The Crown Princess Has Hidden Skills - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

In the end, Yuchi Lan left with a cold expression. It was only thanks to the chief eunuch at his side pleading for me that I managed to keep my life.

Eunuch Lin said, “Look at you! You finally get a chance to serve a noble person, and what do you do? You laugh?”

“I have a chronic illness.”

Commonly known as a low laugh threshold.

Eunuch Lin gave me a look of utter disappointment and was about to have someone send me out when I hurriedly asked, “May I ask, Eunuch Lin, is there some extraordinary person in the palace who can paint on people’s bodies?”

“How did you know I’m a eunuch?!”

I stared at the orchid-finger gesture pointed right in front of my face, then silently looked away. “This humble one has sharp ears. I could tell from your voice.”

Eunuch Lin said, “I suppose I couldn’t hide it from you. There is indeed an extraordinary person in the palace. She can paint on human bodies. I hear the paintings she creates are all immortals and spirit beasts. Once painted on, they won’t come off even in water, and they can bless a person with wealth, honor, peace, and safety.”

Well done, Qiao Qiao! You must have gotten rich ages ago, haven’t you, you damn menace!

I slipped Eunuch Lin some money. “May I trouble you to introduce me?”

Eunuch Lin said, “It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s just that the extraordinary person has said that anyone who wants to meet her must correctly answer her secret phrase.”

“What secret phrase?”

“The first line is: Pray tell, my lord, how much sorrow can there be?”

Expressionless, I answered, “Like a eunuch visiting a brothel.”

Eunuch Lin: “…”

I got the secret phrase right, but I still didn’t get to meet her.

Qiao Qiao wrote me a letter saying she had gone on a southern inspection tour with Prince Yan and would only be back in two months. She told me that no matter what, I had to find a way to stay in the palace and wait for her.

As they say, when luck is on your side, someone will hand you a pillow just as you’re falling asleep.

Yuchi Lan twisted his waist while riding a horse!

After taking my money, Eunuch Lin recommended me again.

It was still that misty bathing pool. Yuchi Lan lay bare-backed on a chaise longue. This time, I was fully mentally prepared. I completely ignored the Peppa Pig and gave him a proper massage and adjustment.

Just as I was about to finish, four people suddenly came in, all calling Yuchi Lan “Imperial Brother.”

As they chatted about amusing palace gossip, they removed their robes and walked toward the hot spring pool.

I glanced over from the corner of my eye, then tried to look away… and couldn’t.

The Second Prince had a Pikachu tattooed on his back. The Third Prince had Mickey tattooed on his left arm and Minnie on his right. The Fourth Prince had Tiga Ultraman tattooed on his chest in a flying pose-and the damn thing was upside down…

A clear tear slid from the corner of my eye.

I had pinched my own flesh to make that happen.

Qiao Qiao, you really are doing whatever the hell you want…

When I lowered my head, I realized Yuchi Lan had turned to look at me. I immediately unfocused my eyes and pretended to be blind.

His expression was unreadable. “Why are you crying?”

Had my tears landed on his back?

With a solemn expression, I said, “When I touched the scars all over your back, I only felt that you must have had such a difficult life despite being so young. I couldn’t hold back my sorrow for you.”

He froze for a moment. “What is your name?”

“Yin Yiyi.”

“You are the first person who has ever said such a thing to me.”

? What?

He sat up. “I imagine you’ve also guessed who I am. From now on, stay in the Eastern Palace. I won’t treat you poorly.”

There was such a good thing in the world?!

Eunuch Lin poked me in the waist, urging me to give thanks. He used too much force, and I lost my balance and fell to my knees. Instinctively, I grabbed onto Yuchi Lan’s not-yet-fastened trousers and yanked them down.

I looked up…

The sight was beyond description.

I rolled my unfocused pupils elsewhere, both hands trembling as I felt around on the ground. “Your Highness, are you still there?”

Yuchi Lan silently pulled his trousers back up and said calmly, “…I am.”

I said, “I think I just tugged on something.”

His ears turned red. “It was my robe.”

“Ahahahahahahahahaha… Your freaking robe, ahahahahaha!”

I laughed until my stomach hurt. When I looked up and saw Yuchi Lan’s livid face, I slowly averted my gaze. According to the law of conservation of smiles, the smile that disappeared from my face had transferred to someone else’s.

The princes were laughing.

I was done for.

…

Seeing Yuchi Lan’s expression darken, I had a flash of inspiration and also turned cold-faced, saying sternly, “The fabric I touched just now was clearly a sweat towel, yet Your Highness lied and said it was a robe. Are you taking advantage of the fact that I can’t see to brush me off?”

Yuchi Lan was stunned. “No…”

He seemed to sense something was off. “Then what were you laughing at just now?”

…

I said, “Because I cannot see, I have suffered bullying since I was a child. Someone once told me that when I am angry, I should laugh loudly. That way, others will fear me.”

Yuchi Lan nodded with a complicated expression and helped me up. “Don’t worry. From now on, in the Eastern Palace, no one will dare bully you again.”

I really never expected the rumored moody and unpredictable Crown Prince to be this easy to fool.

I had latched onto a powerful backer!