In the afternoon, as dusk settled in the west.
Inside the Lingyan Pavilion, Tianyun leaned against the embroidered soft couch, one hand resting on her white, swan-like neck with her elbow bent, while the other held a copy of "Miscellaneous Records of Typhoid Fever." A soft and beautiful fox fur blanket covered her legs.
Lingqi absentmindedly polished the jade pendant shaped like a weeping crabapple blossom, frequently glancing at her own young lady, who was even more distracted than she was.
"Young lady, you've been looking at this page for almost half an hour now," Lingqi whispered a reminder.
Even if there are some difficult and complicated problems, it shouldn't take this long to look at them, right?
In the past, the girl could read ten lines at a glance and had even received praise from her grandfather for it. But today, she was holding the scroll in a daze, which was really unusual.
The only person who could make the girl act so strangely is the Third Prince!
"What are you thinking about, young lady?" Lingqi gently put the jade ornament back in its place, then brewed a pot of tea and handed it to the young lady to warm her hands.
Tianyun felt an itch in her throat. She coughed a few times, put down the medical book, and picked up a steaming cup of tea.
If your mind isn't on the book, you can't read a single word.
In the tea soup, the dark brown tea leaves rise and fall in the boiling water, the curled leaves slowly unfurl, and a faint aroma of tea rises up.
She stared at the tea leaves unfurling in the cup, but her mind was on Gu Beiye.
That day, when she parted from His Highness, he mentioned that Gu Beiye, taking advantage of his position as General Fuhu, would sneak into the army every day to pester him.
She could hear the impatience in His Highness's voice, but this was also the first time His Highness had mentioned another woman's name when they were alone together.
He had never remembered any girl's name before...
In that instant—
Although she had accepted the fact that His Highness would have three wives and four concubines, a strong bitterness was churning in her heart, like a dark lake about to drown the sky!
"girl……"
What are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed.
Lingqi held up five fingers and waved them in front of her eyes.
Tianyun snapped out of her daze, her almond-shaped eyes already clouded with tears. "Little girl, do you think... His Highness might fall for someone else in the future?"
After saying that, he coughed again.
Tianyun thought to himself, feeling depressed, that he must have caught a cold.
"Why would you ask that, young lady?" Lingqi was shocked and went behind her to pat her back to help her catch her breath.
"His Highness's affection for you is evident to all. Whenever His Highness has free time, he rushes over to be with you, which is truly remarkable."
Even the doting husband, Master Shangguan, might not be able to do this much. In his spare time, he also likes to drink wine and women.
But our son-in-law, when he's on leave, he's so eager to go home; when he's on duty, he's so clingy and reluctant to part with her, it's almost as if he wants to turn the girl into a miniature person and carry her with him everywhere!
"Don't overthink it. That day, I berated His Highness for helping the flower thief, but he didn't blame me. It was all because of you, Miss." The tea had cooled to a lukewarm temperature, and Lingqi fed her a sip.
He then comforted her, saying, "And the time before last, when you were poisoned by an evil drug in the Orchid Garden, if it weren't for the Third Prince's timely arrival, I was truly afraid that the Second Prince would harm you! Although I don't understand why you asked me to go find the Second Prince first, and then the Third Prince, I still vividly remember the Third Prince's anxious and flustered expression that day. It's clear that the Third Prince was very concerned about your safety!"
Tianyun slowly curled her lips, but before she could say anything, she heard a strange noise coming from the doorway.
Her expression changed several times, as if she had sensed something. Without even putting on her shoes and socks, she hurriedly got off the bed and ran outside.
Her disheveled black hair danced in the air, and she looked up in a panic—
She saw that His Highness's brows were furrowed with anger, and his dark eyes beneath his sword-like eyebrows were now filled with two balls of icy rage. His thin lips were pressed into a straight line as he stood in the shadows where the light did not reach, showing none of the tenderness he usually showed when facing her.
He is exceptionally intelligent; he surely understands the meaning behind Lingqi's words.
She lured Xiao Ziyan over first, and then him, wasn't it all to make him confront Xiao Ziyan and incite his hatred for Xiao Ziyan?
What was her purpose in doing this?!
Is he merely seen as a pawn to be used in the power struggle with Xiao Ziyan?
Did I never...love him?
Xiao Ziwu's icy voice was forced out through clenched teeth, "Explain yourself?"
He slowly walked up to the woman, his unfathomable eyes reddening as he stared intently at her. After a long while, until the woman's beautiful face turned deathly pale with fright, he finally spoke with difficulty: "From beginning to end... you were just using me?"
These calm words were like a sharp knife piercing Tianyun's heart!
The woman looked up at him in alarm, tears welling in her clear eyes. Her delicate fingers gripped his sleeve for support as she shook her head desperately.
No, that's not it!
"Girl, quickly put your shoes on. The ground is cold, be careful not to catch a cold."
Lingqi chased after her with the shoes and socks, only to find her mistress crying her eyes out! The Third Prince, who always doted on his mistress, remained still. However, when she said that her mistress wasn't wearing shoes, his brows furrowed deeply. In the end, he couldn't help but soften and reached out to pick up her petite body, letting her step onto his boots.
The two were so close to each other that Tianyun nestled into his arms, feeling a little relieved that he still cared for her...
The woman held him tightly around the waist, her warm tears quickly soaking Xiao Ziwu's outer robe.
Something was clearly wrong.
When Lingqi saw the Third Prince's icy face, she immediately cowered. She placed her shoes under the girl's feet and jumped away, not daring to linger for even a moment longer.
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