My enemies became my companions

Chapter 255 Out of Control

"Is ebony better, or is nanmu better?"

"Naturally, nanmu is better. Ebony is heavy and sinks in water, making it difficult to carve. Nanmu is softer and easier to carve."

"Then the shopkeeper weighs this big one and brings it over."

"okay."

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Carrying a large piece of nanmu back to the yard, Chen Yi drew some water from the well, poured the water on the nanmu, picked up a knife, and began to peel the bark carefully.

The palm-sized knife cut across the bark, and the half-man-high nanmu tree's bark rolled down layer by layer. Chen Yi was sweating unconsciously as he moved the knife.

After trying for a long time and still unable to carve out a human figure, Chen Yi took a deep breath.

The entire piece of nanmu was changed into strange shapes, and more than ten taels of silver were wasted.

At this moment, Yin Tingxue happened to walk into the hall and saw Chen Yi squatting on the ground. She walked over curiously and couldn't help laughing when she saw him.

Yin Tingxue covered her mouth: "You are so stupid."

Chen Yi turned his head and glanced at her.

Yin Tingxue was so scared that she shrank her toes and whispered, "You are not stupid."

"Who's stupid then?"

"I, I, Yin Tingxue is the dumbest."

Yin Tingxue spoke hurriedly, looking up at Chen Yi's eyes.

Chen Yi washed his hands, dropped the knife, and hugged the girl in his arms.

Yin Tingxue screamed at the sudden action, but became quiet again after she fell into his arms.

Chen Yi raised his finger and pressed her head, saying unhappily, "I'm carving a Buddha for you."

"Yeah, I know, so I'm the dumbest." Yin Tingxue said obediently, afraid of making him angry.

She felt a little regretful in her heart. She clearly saw that Chen Yi was carving a Buddha for her, but after seeing it, she couldn't help but smile.

Chen Yi pinched her nose and poked her belly. The girl's face flushed, but she just frowned and endured it obediently except for a whimper.

After Chen Yi had done his best, she carefully tugged at Chen Yi's clothes and said:
"Put me down, don't bother with me this time."

"But I want to bully you." Chen Yi said coldly.

Yin Tingxue shuddered and panicked, but she didn't twist her hands and feet away, nor did she struggle:

"Not today."

"Why not?"

"I'm having my period." She whispered.

Chen Yi glanced at her casually, and Yin Tingxue blushed even more. He lowered his eyes and calculated. Her period was indeed in the past few days, and very regular, proving that she was not pregnant yet.

Yin Tingxue lowered her eyes. She was actually a little glad that when her period came as usual, she breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging for a long time finally settled down.

When she raised her eyes, she met Chen Yi's gaze. She froze for a moment, knowing that she could not hide anything from him, and said weakly:

"I still don't want to... have kids."

This time, the man did not force her, but just said "Oh" lightly.

Yin Tingxue was surprised. This was contrary to her usual behavior. She was a little scared and looked at him timidly.

"What are you afraid of?"

"without…"

Yin Tingxue agreed, and glanced at Nanmu from the side. Thinking about how he had been doing better these days, some of the doubts in her eyes were dispelled. She suddenly felt a little fortunate. Was he going to give in to her?
Chen Yi leaned close to her ear and said sinisterly:

"You have plenty of life if you don't live."

The little fox shrank visibly and turned its head away, as if it didn't want to listen.

Chen Yi raised his finger and drew circles on her cheek, still jokingly saying, "I have so many female confidantes. I will have fun with them every night. One of them will get pregnant, and you will be locked out, silently clenching your fists. It will never be your turn even if you have to wait in line every day."

As soon as he heard the words, the girl in his arms froze for a while, stared at him with trembling eyes, and pursed her lips.

She didn't know what to say. She knew Chen Yi was trying to scare her, but she still felt bad in her heart. It was truly a mixture of emotions.

After a long while, she said aggrievedly:

“…Do I have to queue too?”

The little fox looked at him pitifully, with a hint of disbelief in his words.

Chen Yi smiled, put her down gently, and asked:
"Where's the flower?"

Yin Tingxue trotted back to the house, then took out a box. When she opened it, she saw the paper flower that Chen Yi had sent her.

"If you have this, you don't have to queue." Chen Yi said with satisfaction when he saw how carefully she treated it.

Yin Tingxue rolled her eyes and asked tentatively, "Can I still cut in line?"

Chen Yi didn't expect her to ask such a question, so he smiled and said, "Can you bear it?"

Yin Tingxue thought of his appearance in the bedroom and shrank her neck. She was afraid that he would think she was getting too much, so she said repeatedly, "No, no."

Chen Yi reached out his big hand and rubbed her head gently.

She actually said such words to herself...

It turns out that they have become so close without realizing it?
Is she about to like herself?
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Inside Jingren Palace.

She was leaning on the chaise longue as if taking a nap, her legs crossed under her phoenix robe, her plump breasts pressed together without leaving any gap, her white jade fingers twisting her dense folds, the face of this graceful woman was gloomy.

There were footsteps outside the house. She glanced sideways and then lowered her head. It was the nameless old lady who walked into the palace.

"Your Majesty, you called me here in a hurry. Is there something urgent?" The nameless old lady bowed and said.

Queen An gently handed the secret letter over.

After receiving it, the nameless old lady lowered her eyes and scanned the handwriting on the secret letter.
"Master Wu handed it to you?"

"Yes, go on, Mammy."

The nameless old lady continued to read on, her old brows knitted together unconsciously, and after reading it, she murmured:
"This Chen Yi is really... reckless."

"It's the same whether you are more reckless or not."

Queen An turned sideways lazily, her eyes slightly lowered.
“That’s not the point.”

After years of companionship, the nameless old lady guessed it in an instant: "The key is that he clearly knew that the An family was behind Juweng Pavilion, but he just said "no problem" casually."

An Hou did not reply, which seemed to be her agreement.

The nameless old lady sneered and said, "This Wu Qingsheng has spoken enough for him. He has said so many times, 'I think Chen Yi is just young and full of energy'. But I think that youthful energy is fake, and the real thing is that he does not take the royal family seriously. Although the queen treats him as a knife, these days, she has promoted his official position everywhere, given him power and women, but she never thought that she would raise an ungrateful person, wasting the queen's love for him like a son..."

"enough."

After hearing the words "treat him like a son", An Hou interrupted subconsciously.

Old Lady Wuming understood and stopped talking, knowing that since the underground palace, this was the kind of words that Empress An was most reluctant to hear.

A palace maid once privately discussed the rising star Chen Yi, saying that the Empress treated him like her own son. It happened that Empress An passed by here, and when she stayed there the next day, this palace maid was beaten with forty sticks by a female official in the palace for no apparent reason.

An Hou closed her eyes and said slowly:

"Not to mention killing people from Juweng Pavilion, even if it was killing people from the An family, as long as there is a reason, I will not take it to heart. But the words 'no problem' are really bold."

She lowered her brows, as if recalling all the secret reports about Chen Yi, big and small, in the past few days. She also thought of the special relationship between Jian Jia and Chen Yi in the underground palace. Her originally calm brows gradually frowned.

He delayed the day of entering the Spring and Autumn roster, and said "it doesn't matter" even though he knew that the An family was behind Ju Weng Pavilion. Qiu Gang, who had an old grudge against him, disappeared inexplicably...

After a long time, she finally opened her eyes.
That graceful and calm face had an indissoluble solemnity.
Why is he a little...out of control?

(End of this chapter)