Blame the Villain – Chapter 221

Villainous Emperor (21)

Song Xuyi felt her whole being become unwell for a moment, and even wanted to directly abandon Jiang Ruoyu, who was pillowing on her legs, and flee in panic——

If she hadn’t guessed wrong, the little palace maid in Jiang Ruoyu’s mouth [words] was herself.

This was all too beyond belief. Song Xuyi almost felt Jiang Ruoyu was joking. She had been awake for so many days, and this was Jiang Ruoyu’s first time praying to her, yet who would have thought the content would be so explosive!

Song Xuyi couldn’t believe Jiang Ruoyu was her devout believer, and even felt somewhat that Jiang Ruoyu was deceiving her: what did she still need to pray to her for? Clearly, she was now even more powerful than herself…

However, while emotionally unable to believe, another voice rose rationally in her heart: but if she wasn’t devoutly believing in you, you wouldn’t be able to hear the voices in Jiang Ruoyu’s heart at all.

And Jiang Ruoyu’s voice continued——

“Goddess Sister, the little palace maid is extremely beautiful. Every time I see her, I can’t help but feel happy, my heart is extremely joyful, but the little palace maid is still very afraid of me, I really don’t know how to make her fall for me…”

“Goddess Sister, will you bless me?”

…

Song Xuyi listened to the voice in Jiang Ruoyu’s mind, her face growing redder and redder, feeling extremely embarrassed in her heart. She couldn’t help but lower her head to look at Jiang Ruoyu, but Jiang Ruoyu had her eyes tightly closed, looking peaceful and serene – anyone who didn’t know would think she was sound asleep…

Who would know that in her mind right now were these chaotic thoughts, even including thoughts of marriage?

Song Xuyi felt somewhat angry, and for a moment really wanted to pinch Jiang Ruoyu. She barely suppressed the impulse in her heart when she heard Jiang Ruoyu’s voice rise again——

“I won’t disturb you anymore in the future,” Jiang Ruoyu’s voice sounded peaceful and even carried a hint of smile, but Song Xuyi saw a tear slide down from Jiang Ruoyu’s eye, flowing into her black hair: “Yinshen told me, she is an existence not accepted by the Three Realms. That year when she made you faint, I suppose you must have hated her thoroughly. She told me you would wake up within five years, but all these years, you haven’t given me any response. I thought about it – now that I have become Yinshen, this is probably why you have been unwilling to reply to me all along. If you get too entangled with me, it will only bring disaster to you…”

“In the future, I will live well with the little palace maid.”

“Whether or not you are willing to come see me, I will always serve you as an elder and benefactor in the future.”

Jiang Ruoyu forced herself to finish speaking these words, her heart feeling as if something was repeatedly clenching and hurting. She didn’t know if Goddess Sister could hear, most likely she couldn’t, but these words had to be said, because she wanted to say them more for herself to hear:

Goddess Sister was a high and mighty deity, and there was naturally a difference like a heavenly moat between them. After Jiang Ruoyu realized her feelings for Goddess Sister were not pure, she had been trying hard to suppress them, but discovered those inappropriate desires not only didn’t disappear with time’s passing but increased day by day…

She feared that a heart demon [inner darkness/evil thoughts] would completely grow in her heart, and she might even unable to resist doing things to harm Goddess Sister. She was even more afraid that Goddess Sister would despise her then, after all, if Goddess Sister associated with her, she would have to become enemies with the entire Three Realms.

Fortunately, the little palace maid appeared at this time.

The little palace maid made her heart, which was like dead water, become active again…

This was probably another instance of the Creator’s mercy toward her.

There were too few people in this world who could move her heart. The appearance of the little palace maid gave her a chance to pull the reins at the cliff’s edge when she was about to do something wrong.

She couldn’t control her impulse to want to be close to the little palace maid.

Her unusual behavior these past two days had already proven her heart was moved.

Then she couldn’t keep thinking about Goddess Sister in her heart while pursuing the little palace maid – this would be blasphemy against Goddess Sister, and also a form of disrespect to the little palace maid.

Before beginning to pursue the little palace maid, it was time to put everything back in its proper place: henceforth, Goddess Sister would be an elder, a family member, but could no longer be an object of her desire.

This affection that couldn’t be spoken aloud was, from beginning to end, a one-person show, and it was enough that only she herself knew about it.

Although understanding this was a necessary process, Jiang Ruoyu still couldn’t stop her tears: it really… hurts so much!

This kind of pain was a hundred times worse than when Yinshen possessed her and gradually pulled at her body with willpower, a pain that was like ten thousand arrows piercing the heart.

In this lifetime, she never wanted to experience such pain again.

Jiang Ruoyu’s heart was incomparably painful, and she couldn’t help but hug the little palace maid, half-burying her face, listening to the sound of pages turning above, thinking the young girl was still reading the storybook. She quietly wiped her tears on the young girl’s hem, but the tears wouldn’t stop no matter what. She could only tightly close her eyes, but didn’t see Song Xuyi’s shocked expression above…

Why did she suddenly start crying?

Although she was already Yinshen with incomparably powerful magical abilities, at this moment Jiang Ruoyu was filled with an obvious sense of vulnerability, as if she had turned back into her childhood self, that little girl who watched the night-blooming cereus [epiphyllum] wither but was powerless to do anything…

While Song Xuyi instinctively wanted to flee when hearing the young girl analyze her feelings, now looking at the silently crying Jiang Ruoyu, even though she knew she shouldn’t, Song Xuyi couldn’t help but feel heartache——

Shouldn’t liking someone be a happy thing? Why was Jiang Ruoyu crying?

Was it because her Goddess Sister still hadn’t responded to her?

If Jiang Ruoyu liked another girl, Song Xuyi felt she would probably find ways to appear in dreams to tell Jiang Ruoyu she blessed them, but now the person Jiang Ruoyu liked clearly pointed to herself…

Song Xuyi felt completely unwell just thinking about this matter. Let alone giving blessings, she found it inconceivable just thinking about it.

What exactly did Jiang Ruoyu see in her?

Song Xuyi couldn’t figure it out no matter how much she thought about it. Her heart was shocked, and she didn’t dare let the system know about Jiang Ruoyu’s affections for her. She could only blindly ponder in her heart, and after excluding all possibilities, Song Xuyi thought of one possibility——it was because Jiang Ruoyu had seen too few girls!

Because she had seen too few girls, she mistook this fish eye [common thing] for a pearl [precious thing]. When she sees the 81 girls Fu Sheng selected for her birthday in a few days, she’ll know what truly beautiful and talented girls are like!

Currently, Jiang Ruoyu’s birthday celebration hadn’t started yet, and Fu Sheng was still having those girls undergo training to learn to chant ceremonial words, so they hadn’t had the chance to meet them yet.

Those girls were all carefully selected by the matrons, all prettier than herself, and most of them really liked Jiang Ruoyu.

Just needed to get through these few days, and then Jiang Ruoyu would definitely find true love.

Thinking this way, Song Xuyi became increasingly convinced this was just Jiang Ruoyu’s temporary whim, and her feelings wouldn’t last long, they would fade away before long, and if Jiang Ruoyu later fell in love with another girl, she would definitely give them her sincere blessings!

Thinking like this, Song Xuyi forcefully suppressed the guilt in her heart, not daring to look at the crying Jiang Ruoyu, could only pretend to read while secretly glancing at Jiang Ruoyu’s expression. Fortunately, before long, Jiang Ruoyu’s tears gradually subsided, and Song Xuyi’s heart also felt relieved.

But after putting down this heavy burden from her heart, thinking about how Jiang Ruoyu was currently hugging her, and recalling Jiang Ruoyu’s inner thoughts, Song Xuyi’s whole body couldn’t help but feel strange…

Since she didn’t plan to accept Jiang Ruoyu’s feelings, she couldn’t allow Jiang Ruoyu to get close to her anymore.

“Your Majesty,” Song Xuyi secretly glanced at Jiang Ruoyu, seeing that Jiang Ruoyu had stopped crying, thinking Jiang Ruoyu should have adjusted her mood by now, couldn’t help but push Jiang Ruoyu’s shoulder, speaking softly: “I need to use the toilet.”

Jiang Ruoyu didn’t make any fuss, made an ‘mm’ sound with closed eyes, rolled onto the pillow, and released her hands from Song Xuyi’s waist.

Song Xuyi sighed in relief, went outside to use the toilet, deliberately delayed for a while, and when she returned, saw Jiang Ruoyu with closed eyes seemingly sound asleep, Song Xuyi felt relieved…

Probably tired from crying, Jiang Ruoyu was sleeping deeply. Song Xuyi didn’t want to disturb her. Seeing the brocade quilt half-covering Jiang Ruoyu had fallen to the ground, she couldn’t help but cover her properly with the blanket. Originally intending to walk out of this area to wait outside, her gaze unconsciously fell on Jiang Ruoyu’s face…

Jiang Ruoyu’s face at this moment looked extremely peaceful and tranquil, showing no trace of having just cried. She had always been born beautiful, with magnificent features, looking more like a goddess than Song Xuyi, the actual goddess. Because of being possessed by Yinshen, when awake, Jiang Ruoyu’s temperament appeared sharp and prominent, dangerous yet alluring. Now while sleeping, her whole being appeared more peaceful, like a quiet beautiful flower…

Seeing this face, it seemed even the world became more beautiful.

Even until now, Song Xuyi couldn’t understand why Jiang Ruoyu, who possessed such a face, would take a liking to herself…

Song Xuyi sighed in her heart, and walked softly two steps to the doorway. Just as she was about to leave, a familiar pulling force came at her waist. Song Xuyi’s eyes widened as she was pulled backward by this force, falling into Jiang Ruoyu’s embrace——

Song Xuyi raised her head and saw Jiang Ruoyu’s face just within a foot’s distance.

Jiang Ruoyu had opened her eyes at some unknown time, or rather, she had never fallen asleep. Right now her gaze looked very clear, her eyes even containing obvious mirth——

“Why were you staring at me?” Jiang Ruoyu’s voice was slightly hoarse as she looked seriously at Song Xuyi.

If she hadn’t heard Jiang Ruoyu’s inner thoughts earlier, Song Xuyi would surely have thought Jiang Ruoyu was testing her, and might have told the truth. However, now looking at Jiang Ruoyu’s red ears, she was clearly happy because Song Xuyi had been staring at her, wanting to get confirmation about her looks. To make Jiang Ruoyu reject her, Song Xuyi naturally wouldn’t tell the truth——

“This servant just wanted to see if Your Majesty was asleep.” Song Xuyi sighed, uncomfortable with the current intimate posture, trying to escape from Jiang Ruoyu’s embrace: “This servant is just a commoner. Last night I displeased Your Majesty, my heart is fearful, I didn’t dare sleep all night. Now I’m quite tired. If Your Majesty is sleeping, this servant would like to rest briefly on the side.”

Song Xuyi thought for a moment, again tactfully expressing the status difference between them, originally wanting Jiang Ruoyu to release her, but unexpectedly after hearing this, Jiang Ruoyu furrowed her brows and held Song Xuyi even tighter.

“Just rest here!” Jiang Ruoyu’s gaze wandered, seeming somewhat afraid to meet Song Xuyi’s eyes: “I’m not displeased with you,” she added: “On the contrary, I…”

?!

Song Xuyi’s eyes widened, incredibly afraid that Jiang Ruoyu would take this opportunity to confess her feelings, after which she would have no way to turn back. However, she couldn’t find any excuse to change the subject at the moment, could only pray in her heart that Jiang Ruoyu wouldn’t make it clear. Fortunately, Jiang Ruoyu probably felt it was abrupt herself, and after pausing for a moment, pressed her lips together, covered Song Xuyi’s watching eyes and changed the subject: “Anyway, I don’t dislike you at all, just sleep——”

If it was before, Song Xuyi might have been intimidated by Jiang Ruoyu’s demeanor and confusedly fallen asleep in her embrace, but now Song Xuyi only thought about firmly drawing boundaries with Jiang Ruoyu – how could she dare to sleep in Jiang Ruoyu’s embrace?

Although knowing it might anger Jiang Ruoyu, Song Xuyi still spoke: “But this servant fears Your Majesty. With you here, this servant cannot fall asleep at all…”

A moment of silence, Song Xuyi felt Jiang Ruoyu’s body obviously stiffen for an instant.

For that moment, Song Xuyi thought Jiang Ruoyu was very angry. Song Xuyi could even imagine how Jiang Ruoyu would speak coldly afterward, but unexpectedly, Jiang Ruoyu pressed her lips together——

“I was just trying to tease you…”

“I will change in the future.” Jiang Ruoyu’s voice was surprisingly gentle as she looked seriously at Song Xuyi: “Don’t be afraid of me.”

She seemed truly somewhat defeated, and somewhat afraid to look at Song Xuyi. With a wave of her hand, the entire room darkened. After dropping a “rest well,” Jiang Ruoyu turned and actually left the room.

Song Xuyi sighed in relief, collapsing onto the small couch.

Speaking of sleeping, but with so many things happening today, how could Song Xuyi have any sleepiness?

“She’s sitting on the roof, practicing how to smile. She’s really foolish – after being possessed by Yinshen, her whole temperament changed. How could she still smile in that silly way you liked when she was young?” The system just had to bring up the worst topics, speaking in Song Xuyi’s mind: “Tsk tsk, this young emperor seems to care about you a lot…”

The system seemed to want to say more, but Song Xuyi didn’t want to listen anymore, decisively blocked it, and pressed her lips together——

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The author has something to say:

Xuyi: I run, don’t chase me.

Jiang Ruoyu: You can’t fly away even with wings.

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LP: Re-translated on December 29, 2024

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