Chapter 24 Dirty
Seeing this, Liang Hong hurriedly said, "Lady Ye, in my opinion, Miss Wangshu should stay here. The journey from the Imperial Mausoleum to the Forbidden City is long. You can ride a horse, but Miss Wangshu may not. It would be really troublesome."
Ye Lanzhou looked at Xie Chengyan again. He did not deny it and just glanced at Ye Lanzhou indifferently, which meant that he agreed with Liang Hong's words.
Seeing this, there was no point in saying anything and she could only say goodbye to Wangshu.
Seeing the two of them so reluctant to part, Xie Chengyan felt a surge of irritation. He was just a servant. Would his palace be short of servants? He didn't know what was so hard about Ye Lanzhou.
He sighed deeply, turned his horse around, and said with his back to Ye Lanzhou, "Hurry up and get on your way, Noble Lady Ye. I must be at your residence before dawn. Please don't let your temper delay me."
As night fell, Ye Lanzhou had no choice but to say goodbye to Wangshu, get on his horse, and follow Xie Chengyan on the road back to the Forbidden City.
The moon was dim and the stars were sparse. The mountains were even colder because of the mountain wind. A burst of cold air rushed into Ye Lanzhou's nose, making him feel uncomfortable as he was used to living in the south. He smelled a bloody smell in his nose and sneezed several times.
She felt an itch on the tip of her nose, so she rubbed it with her hand. A warm liquid flowed down her philtrum. She reached out to rub it, and the smell of blood became stronger. She looked down and saw a pool of blood on her hand.
She... is bleeding from the nose.
Xie Chengyan noticed Ye Lanzhou's movements out of the corner of his eye, and then he turned his head to look over. He saw that the blood on her hands was getting more and more, and the blood on her face also increased from a little bit at the beginning to covering the lower half of her face.
The moonlight shining on the bloodstains was somewhat horrifying.
Xie Chengyan finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped her: "Don't wipe it, cover it with a handkerchief first, and then wash it in the stream ahead."
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw over a white handkerchief.
She reached out to take it, and rubbed the handkerchief. It was as soft as silk, light and smooth. It would be a waste to use such a rare thing to stop nosebleeds.
Thinking of this, she held the handkerchief in her hand, but did not move for a long time. She also used the back of her hand to block the tip of her nose, and blood slowly flowed out from between her fingers.
Xie Chengyan naturally didn't know what she was thinking. He only saw that she was clearly holding a handkerchief, but she had to cover it with the back of her hand. He was very puzzled, "Why not?"
Why not?
Because she felt that she was not worthy of such a thing, let alone having this luxurious thing stained with her blood.
She had only seen this kind of handkerchief when she was little, at her elder sister Ye Qingshang's, but hers was clearly inferior to Xie Chengyan's. Hers was made of woven cotton, and the material wasn't as luxurious as Xie Chengyan's satin, but the embroidery was exquisite and the styles varied.
In contrast, Xie Chengyan's piece was just a plain handkerchief with no patterns on it. It was the first time she had seen it.
Although Ye Lanzhou's family background was indeed far inferior to Xie Chengyan's, he still didn't want Xie Chengyan to know about his inferiority complex. Just as he was wondering how to explain it, he realized that the bleeding in his nose had stopped.
Thankfully, after pressing on the wound for a while, the bleeding finally stopped. "Your Highness, I'm fine."
Since it had stopped bleeding, there was no point in keeping the handkerchief, so she handed it to Xie Chengyan again, but was met with a slightly disdainful look from Xie Chengyan, "No more."
"dirty--"
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