Chapter 56: Heartbroken
Song Zijin quickly tried to make amends: "Master Wen meant that we should discuss medicine after dinner. Your Highness misunderstood."
After saying this, Xiao Linyuan's expression became even weirder.
"Your Highness, have you had your meal?" Song Zijin asked in a soft voice.
This person really likes being treated gently, so she has to comfort him quickly and not let the two of them have a conflict.
"No." Xiao Linyuan said coldly.
But my heart was filled with joy——
This little thing even knows how to show weakness to coax others!
"If Your Highness doesn't mind, why don't you sit down and have a meal with us? Madam Wen is a very good cook. This braised spareribs is delicious. Doesn't Your Highness like spareribs?"
She pulled out the stool in a servile manner, wiped off the non-existent dust on it, patted the stool, and motioned Xiao Linyuan to sit down.
Xiao Linyuan glared at Wen Yan before sitting down slowly.
Song Zijin breathed a sigh of relief and went to the small kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks.
Wen Yan had never seen Xiao Linyuan before. He thought he had traveled a lot and met all kinds of people.
Facts have proved that there are always people better than you and there are always mountains higher than you.
How can this person's aura be so strong?
There's only a three-year age difference between them...
The powerful feeling of oppression made Wen Yan almost breathless, but he still maintained an upright sitting posture, looking straight ahead, not allowing himself to lose the upper hand.
There was a rain of needles in my heart, and it was so painful.
He is so timid, and Zijin has to be careful to survive around this person. How much pressure does he face every day?
No, he must make political achievements quickly and never let her continue to suffer.
Song Zijin ran back as fast as he could, and only felt relieved when he saw that the two men did not fight.
Fearing that Xiao Linyuan would ask too many questions, he kept serving food to Xiao Linyuan as if to please him, until the food piled up into a small mountain.
"Are you going to starve me to death?" Xiao Linyuan said lovingly.
His words were so ambiguous that Song Zijin's face turned red. She picked up another piece of pork ribs and tried to stuff it into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, do not talk while eating and do not talk while sleeping."
Xiao Linyuan didn't care. "That's what the top scholar should uphold. I'm not the top scholar, and you're not a scholar either. Don't worry about it."
"...Since we are sitting at the same table with Lord Wen, we should still show some elegance."
She racked her brains and finally came up with a lame excuse.
"Lord Wen is a man of letters and refined manners. He will certainly understand our vulgarity, right, Lord Wen?"
Song Zijin secretly rolled his eyes. Xiao Linyuan had always been a well-behaved man back in the palace, never talking while eating or sleeping. But to put Wen Wenyan in a bad light, he was actually willing to make fun of himself.
Wen Yan said nothing, but just lowered his head and chewed a vegetable stalk, without tasting the food.
After finishing his bowl of rice, Wen Yan stood up and said goodbye.
Song Zijin was about to go out to see him off, but Xiao Linyuan pulled him by the arm and asked him to sit down. "I haven't finished eating yet. Sit down and keep me company."
"I'll just go and see Lord Wen off."
"The clinic is so small, how could a top scholar get lost?"
"Your Highness is right, Master... Doctor Yu, you don't have to be polite. Leave the food box here first, and I'll come get it later."
Xiao Linyuan sneered. As soon as Wen Yan left, he ordered the secret guards to go to the office and place the food box on Wen Yan's desk without anyone noticing.
Song Zijin was puzzled: "Why didn't the prince let Master Wen take him away directly?"
"The wooden food box is quite heavy. Lord Wen is so weak that I'm afraid he'll get tired.
Song Zijin held his forehead in his hand speechlessly, "Is the prince worried that he will tell the prince's secret, so he deliberately makes things difficult for him?"
Xiao Linyuan said arrogantly: "If this king was really worried, he would be dead by now."
"Did Lord Wen cause the prince to be unhappy in some way?"
It's true that Wen Yan is a gentleman, but he is sometimes too old-fashioned and stubborn. He might have offended Xiao Linyuan without even realizing it.
Xiao Linyuan put down his bowl and chopsticks, pushed the bird's nest in front of her, and said, "This king has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he dislikes every official in the capital equally."
Song Zijin seemed to understand but not quite.
I think it must be because of the various problems encountered on the battlefield and the negligence of court officials, which led to changes on the battlefield and aroused his disgust.
She had never experienced those thrilling scenes, so it was difficult for her to understand his hatred.
Thinking this way, I can understand Xiao Linyuan's exclusion of Wen Yan.
"But Your Highness, there are many good people in the capital. Lord Wen's father is the Minister of Rites, not a good man, but Lord Wen is a good man.
Since the prince wants to deal with the person above, he needs to build up his own power and must not develop all the civil and military officials in the court into opponents.
Besides, Lord Wen is now a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel. He dislikes Xiao Jin and may be able to help His Majesty."
Xiao Linyuan scooped a small spoonful of bird's nest and brought it to her mouth, "Drink it quickly while it's hot. If you keep chirping for a while, it will get cold."
Song Zijin didn't dare let this big Buddha feed him, so he took the spoon.
After finishing the whole bowl, he did not forget to ask the previous question, "Your Majesty, please consider Lord Wen!"
Xiao Linyuan's smile froze. She was actually acting coquettishly with him for another man.
"You know him well?" His tone was slightly cold.
"I grew up in the capital, so I know quite a bit about these people." She spoke without blushing or getting nervous.
"I was also born in the capital and lived here until I was seventeen. Why don't you seem to understand me?"
"The prince is as bright as the moon in the sky and has a noble status. How can a child from an ordinary family like me understand him..." Song Zijin pinched his sleeves and spoke without any confidence.
Xiao Linyuan pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
Song Zijin was so frightened by his gaze that he stared at him for a long time before he finally said, "I will consider it."
"Then next time I see Lord Wen, I'll tell him!"
Xiao Linyuan gritted his teeth, not wanting to glare at her. He secretly scolded Wen Yan in his heart for a long time before his anger dissipated a little.
"By the way, why did the prince leave the palace today?"
"Didn't someone say the day before yesterday that my body has recovered well and I can now use my internal energy and light skills? I can't leave the house, so I have to fly around inside the house."
Hearing about Qinggong, Song Zijin's eyes lit up, "How high can your Highness fly?"
"It can fly ten times as high as you."
"The prince is so awesome!"
Xiao Linyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "You are also very impressive. I have seen the patient list. In just a few days, you have seen more than a dozen patients."
Song Zijin couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, "Well, I am indeed quite good."
The smug and naive look on her face couldn't be concealed even by the thick human skin mask.
The sky outside was overcast, but Xiao Linyuan felt that it had never been as bright as it was at this moment.
He pulled out a letter from his chest. "It's from your mother."
Song Zijin quickly took it and opened it halfway before stopping. "It's a little dark in this room. I'll go to the next room and check."
Xiao Linyuan did not expose him, but stayed quietly to clean up the leftovers on the table.
As soon as I finished wiping the table, Song Zijin came back skipping.
Her eyes were sparkling, with a hint of embarrassment.
"What's wrong?"
"My sister wants to come back to see me. Your Highness, can you let the secret guards protect her?" she asked shamelessly.
Although Zipei had reached marriage age, she was still a fourteen-year-old girl, and she was worried about her traveling alone.
"Of course. Once you arrive, you can live in the palace. I will ensure her safety."
"Your Highness is so nice!" She smiled with eyes and eyebrows curved, more delicate and beautiful than the crescent moon at night.
With her hands behind her back, her body twisted unconsciously, full of girlish shyness.
Xiao Linyuan's Adam's apple rolled and the thumping sound in his chest became more and more intense. He had done nothing, but he was more agitated than running a hundred laps in the training ground.
The whole person was confused and fascinated.
Even if she suggested stabbing him at this time, he would probably be happy to do it.
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