Chapter 165 Crown Princess
Changliu knew that he had done something wrong before, and had been waiting outside the yard to admit his mistake.
After the maid served the dishes, he walked slowly to the door and knelt upright under the eaves.
Xie Tingzhou was serving soup to Shen Yu. After he finished serving, he placed it in front of Shen Yu, then he turned his head to glance at her.
"What's up?"
Chang Liu knelt straight, "Your Highness, I was wrong. I shouldn't have eavesdropped on the conversation between the prince and Lord Shi, nor should I have fallen off the eaves, and I shouldn't have looked into the window."
Chen Yu held the bowl and turned silently, with her back to the door.
Xie Tingzhou knew that she was embarrassed.
"Go and kneel outside the courtyard." Xie Tingzhou said, "Kneel for a full hour."
"Oh." Chang Liu stood up and just took two steps when he heard Xie Tingzhou ask, "Where is Uncle Zhong?"
"Maybe he went to see Doctor Yu." Chang Liu stopped and said, "It seems that he asked Doctor Yu to come and check His Highness' pulse tomorrow."
Xie Tingzhou: "I'm not sick, why do you want to take my pulse?"
Chang Liu scratched his head in confusion and said honestly, "I don't know either. Uncle Zhong only said that less than half an hour is not a good sign. Your Highness may have injured his foundation in the early years. It's a bit too fast. He needs to be healed."
Chen Yu spat out some soup with a puff and quickly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
Xie Tingzhou nearly broke his chopsticks and said to Changliu, "Go and kneel for two hours."
Chang Liu was in agony, "Why?! Wasn't it only one hour ago?"
"You also said that was just now."
Changliu walked away mumbling.
Xie Tingzhou looked at Chen Yu, "You seem to understand a lot?"
Chen Yu pretended not to know, opened her big eyes and said innocently: "What do you understand? I don't understand."
"So what are you spraying?"
"It's too hot, isn't it?" Chen Yu said confidently, "You didn't even blow on the soup for me before you served it."
Xie Tingzhou smiled, took the bowl, blew it to cool it down before placing it in front of her.
He looked at her deeply and said, "I will go to see my father-in-law tomorrow and then come back to move to Qingpuju."
This was something he had mentioned a long time ago, but it was delayed due to the spring search and bandit suppression.
But Chen Yu forgot to tell him something. She had just accepted a job at the Palace Front Department and would probably have to stay in the palace more often in the future.
Moreover, with her current status as the Palace Guard, it would not be good if she got too close to Xie Tingzhou, as someone would definitely take advantage of it to make trouble.
"I may not be able to live in the palace in the future." Shen Yu said hesitantly.
Xie Tingzhou also thought of it.
He lowered his eyes, but what came out of his mouth was a completely irrelevant sentence.
"Is it because of what I just said that scared you?"
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained, "No, no, it's just inconvenient."
Xie Tingzhou leaned back in his chair, half-lidded and looking a little lost, "An excuse, you're still afraid of me, afraid that I'll poison you one day."
Seeing his lonely face, Shen Yu quickly put down the bowl and walked in front of him, "I'm really not afraid."
"Really?" Xie Tingzhou looked up at her.
"Yeah." Chen Yu reached out and touched his face, "Don't be afraid, I just feel sorry for you."
Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes and rubbed his head against her palm, "Then how is the Crown Prince's Consort going to feel sorry for me?"
This question stumped Chen Yu.
Xie Tingzhou held her hand and pulled her to sit on his lap. "If you feel sorry for me, come back and spend more time with me."
"But it's inconvenient." Chen Yu said in embarrassment: "Logically, I should buy a house for myself outside."
Xie Tingzhou thought for a while and said, "Just buy the house. I'll let Xifeng do it. Just to make it look good. You can come back and stay here at night."
Chen Yu thought about it, curled her lips and said: "Why does it sound a bit like..."
"Like a secret affair?" Xie Tingzhou raised his eyebrows, his eyes were very seductive, "Yes, if it doesn't work openly, then we have to do it secretly, otherwise what should we do? Or should I go to find you at night?"
It's getting more and more ambiguous the more you talk.
Shen Yu pushed his chest and said, "We'll see when the time comes."
Xie Tingzhou hugged her tightly and said, "When you enter the palace, I won't be able to hug you even if I want to. So I'll just eat like this."
"How do you eat this?"
"I feed you?"
"don't want."
Xie Tingzhou finally let her go.
The two sat opposite each other for dinner, and Chen Yu told them the news she got from Qi Chang.
He was worried that the letter might be lost on the road, so he just said that everything went well and did not mention getting the evidence. However, Xie Tingzhou had already guessed it.
Chen Yu said solemnly: "The journey back to Beijing was so smooth, so smooth..."
"It went so smoothly that it seemed like someone was deliberately waiting for them to enter Beijing." Xie Tingzhou continued.
Chen Yu nodded and said, "I thought they would take action last night, but they didn't."
Xie Tingzhou was puzzled. "I went to the Jiaofangsi several times, but the account book was not in Fuying's hands."
Chen Yu frowned, "But it stands to reason that it would be safest for Ge Liangji to hand the account book over to them. If he hands it over to his exiled son, he might die on the road and no one would know."
"You said 'they' too."
"You mean Fuyao?" Chen Yu glanced sideways, "Her personality seems to be
It seems unreliable.”
Xie Tingzhou said: "If everyone thinks so, then Ge Liangji did not choose the wrong person."
Chen Yu was awakened by Xie Tingzhou. The more unreliable a person looks, the less likely he is to arouse suspicion. It seems that she has to find an opportunity to go to the Jiaofangsi.
"Today I have reported the matter of grain and grass to Emperor Tongxu, and he has ordered a thorough investigation. I was worried that he would take it lightly, so I only handed over half of the evidence and kept half of the account book."
"Emperor Tongxu is still too indecisive." Xie Tingzhou said: "When people get old, they tend to be soft-hearted. He can't bear to do anything cruel to his own son."
"Then force him to leave."
Xie Tingzhou looked at her and asked, "If he doesn't punish him severely this time, are you still going to incite the students of the Imperial College to force him?"
"No." Chen Yu put down her chopsticks, a gleam in her eyes, "I killed him."
Xie Tingzhou looked at her for a long while, then suddenly smiled, "The Crown Prince's Consort is so strong."
Chen Yu glanced at him and said, "We have to avoid suspicion from now on. You can't look at me like that."
Xie Tingzhou leaned forward with his elbows on the table, and asked quietly, "What kind of look?"
There was a bewitching look in his eyes, as if he wanted to strip her naked.
How did he become such a bewitching person? Shen Yu thought.
"That's the look you have now."
Xie Tingzhou stared at her for a while, "My eyes reflect what I want to do."
Chen Yu finally understood that ever since he discovered her female body, she could no longer show her thick skin. To deal with someone like Xie Tingzhou, she had to be thicker-skinned than him.
She glanced at him lightly, "During the time I was away from the capital, you went to the Jiaofang Bureau quite often. I wonder if those prostitutes have seen the look in His Royal Highness' eyes?"
The words "Your Highness the Crown Prince" sounded like a warning to Xie Tingzhou.
He was silent, as if a snake was being held at its vital point.
"Someone come." He said loudly, "Retreat."
The maid came in, cleared the leftovers off the table, and replaced the table with hot tea.
During this time, Chen Yu leaned back in her chair and looked at him, the two of them staring at each other across the busy maids.
Xie Tingzhou knew that calling the maid in was just a way to delay time, and he had to explain this issue to the Jiaofangsi even if he didn't want to.
When the maid was about to leave, Xie Tingzhou said, "Prepare the bath."
Chen Yu turned her face aside to suppress her smile, stood up and said, "Since Your Highness wants to take a bath, I will withdraw."
Xie Tingzhou grabbed her hand and said, "Why don't we go together?"
The maid didn't dare to look at the two of them, and closed the door when she left.
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