Free Web NovelChapter 68: Chapter 45: She Must Be a Reincarnated Pig
’Oh, please...’ The saccharine sweetness was killing her!
Those words infuriated He Lan Yun. "Can’t I even offer a single compliment?"
"Yun Zhao, you’re awake?"
Song Yexi’s voice rang out at the same time as He Lan Yun’s.
Song Yunzhao sat up. Song Yexi hurried forward to help her, then placed a pillow behind her back. "How are you feeling? Are you still uncomfortable anywhere?" ƒгeewebnovёl.com
"I’m fine now. I just fainted because I was tired and it was too hot." Song Yunzhao wore an embarrassed expression. She had actually fallen asleep for real afterward, and it wasn’t a lie that she was exhausted, so she said it with complete conviction.
He Lan Yun came over to inspect Song Yunzhao’s complexion. Seeing that she indeed looked well, she said with a smile, "Song Yunzhao, you’ve really made a name for yourself today."
Song Yunzhao guessed it had something to do with the Imperial Physician who had treated her, but she feigned ignorance. She looked at He Lan Yun with a neutral expression and said, "I just fainted from the sun. What’s so remarkable about that? Making a name for myself? County Princess, you truly flatter me. Thank you ever so much."
Seeing Yun Zhao’s vibrant and energetic appearance, Song Yexi, for some reason, felt most of her worries melt away.
He Lan Yun pointed at Song Yexi. "If you don’t believe me, ask your sister. See if I’m lying. Besides, what’s there to lie to you about?"
Song Yunzhao, deciding to be contrary, replied with feigned innocence, "Is that so? Then I wonder who was being so sarcastic to my sister earlier."
He Lan Yun: "..."
’I knew it,’ she thought. ’This girl refuses to lose any verbal spar.’
But today, He Lan Yun was holding her ground. She looked at Song Yunzhao with a smirk. "Somehow, word of your fainting reached His Majesty’s ears, and he sent the Imperial Hospital’s very own Hospital Director Tian to personally diagnose you. Song Yunzhao, you’ve really struck it lucky, getting your name known before the Emperor. Among our group, you’re the first. Congratulations, congratulations."
"What?" Song Yunzhao was truly stunned. ’What the hell?’
She turned to look at Song Yexi.
Seeing Yun Zhao’s troubled expression, Song Yexi quickly said, "Yun Zhao, don’t worry. His Majesty was just on his way to the study to get a book and happened to hear about it. That’s why he sent someone to treat you. It was just a coincidence."
Song Yunzhao felt something was off. Given the Emperor’s personality as described in the book, how could he possibly do something that offered him no benefit?
The female lead had struggled in the harem for over half the book, scheming against a flock of other Beauties for years, just to finally move the Emperor’s suspicious, fickle, and vindictive little heart.
’What had she, a mere cannon-fodder character, ever done to deserve the Emperor showing her special favor?’ frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
Song Yunzhao was instantly on high alert. ’This is definitely a trap.’
But she couldn’t reveal her suspicions in front of He Lan Yun and Song Yexi. She had no choice but to painstakingly force a smile that held a faint trace of pleasant surprise.
’This is so hard.’
’The Emperor surely has ill intentions, but how did he even notice me?’
’Could it be from that night I smashed the copper basin against the wall?’
’If I’d known, I never would have done it.’
’It was all He Lan Yun’s fault. She knew that getting tangled up with the female lead and her mortal enemies would only lead to trouble.’
"Are you stunned silly with joy?" He Lan Yun watched Song Yunzhao’s bizarre expression. It was a smile that wasn’t a smile, and it was rather unsettling.
Song Yunzhao lifted her eyes and gave He Lan Yun a dark stare. ’If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all!’
Somehow, He Lan Yun instantly understood Song Yunzhao’s silent accusation and sheepishly closed her mouth.
But then, on second thought, ’Why should I be the one to shut up? No, I won’t!’
"Song Yunzhao, in the embroidery competition, Qin Xiyue won the top prize. Her Double-sided Embroidery was spectacular. A pity you didn’t get to see it."
"What does it matter whether I saw it or not? As long as you saw it, County Princess, that’s all that matters. After all, I have no grievances with Miss Qin. She took first place, and I’ll be the first to clap for her and offer my congratulations."
He Lan Yun’s face darkened with anger, and her arm trembled as she pointed at Song Yunzhao. "Fine. You’re ruthless."
"Likewise."
Listening from the side, Song Yexi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ’How can these two be so childish?’
"Yun Zhao, the County Princess was just giving you a well-intentioned warning," Song Yexi said, trying to smooth things over. "Having Hospital Director Tian treat you on imperial orders might look bad to others. You must be careful."
Song Yunzhao nodded with a miserable expression. "I know. Is it time for dinner yet? I’m starving."
He Lan Yun: "..."
’Was she a pig in her past life? All she thinks about is food!’
Song Yexi was mortified by He Lan Yun’s vividly expressive face. She subconsciously covered her own. ’Ugh, I’m too embarrassed to be seen right now.’
Song Yunzhao looked at He Lan Yun with righteous indignation. "What, you’re not hungry?"
He Lan Yun subconsciously touched her stomach. She was, in fact, a little hungry.
’But was that really the point?’
The two stared at each other, and He Lan Yun was the first to back down. When it came to being shameless, she was willing to concede defeat.
"I’ll go ask about dinner. Yun Zhao, you should freshen up a bit first. I imagine that once everyone else returns, there might be people coming to visit you," Song Yexi advised.
