Marked by a Tyrant After Transmigrated

Chapter 28

Taken aback, Chang Yuan immediately thought of diving under the bed to hide, but Ye Shu abruptly yanked him back. "Where are you going? You want to get killed?"

"But......"

Ye Shu threw the quilt over Chang Yuan and made a split second decision, "Hide inside and don't move."

He hurriedly got out of the bed and pulled down the gauze drapery. Just at that moment, Jin Wang pushed the door open and entered.

"......Your Majesty," Ye Shu greeted him as he walked forward and tried his best to act natural. "What brings you here?"

A servant followed Jin Wang into the room to light up the lamps. Jin Wang's eyes swept around the room and he asked, "Are you alright?"

"I'm......I'm alright, of course," Ye Shu rubbed his eyes, pretending to be sleepy. "Just woke up. It was so noisy outside."

"Gu was informed that a famous assassin escaped and fled here." Jin Wang's expression looked composed and he asked in a light voice, "You really haven't seen anyone?"

In a rare event, Jin Wang had finished dealing with his affairs ahead of time and he wanted to go back to the Hall of Yang Xin a bit earlier to spend more time with his little Noble Consort. Unexpectedly, he returned to an empty hall and only after inquiring did he find out that this man had come here. He immediately set out and was just halfway to the palace when the news that a prisoner had escaped reached him.

Jin Wang didn't want to disclose anything about Ye Shu's escape attempt, thus he didn't put Chang Yuan in the official prison, but found a separate palace to keep him imprisoned. However, the man had surprisingly found an opportunity to escape between the guards' shifts today.

And coincidentally, the shadow guards' found traces of Chang Yuan's presence near the Palace of Heavenly Grace.

Could there really be such a coincidence? Or did this man intend to...go back to his trickery and mischief again?

Jin Wang's eyes darkened.

Ye Shu was unaware that from the sight of his sleepiness, he was already on the verge of being locked back up in his little dark room. He reached out to pull Jin Wang's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, I'm hungry. Let's go back to the Hall of Yang Xin, shall we?"

Jin Wang stared at him for a moment and then smiled gently. "Why bother, isn't it the same as dining in here?"

"But..."

Jin Wang didn't wait for him to finish and ordered, "Someone, prepare the meals."

The Palace of Heavenly Grace had never been given the privilege of serving meals for the monarch. The servants quaked in their shoes as they rushed to and from, fearful of making the slightest mistake lest the emperor be enraged.

Ye Shu could barely manage to get in a few bites as his gaze couldn't stop drifting to the inner room.

Poor Xiao Chang Yuan. He'll suffocate if this continues.

Ye Shu's wandering mind didn't escape Jin Wang's notice, who he asked with a tilt of his head, "Not to your taste?"

Ye Shu subconsciously wanted to shake his head, but after a fleeting thought, he nodded and said, "Not to my liking."

He paused and then added, "I want to have Your Majesty's rice congee."

The servants were taken aback.

Rumour had it in the palace that His Majesty often went to the imperial kitchen to cook personally. During that period, the imperial kitchen nearly burned down thrice and numerous pots and bowls were broken. Everyone was wondering which concubine could have won such a special favour from His Majesty.