Bai Lu stopped holding the chicken soup and burst into laughter when she saw Gu Qingsheng's flustered expression.
"It's alright, Princess. The abbot agreed to this."
"They said that the princess is injured now and really needs some healing."
When the chicken soup was passed to Gu Qingsheng's mouth, Gu Qingsheng still had some resistance and asked doubtfully:
"Really?"
She had never heard of such a precedent in Luofo Temple...
After staring at Bai Lu for a long time, Gu Qingsheng took the chicken soup.
"It's okay, go down first, I'll drink later."
Seeing Gu Qingsheng's determined face, Bai Lu hesitated and said
"I'd better wait until the princess finishes drinking before leaving..."
"I want to drink it later."
Gu Qingsheng said,
She rubbed her brows and looked at Bai Lu in front of her. She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Bai Lu grabbed the hem of her skirt and seemed very nervous. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she was interrupted by Gu Qingsheng.
"Stop talking, Bailu. Why are you so slow today?"
Bai Lu usually cares about herself, but she always sticks to the principle that what she says is what she means. Once she says something, she will never repeat it a second time.
After saying this, Bai Lu's face turned pale, and then she retreated reluctantly.
After Bai Lu came out, Gu Qingsheng took a look at the chicken soup in the bowl, hesitated for a moment, and poured it all into the flowerpot by the window.
The remaining chicken soup around the flower soil continued to emit fragrance.
If Bai Lu had stewed this chicken soup in the kitchen, it would definitely have been seen. If someone came looking for her, the residue in the flowerpot would prove everything.
She still had great faith in the rules of Luofo Temple. If Xu Qingyi and the abbot's personal descendants had not conveyed the message, she would still have been resistant to this chicken soup.
…
"Didn't see it?"
Behind the curtain, a man's silhouette was carved like a knife. He was playing with a wine glass in his hand, with a half-smile in his tone.
Outside the curtain, a masked woman knelt outside with her head lowered, her brows furrowed, and her words hesitant.
"Yes... the princess seems unwilling to drink the bowl of chicken soup... I wonder if she has discovered something..."
"How is that possible?"
The man snorted
"We didn't make the chicken soup, so how could she possibly have doubts? Could it be that Gu Qingsheng still has a grudge against that person?"
"I put a lot of effort into getting this mask made, but it ended up being a failure. It seems it's still not perfect."
The man hesitated for a moment and stopped talking. The woman suddenly bowed her head, her whole body trembling.
"Master, please punish me for my poor performance..."
"Not only did I waste the first mask, but I also didn't complete the mission..."
The woman reacted extremely quickly, and even some blood flowed out of her head as it hit the ground.
He seems to be a man of insight.
The man was also very satisfied and nodded without any displeasure.
"Very good, go down and continue to complete the mission. I don't want to hear the word failure again next time."
"yes."
…
Luofo Temple is located in a valley and fog rises in the evening.
Gu Qingsheng still had that disgusted look on his face, so Bai Lu declined all visits today.
After giving Gu Qingsheng the medicine, Bai Lu tucked in the quilt for him and left.
When she was about to leave, Gu Qingsheng called her
"Please take away the bowl of chicken soup today."
Because Gu Qingsheng had his back to Bai Lu, he didn't notice Bai Lu's stunned look. He picked up the cup and looked at it. Bai Lu was about to speak, but suddenly she remembered something that happened this morning. She immediately closed her mouth and put the cup away.
"Yes, Princess, I will withdraw first."
"If you need anything, please call me."
Some mist slowly drifted in from the gap in the window. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the flower pot on the windowsill seemed lifeless.
She took a short nap, but was awakened by a sudden dull pain in her back less than three minutes later.
When I opened my eyes, a white figure was standing in front of the flowerpot on the windowsill.
Xu Qingyi's crescent-colored robe was almost blending with the mist. He had an outstanding posture, one hand holding the flower bud, his brows slightly furrowed, the corners of his pale pink mouth tightly pursed, and he looked very focused as if he was thinking about something.
The slender white fingers contrast even better with the red of the flowers, creating a dazzling beauty that blooms in the night.
Gu Qingsheng was not surprised. He shook his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice
"The Imperial Master always likes to visit in the middle of the night. He really doesn't treat Kiyomori as an outsider."
Her voice seemed to carry a little emotion in this quiet atmosphere. Xu Qingyi raised her eyes from her contemplation and sat down beside the couch.
"Are you awake? How are you feeling today?"
After adjusting Gu Qingsheng to a relatively comfortable position, Xu Qingyi's eyes were serious and gentle.
Although Gu Qingsheng really wanted to ask what happened between the two of them last night, seeing Xu Qingyi's cold expression, he thought that nothing serious had happened.
"Apart from some pain, everything else is fine. Thanks to the Imperial Master, the wound on my back healed very quickly. I don't know if it was the herbs from Luofo Temple that worked. I was a little dizzy yesterday, but today I'm much more awake..."
Gu Qingsheng kept talking, but before she could finish, a cold hand touched her forehead, and Xu Qingyi's light fragrance lingered at her nose.
He didn't seem to feel anything was wrong because the action was too intimate. Instead, his eyebrows and eyes remained calm as usual.
This made Gu Qingsheng, who almost bit off his tongue because of Xu Qingyi's actions at the beginning, feel very guilty. He swallowed his saliva and lowered his eyes.
"I don't have a fever today. It seems the wound is slowly getting better."
He then pulled his hand back and asked Gu Qingsheng with an ambiguous meaning.
“Why didn’t you drink chicken soup?”
chicken soup……
"So you really agreed to that chicken soup."
Gu Qingsheng finally felt relieved, his eyes clear.
"I thought the rules in Luofo Temple seemed very strict, and drinking chicken soup here shouldn't be allowed. So, was it you who brought me that bowl of chicken soup this morning?"
Xu Qingyi nodded
"I brought it in this morning, but you didn't drink it, so that's fine. Who else came into your room after that?"
When Gu Qingsheng learned that it was Xu Qingyi who sent the chicken soup, he was surprisingly a little regretful.
I finally encountered the Imperial Master breaking the rules, but it was ruined by my own wild imagination. I was a little puzzled when I answered Xu Qingyi's words.
"No one else is coming in. Bai Lu is the only one taking care of me from now on."
"She even tried to persuade me to drink the chicken soup, but I was worried about being discovered by the Imperial Master and kicked out, so I didn't drink it. Now it seems I've suffered a bit of a loss."
After saying this, Xu Qingyi remained silent for a long time, with the same pensive look as he had just now beside the flowerpot.
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