Chapter Twenty-Three: The King Will Take Care of Himself
Tao Mingxi washed his face, and when he saw that the housekeeper did not come again, he thought that Xing Tianze would not come, and his heart was very relaxed, so he casually put all his long hair behind him, and sat by the fire leisurely and prepared for dinner.
However, just as she was about to take out a book on the laws of the criminal Zhaoguo to read, she suddenly heard the sound of the maid ring outside the courtyard saluting Xing Tianze, and she hurriedly rushed into the inner room at a speed of 100 meters, lay on the bed and covered the quilt, pretending to be weak and closed her eyes.
"Zhu'er, tell him that I fell asleep first due to the cold." Tao Mingxi took advantage of the fact that Xing Tianze did not enter the door, and first colluded with Zhu'er.
As soon as Xing Tianze entered the door, he saw the embroidered handkerchief on the small stool by the stove shifting, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Yahuan Zhu'er hanging down the bed net, her deep eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of cunning flashed.
"The slave has seen the prince." Zhu'er greeted her and saluted, frowning solemnly, "Niangniang went out of the house today and suffered a cold, and now she just fell asleep, please don't blame the prince." ”
Xing Tianze saw the bed tent move slightly, but he just retracted his gaze as if he didn't see it, "The princess is out of the house today?" ”
"Back to the prince, it was the slave maid who accompanied the mother, and the mother said that she wanted to go out for a walk and see the scenery of the capital."
"What are you doing when you go out in such a cold weather, have you ever asked the doctor to come and see you?"
Xing Tianze asked while asking, walked to the side of the bed in a few steps, opened the bed tent and glanced at Tao Mingxi lying on the bed, only to see that the man's green silk was like ink, his skin was as white as snow, his lips were dandan, his phoenix eyes were lightly closed, and he slept very comfortably, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he simply sat down on the edge of the bed.
Zhu'er replied: "Niangniang has already gone to the hospital to see before returning home, and the doctor said that it will be good to go back to the house to drink a bowl of ginger soup and sleep well, and the prince does not have to worry." ”
Xing Tianze nodded, "That's fine, the princess is so weak, she still tries not to go out of the house in the future, if you need anything, just let the next person do it, if you are bored, wait for the king to take her out to play." ”
"Thank you prince, the slave will definitely tell the mother."
Zhu'er watched Xing Tianze's hand fall on Tao Mingxi's forehead, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but Xing Tianze didn't mean to take it away, but just lightly ordered Zhu'er: "You go down." ”
Tao Mingxi's cold forehead was suddenly covered by a fiery palm, and she couldn't help but tense her whole body, this hand was like a spark falling into a spirit, just touching her forehead made her involuntarily start to heat.
Hearing this guy send Zhu'er out again, she was even more "groaning" in her heart, Xing Tianze opened Zhu'er, what did he want to do?
Zhu'er was also worried that Tao Mingxi, who was pretending to be asleep, was not good, and didn't know whether to leave or not, Xing Tianze withdrew his palm and turned his head to look at her coldly, "Can't you hear what this king is saying?" ”
"Ah, the slave and maid heard it, but the prince should have dinner at this time, and the mother should leave it to the slave and maid to take care of it."
Smart, Zhu'er is worthy of being a good sister of this princess, Tao Mingxi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but she didn't expect that in the next second, she heard Xing Tianze say: "The princess is the wife of this king, she is not well, how can this king rest assured, this king wants to guard her personally, you can step down." ”
Zhu'er wanted to speak again, Xing Tianze turned his head and gave her a cold look, staring directly at her spine, Zhu'er had to grit her teeth and say, "Slave and maid retire", but she turned back one step at a time, for fear that Xing Tianze would do something to Tao Mingxi. Although Xing Tianze just sat on the edge of the bed like this, he didn't make any further movements.
Listening to Zhu'er's footsteps gradually disappearing, Tao Mingxi's heart collapsed, what did Xing Tianze want to do with her?
The room was getting quieter and quieter, so quiet that she could even hear Xing Tianze's breathing clearly, but the pace of her own breathing was getting faster and faster because of her nervousness, and even if she didn't open her eyes, she could feel the ups and downs in front of her.
Someone just sat on the edge of the bed staring at her delicate and picturesque face, listening to her breathing faster and faster, somehow his eyes were attracted by the undulating quilt, and Tao Mingxi's white and thin neck went down, and from his angle he could just get a glimpse of a trace of reverie.
Xing Tianze couldn't help but recall the day he first met Tao Mingxi.
On that day, he had already learned that his marriage would become a victim of the political marriage between the two countries, and he was not in a good mood, wearing a red wedding robe, riding a high-headed horse, leading the mighty greeting team out of the south city gate, and exposed to a boss under the scorching sun, and waited until the belated Fuyang country to send off the family.
Fuyang Guo also attached great importance to this marriage, and he could see the long procession of relatives under the city tower stretching into the distance that he could not see clearly, but he did not stop looking at the extremely luxurious carriage at the front and his future wife inside.
It wasn't until the sedan chair stopped in front of him and the envoy of Fuyang Kingdom read out the marriage book that he reluctantly glanced at the sedan chair with impatience, and then turned the horse head and led the team to his palace.
The sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers in the sky, as well as the sound of lively people and ceremonial music, made noise throughout the capital, and he rode on a horse and was admired by the women of the city, and the men were jealous or envious, and returned to his palace, and there was no trace of turmoil in his heart during the whole process, whether he was happy or not.
In front of the palace, he dismounted, kicked the sedan chair, opened the sedan curtain and saw her sitting in a big red phoenix robe, with a red hijab covering her face, and he didn't deliberately look at it.
He had heard of such a thing as the cave room, but he had never made trouble, and he did not have a good impression of going to the cave room for the sake of the country, and he had always been drunk for a long time, and he pretended to be drunk that night, and slept on the couch and clothes on the night of the candle in the cave room, and the next morning, he lazily lifted the red hijab covering his bride with a palm.
He didn't even see her face clearly, and only said lightly: "I'm going to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother." ”
Then he walked away.
Later, he was alone with her in a carriage, his gaze still did not stop on her face, and after getting out of the carriage, he only pretended to lead her to walk, and still recalls, the soft touch seemed to be his only reflection of her.
After seeing the Queen Mother from the palace and returning home, he never stepped into her courtyard again, and she soon closed the door all day, as if she was depressed due to homesickness, but it had no effect on him, he did not force her to cooperate with him to act, and whenever there was a banquet that she needed to attend, he let the Sun family participate on his behalf.