Chapter 21: Self-Knowledge

Xiao Mingze threw the teacup back into the tray held by Xie Wan again, the slightly cool tea splashed Xie Wan's body, the pain in his knees was dense, and his legs were almost about to kneel down as soon as they were weak.

Xiao Mingze frowned, and his hand was subconsciously raised. However, Xie Wan gritted his teeth and only paused for a moment, and then endured the pain and blessed his body, and there was no resentment on his face, "The slave is stupid, please let Your Majesty calm your anger." ”

After speaking, Xie Wan walked outside with a little limp, Xiao Mingze behind him pursed his lips and put his hand down, but the nameless fire in his heart burned more and more, and he flicked his sleeves and didn't see anything.

Xie Wan went out of the inner hall before returning to the small kitchen at the back, and knelt down unsupportably holding on to the wall, and slammed firmly. Amber hurriedly beckoned Pearl over, and the two of them helped Xie Wan up one by one, and took her to the wooden chair to the side and sat down.

Amber looked at Xie Wan's somewhat pale face and couldn't stop sighing, "Sister, why bother holding on, it's not enough to be soft to Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”

Xie Wan could still pull his lips and laugh, although his voice was a little dry, it was not weak, "It's because I didn't do well on my own errand, and Your Majesty is already magnanimous without punishment." ”

Although Xie Wan said, he couldn't help but cover his knees with a warm palm, so as to relieve a little, and then raised his eyes to look at the amber and pearl who were still around him, and said kindly, "I'm fine, you guys should also be busy." ”

The two opened their lips and wanted to say something more, but when they met Xie Wan's smile, they could only silence, and in the end they were busy with what Xie Wan said.

Xie Wan slowed down for a while before standing up again, picking tea leaves and boiling water, and then cooling until six minutes before putting them on the tray and carrying them to the inner hall. Xie Wan simply knelt beside Xiao Mingze and held the tray high, "Please drink tea for Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Mingze's movements on his hands stiffened, and he unconsciously twisted his eyebrows again, lifted the teacup from the tray and took a sip without tasting anything, and casually put the teacup aside, and turned his eyes no longer to look at Xie Wan, hard to open,

"Okay, let's go down, my legs are not all good, and I don't have to come to the palace to annoy Lonely."

Xie Wan didn't show much joy when he heard this, and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, slave, for your kindness." ”

Xie Wan returned to his small room, closed the door and finally took a breath, grabbed the soft pillow and rubbed it vigorously in his hand, but there was not much movement. When his mind was at peace, and as if nothing had happened, he just smoothed the soft pillow and put it back in place.

Knock Knock –

There was a soft knock on the door, and Amber's voice sounded outside, "Sister Xie, are you there?" ”

Xie Wan's legs didn't want to move, but he still managed to stand up, walked over and opened the door, "What's wrong?" ”

Amber ducked to the side, revealing Pearl, Emerald, and Coral behind her.

"The slave maid thinks that she should let her sister see them one by one."

After seeing the ceremony, the few people dispersed, only Amber walked slowly, she smiled at Xie Wan, "Your Majesty has always been knife-mouthed tofu heart, sister can have a good rest these days, and when she is well, she will go to the imperial front again, and it will not affect the errand." ”

Xie Wan sent Amber away with a smile, closed the door and simply lay on the bed, and the exhaustion finally relaxed. Looking up at the white wall above his head, Xie Wan thought about what Amber said today, and shook it a little funny.

If Xiao Mingze is lenient and benevolent, it may be true, but how soft-hearted he is, he may not be able to see how young the emperor is, and the emperor is not soft-hearted.

Xie Wan went through the events of this period of time one by one, from the palm to the palace, everything pushed her forward, but this road became more and more difficult to walk, and she became more and more unable to see where she was going.

Xie Wan lay down for a while but sat up, took out the medicine given by Zhuqing last time from his baggage, and carefully rubbed it on his knees. Xie Wan's knees were bruised, and there were still some red marks on his calves, as if they had broken skin.

Xie Wan couldn't help but shudder when the potion touched the wound, but Xie Wan just pursed his lips and his expression didn't change. In order to make the potion work faster, Xie Wan kept snorting into his palm, and then rubbed it on his knee to try to rub the blood away.

There is no need to say the pain, but Xie Wan doesn't feel it.

The next morning, when the sky was bright, Xie Wan dressed up and went to the inner hall to serve Xiao Mingze and got up.

Xiao Mingze was stunned for a moment when he saw Xie Wan, then blinked and stared at Xie Wan for a while, making sure he wasn't dazzled. Xiao Mingze's eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle again, "Didn't Lone allow you to cultivate." ”

Xie Wan knelt down to tie Xiao Mingze's belt, and replied with his head lowered and his eyebrows lowered, "Back to Your Majesty's words, Your Majesty is lenient and sympathetic to the slaves and maids, but the slaves and maids dare not serve without care, for fear of disappointing the expectations of the Queen Mother." ”

Xiao Mingze's face was difficult to look at again, he raised his head and closed his eyes, stopped looking and didn't speak.

Xie Wan followed Liu Fu and He Wen to send Xiao Mingze to the imperial chariot, today He Wen was on duty to serve by Xiao Mingze's side, Xie Wan withdrew his eyes and was about to go back to the apse, but was stopped by Liu Fu.

"Thank you."

Xie Wan turned around and made a half-salute, "Father-in-law Liu has something to order?" ”

Liu Fu owed, and there was a smile on his face, "Don't dare, my grade doesn't have to be much higher, how dare I say what I don't command." It's just that I want to remind Xie Zhangshi that Your Majesty has allowed you to cultivate, so why should you brush off Your Majesty's kindness. ”

Liu Fu's words were euphemistic, but Xie Wan understood it in his heart. Liu Fu almost took Xie Wan's ear and said, don't contradict Your Majesty, and don't be too stubborn.

Xie Wan's face also showed a faint smile, "Father-in-law, where is this, the slave maid was lucky to ask the Empress Dowager to take a fancy to serve His Majesty, even if Your Majesty is lenient, the slave and maid dare not forget their identity." When the slave maid first arrived, what he knew was that His Majesty was filial to the Empress Dowager and even sympathetic to the slave and maid, and if she didn't know, she would say that the slave and maid relied on the power of the Empress Dowager, and even Your Majesty did not pay attention to it. ”

Xie Wan's words were straightforward, and the smile on Liu Fu's face froze for a moment, and then he could only say dryly, "It's our family that thinks inappropriately." ”

Xie Wan still smiled, but his voice softened a lot, "Father-in-law kindly mentioned it, the slave and maid know in their hearts, thank you father-in-law." ”

Xie Wan didn't stay any longer, but said that he still had something to do and returned to the apse.

Xie Wan had to prepare tea and snacks before Xiao Mingze went down to the morning court, and the inner hall had to be cleaned up, and the tea and snacks had to be kept warm and couldn't be cold. Fortunately, with the help of Amber, everything went well.