Restoration 10
Qi Xun had just returned from outside the palace and was still wearing his tight clothes. Unfortunately, Yuan Le was a little fool and didn't notice anything wrong at this time.
When Qi Xun turned around, he saw the surprise in Yuan Le's eyes. Qi Xun couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, but he just felt a warm feeling in his heart.
"Why are you here?" Qi Xun took off his mask and walked towards Yuan Le.
Yuan Le stared at him, and after confirming that it was really Qi Xun under the mask, he relaxed even more.
He said, “I’m out to play.”
Qi Xun then remembered what Yuan Le had just said, "It's your birthday today? Is there anything you want?"
Since he was sure that Qi Xun was an old friend, Yuan Le's attitude towards him became much more relaxed. "Anything is fine?"
"you say."
Yuan Le thought about it carefully and felt that he didn't have anything in particular he wanted, but it seemed a bit unfair to not want anything...
Yuan Le thought for a long time, and finally an idea flashed in his mind. He said briskly, "Then keep it for now. I'll ask you for it when I think of it."
This straightforward attitude unexpectedly pleased Qi Xun, who chuckled and said, "Yes."
Afterwards, Qi Xun went to change his clothes first, and changed Yuan Le into a palace dress as well, and then took everyone to the banquet. Yuan Le followed Qi Xun with his head lowered and his eyes lowered all the way. When they arrived at the front hall and saw Chu Weilan, Yuan Le was distracted.
He wanted to find Chu Weilan to share the secret he had just discovered... It turned out that the assassin who broke into the Dongsheng Palace at night was actually Qi Xun himself! He was so brave!
Yuan Le sneaked away while Qi Xun wasn't paying attention and ran to Chu Weilan.
Chu Weilan was originally sitting alone at a small table at the back, and was a little surprised to see Yuan Le coming over.
"Why are you here?"
Yuan Le excitedly shared his discovery with Chu Weilan, but Chu Weilan's expression changed. "You mean, you know that the person who broke into the East Palace that night was Qi Xun?"
"Yes!" Yuan Le didn't realize the weirdness of Chu Weilan's question at all, and his face looked like he was asking for praise.
After a while, Chu Weilan chuckled, "So Le'er likes Qi Xun more now?"
Yuan Le was puzzled, so he answered a little late, "I, I don't know."
Chu Weilan's face turned cold, "I understand."
After saying that, he stopped talking.
Yuan Le still didn't understand why Chu Weilan kept asking him this question. Sometimes she asked him if he liked Xiao Chenzi, and sometimes she asked him if he liked Qi Xun more...
He admitted that he did like her... To be exact, there was no one in this world that he disliked, and as long as they treated him a little bit well, he would easily develop a good impression of them.
But to be precise, he still likes his master more. After his parents, his master ranks third.
Yuan Le thought so in his heart, but did not say it out loud. He did not realize that this matter was especially important to those men who cared about him.
Just like Chu Weilan said, he still doesn't understand what love is.
After a while, the envoy from Dongsheng arrived. After the audience, he kept looking in the direction of Chu Weilan.
After Qi Xun asked everyone to take their seats, the envoy came towards Chu Weilan.
Chu Weilan's face didn't show any expression at all. This person was not his, and he was too lazy to even be perfunctory.
The envoy became a little anxious when he saw that Chu Weilan was not willing to pay attention to him, but he still came with a mission.
He whispered, "Your Highness, several princes have been poisoned and I'm afraid they won't last much longer. Dongsheng... still needs you!"
"Oh." When a person is about to die, he thinks of him.
The envoy gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, we have found a master of disguise, and they will be here to pick you up soon."
Chu Weilan remained calm and said, "Yeah."
The envoy didn't dare to say anything more and had to leave in disappointment.
Yuan Le didn't hear clearly what they were saying. His whole attention was on the palace maid who served the dishes. When all the dishes were served, he looked at Chu Weilan eagerly.
"Eat it, little greedy cat."
Although it was a bit strange to let the palace maids sit at the table for the state banquet, Chu Weilan would not attract attention here, and since the master and the emperor were willing, the people around who also had no power would naturally not say much.
So Chu Weilan put everything Yuan Le liked into her own bowl, and then secretly handed her own bowl and chopsticks to Yuan Le.
Yuan Le enjoyed the meal, but Chu Weilan didn't eat much and only drank some wine.
In the second half, Qi Xun left the main seat and the atmosphere at the banquet became more relaxed.
The last dish was a random dessert. On Chu Weilan's table, it was a string of candied haws. This was obviously something that would please children, and it actually appeared at a state banquet.
Chu Weilan seemed to be thinking about something. He felt that this was a special order from Qi Xun for Yuan Le.
This conclusion left him with a lingering feeling.
On the other hand, Yuan Le was just pure happiness. He didn't think too much and just felt that today was a lucky day.
Now that Chu Weilan had seen the person who truly belonged to him, he no longer cared about Yuan Le. He found an excuse to leave his seat and asked Yuan Le to wait obediently.
There was only a palace maid left in the position, and some people began to get restless. If they couldn't touch Prince Dongsheng, could they touch his maid?
Several young men approached with ill intentions...
"Hey, that little maid over there, why haven't I seen you?"
Yuan Le was patted on the shoulder. He turned around and smiled sweetly at the person, "Hello, brothers!"
A moment later, a bunch of goodies were stuffed into Yuan Le's arms, and he was inexplicably forced to drink two glasses of fruit wine.
The pretty little palace maid has rosy cheeks, which makes her look sweet and delicious.
Someone was so dazed that he tried to touch his cheek, but was suddenly grabbed by the wrist.
The man turned around and his mind immediately became clear. He was about to kneel down tremblingly, but he only had time to shout "Your Majesty" before he was kicked out by the person who came.
The others also looked over and were instantly horrified.
Qi Xun's face was gloomy. He pulled Yuan Le up and dragged him away.
Yuan Le felt dizzy and still had a candied haws in his hand.
When they arrived at a quiet place, Qi Xun just stopped and noticed that the person behind him was moving. Years of martial arts training made him react quickly. Qi Xun turned around quickly, and something cold and sticky touched the corner of his mouth.
"What?" Qi Xun turned his face away.
I originally wanted to put icing sugar on Qi Xun's hair to annoy him, but I didn't expect it to hit his face instead.
As soon as he met Qi Xun's eyes, Yuan Le became timid again, "No, nothing, I just want you to have a taste."
As Yuan Le spoke, his eyes began to evade... He was not very good at lying.
Qi Xun stared at him for a long time, then raised his hand, wiped the frosting off the corner of his mouth with his thumb, and then... put it on his lips, stuck out his tongue, and rolled the frosting on his fingertips into his mouth.
"Thank you Lele for the treat, it's very sweet." He actually wanted to taste Yuanle's mouth more, but he was worried that it would scare him.
"...Oh." Yuan Le felt his head begin to feel dizzy. "Why did you bring me here? I have to wait for my master!"
The atmosphere, which had been relaxing, suddenly became stiff again. Qi Xun's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes grew cold.
"Humph, your master has no good intentions towards you."
Yuan Le retorted angrily, "You're talking nonsense! You bullied my master and spoke ill of him!"
He held the candied haws in his hand, pointed at Qi Xun angrily, and was about to say something harsh, but suddenly he felt the icing melt a little and flow down to his palm.
After pausing his harsh words, Yuan Le withdrew his hand and licked the sugar juice on it...
Qi Xun: “…”
Qi Xun: "There's really no need for me to be angry with you. You should behave yourself if you suffer at his hands next time."
Yuan Le pouted unhappily. He could hear that Qi Xun was calling him stupid!
But he didn't have the chance to refute, because Qi Xun left angrily after saying that.
Fortunately, Yuan Le still remembered the way he came, and returned to the front yard. Coincidentally, Chu Weilan also came back. His clothes were half wet, and he didn't know what had happened. Yuan Le hurriedly went to meet him, and the two of them left the front yard on the pretext of needing to change clothes.
After walking all the way back, Yuan Le started to feel dizzy again. Those playboys had bad intentions from the beginning. The fruit wine they fed Yuan Le only tasted sweet, but in fact it had a strong aftertaste. People with poor alcohol tolerance would be dizzy for the whole day after the alcohol took effect.
Yuan Le went straight back to his room to rest. Seeing that he looked listless, Xiao Chenzi wanted to follow him out of some concern.
Chu Weilan's eyes turned cold as she called out to Xiao Chenzi.
"Your Highness." Little Chenzi could only stop.
Chu Weilan smiled and said casually, "Someone will come to pick you up in a few days. Those flowers in Yuan Le's room are useless, throw them away..."
Little Chenzi didn't understand at first, but when he heard the word "flowers", he suddenly realized...the flowers were given by him, and it seemed that he had to take the blame.
Little Chenzi knelt down in front of Chu Weilan with a thud, tears streaming down his face, "Your Highness, I didn't do it. I didn't do anything. I..."
Chu Weilan bent down slightly, pinched Xiao Chenzi's small bus, and said, "Go and explain to the King of Hell."
Xiao Chenzi's eyes were bloodshot, and Chu Weilan wanted him to die!
After a while, Qi Xun came over... As expected, Qi Xun's spies were here.
After Qi Xun came in, little Chenzi followed in with a pale face.
He was a native of Tianji Country. When Qi Xun ascended the throne, he witnessed the bloody massacre with his own eyes. He knew very well how terrifying Qi Xun was and how tough his methods were.
Among those who died, there were many innocent people, but Qi Xun was ruthless and would rather kill the innocent than tolerate the existence of anyone who was not on his side.
The more he thought about it, the more Xiao Chenzi trembled, but he didn't dare to speak.
In the room, Qi Xun and Chu Weilan were confronting each other, and little Chenzi was almost kneeling on the ground.
In the end, it was Qi Xun who spoke first, "Chu Weilan, you are really capable. You have even placed spies right next to me. Is your next step to seize my position?"
In fact, Qi Xun actually knew roughly what Chu Weilan was planning.
Upon hearing this, Little Chenzi couldn't hold it in any longer. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very discerning. I didn't do that. I really didn't do that!"
Chu Weilan lowered her eyes and looked at Xiao Chenzi, "Really? Then do you dare to say that there is no problem with the flowers you sent?"
Little Chenzi felt as if all his strength had been drained away...
He stammered twice, then hoped that Qi Xun didn't care about his feelings for a palace maid and was only anxious to clear himself of the fact of betrayal.
"Your Majesty, I really did not betray you. Before I came here, I didn't know Prince Chu at all. You will definitely be able to find out the truth, right? Your Majesty, I am really wronged!" Little Chenzi cried hysterically, fearing that Qi Xun would chop off his head if they disagreed.
Of course Qi Xun had checked. Xiao Chenzi's background was easy to check, but he was a suspicious person and still had doubts about Xiao Chenzi's loyalty. However, he had found out everything about the flower-sending incident.
He said, "Well, you, explain the flowers."
Little Chenzi's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.
He trembled a little, but he didn't dare to lie anymore, "I, I didn't do anything else, just some aphrodisiac incense..."
He liked Yuan Le and wanted to be Yuan Le's partner, but Yuan Le was too naive and didn't understand anything, so he threw all his charming glances at the blind man.
Such an innocent little girl is actually very easy to deceive, so Xiao Chenzi began to have more shameful thoughts and wanted to get her first.
Little Chenzi could see that Yuan Le trusted Chu Weilan very much, but he didn't quite understand Chu Weilan's thoughts. Chu Weilan was a person with a deep mind, just like Qi Xun.
But Xiao Chenzi thought again, with such status, they probably wouldn't look down on the little palace maid... After all, there were so many beautiful palace maids, and Yuan Le was only above average in appearance.
Xiao Chenzi wanted to take action as soon as possible, but unexpectedly, he hit a wall.
When Qi Xun heard him admit his thoughts, he suddenly sneered. Finally, before Xiao Chenzi could react, he heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed, and then a dazzling silver light flashed before his eyes.
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