Chapter 277 Lao Liu's Study
It was freezing and snowy outside, but warm and cozy inside the house.
The snow on the roof seemed to be melting by the heat.
The water dripped into the grooved stone pit, making a muffled sound.
The voices of the palace maids searching for the Tenth Prince faded away at some point.
The charcoal brazier in the room was added by Jie Chen, and it had already burned out twice.
Xiangying gathered her clothes together, tilted her head slightly, and her wet hair stuck to her fair cheeks.
She saw a scar on Jie Chen's abdomen, and when he was about to put on his clothes, she held his hand down.
"Where did you get this injury?"
Based on Xiangying's experience, the wound area was red and had not yet healed completely, which showed that the injury was recent.
Xie Chen paused and said, "I got scratched by the knife accidentally."
Xiangying was even more surprised: "Knives out?"
The Jie Chen she knew was someone who would immediately become alert if someone approached within three meters of him.
It was so shocking that she could be cut by a knife like this. She didn't dare to press hard just now.
"Here you go." Xiangying took out a bottle of ointment directly from the space.
Jie Chen took a look and knew that it was her new gadget, which had never existed in this era.
He paused, his voice a little hoarse and sounded innocent.
"If you're not here, I don't know how to use it by myself."
"Don't take advantage of me!" Xiangying scolded, "Is there anyone who doesn't know how to apply the ointment? Don't act pitiful, Prince Jie."
Xie Chen laughed, tied his belt slowly, bent down and looked at her: "When will I serve the princess next time?"
Just when the two of them were getting emotional, Xiangying jokingly said the word "serve", but she didn't expect that he would remember it.
Xiangying gathered his black hair and said, "Next time, I'll come to see you when I want."
Xie Chen raised his eyebrows, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.
Before leaving, Xiangying put a portrait in Jiechen's hand.
"If you have a chance to meet Fang Gan, please give him this portrait and tell him that I seem to have found his sister. If he has the ability, ask him to come to the palace to find me."
This was what she had drawn in her space before, based on the appearance of the woman in the cold palace.
He said to Jie Chen: "Can you send someone to secretly protect this woman in the cold palace? Last time I accidentally saw her, she was almost raped by a eunuch."
Xie Chen paused: "Okay."
He would agree to whatever Xiangying asked for.
When the two were about to leave, Xiangying suddenly remembered to ask, "Whose study is this?"
Xie Chen took a look and said calmly, "It looks like it belongs to Lao Liu."
Xiangying looked back and couldn't help but look at the desk that they had overturned and the mess on the floor.
Her face turned red. “Fortunately, Lao Liu won’t find out that it was us who did it.”
"He won't be able to find it. I will send someone to clean it up. Besides, Lao Liu has recently rushed back to Meicheng to pick someone up."
After Xie Chen finished speaking, Xiang Ying asked curiously, "Who are you picking up?"
Xie Chen straightened her dress for her: "Miss Lu, Lu Panchu, Governor Lu was infected with the plague and died."
Xiangying was shocked.
After listening to what Li Chen said, she realized that of the two cloaks with blood-stained clothes that she had given to the Sixth Prince, he had given one to Lu Panchu!
Doesn't this damned Sixth Prince have no feelings for Lu Panchu? Why did he send the cloak to Meicheng for no reason?
Moreover, it is said that when the governor of Lu found out that he was sick, he was afraid that his daughter would be infected, so he immediately locked himself up.
In the end, because no medicine could cure him, he died of illness.
Except for himself, no one else was implicated, but Meicheng lost its prefect overnight, and the court needed to reappoint him.
When the Sixth Prince heard about this, he immediately volunteered to go to Meicheng to pick up Lu Panchu, taking the prefect who was about to take office.
Xiangying was a little confused: "Strange, does the Sixth Prince care so much about Miss Lu? I didn't notice it before."
Xie Chen put his arm around her shoulders, led her out of the study, and said, "My spies said that Lu Panchu seems to be pregnant."
"What?!" Xiangying's eyes widened.
She recalled, could it be that time?
Although Xiang Qianqian was quick-witted and wanted to put the wrong person on the spot, Lu Panchu did not say anything in order to protect his own reputation.
But she didn't expect that fate would play such a trick on her and make her pregnant at this time.
Xiangying scratched his cheek silently: "Really... I don't know what to say, maybe this is fate."
Xie Chen nodded and glanced at the sky.
"Do you want to go back or leave the palace?"
It seemed that now, with just a word from Xiangying, he could still take a huge risk and send her away.
Xiangying smiled and said, "I want to go back to the prison. There's no wind or snow there, and I can just curse Lao Deng and feel relieved. It's comfortable."
Xie Chen could only laugh: "Okay, you bear with it for two more days, I won't let you continue to suffer in the cell."
"Also, I sent Skinny Monkey to secretly escort them all the way. Now the children are living safely with Tao Xue and the others in a remote village. No one knows their identities, so you can rest assured."
Xiangying knew that Jie Chen was omnipotent.
She stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his lips.
Xie Chen's eyes sparkled as he asked softly, "Is this a reward?"
"That's about it," Xiangying raised his hand and straightened his collar, "Don't get hurt again when I'm not around, take care of yourself."
Xie Chen's heart moved, and he felt as if thousands of rivers were rushing in, like spring.
He was just about to reach out and hug Xiangying, but she flew over the wall like a swallow, then jumped away with her agile body in three or two jumps and disappeared directly in the vast snow.
Xie Chen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
This woman was so heartless that she didn't even look back at him.
It's clear that the two people are so close that it's beyond words.
Xie Chen was "mentally satisfied" and had time to deal with Ling Su.
He returned to his palace and changed his clothes. The maid was relieved when she noticed his return.
"Your Highness, where have you been? The Emperor has sent people to urge you several times."
"I feel injured and uncomfortable, so I'm going to rest for a while." After he said that, the senior palace maid didn't know what to say.
After all, the emperor knew very well why Jie Chen was injured and he would definitely not blame him.
The senior palace maid led the way in front, and Xie Chen sat in the sedan chair. On the palace road, his sedan chair met Lu Feiyi's ceremonial procession head-on.
Lu Feiyi was instructing the guards around him: "Remember, don't be in a hurry to scold her after you find her. Make sure she is safe first. Don't alarm the emperor for this matter for the time being."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jie Chen.
When he met Jie Chen in the past, he would ignore him and just walk away without even looking at him.
Unexpectedly, this time, Jie Chen actually lifted the curtain with interest, and his pair of dark and deep eyes glanced at him lightly like a knife.
Lu Feiyi stared at him and walked forward: "Your Highness, have you seen Xiangying?"
Just yesterday, Xie Chen's identity had been restored, and there was no problem with people in the palace calling him the Tenth Prince.
But there was exploration hidden in Lu Feiyi's voice.
Xie Chen raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "How should I know, she can't be in my arms, right?"
Lao Liu: You two are the real Lao Liu. Thank you so much.
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