Cypress Boat Floating

If you can't stop someone, then you shouldn't continue to stop them. If you can't figure it out, it's useless to dwell on it alone. Ye Jianqing followed Lu Ciqiu back to the palace, the two of them walked one after the other, just like before, but something changed between the two of them, that change, they themselves couldn't understand.

"Prince, Miss, you two are back!" Huai Xi waited at the door, and finally waited for the two masters to return to the palace when the moon was high in the sky.

"Have you two had your meal? The food is still being warmed up in the kitchen." Huai Xi asked with a smile.

Lu Ci Qiu glanced at Ye Jianqing, and Ye Jianqing quickly said, "I don't need it. It seems that the prince hasn't eaten yet. Eunuch, please prepare a portion for the prince. I'll go back to my room first." After that, Ye Jianqing raised his foot and walked quickly to his own yard.

Lu Ci Qiu wanted to say something, but he just sighed as he watched her walk away, and said nothing, as if he couldn't even eat. He took time out of his busy schedule to go find Ye Jianqing, thinking that he could use this opportunity to ease the relationship between the two, but it seemed... the effect was minimal.

"Your Highness..." Huai Xi saw him standing there, staring blankly at the direction where Ye Jianqing left, and called out softly, "You haven't had your meal yet, eat something, don't starve."

Lu Ci Qiu sighed and said, "Send the food to the study." Then he turned and walked towards the study.

Huaixi was stunned for a moment, then responded, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Huaixi came to the study with the food, knocked on the door gently, and pushed the door open after getting permission from the person inside.

Lu Ci Qiu was sitting at the desk with a book in his hand. He seemed to be reading intently, but if you looked closely, you could see that he hadn't turned to the next page for a long time.

Huaixi placed the food on the table and said softly, "Your Majesty, the food is ready. Please eat it while it's hot."

Lu Ci Qiu put down the book, rubbed his temples, walked to the table, sat down, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

Huai Xi had taken good care of Lu Ci Qiu since he was a child, and more than ten years had passed. Over the years, he had known Lu Ci Qiu to the core, and he knew what he was thinking as long as Lu Ci Qiu gave him a look. So how could he not take it to heart when he saw him like this?

Since Lu Ci Qiu established his mansion, he has grown a lot in just two years, with more ideas and more independent people. Huai Xi also gradually learned to keep silent and do his duties as a servant wholeheartedly.

But after all, this was the person he took care of. To be disrespectful, this was like his child. Seeing Lu Ci Qiu so depressed, he became angry. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked, "Your Majesty, what happened today? Did you have an argument with Miss Ye?"

Lu Ci Qiu raised his head, silently stared at Huai Xi, then shook his head gently to express his denial. Seeing this, Huai Xi became more and more anxious, but he could only continue to persuade: "You and Miss Ye have been getting along very well in the past two years. If you have any concerns, you must be honest with her and don't keep them in your heart. Otherwise, over time, it will easily become a knot in your heart that cannot be untied!"

Hearing this, Lu Ci Qiu gave a bitter smile, which almost scared Huai Xi. He thought he had said something wrong.

"I do think that Qing'er has a strong character and is kind, but there are too many things in the capital that she cannot stand, and not everything can go as she wishes. She wants me to be simple, innocent and kind, but if I really have this character, I would have died long ago in this cannibalistic city."

Huai Xi's eyebrows jumped. From Ye Jianqing's behavior in the past few days, he could probably guess something: "The prince is good at everything now. How can you look at a person from only one side? Miss Ye hopes that you are pure, innocent and kind, isn't it because she wants you to be safe and healthy? I guess your actions in recent times have made her worried."

“There are so many things I want to do…”

"Your Majesty, have you ever told Miss Ye about these things before? I remember that you used to tell Miss Ye everything and you always took her with you wherever you went. But you haven't taken her with you these past few days. Every day when she wakes up, she sees that your courtyard is empty. She doesn't know where you went or what you did. I'm sure she's very worried."

Lu Ci Qiu became quiet.

In Huaixi's eyes, the past period of time was already a few years ago, it was something from his previous life.

Now he has experienced the torrent of time for several years, and he has learned a lot and grown a lot in these years.

He loved Ye Jianqing, so he was even more reluctant to let her follow him into danger. But how should he say all this? And who should he tell?