“…”
His eyes turned slightly cold: "Do you think I haven't taken good care of you?"
Wanruo bit her lip: "Not really."
He is such a young master, who condescends to take care of her personally every day. How could she dare to say no?
He sneered: "Are you finding me annoying?"
Wanruo was stunned.
"I stay here every day and serve you personally, and you still find me annoying?"
His aura gradually grew colder, and Wanruo's face froze, her voice weakening considerably: "I didn't..."
His expression became increasingly ugly, and he stared at her gloomily.
Just when Wanruo thought he was going to get angry and leave, no longer caring about her.
He suddenly pinched her chin and said in a cold tone: "I'm right here, there's no one else. Wait until you can move before you start to pick on me."
Wanruo swallowed and shut up obediently.
A month passed in a blink of an eye. Wanruo's injuries had mostly healed and she could barely get out of bed.
Xie Xianyu took her for a walk in the garden every day. Although it was still stuffy, at least she could breathe fresh air.
The peach blossoms are in full bloom in early spring. Outside Songhe Garden is a peach forest, planted by the lake. Wanruo rarely comes out to pick peach blossoms in the forest.
Xie Xianyu followed her and supported her with one arm.
"We'll just walk around for a bit and then head back. It's a chilly early spring day, and it wouldn't hurt if we caught a cold."
Wanruo responded perfunctorily and reached out to reach a higher branch.
Qing'an came hurriedly: "Sir."
Xie Xianyu turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"
"There's movement in the court." Qing'an said in a low voice.
Xie Xianyu's eyes narrowed slightly. "What's the matter?"
Wanruo couldn't reach the branch, so she let go of Xie Xianyu's arm and stood on tiptoe to reach it.
But perhaps the injury on her waist was still intact and she couldn't bear such a heavy force. Suddenly, she felt pain and staggered, almost falling.
Xie Xianyu quickly grabbed her waist and supported her.
His face darkened. "Your injuries haven't healed yet, so what can you do?"
Wanruo felt guilty and whispered, "I wanted to pick flowers."
He glanced at the branch she had just been trying to reach, reached out and plucked it for her, and handed it to her with a sullen look: "Why don't you fly up and pick it?"
“…”
Wanruo pinched the flower branch and kept silent.
Xie Xianyu steadied her before turning back to look at Qing'an: "What happened?"
Qing'an said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty has appointed Prince Xuan as the Crown Prince."
Wanruo's heart tightened, her face changed, and she suddenly looked up at Xie Xianyu.
For more than a month, he stayed by her side, not attending court and not talking about things outside, as if he was really isolated from the world.
Sometimes she even had the illusion that all the storms were over.
But she knew very well that it would not happen. Once King Xuan came to power, the first person he would kill would be him.
Inside Songhe Garden, the wind was calm, but outside Songhe Garden, the waves were already surging and the abyss was deep.
Xie Xianyu's expression was quite calm, and his tone was slightly sarcastic: "Becoming the Crown Prince? Looks like we should celebrate."
"Establishing a crown prince is a major event. Your Majesty has already ordered a banquet to be held in the palace seven days from now to entertain all officials. From now on, the banquet will be hosted by the Crown Prince."
Qing'an lowered his voice as he spoke, "Prince Xuan's Palace also sent an invitation, inviting you to a banquet."
King Xuan was named Crown Prince. Would you like to invite Xie Xianyu to the banquet?
It was just to humiliate him.
This is not an invitation, it is a provocation.
Wanruo's face turned much uglier, and she looked at him with some worry. He never mentioned these things to her, and always told her not to think too much and to focus on recovering from her injuries.
But she didn't expect that in just one month, his situation had become so difficult.
Xie Xianyu's eyes flickered with a playful smile, "King Xuan is so sincere, I have no choice but to attend this palace banquet."
Wan Ruo's pupils suddenly shrank: "King Xuan is clearly using this palace banquet to deal with you, why do you need to go?"
"If we don't go, how can we watch the opera?"
"What?" She was stunned.
He raised his hand to push the loose hair on her cheek behind her ear, his eyes dark and deep: "Didn't you say you were bored? Rest for a few more days, and when the time is right, I will take you to the palace."
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