Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Having the Heart of a Thief but Not the Courage
Lu Hualiang was slapped for the first time in his life, and he was dumbfounded.
Xia Weibao was also dumbfounded.
Staring at her own hand, she realized that slapping the Emperor felt so… exhilarating!
She felt empowered and wanted to slap him again!
However, looking into Lu Hualiang’s stormy eyes, she shivered all over. If not now, then when?
Just as Lu Hualiang’s hand reached out to grab her, Xia Weibao suddenly lifted her long leg and kicked fiercely towards his stomach!
If she had already slapped him, she might as well make it satisfying!
Lu Hualiang narrowed his eyes, quickly shifted his hand, and caught her leg in mid-air.
Even in such a tense moment, he spaced out briefly, her skin was so tender…
Xia Weibao was shocked, she took advantage of the momentum to rise, flipped in mid-air, and her other leg flew out, sweeping directly at Lu Hualiang’s head.
Lu Hualiang, having let his guard down, was caught by surprise and stepped back two paces.
Xia Weibao seized the chance to escape; with a swoosh, she was gone without a trace.
With a figurative tiger on her tail, she didn’t even waste time on the stairs, stepping onto the railing, spreading her arms, and leaping down from the third floor as if in a martial arts movie.
She landed on the tip of her left foot, while her right knee gently half-kneeled on the ground, both hands lightly touching the floor as if they were as light as feathers.
The entire process flowed smoothly, like a Celestial Dance.
Her body was light, her posture graceful.
The servants cleaning the living room were astonished.
Some even involuntarily started clapping, impressed by the lady’s skills.
It was as if she was performing a genuine acrobatic act.
Xia Weibao suddenly looked up only to see Lu Hualiang standing where she had just leaped from, staring at her in astonishment.
Her Majesty the Empress was all guts and no courage. She turned tail and ran, disappearing in an instant.
Lu Hualiang walked down from the upper floor, standing where Xia Weibao landed.
He looked up at the third floor.
The puzzlement on his face deepened,’ A distance of seven or eight meters, and she just jumped down like that?’
This woman was no ordinary person!
He turned and went upstairs, ordering a thorough investigation into Xia Weibao.
Xia Weibao crouched in the Imperial Garden talking about life with the mosquitoes.
Though Lu Hualiang lived in a high-end Imperial Garden, which was pleasant and beautiful, next to the drainage ditch, there were still many mosquitoes.
Why hide by the drainage ditch?
Because she was frightened.
She hid until ten o’clock at night before sneaking out of the ditch.
It was late; everyone should be asleep by now, right?
She climbed sneakily through the window like a thief; with no lights on in the hall, Xia Weibao breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, she crept towards the kitchen; she was starving.
She hadn’t eaten lunch, and not only did she skip dinner, but she had also been feeding mosquitoes and she was on the verge of fainting.
She didn’t dare wake the servants, especially since she wasn’t wearing any underwear.
Plus, the servants all lived in separate villas, so it was a hassle to go over and wake someone.
Although she lived luxuriously in the Imperial Harem, she was accustomed to roaming the Jianghu before she entered the palace, so she wasn’t spoiled and could handle cooking.
However, when she saw the high-tech kitchen equipment, she was bewildered.
Have you seen a rice cooker, a microwave oven, an oven, or a refrigerator? These are all advanced, high-tech gadgets, and maybe you haven’t seen them either, right?
So it was normal for her to be unfamiliar with them.
Confronted with some household appliances, Xia Weibao was overwhelmed.
The original owner of this body was a complete kitchen idiot!
The type that had never cooked before.
Without any memory of this, she had no idea how to use them.