Liufang Garden is the paradise in Yonghua Palace.
Except for Wen Yu and several imperial physicians, no one is allowed to enter, which gives Wei Shuyi a quiet place.
After a few days, she was almost healed.
When she wakes up in her dreams at midnight, she can still vaguely see her benefactor in tight clothes, holding her and helping her escape danger time and time again.
"Girl, the weather is nice today, do you want to go out for a walk?"
"Okay." Wei Shuyi gently touched her arm. "Are you still using the medicine given by the Imperial Hospital? Let me see how the wound is."
"It's a small matter, as long as there is no bloodshed!"
Wen Yu's indifferent response deepened Wei Shuyi's suspicion.
She carefully peeled back the veil and saw the ugly, winding scars. She couldn't help but frown, "Can't these be removed?"
"Miss, it's really okay! I don't need to serve anyone, so it's okay to have a scar. It's not like it's on your face that you'll be disliked."
She originally wanted to ask Lu Xingzhou for help, but her scars were just scratches from a sharp blade, which was far more severe than burns from fire.
She was not sure whether she could restore Wen Yu to her original state.
"Come quickly, young lady, and don't worry about the servant's affairs."
Wei Shuyi followed him into the pavilion and unexpectedly discovered a chess set on the stone table. "Who put this there?"
"Eh? I just realized that a few days ago, I tried my best to stay in the house to watch over the young lady and didn't pay attention to what was happening outside."
Wen Yu was also puzzled and reached out to take the chessboard away.
"Wait!" This is a game of chess with an endgame.
Did someone leave midway through the game? Or was it deliberately placed there to lure her in?
Wei Shuyi sat down, studied the chess game carefully, and then placed the white piece.
I capture the heart of all sounds and compete with them on this chessboard.
She rediscovered the joy of playing chess with national players as a child, but in the moment of distraction, she fell into a dead end again.
"Wrong, it should be here."
Xie Yanci suddenly appeared behind her, stretched out his long arms, and moved the black piece's position a few squares.
The emperor, outside the court, always possessed the elegance of picking chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge. Beneath his magnificent black and gold robes, he remained elegant and upright. A few strands of hair brushed against her face in the breeze, bringing a tantalizing itch to her heart.
His chin slightly raised, and the lines of his angular face became even sharper. As he leaned over to look at her, a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Yao'er also likes playing chess?"
No concern, no questions asked.
It was like something that was casually mentioned during a chance encounter on an afternoon when nothing happened.
Wei Shuyi withdrew her thoughts and bowed to him: "Your Majesty, I was bored and happened to see an endgame here, so I wanted to try it. Unfortunately, my chess skills are not very good, so I just learned from you."
The movement of her taking a step back concealed apathy and alienation, which he understood.
Wen Yu and the people in front of the emperor retreated to a distance, leaving the two of them with a quiet space.
However, the atmosphere gradually became cold and no one spoke again.
"Are you blaming me?"
Xie Yanci was the first to break the silence. She panicked and denied, "I dare not! The evidence is all there. Even if I were to speak eloquently, I would not be able to dispel the suspicion. If the emperor does not order punishment, the harem will be in turmoil. For the sake of the greater good, the emperor has shown mercy and given me a way out."
The emperor's expression softened somewhat: "So, you understand everything."
"Then I want to know, does the Emperor trust me? Putting aside the overall situation, putting aside all the reasons why you had to, does the Emperor think that I am a witch who disregards the lives of others?"
Perhaps because she was so excited, she spoke hurriedly, and a layer of misty rain seeped into her eyes, which made people feel pity.
Xie Yanci met those eyes: "I wanted to trust you, but you were determined to die, leaving no way out. With three maids by your side, why would you, as the master, rush forward and be so reckless?"
"When I was in trouble, they risked their lives to accompany me, leaving behind a comfortable life to live huddled in a humble room in the Eternal Lane. It's not that I was determined to die, but I couldn't bear to drag them down with me. I stepped on their corpses to seek safety and help."
"You are the master, and they are the servants."
"Your Majesty is the ruler of the world, and the subjects and common people are his servants. Since ancient times, those who open up channels for communication and put the people first have always achieved prosperity. When heaven and earth unite, all things flourish; when the ruler and his subjects are in harmony, the nation and the country are at peace." Wei Shuyi recalled the scar on Wen Yu's arm and subconsciously raised her voice. "I believe that when a master treats his servant well and a servant is loyal to his master, it is a reciprocal relationship and a matter of course."
The brief silence made her realize that her remarks had touched upon state affairs, and she felt annoyed.
Fortunately, he did not pursue the matter, and laughed at himself, "In this way, it seems that I regard the palace people as ants."
"emperor……"
"I understand your intentions. There's no need to be nervous." Xie Yanci changed the subject naturally. His words had her on edge. "By the way, how did you get outside the palace that night when the Yongxiang fire broke out? Why didn't Jing'an and the others see anyone come out of the main gate?"
Since it involves a third person, Wei Shuyi certainly cannot tell the truth.
She didn't even know whether it was a man or a woman. What if a strange man saved her and she was accused of having an affair? She couldn't afford it!
"It had been in disrepair for a long time, and after the fire had burned for a while, there were obvious signs of collapse. I simply found a hole and crawled out through it."
Anyway, the palace has completely collapsed and there is no evidence.
What she said sounded reasonable.
"It's my fault for not making good arrangements. I originally wanted to keep you in Eternal Lane until the witchcraft case was fully investigated. Since others couldn't get in, there were naturally fewer opportunities for them to harm you. I never imagined they would come up with such a vicious plan!"
Wei Shuyi was stunned: What was he talking about? Was he imprisoning her in the Eternal Lane just to protect her?
Seeing that she was silent, the emperor held her right hand, which was leaning on the chessboard, and rubbed it carefully: "Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for the matter of Lin'an Palace and the matter of Yongxiang!"
"I thank the emperor for his grace."
After the boring conversation ended, Xie Yanci took the palace people and left Liufang Garden.
Wen Yu looked into the distance worriedly: "Miss, why don't you let the emperor stay? I just saw that he seemed to have some regrets, and I wanted to clear up the misunderstanding with you..."
"It's not a misunderstanding." She habitually stared at the green smoke rising from the ceiling of the Hall of Eternal Life. "Because of the emperor's momentary thought, we almost died in the Eternal Lane. It's hard for me to forgive him. Even if I want to forgive him, it's not something that can be done in a few words."
"Girl, he is the emperor after all. Don't be petty and embarrass him!"
Wei Shuyi gently poked her dimples and smiled: "I know my limits. When the time comes, I will definitely calm down."
"Huh?"
"It's precisely because he's the emperor and has seen so many people who are submissive and submissive that he becomes curious about certain things. If I don't keep him today, he'll come back tomorrow. When the time is right, I'll naturally fulfill his wish."
Her parents always taught her that if she treated others with sincerity, she would be rewarded with sincerity sooner or later.
It’s a pity that the years of being a slave in the palace gradually eroded that sincerity.
It started as sisterly love, then it became love between a man and a woman.
Even though she met him again today and snuggled up to him, she still had uncontrollable thoughts, but she chose to suppress them with her own hands.
This relationship is destined to be mixed with calculations.
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