Princess and the General

Venting for Her (Part Two)

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It turned out that he was not sleeping and was just pretending.

Shrieks came from the girls on the boat next to them, as Pei’er stepped out and shouted, “Who are you? You actually dared to kic our boat? Do you know…”

She looked at Chen ChuXiu’s face.
The longer she looked, the more she felt that something was off, and she could not continue saying what she wanted to say.

The young man before her looked very familiar.
He looked more and more like the picture that the eldest young sir had given the young miss…

“Young sir Chen!”

Yao Yue came out of the cabin, wanting to stop Chen ChuXiu.
On the other side, Yin JiYao heard her voice and also came out.

“Young sir Chen?”

It was quite a coincidence that they would run into a young sir Chen, but was it the Chen ChuXiu that they were looking for?

Looking behind him, they saw Yao Yue.
Master and servant were both stunned.

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Yao Yue must have heard their earlier conversation…

Chen ChuXiu folded his arms over his chest and rudely sized up Yin JiYao, “Which family’s young miss are you? Looking at you, you should be from a prominent family, so how can you say such rude things?”

Yao Yue awkwardly stepped forward to stop him, “Young sir Chen, it’s not like that.
Young miss Yin and I know each other.
There is a misunderstanding here.
Please do not make a fuss over it.”

“Know each other?”

Chen ChuXiu thought back.
The maidservant earlier had mentioned Gu JiuGe and immediately understood.

“So it was another one of second young sir Gu’s admirers, young miss Yin? There are very few in court with the surname Yin.
Would the young miss happen to be Prime Minister Yin’s younger sister?”

At this point, Yin JiYao had regained her wits and had an understanding of the identity of the young man before her, “Greetings, young sir Chen.”

Chen ChuXiu sneered and said with disdain: “Young miss was asked by Prime Minister Yin to come and find me, but may I ask what for?”

He already knew why.
Aside from the battle at the border, the biggest movement in court was the establishing of the cabinet.

His father, imperial censor Chen, was a top candidate for the cabinet.
Yin Shuo had his younger sister come to get close to him, and the purpose was self-evident.

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Yin JiYao’s expression became awkward.
She had indeed come to get closer to Chen ChuXiu, but this was discovered by the other side before she even had a chance to act.

It was all her fault for being too careless, thinking that nobody was on the lake.
The boat next to their’s had been stopped in place for a long time with no movement, thus it had to be an empty boat.

Who knew that the person that she and Pei’er were talking about was inside that boat, and it was both people!

Yin JiYao was unable to speak, but Yao Yue was very adept at observing people’s expressions.
She nodded and said: “Since young miss Yin has come to see young sir Chen with a matter, Yao Yue will bid farewell first.
Please take your time.”

“How do you plan on leaving? Do you have a boat to get back?”

Chen ChuXiu was verbally plaintive, but the look in his eyes was gentle.
Just as Yin JiYao was thinking about leaving, she heard him say: “How about young miss Yin waits for me for a while.
I will have the helmsman send Miss Yao Yue back first then come back to find you.
How does that sound?”

Yin JiYao was caught off guard.
Even after such a mess, Chen ChuXiu was still willing to talk to her?

It seemed that he only knew that she had been sent by Yin Shuo to seek him out but did not know her true mission.
She needed to think carefully about how to reply properly.

“Very well, young sir Chen, you go ahead.
Miss Yao Yue, just now, it was Pei’er who spoke rudely.
I hope that you will be magnanimous and forgive her.”

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Fortunately, the one to have insulted her was Pei’er and not herself, or this scene would have become even uglier.

Yao Yue nodded her head with a good temperament, “I was out of it earlier and did not hear what was said.
Young miss Yin, there’s no need to worry about it.”

Having worked in her line of business for so many years, Yao Yue had learned long ago how to avoid offending others.
She was curious as to why Yin JiYao had come to look for Chen ChuXiu but did not want to ask.

The matters of the aristocrats were not things that a lowly prostitute like her should inquire into.

On the way back, Yao Yue observed Chen ChuXiu’s expression, “Young sir Chen clearly does not like young miss Yin, so why will you go back to talk to her?”

“Does it stop at just not liking her? With how they were talking about you, does that not make you angry?”

Yao Yue was surprised and said: “Did young sir Chen only agree to talk to young miss Yin to vent for me?”

Chen ChuXiu sneered, “It’s not just that.
Prime Minister Yin’s methods are too unprincipled, having his little sister come to be a honey trap and ask about the cabinet selection.
It’s because His Majesty does not trust him that he wants to establish a cabinet.
If he secretly inquires about it, is that not the same as opposing His Majesty’s intentions? If I don’t have them suffer a little, Prime Minister Yin will continue to think that he can do as he pleases in court!”

Yao Yue had heard quite a few stories about Chen ChuXiu, like how he spent vast sums of money on courtesans and how he fought with his extended family for the sake of winning a fireworks competition.
He was not afraid of anything.

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He said that he wanted to have the Yin family’s siblings suffer a little, but what would this suffering be?

Yin JiYao was Gu JiuGe’s friend, and Yao Yue was a little worried, “But young miss Yin is still a girl.
Even if she has any schemes, they were drawn up by her elder brother.
How are they related to her?”

Getting close to him was her elder brother’s plot, but insulting Yao Yue and calling her a seductress behind her back was not a false accusation, right?

Chen ChuXiu did not say it out loud.
He knew that Yao Yue was kindhearted thus said: “Don’t worry.
I have a sense of measure.”

Yao Yue pursed her lips.

She did not feel that Chen ChuXiu had a sense of measure, but this was a matter pertaining to court affairs.
She just knew that based on her own status, she should not concern herself with it.

The shore drew closer and closer.
After the helmsman lifted the bamboo oar and placed it on the dock, the boat came to a stop.
Yao Yue stood up and swayed with the rocking of the boat.

Chen ChuXiu immediately stood up and reached out to support her, “Don’t be so reserved.
Go back and rest well.”

He had deliberately avoided bodily contact.
Even when supporting her, he simply held her at arm’s length, paying close attention to his distance.

Yao Yue gratefully looked at him, “Then Yao Yue will be going first.”