Chapter 26 A box
For a moment, Chen Hui was in a dilemma.
Many details of the past entangled in her mind. When she sneaked into Li Youde’s bedroom last time, she had overheard the conversation between Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu. They had said that the box of jade genitals had been sent by Lord Wang. Li Youde had asked her before if it was Wang Youcai who had sent her to him which means that Wang Youcai was his old enemy. This Wang Youcai was also the Lord Wang that had sent the jade genitals before. Now, this chubby Maitreya said things like “a box of treasure” and “used well”, didn’t this mean that he is that Lord Wang? Also, there was that unsuccessful frame-up case against Li Youde not long ago. The mastermind was probably also this person, otherwise, why would he appear here so coincidentally?
Chen Hui originally felt no hostility towards Li Youde’s enemies. Anyway, none of them were good things. What did a dogfight had to do with her? However, at this moment, she was being bullied and the words he said were related to her. So, she also couldn’t retreat.
It was just that it was a bit difficult to respond to this question of Lord Wang. She shouldn’t have known about the matter of the jade genitals. Lord Wang also didn’t specify anything and used ‘treasure’ to substitute. Naturally, she understood, but logically speaking, she shouldn’t understand. However, if she pretended to be ignorant, how could she attack him verbally? Furthermore, this era was different from the modern times. These exasperating eunuchs could do anything pornographic indiscriminatingly, but it was not appropriate for her to say this in public.
While Chen Hui thought about relying on people, she walked to Li Youde. She deliberately stood very close to Li Youde…If it was in the modern times, under the same circumstance, she would directly go forward and put her arms around him…and say in an intimate and sweet voice, “Lord, is this the Lord Wang that you often mentioned before?”
Li Youde’s expression darkened because of what Wang Youcai said. He snorted coldly as to agree.
Chen Hui covered her mouth and chuckled. She looked at Wang Youcai and said, “It turned out that Lord Wang looked like this. This Lady Chen thought that he looked like…” She didn’t finish her sentence and chuckled to cover up. Then, she glanced at Li Youde once and smirked, “Lord, you didn’t say before that the expression, appearance that surpassed others, was not appropriate on Lord Wang.”
Her words meant that Lord Wang looked kind and honest, but his heart was extremely black. As the saying goes, one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature.
Li Youde and Wang Youcai’s education level wasn’t high, but Chen Hui’s words were very simple to understand. The two understood instantly and naturally they had completely different reactions. Wang Youcai’s expression changed and his cold eyes swept over Chen Hui. On the other hand, Li Youde felt that Chen Hui had given himself some face back. So, his tone was naturally more cordial. He smiled cooperatively and said, “Lady Chen is right. I haven’t thought it well before and didn’t explain to you clearly.
Chen Hui was relieved when she saw that Li Youde was able to cooperate with her so easily and looked at Wang Youcai. Seeing that he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, she hurriedly intercepted and said, “Right, what did you say to my lord just now? This Lady Chen seemed to have heard Lord Wang mention this Lady Chen.”
Wang Youcai had said those words before to Li Youde and Chen Hui pretended to not have heard it clearly.
Wang Youcai blanked for a moment and seemed to be trying to save the scene. He smiled ambiguously and said, “I say, the box of treasure that I gave Lord Li, did Lady Chen use them well?”
“A box…of treasures?” Chen Hui seemed to be stunned and suddenly smiled, “It turned out that that was given by Lord Wang.”
She feigned anger coquettishly and looked once at Li Youde. Then, she said shyly, “Since Lord Wang is so amiable and easygoing, this Lady Chen would tell you directly.” She looked at Lord Wang and said in a firm manner, “Too soft, too small and not tasty.”
As Chen Hui’s words popped out one by one, the faces of Wang Youcai and Li Youde became shocked and ugly.
Both of them knew Chen Hui’s background. Even the daughter of a merchant wouldn’t speak such lewd things! Even the prostitutes in the brothels who could speak any profanity in bed would still have some qualms in public, right?
However, Chen Hui still seemed to be totally unaware. Her expression was innocent as a child’s and didn’t seem to know that what she had said was universally shocking. She even turned her head to look at Li Youde with a chuckle, “No wonder that lord refused to tell this Lady Chen that it was Lord Wang who gifted them to you. It turned out that you are afraid that this Lady Chen would get to know that Lord Wang liked that. Lord, really, if this Lady Chen had known earlier that this was what Lord Wang liked, this Lady Chen wouldn’t have stolen the love of another.” She turned her head to look at Wang Youcai again and apologized, “Lord Wang, since you like to eat soft and small, then…”
“Shut up! Who said I liked to eat…cough, cough, cough!” Wang Youcai had never been so insulted in public….From Chen Hui’s point of view, it was teasing, but naturally it was an insult from the point of view of Wang Youcai…He glared angrily at Li Youde and berated, “The person you taught indeed offended public morals!”
Li Youde was a bit dumfounded. What did he teach? Which word that Lady Chen spoke has been taught by him? He even felt that he had come out in a hurry and brought out the wrong person!
However, he felt happy to be able to see Wang Youcai deflated. He only looked mockingly at Wang Youcai from the corners of his eyes.
But he saw Chen Hui widened her eyes slightly and she had a surprised expression on, “Lord Wang, what are you talking about…? This Lady Chen only spoke the truth. How can you say that this Lady Chen offended the public morals? It was you who said that those were ‘treasures’. If you didn’t like them, why will you call them ‘treasures’?”
She pulled Li Youde’s sleeve and asked him, “Lord, does Lord Wang have some prejudice against this Lady Chen? If that is the case, lord, please return that box of treasures to him!”
Lord Wang refused with a sharp voice, “Return to me for what?! I don’t have use for them!”
Chen Hui looked enraged at Lord Wang and said, “Lord Wang, don’t misunderstand. This Lady had long finished eating the box you sent. This Lady Chen wants lord to return a new box to you. Don’t owe you anything!”
Finished…eating?
Wang Youcai was already a bit confused about the situation. What is the matter with this Lady Chen? Can jade genitals be eaten? Her teeth are really good! (sarcasm)
“Lord, whether you agree or not with this Lady Chen, give a direct answer.” Chen Hui looked like she was really angry and was throwing her temper. She tugged Li Youde’s sleeve again, “If you don’t agree, this Lady Chen will buy it myself! There must still be lychees in this season, right? Even if a thousand golden taels needed to be spent, this Lady Chen wouldn’t hesitate. This Lady Chen can’t let others look down on lord!”
Lychee?
After hearing clearly what Chen Hui had said, Wang Youcai’s expression was uglier than before.
Li Youde was also stunned. Then, he laughed without restraint, “Lady Chen is right. It is better to return that box of…lychees…to Lord Wang, lest he keeps thinking about it and mention it the moment he sees me.” He deliberately increased the tone when he said lychee and repeated it countless of times. It was obvious that he was mocking Wang Youcai.
It was this bitch Wang Youcai who started it. The one who had lost face and suffered a humiliation was also Wang Youcai. If he didn’t mock Wang Youcai well, how could he be worthy of this old face that Wang Youcai had thrown?
In fact, there were not many people in the House of Jewels, but Li Youde knew that for people like them, face must absolutely not be lost.
Wang Youcai was flushed with anger. He glared fiercely at Li Youde and said, “Li Youde, very well done. Wait and see!” He swung his sleeve, gave Chen Hui a sinister look and then went away with his people.
With a triumphant smile on his face, Li Youde looked at Wang Youcai’s escaping figure and asked Chen Hui, “Lady Chen, do you know what you just did?”
Chen Hui smiled and said, “I know, this Lady Chen had helped lord make Lord Wang so angry that he ran away.”
Li Youde turned his head to look at her and gave her a meaningful smile, “Lady Chen, you have let Wang Youcai see you as a thorn in his eyes that should be removed.”
Chen Hui blanked for a moment. Then, she said with a sense of righteousness, “Before, this Lady Chen helped lord deal with my father. Lord Wang had already set his sights on this Lady Chen. As the saying goes, nothing to worry about when one had many debts. It is nothing that there is one more. Furthermore, there is lord here. This Lady Chen is not afraid.”
Li Youde chuckled and said, “It is not certain that I can protect you.”
Chen Hui said, “I believe in lord! Lord will definitely beat Lord Wang!”
Li Youde said, “Why do I have to protect you?”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck and said solemnly, “This Lady Chen is on lord’s side. Lord has always treated the people under you very well. This Lady Chen knows that lord wouldn’t neglect this Lady Chen!”
“All my subordinates are very useful, you…,” Li Youde looked disdainfully at Chen Hui. “Can’t carry things on the shoulder, can’t lift a finger, what use do I have in keeping you?”
“I can help you anger Lord Wang!” Chen Hui said.
Li Youde made ‘tsk, tsk’ sounds and shook his head as if he was dissatisfied with her answer. Seeing her panicked expression, he said, “For the sake of the skills of Lady Chen’s hands, I will keep you safe.”
“Thank you, lord. Lord is indeed the best!” Chen Hui said with a moved expression.
When Li Youde turned around satisfied and walked towards the shopkeeper, Chen Hui’s whole body seemed to have been emptied.
She truly felt crushed. Coaxing people was really tiring. She wanted to beat him to death to end all troubles.
Li Youde had just taken two steps when he seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly turned his head, looked at Chen Hui and said, “Do you know what Wang Youcai has sent?”
Chen Hui quivered and immediately replied, “Don’t know!”
Li Youde walked back slowly and recalled what Chen Hui had said before. He laughed sarcastically, “Lady Chen, if you don’t know, how could you say those words that were conforming to reason?”
Li Youde laughed with some surprise and said, “Lady Chen really is an eye-opener. You even know about that thing.”
Chapter 26 A box
For a moment, Chen Hui was in a dilemma.
Many details of the past entangled in her mind. When she sneaked into Li Youde’s bedroom last time, she had overheard the conversation between Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu. They had said that the box of jade genitals had been sent by Lord Wang. Li Youde had asked her before if it was Wang Youcai who had sent her to him which means that Wang Youcai was his old enemy. This Wang Youcai was also the Lord Wang that had sent the jade genitals before. Now, this chubby Maitreya said things like “a box of treasure” and “used well”, didn’t this mean that he is that Lord Wang? Also, there was that unsuccessful frame-up case against Li Youde not long ago. The mastermind was probably also this person, otherwise, why would he appear here so coincidentally?
Chen Hui originally felt no hostility towards Li Youde’s enemies. Anyway, none of them were good things. What did a dogfight had to do with her? However, at this moment, she was being bullied and the words he said were related to her. So, she also couldn’t retreat.
It was just that it was a bit difficult to respond to this question of Lord Wang. She shouldn’t have known about the matter of the jade genitals. Lord Wang also didn’t specify anything and used ‘treasure’ to substitute. Naturally, she understood, but logically speaking, she shouldn’t understand. However, if she pretended to be ignorant, how could she attack him verbally? Furthermore, this era was different from the modern times. These exasperating eunuchs could do anything pornographic indiscriminatingly, but it was not appropriate for her to say this in public.
While Chen Hui thought about relying on people, she walked to Li Youde. She deliberately stood very close to Li Youde…If it was in the modern times, under the same circumstance, she would directly go forward and put her arms around him…and say in an intimate and sweet voice, “Lord, is this the Lord Wang that you often mentioned before?”
Li Youde’s expression darkened because of what Wang Youcai said. He snorted coldly as to agree.
Chen Hui covered her mouth and chuckled. She looked at Wang Youcai and said, “It turned out that Lord Wang looked like this. This Lady Chen thought that he looked like…” She didn’t finish her sentence and chuckled to cover up. Then, she glanced at Li Youde once and smirked, “Lord, you didn’t say before that the expression, appearance that surpassed others, was not appropriate on Lord Wang.”
Her words meant that Lord Wang looked kind and honest, but his heart was extremely black. As the saying goes, one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature.
Li Youde and Wang Youcai’s education level wasn’t high, but Chen Hui’s words were very simple to understand. The two understood instantly and naturally they had completely different reactions. Wang Youcai’s expression changed and his cold eyes swept over Chen Hui. On the other hand, Li Youde felt that Chen Hui had given himself some face back. So, his tone was naturally more cordial. He smiled cooperatively and said, “Lady Chen is right. I haven’t thought it well before and didn’t explain to you clearly.
Chen Hui was relieved when she saw that Li Youde was able to cooperate with her so easily and looked at Wang Youcai. Seeing that he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, she hurriedly intercepted and said, “Right, what did you say to my lord just now? This Lady Chen seemed to have heard Lord Wang mention this Lady Chen.”
Wang Youcai had said those words before to Li Youde and Chen Hui pretended to not have heard it clearly.
Wang Youcai blanked for a moment and seemed to be trying to save the scene. He smiled ambiguously and said, “I say, the box of treasure that I gave Lord Li, did Lady Chen use them well?”
“A box…of treasures?” Chen Hui seemed to be stunned and suddenly smiled, “It turned out that that was given by Lord Wang.”
She feigned anger coquettishly and looked once at Li Youde. Then, she said shyly, “Since Lord Wang is so amiable and easygoing, this Lady Chen would tell you directly.” She looked at Lord Wang and said in a firm manner, “Too soft, too small and not tasty.”
As Chen Hui’s words popped out one by one, the faces of Wang Youcai and Li Youde became shocked and ugly.
Both of them knew Chen Hui’s background. Even the daughter of a merchant wouldn’t speak such lewd things! Even the prostitutes in the brothels who could speak any profanity in bed would still have some qualms in public, right?
However, Chen Hui still seemed to be totally unaware. Her expression was innocent as a child’s and didn’t seem to know that what she had said was universally shocking. She even turned her head to look at Li Youde with a chuckle, “No wonder that lord refused to tell this Lady Chen that it was Lord Wang who gifted them to you. It turned out that you are afraid that this Lady Chen would get to know that Lord Wang liked that. Lord, really, if this Lady Chen had known earlier that this was what Lord Wang liked, this Lady Chen wouldn’t have stolen the love of another.” She turned her head to look at Wang Youcai again and apologized, “Lord Wang, since you like to eat soft and small, then…”
“Shut up! Who said I liked to eat…cough, cough, cough!” Wang Youcai had never been so insulted in public….From Chen Hui’s point of view, it was teasing, but naturally it was an insult from the point of view of Wang Youcai…He glared angrily at Li Youde and berated, “The person you taught indeed offended public morals!”
Li Youde was a bit dumfounded. What did he teach? Which word that Lady Chen spoke has been taught by him? He even felt that he had come out in a hurry and brought out the wrong person!
However, he felt happy to be able to see Wang Youcai deflated. He only looked mockingly at Wang Youcai from the corners of his eyes.
But he saw Chen Hui widened her eyes slightly and she had a surprised expression on, “Lord Wang, what are you talking about…? This Lady Chen only spoke the truth. How can you say that this Lady Chen offended the public morals? It was you who said that those were ‘treasures’. If you didn’t like them, why will you call them ‘treasures’?”
She pulled Li Youde’s sleeve and asked him, “Lord, does Lord Wang have some prejudice against this Lady Chen? If that is the case, lord, please return that box of treasures to him!”
Lord Wang refused with a sharp voice, “Return to me for what?! I don’t have use for them!”
Chen Hui looked enraged at Lord Wang and said, “Lord Wang, don’t misunderstand. This Lady had long finished eating the box you sent. This Lady Chen wants lord to return a new box to you. Don’t owe you anything!”
Finished…eating?
Wang Youcai was already a bit confused about the situation. What is the matter with this Lady Chen? Can jade genitals be eaten? Her teeth are really good! (sarcasm)
“Lord, whether you agree or not with this Lady Chen, give a direct answer.” Chen Hui looked like she was really angry and was throwing her temper. She tugged Li Youde’s sleeve again, “If you don’t agree, this Lady Chen will buy it myself! There must still be lychees in this season, right? Even if a thousand golden taels needed to be spent, this Lady Chen wouldn’t hesitate. This Lady Chen can’t let others look down on lord!”
Lychee?
After hearing clearly what Chen Hui had said, Wang Youcai’s expression was uglier than before.
Li Youde was also stunned. Then, he laughed without restraint, “Lady Chen is right. It is better to return that box of…lychees…to Lord Wang, lest he keeps thinking about it and mention it the moment he sees me.” He deliberately increased the tone when he said lychee and repeated it countless of times. It was obvious that he was mocking Wang Youcai.
It was this bitch Wang Youcai who started it. The one who had lost face and suffered a humiliation was also Wang Youcai. If he didn’t mock Wang Youcai well, how could he be worthy of this old face that Wang Youcai had thrown?
In fact, there were not many people in the House of Jewels, but Li Youde knew that for people like them, face must absolutely not be lost.
Wang Youcai was flushed with anger. He glared fiercely at Li Youde and said, “Li Youde, very well done. Wait and see!” He swung his sleeve, gave Chen Hui a sinister look and then went away with his people.
With a triumphant smile on his face, Li Youde looked at Wang Youcai’s escaping figure and asked Chen Hui, “Lady Chen, do you know what you just did?”
Chen Hui smiled and said, “I know, this Lady Chen had helped lord make Lord Wang so angry that he ran away.”
Li Youde turned his head to look at her and gave her a meaningful smile, “Lady Chen, you have let Wang Youcai see you as a thorn in his eyes that should be removed.”
Chen Hui blanked for a moment. Then, she said with a sense of righteousness, “Before, this Lady Chen helped lord deal with my father. Lord Wang had already set his sights on this Lady Chen. As the saying goes, nothing to worry about when one had many debts. It is nothing that there is one more. Furthermore, there is lord here. This Lady Chen is not afraid.”
Li Youde chuckled and said, “It is not certain that I can protect you.”
Chen Hui said, “I believe in lord! Lord will definitely beat Lord Wang!”
Li Youde said, “Why do I have to protect you?”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck and said solemnly, “This Lady Chen is on lord’s side. Lord has always treated the people under you very well. This Lady Chen knows that lord wouldn’t neglect this Lady Chen!”
“All my subordinates are very useful, you…,” Li Youde looked disdainfully at Chen Hui. “Can’t carry things on the shoulder, can’t lift a finger, what use do I have in keeping you?”
“I can help you anger Lord Wang!” Chen Hui said.
Li Youde made ‘tsk, tsk’ sounds and shook his head as if he was dissatisfied with her answer. Seeing her panicked expression, he said, “For the sake of the skills of Lady Chen’s hands, I will keep you safe.”
“Thank you, lord. Lord is indeed the best!” Chen Hui said with a moved expression.
When Li Youde turned around satisfied and walked towards the shopkeeper, Chen Hui’s whole body seemed to have been emptied.
She truly felt crushed. Coaxing people was really tiring. She wanted to beat him to death to end all troubles.
Li Youde had just taken two steps when he seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly turned his head, looked at Chen Hui and said, “Do you know what Wang Youcai has sent?”
Chen Hui quivered and immediately replied, “Don’t know!”
Li Youde walked back slowly and recalled what Chen Hui had said before. He laughed sarcastically, “Lady Chen, if you don’t know, how could you say those words that were conforming to reason?”
Li Youde laughed with some surprise and said, “Lady Chen really is an eye-opener. You even know about that thing.”
