Chapter 60: Exposed

After a week later,

Feng Haoran sat in the corner of the field after training under the blazing sun, now it was very cool as a gentle breeze was passing by under the huge banyan tree.

However, his eyes were fixated on something else as he saw the two people sparring in the middle of the field still.

The envoy reached the nearest city of the border yesterday night, though the journey was prolonged a bit because of the certain circumstances in the county, but after that they accelerated their journey quickly, without resting properly to arrive here finally.

Tomorrow at dawn, the Young Lord is planning to enter the town incognito in order to ensure the safety and protection of his people.

However, no matter how well the lord was treating his people, he couldn’t understand one thing.

Feng Haoran heaved a sigh of worry as he looked towards Bai Yunxian and Nine, who had still been sparing.

He didn’t know what happened after they left the room that day, but he could sense that the Lord, for some reason, had turned a little more cold than before.

And the way he treated Bai Yunxian has also turned more harsh and stricter than before.

After they started the practice, the Lord ordered Nine to help Bai Yubxian and teach him martial arts, making him get on horse stance for more than two hours, then making him carry boulders and huge water buckets, leaving him under strict management.

Bai Yunxian’s body has been frail and weak, and starting the practice all of a sudden has taken a toll on his body. Despite that, he has still been continuing the practice, just to get recognised by the Lord.

When Bai Yunxian glanced at the direction of Yun Shu’s tent from time to time during the practice, Feng Haoran understood how much he wanted to show the lord his hard work. However, the Lord didn’t show up, nor did he had a conversation with Bai Yunxian a single time in this entire week.

It was well known even within the subordinates under the lord that they had a fight just a few moments ago before leaving the inn that day, that’s why the Lord didn’t speak to the Mistress for this long?

But Feng Haoran was not concerned about that. Rather, there was something more important which was weighing on his heart for quite some time.

That day, he specifically asked for permission from Yun Shu to bring Bai Yunxian along with them without knowing his connection with the Lord.

But that doesn’t fake the matter that…

Bai Yunxian was actually a male!

But the whole envoy didn’t know this and called him the Young Mistress, or to say it simply, they recognized him as Yun Shu’s wife!

He found out this secret, but that was pure coincidence.

That evening, when Bai Yunxian was changing his clothes in the dressing room, he accidentally barged in to avoid the girls that were chasing after him, thinking that no one would be there at the time of the day.

And that’s when he discovered Zai Ci was indeed a male, it was no surprise at that time. However, the next time they met, the Zai Ci he saw has turned into a pretty, teenage girl, which was a huge shock to Feng Haoran.

After they had a conversation, Bai Yunxian explained the things going on between him and Yun Shu to Feng Haoran, but didn’t explain the whole thing.

Even so, Feng Haoran felt that the way Bai Yunxian was being treated was simply unfair.

’I mean, how can a male give up on his dignity and change to a female, just to satisfy other people’s wishes?’

He didn’t know Lord Yun Shu was like this, how could he make a man wear female clothes just to satisfy his weird tastes?

This was simply unacceptable!

However, when he looked at Bai Yunxian again who was still peeking a look at the desolate tent, in hope that Yun Shu would show up, he felt that some big changes had already happened that were beyond his limit.

It seems that the guys feeling towards the Lord wasn’t something usual either.

If such a thing was happening without other people’s attention, then that means they wouldn’t reject or disapprove of this relationship.

What’s more, it doesn’t look like any of the subordinates around Yun Shu doesn’t know anything about this, since they treated him normally just like they would do to a female.

Even so, living like a female when he was clearly a male unwillingly, it wasn’t something he could approve of.

’No, should I talk about this issue with the Lord directly? Would he listen to me?’

As he was pondering on what to do, Yun Shu walked out of the tent, fully prepared to go out.

Nine and Bai Yunxian also stopped sparring after seeing his presence as Nine greeted him, Yun Shu also nodded as she asked him to get closer and gave him a few errands to do.

“Yes, sir.” Nine bowed his head and walked away immediately after getting the instructions.

After finishing the conversation with Nine, Yun Shu was about to leave when another voice halted her steps.

“My Lord!”

Yun Shu turned around to see Bai Yunxian, who looked very weary and dead tired.

These days, he’s been working hard when she told him to start martial arts practice and take various lessons prepared by Yun Shu herself.

He did quite well in all the fields, and they didn’t have any time to sit and talk for quite a long time.

No, it was actually more like, Yun Shu avoided him despite having enough time in her hand to give the guy a visit.

Ever since that day, she felt the need to be alone for a while and to stay away from Bai Yunxian.

But eventually, since she had to see him, wouldn’t it be best if she used it now.

“What’s the matter?” Yun Shu asked in a calm voice as she glanced at the latter.

Though he was currently in his female disguise, she could see at a glance that he’s improved a lot in the past few days.

It’s not like he has ever abandoned his practice, it’s just that he didn’t have enough time to do this since he practiced secretly during the night. But after getting Yun Shu’s approval, he’s been practicing hard and has improved dramatically in such a short time, reaching a bottleneck of break through.

If he continues to improve this fast, then he can soon surpass even Yun Shu’s record of break through. However, Yun Shu stopped practicing after reaching a certain limit, not because she wasn’t able to, but because of the state affairs she needed to look after.

Usually, cultivators only pursue strength and continue practicing in Jianghu. But here in the Empire, things were more difficult for those who practiced Martial Arts in the Empire.

Yun Shu didn’t have a headache about that, though she felt a little jealous of Bai Yunxian after watching his tremendous growth in this short time limit.

“T-that, can… can I, come with you? I’m done practicing for today and there’s nothing else scheduled for the day!”

Despite Bai Yunxian’s nervousness and fidgeting around, his expectant eyes were gleaming, Yun Shu couldn’t bring herself to reject him as she turned her head away.

How could she not fall for such a cutie?!

But Yun Shu reserved her expression as she coughed a little, if it’s like this, then she can do that today.

With her plan in mind, Yun Shu nodded her head as she turned around and started walking, “Get ready and follow me.”

!

Bai Yunxian’s expression, which has been stuck to being gloomy and drained for a week, brightened up in an instant as if nothing happened at all as he almost jumped in excitement.

“Alright, I’m coming right away!” As soon as he finished talking, Bai Yunxian disappeared from there at the speed of lightning, which left Yun Shu speechless.

When he acted like this, he looked like a cute little puppy which was anxious and afraid of getting abandoned by its owner. How can she reject him after this?

After Bai Yunxian was ready, he followed after Yun Shu like an obedient little child.

While at the same time, Feng Haoran felt hopeless enough to give up his life after seeing this scene.

This guy…

He is hopeless!

He was completely smitten with Lord Yun!

After watching this, he couldn’t come to a conclusion and tell Bai Yunxian to give up!

Am I supposed to see those events unfold with my own eyes and just do nothing?

Feng Haoran didn’t know what he should do, so he just rubbed his head and walked away to do his things.

On the other hand,

Deep inside the forest, being pinned against a tree and stuck in Yun Shu’s arms, Bai Yunxian was wondering how did he fall in such an embarrassing position after following Yun Shu for a walk?

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