Chapter 138
In the depths of Great Yan Dynasty, there was a palace which occupied a very large piece of land . Inside this palace, Princess Zhang Le was seen lying on a large bed on her stomach, appearing to be in a trance .
Through a few layers of light-green curtains, one could see that the sun was now shining brightly outside the palace . Bai Zhu'er and Bai Zu'er, together with a group of palace maids, were entering and leaving the palace cautiously without making any noises, as they were tidying up various odds and ends in the room . It was Princess Zhang Le's bedroom . The room was luxuriously decorated, and there were three huge jade tables carved with numerous patterns placed in the center of the room, which were extremely eye-catching pieces of furniture .
A couple dozens of chessboards, each made with different, extremely precious materials, were scattered on one of the jade tables . The chess pieces were made with rare gemstones and black and white pearls, and were messily placed on top of the chessboards; some even spilled and fell onto the light-green carpet on the floor . Together with a few palace maids, Bai Zhu'er was now picking up these chess pieces soundlessly, sorting them and placing into different boxes carved out of jade stone .
On the other jade table were zithers stacked up in a messy order . All of these zithers took an aged and ancient hue, and were all made using various rare Spirit Woods or Jades . In addition to that, the strings of zither were either made from the tendons of serpents, or silk spat out by spirit beings which had lived for over ten thousand years, or silk produced after melting the spirit jade of water element and re-condensing them . Regardless of what kind of materials were used in producing them, each of them was extremely rare and priceless .
On the last jade table, a couple dozens of large drawing papers were placed, each looking as white as the purest snowflakes . Among these drawing papers, a few of them were covered with countless tiny characters; they were all the poem which Wu Qi stole and read for Princess Zhang Le . They were repeatedly written, vertically and horizontally, perhaps over a few hundred times . Meanwhile, all the other drawing papers were stained with ink as well, but they were in a state of utter confusion, and no one seemed to have any idea of what the drawings were about .
If Wu Qi were here, he would definitely comment that these drawings looked like the scribbles of some three years old kids, and the person who drew it simply did not possess any talent in drawing . The trees she drew looked like some hairless chicken feet, the people looked like a few matches stuck on a ball of dough, and as for those animals, they looked like some creatures who had been washed and skinned, and soaked in a hot soup for a very long time until their original shape was all gone .
A few inkstones of excellent quality were dripping wet with dark ink; a couple dozens of small brushes made using the hairs of demon beasts were also disorderly tossed on the jade table . It was a complete mess on the jade table with a circumference of tens of feet, as if a pack of wild dogs had just wreaked havoc on top of it .
Leading a group of a couple dozen palace maids, Bai Zhu'er and Bai Zu'er were now tidying up the mess in Princess Zhang Le's bedroom, restoring everything to their original look with the quickest speed possible .
With her hairs straggling over her shoulder, Princess Zhang Le was lying prone on the bed, tilting her head sideway while watching them busy in working . Her pair of bare feet was swaying back and forth in the air . From time to time, she would pick up her blanket using her pinkish toes and wave it around in midair . At last, when she saw that Bai Zhu'er and other girls had nearly finished their work, Princess Zhang Le yawned lazily and said, "Zhu'er, Zu'er, what do you think? Should I get off from the bed now, or continue sleeping?"
Bai Zhu'er clapped her hands and came before Princess Zhang Le's bed, bowed towards her, smiled and said, "Princess, it is better for you to get up from your bed . For the past two days, besides from carrying out your daily homework of cultivating at night, you have been sleeping all day . Even though you've formed your Gold Core, but could this be good for your health?"
With both palms cupped under her chin, Princess Zhang Le breathed out a long sigh and said, "What can I do if I wake up? I don't know why grandpa suddenly came out and took over the state affairs personally, and with that, no one dares to create any troubles in Ji City, I can't even be a bystander! Also, Wu Qi that fellow, I really have no idea what he is doing in Heaven Breaking Sword Sect . I've not seen him for a couple of days . Tell me, what can he do in Heaven Breaking Sword Sect? And he even borrows the crafting room of sister Yaonu, mentioning that he wants to craft something? He better not burn the entire cave of Sword Stems From The Mind!"
Bai Zhu'er laughed . She dexterously began tidying up Princess Zhang Le's hairs, and with the utmost care, she tied them into a neat bun . It looked like she was used to combing Princess Zhang Le's hair while she was still lying in bed . Although her posture was rather inappropriate for the task, yet the quality of the bun she tied was flawless . While working on princess's hair, she smiled and said, "It is hard to tell, Princess . Hasn't Marquis Wu made a large purchase of various metals in Market of Four Seas? Perhaps, he is trying to craft a sword, or some other items . Although he is a Daoist of Xiantian realm, he could still craft some pretty handy items!"
Princess Zhang Le twitched her lips, twisted and turned her body, then said unhappily with a frown on her brows, "What is he trying to craft? He can just let me know straightaway, and I can bring them to him from the national treasury . Why does he want to waste time and effort? Oh dear, he wasted tens of days of time! Doesn't he know that he can accompany me with all this time?"
Bai Zhu'er dared not answer her, but just kept herself busy in coiling and tiding up a hair bun for Princess Zhang Le .
Princess Zhang Le sighed briefly . Then, she casually waved her hand, and the several dozens of curtains hanging down from the ceiling immediately flung up and hung on some hooks on the wall . A wall on one side of the bedroom was slowly moving aside, revealing a large room behind, several hundred feet in both length and width, and fully filled with neatly arranged wooden racks . Each of those racks was filled with dresses of various fashions . Tilting her head, Princess Zhang Le peered into the room, felt worried and asked, "Which dress should I wear today? No matter how I look at them, although it seems that I have so many dresses, in fact, I only have two to three of them . All of them are the same color and same design . What a headache!"
She sighed again, twitched her lips and asked, "What should I eat for my breakfast? Is it still the same lotus seed cakes and porridge of five rices? Or is it changed to something else? But, what should I eat? Ugh, how strange, why must I have breakfast now? I'm a Human Immortal of Gold Core realm, and I can be fed with wind and dew!"
Her pretty face suddenly fell, then Princess Zhang Le raised her head up and breathed out a long sigh into the sky while saying, "How pitiful! I can't even have a proper breakfast! Be fed with wind and dew? Doesn’t that mean drinking the northwest wind? [1] Hmm, compared to that, it is better to have a proper breakfast . "
Wearing a gloomy expression, Princess Zhang Le tilted her head again, frowned and muttered, "Would Wu Qi leave the mountain today? Would he? Would he not? Aye, if he still doesn't want to come out, I'll rush into the cave and drag him out . But, the cave of Sword Stems From The Mind has a very strict defensive mechanism . I can't barge in! Even grandpa can't break those mechanisms, so it is simply a mission impossible for me . Hmm, what is sister Yaonu doing right now? Why has she suddenly entered secluded cultivation?"
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