Little Pink Starfish

The Boss Who Wants to Die with the Princess

State Preceptor Chengguan saw the family of three on the verge of breaking into a fight and quickly forced himself to speak up, changing the topic: “Your Majesty, it’s not appropriate for this humble monk to stay long at the Gu residence. I should return to Huguo Temple.”

“Just stay here!” Emperor Xianzong stood up and said, “Do you even know which monks in your temple are loyal to Mo Wen? Wait until I sort through the monks at Huguo Temple, then we’ll talk.”

Yu Xiaoxiao saw her father walk out while talking and asked, “Where are you going, Father?”

“Back to the palace!” Xianzong snapped back, full of frustration—he was running out of time!

Gu Xinglang said, “Your Majesty, allow this subject to escort you.”

“No need,” Xianzong waved without turning around—he was increasingly irritated just looking at this son-in-law.

“Princess,” Chengguan said to Yu Xiaoxiao, “go see His Majesty off.”

“Oh, alright.” Yu Xiaoxiao ran after him.

With just the two of them left in the room, Chengguan said to Gu Xinglang, “Prince Consort, you must focus on healing properly.”

Gu Xinglang nodded.

“You… sigh!” Chengguan sighed and said, “If you feel unwell, speak up right away.”

“Preceptor?” Gu Xinglang felt Chengguan was implying something.

Chengguan smiled and said, “You and the princess have been married for a while now. Try to have a child soon.”

Gu Xinglang stared at Chengguan, dumbfounded. The Preceptor cared about that?

Chengguan felt tightness in his chest. If something really happened to Gu Xinglang in the future, wouldn’t a child be a comfort to the princess?

Outside at the residence gates, Yu Xiaoxiao was seeing her dimwitted emperor father off.

Before getting into the carriage, Xianzong looked at Li Yuanle and said, “Regarding Consort Li, once you return home, tell your parents to mourn her loss.”

“Yes, this subject thanks Your Majesty for your grace,” Li Yuanle didn’t dare meet Xianzong’s gaze.

“That woman…” Xianzong started.

“You’re still thinking about someone else’s wife?!” Yu Xiaoxiao yelled.

“Shut up,” Xianzong snapped, then turned back to Li Yuanle. “No wonder you tried to protect that woman—she does resemble Consort Li a bit.”

Li Yuanle trembled. Could he beg to differ?

“Consort Li was disfigured too,” Xianzong added.

Yu Xiaoxiao feigned ignorance. “What a coincidence?”

“Though I think the scars are in different places.” Ever since Li Wan disfigured herself, Xianzong hadn’t seen her again. His memory of her was still intact thanks to his usual attentiveness toward women.

“So what are you thinking?” Yu Xiaoxiao asked. Hadn’t this guy already said he had no feelings for the Li family girl? Why bring it up again?

“I’m not thinking anything,” Xianzong scolded. “I was just reminiscing with Li—” In a flash of emotion, he forgot Li Yuanle’s full name and ended up copying his daughter, “with Little Li about Consort Li. You just don’t understand anything.”

Yu Xiaoxiao stayed silent, looking at her dimwitted emperor father with exasperation. The more he reminisced about Consort Li with her brother, the more her brother wanted to die. Father!

With his mood ruined, Xianzong waved it off and told Li Yuanle, “Return to the army as soon as possible.”

Li Yuanle accepted the order: “As you command.”

Xianzong glanced at Yu Xiaoxiao again, said nothing more, and got into the carriage.

Watching her idiotic father ride off, Yu Xiaoxiao said to Li Yuanle, “No need to worry anymore. My father doesn’t remember anything.”

Li Yuanle was at a loss for words. There was relief, yes, but also deep bitterness. All these years his little sister had suffered in the palace, yet His Majesty couldn’t even remember where her scars were. How had she endured it all?

“Brother Li,” Yu Xiaoxiao looked seriously at Li Yuanle, “Bear Bear is your sister’s true love. Just agree to let them be together.”

Li Yuanle: …

“I think Bear Bear is great,” Yu Xiaoxiao added, building favor for the gang leader. “Little Two and the others told me the capital was Bear Bear’s heartbreak zone. Look how much he cares for your sister. Plus, he’s developed normally. I don’t know how good he is in bed, but from what I saw, he’s definitely packing.”

Li Yuanle… felt like he’d just heard something truly outrageous!

At the front gates, the gang leader who had just come to confirm the crisis was over—unluckily overheard Yu Xiaoxiao’s last sentence…

Was she trying to drive him to suicide?! This crazy girl dared to say anything out loud?!

Yu Xiaoxiao, still thinking, added, “From my observations, he should be able to give your sister a happy sex life, because—”

Oh my god!

The gang leader rushed over and yanked Yu Xiaoxiao away, begging her to shut up.

Li Yuanle stood at the Gu residence gate, looking from Yu Xiaoxiao to the gang leader. The more he thought about it, the stranger this whole thing felt.

Yu Xiaoxiao was dragged by the gang leader to a quiet corner in the front courtyard. She yanked her hand free and asked, “What’s your problem now?”

The gang leader said, “Princess, in this life, I only recognize Miss Li as my woman.”

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded. “I know. She’s your true love.”

The gang leader said, “Then you can’t chase her away.”

Yu Xiaoxiao asked, “When did I chase her away?”

Faced with a lunatic, what could one do? The gang leader gritted his teeth and said, “If her brother finds out you’ve seen that thing of mine, Miss Li definitely won’t marry me!”

Yu Xiaoxiao was startled. “It’s that serious?”

Gang leader: “Exactly that serious! Princess, I beg you, please let me go!”

Yu Xiaoxiao looked over at Li Yuanle still standing at the gate and asked, “How much do you think he knows?”

The gang leader was in agony. Li Yuanle was the most cunning guy around. Who knows what conclusions he might draw?

“He’s walking over here,” Yu Xiaoxiao noted as she saw Li Yuanle approach.

“I see him,” the gang leader gritted out.

“I’ll do some damage control,” Yu Xiaoxiao said.

The gang leader’s heart nearly stopped. “What kind of damage control?”

As Li Yuanle reached them, Yu Xiaoxiao said, “Bear Bear has remained chaste for your sister all these years. I didn’t see anything, hehe.”

Hehe your ass!

The gang leader immediately wanted to drag Yu Xiaoxiao down with him.

Li Yuanle smiled and asked, “The princess said she didn’t see anything—so, what thing are we talking about?”

“Uh…” Yu Xiaoxiao paused. How was she supposed to answer that? What a messed-up world—just seeing a guy’s privates, and he can’t get married anymore?

Li Yuanle pressed again, “What is it?”

“Oh, the princess is a doctor,” the gang leader jumped in to save himself, saying to his would-be brother-in-law, “She treated an injury of mine. What she meant was, my injury doesn’t prevent me from getting married.”

“Yes,” Yu Xiaoxiao nodded quickly. “That’s exactly what I meant.”