coobybook Chapter 282 Should we wash together?
Chapter 282 Should we wash together?
After dinner that day, Shen Li did not read or paint, but sat on the couch arranging flowers, pondering the matters of entering the palace the next day.
She has already sent out invitations, and anyone who is interested will know that she will be entering the palace. Presumably, the person she wants to see will take the initiative to see her.
This matter concerns the future careers of her Shen family and Gu Chang'an, so it cannot be handled carelessly. Those clues must be destroyed completely.
As she was thinking, she heard a sound from outside. She looked up and saw Gu Chang'an walk in from behind the screen, meeting his gentle, smiling gaze.
He seemed to be in a good mood; his eyes were shining like stars.
"Husband, has something good happened to you?" Shen Li asked.
Gu Chang'an listened to her question and thought about it carefully before saying, "It's always the same old things. Good things are rarely presented to me. It's mostly the things that the subordinates find troublesome that are dumped on me. Why do you ask such a question, A-Li?"
"I saw my husband was happy and thought something good was going to happen."
"Really?" Gu Chang'an was unaware of the change in his expression. Was he happy?
He just returned from Shuntian Prefecture. Chunsheng said he seemed to be in a bad mood. He just parted ways with A-Li; it would be a miracle if he were in a good mood.
Shen Li then laughed: "It seems that my husband is happy because he saw me?"
"Ah Li is teasing me again." Gu Chang'an said this, but after changing his clothes, he immediately hugged her and wouldn't let go.
Shen Li waved for the maids to leave.
Gu Chang'an was caught off guard and whispered, "Ah Li, I haven't taken a shower yet, wait for me."
"My dearest husband, it's not about that." Shen Li's expression was both helpless and doting. She gently pecked his chin before saying, "I want to show you something."
Gu Chang'an felt a little hot on the face after hearing what she said. What was wrong with him? How could he have become so frivolous?
We should exercise more restraint in the future.
As Shen Li spoke, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, which was stained with blood.
Gu Chang'an even panicked a little before he saw the words clearly. He thought that A Li was injured. After seeing the words clearly, he examined them carefully and said sincerely, "A Li has good skills. This way, we don't even have to go through the trouble of finding where that thing is hidden."
“It’s his own stupidity that he said I would go to the palace tomorrow to find a way to get close to that palace maid. I need my husband to put in some effort to pass this on.” Shen Li didn’t think it was difficult to get information out of Li Heng.
Normally, Li Heng is a complete bum, let alone after experiencing this kind of torment. His mentality has long since collapsed, and he would be exposed if he were scared even slightly.
Gu Chang'an nodded: "Okay, I'll make the arrangements."
"That's all." Shen Li looked at him with her bright eyes, almost implying, "Husband, would you like to wash up?"
Looking into Shen Li's eyes, which held a mischievous glint in them, Gu Chang'an felt a tightness in his throat, and his voice became hoarse and low: "Together."
"Really? Don't you think you're at a disadvantage, husband?" Shen Li was quite looking forward to it. Wouldn't that mean she could take advantage of the situation however she wanted?
"How could that be? Ah Li can do whatever she wants." Gu Chang'an was even anxious, wondering why the water wasn't boiled yet.
After the bathtub was filled with water, the door was closed again. Under the pretext of helping Gu Chang'an take a bath, Shen Li touched him all over. Her husband's health had improved a lot recently, and he was much stronger. However, some scars made her heart ache, as if they were cut into her heart.
If only she could be reborn earlier, she would definitely find a way to prevent him from getting involved in that rebellion and from going to that terrible place, the Imperial Prison.
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Seeing the tears welling up in her eyes, Gu Chang'an gently kissed them away. "I've always been strong since I was a child, so this is nothing to me."
He spoke of it so casually that anyone who didn't know better would think the Imperial Prison was a place for playing around, where going in was just a casual experience.
"Never get hurt again." Shen Li wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered, "Promise me you'll take care of your body."
"Okay." Gu Chang'an's hoarse voice carried an incongruous air of obedience.
"Then I'll give you a reward." Shen Li moved slightly.
Gu Chang'an's pupils contracted, and he almost roared.
The water in the bathtub was surging higher and higher, and when the servants came to clean it up, almost half of the tub was spilled outside.
However, Gu Chang'an wasn't satisfied with that. He took her from the bathtub to the bed and tossed and turned for half the night before finally stopping when Shen Li begged for mercy.
When Shen Li went out the next day, her back was still sore. She couldn't understand where a man who ate so little got such energy. She was exhausted, but he seemed to have taken some kind of tonic and went to court early in the morning, full of energy.
She even felt that Gu Chang'an was not as energetic as he was now as he had been before.
After getting off the car, she saw a young Taoist boy getting off Bai Wuyou's car. It was his maid, Chaoyang, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
According to Shaoyao, Bai Wuyou and two maids killed all the enemy's experts during the last landslide, and she hasn't thanked them in person yet.
Bai Wuyou then stepped down with her help. Today, he had changed into a white Taoist robe, exuding a cool and otherworldly aura, with a solemn and righteous expression. He truly looked like an immortal, and some people would believe he was the reincarnation of a Taoist master.
But this demeanor was so different from his usual self that Shen Li was somewhat surprised.
No wonder he can act as a saint and deceive his followers; he truly has that kind of charisma, and no one else could pull it off.
She was extremely satisfied. She hadn't been very lucky before, but this time she had picked up a great bargain without even looking for it. It was definitely worth it.
"Please, Daoist Master." Shen Li stepped forward, raising her sleeve.
"Please, sir." Bai Wuyou nodded slightly.
When the two were side by side, she heard Bai Wuyou's low voice: "Is the old emperor going to keep me locked up in the palace?"
"You need to make it clear in advance that you want to be free to travel around and have a connection with me," Shen Li suggested. "That way you can come back to my house more often."
"Understood," Bai Wuyou replied knowingly.
The two entered the palace just as the emperor was leaving court and heading to the alchemy room. Because they had sent their invitations in advance, Shen Li and Bai Wuyou were brought there, and they could smell the scent of incense and medicine mixed together from afar.
Emperor Cheng had also changed into a Taoist robe and was paying homage to the Taoist Lord. Shen Li and Bai Wuyou bowed and waited.
"Get up, Li girl. I heard you brought disciples from Wudang Mountain to me?" Although Emperor Cheng addressed Shen Li affectionately, his gaze was fixed on Bai Wuyou.
He was immediately captivated by her beauty, his expression filled with reverence: "Is this the Taoist priest?"
"I am Wunian Daoist, the closed-door disciple of the True Man of Wudang Mountain, here to present the Golden Elixir." Bai Wuyou stood with one hand in front of him, his voice unhurried and his tone elegant, unlike ordinary speech.
"No need for such formalities, Daoist Master. I also have Daoists from Wudang Mountain here. You've come today to meet them," Emperor Cheng said, stroking his beard.
Shen Li was not surprised by Emperor Cheng's caution. After all, an emperor is destined to be surrounded by dangers and intrigues, and he cannot trust anyone.