Arc 1 Chapter 16: The Courtesan’s Daily Life

TL: Vaishu
ED: Anna
QC: Crazyformyself

Qu Feiqing sighed lightly, laid out a sheet of rice paper, and started to sketch.

She thought that she was obvious enough, so why did Su Xin still look completely unaware.

Did she really not know, or was she pretending to be ignorant?

Qu Feiqing’s mouth pressed into a thin line. It didn’t matter which it was, but if someone provoked her, they shouldn’t even think about running away.

Su Xin had willingly delivered herself to her door, and she was welcomed.

Qu Feiqing painted until late at night, and the candle in the lampshade had already burned to one-third. She blinked her tired eyes and looked at the painting.

The painting depicted a beautiful woman smiling in between the flowers.

Letting the paint dry, Qu Feiqing picked up her brush again and thought of signing an inscription on it. However, after a moment, she gave up.

Qu Feiqing lay on her bed after taking a bath. She was used to holding Su Xin to sleep from time to time, but now she felt a bit lonely and couldn’t sleep.

Qu Feiqing was a very selfish person. She didn’t want to give more love than the other person, wanting to be the sober one, but now she found out that it was so difficult to reduce her love even by just one point.

Feelings were not as light as people say. It would take a while to let them go.

On the other side, Su Xin was still very depressed, sitting on the bed with her eyes open and not sleepy.

“Miss, is there something on your mind?”

Shu Quan asked softly, with drooping eyes.

Shu Quan had grown more respectful and humble. She was now standing there, with a somewhat indifferent stance. Even the smile on her face was less bright, and she no longer shed tears in front of Su Xin.

“Nothing much. Shu Quan don’t you feel flustered in this palace, being locked up here for such a long time?”

“Miss feels bored in the palace?”

Instead of answering Su Xin’s question, Shu Quan asked one of her own.

“A little.”

Su Xin fiddled with the jade bead on her wrist, which was given to her by Qu Feiqing. She felt that it was a very precious thing.

“Can Miss bear to leave Her Majesty?”

Shu Quan tentatively asked. Su Xin’s movements stopped, and she looked up at Shu Quan.

Su Xin’s eyes were sharp like a needle, and this pricked Shu Quan’s heart.

“You knew my plans?”

“Miss never wanted to hide anything from Shu Quan, did she?”

Shu Quan smiled bitterly, she was Su Xin’s personal servant girl, she would follow Su Xin wherever she went, but she wasn’t blind, it was clear that Su Xin did not want her to follow, but rather wanted to run in the opposite direction to her Majesty.

“Why did you ask me if I was willing to leave her?”

Su Xin was curious about this. What did she show that gave Shu Quan the impression that she couldn’t live without Qu Feiqing?

“Doesn’t Miss like Her Majesty?”

Shu Quan clenched her fists, her heart was filled with sorrow.

“Huh? What? I don’t like her.”

Su Xin was at a loss. She had said there that she liked Qu Feiqing, but it was only affection for physical intimacy. It seemed like Qu Feiqing genuinely liked her.

Shu Quan looked at Su Xin blankly, without any expression on her face, and her voice was very soft.

“Miss you’re so cruel.”

[Host, you are such a scumbag.]

Fourteen couldn’t help but speak out.

“Uh?”

Su Xin was very innocent. She was also curious to understand why she was suddenly a scumbag.

Looking at Su Xin’s ignorant expression, Shu Quan sighed inwardly, not knowing whether to gloat or pity her.

“If Miss doesn’t like Her Majesty, why are you so obsessed with Her Majesty, looking for her every day.”

Since you don’t like a person, why do you give her the illusion that you like her?

She only remembered chatting about sexual affection, not talking about love! She thought she and Qu Feiqing had reached a consensus. Didn’t it happen?

Su Xin waved away Shu Quan, quietly thinking about life on the bed.

Fourteen, does everyone think I like Qu Feiqing?

[Seems like there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know.]

Su Xin sighed. In fact, she liked Qu Feiqing a lot. She liked Qu Feiqing’s character,  her face, and she liked to play with Qu Feiqing, but there was still something wrong.

[Will the host be angry if you see the Queen be with someone else?]

Regardless of whether I like her, why should I be angry, if she’s happy.

Su Xin was fond of Qu Feiqing because she liked being friends with benefits.

Fourteen could no longer speak, it didn’t understand this kind of thing, it just watched it. As long as the situation doesn’t get out of control, the host can do whatever she wants.

On the second day, Su Xin began to keep a distance from Qu Feiqing.

“Are you hiding from me?”

Qu Feiqing caught Su Xin, who was enjoying the flowers in the palace, instead of running away.

“No, I want to apologize to you.”

Su Xin said, as she shook her head.

“Oh? What did you do wrong?”

Hope rose in Qu Feiqing’s heart.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have made you think that I liked you…”

“It’s okay.”

Qu Feiqing didn’t wait for Su Xin to finish, and interrupted her, the coldness echoing in her chest, pumping pain.

“Do you hate me?”

“No, I think you are very nice, have a  good face, good personality, but…”

Su Xin looked at the ground and sighed.

[Host, you two are fools, can you shut up?]

Fourteen really didn’t want Su Xin to worry about this anymore.

“Needless to say.”

Qu Feiqing didn’t walk away, but took Su Xin’s hand and made a clear smile.

“Yesterday, the Imperial Cook developed a new pastry. I think it was not bad. You should try it.”

Qu Feiqing pulled Su Xin away, and Su Xin followed her in a daze.

Fourteen, this reaction was different from what I thought.

Fourteen did not want to speak, it was tired and did not want to make a scene.

Su Xin stared blankly at Qu Feiqing, who was feeding her pastries one by one, with a very confused expression.

Qu Feiqing looked at Su Xin’s perplexed and obedient look, with a smile on her face, the gloominess in her heart continued to increase.

If Su Xin could be very decisive, she might not adopt this kind of tenderness policy, but she always showed a feeling of dependence on her, which made Qu Feiqing sink deeper and deeper.

Su Xin looked soft and weak on the outside, and while it was not an exaggeration, she also had a very strong heart, just like a sharp sword.

Someone so strong would easily break. Qu Feiqing didn’t want to force her, but she didn’t want to let her go just like that.

Wasn’t this a good look now? Su Xin looked so good and so docile.

Why did Su Xin have to run away from her? Su Xin felt bored, so she was leaving. When she left, she would leave her here alone.

Su Xin broke into her heart and approached her first, so how could she just run away like this.

It was too selfish.

Qu Feiqing discovered that Su Xin had the kind of personality that was strong when she met a  strong character and weak when she met a weak character.

If you had a fight with Su Xin, it might also inspire Su Xin’s ambition. Qu Feiqing can see that Su Xin would definitely not be a person who was willing to resign.

But if it was that kind of particularly soft personality, like a knife wrapped in cotton wool, Su Xin would not know it. This was her weakness in character.

Qu Feiqing wiped off the cake residue from Su Xin’s lips, put it in her mouth and licked it off.

This action was very sensual, but also very natural.

Su Xin leaned in and exchanged a kiss with Qu Feiqing. It was greasy and done crookedly.

The two went back to the room and started doing it again. Su Xin, afterwards, felt extremely tired and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Su Xin and Qu Feiqing seemed to have gone back to the past. Qu Feiqing was more caring for Su Xin, which made Su Xin feel a little weird, and she felt that she was not the only one.

Qu Feiyun and Su Xin got together again and gossiped. After all, Su Xin was too bored, and Qu Feiyun was also very leisurely. Two very leisurely people gathered together, drinking tea, chatting, reading, and talking about Qu Feiqing. .

“It seems that the Empress really likes you.”

Qu Feiyun propped her face, resting her elbows on the stone table.

“Um.”

Su Xin understood and nodded.

“But I always feel that something is wrong. How do I feel that the Empress petting you is the same as petting her little wife?”

Qu Feiyun changed her posture, supporting her face with her hands, and looking up and down Su Xin’s body.

Su Xin smiled and said nothing.

The whole palace knew that the Empress had a luthier who was kept in the harem and was extremely precious.

When Su Xin got up one day, she was about to get out of bed but found that her legs were numb and she almost couldn’t feel anything.

Su Xin didn’t feel that she was overdoing it. She was helped by Shu Juan onto the bed and asked Shu Quan to call for a doctor.

The imperial doctor came and couldn’t see anything. He prescribed a few patches of tonic and nourishing qi medicine and left.

Su Xin knew what was going on and sighed while sitting on the bed.

Qu Feiqing came, standing silently beside Su Xin’s bed, and reached out to touch Su Xin’s leg.

“I’ve already said that I won’t leave. Why don’t you believe it.”

Su Xin looked at Qu Feiqing, knowing that it was Qu Feiqing who did some tricks on her legs.

“You never said that.”

Qu Feiqing pursed her lips. This person has been looking for opportunities; maybe when she feels completely bored, or feels that the outside world was safe, she would want to leave again.

“I’m talking about it now.”

Su Xin curled her lips.

“I don’t like this, I’m going to be angry.”

Su Xin looked at Qu Feiqing with black and white eyes, speaking seriously.

“I won’t lie to you, I will stay with you forever”

Su Xin didn’t say anything when he saw that Qu Feiqing didn’t move, and poked Qu Feiqing’s hand.

Qu Feiqing was shocked, and she looked at Su Xin with disbelief.

She thought Su Xin was a wild horse that would never miss her chance to leave, but it seemed that this was not the case.

“Really?”

Qu Feiqing’s voice was a little hoarse. She looked down at Su Xin, still full of suspicion.

“Un.”

Su Xin nodded

She was very bored, yes, but her profession was constantly adventurous anyway, and when she was in a quiet and free place, she preferred to stay still.

Qu Feiqing was too kind to her, and that feeling eroded her desire to leave little by little.

As Qu Feiyun said, Qu Feiqing spoiled her very much, just like her wife.

Su Xin was soft-hearted. She still didn’t know the feeling of jealousy, and she couldn’t imagine that Qu Feiqing would be together with others.

Qu Feiqing was a capable lover. She would never give her the chance to be jealous.

“If you lie to me…”

Qu Feiqing’s hand gently stroked Su Xin’s knee. This time, it was a real promise. If she lied to her, then these legs were really unnecessary.

“I will not.”

Su Xin pressed against Qu Feiqing’s forehead and closed her eyes.

This life was so short, what do you do when you meet a good person.

In the second year after Su Xin came to the palace, something relatively important had happened. Qu Feiqing’s brother, Qu Xingchen’s father died, he had committed suicide.

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