"Girl, where are you going?" Zhong Mingwei asked hurriedly. He was almost certain in his heart. Ah Chou must have seen him before, and there must have been someone else with him at that time. He couldn't be sure when that happened. Of course, he didn't know who was with him at that time, but there was one thing he was sure of. Ah Chou must have liked him for a long time. Maybe it's not love, but he had been in a corner of her heart for a long time, which surprised Zhong Mingwei. But more of it was shame.
"Twenty-five, grind the beans, I'll go soak them!" Ah Chou said unhappily, while pushing the door and going to the outer hall.
Zhong Mingwei hurriedly got off the kang. Holding the edge of the kang, he moved out step by step with great effort until he reached the door. He leaned against the wall and panted. Through the crack in the door, he could see Ah Chou sitting on a stool under the dim candlelight. He was wiping his tears in front of a basin of beans, and his full head of braids was shaking with his body.
Zhong Mingwei suddenly stopped. His hand that was about to push the door froze in the air, and then he silently withdrew it. He did not push the door. He moved back to the kang step by step.
He didn't know how to comfort Achou. During those years that he didn't know about, what Achou had been going through and how he had gotten through it step by step. He didn't know, he couldn't imagine it, and he didn't want to think about it because he was so heartbroken.
Ah Chou didn't want him to know that Ah Chou had her pride, so he pretended not to know and protected Ah Chou's pride. Even though he was so eager to know every bit of their lives, to know how Ah Chou saw him and how Ah Chou saw them, so what? As long as Ah Chou didn't want to, he would never ask again, not in this life.
Zhong Mingwei sat on the kang in a daze for a long time, then he crawled over, spread out the neatly folded quilt, and arranged the two pillows. His nose felt a little sore when he saw the pink little pillow. He reached out to rub the pink little pillow, then crawled into the quilt and rested his head on the pink little pillow.
I don't know how long it was before Achou pushed the door open and came in. Zhong Mingwei hurriedly made way to the side. Achou took off her clothes without saying a word and got on the bed. As soon as her cold body entered the warm quilt, Achou's eyes suddenly became wet. She turned around and snuggled into Zhong Mingwei's arms. The next second, Zhong Mingwei used his hands and feet to hold Achou in his arms, tightly hugging this cold little girl. He was so heartbroken that he didn't know what to do.
"Zhong Mingwei, I was wrong," Ah Chou said in a low voice, his forehead against the man's chest.
She was wrong, really wrong, for being angry with Zhong Mingwei today.
"Go to sleep," Zhong Mingwei gently rubbed Ah Chou's hair with his chin, and gently patted Ah Chou's back with his hand, "Girl, go to sleep."
Even if this girl was wrong, it was that she valued him too much. In her heart, he was more important than heaven, earth, and herself. Zhong Mingwei felt sorry for her and was so distressed that he didn't know what to do.
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December 24, 2013
The capital.
Cining Palace.
That night.
After dinner, the Queen Mother would recite scriptures for half an hour as usual.
"Queen Mother, please take a rest." Bi Qiao came in with a bowl of honey-red bird's nest. She put the bird's nest down and helped the Queen Mother up from the futon. "It's cold today. Although there is a floor heating in the palace, it's still cold. You don't have to kneel like this all the time. Be careful of your knees."
"Is Qin Lu here?" The Queen Mother sat down on the couch, put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, and looked at Bi Qiao.
Qin Lu is the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
"Chancellor Qin should be here soon," Bi Qiao said, while holding up the bird's nest and bringing it to the Queen Mother. "Queen Mother, please drink some bird's nest to moisten your throat first."
The Queen Mother stirred the bird's nest and asked slowly, "Have you sent the bird's nest to Concubine Hui?"
"Yes, I personally delivered it to Concubine Hui," Bi Qiao said with a smile, "Concubine Hui is very grateful to the Queen Mother."
"She grew up in Mount Wutai and has been a vegetarian for many years. Her body is somewhat deficient, so she needs to be nourished." The Queen Mother took a bite of bird's nest, paused, and looked at Bi Qiao and said, "Which imperial physician can check the pulse of Concubine Hui now?"
"Your Majesty, it's Imperial Doctor Zhang." Bi Qiao said.
The Queen Mother took a sip of the bird's nest and said to Bi Qiao in a slow voice, "From now on, let Qin Lu take care of Concubine Hui's health. I can rest assured that Qin Lu will do his job."
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