Chapter 126 - What To Do if You’re the Villain and the Heroine Likes You

He Yunxiao definitely couldn't be unaware of Nanzhu's thoughts. In plain terms, she was just feeling embarrassed. Moreover, she was very conservative in her thinking and couldn't be too intimate in front of others. Judging by Nanzhu's current state of mind, Xinger suddenly appearing in the pharmacy made her feel something similar to “going out shopping intimately with your boyfriend and suddenly running into your parents doing the same,” which would result in an instinctive response of trying to act as if she wasn't close to her boyfriend. Making use of Xinger's absence, He Yunxiao took the opportunity to approach Nanzhu's side. "Nanzhu, I want to 'heal'." Meng Qingrou naturally knew the meaning of "heal" - it meant holding the big and small hand together tightly intertwined. Just yesterday, she was angry with him, but today she was holding hands with him, he playfully spanked her, and even kissed her forehead... At first, Meng Qingrou had no intention of forgiving He Yunxiao again, but now, she didn't know why it had turned back to how it used to be. Although he wasn't making advances on her like before, Meng Qingrou felt that their current relationship was even more intimate than before. Meng Qingrou used her small hand to push He Yunxiao's arm, which of course, she couldn’t move, but it was just a gesture. Then she said, "Go back and sit, Xinger is coming." He Yunxiao naturally knew Xinger was coming. If Xinger didn't come, he wouldn't have the heart to tease Nanzhu’s wife. Nanzhu's wife's current "don't want Xinger to see me embarrassed" mentality was truly adorable. He Yunxiao placed his big hand naturally under Nanzhu's wife's small hand, palm-up, kneading the tips of her fingers with his palm. At the same time, he also whispered in Nanzhu's wife's ear. "Nanzhu, I want to 'heal'. Would you let me heal for a while?" Meng Qingrou's fingers itched, and she felt a tingling in her heart. Memories flooded her mind - the warmth, comfort, and solidity of her small hand enveloped by his large one. Meng Qingrou's once tightly entwined fingers began to slowly move away from each other, one by one. Seeing Nanzhu's wife's small hand, now being toyed with and separated by himself, He Yunxiao smirked inwardly. He had no doubt that if he reached out to hold Nanzhu’s wife's small hand now, he would definitely succeed. At most, he might face a little symbolic resistance from her small hand, along with some half-hearted scolding. But He Yunxiao wasn't going to do that now. Having experienced Nanzhu's wife's exploding favorability, He Yunxiao was more mature now. When dealing with conservative and serious girls like Ziruo and Nanzhu's wife, he would never step over the line as long as they didn't initiate or permit it. Forcing goodwill through physical contact would be too risky and he couldn’t afford to take such a gamble. It was better to take it slow and steady. Even though Nanzhu's wife's favorability was currently only at 50, He Yunxiao felt that their current level of intimacy with Nanzhu could easily score above 90, based on their previous favorability calculation. After all, he had never even had the chance to use forehead kisses and playful spanks on Ziruo and Du mei with the same favorability score of 90 plus. He Yunxiao continued to caress Nanzhu's wife's fingertips and whispered, "Nanzhu, just for a moment. I'll let go when Xinger comes, okay? Be good, just for a moment." Seeing Nanzhu's wife being teased to the brink, about to agree, Xinger's voice suddenly grew louder. "Lord He? Your Highness? Are you here?" Meng Qingrou caught a glimpse of Xinger's figure moving behind the medicine shelf, and quickly let go of He Yunxiao, patting her flushed cheeks and crouching by the boiling stove. She intentionally sat closer to the stove, pretending that her cheeks were reddened by the heat. Xinger had arrived, and seeing He Yunxiao and her own lord at quite a distance, she couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment. She first said to Meng Qingrou, "Your Highness, the meal is ready." Meng Qingrou didn’t want to be made fun of by her good sister, being teased yesterday she had sworn solemnly, saying, "Never believe him again," yet today, when she saw the real person, she was easily defeated. So, she maintained a composed tone and said, "You take him to eat. Tomorrow, do not act on your own, do not let him in without my permission." Xinger looked at He Yunxiao with some remorse and said, "Yes, Xinger understands." Then she said, "Lord He, come with me." Suppressing his amusement, and in consideration of Nanzhu's wife's dignity and face as the Princess, He Yunxiao didn't reveal her scheme. After leaving the pharmacy, he walked beside Xinger and asked, "Xinger, what does Nanzhu usually do?" Xinger smiled, "Your Highness stays in the Linxuan Palace all day. Only in the afternoon does she go out to bask in the sun. Normally, she tends to the medicinal garden, studies prescriptions, and organizes medicinal materials. In the past, when she couldn’t do feminine activities, she did some weaving. But lately, she's been doing feminine works for Lady Xiaoyue, it seems she's stitching sachets for her." He Yunxiao nodded in understanding. He naturally knew about Nanzhu stitching sachets for Lady Xiaoyue. Speaking of which, his first encounter with Nanzhu began here. At that time, Nanzhu's wife was "harvesting" and preparing spices for the sachet. Then she accidentally cut her hand, which became the beginning of everything. He Yunxiao then asked, "Xinger, does Nanzhu have anything she likes or hobbies?" Xinger thought for a moment and replied, "Your Highness used to like small animals a lot, but after getting injured, she... hasn't touched them since. There are no such things around the Linxuan Palace that could harm her now." He Yunxiao considered and concluded that due to Nanzhu's condition, she couldn’t keep cats or dogs. Although her blood now aided in scabbing and healing wounds, a cautious approach was still advisable. "Does she like anything else?" Xinger thought carefully, "Generally, whatever young women like, Your Highness also likes, but as for something especially likeable, I'm not sure." He Yunxiao wasn't surprised by Xinger's response. Just imagine living in the Linxuan Palace day in and day out, surrounded by the same things and familiar faces, how could there be any special or unique hobbies? He suddenly thought, what if he took Nanzhu out for a walk? Like when he took Chuchu to the Tingfeng Pavilion, he could take Nanzhu, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, for a stroll on the streets of Yinjing. For someone confined within the deep palace for so long, the most favored things had to be "being loved" and "freedom," right? Taking her out of the palace, walking the streets of Yinjing like an ordinary person, wouldn't that give her "freedom"? He Yunxiao suddenly understood. Why Nanzhu's wife had quickly developed such strong feelings for him from the first day they met, including today. Because she was so desperate for "being loved." Just like a thirsty person in the desert, as long as there was a little water, it would be a luxury. At this moment, He Yunxiao understood even more just how much he had hurt Nanzhu's wife in the beginning. Stealing the little love left from someone deprived of it... It was unforgivable. He took a deep breath and said to Xinger, "Xinger, if I want to take Nanzhu out of the palace, what should I do?" Xinger didn't understand why He Yunxiao suddenly asked this. She responded with surprise, "Normally, a princess leaving the palace requires the Empress’s permission. Currently, our country has no Empress, and the harem is managed by the Empress Dowager, so for the princess to leave, She needs the Empress Dowager's consent." He Yunxiao felt a headache at the mention of the Empress Dowager. "Is there any other way?" Xinger whispered, "Secretly?" "Mm." Xinger said, "If a palace maid wants to leave, she needs an order from the Palace Bureau." He Yunxiao chuckled, "As long as I don't look for the Empress Dowager, everything else is a minor issue." Nanzhu's wife, I'll take you out for a walk! *Translated by soothsayer.io