looked at the other half of the crown prince's face covered with burn marks, the degree of shock was greatly reduced.
In any case, thanks to Ruo Tao for her sacrifice… oh no, it's just her face.
He didn't know what the crown prince was thinking. After driving Wen Chi out that day, he actually called Wen Chi back to the study the next day as if nothing happened.
Wen Chi thought that the crown prince, whom Ping An regarded as the sun, was too busy to touch the ground every day. After a period of time, he ran to the crown prince's study almost every day and then he found that this "sun" seemed to be quite busy.
Anyway, every time Wen Chi passed by, he never saw the crown prince do any serious business. Either he listened to Eunuch Zhu's memorial in a drowsy manner, or closed his eyes and listened to the official's talking. What's even more hyperbolic is that once, the crown prince actually leaned on the couch and fell asleep and poor Wen Chi had to watch helplessly from the side.
Wen Chi can only console himself with "at least he can sit, those eunuchs can only stand".
But he was still angry and glared at Shi Ye angrily.
This dog prince, with so many eyes staring at him, ended up sleeping soundly…… really shameless.
Just after he finished thinking about it, Shi Ye suddenly opened his eyes.
Wen Chi didn't have time to withdraw his gaze and he unexpectedly caught Shi Ye's cold gaze.
The four eyes met.
Wen Chi: "…"
It's over, it's over, it's over…
Shi Ye raised the corners of his mouth, showing a smile that wasn't a smile: "Scolding Ben Gong in my heart?"
Wen Chi wanted to shake his head, but seeing the smile swirling out of the other half of Shi Ye's intact face, the words in his heart blurted out: "Yeah."
After speaking, he suddenly reacted and covered his mouth in horror.
The next second, Eunuch Zhu's shrill voice exploded behind him: "Bold!"
Shi Ye glanced at Eunuch Zhu lightly.
Eunuch Zhu suddenly fell silent again like a rooster being strangled by his neck.
Shi Ye propped up his head leisurely, without any intention of being angry but raised his chin at Wen Chi: "Tell me, how did you scold Bengong?"
How else can you scold? Of course it's cursing your parents.
Wen Ji knew that this was a life-saving question and two tears flowed down her heart.
Shi Ye said again: "As long as you speak well, this palace will spare your life."
Wen Chi blushed, knelt down with a plop and said with sincerity, "Just now, I dared to look at the sleeping face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I don't know why, there is a trace of jealousy in my heart. His Royal Highness is a dragon and a phoenix among people, just like the sun in the sky, so dazzling. It is an existence that I can't reach. I am afraid that even if I live for hundreds of years it will be hard to touch a hair of His Royal Highness… Heavens, I'm living under the sunshine brought by His Royal Highness and I had such thoughts, I'm ashamed to face His Royal Highness and hope your highness will punish me!"
After saying that, Wen Chi kneeled down on the soft carpet and did not dare to raise his head for a long time.
Shi Ye was silent for a long time and then suddenly chuckled.
"Bengong forgives you."
Wen Chi breathed a sigh of relief. While being thankful that he copied the rainbow farts of Ping An, he said while kowtowing: "Thank you, Your Highness, for forgiving me."
Who knew that his voice had just fallen, but Shi Ye's words changed: " As the saying goes, to untie the bell, you need to tie the bell1解铃还须系铃人 [jiě líng hái xū jì líng rén] In order to untie the bell, the person who tied it is required; It is better for the doer to undo what he has done; Let him who tied the bell on the tiger take it off; Let the mischief-maker undo the mischief. Your jealousy is because of bengong and this bengong can't get away with it. So let's leave it at that, tonight you stay and watch bengong sleep."
Wen Chi's expression stiffened: "……"
The next moment, Shi Ye reached out and squeezed his chin, forcing him to raise his head.
Shi Ye's fingertips were cold, but the place where they touched his skin was so hot that it seemed to burn.
After the wedding night, this was the second time that Wen Chi had come face to face with Shi Ye at such a close distance. He could feel the heat from Shi Ye's breathing and he could see his own eyes reflected in Shi Ye's clear black eyes. Then, Shi Ye bared his teeth and smiled. He said: "Do you think this is called fighting poison with poison?"
Wen Chi: "……"
After a while, Wen Chi squeezed out a smile: "His Royal Highness is wise and I can't hope for anything else."
So that night, Wen Chi became the first person ever in the East Palace to spend the night in the crown prince's bedchamber – or spend the night with his eyes open looking at the crown prince's face.
T/N – Wen Chi address himself as 小人(Xiao Ren) or this villain, when talking with Shi Ye. But I'll be translating it as "I" cuz Villain sounds weird.
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Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 12.1
The next day.
Wen Chi opened his eyes and found himself lying on the Crown Prince's bed. Although he was only curled up on one side, he was so frightened that he rolled off the bed.
The young eunuchs outside heard the commotion and hurried in.
Seeing Wen Chi fall on the carpet the little eunuch sighed, "Young Master Wen, are you okay? Why did you fall?"
Wen Chi was dizzy and was helped up by the eunuch. He asked: "Where is the Crown Prince?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince got up at chenshi1辰时 [chén shí] the period of the day from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m, perhaps to meet the emperor. This servant is not very clear ……"
The little eunuch's position is not high. So he can't serve the Crown Prince personally and he only sees the crown Prince a few times in a day. But since this young master Wen can stay in the crown prince's bedroom he is naturally someone he can't afford to offend and he must serve carefully, "Young Master Wen, take a rest first. This servant will bring you a basin of water to wash your face and prepare your breakfast."
Wen Chi couldn't remember when he fell asleep last night. He frowned and thought for a while before he remembered that he was standing in front of the crown prince's bed and kept yawning… It seemed that the crown prince hadn't fallen asleep at that time and even allowed him to sit on the bed for a while, so he really sat down.
Then he fell asleep.
Thinking of this, Wen Chi held his forehead in agony.
"Young Master Wen." The little eunuch was frightened by his reaction, "Are you alright?"
Wen Chi shook his head. Since things had come to this point, he could not stay any longer. After informing the little eunuch, he picked up the coat and belt he had taken off at some point and left in a hurry.
Back at Bamboo Flute Residence, Wen Chi still had lingering fears.
Ruo Fang, Ruo Tao and Ping An had been in the courtyard the whole night and when they saw Wen Chi coming back, they all showed their surprised expressions and welcomed him one after another.
Ping An stood behind with a happy face, while the two little girls Ruo Fang and Ruo Tao were chirping around the Wenchi
"This is great, young master Wen. It's good that you're okay." Ruo Fang looked Wen Ji up and down, and seeing that Wen Chi was fine, she was relieved. Then she said with a smile, "Last night, Eunuch Zhu sent someone to say that you spent the night at His Highness's place, but us servants were terrified."
Hearing this, Ruo Tao gave Ruo Fang an angry look: "I told you that you think too much, in fact, His Highness is not as scary as you think."
Ruo Fang stuck out her tongue: "It's not that the rumors are too scary."
"You. "
Ruo Tao shook her head helplessly and said, "We should be happy for Young Master Wen. Young master Wen is the first person in the East Palace to serve His Royal Highness in bed. If the first son is conceived in time, when His Royal Highness successfully ascends to the throne then Young Master Wen will be the father by virtue of the son and will be directly elevated as an imperial concubine."
"Cough cough cough!"
Before Ruo Tao's words fell, Wen Chi was frightened by the bewildering amount of information in her words and coughed violently.
"Young Master Wen!" Ping An hurriedly squeezed in, gently stroked Wen Chi's back, and glanced at Ruo Tao, "Stop Talking."
Ruo Tao wanted to say something, but shut her mouth and watched with Ruo Fang as Ping An helped Wen Chi into the house.
Ruo Fang scratched her head: "Speaking of which, Ruo Tao. Do you think Ping An is a little strange? He doesn't seem to like getting along with the two of us."
"Really?" Ruo Tao took a deep look at the room before withdrawing her gaze and smilingly took Ruo Fang's hand, "Then we can play by ourselves, not with him."
Ruo Fang said: "Yes, let's not play with him."
Wen Chi was exhausted by Shi Ye both physically and mentally and after hurriedly washing his face and feet, he spent the whole day in bed.
However, he did not know that the news of his overnight stay at the crown prince's place had spread like wildfire, and in just one day's time, it spread through the entire East Palace as if it has wings – of course, the words that were being said about him behind his back were not good.
It was not until two days later, when someone suddenly came to visit, that Wen Chi learned of this from Ping An.
Originally, Ping An didn't intend to mention these bad things to Wen Chi. But Ping An did not expect those people in the East Palace to come to the bamboo flute residence so soon.
"The legitimate daughter of the Hanlin2翰林 [hàn lín] member of the Imperial Academy scholar, Lord Zhang is outside. Her surname is Zhang and her name is Caihua. She entered the east palace a few days ago." Ping An said, "I heard that Lord Zhang is upright and honest, and is very popular among the people and his daughter is also gentle and generous. How about meeting her, Young master Wen?"
Wen Chi had ten thousand reluctances in his heart, although he likes socializing very much, he doesn't like this kind of intrigue and life-threatening social interactions. He can't afford to provoke them nor hide from them. He asked Ping An, "Can I not see her?"
"Whatever Mr. Wen says is what you want, I will ask Ruo Tao to send them away." After Ping An finished, he asked, "Young Master Wen really doesn't want to meet her?"
Wen Chi asked him back, "Must I have to see her?"
"That's not what this servant meant." Ping An immediately knelt down on the ground in fear and explained carefully, "Young Master Wen, the palace is not like the outside, many things are beyond your control. Even if we don't commit crimes, we can't guarantee that others won't commit crimes against us. So we might as well make a few close friends earlier and if something happens, we can look out for each other."
Wen Chi immediately understood.
To put it bluntly, Ping An is persuading him to hurry up to pull a partner for the palace fight and the legitimate daughter of the hanlin scholar probably came with this kind of thought too.
Therefore, Wen Chi didn't want to see her anymore. He closed his eyes and waved his hand and said: "Leave."
Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Ping An didn't say anything more and quietly went out.
Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 12.2
However, since the day that the legitimate daughter of the Hanlin scholar took the lead, others followed suit and tried every means to visit but Wen Chi avoided all of them. As a result, those people tried their best to send gifts such as fruit cakes and tea to Bamboo Flute Curie and Wen Chi had to ask Ruo Fang and Ruo Tao to return those things.
What's even more exaggerated is that there are several daring people trying to stop Wen Chi on his way to the Crown Prince's study – one of them is a familiar face.
When Wen Chi saw Yue Gui's face, he thought he was seeing things.
Yue Gui also seemed to feel awkward, standing behind the group of people with a sullen face without saying a word and the people in front invited Wen Chi to go boating on the lake with extraordinary enthusiasm.
Wen Chi didn't want to go, but fortunately he didn't need to refuse, Eunuch Zhu's face changed and he said in a shrill voice, "What do these young masters mean? Can't you see that Young Master Wen is going to accompany His Highness the Crown Prince? Or is it that these young masters want to rob someone from His Royal Highness?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the others, including Yue Gui's, turned pale.
The next moment, Eunuch Zhu suddenly raised his voice and said: "Who gave you the courage? Dare to climb on the head of His Royal Highness. If you don't take His Highness's affairs into consideration today, will you not take His Highness's affairs into consideration tomorrow?"
Eunuch Zhu said these words extremely seriously and those people fell to their knees in fright.
The first few people in the front even gave Yue Gui a hateful look—they just listened to Yue Gui's instigation that the surnamed Wen would pass by this road every day, but they forgot that there was still His Highness the Crown Prince backing up the surnamed Wen, damn Yue Gui, just because they were stupid, they even dragged them into the water.
So the leader kowtowed to Eunuch Zhu and cried out, "I hope His Royal Highness will forgive my sins. The little ones just listened to what Young Master Yue said, and Young Master Yue said that he had seen Young Master Wen before, so he saw him as a friend. The little people were moved by Young Master Yue's persistence, so we dared to accompany Young Master Yue…"
"You are simply talking nonsense!" Yue Gui did not expect those few people would put the hat on his head. Pointing at them, he said furiously, "It is obvious that you see Wen Liang is gaining power and want to climb his branch, do not think that by throwing sewage on me, no one will know what you are thinking. Your little unseemly thoughts are almost written on your face!"
The man was anxious: "You are the one who is talking nonsense, we are here with you, Young Master Yue, how can you turn your face and deny it?
The two people went back and forth and actually argued in front of Eunuch Zhu.
It was not until Eunuch Zhu coughed heavily with a sharp voice that those two people realized the presence of Eunuch Zhu and suddenly lost their voices.
"Since you want to quarrel, then we will make it possible for you." Eunuch Zhu shouted expressionlessly, "Little Shuanzi."
A little eunuch hurriedly came and knelt down: "Yes."
"Take them down first."
"Yes."
As the little eunuchs walked away, the begging voices of the dragged Yue Gui and the others also faded away.
Wen Chi glanced over there quietly, and in his heart he had to admire how those ancient TV dramas really learned the essence of this – obviously they could let Yue Gui and the others go by themselves, but the little eunuchs dragged them like sacks. Because of the little eunuch's effort, Yue Gui's and the other's skin also suffered.
After watching such a play, Wen Chi followed Eunuch Zhu to the crown prince's study again, he was already half an hour late.
The crown prince is still the prince who farts at leisure1Free to fart/ fart/ free fart – it's a chinese slang term for people who live a very leisurely life, or has nothing to do, leaning back on the couch with his eyes closed, two small eunuchs standing left and right on either side, carefully squeezing his shoulders.
Wen Chi saw that the two little eunuchs were so scared that they were about to suffocate. He saw himself in the same situation in the near future and there were two lines of clear tears in his heart again.
After collecting his thoughts, he gingerly came to sit down in front of his fixed position.
Eunuch Zhu went to the crown prince and told him everything that happened on the road just now.
Obviously, the crown prince was not asleep and he listened to Eunuch Zhu's words. He slowly opened his eyes, as if he had been paying attention to Wen Chi's movements and his gaze fell on Wen Chi accurately without having to search.
"Tell me." Perhaps because he hasn't talked in a long time, Shi Ye's voice was a little low and hoarse, but still pleasant to hear, "How should Bengong deal with them?"
Wen Chi: "…"
Why does the dog prince always like to force him to make a statement?
Wen Chi thought this was to give a proposition, but on second thought, he made so many mistakes in front of the crown prince, except for that time when the two eunuchs dragged him out, he didn't seem to have received any substantive punishment.
After thinking about it, he really couldn't figure out what the crown prince was thinking and he really didn't think he would be the most special existence in the crown prince's heart.
In desperation, he chose neither light nor heavy punishment: "I think… flogging them with a rod is enough."
Although he was very afraid of Yue Gui, it was not as far as to take Yue Gui's life..
"Then according to what you say." When he said that Shi Ye is very much like the tyrant who dotes on his wife in the novel, "Zhu Xian."
Eunuch Zhu bowed and said: "The servant is here."
"Those people, all of them are to be caned to death."
"Yes."
Wen Chi: "……………"
Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 13.1
Wen Chi suspected that Shi Ye had long been unhappy with Yue Gui and the others, and he was just using this pretext to do what he wanted to do for a long time. But thinking about it the other way around – Shi Ye, the future tyrant, always did whatever he wanted, and even the emperor couldn't control him. If he wants to kill someone, he will kill him. When does he have to design a reason to kill someone?
But that's not the point.
The point is that if Yue Gui and the others are really killed for this, he was afraid that many people in the East Palace will blame him for the death of Yue Gui and others. After all, many people think that Yue Shan's death has something to do with him.
Wen Chi is not a person of this era. He used to live in a society ruled by law in the 21st century. He knew that murder is illegal since he was a child. Although he does not know whether he will adapt to the laws of this era in the future, he doesn't want to carry a few lives on his back so soon.
He saw Eunuch Zhu slowly walking out.
Wen Chi gritted his teeth, with his heart beating turbulently, he got up and knelt down on the ground: "Your Highness, I am grateful for your help but I have met Young Master Yue once. If Young Master Yue lost his life because of me, I would be sorry in my heart, so I dare to intercede for Young Master Yue and I beg Your Highness to spare their lives."
As soon as these words came out, Eunuch Zhu immediately stopped, as if waiting for the Crown prince's answer.
Wen Chi warily maintained his kneeling position, his head pressed against the soft blanket, he could not see Shi Ye's expression at this moment, but could extraordinarily clearly feel Shi Ye's gaze roaming over his back.
So slowly ……
As if the hunter was surveying the prey trapped in the fence from high above.
Wen Ji was startled by his own thoughts and burst out in a cold sweat.
Just when he thought that Shi Ye would reject him, he heard Shi Ye say: "Oh, You want to intercede for them?"
Wen Chi didn't dare and said cautiously: "I just don't want them to lose their lives because of me."
"You are kind-hearted." Shi Ye chuckled and there was no hint of laughter in it, "Why don't you do it like this, Bengong will give them a chance and you will take out an item to exchange with Ben Gong, if Bengong likes it, I will spare their few lives."
Wen Chi: "…"
He wailed in his heart. The original owner is just a concubine son of the Minister of Rites, what kind of rare things can he have? Even if there is, it is not necessarily to the satisfaction of Shi Ye.
Shi Ye is a noble prince!
Every year, all regions pay tribute to the imperial court with so many rare and precious treasures, which one is not chosen by Shi Ye? Shi Ye's words completely blocked his retreat.
Shi Ye asked, "Why? Can't afford to?"
Wen Chi was silent, thinking that he couldn't save Yue Gui and the others.
Who knew, the next moment, Shi Ye's words changed: "Zhu Xian, take him down."
Wen Chi was dumbfounded on the spot.
As Eunuch Zhu's footsteps approached, Shi Ye sneered and said, "Bengong kindly gave you a chance but you don't appreciate it. Since you can't let them go, bengong will do as you wish and let you accompany them on the road to yellow spring1the way to the nether world."
Damn!
What's wrong with this stupid crown prince? How can you think of one thing after another?
Eunuch Zhu moved quickly and while winking at the eunuch next to him, he grabbed Wen Chi's arm.
At this moment, a strong desire to survive suddenly erupted in Wen Chi's heart. He threw off Eunuch Zhu's hand, knelt down again and said with a trembling voice, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, I thought of something. I have something that I have, maybe I can bring it to Your Highness."
"Oh?" Shi Ye was interested and didn't ask what it was, just said, "Go get it."
Wen Chi breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to delay. He hurried out with Eunuch Zhu.
After leaving the study, he touched his forehead, only to feel a handful of cold sweat.
It takes a lot of effort to go from the Crown Prince's study to the bamboo flute residence.
About half an hour later, Wen Chi returned to the study with a food box.
He bent slightly and carefully placed the food box on the desk in front of the crown prince. He opened the lid and brought out a palm-sized cake on a delicate plate.
This is the new cake that Ruo Fang and Ruo Tao made today. They didn't have time to put the fruit, they just smeared a few layers of very heavy cream. At first glance it looks like a strange white mass – really does not look like food, and not very beautiful.
Wen Chi carefully placed the cake and the silver spoon and then silently took two steps back.
He and Eunuch Zhu stood side by side. From the corner of his eye, he could see Eunuch Zhu's white fat face turned white to red and from red to green after seeing the white mass. It was very exciting to see.
Eunuch Zhu calmly suppressed the surprise in his heart. Just now, he didn't go into the inner room with Wen Chi and he didn't know that Wen Chi had put such a strange thing into the food box. He glanced at Wen Chi quietly, which was like looking at a dead man.
Shi Ye still had that sullen expression, he couldn't tell what he was thinking. He propped his chin up, looked at the white thing curiously for a while, then raised his eyes and glanced at Wen Chi: "What is this?"
Wen Chi replied: "In reply to His Highness, this is a cake."
Shi Ye: "Cake?"
Wen Chi explained: "It's a kind of food, just like pastries, it's something to pass the time. These days, I have nothing to do, so I worked with the palace maids and eunuchs of the Bamboo Flute Residence to come up with this. I didn't expect that we really figured out a cake but this is not as good as what Your Highness eats on a regular basis, so I'll make a fool of myself in front of Your Highness."
After speaking, Wen Chi lowered his eyes and continued to stare at his toes.
Translator – Xiao He Lian
Chapter 13.2
If the crown prince did not speak, the others in the study did not dare to speak out without permission.
Hearing Wen Chi's words, Eunuch Zhu couldn't help but let out a sigh in his heart. This Young Master Wen is honest, does not fight or grab and it makes you to look up to him but unfortunately he is an elm head1stupid – who is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? His Royal Highness the Prince is the future emperor and the crown prince. If he has never tasted the delicacies of the mountains and seas[mfn]throughout the country/mfn, how could he be attracted to those strange things?
Might as well let the maids make some delicious pastries, maybe His Royal Highness will be happy and will spare his life.
What a pity.
After Eunuch Zhu thought about it, he naturally planned to ask the little eunuch to remove the plate of cake and the food box together. But before he could say anything, he saw His Highness reach out to pick up the small spoon and scoop a bite of the cake into his mouth.
For a time, Eunuch Zhu was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.
He hurriedly rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen wrong.
But the truth was that he was not mistaken, His Highness the Crown Prince had really eaten the cake.
"Your Royal Highness!" Eunuch Zhu cried out in fear, helplessly holding the horsetail whisk, "Absolutely not, this cake has not yet been checked by the servant, it cannot be eaten yet!"
Shi Ye glanced at Eunuch Zhu, his gaze was cold: "When does bengong need to go through your consent to eat?"
Hearing this, Eunuch Zhu turned pale, bit his lip and swallowed the rest of the words in his stomach.
Shi Ye didn't pay any attention to Eunuch Zhu, but put the cake into his mouth spoonful after spoonful.
Wen Chi only dared to look at Shi Ye quietly from the corner of his eye. This was the second time he saw Shi Ye eat. He found that Shi Ye's face when he was eating still looked so good.
Although Shi Ye ate quickly, his gestures exuded a sense of calmness. Even if he had burn marks on half of his face, this scene was pleasing to the eye.
Soon, Shi Ye ate the whole cake.
Wen Chi buried his head deeper, subconsciously holding his breath.
Shi Ye took the golden handkerchief handed by Eunuch Zhu, wiped his mouth slowly and said, "No wonder the milk in the East Palace has been sent to your Bamboo Flute Residence like running water recently and I bet you took it to do this."
Wen Chi's face reddened.
Since he spent the night here at Shi Ye, everyone in the East Palace thought that he was favored by Shi Ye and even the palace maids and eunuchs treated the Bamboo Flute Residence with enthusiasm, so whenever he said he wanted something, they rushed to send it to him.
For this reason, he asked the palace maids and eunuchs for milk and fruits.
He thought Shi Ye didn't ask about these trivial things, but he didn't expect that he knew everything.
Wen Chi endured the heat on his face, lowered his head and said, "I was confused, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Shi Ye said, "Zhu Xian."
Eunuch Zhu hurriedly stepped forward: "Yes."
Shi Ye said very lightly . : "Those people, don't kill them, just hit them with a rod."
Eunuch Zhu: "Yes." After saying that, he retreated.
Shi Ye's gaze fell on Wen Chi again.
Wen Chi instantly became tense and straightened up involuntarily.
"Look at Bengong." Shi Ye's tone was so light that he couldn't tell what he meant.
Wen Chi clenched his sweaty hands and slowly raised his head to look at Shi Ye.
He has to say, Shi Ye's face really looks like fire and ice. The right side is covered with horrible burn marks, looks extremely frightening, the intact left half of the face with phoenix eyes and thin lips, high bridge nose, delicate and somewhat unrealistic features give rise to a sense of indifference that rejects people from a thousand miles away.
Even with the burn marks on Shi Ye's face, his condescending aura made Wen Chi startled and quickly looked away.
He remembered that Ping An said that Shi Ye was like the sun. He didn't think about it before but when he saw it just now, it really looked like the sun and the light was so strong and dazzling.
"How do you know that bengong likes sweet?"
After Wen Chi listened to Shi Ye's words, the tense string in his mind completely relaxed.
It seems he made the right bet.
In the novel, it was written that Shi Ye was fond of sweets as a child, but it changed when he grew up and no longer showed his love for sweets.
Wen Chi naturally did not dare to say these words, he considered for a moment, then respectfully said: "I hope His Royal Highness will forgive me. I didn't know that His Royal Highness likes sweets, I am ashamed to say that I couldn't find anything worthy of His Royal Highness in my hands. Therefore, I can only take out the cake I made which was made with sincerity. I just hoped that His Royal Highness could taste it."
"Bengong have tasted it….."
Wen Chi's face was happy and he heard Shi Ye say, "It takes a lot of icing to make this cake, doesn't it?"
Wen Chi: "…"
It turned out that Shi Ye could only taste the icing.
"Tell me, what do you want?" Shi Ye said, "Bengong will reward you."
Wen Chi's face was filled with joy again, and he hurriedly knelt down but his words turned around in a circle and instinctively replaced it with a rainbow fart: "I don't want anything else, I just wish the crown prince a healthy life and can get whatever he wants."
Shi Ye smiled: "Since you have nothing to ask for, then that's all."
Wen Chi was waiting for Shi Ye to ask him a follow-up question, but he didn't know that this stupid bastard was not polite at all, so he hurriedly said: "I do have a wish. I have been in the palace for some time. Sometimes when I think about my father at home, I miss him, I want to go back and visit him."
Shi Ye said: "Just now didn't you say that there was nothing to ask for? How come you have something to ask for so soon?"
Wen Chi: "…"
If Shi Ye is placed in modern times, he must be an internet troll2Gangjing is a buzzword on the Internet, referring to people who often get pleasure by raising the bar, people who always sing the opposite tone, and people who deliberately hold opposite opinions when arguing, give him a leverage and he will level up the whole earth.
Fortunately, Shi Ye seemed to be just teasing Wen Chi and before Wen Chi could speak, he waved his hand: "Bengong allows it, go back and prepare."