"You look good?" Xiao Jingying's voice was frighteningly hoarse as soon as he spoke.
Hearing his voice, Minghe couldn't help but raise her head slightly, but ultimately didn't look at him and lowered her head again. "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
Minghe's voice was indifferent and distant, as if the two had never met.
Xiao Jinying stared at him intently, his eyes dark and bloodshot.
He really couldn't understand it, he just couldn't figure out what this servant wanted or what he was after.
Haven't I been good enough to him?
Xiao Jingying's hand, in the rain, was like a deadly knife, reaching out towards him.
I want to kill him.
She wanted to hold him in her arms.
Minghe stood there, motionless.
"Minghe!" Just then, the Crown Prince, who had just come out of the palace, suddenly spoke up.
Minghe looked directly at him, her feet wading through the puddles, and called out, "Your Highness!"
Xiao Jinying's hand was stretched out in the rain, letting the downpour soak him.
The crown prince, sitting in his wheelchair, stared straight at Xiao Jingying, but spoke truthfully to Minghe, who was walking towards him, "Minghe, have you run into an old friend?"
Minghe smiled and said, "The prince just saw me, so he said something."
The Crown Prince said, "Then you can rest assured that I will never mistreat you while you are with me."
Minghe smiled: "...That's natural."
Minghe helped the Crown Prince up, almost holding him in her arms, and helped him into the carriage.
Then, the Crown Prince said gently to Minghe, "It's raining heavily outside, come in too."
Minghe hesitated for a moment, but finally stepped onto the carriage.
After boarding the carriage, the Crown Prince lifted the curtain and looked at Xiao Jingying, who had been standing there with his back to them and had not moved an inch, and said, "Your Highness, I suppose you have been busy lately and have forgotten some trivial matters. Please send my indenture to the Crown Prince's residence as soon as possible."
Minghe sat in the carriage, her eyes cold.
He couldn't see Xiao Jinying, but he knew that Xiao Jinying hadn't said a single word from beginning to end.
The prince lowered the curtain and ordered his carriage to leave.
On the way, the Crown Prince, who had been propping his head up and watching Minghe, suddenly reached out and took his hand in his, asking, "Weren't you cold standing outside for so long?"
Minghe shook her head, then looked at her hand that he had been holding.
The crown prince laughed and asked him, "Did you think I was deliberately trying to annoy him because of my legs?"
"..." Minghe was at a loss for words for a moment, and finally just said, "It should be like this. Your leg is his fault."
“It’s not his fault, Minghe…” The Crown Prince continued to play with his fingers. “The power struggles in the court have always been like this. From the moment I became the Crown Prince, I have been gambling all along. I just lost the gamble. I lost a pair of legs and was eliminated from the game just like that.”
Minghe remained silent.
“I think you should know this,” the prince said, his hand, which was holding his, suddenly stopped.
Minghe pursed her lips. "What...does this servant know?"
“Every time I see you at the palace gate, I glance at you,” the Crown Prince said, noticing the strange look in your eyes. “You just stand there, as if nothing concerns you. Even when Xiao Jingying crippled both my legs and I passed by you, you were still standing there, completely oblivious.”
So what were you thinking at the time?
"At the time, I was probably thinking about it."
"Ugh... such a big thing happened today, how much longer do I have to stand here and wait? This is so annoying..."
At this point, the crown prince smiled.
Minghe looked at the Crown Prince.
The crown prince reached out and suddenly grabbed his chin. "At that moment, I suddenly understood why someone as ruthless as Xiao Jingying would be so infatuated with you."
Minghe was already a little annoyed, but she still put on a smiling face and asked in a puzzled tone, "Your Highness, what are you talking about?"
“Really…” The prince pinched his chin and suddenly moved closer to him, “Really… I want to see different expressions on your face, even if it’s just a little bit.”
With that, the prince kissed him on the lips.
Minghe just stared at him without blinking or flinching.
The Crown Prince laughed, and as he laughed, his laughter grew increasingly manic. "Hahahaha, Minghe, oh Minghe... you really are..."
The prince gradually stopped smiling.
"You're really interesting..."
Minghe helped the Crown Prince adjust his outer robe.
The prince hugged him, and he hugged him back.
The Crown Prince seemed to be chilled, whether from the cold or something else. Minghe touched his hand and, as soon as they returned to the Crown Prince's residence, ordered someone to quickly prepare a bowl of ginger soup.
He helped the prince down and onto the bed.
The crown prince has already fallen asleep.
He wore the prince's legs and reached out to touch them.
Minghe asked Xiaoguai, "Can you find someone in this world who can heal the prince's leg?"
Xiao Guai didn't understand and asked, "Minghe, why are you going to all this trouble to help him?"
“I can’t explain it,” Minghe said. “Maybe it’s because I’m kind.”
Xiao Guai: "Uh..."
Xiao Guai only knew about Xiao Jinying's resume and that he was a prominent figure in the Xiao family. However, he only served Old Master Xiao and single-handedly pulled Old Master Xiao back from the brink of death several times, ensuring his safety for a hundred years.
Minghe felt that this matter was indeed a bit difficult to handle.
Minghe had been guarding the Crown Prince. In the middle of the night, the Crown Prince suddenly woke up. He looked at Minghe, paused for a moment, and said, "Come up."
Minghe: "...Yes."
After lying down on the couch with the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince tucked the blanket around him and, as if chatting casually, asked, "Were you this obedient with Xiao Jingying too?"
Minghe didn't understand why he was interested in such things, but she didn't want to hide it from him, so she told him the truth: "As a servant, I naturally have to obey."
"When?" the prince asked softly, "when did you start following him?"
Minghe felt that the question he asked was not as simple as it seemed, but she still joked, "When I was about thirteen or fourteen years old, I was sold to his family and became his page."
The Crown Prince, however, was unmoved and said more bluntly, "Minghe, you know that's not what I'm asking."
Minghe looked at him with her bright black eyes, then lowered her eyes slightly and said, "It was him... a few days before I passed the imperial examination, he wanted to... test me on matters of the heart, so I let him try."
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