Chapter 20: Miss Handicap (20)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Jun Mo did not finish the rest of what he wanted to tell her.

He did not want to scare her. He would wait until he got everything ready and no more trivial matters could bother them. Then, he would tell her. 

After Jun Mo left, Su Kui blinked her eyes in confusion. ‘What did he want to say at the end?’

Actually, Su Kui was extremely insensitive when it came to romance. The reason she had dated a douchebag in her previous life was not that she was blind and unable to see it clearly. It was because she did not bother to understand the relationship, which ultimately led to her tragic journey here.

Soon after Jun Mo left, Lu Yao hurriedly walked in with a respectful look on her face.

“Young Mistress, it’s done. Mrs. Tan asked you to rest well. She said that there is no need to be concerned about matters over there. Lu Yao conveyed what Mrs. Tan did not say explicitly in a simple and direct way. So, the message that Su Kui received had another meaning in it.

But Su Kui did not mind. All she needed was the end result.

Leaning against the bedpost, Su Kui looked to the side at Lu Yao and asked idly, “Anything interesting happened while you were there?”

“Actually…something did happen.” Lu Yao thought for a while and told Su Kui everything she saw when she entered the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Su Kui raised her eyebrows after she heard the story. “You’re telling me that the left imperial chancellor’s third daughter had to kneel on the floor as punishment?”

Lu Yao nodded affirmatively.

She never thought that there would be such a tough character in the palace. Well, one who was capable of climbing up to the position of Office Etiquette Head Maid in the palace would never be simple.

Those in high positions were all tactful and never offended anyone easily.

By right, as the third daughter of the left imperial chancellor, it would be hard for Yu Yingying to not be selected with her father in that position. 

But…why was Mrs. Tan still so undeterred?

‘Isn’t she afraid that Yu Yingying will exact revenge on her when she climbs to the top? Or is there some other reason behind it?’

Su Kui was thinking hard for an answer. “Who exactly is Mrs. Tan working for?”

The question was perplexing. Out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently saw Lu Yao standing there. An idea materialized in her mind all of a sudden. “Lu Yao, do you know who the left imperial chancellor is close with?”

To put it simply, she meant…

Whose side the left imperial chancellor was taking!

“About that…”

Lu Yao was hesitating. Her twisted brows expressed a twinge of reluctance. After a long while, she said, “Young Mistress, I’m just a palace maid. I don’t know much about what happens in the court.”

Su Kui, who had been observing Lu Yao closely, smiled at the sight. “Oh, I see, that’s such a shame.”

Lu Yao was not sure about the real meaning behind Su Kui’s words as she asked, “Young Mistress?”

“Yes?” Su Kui smiled brightly and waved her hand. She raised her chin at her and said, “Go out first. I want to sleep a little longer.”

“…Yes.”

Lu Yao bowed and left. Before she closed the carved wooden door from the outside, she quickly glanced at Su Kui’s face through the gap.

She saw the smile on her face fade instantly without a trace. Her brows were locked, and she was tapping her pink lips habitually with one of her fingers as if she was thinking about something.

Lu Yao felt pressure in her temples. She tried to remember if she had said anything that should not have been said in the short conversation they just had.

After filtering all the information in her mind, Lu Yao eased her concerns a little.

Ever since His Highness assigned her to serve Su Kui, it had been getting harder for her to understand Su Kui.

To be more precise, she probably never understood her.

‘One has a cold face and is cruel on the inside, while the other one looks friendly but is ruthless on the inside.’ Lu Yao felt that the girl in the room and His Highness were becoming more and more like the same person.