Chapter 61: His Punishment
That night, Yao Ling spoke about her day. She told him all of the plans regarding the orphans and how she planned to leak it to Xiao Yu. If nothing happened, then they could trust Xiao Yu. Yao Ying listened to her plan carefully and finally agreed. He thought that it was a good plan and felt satisfied.
After done talking and planning, Yao Ying led Yao Ling to their bed with twinkling eyes. He wanted to sleep together with her with a little bit of heated amorous session. Yao Ling saw through his intention and squinted her eyes. 'This pervert!' She thought to herself.
She smiled bashfully and fluttered her eyelashes, "Wait for me here. I'll prepare myself first." Yao Ying understood that he had already got the OK from Yao Ling, so he nodded eagerly.
"Just go and quickly come back," he told her to hurry.
Yao Ling turned around and smiled mischievously. 'Just you wait and see, my beloved husband.'
"Xiao Yu… come in. Help me prepare myself!" Yao Ling called Xiao Yu.
"Yes, Young Mistress." Xiao Yu, who waited in front of the room, quickly went in and helped her young mistress.
Yao Ling tossed something to Xiao Yu and ordered her in a mischievous manner, "Help me put this on!"
Xiao Yu looked at the thing on her hand, feeling bewildered. "What is this for, Young Mistress?"
Yao Ling sneakily told her what it was for. After listening to her explanation, Xiao Yu felt more bewildered. "Young Mistress, are you sure you want to do this? Won't it feel… uncomfortable?"
Yao Ling only answered with a laugh, "Hmmm… Let's see who is more uncomfortable! Me or him?" She felt like laughing while trying to guess what kind of face Yao Ying would see after he looked at her with this thing over her.
Xiao Yu looked at her young mistress helplessly. Was this really necessary? They are a married couple for God's sake! Yao Ling stared at her perplexed maid and urged her, "Come on! Do it quickly! It's already late. Don't you want to rest earlier?"
"Yes, Young Mistress." Xiao Yu forgot her hesitancy and quickly did her job. Yao Ling taught her along the way… put it here… put it there… and Xiao Yu followed her guide perfectly.
"It's done, Young Mistress. Do you want to see yourself in the mirror?" Xiao Yu offered.
Yao Ling nodded and watched herself in the mirror. She nodded once again in satisfaction. "You did a good job. Go! You can leave us alone. I want to spend some alone time with my husband."
Xiao Yu stared at her young mistress with twitched lips, but she still managed to say, "This servant will do as you wish, Young Mistress. This servant will leave you alone then." After that Xiao Yu left with an exasperated thought, 'Young Mistress, what kind of alone time that you expect to happen with those things all over you?'
Xiao Yu just shook her head and let her be. That was her young mistress' business and she was in no position to stop her. What she wanted to see was the young master's expression when he saw her young mistress. Too bad... she couldn't see it. It was regretful, but just in case if something bad happened - for example, it made the young master angry… it was better that she didn't witness any of it.
After Xiao Yu left, Yao Ling went back to where Yao Ying was - their bed. Yao Ling walked elegantly toward him. Yao Ying who heard the rustle of her movement looked up happily. However… he didn't expect that he would see such a ridiculous spectacle.
"Wha… what are you wearing?" Yao Ying asked in disbelief.
Yao Ying could only see Yao Ling's beautiful deep-black eyes and her cute red lips… That was it. Other than that… her whole body was wrapped in bandages; it was made from linen fabric. She chose a white color and if he didn't know better, he would think that she was actually a ghost!
Yao Ling looked at him smugly. 'Let's see if you can leave any marks on my body again today.'
Yao Ying shook his head, feeling baffled. His wife's idea… was a bit strange. "Won't you feel hot in that garment?"
Yao Ling just answered randomly, "Hot ah~ But it's better this way… You can't leave any marks on my body. This is your punishment for tonight. If you want to kiss me…" Yao Ling puckered up her soft lips and then laughed, "You can kiss me. I let my lips free, so you can go ahead and enjoy it."
"…"
Yao Ying was speechless. This punishment was rather… unique. Didn't she also feel stifled with those fabrics all over her? Was it really just because she didn't want him to leave obvious love bites? Yao Ying looked at her in defeat. With that kind of get up, how could he have the heart to kiss her?
She looked so… unappetizing.
Yao Ying could only sigh in a grievance. "Fine… I won't do anything to you. I promise! Are you still going to sleep like that?"
Yao Ling looked at him suspiciously and she didn't really believe in his words, so she persisted in wearing the bandage. "I'll sleep like this tonight." Besides… it's hard to get out of this bandage without other people's help. She wasn't going to ask for Yao Ying's help, because if the bandages were opened, he could see her whole naked body. She was certain it would lead him to eat her! Her wolfish husband!
Yao Ying just stared at her pitifully, but he also knew she had a stubborn streak in her. He decided to let her be. If it was getting really hot, he believed she would get out of it on her own accord. Where did she get this kind of stupid idea?
His bewilderment soon changed into an amusement. He would like to see how long she could persist with this charade? Yao Ying went to sleep on his side and laughed inwardly. The unappetizing wife suddenly became adorable in his eyes. With her being fun like this, it seemed that spending the rest of his life with her wouldn't become a boring feat.
Yao Ling slowly laid down beside him cheerfully. She will get a good night sleep tonight.
Yao Ying supported his head with one of his hands and looked at Yao Ling while laughing. "Are you sure you want to sleep like this? I can help you out and I promise I won't touch you tonight." Yao Ying offered his service genuinely. All sexy thought that he had previously was being wiped out by her horrendous appearance. After tonight, it will be seventy-five days left. One night without doing anything was fine for him, hence the offer.
Too bad Yao Ling didn't believe in her husband's gentleman offer. "No. I will stay like this for tonight."
Yao Ying just laughed and then slept peacefully. If she wanted to sleep like that, then he would let her enjoy it. He wondered though… It was his punishment…. Or her own punishment? Her bandage looked really uncomfortable in his eyes, but well... he wasn't the one who would feel uncomfortable for the whole night.
Indeed… it was uncomfortable. Yao Ling regretted her stupid plan. However, what had been done couldn't be retracted. She could only grit her teeth and bear with it until the next day.
While Yao Ying slept peacefully… she had to deal with the scorching night. Well… This was a great experience for her. No more bandaging her whole body ever again!
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Chapter 62: The Quicker You Go, The Faster You Come Back
The next day, Yao Ling felt like dying from the heat. When she woke up, Yao Ying was long gone for his morning practice. On her left arm, Yao Ying wrote some words on her bandage, 'Serve you right! Who told you to choose this stupid punishment and refuse to enjoy our night.' At the end of those sentences, he drew a silly laughing man. Yao Ling could only grit her teeth in annoyance. Hmpf! He still had the heart to tease her!
"Xiao Yu…" She called Xiao Yu over with slightly hoarse voice due to her dry throat.
Xiao Yu went in and gave a cup of water for her young mistress to drink. She watched her disheveled young mistress and laughed inwardly. Her laugh turned into a burst of full-blown laughter after she saw what the young master had written on the bandage. She didn't dare to say out loud, but she indeed had the same thought. 'Serve you right, Young Mistress!'
Yao Ling felt disgruntled with the way Xiao Yu behaved, but she knew this time… it was because of her own stupid idea. She let Xiao Yu serve her because she was actually too tired because of the lack of sleep. She didn't have it easy last night. She could only toss and turn around uncomfortably for the whole night.
She got this stupid idea because she remembered how she had helped her deceased mother taking care of some of her patients. She bandaged their wounds and she just changed the concept for a little bit. Okay... not a little bit. She went for the extreme way and she regretted it. Damn! She would never do that again.
"Xiao Yu, later… I will pretend that I am sick, that's why I need you to be my distraction here. Don't let anyone come inside my room, including all of the maids in the household. Can you do that?" She asked for Xiao Yu's help.
Yao Ling cleverly leaked only a bit of her plan yesterday and she didn't tell Xiao Yu what she would do later. It was better that way, besides she needed Xiao Yu's help to handle this side and also deflect others' attention from her. No one would pay attention if she were sick. She would be able to do everything more carefree this way.
Xiao Yu furrowed her eyebrows. "Where are you going, Young Mistress?"
"Just going to meet Xiao Xia. Yesterday, I already made a promise, right?"
"Are you going out alone, Young Mistress?" Xiao Yu asked in distress.
"Yes. I'm going out alone."
"No! Young Mistress, it's very dangerous! This servant can't let you go. If Master knows and something bad happens to you, this servant doesn't dare to think of the consequences. Please don't make it hard for this servant!" Xiao Yu begged Yao Ling to think twice before making such a crazy decision. Xiao Yu wasn't thinking about herself only, but also considering about her young mistress' safety. For a girl... going out alone... it wasn't only dangerous, but it could also ruin her reputation.
Yao Ling could see that Xiao Yu was really worried about her safety. She tried to calm Xiao Yu, because it was really important for her to meet Xiao Xia's Ning jie. "Nothing will happen to me. Don't worry! I'll disguise myself in man's clothing. You just need to help me out by preventing someone from finding out the missing me."
"But..."
Before Xiao Yu could say anything else, Yao Ling cut her off, "There's no but! Listen to me, okay? I believe that you can do it."
Xiao Yu could only bite her lower lips in distress. She knew that her young mistress wouldn't change her mind. She could only go along with her plan, although she wasn't willing to. The fate of a servant ah~
Yao Ling asked Xiao Yu to do her make up. She wanted to look paler than usual, so she would look like a sick person. Xiao Yu was quite good at doing it and it made Yao Ling satisfied with her make-up skill. She needed to make an appearance at breakfast, so she could ask permission for resting, dismiss her lesson with Zhang mo mo, and ask for a leave sick to Wang Luo Hai. She told the matriarch that she needed rest and the matriarch gave her permission easily. The matriarch also asked everyone to not bothering her and it worked for her convenience too.
Xiao Yu felt better after hearing the matriarch's order. It would be easier for her if no one dared to come.
When they went back to Yao Ling's courtyard, they tried to avoid the concubines. Whenever they saw one, they just went the other way. As to not arouse anyone's suspicion, Yao Ling pretended to be sick and weak along the way.
After they arrived at her courtyard, Yao Ling weakly gave an order to the other maids, "No one is allowed to bother my rest. Let Xiao Yu clean my room. I only need her assistance." The other maids murmured their agreement. They saw Yao Ling's weak appearance and they were convinced that she was really sick.
After relaying her orders, Yao Ling and Xiao Yu went inside her room. Yao Ling quickly changed her clothes into Yao Ying's old clothes. It was a little too big for her and she had to tie it with a belt. Well... she had to make do with it, although she noted that she needed to make a few man clothing for herself - just in case next time she went out for an important mission like this.
She chose the plainest clothing back when Yao Ying lived in her house. The grey color was already dull. Yao Ling didn't want to stand out while going out alone. Attracting attention to herself was the last thing she had in mind.
"Young Mistress, how long will you go?" Xiao Yu wanted to make sure how long she should hold on.
"A few shichen only. Probably around four shichen [1]?" Yao Ling asked Xiao Yu because she didn't want Xiao Yu to be punished if others found out. She needed to know whether Xiao Yu could manage this side at those time frame.
"Okay. Maximum eight shichen, right? Don't be late, please... Young Mistress! This servant will try to hold out as long as possible. However, if Master, Madam Wang, or the matriarch can't be stopped, I have no other way but to let them in," Xiao Yu tried to explain through her point of view. As a servant, she couldn't resist her masters' orders.
Yao Ling understood perfectly about it. "Okay. I will not make it difficult for you. Don't worry. Act just like how you used to act as to not rousing any suspicion!"
"This servant will behave like usual. Just go, Young Mistress. The quicker you go, the faster you will come home." Xiao Yu hurriedly told her. She just wanted it to be done quickly, so her heart would stop palpitating.
Yao Ling laughed and did as she was told. She went out by pretending to be a servant. Yao Ling walked while looking down. Her eyes kept darting around, trying to avoid other servants or maids. Fortunately, there weren't many people walking around, so it was quite easy for her to sneak out.
It didn't take long for Yao Ling to arrive at the designated place. She saw Xiao Xia waiting for her excitedly. The little girl kept looking left and right, trying to find the pretty lady from the previous day. Xiao Li accompanied her this time. However, he just coolly stood up there with bored expression written all over his face.
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[1]. Four shichen: approximately eight hours in modern time.
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