Chapter 83 Why Are You So Weak?
All the depression in Xie Tingzhou's heart turned into a raging fire at this moment, burning all the way to his throat.
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
"Xie Tingzhou!" Shen Yu couldn't help but call him by his name.
Xie Tingzhou turned around suddenly and stared at her with eyes like a hawk.
Every time he took a step forward, she took a step back, until she had nowhere to retreat and her back rested against the pillar.
Sometimes he really wanted to, really wanted to tear her apart, to see what was so special about her.
But he didn't want to, because when this face smiled and this mouth chattered, he would feel that his heart, which had been silent for many years, seemed to be stirring.
Xie Tingzhou was in such a dilemma.
He frowned, "I remember you said your life is mine."
He had a faint pine scent on him, lingering in her nostrils.
Chen Yu didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but now she feels that this smell can easily make people depressed and relax their willpower.
She turned her head and said, "I'll be done with my work. If Your Highness wants it, take it."
Xie Tingzhou snorted, "Didn't you just call me Xie Tingzhou? You're really brave."
Chen Yu frowned and complained, "If you had agreed when I called you at the beginning, there would be no need to call your name."
There were hurried footsteps in the corridor. Xie Tingzhou glanced towards the end of the corridor and saw Zhong Bo dragging his old body after him, followed by two servants who were afraid that he would fall.
Xie Tingzhou took a step back and said, "I won't interfere with your friendships, but you'd better not get too close to Pei Chunli."
Chen Yu raised her head and asked in confusion: "Why?"
"His father is Marquis Xuanping," Xie Tingzhou said slowly, "Marquis Xuanping is a member of the Crown Prince's Party. Now Emperor Tongxu is nearing his deathbed. You should understand the connection between the two."
Shen Yu thought for a moment and nodded half-knowingly.
Xie Tingzhou added: "Emperor Tongxu is about to die. There are open and covert struggles in the court. Now the princes are fighting for their own interests. With so many princes, don't one or two of them want to take over?"
Zhong Bo came hurriedly with his men. As soon as he approached, he heard such an important sentence concerning the court. He was so scared that his legs went limp.
How can you say that? You will be beheaded.
Zhong Bo hurriedly turned around and left with his men, while instructing his servants to keep their mouths shut.
Fortunately, they were all brought here from Beilin and are trustworthy.
Xie Tingzhou looked over Chen Yu's head and saw
Zhong Bo has already left with his men.
He said lightly: "Now all parties are standing by and watching. It is risky to take sides too early."
"Whose side does Your Highness stand on?" Chen Yu suddenly asked, "Behind Your Highness is Bei Lin and the 100,000 Qingyun Guards. There should be a lot of people who want to win him over."
Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes and looked away, "What if I say that I am on my own side?"
Shen Yu was startled, and suddenly stared at him with wide eyes.
Xie Tingzhou suddenly turned around and smiled, "I'm just teasing you. This court has long been in tatters. Who would want to live in such a mess..."
Chen Yu covered his mouth with her hand, looked around cautiously, and said in a deep voice: "You are crazy, you can say this without thinking."
Her palms were slightly warm, with tiny calluses on the palms from years of holding knives, but the rest of her palms were very soft.
Xie Tingzhou opened his lips and said softly, "You are the only one who can hear this."
As he spoke, his thin lips slid across her palm, and the soft heat fell right on her palm.
Chen Yu suddenly retracted her hand, rubbed it behind her back, and felt that her palms were so itchy that the itch spread all the way into her heart.
Could it be that Xie Tingzhou has a poisonous tongue?
Xie Tingzhou saw her movements and lowered his head and said, "I don't care if you want to make friends with Pei Chunli, but don't drag the Beilin Palace into the water."
What a heavy hat! If it's directly placed on her forehead, will she dare to move? It's even more effective than Sun Wukong's tight hoop.
Chen Yu snorted and said, "I can't bear this crime."
A gust of wind blew, and Xie Tingzhou covered his lips and coughed lightly twice.
Chen Yu stood in the direction where the wind was coming from and couldn't help but complain, "Why are you so weak?"
Her subconscious action made Xie Tingzhou's heart suddenly soften.
A light laugh escaped from his throat. "If you were taller, maybe you could block the wind for me."
Isn't this a disguised way of saying that she is short?
Chen Yu: "You——"
"Go back." Xie Tingzhou said gently.
He had seen Zhong Bo standing in the distance for a long time, as if he had something to say.
Chen Yu looked in the direction he was looking at, and received a glare from Zhong Bo from afar.
She said with a sad face: "Uncle Zhong seems to dislike me even less."
This time, the lovable and invincible Chen Yu finally hit a wall with Zhong Bo.
Chen Yu brushed past Zhong Bo and glared at her as she passed by.
His eyes looked as if he wanted to tear her apart.
She didn't know how she had offended Uncle Zhong, but it seemed that he had been complaining about her since he entered the mansion.
Zhong Bo approached and advised: "The wind in the courtyard is strong, and your highness's injuries have not yet healed. You should go back to your room and rest."
Xie Tingzhou nodded, and Zhongbo followed him back to Qingpuxuan. After thinking it over, he felt that he should still give his advice.
"Your Highness." Zhong Bo said respectfully, "Yu was not trustworthy at that time, and had an unclear relationship with the young marquis."
Xie Tingzhou raised his eyes slightly, "Why is it unclear?"
Zhongbo is a law-abiding person who abides by the rules and does his duty. He should not gossip about others behind their backs.
But the prince’s instructions before leaving are still ringing in my ears.
The old prince said: "There is only one person in Beilin who can take on the great responsibility. If he takes that path that will lead to his extinction, I will be ashamed of my ancestors and I would rather die than let him go."
At that time, the prince symbolically wiped away his tears. Although Zhongbo saw that his eyes were dry, he did not expose him.
The old prince also said: "You should tell him this and that, and tell him that he has to keep those concubines even if he doesn't want them. If he dares to return them to me, I will go to the capital to find him myself."
"And one more thing," the prince said to Zhong Bo before he left, "find a way to get rid of the guard beside him. You said he was fine in Beilin before. Although he was not interested in women, he was not interested in men either. How come he became like this in just a few months?"
Zhong Bo has been living in the palace since he was young, working his way up from a servant to the position of chief steward. Now that he has been entrusted with this important task, he will certainly do his best to live up to the mission entrusted to him by the prince.
Thinking of this, Zhong Bo suddenly became energetic and said righteously: "He and the young marquis had an affair. I heard that the young marquis himself said that they were in the same room together. They...ah, it is really hard for me to start talking."
"You say it, and don't miss a word." Uncle Zhong pointed at someone, who was the maid in the hall just now.
The little maid knelt down tremblingly, lamenting how she had been involved in this storm.
Everyone in the mansion knew how indulgent the prince was to Shi Yu. Not only could he come and go as he pleased on weekdays, but he was also given a courtyard and maids.
It is also said that in order to prevent Shi Yu from falling in love with the maid, His Highness paired him with a ten-year-old maid.
This is nipping the itch in the bud, which shows how cautious His Highness is in guarding against it. Now that a little marquis has suddenly appeared, His Highness will not be so angry that he will kill those who hear about it.
I would have been deaf if I had known this earlier.
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