Translator: asa.s.sin

Thank G.o.d there are a lot of trees in the cold palace, except for a shortness of everything else .

Ah Zhao finds a rope and ties two knots on two trees .

She shakes the quilt sent by the Imperial Household Department open, disdain apparent on her face .

n.o.body knows how long the quilt has been left aside . It's a little wet and light .

It's already autumn . It feels alright during the day, but when night falls, coldness creeps upon them from everywhere .

What good could that do?

Ah Zhao once again curses n.o.ble Consort He for some time .

If she can walk out of this place alive, she thinks to herself, she is sure to let n.o.ble Consort He experience what it is like to be a worker .

Ah Zhao hangs the quilt on the rope . She turns around and sees the crude black clothes .

When Zhao Yin walks out of the chamber with his face streaming with sweat, he sees that Ah Zhao is crouching down by the well and scrubbing the clothes, exerting a great deal of effort .

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For a split moment, the phrase 'men plough and women weave' occurs to him .

He shakes his head and throws that strange ideal out of his mind .

Zhao Yin has had the feeling that this Princess of his has changed somehow after she was in the cold palace .

But he hasn't figured out what exactly has changed about her .

When night comes again, the Palace of Happiness has changed a bit, if not taken on an entirely new look .

The sleeping chamber is empty except for a bed for sleeping and a soft couch . Zhao Yin has carried all the things that could be thrown away to the other unused room that's beside the sleeping chamber .

Both the ground and the wall were carefully cleaned . Though they still look old and shabby, but at least they don't look that dirty any more .

Ah Zhao is looking at the bed and soft couch with the light quilt .

It's clear that the two of them are going to sleep separately .

As a man, Zhao Yin conscientiously walks to the soft couch and leaves the bed to Ah Zhao .

Both of them sleep with their clothes on . Then Zhao Yin blows out the light .

The chamber sinks into darkness in a split second .

Ah Zhao bursts out a short cry: “What did you do?”

Zhao Yin's deep voice rings in the dark: “Light out . It's time for bed . Anything else, Princess?”

Of course!

It's so dark in here!

And this place is a wreck!

Besides it's chilly in here!

Ah Zhao says, as calm as she possibly could: “Why did you put the light out?”

Zhao Yin is confused by her: “We don't have a lot of oil for the lantern so we have to use it sparingly . ”

Something suddenly strikes him: “Are you afraid of darkness?”

Ah Zhao stubbornly refuses to admit that: “No, I'm just asking without thinking . ”

Zhao Yin therefore stops talking .

Ah Zhao keeps her silence as well .

With her eyes shut, Ah Zhao tries her best to sleep .

But all kinds of strange things are on her mind, like there's a shadow looking over her by her bed or whether a hand would reach out beneath her bed .

She huddles herself up under the quilt, but she can't fall asleep as she keeps thinking about those things .

It seems like someone sighs in the dark .

After that, a slightly yellow halo lights up this little s.p.a.ce .

Feeling the light, Ah Zhao opens her eyes cautiously .

She has a sigh of relief, turns around and sits up . Looking at Zhao Yin, who gets up to light up the lantern, she says with all seriousness: “Aren't we saving the lantern oil? Why did you light it?”

Zhao Yin: “…”

He's a man who practices martial arts . With the bed and couch so close, he hears her breath perfectly clear .

If he wasn't worried that she was too frightened to sleep, he wouldn't get up just to light up the lantern .

What a double-faced woman!

Zhao Yin glances at Ah Zhao and snorts slightly: “Couldn't I be afraid of the dark?”

It turns out the male lead is also afraid of darkness .

Ah Zhao thinks happily to herself: “That is great!” Now she can take advantage of the light .

She looks at the male lead with a reserved manner and says hypocritically: “I see . Since you are so scared of the dark, we can have the lantern on during the night and come up with something else for the lantern oil later . ”

Zhao Yin: “…”