Chapter 781 Everything Happened Just Right in Time
“Fifth… Fifth Miss!” Shuqi turned around in a panic and almost knocked over the bedside chair.
“What did you say to the supervisor eunuch just now?” Shao Wanru looked at Shuqi calmly and asked.
Shuqi didn’t have time to care about where she had been hit. She calmed down, lowered her head, and said, “I… I didn’t say anything. I just sent a pouch with money to this eunuch as Miss had said and then I asked him to take care of Miss!”
Since they would be living here for a while, it was certain that they needed to establish a good relations.h.i.+p with the supervisor eunuch.
After saying that, Shuqi breathed nervously a few times. In fact, she had wanted to explain it in this way when coming in, but the Fifth Miss had not asked. This made her breathless as if there was something weighing on her heart. Only when she said it out did she feel relieved now.
Originally, there was a good reason for her to do this, so the Fifth Miss couldn’t find anything wrong with her even though she might suspect Shuqi of lying. Most of what Shuqi had said just now was true, and she said this on the Fifth Miss’s side. Even if the Fifth Miss knew this, she couldn’t say that Shuqi did something wrong.
Thinking in this way, she calmed down.
Had there not been too much mental pressure just now, she would not have been so nervous.
Shuqi told herself again and again that her words were justifiable, and she gradually looked relaxed. She bowed sideways to Shao Wanru and said, “Fifth Miss, let me go to see if the medicine has been decocted for my Miss!”
The medicine was being decocted by a little palace maid in a small room next to the side hall.
“Ok, go ahead!” Shao Wanru said, but her eyes still fell on Shuqi.
Under Shao Wanru’s gaze, Shuqi went to the small room on the side. When she stepped out of the door, she felt that the pressure on her finally disappeared. She took two deep breaths and reached out to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead, which had just appeared because of her nervousness. Since she had pa.s.sed this test, there was nothing to worry about next.
She had guessed that the Fifth Miss would ask her about this. Shuqi followed Shao Yanru, so she naturally knew that Shao Wanru was smart. Otherwise, her Miss would not have failed repeatedly.
“Miss…” Seeing Shuqi go out, Yujie called Shao Wanru and hinted that Shao Yanru was still lying in bed.
“Let’s take a walk!” Shao Wanru stood up, looked at Shao Yanru, who was still lying in bed, and said calmly.
“Miss, you’d better stay here!” Yujie advised. Considering that First Miss had been badly injured, and they were in the Phoenix Palace, if Miss still went out for a walk, some malicious gossip about her would start.
“It doesn’t matter!” Shao Wanru said, and stood up to walk out. She was really not worried about what Shuqi had said to the eunuch, because she had never intended to show the sisterhood with Shao Yanru.
Shao Yanru was ambitious. Shao Wanru didn’t know what had happened in the last life, but that was similar to the current situation. In the last life, she had not entered Prince Zhou’s Mansion or Prince Yue’s Mansion, but finally entered the imperial palace. It could be seen that something had happened in the last life that had forced her to enter the palace.
In the last life, she had seemed to be quite distant from Duke Xing’s Mansion. Although Duke Xing’s Mansion had tried its best to kill her, she had never been clear about it and had not paid much attention to Duke Xing’s Mansion, so she had not known what had happened to Shao Yanru. However, even though something had happened, it had been impossible for her to find out anything about it in her situation at that time.
Just like what had happened to Shao Yanru this time, the two princes were also involved, so a gag order might have been issued and it was impossible to inquire about it. In this way, Shao Yanru’s reputation could not be considered ruined. However, after such a matter had happened, she would miss the opportunity to enter Prince Zhou’s Mansion or Prince Yue’s Mansion.
It was impossible for her to marry well after getting out of the palace. Although the aristocratic families in the capital city might not be able to get any information, they might notice that something must have happened, because Shao Yanru was sent out of the palace, who used to be the most popular candidate for the princess. The aristocratic families would not marry such a girl who was sent out.
Therefore, staying in the palace was her only chance and also her only chance to get in touch with people in authority. Shao Yanru would not give up this opportunity.
There was no benefit of getting close to her!
There was an injury in the side hall, so the stove heated the room. When standing in the corridor, they suddenly felt the cold air. Shao Wanru stood still in the corridor and looked out.
This was the most remote side hall of the Phoenix Palace. There were no people around but only a few palace servants pa.s.sing by. Everything was quiet and desolate.
“Miss, did Shuqi say something to that eunuch?” Yujie finally had a chance to talk to Shao Wanru. She took two steps forward and asked in a low voice. She always felt that Shuqi was as restless as her master.
Shao Wanru nodded and smiled faintly. Shuqi definitely had spoken ill of her and told something bad about her in an indirect way, which sounded like Shuqi was defending Shao Wanru.
“Miss, I’ll ask her about it clearly!” Yujie said worriedly.
“No!” Shao Wanru shook her head and said. She didn’t care about what Shao Yanru said about her, but one thing that she must let others know was that she didn’t get along well with Shao Yanru and she had no choice but to stay here.
As for the reason why their relations.h.i.+p was awful, if someone inquired about this, he would definitely find out the affairs of Duke Xing’s Mansion. So, just let this be a key link for things later!
After standing at the door of the side hall for a while, Shao Wanru took a walk outside, but didn’t go far. She was only noticed by a few palace maids pa.s.sing by outside the side hall. Seeing the palace maids’ vigilant and alert eyes, Shao Wanru smiled and suddenly knew what Shao Yanru had asked Shuqi to say.
Considering that her words could arouse the vigilance of the palace servants and Shao Wanru was a beauty candidate, the answer was self-evident. Shao Yanru was just afraid that Shao Wanru would have something to do with Prince Zhou and this poor Fifth Miss would irritate the Empress for forcefully getting Prince Zhou involved.
Just now, she had deliberately kept silent in front of the eunuch and left everything to Shao Yanru, who had been so seriously injured that she almost couldn’t hold on anymore. For one thing, Shao Yanru would not rest a.s.sured unless she did so. For another, she wanted to show the supervisor eunuch that she was really useless and had no sisterhood with Shao Yanru.
A useless Miss from an aristocratic family couldn’t help Prince Zhou in anything. What could she be used for Prince Zhou and the Empress?
If such a useless Miss from an aristocratic family got close to Prince Zhou and made the Empress unhappy, the Empress would vent her anger on all the palace servants of the Fengyi Palace. So, it made sense for them to stare at her alertly.
Shao Wanru smiled in a good mood and looked up at a white plum tree in front of her.
It was a lone tree over there with light plum blossoms, which seemed to be not so carefully planted. The ordinary colors and only a few blossoms on it could obviously tell that it had not been taken good care of.
This was the side hall of the palace, so the masters would not come to such a remote place to enjoy the flowers. It was not easy for the flowers to be left alone but grow naturally.
She raised her hand and pinched off a small branch from the tree. There was only a small flower on it. Looking at the small but tenacious plum blossom, she smiled more brightly. She narrowed her eyes, took the flower, and turned it against the sun. Although the blossom was small, it was still beautiful.
An elegant girl, dressed in plain clothes, had delicate facial features on her beautiful face. Her white and tender skin was as smooth as jade, and what was more outstanding was her pair of watery eyes. Her dark long eyelashes fluttered like b.u.t.terfly wings, and her eyes were glittering and charming. When she smiled, her cherry-like red mouth made her more charming and lovely with less elegance.
She held the flower in her hand and put it in front of her nose. It was light, but because of her smile, it also became beautiful and fragrant.
Chu Liuchen stood there and saw this scene. His heart, which had always been icy cold, seemed to be hit heavily. It became sour and soft, and there was a trace of affection in his eyes.
He didn’t know when it started, but he knew that he, who had cared about nothing at first, gradually cared about something. First of all, he cherished his life.
In fact, what he cared least about was his health. No one had cared about it before, so why had he cared? There was no difference whether he died young or later!
As long as he was alive, he would live wantonly. It also didn’t matter if he couldn’t live. Who in the world really cared about him?
However, unknowingly, he seemed to be willing to stay alive, and he felt that he had to properly treat his illness. If he was always badly ill and even on the verge of death, he might really die at any moment. Then what would she become after being left alone?
As long as he thought that she would be alone, he would feel very sad and painful in his heart. Even though it was for her, he seemingly could no longer give up himself. In fact, he could do better and do more for her.
From the innocence at first to the clear mind later, Chu Liuchen was glad that he understood this quite early and he could pull her into his arms step by step. With her, he would not make his heart completely cold and indifferent.
Fortunately, he was able to clearly and quickly understand his intentions. And it was lucky that he had already known how to keep her firmly by his side before he understood his intentions.
Everything happened just right, just in time.
For some reason, he felt a part of his heart slowly relaxed. She could finally walk up to him and would no longer just watch from far away.
It was a wonderful feeling, as if the two of them had known each other for a long time and cared about each other all the time, but had never had the chance to say it. It seemed that they would not settle down until they had experienced thousands of hards.h.i.+ps.
But in fact, they had only known each other for about three years. Why did he feel that they had pa.s.sed through thousands of hards.h.i.+ps? Chu Liuchen thought for a moment and felt that he didn’t need to care about such feeling. He just needed to understand his mind now. Since he didn’t allow himself to die early, he planned to protect her for the rest of his life.
To protect her forever rather than to make her sad and painful.
There was basically no big problem with his illness, and he just needed to recuperate in the future. Besides, he also had the foundation of martial arts. Although he didn’t look well, in fact, his condition was no worse than that of an ordinary person!
“Zhuozhuo, what are you looking at?” He asked with a smile at the corner of his mouth. The man, who was as elegant as jade and a G.o.d in heaven, interrupted Shao Wanru’s stare.