If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, His Royal Highness Prince Yan would have no idea that washing the body of this little brat was such a hard job.
Knowing that the mute did not want to run away again, Xie Shiguan felt much more at ease, so he no longer got angry with him and just stood by and watched Shen Que tending to the child.
The mute was clearly half-lifting the kid into the basin of warm water gently and slowly, but the ignorant kid immediately started crying like a drowning raccoon, and his whole body turned red from crying. Xie Shiguan didn't see a single tear in his eyes.
But when he cried, Shen had to go back and forth to comfort him non-stop. It was so busy and tiring.
His Highness caught a glimpse of the beads of sweat on his forehead and felt a little angry at the brat. He had been coaxing and pampering him these past few days, and was reluctant to do anything to him, but this brat was so patient as to tire him out.
Therefore, Xie Shiguan half squatted down and said, "Let me hold him. How can you take care of him by yourself?"
The mute seemed a little worried and was hesitant to hand Si Lai over to him.
Xie Shiguan saw through his concerns and said unhappily, "He will have to call me Grandpa from now on. Can I drown him in the water? Don't worry. I have a steadier hand than you."
Shen hesitated for a moment, then dared to carefully put Si Lai into his hands.
This kid was wrapped tightly in the swaddling clothes in the past, and looked quite big. But when he was taken off and fell into the palm of my hand, it turned out to be so small, soft and light.
This was the first time that His Highness had properly hugged him. The soft warmth in his palms reached his heart and ignited some ethereal and strange feelings.
"When will he call me grandpa?"
Shen was not quite sure, thinking about the dolls in the palace, raised his hand and gestured: "It will take a long time."
Xie Shiguan seemed a little disappointed. "What a fool! He obviously drinks a lot of milk and listens to what I say, so why does he need so much time to learn?"
His Highness always had some strange and harsh qualities, but Chen did not refute him. He just scooped water with his half-bent palm, wet the cotton towel covering the kid, and then used his wet fingers to wipe his little face.
Once you take good care of him, the kid will naturally stop crying.
Xie Shiguan lowered his eyes to look at Chen Que. When this mute was concentrating on doing something, his lips would always be half open. When he got closer, he could see the faint presence of his teeth and tongue.
Your Highness always feels that he did it on purpose. Doesn’t this mute know that his attitude is... very dangerous?
He was holding the brat in his hands and couldn't pull his hands away, so he had to sneak up on him and blew a breath on the mute's temples, causing the few loose hairs to suddenly flutter.
Chen Que blushed slightly and looked into his eyes: "Hold, hold me, don't..."
Don't think about anything else.
Xie Shiguan remained calm and said, "There was some dust on your temples just now. I was kind enough to blow it away for you. What are you thinking?"
It was obvious that he was distracted and had bad intentions, but he deliberately put the blame on this mute. When he stopped moving his hands, he said in a high-sounding manner: "Wash it, why don't you move? What should we do if we leave this kid alone?"
However, Shen did not argue with him. He lowered his head with a red face and went to wash Silai's two little hands.
The prince had "obediently" slept with him for a few days, knowing that he hardly had a good sleep every night and was often woken up and tormented by this brat.
He stared at the half of the mute's face shrouded in shadow, and thought of the words of the young widow. He felt an inexplicable pain and swelling in his heart, so he blurted out: "You've lost weight?"
Shen was stunned, not understanding who His Highness was talking about with this incoherent sentence.
"You've lost weight."
It’s not soft anymore when I hug it.
Shen didn't know how to respond.
The room was too cold and the water cooled down too quickly, so Shen had no choice but to quickly wash the kid and then wrapped him up with a clean blanket.
This mute always keeps his head and eyes down, and as soon as your eyes meet his, he will look away the next moment.
Xie Shiguan was unwilling to stop there. He followed him to the bedside and whispered in his ear, "Did you suffer a lot during your escape?"
He saw the mute's hands pause, then he hurriedly shook his head.
One year after leaving Beijing, the mute became more and more fond of lying, but he always pretended poorly and performed so clumsily, how could anyone deceive his eyes?
His Highness simply grabbed his wrist and said word by word: "You are lying."
Even if he only had one hand that could move, he would still lie to him: "No, I'm not wronged."
He still refused to tell him anything, to confide in him, even though he had already lowered his posture to such a soft and humble level.
This mute must have been a stone in his previous life, a stubborn stone.
His Highness patiently held his temper, and put his arm around his waist, almost touching his ear: "You are full of lies. If you could speak, you would be a treacherous person, a very bad little liar."
He leaned too close, and there was a faint burning and itchy feeling on the earlobe, which made Shen blush.
"Those who bullied you," Xie Shiguan said lightly, "I asked Guyu to deal with them. They were just some scum with no family background. Why did you let them bully you?"
"Just cutting your leg tendons and getting seriously ill can make you feel better? Since you have the chance, why don't you just kill those worthless people with a single blow?"
"You are always so weak," His Highness said with a hint of anger in his tone, "It makes me angry."
This mute has always been kind-hearted. If not for his instructions, he would always leave people a glimmer of hope, but Xie Shiguan could not understand his nature.
But His Highness didn't know that Hela had hidden his real name here, and even had to think for a whole night before going down the mountain. He was not the powerful Prince Yan, who could not stop killing people. Here, he just hoped not to attract the slightest attention from others.
If he took those lives at random, it might attract the attention of the surrounding counties. However, Shen was not sure whether the arrest warrant issued by Kyoto had been withdrawn. He could not take any risk that might expose him.
Those scum set fire to his house and killed the poultry he raised, but he fought back and cut their tendons. Morally and logically, his counterattack was not excessive. Those people knew they were in the wrong, so the risk of making trouble was not too great. However, if they had killed people, the nature of the matter would have been different.
But Shen was unwilling to argue, nor did he fight with him. He just silently accepted whatever His Highness wanted to say, do, or punish.
"But these words...are all what I heard from other people," Xie Shi looked at his profile, "We have been together day and night for several days, and you refused to tell me anything."
"Do you really hate me that much?"
The mute took advantage of his inability to speak and always avoided answering. It was not until His Highness pinched his chin and turned his face over that he opened his lips and said, "I don't hate..."
"I don't hate Your Highness."
"But I would rather you hate me," Xie Shiguan gritted his teeth, "How can you not hate me?"
Shen didn't understand why he said that, he was stunned and looked at him helplessly.
Hate should also be passionate, like boiling water, so whether it is hatred or love, Xie Shiguan only hopes that the eyes he looks at him with burning flames, instead of being so cold and indifferent like they are now.
Although he pretended to be so obedient and docile on the surface, everyone in the palace, who was paid by him, treated him with the utmost respect. If he just wanted this obedience, he could ask anyone for it.
His Highness finally came to his senses only now. It turned out that he was so upset and angry, with nowhere to vent his anger, just because the mute who once had eyes only for him was gone.
The person who still admired him no matter how much he pushed her, seemed to have escaped with the person who betrayed him and left the capital that day. Only before the truth was revealed did he briefly regain the person he had lost.
That moment of joy.
But didn't the mute love him? Didn't she secretly hide his lost silk handkerchief under her pillow? Just because he was the person hiding under the mask of "Lin Xie", such a trivial mistake could not even be considered a mistake...
He should be thankful that he accidentally became the "husband and wife" of the person he admired and had children with her, instead of being with some unknown and unclean person.
The helplessness and ignorance in Shen Que's eyes made him hate him. He hated him so much that he wanted to tear him apart, dissect his organs, and take out everything inside him, just to see how he could still lie and treat him coldly.
But His Highness is reluctant to do so.
There is only one such... Chenque in the world. If it is broken, it will be gone.
At night, Xiaoman comes to replace Guyu.
"It will be dawn in just over an hour, and we will be on our way soon," Guyu folded his arms and leaned against the eaves, whispering, "I won't go back to rest, I'll just take a nap here."
Xiaoman nodded, and then asked: "Is everything okay in there?"
Guyu raised his eyelids: "No, it's very quiet today, it seems like it went to bed early."
Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief. At this critical juncture, he didn't want any more mistakes to happen. They had already considered which route to take back to Beijing and which post station to rest at. They also sent someone to pass the message to the post station manager in advance, asking them to prepare early.
If there was any unpleasantness inside that delayed the departure, the route would have to be adjusted immediately. After all, His Highness only took a month's leave, and he walked quickly on the way here, changing horses all the way, and it only took more than six days.
But on the way back, we were carrying a wounded person and a child, so we could only take a horse-drawn carriage on the official road, and then change to water transportation if necessary, so time was very tight.
If they fail to arrive in Beijing before the appointed date, His Highness will not sympathize with their difficulties but will only think that they are not doing their job well.
The sky soon turned pale.
Just when the two thought that today would be peaceful, they suddenly heard a noise in the side room, as if something had fallen to the ground.
Guyu woke up with a start and called out softly, "Master?"
No one answered.
Soon after, the baby's crying sound was heard again. Xiaoman panicked, fearing that something had happened. He knocked on the door, but still no one answered. So he simply leaned sideways and slammed the door open.
There was a mess beside the tables, with cakes and ceramic fragments scattered all over the floor. Shen, who was sitting beside the couch, was holding a baby, with a look of astonishment on his face. King Yan was sitting beside the tables with a sullen face. When he saw them, he coldly scolded them, "Get out!"
Guyu reacted quickly and closed the door first.
inside the house.
Xie Shiguan turned his back to the person on the couch and knuckled on the edge of the table. He really wanted to smash the table as well.
"Don't you like sweets? Don't you like it? Why don't you eat it?" His voice was frighteningly cold.
Others who received his rewards would always be grateful, but only this mute dared to discard them and trample on his... sincerity.
However, Shen understood and knew that he was still angry about the cakes, so he squatted down, picked up the scattered cakes and snacks, and put them into the box one by one.
"Don't pick it up," Xie Shiguan heard the noise and became more and more angry. He turned around and said, "Even if you pick it up, you can't..."
Eat it.
He was stunned because Shen was putting the cake he picked up from the ground into his mouth. Xie Shiguan almost exploded. He stood up and knocked the cake out of his hand, then pinched his cheek, asking him to open his mouth and spit out what he had eaten.
But Shen refused to vomit.
Xie Shiguan really wanted to strangle him to death: "You refused to eat it when it was clean before, and you had to eat it when it fell on the ground and was covered with dust. Are you a dog?"
Not only was it covered in dust, but there was also a teapot that fell to the ground with the cake, and I don't know if there were any small fragments mixed in with it.
After a while, the prince finally pried open the lips and teeth, but the food he had just eaten was swallowed whole by the mute.
"I like..." He saw the mute gesture.
He loves sweets and it is true that he likes cakes and sweets, but he dare not touch the ones given to him by His Highness. It is not that he does not want them, but he dares not.
"Will Your Highness be happy if I eat all of this?"
Xie Shiguan suddenly felt as if a pair of hands had grabbed his heart and lungs, twisting them hard and making him breathless with hatred.
There is a bitter and numb feeling between the lips and tongue, and it is full of astringency.
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