The palace eunuchs were all replaced with Xie Yunting’s trusted aides .
Despite Xie Yunting’s face of indifference, he still cared about Bai Weiwei’s reaction .
But she just looked at him coolly and didn’t protest .
Xie Yunting didn’t know if he was supposed to feel relieved or angry .
In any case, he could finally tie her down to a place within his reach .
“Your Majesty, it’s time to bathe . ”
The palace ladys came up and respectfully reminded Bai Weiwei .
Bai Weiwei nodded and turned to follow the palace lady to the bath .
Xie Yunting, who was reviewing the backlog of memorials that had piled up, stopped and watched her receding figure .
His gaze was unfathomable .
In the last three days, she hadn’t spoken a word to him .
The first time she spoke she had asked about how Chen Jingzhi was . She even worried about that old eunuch .
He listened, feeling vexed, and after he threatened her with a few words, she finally stopped talking .
Stored in Xie Yunting’s box was a chain forged out of special materials, used to restrain people .
Sometimes, he had dark thoughts about keeping the little emperor in the palace .
Tying her to the bed, unable to move, how wonderful, ah .
But after seeing the misery in her brows, these dark thoughts would be pushed aside .
They had returned to the palace, and she couldn’t run anymore . He couldn’t push her too hard .
Suddenly, Xie Yunting remembered something . He threw away the brush in his hand and hurried to the bath .
He saw a row of eunuchs standing next to the bath .
Even a palace lady helping to undress Bai Weiwei .
His eyes immediately turned cold . He ordered in a gloomy voice: “All of you get out . ”
Whether it was a palace lady or a eunuch, he didn’t want anyone to see her .
The people around them immediately withdrew .
Bai Weiwei stood there, half undressed, a blank look on her face .
“Tai Fu, what are you doing?”
Bai Weiwei asked expressionlessly .
Xie Yunting smiled coldly . “I had thought you were mute and didn’t remember how to speak . ”
He spoke as he undressed .
Bai Weiwei immediately stepped back in fright . She turned away, refusing to look .
When Xie Yunting saw her acting like this, the repressed anger in his heart burst forth .
He raised his brows slightly, his eyes dark and ruthless . “This official heard that the emperor was going to bathe, and especially came to serve . ”
Bai Weiwei’s face was pale . “No need . ”
Xie Yunting stripped the clothes on his body with clean and swift movements1, then stood naked before Bai Weiwei .
“No need . If it were Chen Jingzhi you would jump up right away . ”
Jealousy gnawed at his heart day and night and made him look ferocious .
He even started speaking with guns and rods2 .
Bai Weiwei’s expression was tense, “Tai Fu, please conduct yourself with dignity . ”
Xie Yunting looked at her coldly, his heart even more annoyed . He spat out three words .
“Chen Jingzhi . ”
As expected, Bai Weiwei looked up, her eyes full of pain and struggle .
Then she took the initiative to take off the rest of her clothes .
Her snow-white body was innocent and bewitching, an unusual mix of fantastic allure .
When she pretended to be a man, Xie Yunting had been seduced .
And then she became a woman .
And this attraction became 10 times stronger than before .
She was the first and only person who could drive him mad without doing anything .
Xie Yunting felt like he was about to explode . He took a few deep breaths before he coldly commanded: “Bathe . ”
Bai Weiwei immediately fled into the water . The red petals floating on the surface covered her naked body .
Because she had a place to hide, she sighed in relief .
However, she didn’t realize that this faintly discernible shelter made Xie Yunting’s eyes burn even hotter .
1: 三二五除二: three two five divided by two; a reference to calculations using the abacus; neat and quick .
2: 夹枪带棒: thorns in (his) words; lashing out in all directions .