The Lazy Villainess

"The sight of the garden is always pleasing,

The sound of the birds as they sing,

The vision of a rose unfolding,

And the smell of the earth,

As the moon rises in the night sky."

It took the greatest effort to not burst out laughing. Why are these ancient people so obsessed with writing poems about nature. They are so seriously boring, and I'm here trying to not fall asleep.

The Crown Prince looks at me expectantly, and I stand confidently and begin to recite my poem.

'Hoeing millet in mid-day heat,

Sweat dripping to the earth beneath.

Do you know the food on your plate,

Each grain was hard-earned.'

When I finish, everyone in the room, prince and servants were very silent. I predicted this outcome, as this is a poem that was written by Li Shen in my past life. It was called 'Sympathy for the Pheasants', and I learnt it in my Chinese history class when I was younger.

Obviously a prince like Tian Mo wouldn't give two brain cells of thought towards pheasants, so I chose this poem. I guess I impressed a lot of servants in the room by recognising the pheasant's work, and I saw one maid looking like she was going to cry.

'So, your highness,' I say, breaking the silence, 'What are your thoughts?'

He looked mad, but I don't get scared because I know his ego and pride has been hurt and he only got mad because of that. He banged the table with his fists, making my tea cup tip off the table.

Thanks to my lightning fast reflexes due to extensive training, I managed to catch it on time. This seemed to piss him off even more.

"I didn't call you just to play Go and have a poem competition" he said angrily.

'…'

"Now my question to you is…" he said dramatically, "WHY did Wu Roqing prefer YOU above ME?!" he shouted.

I am sitting dumbfounded in my seat as the crown prince goes off at me. What is he saying?! Roqing turned him down? ROQING turned him down? This can't be! They are destined to be! Oh no, I think I know what went wrong…

Roqing gets attached to the first person that shows any form of kindness towards her. In the original novel, the crown prince was first to be kind to her. Now I made the mistake of indirectly defending her against Li Erong. Now she is attached to me, and I just single handedly ruined the story plot.

I sigh, and rub my forehead, I think I'm getting a migraine. He wants answers? Fine, I'll give it to him.

'Your Highness,' I say carefully, 'Roqing prefers men that are kind to her and treat her with respect. I treat her with kindness and respect, and even though I may not be a man, she still admires me for it…'

The crown prince's anger disappeared and his expression was replaced with one of confusion.

"I have to respect women?!"

I have to stop myself sneering at his ignorance. 'Of course you idiot, only stupid women would want to flock around you…' I wanted to say.

'Well then your highness, it is getting late. Allow me to take my leave…'

"Yes, yes. Ju Bai see her out!" he said deep in thought.

I hurriedly walk away from the place, yearning for a breath of fresh air. Once I stepped out of the gates, I sighed in relief, I had survived. It was surprisingly dark outside, and the lanterns had been lit.

I hurriedly walked towards Purple Lily Courtyard, and as I couldn't see clearly in the dark, I suddenly bumped into something and fell backwards. I was so caught off guard, that my reflexes stopped working and could feel myself falling without being able to do anything about it.

I waited for the impact at the back of head, when I felt something grab my shoulders, and then the fabric on my shoulders tearing, as I continued to fall. Then finally a pair of hands grabbing my waist to prevent me hitting the stone floor. I had my eyes closed (because thats what happens) and when I finally open them, I look up to see Jin Qingye.

'Ha?'

Hold up. Let's back up a little bit. Jin Qingye. My idol. Just ripped my dress so now my c.h.e.s.t was semi exposed, and now he was holding my WAIST, and looking down at me.

Does anyone notice anything wrong here? Obviously my brain reacted first, as I untangled my self and straighten up to see his face blushing bright red. I look down at myself and sure enough, my collarbones are exposed and the top part of my c.h.e.s.t was showing.

Me being the m.a.t.u.r.e a.d.u.l.t here, I was not embarrassed in anyway (I wasn't a v.i.r.g.i.n in my previous life). 'Its okay, he's only a kid…' I tried to tell myself, but he was also older than me physically. This could bring problems if someone else saw us.

'Sir Qingye, if you wouldn't mind, may I borrow your cloak? I'll return it tomorrow'

Still blushing and looking away, he hands me his cloak, which I put on. 'How cute…' I think, smiling at him, before walking away swiftly.