Chapter 62 Coax Him
Bang, bang, bang——
Changliu banged hard on the gate. Erya came running over. As soon as the door opened, Changliu squeezed in and asked, "Where's Shiyu?"
Arya looked up at him and said, "Inside the house."
Chang Liu ran into the room and saw Chen Yu lying on the couch reading a book. He grabbed her arm and dragged her out, "Come with me."
"Where are you going?" Shen Yu was dragged to her feet by him.
"Qingpuju."
Chen Yu said, "I'm not on duty today."
Chang Liu was getting anxious and dragged her out, "On duty! On duty! Xifeng just called your name."
"Then wait a moment." Chen Yu broke free from him, turned around to take the knife on the table, and then followed Chang Liu out the door.
Xifeng was standing at the gate of Qingpu Residence, along with a group of guards. Each of them looked bitter and vengeful, as if their lady had run away with someone.
"What happened?"
Xi Feng's face was solemn. "Your Highness has not eaten a single grain of rice since he left the palace yesterday."
Chen Yu thought for a moment, "I won't starve to death in one day, right? Then what?"
Xi Feng pursed his lips and said, "We were all kicked out as soon as we went in."
"Then why did you call me here?" Chen Yu asked subconsciously.
Xifeng stuffed a food box into his hand and said, "Go and deliver it."
"Why did you ask me to send her off?" Chen Yu raised her voice.
"No reason." Xifeng said stiffly.
Changliu had already opened the gate, and the two of them cooperated tacitly. Xifeng pushed Shiyu in, and he quickly closed the door.
Shen Yu barely managed to stand still, and the door closed behind her.
She turned around and stared at the door for a while. It seemed that the feast the day before did not help her make friends. When they encountered difficulties, they still pushed her out to take the blame without hesitation.
Just feed them all to the dogs.
Chen Yu sighed, resignedly carrying the food box and walked towards the study.
There was no one in the study, so she went to Xie Tingzhou's bedroom.
The window of the bedroom was half open and the door was not closed. Chen Yu peeked inside through the crack in the door and saw Xie Tingzhou leaning on the low couch where he usually rested, with his hand resting between his eyebrows. It was unclear whether he was asleep or not.
Chen Yu raised her hand and knocked on the door. She waited outside for a while, but there was no sound from inside the house, so she knocked twice more.
"Who let you in?"
"go out!"
After two consecutive cold rebukes, Shen Yu responded angrily: "
oh. "
In the room, Xie Tingzhou slowly opened his eyes.
Chen Yu walked towards the door carrying the food box. She was not in a hurry because she was not the one who was hungry.
Before I took a few steps, the door behind me opened.
Chen Yu turned around and saw Xie Tingzhou standing at the door with his black hair loose and his hands holding the door.
"Where to?" he asked.
Chen Yu turned back and said, "Changliu asked me to bring you food. Since you are awake, you should eat it. People outside are very worried."
She was not in a hurry. For a grown-up person, she would not die from skipping a few meals. When they were at Yanliang Pass, all the soldiers went hungry for a few days and then left on an empty stomach.
Chen Yu came in and put the food on the table, while Xie Tingzhou was still standing there.
"Come and eat, it will get cold soon." Chen Yu said.
Xie Tingzhou walked over and sat down. The dishes were all from Beilin, but he had no appetite at the moment.
Chen Yu felt that Xie Tingzhou must have been disciplined very strictly when he was young. He was required not to talk while eating or sleeping. He only ate half a bowl of rice in silence and then put down his chopsticks.
The stove in the bedroom had burned out long ago as no one added charcoal to it. It was equally cold inside and outside the house, and Xie Tingzhou's white jade-like finger bones had turned red from the cold.
He was a man who was used to being tolerant, and Chen Yu knew it.
Xie Tingzhou watched her busying around, looking for charcoal to light the stove.
She had seen the world and was generous with her gestures. The thin calluses on her hands were caused by martial arts training, and her technique in lighting charcoal was clumsy, showing that she had not done any rough work.
She must have a very good background, not from a poor family.
But who is she? Xie Tingzhou thought.
"Come closer." Chen Yu called.
Xie Tingzhou didn't move. Today he was like an empty shell with no sadness or joy.
In the next year, three years, five years, or even ten years, he might be trapped in this imperial city.
Shen Yu lay on the table and looked at him, and said softly: "I understand how you feel, it will be fine in a few days."
Xie Tingzhou was quite surprised, "What do you know?"
"Of course I understand." Chen Yu nodded in understanding, with a look of enlightenment on her face.
"It's just like being in prison. You won't be used to it in the first few days, but you'll get used to it after a while."
Yes, isn’t it just imprisonment? It’s just that the prison where he was imprisoned was a little bigger. It was the entire Shengjing, and he had a nominal position that seemed glorious but was actually a shackle.
Xie Tingzhou stared at her.
"You are such a good metaphorist."
Chen Yuquan thought he was praising himself, "Not bad."
Xie Tingzhou smiled suddenly and said, "I have never been to prison, so I guess the food in Zhaoyu is not this rich."
Chen Yu said faintly: "I haven't eaten it either, but I'll tell you how it tastes after I eat it in a few days."
Xie Tingzhou remembered that the case of Yanliangguan was currently under trial and it would not be long before the case would come to her head.
"The Ministry of Justice will come to question you in a few days. Have you figured out how to deal with it?"
"Of course I'll tell the truth," Chen Yu's back still hurt from the whip. She touched her shoulder and joked, "I will tell them the truth. I'll tell them the same thing I told you. I'll try not to let them torture me. Being whipped hurts."
Knowing what she meant, Xie Tingzhou pursed his lips and said, "The beating you received was not in vain."
He added, "Don't worry, no one in the Ministry of Justice will touch you."
At this point, the room fell silent again.
Shen Yu thought about it, then lowered her eyes to look at the knife at her waist.
This was the knife she took from Xie Tingzhou's carriage when she was in danger. She loved knives, so she hadn't been willing to return it for so long and even found a scabbard for it.
If Xie Tingzhou didn't urge her, she would pretend not to know. After all, the one who held the knife to protect was still him, Xie Tingzhou.
After a moment's hesitation, she took off the knife from her waist.
Xie Tingzhou watched her put it on the table and gently pushed it towards him.
"What?"
Chen Yu didn't say anything, but turned her body to the side, leaving only her profile to Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou frowned. It was obvious that she was reluctant to do so. He even saw her stroke the knife with her hand before she pushed it over.
Then she...
Xie Tingzhou looked at her slightly awkward profile, and at that moment, a vague thought suddenly emerged in his mind.
Is she...coaxing him?
She saw that he was in a bad mood, so she was trying to comfort him.
She must have never coaxed anyone before, so she could only clumsily put her favorite thing in front of him like candy in the hands of a child.
She was reluctant to return the knife before because he was unhappy, so now she is willing to give it to him.
Xie Tingzhou suddenly felt a soft touch in his heart.
He stroked the scabbard with his fingertips and whispered, "I'll take it."
Chen Yu stole a glance at him and said awkwardly, "This book is yours."
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