Chapter 240 (1/2)

Chapter 240

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At the one end of the bridge, Zhuge Yue sat atop his horse, dressed in a robe.

Fang Chu informed him quietly, ”Master, Lady Chu has arrived.” Just as he finished his sentence, a group of people appeared on the horizon. The leading lady wore a white cape, and donned a bright smile while rushing towards Zhuge Yue.

”Lady!” Meixiang was originally sitting on a stone, and seeing Chu Qiao, she immediately jumped up in happiness.

Chu Qiao quickly reached the first group. As she stopped her horse, she jumped down and was locked in an embrace with Meixiang. Crying, Mei Xiang wept, ”Lady, I thought you were lying and would not come.”

Jingjing, Pingan, and the others all happily rushed over as Chu Qiao asked about their experiences. Pingan even elaborated on the battle that time with many details, seemingly rather satisfied with his own performance. He Xiao did not have any family, and as a result he did not wish to stay in the Tang Empire and followed Chu Qiao. Although he had never met Yue Qi before, they both had heard of each other's reputation, and before long, they were chatting away.

The only exception in this scene was Zhuge Yue. With a face of steel, he coldly looked at Chu Qiao, who was fawning over Meixiang, while clenching his teeth until they seemed like they would break.

Finally, that killer gaze disrupted this jubilant reunion. Smiling, Chu Qiao walked over. Just as Zhuge Yue moved, she immediately raised her hands and shouted, ”I surrender! This will be the last time! I promise!”

Zhuge Yue wanted to give her a beating to make sure she remembered this lesson. But after lifting his hand for a while, he was at a lost where to hit her. Seeing how she merely cowered and waited for him to hit her, he felt rather frustrated and bellowed, ”Why didn't you try to block me?”

Chu Qiao opened her eyes, and pouting, she looked rather pitiful as she explained, ”I am really trying to apologize.”

”You knew that you should apologize?” Zhuge Yue looked at her from the corner of his eyes. Ignoring the amused looked from the subordinates around, he stretched out and pinched Chu Qiao's skinny face as he firmly asked, ”Did you suddenly become so forgetful that you did not reply to all my letters?”

”I did not have time!” Chu Qiao frowned as she tried to explain.

”You had no time to reply, but you had time to burn my letter?”

Chu Qiao continued to try to find excuses. ”If I did not pretend I was so determined, Sun Di would never have believed me. If he did not believe me, the others, like the King of Jingan, would be even less trusting of me.”

Zhuge Yue stared at her and continued to question, ”Then why did you not inform me earlier, resulting in me running so far to comehere?”

Chu Qiao cowered, and as she blinked, she seemed like she finally had no more excuses.

”Quickly, own up!”

”I merely followed what Li Ce wanted me to do. If you are so courageous, you can look for him.”

Zhuge Yue seemed exceedingly frustrated, and finally he uttered, ”Fine. If there is one more time, I will go and take over all of Li Ce's territory. By then you can't even be a consort!”

Keep pretending. Chu Qiao quietly giggled in her mind, yet she pretended to be obedient and said, ”Of course, how could I? I will keep my promise. This will be the last time.”

Zhuge Yue pretentiously shook his head, as though his ego had been greatly fulfilled.

”Wah!” A loud cry of a baby came from the carriage that Chu Qiao brought. That sound stunned everyone. Chu Qiao quickly lifted up the veil of the carriage, only to see that two nannies were carrying a baby that seemed only four to five months old. The baby had just woken up, and was currently practicing its only skill―crying.

Chu Qiao quickly lifted the kid up and started to soothe it.

”What is this?” Zhuge Yue seemed rather gloomy as he coldly asked.

Chu Qiao gave his a weird look as she honestly replied, ”A baby.”

”I know!” Zhuge Yue was getting impatient and bellowed, ”Whose kid is this?”

Chu Qiao suddenly remembered that she had not yet explained the entire situation. She started to elaborate, ”This is the third son of Li Ce―Li Qingrong. Although we may need to give him a different name from now on. His mother was named Zhan Ziming. Before death, Li Ce handed this kid to me and informed me to bring this kid out from the palace in fear that this young child would be hurt if he remained in the palace.”

”Li Ce's son?” Zhuge Yue frowned, only so see the child's crimson lips and pure white teeth with the pair of pitch black eyes looking ad him. At this moment he was playing with the decoration that was hanging on Chu Qiao's clothes, his eyes rolling around. At one glance, his demeanor seemed exactly like a certain friend who had passed away.

His heart suddenly felt a certain gloom. Just as he was about to speak, the kid suddenly turned to him. With his eyes rolling around, the kid started to cry with all its strength again, seemingly disturbed by something.

”What happened? Why is he crying?” Chu Qiao seemed rather perplexed.

Meixiang rushed up as well, and asked the nannies, ”Could the kid be hungry?”