"Hehe~"
On November 21st, at four quarters past the hour of the morning, the sound of Xiaobai imitating the crowing of a hen was heard from the Yixia Garden of the East Palace.
"Si Liangce, it's dawn..."
In Si Chengfeng's bedroom, Jiangyi and Chu Wei looked at Si Chengfeng, who was standing at the window and gazing at Xicuiyuan all night, with expressions of pity and heartache on their faces.
“Cough cough cough…”
"Yes, it's daybreak."
Si Chengfeng, dressed in moon-white brocade clothes, had an extremely cold gaze. His slightly haggard figure, as thin as green pine and bamboo, looked extremely lonely and desolate.
"The dew is heavy in the early morning of winter. Si Liangce, you'd better take a rest quickly and don't hurt your body." Jiangyi advised again.
"Yes, Si Liangce, it's important to take care of your health." Chu Wei also advised.
Their master stood by the window all night, feeling the cold wind. He refused to put on his cloak, and he refused to rest. Jiang Yi and Chu Wei, who had silently waited all night, were now at a loss as to what to do...
"Jiang Yi, Chu Wei, listen..."
At this time, the palace maids in the courtyard outside were "secretly" discussing the incident in which the palace maids from Xicuiyuan delivered seven or eight loads of water to Si Lingyun's door last night.
"Eight trips of water in one night. Your Highness's stamina is as good as ever." Si Chengfeng chuckled. The tears he had suppressed all night finally began to fall.
"Si Liang's side..."
Seeing Si Chengfeng's pale face and his pitiful appearance of being alone and lonely, Jiangyi and Chu Wei couldn't help but wipe their tears with their sleeves.
Their master seems to have a gentle temperament, but in fact he has a strong character and is very opinionated in what he does, and others cannot easily shake him.
"Jiang Yi, Chu Wei, wash up and change your clothes."
"But, Si Liangce, you haven't slept all night, don't you want to take a rest first..." Jiang Yi said worriedly.
"Don't make me tell you a second time."
Si Chengfeng's eyes were slightly cold, and he glanced at Jiang Yi leisurely.
"yes."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi lowered her eyebrows and eyes, looking submissive. Being a servant always requires loyalty and unconditional obedience, not independent thinking...
Following Si Chengfeng's order, Jiangyi and Chu Wei began to work swiftly, washing, changing clothes and combing Si Chengfeng's hair in an orderly manner.
"Si Liangce, you look a little pale. How about... putting on some rouge today?" suggested Chu Wei, who was combing Si Chengfeng's hair.
Their master was handsome and well-mannered, a gentle and refined gentleman. He never needed any extra makeup to look dazzlingly beautiful. However, no matter how beautiful a woman was, she could not withstand such sleepless torture.
Looking in the mirror at his slightly tired and haggard face, Si Chengfeng narrowed his eyes slightly. After a moment's thought, he opened his thin lips and uttered two words slowly: "No need!"
“A woman will die for her best friend, and a man dresses up to please him.” If no one appreciates him, who is he dressing up for?
[The context of female supremacy requires this, so the saying "A man will die for his confidant, a woman dresses up for the man she pleases" is paraphrased here.]
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"Si Liangce, how about... finish your breakfast before going out." At seven quarters past the hour of Mao, Jiang Yi brought breakfast.
"It's too late. You two should share the food and don't waste it. I will go and pay my respects to the Queen Mother first."
Si Chengfeng glanced at Jiangyi and Chu Wei, then stood up from the dressing table, walked out of the room at a leisurely pace, and headed out into the yard.
At noon, in the Lingkun Courtyard Hall of the East Palace.
"Chengfeng pays his respects to the Princess!" Si Chengfeng saluted Mu Lige very formally.
When he arrived, in addition to Wu Chen, who went to the Imperial College to attend classes with Tong Hua Qingcheng, Situ Ye, Han Yichen and Yu Xiaotian were also there.
"Fifth brother, no need to be so polite." Mu Lige personally stepped forward and helped Si Chengfeng up.
Taking a look at Si Chengfeng, who looked a little haggard and sentimental, Mu Lige knew that his fifth brother was stuck in a dead end. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and could only think about comforting him in private.
To be fair, if he were in his place, he wouldn't necessarily be as calm as Si Chengfeng. When Mu Lige first believed Wu Chen was the son of the man who murdered his father and mother, he had directly urged Hua Qingcheng to end their relationship. But now, Si Chengfeng was forced to share a wife with Si Lingyun, so it was understandable that he felt resentful.
“Meet the Queen!
After a while, Meng Haoling, Chu Kangyi, Nangong Shilun and Pei Zijun from Xicuiyuan also came to pay their respects to Mu Lige.
Meng Jia Haoling is just a naive fifteen-year-old boy with fair skin, bright eyes and eyebrows, and a clear gaze. Although he is wearing a palace dress, he still can't hide his childishness.
Chu Kangyi, dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe with auspicious cloud patterns, was handsome but stern, appearing refined and elegant. This handsome man, known as "Prince Chu," was seventeen years old and had studied at the Imperial Academy for a period of time.
Nangong Shilun, dressed in a pink and purple brocade robe, was the same age as Hua Qingcheng, both sixteen years old. However, he had fair skin, a powdered face, and a rather feminine appearance. His face showed a lukewarm attitude, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
Nangong Shilun is the son of Nangong Chen's father's elder sister, and is actually a cousin of Si Lingyun.
As for Pei Zijun, Mu Lige had already seen him in Huaqiao Village. Dressed in white, Pei Zijun was seventeen years old and a handsome young man.
Pei Zijun could never have imagined that the handsome man who had once devoted himself to the countryside would now become the princess's official husband. And the woman he had business dealings with and who had attracted his heart had actually become the princess, and he had even entered the Eastern Palace and become one of the princess's attendants...
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