Chapter 10: Beside the seriously ill bed, a red candle flickered, and there was no one in the room...
A red candle flickered beside the bed. There was no charcoal burning in the room, and moonlight poured in through the open window.
In the center, Xie Xuanhui stood in a black cloak and holding a sword, with three thousand strands of hair like a waterfall, just like a ghost.
With a loud bang, the long sword lay alone on the ground.
Turning around, her figure was nimble, and as she walked, Xie Xuanhui's pair of jade feet appeared.
"Your Highness, the ground is cold!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Xuanhui had already gotten on the bed.
He sighed deeply, picked up the sword and put it back into the scabbard, closed the wide-open window, and walked to the couch again, still nagging.
After a few suppressed coughs, Xiao Wangshu frowned and stopped talking.
"Your Highness, why are you so ill?"
He looked at the prince's waist again, where the purse he had brought was still tied tightly. He half-sat on the edge of the couch and reached out to the prince's waist, but was grabbed by the wrist.
"do what?"
As if it was a subconscious reaction, the prince shook her hand lightly and then let go.
Xiao Wangshu did not answer, but made his meaning clear with his actions. He continued to move his right hand inward, and supported his left hand on the edge of the couch, and took out the purse containing the tuberose.
When I retreated, I looked up inadvertently and fell into a pair of affectionate eyes.
How to describe it?
Those eyes seemed to have not melted for a thousand years, the snow on the top of the snow-capped mountain seemed bottomless, the mysterious and terrifying cold pool seemed silent, the drizzle that chilled the heart seemed to be shining, dazzling stars in the sky.
Just one glance is enough to shock you, as if the sky is falling and the earth is collapsing.
It was only then that Xiao Wangshu noticed that he was almost half holding the person in his arms.
The two were too close, and the silence was unsettling.
Time suddenly stretched out like a thread, and something took root and sprouted in the blink of an eye.
Pretending nothing had happened and avoiding his gaze, Xiao Wangshu stood up from the couch.
"Don't……"
"Won't,"
With his back to the prince, he seemed to be hiding something.
"Your Highness knows that this is bad for your health."
After saying that, he turned around and took out a purse from his pocket. The shape and size were almost the same as the previous one.
"Your Highness, please take this."
He handed over the purse and was about to put the other one away when his hand was grabbed.
"I want this one too."
After his purse was snatched away, Xiao Wangshu simply smiled and said, "That's good. It won't arouse those people's suspicions."
The room suddenly became quiet for a moment.
Looking at him, Xie Xuanhui said something incomprehensible in a flat tone.
"Xiao Wangshu, you are so hateful."
If it were Xiao Wangshu in his previous life, he would definitely not understand the meaning of Xie Xuanhui's words.
And now Xiao Wangshu was just pretending not to understand.
"Your Highness, you still need to take care of your own health. You've taken your medicine. Where's Eunuch Wei? And the people in this palace..."
He walked forward and covered Xie Xuanhui with a blanket again, and then asked him a series of questions.
These questions were not answered because Eunuch Wei walked in with a tray.
"Give it to me. Why aren't there other palace servants here?" He took the medicine bowl, and the brown medicine soup was rippling and emitting bursts of hot steam.
"In reply to Master Xiao, His Highness was seriously ill a few days ago. The imperial physician couldn't find the cause and said he was afraid of contagion, so His Highness ordered a group of people to be expelled."
If he was afraid of infection, how could he not ask the guards to keep a strict watch? It was just an excuse, but since His Highness was the one who made the decision to clear out the people, it meant that His Highness had his own ideas.
While listening to Eunuch Wei's reply, Xiao Wangshu blew on the hot air and handed the spoon to the prince's mouth again.
Xie Xuanhui didn't even open his mouth, his eyebrows moved slightly, his thin lips lifted slightly, and there was a hint of coldness in his words.
"I'm not your sister."
These words made Xiao Wangshu stop in his tracks. He opened his mouth to retort subconsciously, but suddenly thought of something and let the prince misunderstand him.
The bowl of medicine in his hand was taken away, and the prince drank it in one gulp, but then he coughed violently a few times, as if his lungs were about to be coughed out.
Without caring about anything else, Xiao Wangshu patted the prince's back gently. Only when the prince's cough gradually stopped did he feel relieved.
He then took out some pitted and carved candied fruit and stuffed it into the prince's hand, and he ate it obediently.
Only then did I have time to continue asking about the previous matter.
"Has the Imperial Household Department sent anyone? Where's Eunuch Wei? He's always been the one taking care of His Highness's daily life."
Seeing that His Highness had no intention of speaking, Eunuch Wei replied:
"I gave him the list, and my godfather went to pick them up."
"Go down."
There was still candied fruit in his mouth, which made him a little confused.
Eunuch Wei retreated quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Why kick him out? His Highness needs someone to take care of him."
Looking back at Xie Xuanhui lying on the couch, his face seemed a little redder due to his previous cough, and Xiao Wangshu felt even more helpless.
"You're not still here."
There is nothing wrong with what he said.
Xie Xuanhui chewed and swallowed the candied fruit in his mouth, and the bitterness on the tip of his tongue was replaced by a hint of sweetness.
He wouldn't eat this stuff when taking medicine, and he ate it today only because he was the one who gave him the candied fruit.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing that Xiao Wangshu didn't speak, the prince asked again.
"I ran into the Fourth Prince at the restaurant."
Standing up and taking a stool from the main hall, Xiao Wangshu sat down while giving instructions.
Xie Xuanhui looked at his actions coldly without any reaction. After listening to what he said, he sneered disdainfully, not knowing who he was laughing at.
"No wonder. At this time, the Fourth Prince might be... Yao or something..."
"Yao Ce."
"Well, I recruited you."
Xie Xuanhui withdrew his gaze and spoke in a calm tone.
"Exactly. Now we can start our plan."
Nodding, Xiao Wangshu lowered his head and thought, but in just a breath, the plan went through his mind.
"Um."
He sounded lazy and didn't seem to be interested. Perhaps because of the medicine he took, the prince looked a little sleepy and had already yawned slightly.
"Your Highness, are you tired? Then I..."
Standing up, Xiao Wangshu was about to say goodbye.
"Don't go, stay with me today."
The prince, who was sleepy just now, shuddered and immediately became alert, his eyes closely following Xiao Wangshu's movements.
"Your Highness, this is against the rules..."
With a frown on his face, Xiao Wangshu had no intention of staying overnight.
"Ashu..."
"Your Highness!"
The sudden rise in the voice startled the two of them.
Xiao Wangshu, realizing that he had lost his composure, avoided His Highness's sight in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
"Your Highness,"
He softened his tone, but emphasized again,
"That's against the rules."
"It's getting late, and the palace gates are about to be locked. Your Highness, please excuse me."
His back as he left could be described as flustered, and he even referred to himself as "minister".
Eunuch Wei, who failed to stop Xiao Wangshu, returned to the palace in fear.
His Highness was still on the couch. He knelt down with a plop, his palms sweating. He wanted to confess his crime but didn't know where to start.
"Little Weizi~ am I scary?"
It was cold and without any warmth, like a sharp blade being drawn from its sheath, making one's legs tremble.
"Your Highness is so majestic that I dare not overstep my bounds."
There was silence, and Eunuch Wei lowered his head even more.
“Hehehahahaha…”
The sudden burst of suppressed laughter startled Eunuch Wei, but His Highness was in a good mood, so he was in a good mood too.
"He will always like to be alone."
Eunuch Wei still didn't understand what His Highness said, but he felt that His Highness was right. His Highness was handsome and was the Crown Prince of Zhongshan Kingdom, second only to Your Majesty. How could anyone not like His Highness?
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