Chapter 19: Matters of the Heart
When he woke up the next day, Li Xuan felt a terrible headache. I really shouldn't have drunk so much yesterday. He was secretly annoyed, and just wanted to get up, when he suddenly saw Xiyan beside him.
She curled up quietly beside him, the tears on her face were dry, but she could still see the traces of crying. There are some red marks on the neck and shoulders exposed outside the quilt. Li Xuan looked at her silently: he loved her long eyelashes, her round eyes, her high nose bridge, her little pear vortex, and her thin lips. He didn't know when he started loving her, and he didn't even know why he loved her. If you want to talk about beauty, you would rather be peerless; When it comes to talent, she doesn't know anything at all. But he just loves her, and even her naughtiness makes him love and hate. He never thought about how much he loved her, but her appearance was so inadvertently engraved on his heart. Even if she has been away for so many years, as long as she closes her eyes, that innocent girl will appear in her mind, she looks at him with a smile, and even her eyes are smiling, "Brother Li Xuan, when I grow up, will I marry you?" "Xiyan, now you're married to me, but that's not what you want, is it? Li Xuan couldn't help but stretch out his hand, but stopped when he touched her smooth white little face. He was a little greedy for the delicacy of his subordinates, and his fingertips gently slid over her slightly frowning eyebrows, red and swollen lips, and delicate collarbones, slowly descending...... Damn, his body has reacted again!
"Uh-huh......" Xiyan suddenly groaned in her sleep, as if she was very uncomfortable. Li Xuan felt even more/angry, and only hoped that she would wake up quickly and take care of herself. He gently pulled back the quilt over the two of them, trying to get a better view of her. It's just that this look made him gasp, and even those original thoughts ran clean. It turned out that not only his neck and shoulders, but also Xiyan's body was covered with red kiss marks, which at first glance looked like a blood spot, as well as large and small bruises scattered on the snow-white skin, many of which had already shown purple red, and even he felt shocked when he looked at it. Was he so rude yesterday? He covered her with a quilt and lay down quietly beside her, for fear of waking her.
"Gege?" Outside the door, the spring snow gently knocked on the door.
Li Xuan frowned, and wanted to stop him, but before the words could be spoken, Xi Yan turned over slightly on the bed. She was physically and mentally exhausted, and she didn't sleep very well, but she heard a knock on the door in a hazy way, and the pain all over her body seemed to wake up. Xiyan couldn't stand the pain, and woke up on the spot. She sat up blankly, not knowing where she was for a moment. How did she fall asleep, she remembered...... There was a pain beneath her, a reminder of what had happened yesterday. looked around and found that Li Xuan was sleeping next to him. Xiyan's body suddenly trembled with fear, and she hurriedly grabbed the quilt and shrank to the corner of the bed, looking at him with vigilance.
Li Xuan didn't know what she was thinking, and when she realized that she woke up, she suddenly didn't know how to face it, so she had to close her eyes and pretend to be asleep. Rao was like this, and he still secretly watched her series of actions, and his heart tingled terribly.
"Side Fujin? Are you awake? If you don't get up and freshen up again, you will miss the time to enter the palace to thank you. Another somewhat familiar voice asked anxiously.
"I'm awake...... she looked at Li Xuan timidly, "Come in." She didn't dare to stay alone in this room with him anymore, although he was still asleep, but if he woke up, he didn't know what else he would do to hurt her.
The door was pushed open from the outside, with Spring Snow and Summer Frost in front, followed by seven or eight of the original maidservants of the palace. From now on, she can be regarded as half the master of the palace, and there are naturally more people to serve than in the past.
Each of them had something in their hands, and they were coming to serve Xiyan and Li Xuan to freshen up.
"You...... You put your things down, and I'll do it myself. Xiyan still dragged the quilt stubbornly, not daring to let go, and her eyes did not leave Li Xuan, who was pretending to be asleep.
Li Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart, and he didn't dare to move anymore.
"Gege is shy." Xia Shuang was the most open-mouthed and laughed first.
Xi Yan didn't want to play with her like before at this time, but lowered her head sadly. Chunxue noticed that Xiyan's expression was wrong, and looked at her with some concern.
"Side Fujin, let's let the slaves and maids come." In addition to the spring snow and summer frost, there are two maidservants who are dressed differently from others, and these two girls used to serve by Lao Fujin's side. Lao Fujin loved Xiyan, so he rewarded both of them to her. The older ones are called Caiqi, which is the same age as Chunxue, and has always been decent. Because he grew up beside Lao Fujin since he was a child, he is no stranger to Xiyan. Seeing her like this, she also guessed a rough idea in her heart, and said softly, "In the future, when Fujin is serving the prince, it will still be long, just get used to it." ”
Later...... Xiyan couldn't help but shudder. But I also knew that what she said made sense, so I had to nod my head silently, lift the quilt on my body, and want to get out of bed after enduring the pain.
Several maids were shocked when they saw her like this. It's just that they grew up in the palace since they were children and know the rules, even if they are shocked in their hearts, they all pretend not to see it, only Xia Shuang reacted the most, and her tears fell instantly. "Why did the prince beat Gege like this?!"
Although Chunxue is steady and introverted, she can't help but have red eyes at this time, and she is so sad that she can't say a word.
"No...... No...... It's my own ......" Xiyan lowered his head, and it was also sad from it. Although he had been in a lot of pain yesterday, she didn't expect so many injuries on her body, she couldn't defend herself, and she wanted to find something to cover her scarred body.
"Picking books, let's help Fujin get out of bed," Cai Qi said as if nothing happened. "The slave comes and scrubs your body." She smiled lightly at Xiyan and said softly. Xiyan felt her kindness, and her originally frightened heart finally settled down.
Spring Snow and Summer Frost also came back to their senses in the calm voice of Cai Qi and stepped forward to help.
After a neat tidy up, Xiyan became yesterday's radiant bride again. It's just that her face was so pale, and they had to put layers of powder on her face to cover it.
"Fang Fujin, isn't it time to wake up the prince?" Cai Qi looked at Li Xuan on the bed and reminded Xi Yan in a timely manner.
Xiyan's face suddenly turned a little whiter. But this is her duty, even if she doesn't want to, she has to go to the bed, reach out and gently push him. "Lord Wang." She whispered in his ear.
Li Xuan pretended to be asleep and pretended to be hard, and her body didn't dare to move, just now she squinted and saw them wiping her body all over her body, and her heart was so uncomfortable, now she opened her eyes immediately as soon as she screamed. "Xiyan ......" His eyes seemed to be bottomless, and he was terrified to see Xiyan.
"The ...... It's time to get up. She lowered her head, afraid that he would see her affection.
"Okay." He said submissively. I apologized, but I couldn't say anything.
While waiting for Li Xuan to dress, Xi Yan's hands trembled violently. Because of this, the button was tied several times and could not be fastened. Finally, even Li Xuan couldn't stand it anymore. Hold her hand and whisper, "I'll do it myself." You wake up so early, rest for a while. ”
Xiyan didn't dare to raise her head, just "um" for a moment, and quickly pulled out her hand.
At this moment, Mama Yun beside Lao Fujin also came. She took away the white brocade stained with blood on the bed with satisfaction, not noticing that Xi Yan and Li Xuan's faces were not good-looking at this time. Xi Yan remembered all the humiliation she had suffered last night, and she only felt that her legs were a little weak. For her, the redness on it was like a nightmare, and she really didn't want to remember it again. Li Xuan was inexplicably excited at first glance, but when he thought of the scars on Xi Yan's body, he felt that he had really done too much, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, so his face was only faint, and he did not show any happy expression.
He wanted to say something, but it seemed that nothing would help, and the atmosphere between the two of them was eerily quiet. The maids have seen the big and small injuries on Xiyan's body, and they also realized that the relationship between the prince and the side Fujin does not seem to be as good as imagined, but looking at the prince's attitude towards the side Fujin, it is not completely ruthless, and everyone is a little inexplicable in their hearts for a while, so they have to serve carefully, for fear of provoking fire. Fortunately, when they are all ready to stop, it is time to enter the palace to thank them.