This sleep was dark, and when Mei Rui woke up again, she was awakened by the pain of the wound on her shoulder.

Due to the lack of water, her mouth was very dry, she licked her dry lips and shouted Huaizhu casually. On weekdays, they are used to relying on each other, and they are too familiar with each other's existence, so the first person who shouted after waking up was her, but after calling out, she suddenly remembered that this was the Lin De Palace, and Huaizhu was not here.

She sighed silently, she didn't know if Fu San'er was there, she didn't dare to move now, for fear of tearing the wound on her shoulder again, and was about to ask if Fu San'er was there, but she heard Huaizhu exclaim: "Rui Rui, you called me?" ”

She was a little stunned, looked at Huaizhu and pounced up, teary eyes: "You're awake, Ruirui, I'm here, don't be afraid, I've always been there!" ”

"When did you come?" Mei Rui's voice was empty, Huaizhu was distressed when she heard it, and the tears fell down in large pieces, and she didn't dare to catch her hand wrapped in gauze, so she could only pinch the flesh in her palm, and whimpered: "Rui Rui, it's all because I didn't protect you." ”

Mei Rui belched: "What are you talking about, no one expected such a situation, how can you protect me?" She laughed, "Look, I'm fine, it's fine, I'll be able to get out of bed and brush your hair in a while." ”

She was stabbed all over her body, how could she be fine, Huaizhu knew that she was comforting her, and her depressed mood did not improve at all, and she blindly shed tears, as if the knife was cut on the tip of her heart: "You are stupid!" How can you hit the knife edge! ”

Fortunately, she still remembered that there were others in the palace, otherwise the next sentence would be disrespectful, in her heart, Mei Rui's life was much more expensive, and no matter how noble the emperor was, it was just an irrelevant person.

Although Mei Rui's right palm was injured, she was still able to move, and seeing her squatting on the edge of the bed crying sadly, she raised her hand to wipe her tears, and coaxed softly: "Yes, I'm stupid, do you know it for the first time?" ”

"You!" Huaizhu was coaxed by her to lose her temper, glaring at her with red eyes, she was lying on the bed, laughing was barely struggling, peeling the skin and bones, and sighed for a while. Fu San'er came in from the outside with a copper basin, fetched water inside, and took a handkerchief, looked at Huaizhu, and said, "Miss Huaizhu, Aunt Mei Rui has just been injured and needs to recuperate, won't you talk to her to make her sad?" Before leaving, the adult explained that my aunt had a fever, and called the imperial doctor to come and see, the medicine is frying in the back, you might as well come and take a hand for our family, and first twist the handkerchief for my aunt and put it on her forehead. ”

Huaizhu reached out and touched Mei Rui's forehead, and gasped: "It's really hot, Rui Rui, you lie down, I'll twist the handkerchief for you." As he spoke, he walked towards Fu San'er, Mei Rui hummed groggily, and listened to the strings of water droplets clattering in the copper basin, and after a while, a folded wet cloth covered her forehead.

Huaizhu finished her work, and she couldn't stay idle, wanting to lift the quilt to see Mei Rui's left shoulder injury, Fu San'er hurriedly stopped her, feeling a big headache: "Miss Huaizhu, have you forgotten what the adults said to you before?" ”

"What did the Protector say to me?"

She looked at Fu San'er suspiciously and sincerely, her face was full of puzzlement, Lu Zhen's words probably didn't enter her ears, Fu San'er was heartbroken: "My lord, let you be quiet, don't make a noise about your aunt to recuperate." ”

Huaizhu raised his eyebrows: "Am I noisy?" Why don't I think that Rui Rui has never disliked me," she said so, but her voice was still lowered, it was getting late outside, she looked at Mei Rui's pale face and quietly wiped her tears, Fu San'er couldn't stand it anymore, and took out a silk and handed it to her: "If you cry like this, aunt, she may not get better faster, but will make her bother to comfort you, aren't you putting the cart before the horse?" ”

He followed Lu Zhi and learned a lot of words, Huaizhu raised his head and glanced at him: "Such a deep word, you can even do it?" ”

Fu San'er was a little unconvinced: "What do you mean that I can too?" Make it clear, or it won't be over today. ”

Huaizhu was generous, and snorted and said goodbye: "I don't want to quarrel with you, I'll argue with Rui Rui later, and teach her that she can't recuperate with peace of mind." ”

Fu San'er was angry with her nose, how could there be such a nonsense person, he still wanted to say something, so he heard her touch her stomach and muttered: "I'm hungry." ”

"I can't help it." Fu San'er walked out with a flick of his sleeves, his mouth curled up, and he muttered: "Who is rare!" ”

But after a while, Fu San'er came back again, with a bowl of noodles in his hand, sprinkled with green onions and minced meat, and was very greedy when he slowed down, and Huaizhu's eyes were straight. He put the noodles on the table, saw Huaizhu looking at this side intently, and twisted his eyebrows awkwardly: "Aren't you hungry?" ”

Huaizhu wrung his fingers to look at him: "This is for me?" ”

Fu San'er rolled her eyes, clasped her hands and said, "Could it be that I specially brought it here and let you watch me eat?" ”

The people take food as the sky, Huaizhu walked to the table and sat down, Fu San'er listened to her stinging sound when eating noodles, and secretly smacked her tongue, it was really rude. He followed Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhen's food and clothing were all fine. In Fu San'er's eyes, if others are compared with Lu Zhen, the world of difference is used like this.

He couldn't help pursing his lips, Huaizhu couldn't eat today because he was worried about Mei Rui, and only then did he feel hungry when he saw that Mei Rui was indeed fine. She simply drank the noodle soup, picked up the silk that Fu San'er had just handed her to wipe her mouth, and said with a smile: "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

"No thanks," Fu San'er looked at her, "Have you eaten?" ”

Huaizhu nodded violently, pinched the handkerchief in his hand and looked at it for a while, he felt that something was wrong, and remembered that the person standing in front of him was a eunuch, the kind of fox and tiger who followed Lu Zhi. She suddenly came to her senses and asked tentatively, "I'm really sorry for soiling my father-in-law's handkerchief, look......"

Fu San'er said indifferently: "It's okay, take it back and wash it and then return it to me." ”

Huaizhu was stunned, didn't he just ask for a follow-up, and the follow-up begged, didn't he want to learn from his boss and let her eat with him?

Her face fell, and she felt that neither the master and the servant were upright, so she put away the veil very angrily, and said, "I can save it." ”

Fu San'er didn't care about her face, only looked outside, the sky was gradually sinking, Lu Zhi instructed him to go and see the little emperor in the evening, he had been messing with this palace maid named Huaizhu for so long, but he forgot about this important matter. Fu San'er patted her head and said to Huaizhu: "The girl is here to take care of Aunt Mei Rui, isn't she?" ”

Huaizhu nodded, and Fu San'er smiled: "That's fine, I have something to go to Zichen Palace, now the people in the palace are panicking, it is not safe for you to go back alone, if you want to go back later, say to the guards at the door, I told them, let them assign two people to send you back." ”

There was an inexplicable movement in his heart, Huaizhu nodded blankly, Fu San'er straightened out his clothes and went out, the square handkerchief was twisted between his hands, and there were some undeserved thoughts.

Sleepy very much, Huaizhu lay on the table and rested for a while, the dream was the scene of her and Mei Rui putting river lanterns in the Taiye Pool in the past, Shui Bo pushed the lantern away, she asked Mei Rui what wish she made, Mei Rui smiled and said to her-

May the mountains and rivers prosper forever.

She didn't understand Mei Rui's wishes, she only felt that it was enough for her to eat and drink, she also had a younger brother at home, five years younger than her, and when she had saved enough money, she would go back to marry a daughter-in-law for her brother, and the family was harmonious and beautiful, more complete than the gods.

In the dream, Mei Rui's smile was reflected on the surface of the pool, swaying with the ripples, and finally disappeared from her side, Huaizhu raised her head from the table in shock, and there was a person in the painting sitting under the seven green lotus lamps, Huaizhu's sleepiness dissipated endlessly, and she stood up and shouted: "Lord Protector." ”

Lu Zhi didn't know when he came, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he had been sitting on the edge of the bed for a long time, he looked at Huaizhu, and the look in his eyes was not shocked: "Go out." ”

Just let Rui Rui be alone with him in a room? Huaizhu was a little panicked, she wanted to say something, but for some reason there was a strange fishy sweetness in the hall, and her heart seemed to be clenched by a hand, teaching her that she couldn't breathe, so she had to bow down and walk out with her head buried.

Lu Zhi doesn't like too many people around him, there are many people, his father once suffered in this matter, and finally died on the guillotine, because he has always remembered it. Huaizhu went out of the apse, and only he and Mei Rui were left in the apse, and the warm yellow candlelight took care of each other, adding a bit of blood to her pale face.

She muttered a dry mouth, Lu Zhi turned around and poured a glass of water for her, he was naturally familiar with the means of serving people, but this was the first time he took good care of people other than the emperor. When she returned to the bedside, she was already awake, and there was still a hazy mist in her eyes, and when his long figure fell into her eyes, she sighed: "Protector? ”

"It's me," Lu Shu sat down on the edge of the bed, holding a cup in his hand, "Are you thirsty?" ”

She nodded, calmly accepting his thoughtfulness, she had a meritorious escort, and she did not refuse at all. It is a pleasure to be served by a beauty, not to mention that this beauty has always been high, and others can't even bend down to polish the mud spots on his shoes, but now he personally serves tea and pours water for her, Mei Rui is flattered and feels that there must be a conspiracy in it.

But Lu Zhi rarely treated her kindly, the bony hand was on the back of her head, which made her really itchy, she took two sips of warm water and said no, and then said: "Can the guards help me up, I have been lying for a long time, my whole body is stiff, and I want to sit up and relax." ”

Lu Zhen's eyebrows furrowed, and she smiled again: "The hibiscus on the top of the tent is embarrassed by the slave maid, the slave maid wants to look at her like this again, maybe she won't open it again, are you okay?" ”

The last four words were soft and soft, as if they wanted to hook away people's souls, Lu Zhi pursed the corners of his mouth, put down the cup, and helped her sit up slowly. She endured the pain, but she was already tired and sweating profusely for a while, and she breathed a sigh of relief after leaning her back against the head of the bed: "When is this time?" ”

"It's time."

"It's already so late," she was a little surprised, "aren't the guards going back to the mansion today?" ”

Lu Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at her upward palm, and said lightly: "Such a big thing happened today, do you think I still have the heart to go back?" ”

"That's right," she nodded, raising her gauze-wrapped palm to ruffle the shredded hair from her cheeks, "I didn't expect this to happen, and the Protectors would probably have to struggle for a while." ”

In fact, it can't be regarded as a naughty effort, Lu Zhi has seen a lot of such things, ghost tricks, not enough to worry about, but the care she revealed made him care very much, and his eyes looked at her slightly open neckline, thinking of the cinnabar, and then it fell in his heart.

His reply had nothing to do with her question, which made Mei Rui stunned: "The bachelor said that he was engaged to someone before, but is it true?" ”