Empress Running Away With The Ball

ch. 127-128

Chapter 127: Killing you with a single bite

Of course Chen Ning had not died yet and was instead living quite leisurely.

The wooden hut was very simple and there were drafts in all four walls, but she didn't care as she sat down on the hard wooden bed. Suddenly an "ah" sound rang out.

"Young miss, is the bed too hard? This servant will help you lay some grass down and it will be much softer." Xiao Ru said.

"No, I just remembered that there was something I forgot to bring."

"What is it? This servant will get it for you now."

Chen Ning shook her head, "No need. Even if I get it back.....it wouldn't be much use right now."

She remembered the ten fishing nets that she had set up on the ceiling and she gave a gentle sigh.

It had been five days now and Chu Shao Bai had not appeared again. She had spread her net to catch him, but he never came back.

She had never anticipated his appearance, but now that he was no longer appearing, she could not help suddenly feeling a little wistful.

That beautiful young man with a face that was as beautiful as spring flowers or the winter's snow, she had insulted him, hit him, and teaser him.

But only he could bring her away from this cage like king's palace and let her soar above the skies of the capital city. Only he could bring her above the royal palace, letting her look over the entire capital city.

But after that one night, he did not show up again.

"Stinky little brat, you better never appear again. Otherwise......I'll kill you with a single bite!"

Chen Ning's lips suddenly raised up and she smiled as she said this one sentence.

"Young miss, who do you want to bite to death? Is it the second miss?" Xiao Ru was confused when she heard this.

Chen Ning couldn't help poking Xiao Ru in the forehead, "Silly girl, I'll bite you to death!"

Xiao Ru stuck out her tongue. Then she giggled and said, "Young miss, have mercy!"

The two of them joked around for a bit and then Xiao Ru began to busy herself. Her deft hands and feet quickly cleaned up the messy wooden hut and she even polished the broken wooden table until it was spotless.

Chen Ning continued to lazily watch her as she said, "Xiao Ru, there's no need to clean this place. We won't be staying here for long."

"But this servant feels this place is quite good. It's very peaceful here and we won't have to see those hateful people!" Xiao Ru said. She was beginning to like this little wooden hut.

"The trees are quiet, but the wind does not stop blowing. Even if we want to live a peaceful life here, there are people that won't allow that to happen."

Chen Ning revealed a gentle smile. She then opened up Chen Bi Yun's gift and casually played around with a few pieces of jewelry.

"Are you talking about the second miss?" Xiao Ru knit her brows together, "We are already living in a wooden hut, what else does second miss want?"

"Of course she wants me dead." Chen Ning casually said, "She wants me to die, but I refuse to die. Not only that, I want her and Chu Shao Yang to respectfully ask me to leave this wooden hut and to ask me to live in the best Flowing Cloud Pavilion."

Xiao Ru's mouth opened wide in surprise and it took a long time for it to close, "Young miss, are you serious?"

Although Chen Ning had said this, when she heard it, she didn't believe it and just treated it like one of the young miss' jokes.

"Of course I'm serious." Chen Ning smiled as she rubbed her stomach and said, "I'm pretty hungry, but I don't think anyone will be sending food over for us. I guess we can only do it ourselves and cook our own meals."

"But there is nothing here. Even if this servant wants to make a meal, how can I do anything without rice or ingredients?" Xiao Ru was also very hungry as she spread out her hands.

"When we came here, I saw some sweet potatoes growing beside the wooden hut, we can just dig those up. There is firewood here, so let's bake them." Chen Ning's eyes began to shine.

Once she mentioned baked sweet potatoes, her lips began to salivate.

Chapter 128: You can eat me

The sweet potatoes dug up from the ground were very big and they were very hot and fragrant after they were baked. Peeling back the burnt skin, the red inside was revealed. It was so delicious that Xiao Ru almost swallowed her own tongue.

"Young miss, your baked sweet potatoes are too delicious. It is the most delicious thing this servant has ever eaten!"

Xiao Ru ate two sweet potatoes in a single breathe. She held her bulging stomach but still didn't feel like she was finished yet as she began to lick her fingers.

Chen Ning did not let her eat anymore as she laughed and said, "Sweet potatoes are good, but you can't eat too many. If you eat too many, your stomach will ache, you will get diarrhea, and you'll burp a lot. That's right, you will also constantly fart."

After she finished speaking, Xiao Ru who was reaching for another sweet potato drew her hand back in a frightened manner. She stuck out her tongue and said, "Then this servant won't eat anymore. This servant doesn't want to end up like his highness and the second miss."

The two of them looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

Through the night, the master and servant slept very soundly.

The bed was very small and could only accommodate one person. Chen Ning slept on the bed and Xiao Ru placed some grass down, sleeping on the floor.

While they were sleeping, the two wooden windows suddenly opened with a "squeak" and a cold wind blew in.

Chen Ning and Xiao Ru woke up at same time.

"It's no problem, the window was just blown open by the wind. Young miss, you go back to sleep, this servant will go close it."

Xiao Ru rubbed her eyes and yawned as she went to close the window.

Before she could reach the window, a face as white as paper appeared in the window. With disheveled hair like a ghost, it stuck out a blood red tongue at her. Ghostly noises came from its mouth and hands with ten fingers bent like chicken claws appeared in front of her.

"Ghost, there's a ghost......"

Xiao Ru's hair stood up in fright. A foot gently fell to the ground and she almost fainted.

The ghost suddenly jumped in through the window and it kept bouncing up and down.

"Oh god, it's a limping ghost......"

Xiao Ru was so scared that she couldn't even scream. She kept trembling as she tightly closed her eyes while muttering, "Don't eat me, don't eat me, my meat doesn't taste good. If you want to eat something, go eat the second miss....."

The ghost hopped past her and moved over to Chen Ning lying on the bed.

Xiao Ru was completely frightened, but she still mustered up the courage to kick out at the ghost. Then she shouted, "You can eat me, but don't touch my young miss!"

The ghost suddenly jumped over to the bed and revealed a fiendish smile at Chen Ning.

"Young miss, quickly run away!" Xiao Ru screamed.

Chen Ning sat but, but not only did she not run, she looked over at the ghost and reached out to grab the ghost's tongue.

"Hey, isn't your tongue a little too fake? I could see through it with a single glance. Did you really think that putting a red cloth on your tongue would be good enough? Also where did you get that hair from? Fake, too fake! Also your clothes! Ze, ze, ze, next time you want to pretend to be a ghost, I'll teach you how!"

She spoke while pulling off the ghost's red tongue, messy hair, and also the ghost's clothes.

The ghost was so scared that his hands grabbed onto his pants while he jumped back. He then shouted, "My aunt, don't pull, don't pull anymore."

He almost tripped on his own ghost robe and awkwardly stumbled backwards.

Chen Ning giggled as she got off the bed and threw the red tongue and hair that she pulled off to the side. She walked in front of the ghost and grabbed him by the ear.

"Xiao Bai, hello. We haven't seen each other in a few days and you dress up as a ghost to scare elder sister? You scared my little maid half to death. Tell me, how should I punish you?"

The ghost stared at her with wide eyes and discouragingly said, "Are you even a girl! Are you really not scared of seeing a ghost in the middle of the night?"