"Your Highness, this servant will attend to you."
"Okay, I want to shower and smell nice, Mommy likes me to smell nice."
Many palace servants sensed something was amiss and looked at the young prince's retreating figure with some worry, but they couldn't say anything.
Oh, I hope Her Majesty gets better soon.
*
After everyone left, Sheng Jin didn't know whether he should leave or not, because Xi'er hadn't even given him a glance, let alone asked him to stay.
It seems that, just like her position in his heart, he was dispensable, and everything he did was forced upon her.
After waiting for a while and not hearing anything from Xi'er, Sheng Jin knew that she minded him, so he got up from the ground and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, he took a deep look at the beautiful woman on the bed, wanting to etch her image into his heart.
Just as he turned to leave, that voice rang out, the one he had been longing for most.
"Wait, you stay too."
Upon hearing this, Sheng Jin abruptly stopped, her expression blank, and slowly turned her head back, as if she hadn't moved in a long time and had become rusty.
Fortunately, it wasn't all his imagination; it was real, and Xi'er really allowed him to stay.
Does that mean that there is a place in Xi'er's heart that belongs to her?
Holding onto this hope, Sheng Jin stayed and knelt down with Sheng Changfeng.
“I know you are all the best people, the most noble and affectionate men in the world, especially you, Changfeng.”
Sheng Changfeng quickly leaned over and grasped Liu Lingxi's hand. She was so slender and thin, something he had long overlooked.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I should have paid more attention sooner. I'm sorry I couldn't take good care of you in Chonghua Palace. It's all... it's all my fault."
By the end, Sheng Changfeng's voice had choked with emotion, tears of self-reproach soaked his clothes, and his eyes were red and swollen.
The man, who had always been aloof and dignified, had completely lost all semblance of his former self.
But he didn't care; all he wanted was for his wife to come back to him.
"Xi'er, please, please don't leave my side. I can't live without you."
Sheng Changfeng gripped Liu Lingxi's hand tightly, as if doing so would bring back his lover.
He just wanted to grasp at the last glimmer of hope...
"Don't be silly, you must help our Yu'er. He's still young, and he might be a bit immature at times. You have to be understanding, even if... cough cough..."
Speaking a long string of words was still too much of a strain for Liu Lingxi, who paused before managing to steady her breathing.
She needed to hurry, because she felt her life force draining away... she couldn't hold on much longer...
"Changfeng, you are still young. I know you may have other women in the future, but—you must protect our Yu'er, otherwise, otherwise I will die with regrets!"
A childish threat, yet it brought tears to the man's eyes.
Sheng Changfeng wiped away his tears, but it seemed he couldn't stop them; the tears slid down his cheeks and dripped onto Liu Lingxi's hand...
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