Lu Liangwei gave her a gentle look and pulled her hand back. She wiped her hand with a handkerchief and threw it into Lin Qingyuan’s arms. “For you.”
Lin Qingyuan was terribly agitated as she cursed in her heart, ‘Just die already!’
She squeezed the handkerchief in her hands into a ball and was about to throw it out, but suppressed her brash need for ‘revenge’ because the old beggar and Youyou were still watching them from the side.
“It’s getting late. I’ll head back first and return another time to visit all of you,” Lu Liangwei waved goodbye to them and turned down their offers to see her out, leaving with Zhu Yu and Gu Er.
The Palace.
Long Yang had just returned from the Palace gates when he walked back into the imperial study.
He had just finished marking a Palace Memorial when he thought of something and summoned Zhao Qian.
“A woman’s troublesome moment. What is that?”
Zhao Qian did not expect his Master to ask something like this and his expression fell. He had no answer for it.
“Please allow me to ask around before coming back to you with an answer.”
Long Yang gave it some thought and nodded in agreement. “Go on.”
Zhao Qian left the imperial study and summoned a palace maid. He started interrogating, “What’s the most troublesome moment for women?”
The palace maid was initially pleasantly surprised for being summoned so suddenly, but when she heard his question, her heart plummeted. A strange look flashed in her eyes when she looked at him.
Why would Butler Zhao ask something like that?
She had heard about eunuchs having abnormal psychological traits. Many of those eunuchs of high power within the Palace enjoyed torturing palace maids.
Could Butler Zhao also…
The palace maid’s hair stood on end as she thought about this. She was feeling terrified but did not dare to keep quiet. “In…In reply to Butler Zhao’s question, a woman’s most troublesome moment would be those few days in a month when our periods come…”
Butler Zhao would not give her any trouble since she answered him, right?
He would not take the opportunity to torment her, right?
The little palace maid was trembling.
When Zhao Qian saw the little palace maid trembling like a seedling in the cold wind, he was puzzled.
What was she so afraid of?
Was he so scary?
He rubbed his fair, plump face. He had always thought himself to be an easily approachable person. Then again, he could be quite strict at times without allowing any room for bending rules.
However, he was not a crazy person who would catch hold of others just to show off his authority.
It looked like his usual authoritativeness was now deeply rooted in everyone’s mind, which was why the little palace maid seemed to fear him so much.
Zhao Qian felt better at this thought and continued to ask casually, “Why would your period be the most troublesome moment?”
Since his Master wanted to know, he would need to find out all he can about it.
The little palace maid looked at him as if he was a monster.
When Zhao Qian noticed this, he rubbed his face once more. Why was she suddenly not fearful of him? He must look too friendly and approachable right now.
At the thought of this, his expression turned grim and he displayed the most vicious look he could think of and barked, “Tell me now!”
The little palace maid trembled and no longer dared to give him any strange looks. She lowered her head and said respectfully, “The few days we have our periods, it would be inconvenient to do anything. We need to put…put on that strap, which is also quite troublesome. If we are not careful with it, it will spill. Besides that, we become quite emotional. Take me for example, I would experience period cramps and those few days would feel as terrible as spending time in hell…”
Zhao Qian’s eyes widened at her, as if he had just heard something of great importance. “Is it that painful?”
The little palace maid looked at him innocently and nodded. “Yes.”
She paused and took up the courage to ask, “Can… Can I leave now?”
Zhao Qian was no longer bothered with her as he waved his hand as if chasing flies away. “Go on, go on.”