His Rui

Yi Huiqing walked out of the Lantai Courtyard with a blank face.

Two maids with Lin Daiyu were following her.

To go to the second Prince's courtyard, she had to pass the hall that had abodes of every Cocnubine in Xinhe hall.

To make the things more difficult for Yi Huiqing, tonight every concubine was standing outside her abode with her maids. Although their lips had a soft smile, Yi Huiqing could see the hopeful and envious eyes of every concubine.

Hopeful …thinking that someday they would be in her place.

And envious…because she was in their place or that was what they thought inside their heart.

Under so many gazes, Yi Huqing suddenly wished to know just how Zhao Zhang Wei passes through this path every night when he had to choose one woman's courtyard.

Does he not feel conflicted inside his heart under so many gazes of the woman who, in the end, belonged to him?

He must be carrying a very strong heart to tear himself away from so many hopeful gazes…and she had been just an addition for him to this so many gazes.

Yi Huqing felt very bitter inside her heart.

All the while she walked to Zhao Zhang Wei's courtyard her heart continued to have its own thoughts.

Going to prince's courtyard … although this was something that had never happened in Xinhe Palace, everyone would only think of this new tradition as something that the second Prince enjoyed now.

Only she knew why the dog man was doing this.

Just because he spoke those words to her that day, he can't come to her Courtyard or he will lose his face.

That's why he closed all the way for her and made her come to his courtyard.

The dog man was very cunning…

As Yi Huiqing cursed Zhao Zhang Wei inside her heart to no end, she finally noticed that she was about to reach the prince's courtyard.

She put a soft and polite smile on her lips and readied herself to pretend in front of the present maids and servants inside the courtyard, however, the smile on her lips stiffened when she saw the scene in front of her eyes.

Clad in yellow-colored robes, Zhao Zhang Wei stood at the entrance of his courtyard. Beside his stood, Eunuch Zhang doing something on the sleeves of the second prince.

Perhaps he was stetting right the robe of the prince.

The picture in front of her eyes made Yi Huqing feel as if Zhao Zhang Wei was her concubine and she was a certain Lord of her manor.

The situation worsened when Zhao Zhang Wei's eyes found her eyes and they brightened just like a maiden's eyes would when she would see her lover.

As she thought this, she suddenly pictured Zhao Zhang Wei in maiden's clothes as he ran to her.

The next moment, however, a shiver ran down her spine and Yi Huiqing shook her head vigorously to get the picture out of her head.

What kind of ridiculous thoughts were occupying her mind? Yi Huqing was mortified as she tried to find the certain reason behind her disgusting thoughts.

"Ah…Benwang and Wangfei are like-minded people…see Eunuch Zhang how even the color of dresses matches tonight…"

Came the ever-deep gentle voice and Yi Huiqing looked down at her dress with a horrified face.

The color of her dress indeed matched the dog man.

She glanced sideways at her personal maidservant, Lin Diayu with narrowed eyes who shrunk her neck as much as possible.

"Yes, Yes…Your Highness said wise words."

Eunuch Zhang joyful voice followed his master's voice.

After this small chit-chat that Yi Huiqing didn't like even a bit because Zhao Zhang Wei was continuously looking at herself with his deep phoenix eyes, Eunuch Zhang announced that the dinner was ready.

Yi Huiqing tried hard to hide her displeasure when Zhao Zhang Wei stretched out his hand in front of her indicating for her to put her hand in his hand…but it still showed up in the frown on her forehead making Zhao Zhang Wei's eyes instantly dim.

The Second Prince however didn't put down his hand and continued to stare at Yi Huqing with his hand stretched out.

Today he will break every wall Yi Huiqing was trying to protect herself with.

He doesn't give a damn whether she likes it or not because he no longer continued to live like this … without seeing her face for so many days.

Zhao Zhang Wei knew that if he had not proposed such an exchange on the third day of the banquet … then the woman in front of him would have happily go back to her normal life where she lived without caring for him even a little bit.

But he no longer could accept it.

He wants her, her love, her body, everything that Yi Huiqing could give to him…he wanted it.

On the other hand, Yi Huqing could feel the eyes of the servants on herself. Although they stood around them with lowered heads, she knew that their eyes followed their every action.

So she was forced to put her hand in Zhao Zhang Wei's hand.

Her eyes didn't have any emotion when she felt Zhao Zhang Wei squeezing her hand gently. With a blank face, she followed him to the dining room.

"Why are you eating so less?"

On hearing the voice, Yi Huqing raised her head.

A pair of concerned eyes fell in her sight.

When the question registered in her mind, Yi Huqing looked down at her plate only to see that she really had not eaten anything from the plate filled with dishes.

But when did she serve something on her plate?

As if Zhao Zhang Wei could read the confusion in her eyes, he answered her question

"I did it."

"Oh…"

That was the only thing that Yi Huiqing could say.

Then she picked her chopsticks to have the food.

Seeing her actions, how could Zhao Zhang Wei not know what was going on in her small head.

She seemed to have lost all her wits just because she was going to spend a night with him…her husband. The man with whom she had already shared the bed in the past four years many times.

What happened so suddenly to make her dislike him so much?

He could not understand the reason behind her sudden detachment at all.