Inlaid With Jade - Chapter 82

Chapter 82
Take a bite

The climate in the capital was much warmer than in the area along the river in Ji County. Pear blossoms, blooming on branches, covered the whole city like clouds, and many trees had already produced pears.

Lin Yu entered the city with Li Heming, but Li Heming did not ride with her. Instead, he rode a horse beside the carriage. The return journey was long, and the Imperial Guards traveled day and night. To avoid delaying Li Heming’s business, Lin Yu rested in the carriage for most of the journey.

The carriage was shaking and rushed for half the night last night. Now that she had passed the city gate early in the morning, she was still resting in the carriage, sleeping soundly without knowing whether it was day or night.

The first thing Li Heming did when he returned to the city was to report to the palace. He didn’t even have time to go home. Lin Yu had to return home, so the two had to separate. He dismissed everyone, leaving only a small team led by He San. Then, Li Heming asked Zelan and Wenzhu, who were driving horses, to stop the carriage under the stone wall of a quiet house. He got off the horse agilely, lifted his robe, bent over, and got in.

Li Heming had a solemn and steady face and was not interested in brothels. His subordinates always thought that he had nothing between his legs and was born a Buddha who was not interested in women. However, they realized they were wrong when they saw that he was becoming increasingly skilled at getting into the carriage on the journey. They were all men with two taels of flesh, so there was no Buddha.

As long as he got into the carriage, Zelan and Wenzhu would always hear a few ambiguous whispers from inside, mostly from Lin Yu pushing and rejecting. The words were unclear, which made people blush.

Seeing Li Heming enter the carriage, Zelan and Wenzhu walked two steps away tactfully. They stood side by side, turned their heads, and stared at the long streets on both sides. Their ears were red, and they didn’t look at each other, but their hands held each other under the cover of their sleeves.

He San pretended not to notice Li Heming’s act to sneak into the carriage to steal a sniff before leaving. He looked up at an ungrown green pear on the tree and considered whether to go home and wash it or wash it with Miss Bai. Would she like it if he washed it with her? As he thought about it, he moved his legs and quietly pulled up his tight pants.

Li Heming knew Lin Yu was still sleeping, so he didn’t call her and quietly got into the carriage. Before leaving, he cut two layers of thick curtains and hung them on the windows to block the light so she could sleep more peacefully during the daytime. Now that the door was closed, the inside of the carriage immediately became dark again.

The bed in the carriage was thickly padded. Lin Yu closed her eyes and leaned on it with a thin blanket covering her body. Her eyebrows were relaxed, her breathing was shallow, and she slept soundly. She didn’t wake up even when the blanket almost slipped from her knees.

Li Heming held the scabbard without making a sound. He lifted her slightly curled hand on her legs, pulled up the blanket, stuffed her hand into the blanket, and then lowered his head to bite her lips.

Lin Yu moaned in her sleep but didn’t wake up. Li Heming seemed to want to see her before parting. After biting her lips and leaving a tooth mark, his dark eyes stared at her face before he got off the carriage.

It was tough for him to climb up and down for this bite.

He went in and out within ten counts. He San was about to pick the small green pear from the branch and bring it to Bai Zhen. He raised his hand, but before he could touch her, he saw Li Heming coming out again.

Li Heming jumped on the horse, kicked the horse’s belly, and headed toward the imperial city. He turned his back to He San and said, “Send Madam to the mansion safely.”

Although this place was still a little far from the palace, once you entered Yingtian Prefecture, you would be at the feet of the Emperor. How could there be any danger? He San didn’t quite understand why Li Heming ordered this, but when he remembered the confession Li Heming was carrying, he suddenly understood and nodded: “Yes.”

Li Heming drove away on horseback. The sound of distant horse hooves awakened Lin Yu, and she slowly opened her sleepy eyes.

The carriage slowly moved. Lin Yu sat and woke up. She heard noisy voices outside and opened a window on one side to look out. The carriage had already entered the street market. The familiar streets appeared as if they were already in the capital.

Lin Yu didn’t see the usual figures accompanying her outside the carriage, so she closed the window and opened the one on the other side, but she still didn’t see Li Heming. He San took Li Heming’s usual position, sat on the horse, looked down at her, grinned, and cheerfully said, “Mrs. Lin.”

Lin Yu smiled at him: “Lord He.”

He San said honestly: “Just call me He San.”

Lin Yu shook her head and smiled, but she did not agree. She leaned over, looked at He San, and asked him, “Do you know where Li Heming went?”

He San was stunned when he heard this: “Didn’t the leader tell you just now? He entered the palace.”

Lin Yu said blankly: “No, when did he leave?”

He San touched the back of his neck and said strangely: “Just now, at most half a minute ago, the leader entered the carriage, and when he came out, he asked us to take you back, and then he left.”

He didn’t understand and looked at his subordinate in confusion, with a sentence written on his face: What did the leader do in the carriage just now? The man also shook his head, indicating he didn’t know either.

Lin Yu was even more confused when she heard this because she didn’t notice Li Heming enter the carriage, but she didn’t ask any more questions and said softly: “I understand. Sorry for troubling Lord He.”

He San said: “It’s fine. We’re on the same way anyway.”

Lin Yu smiled at him and closed the window doubtfully. She didn’t know when Li Heming got on the carriage or why he didn’t wake her up. As she thought about it, she slowly raised her hand to touch her lips, and her pale fingertips unconsciously touched an inconspicuous tooth mark on her lips. She complained in her heart: Strange, why does it hurt a little?