His Rui

Chapter 234 – Yi Huiqing Likes Her Courtyard More

"Tonight in Wangye's Courtyard?"

Yi Huiqing looked at Eunuch Zhang with blank eyes as she murmured with the same blank expression on her face.

In response, Eunuch Zhang lowered his head and said

"Yes, Wangfei. Since His Highness could not spend yesternight with Wangfei, His Highness feels guilty and wishes for Wangfei to spend tonight in his Courtyard."

'There was no need to feel guilty.'

screamed and groaned Yi Huiqing inside her heart.

However, from outside she could only smile shyly in front of Eunuch Zhang.

Zhao Zhang Wei had made Yi Huqing promise him on the third day of the banquet that she would spend the night of that day inside his courtyard. This was something that only the two of them knew about.

However, on the same evening, the second prince was called by the Emperor to have an important talk which lasted for a very long time …exactly midnight.

And hence Yi Huiqing who was fretting in Lantai Courtyard over the fact that how she would spend a long night in her so-called husband's courtyard was soon sent a message that the second Prince won't be able to accompany her for the night.

Yi Huiqing could not be happy any more than she was at that moment.

So at night, she went to meet her family members whom Zhao Zhang Wei had welcomed to stay for a night. 

Yes, the second Prince who was so dislikable to her invited Yi family to stay inside Xinhe Palace which was basically a surprise to everyone including Yi Huiqing.

She had been surprised when she had seen Zhao Zhang Wei requesting her grandfather to stay in Xinhe Palace for at least one night and one day.

Her grandfather of course denied it as it was not something that happened in the Imperial Palace usually.

However, since Yi Huiqing knew what price she had paid for this precious meeting she forcefully made her family stay in Xinhe Palace. She showed her tearful eyes to her grandfather and in an instant her grandmother was there for her, declaring right away that they would stay in the Imperial Palace.

And then how could her grandfather refuse her tearful eyes and her grandmother's firm decision? 

And Zhao Zhang Wei not getting any time to spend the night, she had promised carelessly, with her was just cherry on the cake.

So she went to spend time with her family members without any worry.

After spending a night chatting with Yi family, Yi Huiqing was now resting inside her chambers only to get woken by her maid Daiyu who told her that Eunuch Zhang from the prince's courtyard had come with a message for her.

Confused she got out of her bed and immediately got ready to see Eunuch Zhang. 

When had she thought that message brought by Eunuch Zhang would be something like this?

'Their deal was only limited to yesternight and she would not go back to that man's courtyard tonight.' thought Yi Huiqing and her dimmed dyes lightened suddenly.

She took the brush and then wrote her to answer below the message written by Zhao Zhang Wei.

"Yesternight, Wangye's courtyard looked a little beautiful but today, this Wangfei likes her own courtyard more."

Yi Huiqing wrote with a bright smile on her lips.

Standing behind her mistress, when Daiyu saw the smile on her lips she got more worried about her. Whenever her mistress smiles like this, she creates more trouble for herself by doing something foolish.

The young maid wanted to peek at what her mistress was writing so that if it was anything presumptuous then she could do anything to save her mistress.

However, when she saw the words she got relieved as she thought that her mistress was just telling Wangye that she wants him to come to Lantai Courtyard tonight if he wishes to spend the night with her.

And this was the best her mistress had done in the past few days, thought Lin Daiyu as she had seen her mistress running away as soon as she gets to know about Wangye's presence at a certain place.

'This was good. Although it was a bit rude to say this to an Imperial Prince, at the very least her mistress was not refusing the idea of spending the night with the second Prince.'

Also, she had seen the second Prince had been quite indulgent of her mistress.   

Daiyu sighed in relief thinking all this and stepped back so that her mistress won't notice her peeking at the message she was writing.

The maid was however unbeknownst that her mistress' words were just a refusal in their disguise.

'Since you want to stay away from me, I'll never step in your courtyard again…..Even if you would be dying, Yi Huiqing, this Prince will never come to see you.'

These were the words Zhao Zhang Wei had said before leaving her courtyard last time.

She remembered them very clearly.

So he wouldn't come to her courtyard and she would not go to his courtyard.

"Eunuch Zhang, please give this message to Wangye and also tell him that this Wangfei doesn't mind if he is busy and could not spend yesternight with me. Wangye is working so hard. This Wangfei would never want to become an obstacle stopping Wangye from helping His Majesty in his work."

Eunuch Zhang's eyes were a bit complicated as he held the message in his hand, however Yi Huiqing didn't notice it or it should be said that she pretended to not notice it. 

Eunuch Zhang had understood that Yi Huqing was refusing to spend tonight in the prince's courtyard.

As much as he thought that she was very daring, he also knew that how stubborn and cunning his master was.

Especially since he had seen his master's restlessness just because he could not spend the planned night with Wangfei yesterday, he knew that his master was more determined this time. But as a Eunuch, he couldn't do anything. 

The young Eunuch, in the end, left the Lantai Courtyard with the scroll in his hand helplessly …fully knowing that he would have to come back again.

The problem was solved… or that was what the naive Yi Huiqing thought.