Chapter 316: Concubines Who Don’t Want to Be Pampered Are Not Good Concubines
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“What about the children?”
“You are their father after all.”
“You want to leave them alone in the capital?”
How could he say she was leaving them “alone?”
“Aren’t you here too?”
“How am I supposed to take care of them when 1 have to go out of the manor every day? Aren’t they your children too?” Xiao Jin’s face was downright frosty. He seemed to be angry.
“Then I’ll bring them back to Sky Alpha City.”
“Then what about me?” Xiao Jin seemed even angrier.
Su Ying didn’t understand. She was already taking care of his children for him, so what else did he have to worry about?
“You? What about you?”
Xiao Jin’s two eyes gradually turned bloodshot. “You just said that you wanted to fight side by side with me. Now, you simply turn around and abandon me while you go off on your own?”
Xiao Jin looked very heartbroken. Su Ying found herself unable to harden her heart whenever he looked so hurt. Perhaps she was also a little bewitched by this man’s appearance.
Looking at him right now… Why did he look like an injured puppy?
“It’s just one Xiao Jue. I have faith in your ability.”
Xiao Jin suddenly released his two hands and turned around with an extremely desolate look in his eyes. Even his back profile seemed to exude forlornness. “Su Ying, perhaps you’ve never thought about getting to know me. If you really want to go back, then go back. Take good care of the children.”
With that, he opened the door and walked out without looking back.
Aunt Zhao, who was waiting outside the door, was shocked and the bowl in her hand was almost knocked over. “Your… Your Highness, are you going to rest in the Her Highness’s room tonight?”
Xiao Jin’s voice was icy and stern. “No.”
Aunt Zhao looked at Xiao Jin’s departing back profile and sighed softly. She didn’t know what Her Highness said to His Highness to make him so angry.
“Your Highness, what’s wrong with His Highness?” Aunt Zhao walked into the room and saw Su Ying sitting on a chair, her brows tightly furrowed.
Su Ying’s eyes were filled with confusion. In truth, she didn’t know what was wrong with him either, but he looked quite hurt.
Aunt Zhao looked at her confused expression and sighed heavily. “Your Highness, why can’t you understand His Highness’s feelings?”
In the past, Aunt Zhao would have thought that Su Ying might still be thinking about Xiao Jue, but after getting to know her, she realized that Xiao Jue was no longer in Su Ying’s thoughts.
Aunt Zhao just couldn’t understand. Although Su Ying was so capable that she could kill an ox with one punch, she truly didn’t know anything about romantic love between men and women. Aunt Zhao often felt sorry for Xiao Jin.
Thus, she decided to have a good talk with Su Ying today.
“What did Your Highness say to His Highness just now? His Highness looked very sad.”
“Nothing much. I just told him that I’ll go back to Sky Alpha City after I’m more or less done with my matters.”
Aunt Zhao was shocked when she heard that. “Your Highness, you’re going back already?”
Su Ying nodded. “I’m going back.”
“No wonder His Highness is sad. The two of you are husband and wife. How can Your Highness leave just like that? His Highness has you in his heart, but you have mercilessly blocked him from your heart time and again. Indeed, the party that cares too much gets hurt more than the party that does not care. Sigh!”
Su Ying’s brows were tightly knitted together. “I didn’t mean to hurt him.”
“Your Highness, then do you have the heart to leave His Highness all alone in this man-eating place to deal with those wolves, tigers, and leopards? What if His Highness gets injured? What if His Highness was plotted against? Won’t you feel heartache?”
Aunt Zhao continued with more questions, “Will Your Highness feel heartache for His Highness?”
Su Ying’s brows furrowed even more. “I will feel heartache.”
“Isn’t that right? Your Highness, you also have His Highness in your heart.” Otherwise, why would she carry the burden herself and not tell Xiao Jin immediately whenever those incidents happened? Wasn’t it because she did not want to cause him trouble?
Aunt Zhao felt that for a relationship between two parties to work, it could not be a one-way pursuit. There had to be mutual striving by both parties. In this case, one party’s feelings were too suppressed and veiled while the other party didn’t understand anything.
Aunt Zhao felt that she needed to enlighten Su Ying.
“That’s all I have to say. Your Highness, think through it carefully.”
Aunt Zhao shook her head, put down the tray, and walked out.
Su Ying looked at the rice stew on the table. After thinking for a while, she decided to eat her fill first before thinking about her next step.
After Su Ying ate and drank her fill, she enjoyed a comfortable bath. Based on her usual routine, she should be lying on the bed and sleeping comfortably now. However, today, for some reason, she felt a little irritated when she recalled what Aunt Zhao had said to her and remembered Xiao Jin’s forlorn back profile.
The two little fellows were already sleeping soundly beside her, but she just couldn’t fall asleep.
Su Ying sat up and began to circulate her energy.
After her energy circulated around her body a few times, Su Ying’s body gradually began to heat up and she began to feel sleepy. After exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, she fell asleep.
Just as the sky became bright, Lin Zhuyu got up to prepare to serve Su Ying. She walked out of the courtyard on time and was heading to the kitchen to bring breakfast out.
Lin Zhuyu had just left the courtyard when a maidservant walked over.
Lin Zhuyu took a closer look. Wasn’t this Tao Hong, the maidservant girl who stopped her last time?
“Greetings, Concubine Lin.”
Lin Zhuyu pursed her lips. What Concubine? Who was she calling Concubine?
“You may rise.”
Tao Hong got up and smiled like a blooming flower. “Concubine Lin, are you going to get breakfast for Her Highness and the others again? It just so happens that I have finished all of today’s chores, so I can go get the food container for you.”
Lin Zhuyu glanced at her, blinked a few times, and consented.
“Concubine Lin, do you want to bring breakfast to His Highness?”
Xiao Jin would usually eat with Su Ying and the rest, and the food Lin Zhuyu took included Xiao Jin’s portion.
“There’s no need to specially send food to him. His Highness will go to Her Highness’s place at mealtime.”
However, Tao Hong said, “But I passed by the big kitchen this morning and heard that His Highness would be having breakfast in the front courtyard this morning.”
Lin Zhuyu stopped in her tracks. “Really?”
Tao Hong smiled and nodded. “How would I dare to lie to Concubine Lin about this? Concubine Lin is only the second person who knows His Highness very well. Now that His Highness is alone in the study, Concubine Lin can bring His Highness’s breakfast to him. Only then will His Highness know that Concubine Lin is thinking of him.”
Lin Zhuyu frowned. “Bring breakfast to His Highness?”
“That’s right. I will help you send the breakfast to Her Highness in your stead, Concubine Lin.”
As Tao Hong spoke, she shoved a small paper bag into Lin Zhuyu’s hands.
Lin Zhuyu looked at her in surprise, but Tao Hong smiled wickedly and said, “This is good stuff. As long as you put a little in His Highness’s food, His Highness will definitely not let Concubine Lin leave the study.”
Lin Zhuyu was also one who had spent some time in the concubines’ quarters. How could she not know what the maidservant meant after hearing this?
She grabbed the paper bag and gave Tao Hong an approving look. “You’re really a clever little girl.”
When Tao Hong saw Lin Zhuyu taking it, she was overjoyed. She knew it. Concubines who did not want to be pampered were not good concubines!
“I will wait for Concubine Lin’s good news.”
“Don’t worry. You’ll get the benefits you deserve when the time comes.”
However, Lin Zhuyu didn’t let Tao Hong touch Su Ying’s food container. Instead, she allowed Tao Hong to take Xiao Jin’s food container and put the contents of the paper bag inside. After she delivered the food container to Su Ying’s room, she left the courtyard and took the food container from Tao Hong’s hands before proceeding to the front courtyard..