This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me

Chapter 66: I’m Dead Meat!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In the Great Blessing Palace…

The bird was squatting on a wooden figure and watching Sister Fat-Headed Dragon practice the saber. It was a little sleepy, and its head started nodding bit by bit.

Dongfang Liren was also a little distracted. From time to time, she would look back at the northeast side of the Imperial City. Why isn’t this fellow here yet? Did he really seduce a palace maid…

Just as she was feeling bored, a palace maid quickly walked over. “Your Highness, Her Majesty requests that you go to the Bright Yang Pool.”

“Hmm?” Dongfang Liren’s saber paused. “Didn’t Her Majesty go to bed?”

“I’m not sure. 1 heard from the palace maid who sent the message that Her Majesty couldn’t sleep and wanted to take a bath at the Bright Yang Pool. Her Majesty wants Your Highness to accompany her.”

Dongfang Liren guessed that her sister probably woke up when she got up in the middle of the night. She didn’t dare to delay. She put away her saber and handed the bird to the palace maid. “Take good care of it. When Ye Jingtang comes later, return it to him. Tell him to wait here.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Soon, Dongfang Liren led the palace maids through the corridors and buildings and arrived at the Bright Yang Pool. She saw two female officials waiting for the empress outside.

When they saw her, they bowed. “Greetings, Your Highness.”

“Has Her Majesty come yet?”

“Her Majesty saw that the moonlight was beautiful, so Her Majesty wrote a poem on a whim. Her Majesty asked Your Highness to wait a moment.”

Dongfang Liren knew that her sister was fairly casual, so she wasn’t surprised. She brought the palace maids into the Bright Yang Pool and went to the side hall to change first. She was thinking about how to brush her sister off so that she could go back and continue practicing the saber.

Swish swish…

With a soft sound, her belt was untied, and the silver python robe slipped off from her shoulders, revealing a silver undergarment and thin pants embroidered with a dragon python.

Then the fat-headed dragon undergarment was removed, and two full moons appeared in the bathing room.

Dongfang Liren put on a gauzy bathrobe and went to the edge of the misty pool. She hugged her heavy and plump body with one hand and tested the water with her toes.

Splash!

Feeling that the temperature of the water was suitable, she united her bathrobe and plunged into the water in a beautiful posture.

Plop!

The Bright Yang Pool was very large, about the size of a standard indoor pool. Its shape was not square but oval, and there were a few crescent bends on the edges for reclining.

Ye Jingtang held his breath and dived to the bottom of the pool. The light in the water was dim, so it was difficult to see the bottom of the pool. The bottom of the pool was inlaid with cobblestones and was not flat. It was really not easy to find a jade pendant.

Fortunately, after searching along the bottom of the pool for more than half a circle, he finally found traces of the jade pendant among the cobblestones.

Ye Jingtang was delighted. He surfaced and took a deep breath. Then he dived to the bottom of the pool to pick up the jade pendant.

But the jade pendant was stuck in a gap, and his fingers couldn’t reach in at all. Without damaging the bottom of the pool and the jade pendant, he could only fiddle with his fingers bit by bit and move the jade pendant out.

But the jade pendant was stuck quite in a very unique way, and it was very slippery. He couldn’t get it out by twisting and pulling it.

Ye Jingtang was not in a hurry. He slowly fiddled with the jade pendant. Not long after, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He vaguely sensed light.

The bottom of the pool was as deep as his shoulders, so he couldn’t hear the subtle sounds outside at all. This scene really shocked him. He looked up and saw that through the misty pool water, there were indeed a few balls of light moving beside the pool.

The place where the jade pendant had ‘dropped’ was at a crescent bend of the pool. The white jade stone wall blocked the view, so he couldn’t notice the light at the door at first. By the time he noticed it, a ball of light had already walked half a circle.

Ye Jingtang was shocked and puzzled. When he came in, he had already checked the surroundings. There were no outsiders, and it was already late at night. No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t look like anyone would come…

Is it a eunuch on patrol?

If the eunuch found him and expelled him, he would definitely not be able to stay in the pool…

Ye Jingtang thought to himself. At this moment, he could only use his hand to silently pry open the cobblestones and take out the jade pendant. Then he quietly poked his head out from the crescent bend that he was in to see what was going on.

Near the pool were not eunuchs but a few palace maids in colorful clothes holding lanterns behind a screen.

As soon as Ye Jingtang surfaced, he found that the door behind the screen was open, revealing the outline of a woman. She was wearing a white gauze bathrobe. Hazily, below seemed to be…

Hiss!

Ye Jingtang’s eyes suddenly widened. He didn’t even look at the woman’s appearance and figure carefully. He quickly shrank back into the pool, wanting to find a way to escape.

But the bathing room was full of translucent screens, and he was still in the water. It was easier said than done to escape silently.

If he showed his head, he would definitely not be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River. But if he was discovered without showing his head, wouldn’t he be dead meat…

Before Ye Jingtang could think of a countermeasure, he found a fair jade foot reaching into the surface of the pool in the distance and swaying gently.

Splash!

With the help of the light from the pool, he could see that her bare foot was extremely fair. Her toes were like crystal clear jade, and the lines were extremely beautiful.

And the scenery above the water was hazy and white…

No way!

Ye Jingtang noticed that the woman seemed to have taken off her bathrobe. At this moment, he didn’t dare to show his face. Just as he was hesitating if he should make some noise to remind her, he heard a muffled sound.

Plop!

The calm pool water not far away suddenly stirred up waves, and a fair figure smashed into the pool.

Ye Jingtang first saw her slender arms, followed by her heroic face and snow-white shoulders.

Originally, the posture of entering the water was perfect and wouldn’t cause much water to splash.

But the woman’s body was clearly not streamlined, and the resistance in her chest was very large.

The moment she entered the water, he saw two large balls pushing through the water, creating rhythmic waves, swaying and surging. An indescribable pressure assaulted his face…

F*ck///This shocking scene stunned Ye Jingtang. He froze at the edge of the pool, his heart like dead ashes.

But after seeing who it was, he felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, its Dumdum…

No, how can 1 say it’s fortunate…

What should 1 do…

He could escape death, but he couldn’t escape punishment. He would be threatened for the rest of his life…

Counting on the Prince of Jing not discovering him at this time, even the heavens wouldn’t agree.

Dongfang Liren dove into the pool like a white fish and swam two lengths forward. She opened her eyes and prepared to swim backward to the reclining area on the other side of the pool.

But the moment she opened her eyes, she found something strange at the bottom of the pool. There seemed to be a black shadow in the crescent bend at the edge of the pool.

?!

Dongfang Liren was slightly startled. She quickly scrutinized the shadow carefully and saw the handsome face full of shock through the faint light.

Gulp!

Even Dongfang Liren, who couldn’t express her emotions, let out a scream when she encountered this accident and stared at Ye Jingtang in disbelief. Then she quickly hugged her chest, shrank into a fetal position in the water, and used her feet to block the most embarrassing part.

Ye Jingtang noticed the Prince of Jing looking at him, so he hurriedly closed his eyes and raised his hands. Although he didn’t say anything, he was obviously signaling: I was wrong! 1 was wrong! I didn’t do it on purpose…

After Dongfang Liren saw who was underwater, her face turned red. She was embarrassed, angry, and shocked.

But her calm mind in the face of danger didn’t make her completely flustered like ordinary women. After blocking her vital points, she forcefully suppressed the tempestuous waves in her heart and quickly surfaced.

Splash!

At the edge of the hot spring pool, a few palace maids looked at the hibiscus-like princess with blank expressions.

Dongfang Liren’s face was as red as blood. She suppressed her emotions, put on a normal expression, and ordered, “All of you, get out!”

Her voice was trembling.

The palace maids found it strange, but they didn’t dare to ask. After bowing, they walked out of the bathing room in puzzlement.

When there were no outsiders by the pool, Dongfang Liren’s expression completely turned into shame, anger, and shock. She wanted to get out of the pool to get her clothes, but she was afraid that what was under her hands and feet would be seen clearly…

She might have already been seen, but she couldn’t be seen again!

Dongfang Liren curled up into a ball and floated in the water in a strange posture. She didn’t know what to do.

Splash!

There was a soft splash.

A handsome man’s face appeared from the crescent bend. His face was full of embarrassment, his eyes were closed, and his hands were raised high. Then he turned around to face his back to her. “Uh…”

Dongfang Liren gritted her teeth. When she saw Ye Jingtang turn around, the embarrassment and anxiety in her heart eased a little. She stood in the pool, and the water reached her neck. She reprimanded softly, “You… How dare you!”

Ye Jingtang was dumbfounded. With his back to Dongfang Liren, he explained, “I didn’t do it on purpose. I…”

How the f*ck can 1 explain this?!

Dongfang Liren’s eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly retreated to the edge of the pool. She questioned coldly, “Why are you here?”

Ye Jingtang had come here to help find Miss Yuhu’s jade pendant. If he pointed out her at this time, the Prince of Jing would definitely vent her anger on the palace maid.

Although he couldn’t even protect himself, he hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and explaining, “I just met Sir Shang and the others and passed by this place. 1 heard water splashing in the dark, so I came in to take a look. In the end, I found that it was the mouth of a spring… Umm… When someone came, I hid. I didn’t expect Your Highness to come suddenly… Isn’t Your Highness practicing the saber in the Great Blessing Palace?”

Dongfang Liren didn’t believe Ye Jingtang’s excuse at all, but she really didn’t think that Ye Jingtang had hidden here on purpose to peek.

She had been called over by her sister, and Ye Jingtang didn’t know about it beforehand.

Even if he knew, it was impossible for him to come and peek at her taking a bath.

Even if he really wanted to peep, he wouldn’t be so stupid as to hide in the pool…

Fortunately, Sister didn’t come. Otherwise…

Sister didn’t come…

?

Dong! Fang! Yu! Hu!

Dongfang Liren was smart and instantly guessed who had set her up!

Other than her omnipotent sister, there was no one else in the palace who could trick her and Ye Jingtang into coming here!

Is there something wrong with your brain?

How can you do this? I’m your biological sister…

Although she had figured out the reason and knew that Ye Jingtang was also a victim, she had suffered such a huge loss for no reason, so she couldn’t let him off.

Dongfang Liren’s expression changed. She gritted her teeth and questioned coldly, “What did you just see?”

Ye Jingtang didn’t look carefully. Otherwise, he would have been able to see everything. “I didn’t see anything…”

When Dongfang Liren heard him refuse to admit it, her eyes were full of shame and anger. “Do you think I’m stupid?”

Ye Jingtang said innocently, “I really didn’t do it on purpose. As soon as I saw the outline, I quickly closed my eyes.”

Outline?

The outline of what…

The outline of everything…?

Dongfang Liren stood in the water with her arms crossed. She wanted to reprimand Ye Jingtang, but her mind was in a mess, and she couldn’t organize her words. “You…”

Ye Jingtang was afraid that the Prince of Jing would get angry and castrate him, so he quietly climbed out of the pool and apologized at the same time. “I really didn’t do it on purpose. I…”

Before he could climb out of the pool, his words and actions stopped.

Dongfang Liren’s eyes narrowed. She hugged her chest and looked wary, but she immediately heard footsteps outside.

Is Liren inside?”

“Your Majesty Empress Dowager, Her Highness is taking a bath…”

?!

Both of them were shocked.

Ye Jingtang looked around, trying to find a place to hide.

However, the empress dowager might go to the side hall to change her clothes first. There was no way for him to hide. The bath looked quite big, but even the screens were translucent. As a man, he would be easily discovered if he hid in the room.

Ye Jingtang gritted his teeth and wanted to quickly climb out of the window.

But Dongfang Liren quickly stopped him. “Don’t! There are secret guards outside. You’re covered in water. If you go out, you’ll be discovered… Turn your head!”

Just as Ye Jingtang turned around, and before he could see anything, he was rebuked shyly and angrily. He hurriedly turned around and asked, “So, what do we do?”

Tread, tread, tread…

The empress dowager seemed to be in a hurry. She didn’t look like she was going to take off her clothes in the side hall, and her footsteps had already reached the door.

Dongfang Liren had no choice. She flicked her finger to extinguish a few candles with water droplets and said in a low voice, “Get down.”

Huh?

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“Hurry up!”

“Oh.”

With nowhere else to hide, Ye Jingtang could only take a deep breath and slide back into the water to hide again…