Birds on the edge of the abyss 19
Shen Luli accepted the other party's kindness in a daze. His expression gradually calmed down during the concise explanation. He looked up and thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again, and then expressed his intention to leave the palace and return home.
"I understand, but I need the personal permission of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to leave the palace. It's already evening, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be back in half an hour. Why don't you consider leaving after you finish your meal and meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Le Luo chuckled and said, seeing Shen Luli's cold face and a dark frown between his brows, she glanced at the heavily guarded side hall without leaving a trace, guessing that something bad might have happened, and then said
"If you are in a hurry to leave, you can go to the tea room in the main hall and wait for His Royal Highness. When His Royal Highness returns, I will send someone to inform him immediately. Is that okay?"
Shen Luli clenched his hands, knowing that this was the imperial palace and not his own residence, he turned around and nodded, "Thank you, Miss."
"This is my duty." Le Luo smiled and curved her eyes. She held Shen Luli's icy hand and said, "I will help you over."
"Thank you." Shen Luli moved his legs and felt a little erratic, as if he was stepping on cotton. He sighed that he was too anxious to get up just now, so that he could not move as soon as he stopped. In order to avoid falling suddenly, he had to follow the steps given by the other party.
After that, for a long distance, Shen Luli almost leaned on Le Luo and walked forward with him in his arms. Fortunately, although Shen Luli was tall, he didn't have much flesh on his body and was very thin. Le Luo could easily carry him along.
Looking at Le Luo, who was a head shorter than him, Shen Luli lowered his head in shame. As soon as he lowered his head, his dark hair flowed down his face. Shen Luli was stunned and realized that he had walked out without tying his hair. This was undoubtedly extremely fatal in a place like the palace with strict security and many rules.
Le Luo smiled at this time and said, "I will call a few palace maids to help you change your clothes and tie your hair. Please don't worry too much."
Shen Luli's face, which had been gloomy all the way, finally smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you, girl."
After entering the main hall, the scent of sandalwood became stronger. Shen Luli was taken by Le Luo into one of the rooms in the main hall. After a while, she changed her clothes and tied her hair before following Le Luo's footsteps to the tea room.
"Your Highness loves to read and play chess in the tea room during his free time. Although he is a bit busy with official duties now, he always comes back here to take a nap every night. There is a heater inside, so it is very warm. Please come in..." Le Luo said as she walked. She did not lift the pearl curtain until she arrived outside the tea room. Her pretty face looked particularly beautiful under the candlelight.
Shen Luli walked in first. As Le Luo said, the temperature inside was extremely comfortable. Even a person who was afraid of cold like him felt extremely comfortable.
Le Luo smiled slightly at the look of Shen Luli looking around. When she was about to continue the introduction, the little palace maid suddenly whispered a few words in her ear. Le Luo frowned and said apologetically, "I still have some matters to take care of. Sir, you can just wait here for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Shen Luli nodded slightly, Le Luo left a few palace servants to serve on the side, and he bowed and quickly retreated.
Seeing her anxious look, Shen Luli thought that she must have an extremely difficult matter to deal with, so he did not deliberately make things difficult for her.
Looking around, apart from a small couch, a low table and cushions, the rest of the tea room was filled with all kinds of books, ranging from military strategies to argumentation, from national policy to travel notes. Shen Luli even saw a rare copy that was extremely difficult to find on the market today, and his gloomy mood suddenly became better.
But the prince had not arrived yet, so he did not dare to move around. He could only drink cup after cup of tea to relieve the anxiety and cold murderous intent in his heart. The warm environment, the quiet space, and the nourishing fragrance floating around made Shen Luli blink his eyelids again and again. In the end, he could not hold on any longer, and his head tilted, and he fell on the low table and did not move.
The palace servants at the back looked at each other, and walked over to look at the sleeping Shen Luli. Because Le Luo was very caring, the palace servants did not dare to wake him up easily. They had to move a thin blanket to cover him, and then retreated, leaving Shen Luli lying alone on the floor of the tea room.
On the other side, Chu Xin finished his official duties and went to visit the emperor as usual. After being turned away, he rushed to the East Palace without changing his expression.
He sat on the phoenix carriage, watching the gradually brightening night, the crimson palace walls, the bleak cold wind, the mottled shadows and his loneliness.
Chu Xin slowly touched the jade pendant hanging around his waist. The horrible body he saw today kept appearing in his mind. It was really a waste of natural resources.
Such a beautiful person should be held in the palm of my hand or kept in a cage, with his wings broken and shackled, so that he can't go anywhere and can only be my pet, wagging his tail and begging for mercy.
[Ding, Chu Xin's favorability +5, current favorability 32]
The carriage wobbled and stopped at the gate of the East Palace. Le Luo led a group of palace servants to kneel down at the gate and said, "Welcome back, Your Highness!"
Chu Xin raised his hand to ask them to stand up. Chu Xin had not yet taken a concubine, and the harem was empty. Therefore, many palace maids flirted with each other every day, making themselves more beautiful than the other palace maids, in order to attract Chu Xin's attention, hoping to catch the eye of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and become a phoenix. Unfortunately, these glances were thrown to the blind man every day.
Today was also the same. As soon as Chu Xin stepped down from the carriage, Le Luo stepped out first and said to him:
"Your Highness, Young Master Shen requests an audience."
"Oh? You woke up so early... What do you want?" Chu Xin asked in surprise as he walked forward.
"Mr. Shen requests permission from His Highness to leave the palace and to thank you for saving his life." Le Luo's eyes flashed.
"...No need to see him. After dinner, I will review the documents and you can give them to him." Chu Xin rubbed his forehead and walked forward without stopping.
"Yes, but I still have something to ask Your Highness to decide." Le Luo nodded and changed the subject.
"What is it?"
"Young Master Shen Changle wants to bid farewell to His Highness. I hope Your Highness will meet with him after dinner."
Le Luo didn't tell anyone about Young Master Shen's suicide attempt in the side hall that evening, fearing that his Highness would start another attack. However, almost everyone in the East Palace knew about it now. Young Master Shen was threatening to commit suicide...
Forget it, I'll just hide it for a while, Le Luo sighed.
"Zhongguang said goodbye? Why?" Chu Xin stopped and said with an ugly face.
"I don't know, Your Highness, would you like to see Young Master Shen first?" Le Luo stopped and suggested.
Bu Nan's face, hidden in the darkness, took a faint glance at Le Luo, who was smiling widely, and silently took a few steps away.
"Let him come to the tea room"
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