Chapter 39: Hard Thorns

I stood in place without making a sound, quietly looking at Li Xuan's eyes, his bottom of the pool clearly reflected my pretty and delicate figure, I only wore a moon-white silk bedgown, the night breeze through the wooden window, I shivered, sleepiness dissipated, only left awake.

Li Xuan stared at me with such a painful gaze, he said hurtful words, every word was a stab in my heart, in order to protect Mrs. Xiang, who had been with him for many years, he did not hesitate to stab me with the most vicious words, completely ignoring my embarrassment and grievances.

It's false to say that I'm not disappointed or sad, I was furious, and I couldn't help clenching my right hand and slamming it on his chest: "She's good, you go to her, you get out of the ink garden for me now, and I will draw a clear line with you in the future, and it has nothing to do with each other!" ”

Xu was mad, I spoke viciously as if I had lost my mind, and I didn't leave any emotion, and I stopped talking.

Li Xuan's partiality towards Mrs. Xiang is undoubtedly a hard thorn, penetrating deep into my flesh and skin, and it hurts. He knew that I minded those women, but he was willing to accuse me like this, and Mrs. Xiang categorically complained to him with a thousand grievances, but who would take care of my grievances?

Li Xuan's face ached, and he was beaten back by me, he covered his chest and looked at me in disbelief.

I yelled at him, regardless of my image, "What are you going to do with those women of yours and what do you have to do with me?" I don't like you in the first place, why do you pretend to say so many hypocritical things? I didn't provoke you, obviously you came to provoke me first, what right do you have to accuse me? Li Xuan, why are you?! ”

The layers of grievances suppressed in my heart burst down the embankment, all erupted, I stepped forward and pushed Li Xuan all the way out of the house, he stumbled due to drunkenness, and even his strength could not reach me, I "slammed" the door shut, and the sound was followed by an empty silence. My petite body slid down the edge of the door until I sat down on the cold floor, leaning my back against the door and sobbing quietly.

After crying for a while, I took a deep breath and wiped the tears that remained on my face, there is nothing to cry for Li Xuan, just like I just said, it's good to die and not get along, but no matter how transparent I think about it, tears still can't help but gush out of my sore eyes.

Li Xuan and I are obviously only one step apart, but it is so difficult to take a step, and there is an unsolvable problem between us.

I struggled to stand up, my legs were slightly numb, I turned my back to look, Li Xuan's slender figure was projected on the door, and the loneliness was uncomfortably, I couldn't take three or two steps to blow out the candles in the house.

Suddenly, the room was pitch black, and the projection of Li Xuan's figure disappeared together.

Being so troubled by him, I didn't have the mind to sleep anymore, my chest was full of sourness, stuffy pain, and my mind kept flashing all kinds of past with Li Xuan, his doting on me, his accommodation to me, his tolerance for me, and his care for me all swept in at this time, drowning me.

I tiptoed to the door, Li Xuan stood alone in the courtyard, lonely and lonely like a big tree struck by thunder, and suddenly decadent, I remembered what I said when I pushed him, I said that he was hypocritical to me, and he had nothing to do with him in the future, is he like this because he was hurt by my words?

He and I are like two hedgehogs warming each other, wanting to be close but inadvertently stinging each other, the pain of tearing the flesh is so deep and complete that we forget the original intention of warming each other.

Li Xuan stood outside the door for a long time, until the night faded, the fog gradually rose, the heavy dew wet his clothes, and his long figure turned into an indelible trace in my heart.

Cold to numb, I watched him step by step with his feet filled with lead out of the ink garden, this time he probably won't come again, I can't do anything with him that nothing has happened, I burst into tears, obviously I don't want to say those hurtful words to hurt others and myself, but I still made everything bad, I buried my head between my knees, my shoulders trembled, and I cried miserably.

I don't know how I fell asleep, but I remember sitting on the floor in the corner of the wall, crying and crying and losing consciousness and falling into the dark.

I slept for a long time, and I couldn't wake up from being groggy, and I vaguely heard Xiao Ye crying in my ear and calling me the princess, saying that she had burdened me, and Aunt Yun and Chu Lan took turns to persuade me.

I really want to tell Xiao Ye to be quiet for a while, this girl was shocked and didn't look like a girl's house at all, and I also said that I wanted to find a wishful husband for her, and that man would dare to ask for her after she made such a fuss. But I can't even move my fingers, my eyelids are very heavy, what's wrong with me?

I don't know how long I've been asleep, I was woken up by a bitter smell of medicine, what kind of broken medicine is this, it is more bitter than the lotus seeds picked by Xiaoye, and which one is not afraid of death who dares to pour me to drink such a bitter medicine?

It seemed that I felt my resentment, and the person who fed me the medicine moved, I took the opportunity to open my eyes, and stared at me in a daze, and saw Chu Lan's delicate little face, she saw me wake up, and was very happy: "Princess, you are finally awake." ”

She muttered to herself: "The medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Zhang is really effective, and if you take a few more patches, you will definitely be able to cure the disease." ”

I turned my head, the whole room was only Chu Lan alone, empty, I thought it was strange, Xiao Ye, this girl always sticks to me when she has something to do, why don't I see her when I'm sick this time?

There was only one ominous thought in my mind, I beat Mrs. Xiang because of the quarrel between Xiao Ye and Chu'er, could it be that Li Xuan punished Xiao Ye in order to give Mrs. Xiang this breath?

I struggled to sit up with my elbows, but before my head left the pillow, the whole person fell backwards, and my whole body was soft and unable to exert my strength. ”

Chu Lan's eyes flashed with hesitation, and I could see it clearly, but her voice was still calm and unwavering: "She went out of the house with Aunt Yun, and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and the gifts that should be purchased still have to be prepared." ”

Just now I insisted on getting up, the brocade quilt covering my chest slipped down, and I had goosebumps all over my body from the cold, Chu Lan stepped forward to help me cover the quilt, I grabbed her hand and didn't let go, the strength was not strong but she couldn't break free: "Chu Lan, I want to listen to the truth." ”

In terms of carefulness and properness, Xiao Ye is not as good as Chu Lan, how could Aunt Yun choose Xiao Ye, who is very arrogant, to buy the Mid-Autumn Festival to reward people, and Chu Lan's hesitation before opening her mouth I can see it really, she didn't tell me the truth.

Chu Lan pressed the back of my hand, and still bent down to pull the brocade quilt for me: "The princess's body is just better, don't bother." No matter how good the princess is to Xiao Ye, she is still a slave, her identity is insurmountable, and she should be punished for doing something wrong. ”

"Chu Lan, are you blaming me?" Chu Lan behaved and spoke appropriately, so naturally she would not complain, but the faint discomfort and helplessness in her tone made me feel guilty, if it weren't for me, Xiao Ye would not have been punished.

Chu Lan put the corners of the quilt under my armpits and covered me tightly, but no longer looked into my eyes.

"I have never treated Xiao Ye as a slave, and I have never looked down on you. Only by staying with you in this palace will I be less lonely. I said sincerely.

Chu Lan's expression was moved, and she was angry about it, plus I really treated them sincerely, and I didn't hold the master's shelf, she smiled, sighed and said: "Mrs. Xiang has been wronged, and she must find someone to come out of this evil breath, this matter was originally Xiao Ye was going to be heavily punished, but the prince still opened up in the face of the princess, and only let people beat twenty boards, which is a small punishment and a big commandment, and he also has an explanation for Mrs. Xiang." ”

"Twenty boards?! How can Xiao Ye stand it?! I screamed in shock.

"When I was helped back by Aunt Yun, there was blood on the trousers, so scared that I was busy giving her medicine, but the girl was stubborn, so she couldn't help crying, and when she returned to Moyuan, she had a lot of tears and snot, and she cried so much that she couldn't look like a man, crying and shouting to prevent the slave from telling the princess."

"She has fine skin and tender flesh, it must hurt a lot." Think about Xiao Ye's appearance of not being afraid of heaven and earth, when did I let her be wronged and beaten in Moyuan, she was the same as me, she was very afraid of pain.

Chu Lan said again: "The slave maid thinks that Xiao Ye's beating is not all bad, at least this girl can remember the lesson of this time, and in the future, she will know more about proportion, so that she can share the worries of the master." ”