Yingying and the Dog - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

When I made His Majesty angry, all His Majesty did was hurry away in a fluster.

For days on end, I didn’t see Xiao Huan.

He was avoiding me.

Sob.

Lu Yingying, you really went too far this time.

Just as I was wondering whether I should go apologize…

The Chancellor’s second daughter, Consort De Li, invited me to the imperial garden to admire the lotus flowers.

It was the first time anyone had asked me to hang out.

I immediately tossed Xiao Huan to the back of my mind.

I went to the appointment in high spirits.

To my surprise, Consort De Li had also invited Xiao Huan.

Sure enough, Xiao Huan was like some useless kept husband, sitting meekly in the corner of the pavilion and drinking tea.

Consort De Li bustled about, shooing all the young palace maids away.

Then she turned around and saw honest little me.

Consort De said arrogantly, “Well, well, if it isn’t Imperial Consort. We haven’t met for a few days, and you’ve gotten so pathetic.”

Consort De was a beauty as fiery and spicy as a chili pepper.

For a moment, my gaze stuck to her chest, and I forgot to look away.

Consort De noticed what I was staring at.

She instantly flew into a rage. “Where do you think you’re looking?!”

I was terribly embarrassed.

“You can’t blame me, can you? You’re too good-looking.”

Consort De overheated on the spot.

She was so angry she pointed at me and stammered, “You, you, you,” for ages without managing to say anything.

Suddenly, inspiration flashed in Consort De’s eyes.

She grabbed my wrist and placed my hand on her shoulder.

So soft, so smooth, so…

Before I could even sigh over it…

The next moment, Consort De fell into the lake.

I was shocked.

Xiao Huan was also greatly shaken.

[Imperial heavens! So this is a live palace intrigue scene? Not bad, not bad. That was seriously sinister.]

[Don’t be scared, wifey. I will protect you!]

Xiao Huan coughed lightly twice. “Perhaps Consort De simply wanted to go for a swim.”

“Yingying, let’s leave her be and talk about making up instead…”

Seeing that fiery chili pepper struggling and gurgling in the lake, I had no time to think. I dove straight in.

Xiao Huan let out a piercing shriek. “Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor! Hurry and save the Imperial Consort!”

Then he jumped in too.

The lake immediately descended into chaos.

Please.

I grew up in a little village. Swimming, climbing trees-I could do it all.

I easily fished Consort De out.

To my surprise, she looked big, but she was actually very light.

After bringing Consort De ashore, I looked in confusion at Xiao Huan in the lake.

“Your Majesty, are you playing in the water?”

Xiao Huan raised his hand. “Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…”

Xiao Huan’s inner voice: [Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…]

His Majesty was so rude. Why wasn’t he answering?

Only when Xiao Huan slowly sank did I realize, horrified, “Good heavens, His Majesty is drowning!”

I had no choice but to get back into the water and fish His Majesty out too.

The lakeshore was packed with eunuchs and palace maids cheering me on.

Their eyes shone brightly as they looked at me.

I was greatly encouraged.

After Xiao Huan came ashore, he coughed for ages. Once he finally recovered, he wiped the water off his forehead.

“Good thing Imperial Consort was here. Imperial Consort, let’s make up…”

I wasn’t looking at him.

Nor did I pay much attention to what he said.

I asked nervously, “Consort De, are you all right?”

Consort De sobbed pitifully. “Imperial Consort, why did you push…”

I wrung the water from my hair. “What did you say?”

Consort De suddenly couldn’t speak.

She looked at me, then abruptly blushed.

Then she shot to her feet and ran away, both embarrassed and furious, looking thoroughly disheveled.

Huh.

She ran really fast.

Young people really did have stamina.

Only then did I turn back to Xiao Huan, who had been ignored.

“Your Majesty, what did you say?”

Xiao Huan gritted his teeth. “Nothing!”

[I don’t want to make up with you anymore!]

[Good heavens, why is there a lesbian in the palace?!]

I was scared stiff.

Where?

[Miss Lu Yingying, may I ask whether you truly like me? Why do I feel like something isn’t quite right?]

Xiao Huan suddenly launched an attack. “Why didn’t you save me first just now?”

“Could it be that my place in your heart is worth even less than Consort De, whom you’ve only just met?!”

I said weakly, “I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”

“But you jumped in afterward…”

“I don’t care! Explanations are just excuses!”

I covered my face. “Sob, sob. Fine, then. Your Majesty, go ahead and blame me, resent me, pick on me like this.”

“You know I have no family by my side and no friends either. Living all these years alone hasn’t been easy.”

“But it’s all right. Your Majesty, you don’t have to feel guilty. Just treat it as what I deserve. Sob, sob.”

Xiao Huan fell silent.

[Oh no. What has this damned beast of an emperor done?]

[I broke Yingying’s heart!]

Xiao Huan was filled with guilt. “I was wrong. Don’t cry anymore.”

“Whatever you want, I will agree to it, all right?”

I said, “Hehe. Then I want to live with Consort De.”

Xiao Huan’s face collapsed. “Then you can keep crying.”