"Master, the hot water is ready." Eunuch Feng quickly sent a clean towel over.
"Wait." The monk wanted to go over to the kitchen to look for the widow. He did not want to wash himself.
"I will have the widow come over to massage your shoulders," Eunuch Feng said.
"Then, I will wash myself," the monk said. He turned around to enter the bathroom.
Eunuch Feng immediately went to ask Chu Yue to go over. She rolled her eyes. "Let whoever likes to serve him go and serve him. I am just a chef."
"Ma'am, you know how the master feels about you. Even if you throw a tantrum sometimes, the master's affections never change. Have you not sensed it even after such a long time has passed?" Eunuch Feng asked.
He did not expect that after his master ascended the throne, he would still need to lower his head to someone despite being the chief supervisor of all eunuchs.
He did not even need to do this before the empress.
Because he served the emperor, he did not need to buy into the empress' antics.
But he needed to care about what the widow did.
Chu Yue let out a huff but did not move.
"When you went back after you cooked lunch, the master was disappointed for a long while, but he still finished everything that you made."
"He will naturally eat if he is hungry." Chu Yue would not spoil him. If he refused to eat, it meant that he was not hungry enough!
"Ma'am, you should go over. If you don't, then I might not be able to keep my head on my shoulders. Since I have served you with all my heart and soul, please go over." Eunuch Feng almost knelt down before her.
He had thought that the widow would immediately go over when she heard that the master was bathing, but she actually did not want to go.
She was truly an unfathomable mountain spirit. It was no wonder then why the master was so enthralled by her.
Chu Yue cast him a glance while thinking, 'You have a reason behind why you're serving me so wholeheartedly. You want me to be pregnant with the monk's seed so that you can have something to use against him, and you want it so that he would not be able to run away from the accusation. You want to drag him down.'
"Of course I know very well just how much you have helped me, sir. This time, I will show my respect to you," Chu Yue said.
It would not be good for her to make things too tense with the monk. It was about time that she made up with him.
"Thank you, Ma'am." Eunuch Feng sighed in relief. 'Next time, I should not like this. This widow doesn't act according to the norm. I was seriously terrified.'
Chu Yue went over with a change of clothes. The monk was in the bathtub, and Chu Yue put the clothes next to him. Then, she turned around and wanted to leave, but the monk took hold of her hand.
Eunuch Feng did not see that, but while standing behind the door, he heard her say, "Sir Holy Monk, why are you touching a girl?"
"Are you still angry?"
"I wouldn't dare to be angry at you. You are an eminent monk, while I am just a commoner. I am not fit to be angry at you."
Then, Eunuch Feng did not know what the master did, but the widow started fighting back. "Let me go. If you don't, I'm going to shout."
But she did not shout.
Eunuch Feng sighed in relief. They had managed to make up.
Just as he expected, once his master finished bathing and the widow came out with him, they were holding hands.
When the master looked at the widow, Eunuch Feng felt that his gaze was so doting that he could squeeze out three catties of honey from it. Eunuch Feng could feel it even if he was a eunuch.
The widow did not look at the monk. It seemed like she was still angry. Truly, she was fearless because she was ignorant. Would she be so preposterous if she knew whose hand she was holding?
Eunuch Feng intended to go back that night, which was why he saw the widow coming over when it was already late.
"Do you have the courage of a tiger? It's dark, aren't you afraid?" Eunuch Feng asked.
"I'm here to help her get back." Yingda popped up.
Eunuch Feng was stunned. Then, he understood. This was what his master wanted.
So he decided to not care.
But Eunuch Feng made the wrong guess. It was not his master's will. His master had just compromised and agreed to let her come over to rest so that she would not be angry with him anymore.
Chu Yue was in a good mood. She lay in bed while watching the monk copy scriptures.
She had jogged and jumped rope to exercise during the day. Besides, ever since she came over, she had developed the habit of sleeping early. Hence, as she continued watching, she went to the outer room to sleep.
When she fell asleep, the monk stopped writing.
Even though she always slept in the outer room when she came over, he knew her intentions. But the time for him to stop being a monk had not ended just yet. He could not give her what she wanted. There was still half a year left. Once the time was due, he would be willing to make her sire his child so she would stay by his side.
The monk washed his brush and went to cover the widow with a blanket before he went into the inner room. There was charcoal burning inside, so no matter how cold it was outside, the room would not be cold.
When Chu Yue woke up in the morning, the monk had already woken up and returned after practicing martial arts outside.
Chu Yue got up to cook for the monk. Then, she went back.
When Hupo saw her come back, she sighed in relief. "Milady, I was terrified when I didn't see you in the morning."
"The master has to wake up early now, so I have to go over much earlier to make breakfast. This will happen every day from now on, so you don't have to worry about me," Chu Yue said.
Hupo sighed and said, "I wonder when the prince will send someone to take us back."
Life outside was just too hard.
"We're free while we live outside. If we go back to Prince Qin's mansion, do you actually think that we will have a good life?" Chu Yue asked.
"Milady, you shouldn't lose heart. The prince has not seen your beauty yet. When he sees it, he will definitely be bewitched by you!" Hupo said confidently.
Her mistress had always been beautiful, and she did not lose to the second lady at all in terms of looks, but she was a little gloomy and liked keeping her head bowed, so no one could see how she looked.
But now, her mistress had become very lively, and her face was full of life, so Hupo refused to believe that the prince would not like her when she acted this way.
Chu Yue then decided to prepare her maid. "I don't care whether the prince likes me or not. From the moment he chased me away and humiliated me to the point that I couldn't raise my head in the capital, I broke all ties with him."
Hupo's face turned pale. "But Milady, the prince is still your husband."
"There is no room for negotiation. Don't try to persuade me," Chu Yue said.