Xiao Chengyou hesitated for a long time. He was afraid that he had offended her. After all, before last night, he had never really had sex with Xu Lingyi.
Even though she was now nominally his woman, he had not truly accepted her.
In his mind before, the two of them would just be strangers in the future.
But last night's accident changed everything.
"I'm helping you clean it, I don't mean to offend you."
Xiao Chengyou lowered his eyes.
"You didn't say anything, so I took it as your agreement."
He told himself that he had seen what he needed to see, and that he should indeed help her clean up.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chengyou finally picked her up by the waist and put her in the wooden barrel.
Seeing that Xu Lingyi was not awake, he felt relieved.
If she woke up, it would be very awkward for the two of them to look at each other.
Xiao Chengyou closed his eyes, but the soft touch under his hand was still hard for him to ignore.
He once again thought of the memories that he had sealed tightly in his mind.
Although he was drugged last night and his mind was a little fuzzy, he still remembered everything clearly.
Those experiences he had never had before were even more unforgettable for him.
Xiao Chengyou's breathing became a little faster. He hurriedly washed Xu Lingyi, wrapped her in a layer of clothes, and carried her back to her own residence.
This was also the first time Xiao Chengyou walked into the side hall.
As soon as he came in, he smelled a fragrance. There were several wild flowers in Xu Lingyi's room.
The embellishment of flowers and plants made her place seem more lively than where he lived.
Just like her.
When Xu Lingyi woke up again, she found herself in her room.
A strong feeling of hunger came over her, it seemed that she had slept for a long time.
Realizing that she was being cleaned, Xu Lingyi secretly curled her lips, thinking that Xiao Chengyou still had some conscience.
When she stood up with the help of the bed, she found that her hands and feet were still weak.
As soon as Xu Lingyi walked out of the hall, she saw Xiao Chengyou head-on.
Xiao Chengyou saw that she tilted her face slightly and the tips of her ears were red.
"Are you awake?"
"Yeah." Xu Lingyi nodded slightly.
An awkward atmosphere spread between the two of them, and Xiao Chengyou seemed a little afraid to face her.
Xiao Chengyou lowered his eyes and spoke after hesitating for a moment, "If you're hungry, I'll go make some porridge."
This is all he knows, and it can barely fill his stomach.
Xu Lingyi thought about the porridge she had last time, and the taste was really not good.
She shook her head gently and said in a gentle voice: "Your Highness, let me do it. My cooking skills are just passable."
"Are you feeling well?" Xiao Chengyou asked again.
The tips of Xu Lingyi's ears turned slightly red. She lowered her head, said nothing, and just walked towards the kitchen.
This subtle atmosphere between the two of them lasted for several days. They seldom spoke, but for some reason they felt as if time was peaceful and tranquil.
Xiao Chengyou was no longer the same as before. Although he did not like her, he no longer had the grudges and guard against her as before.
The two people can now communicate normally.
"The last time Your Highness went to visit the Empress, was she okay?"
Xu Lingyi is more concerned about the queen.
She guessed that the relationship between the queen and the emperor should determine whether Xiao Chengyou could successfully restore the throne.
The queen in the previous life finally passed away.
The queen is not dead yet, and Xiao Chengyou is not as sinister and cruel as she saw him in her previous life.
Xu Lingyi felt that he was better this way.
"The Queen Mother was ill and lost a lot of weight."
When talking about the queen, Xiao Chengyou frowned and didn't speak for a long time.
"Your Highness, the Queen is blessed by fate. You...you don't have to worry too much."
Xiao Chengyou was silent for a long time. "The reason I was able to see my mother last time was because she refused to take the medicine, and only then did His Majesty relent so that she could see me."
Seeing Xu Lingyi's frown, Xiao Chengyou spoke again: "My Queen Mother has promised me that she will take the medicine well. You don't have to worry."
"That's good."
Xu Lingyi nodded on the surface, but she had a lot of thoughts in her mind.
I don’t know whether the Queen’s health started to decline now or later.
Judging from Xiao Chengyou's appearance, it seemed that the Queen's illness was not too serious.
Or is it that the Queen is hiding something from him?
Unfortunately, Xu Lingyi didn’t have much contact with royal affairs in her previous life, so what she knew was limited.
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"Your Highness, let's get rid of the weeds here today. I want to open up another plot of land here so we can plant some more crops."
"OK."
Xiao Chengyou was unwilling to do these things at first. He just wanted to lie in his room every day.
But Xu Lingyi was busy all the time without stopping for a moment.
In the past, Xiao Chengyou could accept the daily preparation of meals and delivery to him, as well as the laundry and vegetable farming.
But now she is his woman, and he feels uncomfortable watching her do these things alone.
His conscience condemned him, and Xiao Chengyou had no choice but to help.
Gradually, I started planting and watering vegetables with Xu Lingyi every day.
The days were no longer as gloomy and dull as before, and he was willing to walk out of the room.
"Your Highness, this kind of vegetable cannot be grown like this?" Xu Lingyi quickly leaned over to stop his hand.
"Let me do it, Your Highness can follow me."
Xu Lingyi used her jewelry to ask the guards for help to get these rapeseeds, and they are still quite precious to them now.
"Have you also grown vegetables at the Xu family?"
Xiao Chengyou was a little curious. She cooked well and did some chores very well.
She is so skilled that she doesn't look like a lady from an official family, but rather like a maid.
Xu Lingyi nodded.
"Perhaps you are not actually the young lady of the Xu family? You are just a servant of the Xu family, who came to the abandoned prince's mansion on behalf of your young lady."
In fact, Xiao Chengyou hoped it would be this way, so that she would have nothing to do with the Xu family.
Xu Lingyi shook her head, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "Your Highness, what are you thinking? How could the Xu family possibly give you a maid? If it were discovered in the future, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor."
"My father is very shrewd and would never leave any handle for others."
Xiao Chengyou knew in his heart that it was impossible.
"Then why are you so skilled at doing these things?"
"When I was a child, I lived with my mother in my hometown. Our family was very poor. To make ends meet, we not only grew vegetables but also rice..."
Xu Lingyi recalled.
"At that time, my father had already married a princess in the capital."
His hometown was a great distance away from the capital, and transportation was poor, so Father Xu could hide anything he wanted to.
If they, mother and daughter, had not gone to the capital, they would never have known that Xu's father had married someone else.
"Your Highness, please treat this as a joke. I cannot guarantee its authenticity, so please do not take it seriously."
Xu Lingyi smiled faintly.
However, Xiao Chengyou saw sadness in her expression.
She told him this because she thought he didn't believe her.
In the past, he would not have believed it.
But after spending some time together, he could understand a little about her character.
Xu Baozhu's attitude towards her last time also showed that she was indeed having a hard time in the Xu family.
He also said that he wanted to treat her separately from the Xu family.
"Gu Xin, you are different from the Xu family. If there is a chance in the future, we will take your mother out of the Xu family."
Xu Lingyi was slightly stunned.
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