Chapter 177

177 DIFFERENT FEELINGS FOR THE TWO SERVANTS

Bai Chen was forced to stop in his tracks when a man suddenly appeared in front of him. He indeed couldn’t keep walking since the man stopped right in front of him, but he didn’t think it would be a big deal for him to stop in his tracks since he was already outside the Imperial Palace now.

He could see a pair of shoes on the ground, and when he looked up, he could see a bright red hanfu that almost blinded his eyesight. And when his blue eyes finally met a pair of brown eyes, he finally knew that it was Zhu Ge who had suddenly appeared in front of him.

He was dumbfounded when he saw the man in red, and when he glanced back, he realized that he was still close to the front gate of the Imperial Palace. He had just realized that he had never brought the man into the Imperial Palace, and perhaps today was the first time that Zhu Ge had been so close to the palace behind him.

Focusing his blue eyes on the taller figure once more, Bai Chen opened his mouth to ask, “What are you doing here? I didn’t see you this morning, but you suddenly came to pick me up here, huh? Did you wait for a long time?”

Bai Chen didn’t mean to sound so gentle when he questioned the black-haired man, but his voice did come out softer than when he was still talking to Ma Qiao. The two men were his servants, but it seemed he was biased towards them.

“Mhm, I came to pick you up, but I didn’t wait too long,” the men in red clothes answered the question while smiling brightly like the sun above their heads.

Seeing that smile, Bai Chen just realized that it was nice to be able to see other people’s faces while talking to them. Unlike when he was talking to a man who faithfully covered his face with a golden mask, he felt safer when talking to someone while being able to see their face.

“Aiyah! You don’t have to pick up His Highness!” Ma Qiao suddenly chimed in from behind Bai Chen. “I’m with His Highness now, and you do not need to accompany His Highness when I’m with him!”

It seemed that Ma Qiao was jealous of the man in red, and that was why he immediately rebuked Wu Jinhai’s statement.

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Once again, Bai Chen glanced at the old servant before sighing. Even after he returned from the Forbidden Forest, the relationship between the two servants was still not good, and he didn’t even know how to reduce the tension between them.

“I came here because I have something I want to talk to Bai Chen about,” Zhu Ge replied, and he even confidently said Bai Chen’s name without caring about his official title.

Ma Qiao looked angry at his boldness, and it was different from Bai Chen who remained calm after hearing that. After all, he was used to the way Zhu Ge refused to be polite to him, and that was why he looked relaxed as he once again focused his blue eyes on the pair of brown beads.

“What do you want to talk to me about? You should have waited for me in my palace if you wanted to talk to me,” Bai Chen replied to Zhu Ge, deliberately ignoring Ma Qiao’s statement.

Hearing Bai Chen’s words, Zhu Ge shrugged nonchalantly before replying, “It’s very boring waiting for you in your palace, and that’s why I decided to take a walk here. What’s more, the thing I want to discuss with you is very important, and I can’t wait until you return to your palace.”

The Werewolf Prince frowned upon hearing Zhu Ge’s answer. “Is it really something important you want to talk to me about?” He asked. “What kind of thing made you go looking for me instead of waiting patiently in my palace?”

It was only yesterday that Bai Chen met Zhu Ge again, but the man was still the same. He was still playful and carefree most of the time, but for some reason, Bai Chen assumed that the taller man was a little serious today.

And while he was waiting for the man in red to answer his question, he suddenly caught a glimpse of how the man was deliberately glancing at Ma Qiao as if to say something to him using his eyes, and Bai Chen immediately understood the meaning of that silent gaze.

Sighing again, Bai Chen then turned to the old servant as he said, “You can go back to my palace first, Ma Qiao. I suddenly want to take a walk around here, and Zhu Ge can accompany me.”

He once again sounded biased as he voiced his intentions, and expectedly, the old servant looked displeased after hearing his command. “Aiyah! Why did you choose Zhu Ge again to accompany you, Your Highness? I’m your loyal servant, and I have accompanied you since you left your palace today. Why do you need to change a servant to accompany you?”

The response from the old man was expected, and Bai Chen calmly replied, “It’s because you’ve been accompanying me since we left the palace that I’ve decided to change a servant, Ma Qiao. You must be tired, right? That’s why I want you to return to my palace first so you can rest.”

The brunette Prince was quite shrewd with his reasoning, and even if Ma Qiao seemed to hesitate for a moment, he only let out a heavy sigh before weakly nodding his head at the young Prince. After that, he carefully walked away from the two youths without turning back.

Now there were only Bai Chen and Zhu Ge in front of the front gate of the Imperial Palace, and the two of them stared at Ma Qiao’s back which was moving away from them.

And the silence was only broken when the man in red suddenly asked a question, “Don’t you think your old servant is a little suspicious, Bai Chen?”