Chapter 78 Help her wipe the sweat
The emperor recovered from his illness, and the whole court was in an uproar.
Those who had previously sided with the Second Prince, after hearing the news from the palace and learning that Empress Feng had been reprimanded by the Emperor and might even lose her life, all scrambled to distance themselves from him.
Empress Feng and her son did a lot of small things during the time when the emperor was seriously ill.
Now it seems that the person above is very clear-headed and has a clear mind!
Take the King of Liang for example, didn’t he fall completely because of one careless move?
Some were unwilling to do so in the first place, but were forced to take sides due to the situation at the time. Now they are complaining bitterly, fearing that they will be held accountable later.
Fortunately, His Majesty did not express his opinion on this matter.
The Shen family and the Shi family, who were married to the second prince at the same time, also lived in fear.
Shen Jingshu went back to the Shen Mansion overnight to make a decision, but Shen Xinian bluntly said that his Shen family was only loyal to the emperor and would not do anything useless for a prince with an uncertain future.
He also said that as a woman, since she had entered the prince's palace, she should serve her husband well and not interfere too much in his official career.
Ruan was in a dilemma. Although she felt sorry for her daughter, the Shen family did not want Shu'er to enter the prince's mansion. She also had to consider her husband and son.
Shen Jingshu didn't get any guarantees and went back in disgrace.
In Jiyunzhai, when Qiao Wei told her master all these things in vivid detail, several days had actually passed.
King Liang was thrown into prison, and the emperor immediately found a capable person to clean up the mess.
Old Madam Xiao was worried that her eldest grandson would be sent to southern Xinjiang again, but fortunately she chose someone else in the end.
When Xu Shuyao went to Songhe Hall that afternoon, the old lady was talking about this matter with Xiao Mo.
"You are not a child anymore, you have to settle your marriage quickly, otherwise you may be sent somewhere else at any time, which will really delay your life." The old lady said earnestly.
Xiao Mo frowned slightly, and when he looked up, he saw the young lady in spring clothes, who looked like a newly opened peony, delicate and graceful.
Xu Shuyao walked over and respectfully called him "cousin", and her look seemed to be trying to please him.
Xiao Mo's face was indifferent.
Thinking of her state when she asked for the ball that day, she sighed in her heart.
He said that he had not misunderstood this cousin Xu. Besides being cunning, she was also a coward who was greedy for life and cowardly and would betray the country at the critical moment.
Because Xu Shuyao came, Mrs. Xiao did not continue the topic.
Instead, he began to make plans for her. "In a few days it will be the Flower Festival, your young lady's festival. Has the mansion prepared new dresses for you this time?"
Xu Shuyao raised her head and saw that the man in front of her had a half-smile in his eyes, as if he was listening too, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
She turned her face slightly away and teased the old man: "Yes, yes! Old Madam, you said before that you would not urge us to go out!"
Madam Xiao was stunned by her question, but she forced herself to say, "Even if I don't tell you, you will still have to leave. It's not good to stop eating because of choking."
Xu Shuyao laughed, "Isn't it? Shuyao was originally going to go too. It has nothing to do with you, old lady."
Xiao Mo listened to the old man and the child joking around, and somehow a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This afternoon, Xu Shuyao stayed with the old man in Songhe Hall.
Xiao Mo left early.
But at the end of the hour of Wei, when she passed by the pavilion on her way back to Jiyunzhai, she met the prince again.
When he saw her, he waved.
Xu Shuyao looked up and saw that it was still early, so she walked over.
Xiao Mo didn't say anything, but kept walking forward.
She originally thought that the other party had something to ask, but when she saw the prince going up the mountain, she became a little anxious.
"Why did the prince call me here?"
Xiao Mo stretched out his hand and pointed forward.
"climb mountains?"
Xu Shuyao felt that the person in front of her might be mentally ill, but since he had come over, she forced herself to follow him.
Xiao Mo climbed up as if walking on flat ground, but she was a little out of breath.
When they both reached the top of the mountain, they saw a pavilion built there, with spring water and tea-making tools prepared.
Xu Shuyao looked down the mountain again, and suddenly the entire Duke's Mansion was in sight. In the distance, the sun had not yet set, and the entire sky was a rolling mass of fiery clouds.
So he sighed softly: "How beautiful!"
"Not bad." The man's voice came from behind her.
Xu Shuyao looked around and found that she and the prince were the only ones on the top of the mountain. She suddenly felt a little regretful.
I shouldn't have let the maid wait downstairs just now.
After Xiao Mo finished speaking, he walked up to the pavilion and sat down, slowly and leisurely making tea.
Xu Shuyao raised her eyebrows, thinking that this prince must be too bored to drink tea alone, so he just grabbed her!
She lowered her head, but suddenly a handkerchief was handed to her.
"Wipe your sweat!" The other party frowned slightly and said with some disgust.
Xu Shuyao raised her fingers and just touched a little wetness, the hand holding the handkerchief reached out and the cloth rubbed against her skin, neither lightly nor heavily.
She opened her eyes wide and looked at the other person. Xiao Mo lowered his eyes slightly, and his expression was unclear.
"I...I can do it myself!" Xu Shuyao was frightened by this sudden action.
She reached out to grab the other person's handkerchief, but was grabbed by Xiao Mo's slightly calloused hands.
Xu Shuyao struggled but couldn't get free, and she became anxious, "You...you let me go!"
The man's eyes were dark and unclear. After a while, he let go of her hand and sat down on the stone bench again.
Xu Shuyao's mind was in a mess, and she was still a little frightened until she got down the mountain.
What does Xiao Mo mean?
A sudden impulse towards her?
Did he think she was a young lady who could be treated casually, like most women who were attracted to his status and appearance?
No! Not even as good as that.
Her status was even lower and she was even more destitute and helpless.
There is no need to grant her the title of legal wife.
Seeing that the sky was gradually getting dark, Qiaowei and Huixiang became a little anxious.
Suddenly, they saw a figure appear in front of them and they hurried to meet him.
Seeing that Xu Shuyao looked unhappy, no one asked any more questions.
Both maids knew that their master had some vague connection with the prince of the mansion.
Xu Shuyao looked at Qiao Wei's worried expression and shook her head to indicate that she was fine.
What could happen to her?
Thinking about the time I took Chinese medicine, and the Lantern Festival not long ago...
Because they were frightened just now when both of them were awake and it was not an emergency situation?
Until it was completely dark, Xiao Mo was still sitting in the pavilion on the mountain.
The two guards on the tree were nameless and shadowless. They looked at each other, not daring to make a sound.
The young lady ran away angrily. No one knew what their young master was thinking at the moment. He sat there alone, drinking cold tea.
Wuming thought about his master's previous attention to tea and didn't know how to describe it.
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