Chapter 21 You Hurt Me
Chunzhi kept listening to the noise outside and didn't go to bed until everyone brought Huo Zheng in.
These people came in a noisy manner and left in a noisy manner.
Chunzhi reached out to touch Huo Qi's forehead. As soon as her slightly cool fingertips touched the man's hot skin, he grabbed her wrist.
"Huo Qi...you hurt me."
The man's grip was so strong that Chunzhi's wrist hurt.
Huo Zheng opened his eyes, looked at her, and slowly let go of her hand.
"How much have you drunk?" Chunzhi asked, "Didn't I tell you that you're injured and can't drink too much?"
Huo Zheng slowly sat up and said, "I didn't drink much."
Chunzhi saw that he looked clear-headed and didn't look drunk. It was obvious that he was pretending just now.
She walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, and brought it to Huo Qi, "Drink some water."
Huo Zheng reached out to take the teacup and drank all the water in it.
Chunzhi asked him, "Do you want more?"
Huo Zheng: "Yeah."
Chunzhi poured him another glass, and this time Huo Zheng only drank half of it.
Seeing that he didn't want to drink anymore, she took the teacup and put it on the table.
The bridal chamber was filled with red light.
The man was leaning against the red silk tent, his jade-like face cast a layer of warm light by the wedding candles.
Chunzhi stood in front of the couch and looked at him for a moment, then prepared to go out to get a basin of water to wipe the man's face.
But when she went to open the door, she found that it was bolted from the outside.
These people are really...
Chunzhi looked back at Huo Qi with some embarrassment, "The door has been bolted from the outside. I'm sorry to have you sleep in this room for one night."
Huo Zheng didn't say anything.
Chunzhi said, "Don't worry, I'll sleep on the floor, but it won't damage your innocence."
Huo Zheng closed his eyes and said, "It's up to you."
Chunzhi took out bedding from the box and made a bed on the floor next to the bed.
She had taken off her makeup and hairpins early, and was wearing a red inner garment. Her bare face made her look particularly beautiful and charming.
Huo Zheng leaned on the bed, looking at Chunzhi who was so close to him.
The dragon and phoenix wedding candles must burn until dawn.
Chunzhi lay on the ground, unable to sleep.
Huo Zheng couldn't fall asleep even when lying on the bed.
Chunzhi turned sideways and looked at the man on the bed, "Huo Qi..."
Huo Zheng lowered his eyes to look at her, "Hmm?"
"Thank you for today."
Although this was an exchange for Chunzhi, she let Huo Qi stay to recuperate, and Huo Qi married her in a fake marriage to hide it from the government.
But she still felt she should thank him.
When Lu Jingyun and Ji Ruzhen appeared with their servants today, it was thanks to Huo Qi's presence that the two tables would have been completely smashed to pieces.
Huo Zheng said: "I don't want a verbal thank you."
Upon hearing this, Chunzhi sat up, hugging the quilt, and asked, "What do you want?"
Under the flickering candlelight, Huo Zheng looked at her with a dim gaze.
At this time, Chunzhi was only wearing a red inner garment with the collar half open, revealing her beauty without her knowing it. She asked the man seriously what he wanted.
Huo Zheng's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he closed his eyes and stopped looking at her.
Chunzhi waited for a long time but got no answer from him. She thought Huo Qi was asleep, so she got up, covered Huo Qi with the quilt, and then lay down to sleep.
She was really tired today and fell asleep soon after lying down.
Huo Zheng listened to Chunzhi's gradually steady breathing, opened his eyes and looked at her peaceful sleeping face. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he couldn't sleep because the candlelight was too bright, or because Chunzhi was by his side.
The next morning, Chunzhi woke up early.
The door that was locked from the outside had already been opened. I don’t know who was so “enthusiastic”.
Chunzhi cleaned up all the mess in the yard, and the people from Xiangmanlou came to take away the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks.
Chunzhi lit the stove to cook porridge. When the aroma filled the courtyard, Huo Zheng also got up. He changed out of his wedding gown and put on the indigo round-necked gown. He sat in the wheelchair and pushed the wheels out.
"You're awake." Chunzhi smiled at Huo Qi while standing by the stove. "Wash up first, then come over for dinner."
Huo Zheng went to the well to fetch water, washed up, and then pushed his wheelchair to the eight-immortals table.
Chunzhi served him a large bowl of porridge, three side dishes, and two salted duck eggs.
She smiled and said, "I pickled the salted duck eggs myself. They're so delicious when you open them. Try some."
Huo Zheng discovered that Chunzhi was a girl who loved to laugh.
She looks pretty when she smiles.
Chunzhi cracked a salted duck egg lightly, then poked it with chopsticks. The oil inside the salted duck egg oozed out, "Look—"
Huo Zheng said, "It looks good."
The food that Chunzhi makes is always appetizing.
Huo Zheng took the opened salted duck egg from Chunzhi, picked up half of it with chopsticks and put it into the porridge.
The aroma of white porridge and the oily fragrance of salted duck eggs mixed together increase one's appetite.
After dinner, Chunzhi went to the river to wash clothes.
Huo Zheng closed the courtyard door and changed the medicine in the house.
Someone jumped over the eaves and into the courtyard. He rushed into the house in a few steps and knelt down to greet the man inside. "I am late. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Huo Zheng straightened his clothes and said, "Stand up and talk."
"Your Highness..." Jiang He, who claimed to be a subordinate, said with overwhelming guilt, "It was because of my failure to protect the master that Your Highness was seriously injured."
Huo Zheng said, "This time, I was inspecting Nanzhou under a secret order, but was attacked secretly. This shows that someone in the imperial court had long been colluding with Nanzhou officials. The enemy is hidden, and we are open. The assassination was inevitable. You don't have to blame yourself."
Unjust cases occurred frequently in Nanzhou. Someone went to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor, accusing Prince Ning of occupying land, plundering people's property, and having rebellious intentions. The emperor sent Prince Chang'an Huo Zheng to inspect Nanzhou.
However, Huo Zheng encountered an assassination attempt on the first day he arrived in Nanzhou.
Those assassins were all fearless warriors. They separated Huo Zheng and his accompanying guards, and he mistakenly entered Linshui Town.
The guards came along the way.
Jiang He is one of them. Originally, they couldn't find the whereabouts of the prince until Huo Zheng sent a signal yesterday and asked them to make a fake pass to get in touch with him.
Jiang He said, "Nanzhou is the fief of Prince Ning. You were assassinated on his territory, but Prince Ning didn't say anything. This shows that Prince Ning is inextricably linked to this matter!"
"It's irrelevant. We'll know once we give it a try." Huo Zheng said, "You pretend to be the king and continue to lead people to patrol Nanzhou openly. I will investigate secretly and make sure to get to the bottom of everything in Nanzhou!"
Jiang He immediately responded, "Yes!"
Huo Zheng waved his hand and said, "Back off."
Seeing that the prince had no intention of leaving, Jiang He couldn't help but ask, "How long do you plan to stay here?"
Yesterday, when the prince ordered them to make a fake pass, Jiang He followed quietly. When he saw the prince worshipping heaven and earth with a merchant girl, he was so scared that he almost fell off the eaves.
Prince Chang'an is twenty-four years old this year. His marriage has always been the most important thing for the emperor and empress. Over the years, many noble ladies have wanted to marry him, but he has not even looked at them and has remained single until now.
But in a small place like Linshui Town, he married a girl from an ordinary family!
Jiang He couldn't help but ask, "I passed by here yesterday and accidentally saw..."
Huo Zheng's eyes darkened slightly. "What did you see?"
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