Chapter 24 Counting and Care
Xiao Qisheng watched Zhao Lingshu, who had been hit with an aphrodisiac, trying to pick up the clothes on the two of them, and the heat on her body seemed to be contagious to his body. In desperation, Xiao Qisheng could only use his own hands to cool her down first.
But how can a glass of water satisfy someone who is unusually hungry and thirsty? Zhao Lingshu's body not only did not cool down, but worsened. She only calmed down for a moment, then began to writhe again and tried to take off the clothes that were in the way.
Xiao Qisheng's endurance at this time was close to collapse, and if he continued like this, he could not continue to guarantee to be a righteous gentleman. But how could Zhao Lingshu, who was in the effect of an aphrodisiac, know that he would only keep getting closer, constantly writhing on Xiao Qisheng's body.
In a hurry, Xiao Qisheng had no choice but to stretch out his hand and knock Zhao Lingshu unconscious.
"Xiao Si, bring a bucket of ice water!" Xiao Qisheng hugged Zhao Lingshu who had fainted, and shouted to Xiao Si, who was waiting outside the house.
Xiao Si quickly asked the attendant to bring in a bucket of cold water.
After Xiao Qisheng carried Zhao Lingshu into the ice water, he immediately left the room and went to the cold Tan of the secret room of the palace.
This Hantan has always been a place for Xiao Qisheng to practice, but he didn't expect that one day he would stay here because he was hiding from a woman.
Xiao Qisheng jumped directly into the cold tan, and calmed the inner desire aroused by Zhao Lingshu, who was hit by an aphrodisiac. By the time the restlessness of the body had disappeared, it would already be an hour later.
Xiao Qisheng got up from the cold pool and changed into clean clothes that he put aside. While changing, he thought: "I don't know what happened to Zhao Lingshu." β
Xiao Qisheng stood at the door of the room where Zhao Lingshu was staying, hesitating whether to go in, put his hand on the door and was about to knock, thought about it and put it down.
"You go in and have a look." Xiao Qisheng took a few steps back and beckoned a maid standing aside to take a look inside.
The maid pushed the door in, and Xiao Qisheng immediately turned his back.
After a while, the maid opened the door and came out, and replied to Xiao Qisheng: "Your Highness, the girl inside has woken up." β
Xiao Qisheng immediately asked the maidservant to boil hot water. After a while, countless buckets of hot water were carried over, and several maids went in to serve Zhao Lingshu to bathe.
Zhao Lingshu watched several maids busy in the room, some were preparing clean clothes, some were pouring hot water into the bathtub, and some were sprinkling something into it that she didn't know what it was, and while sprinkling, she put her hand in to adjust the water temperature.
Zhao Lingshu stood aside wrapped in clothes, and a maid wanted to come over to change and bathe for her. Zhao Lingshu wrapped the clothes on his body even tighter, and avoided the maid's hand: "No, I'll do it myself." You all go out. β
When the maids in the room heard this, they looked at each other incomprehensibly, but Zhao Lingshu was very insistent, so they had to stop what they were doing and go out.
When the maids all went out and closed the door, and only she was the only one left in the room, Zhao Lingshu relaxed. She undressed and entered the wooden spring.
Zhao Lingshu soaked his whole body in hot water, remembering what happened today, his eyes slowly turned red, and tears unconsciously slipped from the corners of his eyes.
I don't know how long she cried, but she felt the water in the tub gradually cool. Zhao Lingshu got up from the bathtub at this time, took the dry towel that was put aside and dried himself carefully, got dressed, and walked to the door.
As soon as Zhao Lingshu opened the door, he saw Xiao Qisheng standing outside the door with his back to him.
"Has he been standing guard outside the door all this time?" Zhao Lingshu had mixed feelings, and a stream of heat welled up in his heart. Except for her family, no one treats her so sincerely. I am so grateful to him that I was able to avoid being defiled this time.
"Thank you for today's events, Your Highness Six. In the future, the Lingshu will definitely assist the Sixth Highness a lot until the Sixth Highness ascends to the throne. Zhao Lingshu stood at the door and bowed, and said sincerely to Xiao Qisheng. After saying that, he wanted to leave.
But before he could take a step, he was pulled by Xiao Qisheng, who turned around. Xiao Qisheng didn't say a word, pulled her straight into the room and immediately closed the door.
"Xiao Si, stand guard outside the door. No one is allowed to let it in. Xiao Qisheng commanded in a cold voice.
Xiao Si saw that Xiao Qisheng's expression was wrong, and he didn't dare to speak more, so he could only bow his head and answer: "Yes, Your Highness." β
Xiao Qisheng pulled Zhao Lingshu into the room but still didn't say a word, just kept pacing back and forth in the room.
Zhao Lingshu was puzzled by him: "What does the Sixth Highness want to do?" β
Xiao Qisheng still didn't speak.
"Xiao Qisheng, don't walk around, I feel dizzy when I look at it, stop it." Zhao Lingshu was no longer polite and sat down.
Xiao Qisheng turned his head to look at the expressionless Zhao Lingshu, held back for a while, and finally said what was in his heart: "Are you too long?" β
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? The corpse wants to live a few more years. Zhao Lingshu refuted Xiao Qisheng's words.
"No, how dare you go to Qin Xianglou alone? If you fail to deal with Xiao Qiming, forget it, and put yourself in, have you ever thought about what will happen to you if your maid doesn't find me, or if I go a little late? is still delusional to bring down Xiao Qiming and the Chu family, I think you just send yourself over. Xiao Qisheng frowned, counting Zhao Lingshu's incomprehension.
Zhao Lingshu knew that he was wrong, and he didn't refute it, and listened to Xiao Qisheng's number in silence.
But Xiao Qisheng didn't stop, and then counted Zhao Lingshu. No matter how good Zhao Lingshu's temper was, after experiencing so many things, his already frightened heart became even more aggrieved and angry. She bit her lip and stood up, about to slam the door.
Seeing this, Xiao Qisheng hurriedly rushed over to stop in front of her, holding the door with his hand to prevent her from opening.
"What's the matter with you and Xiao Qiming? Don't want to leave without making it clear. Xiao Qisheng's tone was resolute. He didn't believe that a person would hate a person so much for no reason, not to mention that in his impression, Xiao Qiming and Zhao Lingshu had no intersection at all, so what grievances could they talk about?
"The Enemy of the Destruction of the Gate." Zhao Lingshu coldly spit out these four words, and then before Xiao Qisheng could react, he pushed away the door and rushed out.
Xiao Si, who was outside the door, looked at Zhao Lingshu who ran out, and hesitantly asked Xiao Qisheng, who was standing still in the room: "Your Highness, are you still chasing this?" β
"Forget it. Let her go. Xiao Qisheng sighed, thinking about the "hatred of destroying the door" that Zhao Lingshu just said, and called Xiao Si: "Go and check the relationship between the Zhao family and Xiao Qiming." Don't let go of any clues. β
No one stopped him, and Zhao Lingshu ran out of the palace smoothly. As soon as I went out, I saw Qing'er and Yun'er standing outside waiting for a long time.
"Miss, you're scared us to death." Qing'er cried as soon as she saw Zhao Lingshu come out. Yun'er, who was holding back her tears, couldn't help but wipe her tears with her hands when she saw Qing'er crying.
Zhao Lingshu looked at the two little maids who were worried about her, and was moved and guilty at the same time: "Okay, didn't I come back intact?" It's too late now, and my grandparents are worried about it, so let's go back. β
Qing'er and Yun'er hurriedly put away their tears, and came over to carry Zhao Lingshu to the carriage.
Zhao Lingshu was about to get into the carriage holding the hands of the two maids, when he suddenly saw another carriage coming towards the palace from the other end of the road.
"Isn't this the carriage of An Zhilian, the sister-in-law of the county lord of Anling, who hit their carriage during the day? What is he doing here so late? β
Zhao Lingshu was puzzled, and Qing'er urged her below: "Miss, what are you looking at?" β
"It's nothing, let's go." Zhao Lingshu retracted his gaze, ignored the carriage, and let the coachman drive back to the house.
As soon as Zhao Lingshu returned to the house, he looked at Mama Li, who was close to Mrs. Zhao, standing outside the mansion waiting for her. As soon as he saw the carriage, he trotted over and stood under the carriage.
Zhao Lingshu got out of the carriage, and Mama Li immediately came over to help her: "Miss, you are back." The lady and the lord are worried about pregnancy in the house. After speaking, he turned to a little maid beside him and said, "Go and inform the lady and the master, the young lady is back." β
"Let you be worried, the corpse immediately went to ask your grandfather and grandmother for sin." Zhao Lingshu said guiltily.
"What are you talking about, Miss? As long as you come back safely, the old lady will be satisfied, where will you blame the young lady. Mama Li looked at Zhao Lingshu lovingly and said sincerely. Mama Li has watched Zhao Lingshu grow up since she was a child, and her own young lady has lost her biological mother since she was a child, and how much she is favored by Mrs. Zhao and Wei Guogong is known to everyone in the house.
As soon as Zhao Lingshu entered the mansion, Mrs. Zhao, who came out to greet her after hearing the news, excitedly took Zhao Lingshu into her arms directly, and said while crying: "Where have you been?" You're worried about your grandmother dead. If you have three longs and two shorts, how can we, two old men who are half-cut into the ground, explain to your father and brother, and how can we be worthy of your mother, who died early. β
When Zhao Lingshu saw this, he knew that he must not tell the truth. She comforted the crying Mrs. Zhao while thinking about her words.
"Grandma doesn't have to worry. Lingshu suddenly wanted to climb the mountain today, but halfway through the climb, he suddenly lost his strength, and Qing'er Yun'er was called by me to do something else, and she was not around, so she fainted on the side of the road due to her physical strength. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Sixth happened to pass by and brought the corpse to the palace to rest. The corpse woke up, and it was a little late to return. Let grandma worry, it's really the corpse that is not doing right. As he spoke, he knelt down.
"It's good if you come back, grandma is willing to blame you." Mrs. Zhao hurriedly helped up Zhao Lingshu, who was about to kneel, "Since it was His Royal Highness Sixth who saved you, then we have to thank others." As he spoke, he asked Mama Li to prepare a generous gift, and planned to go to the palace tomorrow to thank Xiao Qisheng in person.
Zhao Lingshu wanted to stop it, but he was worried that the obstruction would be suspected, so he could only go with Mrs. Zhao.
Zhao Lingshu accompanied Mrs. Zhao and talked for a while, until Mama Li came over and asked if she wanted to pass dinner.
"Lingshu also said that yesterday's physical strength was exhausted, and today let the cooks in the house make some nourishing things for every meal, and I want to let Lingshu take care of it." Mrs. Zhao patted Zhao Lingshu's hand and said to Mama Li.
Zhao Lingshu smiled helplessly, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only agree with a smile.
When dinner was served, Mrs. Zhao desperately gave the big fish and meat to Zhao Lingshu, Zhao Lingshu looked at the bowl full of dishes, and did not dare to refuse, so he could only eat it obediently one bite at a time. Mrs. Zhao smiled with satisfaction.
After dinner, Zhao Lingshu returned to his room. The past two days have been physically and mentally exhausted, Zhao Lingshu wanted to rest earlier, so Qing'er came over to change her clothes.
Zhao Lingshu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, but he couldn't fall asleep over and over. Zhao Lingqi simply got up from the bed in his clothes, opened the door and came to a pavilion in the courtyard alone.
Zhao Lingshu looked up at a full moon in the night sky, the moonlight was bright, but there was no trace of temperature. The mournful chirping of partridge birds in the distance makes the moonlight even more mournful.
The cold air soaked his bones, and Zhao Lingshu wrapped the clothes he was wearing tightly. In my previous life, how many times did I stand under such a sad and cold moonlight? With a feeling of hopelessness again and again, looking at the moon in the capital, there is no talented and beautiful woman to reunite with the family, only the family is ruined, and there is endless guilt.
In his previous life, he was naΓ―ve, and he was played around by Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi like a fool, and he didn't wake up until the last moment. I thought that I could only walk into the underworld with endless suffering, drink Meng Po soup, and let Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi, the adulterers and adulteresses, get away with it. I didn't expect God to open her eyes and let her live again.
Thinking of the things that were almost defiled by Chu Lanxi and Xiao Qiming's design yesterday, Zhao Lingshu was furious. Xiao Qisheng is right, her current strength is too weak, and if she falls into Xiao Qiming's hands, it will definitely be a dead end.