Chang Zuo didn't know what to say.
Helian Yu knelt on the carpet, stretching his legs from time to time, secretly relaxing, waiting for the news that should be delivered to the Imperial Master's Mansion.
The news that came earlier than this was that Xie Rangchen had woken up.
"A banished immortal in a red robe, with a pair of eyes as bright as a demon, full of rage, yet not even a bit of Guanyin's beauty is lost."
Chang Zuo: ??? How can she still be in the mood to compose poetry?
Isn’t she afraid that the young master will beat her to death?
"Brother Chang Zuo, look how beautiful our master is. She will definitely not be willing to hit me!" Helian Yu lifted Xie Rangchen's feet with confidence.
Chang Zuo looked at Xie Rangchen who was getting closer and closer, and his rage that he could not suppress at all, so he quietly moved away from her.
Xie Rangchen's eyes fell on Helian Yu: "Chang Zuo, get out."
Chang Zuo felt relieved and flew out as if there were ten evil ghosts chasing him.
Xie Rangchen raised his hand and waved his sleeves, and a gust of wind came from nowhere and suddenly closed the doors and windows.
Helian Yu's heart trembled, he blinked nervously, and raised his hand timidly: "Master, Master, I can explain, I have a legitimate reason..."
Xie Rangchen turned a deaf ear to her and walked up to her, lowering his phoenix eyes and looking down at the small ball curled up on the ground.
Helian Yu was really scared. This time... it seemed like he had really tested his bottom line.
At worst, you'll get beaten up, and then you'll know where not to touch.
Xie Rangchen bent his knees, put his left leg on the ground, still lowered his eyes, and said in anger: "You've gone too far!"
Helian Yu: "..."
Acting like a spoiled brat? Don't do that! Beat her up!
Xie Rangchen grabbed her arm and said in a bad tone: "Do you know what chastity means to a man?"
"Master... didn't you say that chastity is in the heart of the people?" Helian Yu shuddered.
"…Justice is in the heart of the people. What kind of books do you read?" Xie Rangchen's brewing emotions were all disrupted by her. "Don't do this again in the future."
"Master, please punish me." Helian Yu always felt that something was wrong with Xie Rangchen these days. "I will definitely not complain this time!"
"So there were complaints in the past?"
“…No.”
Helian Yu lowered her head, seriously suspecting that there might be something wrong with the medicine she had given her, causing her wise and elegant master to have problems with his brain.
Xie Rangchen stared at her, staring until Helian Yu felt a chill on her back, then he slowly looked away, his ears slightly red, and said in a cold voice: "Get out."
Helian Yu didn't dare to stay any longer, fearing that he would stab her with a dart in the next second. She didn't care about the numbness in her feet and legs, and limped and stumbled out.
She lay on a rattan chair in the main courtyard and sighed, "Brother Chang Zuo, what do you think Master meant? He seems angry, but he also seems not angry."
"have no idea."
Chang Zuo had no apprentice, not even an apprentice like Helian Yu, so he had no idea what his young master was thinking.
The messenger did not arrive until after noon.
The Dongning delegation met with the emperor and proposed that Princess Yongle be accepted as a marriage partner, with three cities as a dowry, and that Princess Dongning be allowed to live in the Eastern Palace as a concubine.
The emperor was furious and imprisoned the Dongning delegation in the Honglu Temple.
"Finally, the dog has done something desperate~"
"There will be a good show tomorrow~"
Chang Zuo jumped down from the tree: "You look shrewd and calculating, and you have some shadow of a young master."
"How could it be!" Helian Yu said righteously, "Master's methods are much cleaner than mine!"
Chang Zuo: “…”
They have a really good relationship, it doesn't look like they just had an argument.
The capital city seemed to have suddenly fallen silent, without any noise at all.
In the Prince's Mansion, except for those sent from the palace to serve, no one, including the slaves in the mansion and even the women in the backyard, were allowed to approach.
Alia couldn't tell how she felt. She was blocked outside the main courtyard by the palace guards. She looked inside but could see nothing.
"Liangyuan, please go back. His Majesty will not allow anyone to visit until the prince wakes up." The head of the imperial guards respectfully refused.
Aria's beautiful face was haggard and pale: "I am his woman, would I hurt him?"
The head of the Imperial Guards didn't care about his status, he just obeyed the imperial decree: "Liang Yuan, please go back."
Alia was angry but dared not speak. She resented the prince and her national and family feuds, but she was still alive, and even lived a life of luxury, all because of the prince.
She depended on his status and position, and enjoyed treatment far superior to that of the prince's concubines, all because of her youthful affection.
The longer she stayed in the Prince's Mansion, the more she understood that without a maternal home and unable to get pregnant, the only thing she could rely on was the affection of her youth.
Because of this affection, she was able to obtain better material support than other women in the Prince's Mansion, as well as more favor from the Prince.
If the prince is cruel to her, what awaits her is a path a thousand times more painful than death.
All she could do now was to put on a good show. She wanted everyone to see that she loved the prince.
Aria encounters a setback every day, or rather, the women in the Prince's Mansion encounter a setback every day.
Just as Aria was about to leave, she saw Liu Qiyue in plain clothes.
Liu Qiuyue is a concubine, and according to her status, she has to pay respect to Liu Qiuyue.
She didn't care before, but now she can't help but care.
Aria bowed, her beautiful eyes and eyebrows were very obedient: "Hello, Liu Liangdi."
"No need to be so polite, sister."
The two of them were playing nice with each other.
Liu Qiuyue stepped forward to inquire about the prince's situation, and the head of the imperial guards still gave the same answer.
The same situation happened in the four princes' palaces one after another.
The Imperial Master's Mansion.
Helian Yu held his chin in his hands and asked in confusion: "Why doesn't anyone come to see me? Is it because I don't have any concubines in my backyard?"
Xie Rangchen's eyes turned cold, and he glanced at her: "Have you finished copying the book I asked you to copy?"
"...almost." Helian Yu looked down at the blank paper, threw down his pen decisively, and ran towards Xie Rangchen, "Master, why doesn't anyone come to see me? Am I so unpopular?"
Xie Rangchen explained slowly, "You are not very good at pretending to be unconscious, and you might be exposed. I arranged for someone to block them. No one is allowed to visit the mansion."
Helian Yu: "Wow~ Master is so good~ He is such a thoughtful and chaste perfect man~"
Master really cares about chastity, he should like to hear this~ Xie Rangchen: “…”
What kind of nonsense is this?
At night, Xie Rang sealed the doors and windows to prevent Helian Yu from breaking in and doing something hateful and unimaginable to him again.
The candlelight was extinguished, and the moonlight fell on the carpet, making the dust particles dance gracefully with the light.
There were intermittent low humming sounds flowing from within the curtains. If one did not listen carefully, it would be difficult to detect.
The naughty moonlight tried to penetrate into the curtain, but was blocked outside.
I could only vaguely see a handsome figure, half-kneeling in the spacious carved bed...
After a long, long time, when the moonlight was about to leave impatiently, the curtain was suddenly lifted.
A plain moon-white handkerchief fell to the ground gracefully, and the traces of the wrinkles were frozen, seemingly impossible to smooth out.
Then, the naked boy walked slowly and steadily to the table on the soft carpet, picked up a cup of cool tea and poured it into his mouth.