This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me

Chapter 68: You’re Really Capable!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Dongfang Liren was anxious. Her leg touched Ye Jingtang’s cheek, and she could clearly feel that his face was getting hotter and hotter. He patted her leg again.

If Ye Jingtang fainted, he would definitely float out from beside her. She couldn’t step on him and drown him.

Dongfang Liren gritted her teeth and made up her mind. She looked up behind the empress dowager.

Seeing this, the empress dowager turned around unprepared.

Dongfang Liren immediately raised her hand, intending to commit a rebellious act and knock the empress dowager unconscious!

Fortunately, her sister wasn’t too bad. A voice finally came from outside. “Your Majesty, Her Majesty said that she won’t be coming. Her Majesty just received a few good poems. Your Majesty and Your Highness, please go to the Eternal Joy Palace to appraise them.”

Dongfang Liren hurriedly retracted her hand, feeling relieved.

The empress dowager turned her face back, slightly puzzled. “What’s the matter?”

Dongfang Liren smiled and said, “It’s nothing. I’m seeing things. Empress Dowager, go over first. I’ll go there after my hair dries.”

Hearing this, the empress dowager didn’t stay long. She stood up and left the Bright Yang Pool with her palace maids…

Tread, tread, tread…

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the palace maids who were about to help the Prince of Jing put on her clothes were driven out again.

Dongfang Liren’s face alternated between red and white. Before she could calm down, she noticed that the man holding her leg was moving a little strangely, as if he was instinctively trying to surface.

Dongfang Liren was afraid of suffocating Ye Jingtang, so she quickly jumped out of the pool, picked up a thin blanket, and wrapped herself up like a caterpillar.

She wanted to stand up straight and act like a dignified and majestic princess, but she didn’t know if it was because she had been in the water for too long and couldn’t stand steadily, so she sat on a chaise longue.

Seeing that there was no reaction in the water, Dongfang Liren flicked her finger and threw out a Go piece.

Plop!

Seeing that Ye Jingtang didn’t come out, she threw another one in.

Plop!

Splash!

Soon, Ye Jingtang emerged from the water and took a deep breath. “Huff… Puff…”

After looking around a few times, he saw her sitting on the chaise longue and jumped onto the shore. “I…”

“Come here!” Dongfang Liren was tightly wrapped in a thin blanket, and even her toes were wrapped. Her face was red, and her willowy eyebrows were furrowed.

Ye Jingtang wiped the water off his face and tried his best to maintain a calm appearance as he went to the beauty’s chaise longue. “Your Highness, I didn’t do it on purpose…”

“Is there a difference?!” Dongfang Liren gritted her teeth, but she couldn’t look Ye Jingtang in the eye, so she turned her head. “You peeked on me while I was bathing and even made me do that in front of the empress dowager… If you hadn’t saved me once, I would skin you alive!”

Ye Jingtang was also quite innocent, but at this moment, he could only apologize sincerely. “Please forgive me, Your Highness.”

Dongfang Liren glanced at Ye Jingtang and fell silent for a moment. Then she looked elsewhere and pursed her lips, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the Prince of Jing’s face was covered in water, Ye Jingtang turned around, picked up a towel from a table, and handed it to her.

Dongfang Liren wanted to raise her hand to take it, but when she moved her hand, her chest felt cold as she revealed a large area of whiteness. She hurriedly hugged the thin blanket tightly. “Why are you still here? Are you waiting to see me get dressed?”

Ye Jingtang gestured to the outside. “Didn’t Your Highness say that there are secret guards outside? Can I go out now?”

Dongfang Liren was speechless.

Since she was here, the secret guards would definitely be guarding the periphery of the Bright Yang Pool. If he wanted to go unnoticed, she had to leave first.

Dongfang Liren thought for a moment and stood up. Like a jumping zombie, she jumped behind a screen and prepared to put on her clothes.

Tread, tread, tread!

This scene was rather funny, but Ye Jingtang was about to be pulled to the castration room. He didn’t dare to laugh and just turned his back.

Dongfang Liren looked through the translucent screen. Seeing that Ye Jingtang was very self-conscious, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief. “I asked you to patrol the palace, but in the end, you peeped at me bathing on the first day you entered the palace. You’re really capable!”

Ye Jingtang also felt that the palace was very strange. He explained helplessly, “It was an accident. In the future, I will patrol the palace walls, and this kind of thing will never happen again. Hmm… Why is Your Highness here? I thought there would be no one here in the middle of the night…”

Dongfang Liren couldn’t say that she had been tricked by her unscrupulous sister. She said coldly, “I was sweating from practicing the saber, so I naturally had to come take a bath. You… Forget it. You don’t have to enter the palace to patrol in the future. If I let you do anything rash again, you might offend the empress dowager tomorrow…”

Ye Jingtang felt that he had lost the Roaring Dragon Chart, but Dumdum didn’t seem to have any intention of punishing him. He was already very lucky. He immediately replied, “Okay, 1 will never set foot into the Imperial City without Your Highness’s permission in the future. Hmm… 1 will definitely atone for today’s matter…”

“Atone… Alright, from now on, you’re the deputy commander of the Black Office. Be obedient to me…”

?!

Ye Jingtang hurriedly turned around to stop her. “Your Highness, you can’t…”

When he turned around, he saw the tall, fair beauty standing behind the translucent screen.

Although through the gauze screen, the view was not as direct as underwater, there was no light underwater, so it was not clear.

At this moment, a candlestick was beside Dongfang Liren. Under the light, her plump, jade-like figure was clearly visible. The curve behind her waist was like a crescent moon and full of tension.

(O_O)!!

Ye Jingtang’s expression froze, and his words abruptly stopped.

“You!” Just as Dongfang Liren let down her guard, Ye Jingtang turned around to take a closer look. She was so angry that her eyebrows bristled. She hurriedly embraced the moons with both hands and blocked in front of her with the thin blanket.

Ye Jingtang quickly turned back and changed the topic. “Well… well… it’s my duty to share Your Highness’s burdens. But I only know martial arts. I can do some hard work, but I’m really not qualified for an official position. Moreover, not long after I entered the capital, I was suddenly assigned to such a high-ranking position. No one in the Black Office will believe that I have no special relationship with Your Highness. As a dignified man, if I want to take an official career, I should rely on real merits and achievements. Only then can I convince the public.”

Dongfang Liren hugged her body. After nervously confirming that Ye Jingtang wouldn’t turn around again, she heaved a sigh of relief. “Forget it. Then take on a case tomorrow to accumulate merits. If you dare to slack off…”

Ye Jingtang felt that the Prince of Jing’s thoughts were a little unclear and incoherent, but he couldn’t refuse. He only said tactfully, “That’s not a problem. But 1 still have to do something for my family. Can I start next month?”

Dongfang Liren didn’t respond. She put on a clean white robe and covered her exquisite body. Only then did she calm down a little. She slowly walked out from behind the screen. “Alright.”

Ye Jingtang turned around and saw that the Prince of Jing had finally put on her clothes. Relieved, he went up to her. “Today’s offense—”

“You don’t have to say anything else. This stops here.” Dongfang Liren raised her hand to interrupt him. She returned to her usual noble and aloof demeanor as a princess. “If you dare to spread this matter, I will send you to the palace to be the head of the eunuchs!”

A certain part of Ye Jingtang felt a chill. He nodded slightly. “Don’t worry, Your Highness. I will definitely keep my mouth shut.”

Dongfang Li’s aura was dignified and noble, but she couldn’t suppress her red apple-like face. In order not to show an expression that was beneath her status, she tried to find something to talk about. “Since you’ve protected me, in the eyes of the Green Bandits, you’re my person. If there’s a chance, they will definitely attack you. When you’re outside, you have to pay attention to your safety.”

“Thank you for your concern, Your Highness.”

Dongfang Liren took a long time to calm down and suppress her stormy emotions. She turned around and walked out of the door.

“Your Highness…”

Dongfang Liren stopped, thinking that Ye Jingtang was going to say something ridiculous like ‘I will be responsible for Your Highness’. Her body stiffened slightly, and she didn’t dare to turn around. She said coldly, “Is there anything else?”

“Should I go to the Great Blessing Palace to teach Your Highness the saber technique later?”

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Dongfang Liren took a deep breath, causing her clothes to rise.. Without responding, she walked out of the door with heavy footsteps…