Chapter 1425: I can try 1424
Chapter 1425: I can try 1424
Tan Rou was led by a maid into the living room, which was beautifully decorated, complete even with murals on the ceiling — a testament to the King’s meticulousness.
The maid brought Tan Rou some fresh fruit and then said, “Miss Rou, the tea will be here shortly.”
In such hot weather, Tan Rou was hardly in the mood for hot tea, so she said, “Don’t bother, I’ll just have some fruit.”
The maid responded, “This is per the princess’s orders, we must comply.”
With that, Tan Rou found it hard to refuse further. She said, “Then please add some iced tea to it. It’s really too painful to drink hot tea in this weather.”
The maid replied, “All right.”
Since Princess Samiyi had asked Tan Rou to wait here, she might as well wait a while. Besides, there were chilled fruits available, and she could eat a bit more.
Tan Rou’s favorite fruit was cherries. Because of this preference, Zhuang Liu had planted cherry trees all around the world. As years passed and those trees had borne fruit, Tan Rou had cherries to eat all year round.
Alas, since leaving home, Tan Rou hadn’t had the chance to eat cherries. J country had plenty of fruits, but none to her liking, except for grapes that suited her taste.
Tan Rou ate grapes while texting Shang Jin and the others to ask if their work was going smoothly. Probably busy, they hadn’t the time to reply to Tan Rou.
She then had no choice but to text her dear Mr. Zhuang Liu. It seemed he was looking at his phone, for he replied very quickly this time.
“Dear, what are you doing?” Tan Rou asked.
Zhuang Liu replied instantly, “Dear wife, I am at work.”
It was morning in J country and afternoon back home, so Zhuang Liu was indeed working at that time.
Tan Rou playfully said, “Looking at your phone at work? That’s a salary deduction.”
Zhuang Liu sent her an emoticon, then added, “I admit my mistake, I’ll stop right away.”
Tan Rou laughed, just about to send a voice message to Zhuang Liu, when she heard an outburst from upstairs.
“I don’t want…”
Startled, Tan Rou quickly took her finger off the recording button, stood up, and headed upstairs, while sending another voice message, “I have a bit of work to do, I’ll message you again soon.”
Zhuang Liu replied with an “OK” emoticon.
Everyone in the living room heard Princess Samiyi’s shout, but they didn’t move, each remaining at their post.
Tan Rou asked, “What’s going on?”
A maid answered, “It must be His Majesty the King and the princess arguing again, they argue quite often.”
“Oh.” Tan Rou didn’t pay it much attention then.
Sibling quarrels weren’t something she wanted to get involved in. Just as she was about to head back, she heard Samiyi shouting again, this time louder than before, and being closer, Tan Rou felt that Samiyi might have been crying.
So, Tan Rou boldly made her way upstairs, a few guards tried to stop her but she skillfully dodged them.
Frankly, the palace guards couldn’t really stop Tan Rou, if she wanted to take action against them, they had no chance to retaliate.
The guards could only watch as that beautiful foreign woman made her way upstairs; she was like a slippery fish they just couldn’t catch.
Tan Rou approached the King’s bedroom door, and as she got close, she smelled a strong scent of blood. Frightened, and assuming that the King had injured Princess Samiyi, she kicked the closed door open.
Everyone in the room, including the King lying on the bed, turned their gaze towards Tan Rou, who instantly regretted her impulsivity.
She awkwardly explained to Princess Samiyi, “I thought… there was a fight going on inside.”
Upon hearing this, Princess Samiyi cried even harder, “My brother is ill…”
Tan Rou wasn’t blind, she could clearly see that the person lying there was the King, “Well… actually, I am also a doctor, perhaps I could take a look at your brother’s illness.”
One of the doctors said, “His Majesty the King has a terminal illness.”
Tan Rou thought, What a coincidence, she specialized in terminal illnesses, if it wasn’t terminal, she wouldn’t even treat it.
“I could give it a try,” Tan Rou said.