Chapter 12
Ji Zai mumbled: "You obviously did it on purpose, and you still pretend to be weak . Blockhead, did you swindle and cheat this way to complete your hosts’ wishes?”
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Yan Ge let out a cold laugh: "You should learn a bit more so one day you avoid being boiled and eaten while still helping others to pluck your own feathers out .
Ji Zai wanted to mock Yan Ge but was ridiculed instead . It huffed through its nose and its feathers trembled from anger . In the end, it just poked his head into his wing and pointing its butt at Yan Ge’s face .
On the second day, Emperor Yuan arrived in the evening . The female physician was changing the medicine, and a bead curtain formed a barrier as he sat on the chaise lounge . Tilting his head slightly, he looked at the beautiful woman through the curtain . Her back was ramrod straight when she sat and did not utter a word even when the medicine was changed . This behavior was not at all like a woman .
He recalled the scars on her body and couldn’t help but wonder: "Why are there so many scars on you?"
"Martial arts practice . One has to bear this kind of hardship . " Yan Ge said: "These scars can also be regarded as my brilliant record . "
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Emperor Yuan chuckled: "For what reason do you fight so hard?"
Yan Ge was silent . Emperor Yuan teased her: "What, don't say you still want to be a man!"
"I have no choice but to fight," Yan Ge explained: "Because I am a woman, I must fight even harder . "
Emperor Yuan heard the bitter current in her words and asked curiously: "Where is your family? Are your parents and relatives still around? Your parents must be very powerful individuals to teach a woman as strange as you . ”
"My mother died early, and I have no memory of her . " Yan Ge replied: "My father doesn't care about me, and I rarely see him in a year . "
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Emperor Yuan opened his mouth, and he did not know how to answer .
Yan Ge continued: "But I have to thank him . If it were not for him, I wouldn’t have this kind of life . "
"You can have a better life . " Emperor Yuan said: "If you stay in the palace, Zhen[I]will treat you well . "
Yan Ge did not respond .
However, Emperor Yuan felt that Yan Ge must have loosened her stance .
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A woman leaving home to make her way in the world was like a duckweed on water . He thought that she also expected someone to build a shelter to protect her from the wind and rain .
"Tomorrow is Zhen's[my] birthday . " It was also the day of his coming of age ceremony . As the emperor, the ritual was of great significance to him .
He separated the bead curtain and stepped in: "If today Zhen[I] loses to you, Zhen[I] will give you a grand gift tomorrow . Naturally, you will give Zhen[me] a birthday gift should you lose . "
The corner of Yan Ge's eyes picked up, and her chin was raised slightly in an aloof and arrogant manner: "Your Majesty may need to prepare a gift in advance . Today, I slept for a day and have sufficient energy . "
Emperor Yuan looked at Yan Ge with a smile . He suddenly remembered the cat his younger sister had raised as a child .
The cat was always arrogant on the outside and tender on the inside . It was languid when it walked and would squint as it basked in the sun . It didn’t tolerate anyone other than his sister . He once tried to touch the cat's head but was bitten by the little animal .
"Alright, Zhen[I] already prepared a gift and was waiting for a chance to give it to you . "
Yan Ge raised her head slightly and watched in bafflement as Emperor Yuan placed a hand on top of her head: "Your Majesty, I haven't washed my hair for several days . Is there something on my hair?"
Emperor Yuan – – !
Emperor Yuan had been rubbing her soft hair incessantly and the feeling was surprisingly good . He coughed softly, and then sounded an “En . ”
It was now Yan Ge's turn to be dumbfounded . The palace maids helped clean it every day, there was no way it could be dirty: "Is it still dirty? How about I wash my head first?"