What an Audacious and Sly Servant!

Chapter 73 – Confession

In a small plum forest at the outskirt of the Qi Yang City, Chu Xun had both his hands at his back as he walked back and forth. His eyebrows were frowning slightly, as if he had something weighing on his mind and he appeared slightly nervous.

Mei Qian Deng looked at his figure from afar. It was as if she was seeing the several decades later, the over seventy years old Chu Xun hunching his back while holding a walking stick. Just like this, he would walk back and forth while pondering how to remove the recently appeared senile plaques. Once in a while, he would rub his beard and beat his walking stick. He would surely think he must be the world’s most celestial-alike old man.

She laughed by herself.

When Chu Xun turned his head around and saw Mei Qian Deng, it was when her smile at its best. The rosy clouds in the sky as well as the plum flowers at the side made the she in the white female clothes appeared very pretty and coquettish like she had changed into another person. The spring breeze stroked his face, blowing Chu Xun into an infatuation.

The world’s supreme Emperor was currently thinking. If there is a girl destined to be by zhen’s side, then she must be this girl in front of zhen. To stay together without leaving, deeply in love with each other without any doubt. (Have you asked her whether she’s willing?)

“What does Your Majesty want to talk to me?” Mei Qian Deng asked. Her calm, unisex voice awoke the infatuated Chu Xun.

Chu Xun pretended clearing his throat to cover up the awkwardness and the faint traces of blush on his face. He put both his hands at his back and earnestly be ostentatious, “You stand so far away. Can you hear what zhen’s talking?”

“I can hear it.”

“……” Chu Xun’s lips moved. Just as the awkward silent had remained for a long time, Chu Xun smirked. His voice had traces of interrogating, “Didn’t you say you can hear it? Earlier, zhen’s words, why didn’t you answer after so long?”

Mei Qian Deng didn’t waste any words as she obediently walked forward and stopped before the Emperor. She lowered her head, “Your Majesty, I’m wrong. Please repeat your words again.”

A certain person raised his chin. He was pleased. It would have been better if she had listened to him earlier. He seriously thought, in this world, if Chu Xun said his face was the second thickest, no one would probably dare to claim as the first.

“Take out your hand.”

It turned out, Chu Xun was not planning to talk but to give something to Mei Qian Deng.

Mei Qian Deng’s face was extremely calm. Not even an ounce of curiosity appeared on her face.

She stretched out her white and slender hand. In a blink, a face mirror landed on her hand. Mei Qian Deng dropped her head. She felt this mirror was familiar. After thinking for three blinks, she raised her head and looked at Chu Xun, “Your Majesty?”

She remembered now. It was a few years ago when Chu Xun accompanied her and Zhao Mo Ran return to their home to celebrate Mid-autumn festival. On the way, for the sake of pleasing Chu Xun who was still the Crown Prince at that time and to build a long lasting friendship with His Highness Crown Prince, she randomly bought it. (?? Randomly??)

“Do you still remember this face mirror?”

Mei Qian Deng nodded her head.

“Zhen know. You’re not willing to return to the palace with zhen. In these few years, you’re always avoiding zhen. Zhen will only ask you one question. Why are you not willing to meet zhen? Is it because you feel wronged?” After Chu Xun inherited the throne, he had been cleaning Mei’s family’s reputation. Even when the late Emperor was still alive, he was only pretending on the surface. The truth was he had never catch any Mei family members.

“To sacrifice for the peace of the world, Mei family will never think it’s wrongful.”

“What a good kind family. Then, give zhen a reason. Why are you avoiding zhen?”

Female warrior Mei dropped her head again.

Chu Xun couldn’t see Mei Qian Deng’s current expression.

After a long time, Mei Qian Deng said, “I’m a girl. I can’t stay long by Your Majesty’s side to do works. The matter that year, it’s also because of this selfish wish. Truthfully thinking, it’s not because Mei family had a contribution for sacrificing, it’s thanks to Your Majesty for not killing us. Mei family has the crime of deceiving the monarch and should have its’ nine generations exterminated.”

Chu Xun’s brain exploded. He didn’t hear the last part of her words. His mind was filled with the ‘I’m a girl. I can’t stay long by Your Majesty’s side.’? He didn’t know where the fiery fire came from his body. It burned him until he was seething in anger. His expression turned savage as he shouted in deep voice, “You’re a girl. So what if you’re a girl? What, if you’re a girl you can’t stay by my side??!!” He was so angry he abandoned the Emperor’s circumstances and directly used ‘I[1]’.

Mei Qian Deng could feel the gushing force appearing suddenly from a certain person in front of her. She was surprised and silently stared at Chu Xun. Yi? Where did she offend His Majesty until he got unhappy? The main point she said earlier seemed to be the crime of deceiving the monarch though…… She could have never thought. It had been so many years yet Female warrior Mei seriously thought her talent of suddenly angering Chu Xun was still this amazing.

“Your Majesty……please calm down……”

Chu Xun was so angry he jumped down from the rock.

En, right. It was not wrong. It was jumping down from the rock.

Chu Xun who had become the Emperor wanted to show off the prestige of an Emperor in front of Mei Qian Deng so he had been standing on a flat rock in the small plum forest. Only with this he could stand tall and look down at female warrior Mei. Chu Xun who had jumped down from the rock was only half a head taller than Mei Qian Deng. His aura too instantly disappeared three parts.

“I will say it clearly then. Previously when you’re disguising as a man, it’s a bit impertinent to be a man. Now that you have regained your identity as a girl, I want to let you continue to stay by my side.”

“There is no precedent for a girl to be an official in the government. Your Majesty, this is not proper……”

Chu Xun stomped his feet, “Who want you to be an official?!”

“???”

“You can be the Empress!”

Mei Qian Deng who always had an indifferent face currently couldn’t control her face. Her mouth was slightly gaped and her eyes bulged. She was as if looking at a monster when looking at Chu Xun.

Your Majesty, what did you say just now?

Actually, Chu Xun originally planned the confession not to be this intense and direct. He had recited in his mind three times to be gentle and picked the words to advance gradually. He too was aware. If the Emperor’s confession happened too suddenly, it would surely get adverse effect from Mei Qian Deng. Because even he too felt that Mei Qian Deng towards him was only the feeling between a monarch and his subject. She had never consider the romantic feeling between a man and a woman.

As the handsome and sly Emperor, his plan was like this:

First, he would use the mirror gifted by Mei Qian Deng to move female warrior Mei a moment. Look, in these few years zhen had been treasuring this small face mirror like this. The unspoken words were, zhen really cares about you. And then, the sad expression to show the Emperor’s everlasting feelings would be reflected on the mirror.

Then their love would blossom. This was also the part Tao Xiao Xian couldn’t understand why Chu Xun let her helped Sixth Brother Mei. Mei Qian Deng’s temperance was, to be forceful when meeting force, to be soft when meeting softness. To make Mei Qian Deng stay, he must not be forceful with her. He had to soften her heart, make her feel ill at ease to leave. Therefore, properly releasing the tiger back to the mountain, oh, wrong, releasing the bird back to the forest was still a must. The main point was, before letting her go, he had to make her always think of Chu Xun.

And finally checkmate. As for the checkmate method…… Chu Xun had thought well of it. Since ancient times when a man chasing a woman, it wouldn’t escape the three methods:

Sweet and honey words;

Self-injury plan;

And also, buy, buy buy!!!

The first and the third ones, probably had no effect for Mei Qian Deng. An assassination this method however would instantly reveal the results.

Such a pity, such a pity. In the end, he couldn’t stop himself. Mei Qian Deng could change his feelings too easily.

Chu Xun started to do whatever he could do, “You once promised you will never leave me. It was during a night at the small drum tower. That night, I even drank some wine. Have you forgotten?” (Audience & author: Sorry, Your Majesty. We can’t remember it well anymore. Only you remembered. Chu Xun: You all, go and see Chapter 52! The proof is verified.)

Mei Qian Deng carefully thought back. It seemed like this did happen before.

“You pressured me every day with Mencius. Mencius that old man had said, one can’t go back on one’s word!”

“……”

In most cases, sages probably had said this general principle before. For what reason must Mencius got shot even when lying down?

“Zhen know. Your brother is at next door. Tao Xiao Xian will surely have colluded with you. Zhen now must say it all out. No because zhen scared there will be no more chance to tell you after you escape. No matter where you hide, zhen can still find you. Do you believe it? Zhen must say it now, to say clearly the words in zhen’s heart. Only then will it be fair for zhen. Now, choose it yourself. Do you want to go or stay? Do you want your elder brother or zhen?” Chu Xun angrily pointed at that Thousand Autumns Mirror in Mei Qian Deng’s hands.

He added, “If you choose to go, then just break this mirror. From now on, we will go our own way, forget each other. Zhen will no longer involve with you.”

[1] The Chinese word used here is 我 which can be used as I, me, mine and my depending on the context.