The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 16

After listening to the government doctor Liao Zhong's diagnosis of Chu Xue's "disease comes from the mouth", Song Chen's eyes showed a coldness.

"Is there still room for today's lunch?"

He asked Chu Xue's two personal maids.

"Ah? It's all gone. Go back to the lord. When the young lady runs out, the people in the dining room will evacuate..." Yanling replied with a look of confusion, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Oh, yes, there is still a plate. Su-grilled tofu, the miss tasted good, so she didn't let the dining room evacuate, she said she kept it and told Ruyue to learn from it... Ruyue is skillful, the miss used to love her dishes the most."

Fearing that Song Chen would become suspicious, Yan Ling deliberately added the last sentence.

In fact, there is nothing suspicious, Chu Xue has always liked tofu, and Ruyue would often make soup for her when she was in the capital, Song Chen already knew about it these days.

"Ask Xing Feng to come over and check it out, and give me an explanation."

Song Chen ordered in a deep voice to Lu Fang who was waiting outside the door, and Lu Fang went immediately after getting the order.

Xing Feng is also one of Song Chen's personal guards.

Since returning to Yanzhou, Gao Li has been in charge of communicating with officials at all levels of Weizhou's drought control and matters on behalf of King Heng, and basically does not stay in the palace for a long time, so Lu Fang personally guards Song Chen.However, these guards have followed him since he was a child, their martial arts are extremely high and they are all his confidantes, so no matter who they are, Song Chen can use them with ease.

Hearing Song Chen's words of investigation, the matter was almost done. Chu Xue coughed twice behind the tent, reminding Song Chen, he sat back on the bed again, opened the curtain, and saw the pitiful beauty.

Chu Xue had already sat up again, and seeing Song Chen's eyes full of pity, she bit her lip and leaned on his shoulder with tears in her eyes.

He took her into his arms, and put a quilt on her as before, wrapping her so that only her small head was exposed, and then said softly, "After the medicine is delivered, take it well. Didn't Liao Zhong say that it will be done in two or three days?" All right, come on, don't be sad."

I don't know if it was a grievance, or because I was moved by the gentle care of the man in front of me, tears burst out suddenly, I couldn't stop it, and I didn't want to stop it.She shed tears quietly for a while, and then said softly in a slightly hoarse voice: "My lord, go to work, my concubine is much better."

Raising his hand to stroke the hair on the back of her head, he sighed softly, "Then lie down and rest for a while, and I will come back to accompany you for dinner later."

"Eat dinner" just uttered the word, but she felt that she started to cry again, she shook her head, feeling extremely wronged, "I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat anything."

Song Chen immediately understood that he had made a mistake, and also understood what she was thinking about, so he quickly changed his words, "How can you get sick if you don't eat? I forgot to say just now, don't you like to eat the dishes made by Ruyue? I will be in your small kitchen tonight Let’s get together, let Kisaragi show his hands, I’ll try it too, how about it?”

After a while, she straightened up and looked at him, put away her tears and nodded, "Well, what does the prince want to eat? Let Ruyue prepare it."

He smiled, and lightly pinched her pretty face, "I am not picky about food, I will accompany you to eat whatever I want tonight."

She also bent the corner of her mouth and nodded, "When will the prince come over?"

He looked at the sky outside the window, thought for a while, "Let's wait another hour, if I'm too busy to forget, you send Yanling to call me."

"Ah."

Although there were still tears on the eyelashes, the beauty finally smiled.

After gently kissing her forehead, watching her lie down, and tucking the quilt up for her, Song Chen returned to his study in the front yard.

Chu Xue was lying on the bed, the wind howling in her heart.

Just now she heard clearly, Liao Zhong is very sure that everything is fine in his body, as for the pregnancy, all he needs to do is wait patiently...

He is really Xu Jinhe's man.

Xu Jinhe, who has been the concubine of Heng Wang for more than ten years, is indeed not in vain. How many of her people are there in this mansion?Has my Wantang Garden been inserted into it?
Chu Xue suddenly felt that it was difficult to move.

Before she came in, she thought she was well prepared, but it wasn't until these open and dark arrows fell before her eyes one after another, that she really realized the painstaking efforts of her parents at that time.

If it weren't for the car accident and the people turning their backs, wouldn't she have died in this palace long ago?Where is there any hope of revenge!

But even though Liao Zhong belonged to Xu Jinhe, now she can also rule out the possibility of Xu Jinhe poisoning this time.Just let yourself suffer from asthma due to rashes from birth, but provoked Song Chen to investigate. Such an obvious mentally retarded method really shouldn't be the style of Princess Xu Shiheng.

Then, only Xia Wanyin and Li Jiaoyun were left.

With her friendly attitude towards herself these days and Xiao Songning's relationship, she was not willing to doubt Li Jiaoyun, but Xia Wanyin was just a concubine, could she have the guts to harm her side concubine?Also, if it was really her, how did she do it?
Just as she was thinking, Ruyue came in with medicine.

This is the medicine that Ruyue watched Liao Zhong prepare with her own eyes. After making sure that there is nothing tricky, Ruyue fried it and brought it in. Ruyue waited for her to drink it before softly saying: "Miss, the peach pollen this time is not made over there."

She suppressed the bitterness in her mouth, grinned and nodded, "Thinking about it."

Seeing that Kisaragi wanted to find some sweets for her, she waved her hand to stop.Kisaragi asked: "It's been so long, Miss still can't eat sweets?"

She nodded and shook her head again, "I can get over any hurdles, but this is the only thing I can't do. It makes me sick to think about it."

Ruyue sighed, brought her a glass of clear water, and added: "This time the rash will disappear in about two days, but... the anti-child medicine is incompatible with this soup, so I can't take it for the time being."

As soon as this remark came out, she was choked and coughed repeatedly, and thought it was funny again, "How can my lord do this?"

After her cough subsided, she sighed again: "He is a man of measure. Even if it is normal, if I really refuse, he will not force it."

He has been very busy since he returned to Yanzhou, and he can't leave the front yard almost all day long.But today, he followed Yanling just after he left, and the speed was faster than expected, which made her surprised but also faintly moved.From what happened today, no, since she entered the mansion, she can really feel that Song Chen really cares about herself.

After drinking the decoction and soaking in the medicated bath prepared by Ruyue for a while, half of the pain and itchiness on her body disappeared. Chu Xue didn't have a long time to spare, and all the dinners in her small kitchen were prepared and put on the dining table one by one. He was about to send Yanling to the front yard to ask for someone, when he heard a call from outside the door, Song Chen came over.

She walked to the door to salute, Song Chen quickly helped her up when she saw it, and said with concern: "Don't you have a fever, why did you come to the door again, what should I do if I catch a cold again?"

As he spoke, he touched her forehead.

She let him stretch out his hand, and smiled slightly, "I'm not too sick to get out of bed, and it's too rude for the concubine not to welcome the prince when he comes."

He still had a low fever, and he frowned slightly, "If you're still sick, don't care so much about the form, your body is more important."

Holding her hand, he walked to the dining table and sat down, glanced at the exquisite dishes on the table, he nodded in praise and said: "I can't tell, Ruyue's craftsmanship is quite good, these dishes look very pleasing to the eye."

She curled her lips and handed him the chopsticks, "The prince came just after the table was set. You really know how to hurry. Not only is it pleasing to the eye, but the taste is also good. Please try it soon, my lord."

Because of her illness, Ruyue specially made some light food for her, but knowing that Song Chen was coming, Ruyue also specially made some of his favorite food.

Ruyue is really good at cooking, and Song Chen repeatedly praised the delicious dishes, "The taste is really good!"

Chu Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put on a good appetite, ate a lot, and picked up food for him, "Try it quickly, my lord, this one is not bad, Ruyue's craftsmanship is the same as that in our Chu mansion before. The chef learned it, and my mother also taught her a lot, and the concubine is very comfortable to eat. Does the prince like it?"

Listening to her soft voice, seeing her smiling face, and seeing the spots and rashes on her wrists when she reached out to pick up vegetables, Song Chen felt mixed feelings.Of the four women in the mansion, Xue'er is the youngest, but she is also the farthest from home. Li Jiaoyun and Xia Wanyin are both natives of Yanzhou. Although Xu Jinhe is also from the capital city, she has lived in Yanzhou for more than ten years.

Only she, who has only been here for a short time, has committed such a crime. After all, he failed to protect her well.

What happened today, the doctor explained clearly, so she naturally understood, but knowing that she was plotted against, she didn't complain to herself, and then she remembered how she was crying silently in the afternoon... Song Chen Suddenly felt sad.

When she was in the capital, the concubine mother punished her to kneel and write prayers. For two full hours, she couldn't even get on the carriage when she got up, but she didn't complain. Follow your mother's wishes first.Looking at her now, she didn't say a word about the afternoon...

With such a cuteness, I can't let her be wronged.

"You seem to have a particularly good appetite today?" He looked at her with a smile.

She smiled embarrassingly, "Well, I haven't eaten the dishes made by Ruyue for a long time, and the prince laughed at me."

"Since you like it so much, let Ruyue take care of your food and drink from now on. Your own people will take care of it, so I can rest assured." He raised his chopsticks and spoke calmly.

She paused, hesitated, "Is this...wouldn't it be good?"

"Why not? Don't you like her craftsmanship?" He looked at her puzzled.

She put down her chopsticks, and said in a soft and serious voice: "Even the concubine doesn't have such a dedicated person to take care of the food and drink. I'm like this, I'm worried, I'm worried that I'll be criticized, and I'm proud of being a concubine.”

He caressed her face, and said softly: "If you are proud, be proud. It is good that this king knows that you are well-behaved and sensible. What's more, this king's woman, if I want to pamper her, why should I listen to what others say?"

She lowered her eyes, her pale face was blushing due to her illness, she was silent for a while, and finally whispered: "Thank you, my lord."

Song Chen's eyes were full of warmth.

After dinner, Song Chen ordered someone to send a few files to Wantang Garden, intending to accompany her while reading. Just as he was about to sit down, the maid outside the door announced that Xu Jinhe had come.

Seeing Song Chen in the room, Xu Jinhe saluted, "My concubine greets the prince."

"Why are you here?" Song Chen asked lightly.

"Oh, I heard that sister Xue is ill, and my concubine came to take a look. She was fine two days ago, why did she become ill? Have you asked someone to come and see?" Xu Jinhe turned to Chu, who was standing quietly beside her, as she replied. Snow.

Didn't you talk about ringworm?Why do you look fine?Her looks have not been reduced by half, but she looks even more pitiful than her usual slightly pale face... This woman is really a born vixen!

"Thank you, princess, for your concern. I'm much better now." Chu Xue also saluted politely.

"That's good. My sister is ill when she came here. It's probably due to acclimatization. It can be seen that my sister's body is still weak. Later, I will order the dining room to make more medicinal food for you..."

"No need!" Before Xu Jinhe could finish his sentence, Song Chen interrupted suddenly, "The princess reminded me of this, now that there are many people in the mansion, and Xue'er just came, the dining room may not be well prepared for a while. From now on, Xue'er's meals will be taken care of by Wantangyuan herself, as for the soup, I don't need the dining room to make it, the materials will be handed over to Wantangyuan, and they can make it themselves."

"This..." Xu Jinhe was quite surprised to hear this, and couldn't answer for a while.

What happened today was all because of Song Chen's words. As soon as he said these words, the big stone in Chu Xue's heart finally fell steadily.With Song Chen's statement like this, today's crime is not in vain.She lowered her eyes quietly, now she wanted to wait and see what Xu Jinhe would say next.

But Xu Jinhe finally didn't question anything, and after a moment's pause, he only said: "Yes, the concubine knows."

Just because she had ringworm, she was allowed to go her own way and not eat in the dining room. After all, I still underestimated Chu Xue, or in other words, I underestimated Song Chen's love for Chu Xue.

The brassica seeds have not been taken for a month, and they still can't completely eliminate the future troubles, but now this road can't go, so I can only think of other ways...

At worst, let her be like Li Jiaoyun back then, blessed to be born but not blessed to raise.

Seeing that some piles of documents and files have been laid out on the desk, it seems that Song Chen still wants to stay here tonight, even if she is sick, Song Chen will not leave at all. When did I have this kind of treatment?Xu Jinhe felt more and more unhappy, and after saying a few words of comfort, he left Wantang Garden.

Song Chen was busy with his own affairs, and Chu Xue also took the piano score and read it quietly, accompanying each other but not disturbing each other, the cold moon hung high outside the window, and the room was quiet and warm.

This kind of tacit understanding is like a couple who have been in love for many years. Chu Xue looks at the piano score, but the picture of her childhood appears in her mind.

It was in Weizhou. Every night, my father would watch the military formation in the study, and my mother would caress a piece of piano or slowly cook a pot of tea... At that time, whenever she saw it, even at that time Young hearts can also feel at ease.

Gradually, her eyes became a little wet. She put down the piano score in her hand, turned her eyes away, and saw Song Chen who was concentrating on checking the paperwork. The familiar side face was still handsome. She smiled and got up to refill him a glass. New tea……

(End of this chapter)