Chapter 38 Sleeplessness
The maidservant on the side widened her eyes, "Princess, this is against the rules!"
Chai Jing said: "Get out!"
The maid helplessly left the bedroom.
"Okay, I'll accompany Princess to sleep. Can Princess sleep peacefully?" Helpless, Luo Jin pulled the quilt, "Okay, don't be afraid. I'm here!"
Only then, Chai Jing revealed a smile again, "Okay!"
These nights, with Luo Jin accompanying her, Chai Jing didn't have nightmares again.
The maidservants were used to it. No matter how against the rules, what could be done since the Princess was happy?
They couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Luo Jin was originally a palace maid like them, but she was suddenly promoted to a third-rank official and was appreciated by the Princess. Comparison truly made people miserable.
The most irking part was that Luo Jin obviously had no outstanding qualities. She wasn't skilled at literature or martial arts. She couldn't even comb her hair properly. How could she be better than them?
It was dark. Luo Jin ran into the Princess's bedroom again and brought a plate of cakes.
"You can't eat pastries after dark, or you'll get fat." Chai Jing said, "Look at Qin Huaying, she never eats them. Though she’s about to give birth, she's still so thin..."
"Are you jealous?" Luo Jin smiled and stuffed a piece of pastry into her mouth, "But she can't enjoy delicious food. Maybe she's jealous of us!"
Chai Jing sighed, "I'm quite jealous of her, she's self-disciplined, I can't be like her. Father said he'll send her to Xiyuan after she's done with her postnatal confinement. She got to be an empress as she wished."
Luo Jin smiled, "If you get to switch with her, would you?"
Chai Jing pondered for a moment, "No. I can't stand not eating anything delicious. Besides, I don't want to be an empress. Can it be better than being a female king?"
"That's good. Then what’s there to be jealous of?"
"That's true."
A gust of wind blew by. Luo Jin instantly noticed something strange.
Chai Jing took a step forward, blocked Luo Jin, and shouted, "Who is it?"
A tall figure suddenly appeared in the palace, looked at Chai Jing with a gleaming look, and said coldly, "Get out of the way! I'm looking for her!"
Luo Jin trembled, "Shui... Shui Yingchen? How... how did you find this place? How dare you break into the palace at night?"
It was Shui Yingchen, who was ostentatiously wearing a white brocade robe. It reflected the moonlight and his whole aura seemed extremely cold.
Chai Jing was stunned for a moment, "Shui Yingchen? What do you want from Ah Jin?"
Luo Jin whispered, "I promised before... to coax him to sleep..."
"He is already this big and still needs someone to coax him to sleep?" Chai Jing looked at Shui Yingchen with fire burning in her eyes, "Don't be fooled. He must have other intentions... Hey, can't you find a beauty in Jiyuan Country? Why come to our Dongyuan to snatch someone?"
"Beauty?" Shui Yingchen repeated with a monotonous smile, finding it quite puzzling.
Chai Jing took a step back, "You...if you don't leave, I will yell! You...you, an emperor, running to another country's palace to snatch people in the middle of the night. Do you have any shame!"
Shui Yingchen said impatiently: "Get out of the way, or I will kill you!"
After saying this, Luo Jin suddenly shouted coldly, "You dare!"
Shui Yingchen snorted coldly, "What? Still want to fight? This place is inconvenient and you don't want to turn this place into ruins, right?"
He glanced at Luo Jin, turned around, and flew out of the window.
Luo Jin followed him out. When she reached the door, she looked back at Chai Jing and whispered: "Don't be afraid, Elder Sister, I will protect you."
Then the figure flashed and disappeared at the window.
Chai Jing stared blankly at the direction where Luo Jin disappeared, feeling uneasy in her heart.
She walked out of the bedroom and saw the palace maids and eunuchs lying on the ground. She squatted down and checked their breathing. Fortunately, they were knocked unconscious, not dead.
…
There was a forest not far from the palace. Luo Jin chased after and saw Shui Yingchen waiting for her by the lake in the forest.
"You dare to come," Luo Jin warmed up her fingers. There was a bit of madness in her smile, "I'll kill you!"
As she said that, she had already swung a move.
Shui Yingchen stepped back to avoid it and stated in a calm voice, "It's not bad to have someone to fight with me."
He calmly received the move, but wasn't in a hurry to attack. His moves were steady and flawless.
Luo Jin frowned, "Hey, didn't you have dinner? How about this, let's all use our strength and decide the winner within ten moves?"
"Not good." Shui Yingchen slowly turned around to avoid the attack, "I want to delay time. What can you do?"
He unhurriedly took on dozens of Luo Jin’s moves. Then he saw Luo Jin suddenly stayed where she was. The palm he was going to swing out suddenly changed direction. The palm wind swept past. Luo Jin screamed. She was swept out and fell into the lake in front.
Shui Yingchen walked forward and saw Luo Jin sinking into the lake without struggling.
He waited for a while and didn't see Luo Jin making any movement. So he jumped into the lake, pulled Luo Jin out of the lake, flew back to the shore, and threw her on the ground.
Luo Jin’s eyes were tightly closed. She had already fainted.
Shui Yingchen grabbed Luo Jin's shoulders, patted her back, got her to spit out a few mouthfuls of water, put her next to the tree, and let her lie against the tree.
"Elder Sister... I want to go home..." Luo Jin whispered.
Shui Yingchen raised his eyes and glanced at her.
"Elder Sister... I’m... in pain..." Luo Jin slowly opened her eyes and found Shui Yingchen standing in front of her. She was so scared that she almost jumped up. "You... Why are you here? Where is this? Did I... fall into the water?" Luo Jin pulled her clothes, which were all wet and clung to her body. It was uncomfortable.
"You can't swim?"
"I... I can't. I've been afraid of water since I was a child." Luo Jin looked at the dark lake with lingering fear, "Why... why did you throw me into the water?"
"Afraid of water... Have you drowned?"
"I don't know," Luo Jin shook her head, "I can't remember a certain part of my memory... I often suddenly forget some things recently. Speaking of which... I was in the palace. You... you knocked me out, dragged me here, and threw me into the water? How can there be a pervert like you!"
"..."
Shui Yingchen grabbed Luo Jin and flew up.
"Hey, Why are you flying so fast? I'm going to vomit!"
Luo Jin only dared to open her eyes only when her feet landed on the ground.
This was a large manor with rockery and lakes, carved beams, and painted buildings. They were quite gorgeous.
Shui Yingchen threw Luo Jin to a woman dressed as a maid, "Take her to change clothes."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Luo Jin asked the woman in a low voice, "Where is this? Jiyuan Country?"
The woman chuckled, "How is it possible? This is a private residence of his Majesty in Dongyuan Country."
"Why did his Majesty build such a big house in Dongyuan Country? Does he come to Dongyuan often?"
"That's not the case. He doesn't come often. He hasn't come for several years. His Majesty has many houses like this, in every country.”
Luo Jin remembered that Chai Qi would also have houses in various countries, but those were used by his spies to communicate and do things. Just some ordinary houses.
This house could be said to be extremely luxurious, but it was actually a house that Shui Yingchen only comes to occasionally! And he had a lot!
"What does he do to be so rich?"
"Look at what you are asking. His majesty is of course the emperor... Our Jiyuan Kingdom is the richest country in Jiuyuan Continent."
"He is quite good at enjoying himself. Isn't he afraid that other countries will find out and confiscate it from him?"
"Which emperor would have no eyes and want to go to war with Jiyuan Kingdom?"
"..."
That was right. Jiyuan Kingdom was the strongest in Jiuyuan Continent. Emperor was the best master in the continent. No one dared to provoke him. He dared to casually break into the palaces of other countries, simply didn't take other countries seriously.
Luo Jin changed into clean clothes and dried her hair. Then the maid took her to another room.
After entering the door and turning left a few times, Luo Jin saw Shui Yingchen leaning on the couch, holding a book in his hand and reading. Upon Luo Jin’s arrival, Shui Yingchen waved her hand to let the maid go out, and slowly said, "You'd better be able to cure insomnia as you said, otherwise today will be your death."
Luo Jin was so nervous that she began to sweat.
She knew Shui Yingchen wasn't joking. This man wasn't a joker.
She wasn't a psychologist, but she knew a little bit. But no matter what, she could only give it a try.
She took a deep breath.
"Then please lie down, Your Majesty."
Shui Yingchen didn’t speak, put down the book, and lay on the couch.
"Relax your head...relax your hands, relax your feet...body..."
She tried to recall how her mother did it, "Now imagine that you are in a garden. You can hear the sound of birds singing. The fragrance of flowers floats in the breeze. You’re laying on the grass. The grass is soft...the sun shines on your body, nice and warm. You feel sleepy...you are sleepy..."
...
Luo Jin looked at Shui Yingchen and saw that his chest was slightly rising and falling. He actually fell asleep.
It was so easy to fall asleep!
She turned her head and wanted to slip away. As soon as she walked to the door, two armed guards drew their swords and stopped her.
"Miss, please go back!"
Luo Jin had no choice but to return to the bedroom. She stole a glance at Shui Yingchen and saw that he was sleeping soundly.
It was late at night and she felt sleepy. Seeing a tea table outside, she walked over, sat beside the tea table, and soon fell asleep on it.
When she woke up, it was already dawn. Luo Jin rubbed her eyes and walked out the door. No one stopped her.
The maid from yesterday walked up to her and said to her, "Miss, you can leave at will, but His Majesty had ordered that you must come back before dark."
Luo Jin asked tentatively, "What if I don't come back?"
The maid smiled, "His Majesty said that if you don't come back, his Majesty catches you again. He will break your hands and feet and lock you in the water dungeon. Doesn't Miss like water?"
Luo Jin: "..."
How could there be such a vicious person! He might as well kill her!
Luo Jin returned to the palace to see Chai Jing. As her departure was abrupt, the Princess was probably worried.
Chai Jing didn’t sleep all night.
"He let you back? Are you okay? I sent someone to look for you all night..." Chai Jing examined Luo Jin and saw that her clothes had all changed. She couldn't help but grit her teeth, "This beast!"
Luo Jin comforted her, "I'm fine. He didn't hurt me..."
"You don't have to lie to me. He must have bullied you, I must kill him!" Chai Jing gritted her teeth.
"Calm down, Princess... He is Shui Yingchen. No one is his opponent! I'm fine..., except that I didn't sleep well..."
"Simply bullying people! I can't stand it. Even if I can't beat him, I will fight him to the death!"
"Calm down..."
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