Su Minglang was really tired today, both physically and mentally exhausted.
She leaned on the bed and talked to Xiaoye from time to time. As they were talking, Xiaoye realized that Su Minglang had stopped talking, leaving only the sound of even breathing gently spreading in the air.
Xiaoye and Nanxing looked at each other, stood up quietly and left the room tacitly.
Su Minglang slept until the evening. When she slowly opened her eyes, a ray of setting sun shone into the house from the window. "Xiao Ye?"
Su Minglang spoke in a hoarse voice. Perhaps she was really tired. She slept exceptionally deeply and was stunned for a long time when she woke up. Xiao Ye heard the sound in the room, lifted the curtain and walked in. Seeing Su Minglang sitting blankly by the bed, he poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her.
The tea had lost its temperature. Su Minglang finally sobered up after holding it in her mouth. Xiao Ye saw her drink it all in one gulp and hurriedly tested the temperature of the teapot. It was indeed ice cold.
Xiao Ye hurried forward and tried to take the teacup from Su Minglang's hand, but was stopped by her. "It's okay, pour me another cup."
"I am remiss in my duty. I forgot that the tea gets cold quickly in this weather. Please wait a moment and I will make you a new pot of tea."
"No need." Su Minglang waved his hand, turned aside and reached for the teapot on the table. "What time is it now?"
"Dinner will be soon." As Xiao Ye finished speaking, the sunlight shining into the house was blocked by clouds, and the house suddenly became dark.
Xiaoye found a tinder and lit the candlestick. The dim candlelight obviously had no effect in the semi-dark room.
Su Minglang drank another cup of herbal tea and finally woke up from sleepiness. "It's so late?"
"Why did I sleep for so long? You should have woken me up."
"You haven't slept well these past few days. It's rare that you can get some good sleep, so just go to sleep." Xiao Ye was afraid that she would try to get the cold tea again, so he quickly put the teapot back to her side. "No one will come to see you this afternoon, so don't worry."
"Yeah." Su Minglang rubbed her brows. She had slept for a long time and her mind was still a little confused. She seemed to have just broken through a little thought from the chaos and said as if she had thought of something: "By the way, Xiaoye, go to the queen and ask her if she is willing to have dinner with me."
"Yes." Xiao Ye responded and left, even taking the pot of cold tea with him before leaving.
Su Minglang couldn't help laughing when he saw her nervous look. When he raised his eyes, he saw Nanxing walking in with a large bunch of colorful furs in his hands.
"Where did it come from?" Su Minglang asked in confusion as he looked at the various furs scattered on the table.
"It was sent by the prince of Yueyang Marquis." Nanxing pointed at one of the orange-red furs and said, "This one is fox fur. The prince said he wanted to give it to the little girl on the horse."
Nan Xing laughed before she finished speaking. She gathered up the other furs and tried to hold back her laughter as she said, "The prince said that he and Lord Li had picked these today. He simply dealt with them. Your Majesty will take them back and ask the people in the palace to deal with them."
"The prince also said that he wanted to send it to you after he had processed it, but he will have to return to his fiefdom after finishing it, so he is afraid that he will be too late."
"The son of Marquis Yueyang?" Su Minglang showed a puzzled expression. She had no impression of this person. Apart from the one meeting during the day, they didn't have any personal relationship, right?
"Why would he send these things to me?"
"The prince didn't say anything, he just asked me to give the thing to you. You were asleep at that time and I didn't know whether I should refuse, so I accepted it." Nan Xing said seriously. Su Minglang looked at her expression and it was obvious that it was a fantasy to read anything from her face.
"Oh!" Su Minglang sighed again. She rubbed her forehead and felt her mind even more confused.
Since leaving the palace, few of the things that happened were within her expectations. All kinds of inexplicable things and all kinds of inexplicable people kept appearing. The little sense of security that Su Minglang had gained from her memories of her previous life was about to disappear.
"Okay, since it's a gift from the prince, just accept it." Su Minglang waved his hands, obviously not wanting to see those things again.
"Eh?" Nan Xing was about to leave with the fur in her hand, but she turned back. She held the fox fur specially prepared for Xiao Ye and said to Su Minglang, "Madam, do you think that the prince has taken a fancy to Xiao Ye?"
"Hmm?" Su Minglang couldn't help but laugh at her rare enlightenment. She thought for a moment and shook her head and said, "The prince didn't even see Xiaoye's face, but he fell in love with her at first sight?"
She thought about Marquis Yueyang and then about his son, and felt more and more that this was impossible. Although she didn't know much about his son, she knew Marquis Yueyang!
Yueyang Hou was famous for his pride. He relied on his military exploits when he was young to look down on everyone in the court. He even didn't care much about the young emperor Xiao Heng. How could his son fall in love with a palace maid because of a small accident? How could it be possible!
Even if the Prince of Yueyang really fell in love with Xiaoye, as long as his father was around, he would never allow him to marry a palace maid.
What's more! Su Minglang knew very well that Xiaoye was just a palace maid after all. Although it would not be a problem for her to marry Xiaoye to a wealthy family as a wife, the Marquis of Yueyang was indeed the only marquis of the opposite sex in the court, and he had a high status with his achievements. Even the daughters of officials were available to them, so how could they possibly be interested in a palace maid?
Su Minglang didn't agree in her heart that Nanxing should become a concubine. She was born in a wealthy family. Although she entered the palace and became a Zhaoyi, wasn't she still a concubine after all?
She understood best how low the status of a concubine in this wealthy family was. If she could be loved by her husband, it would be fine. But if she was not favored or was already rejected by her husband, those green bricks and tiles would be like an airtight cage that would ultimately make a poor woman uncomfortable for the rest of her life.
"Don't mention this matter again!" Su Minglang's face turned cold when he thought of this, "You are talking about the right and wrong of the Marquis Mansion behind his back, Nanxing!"
Su Minglang raised his eyes and looked at Nanxing, with a rare sternness in his eyes, "This won't happen again!"
Nan Xing felt her whole body freeze and dare not move when being stared at by such eyes. Su Minglang was really too kind to her in the past few days. Her fear of Su Minglang was worn away a little. After this incident, Nan Xing felt that her insolence had instantly subsided, and her fear of Su Minglang had not decreased but increased.
"Yes, Madam." Nan Xing swallowed her saliva and spoke in a trembling voice: "I understand."
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