The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

The night Long Sui returned from the Regent's Palace, Lu Shi felt like he was struck by lightning.

Because her dinner changed from delicacies from land and sea, and a full banquet of Manchu and Han cuisine, to porridge and pickles.

That night, the three people at the table fell into deep thought as they looked at the bowl of porridge in front of them and the small plate of pickles in the middle of the table.

Long Sui was the first to come back to her senses. She smiled and said to the two of them, "Haha, haha, after eating too much delicacies from land and sea, it's not bad to have some porridge and side dishes occasionally to cleanse the stomach."

Without saying a word, she quickly finished a bowl of porridge with a small plate of pickles.

"Not bad, not bad, really good. After drinking this porridge, my whole body feels smooth."

"Xiao Kangzi, help me get another bowl!"

Xiao Kangzi waved the whisk in his hand and said softly, "Miss Long, there is no porridge left. Only one bowl per person."

"The prince has ordered that His Majesty has been doing nothing all day and wasting state resources, so from now on, all meals will be kept simple."

Lu Shi was shocked and couldn't believe it. "No, why would he do that?"

"Your Majesty has no real power."

"..."

The three of them stared with their eyes as big as copper bells, and then saw Long Sui swallowing Lu Shi's bowl of porridge in a lightning speed, so fast that Lu Shi had no time to stop him.

When he turned around, the bowl of porridge in front of Chu Ying was also finished.

Lu Shi: "..."

She slammed the table with a serious expression.

"Long Sui, what do you mean? Did you go to see him at noon today and pissed him off? Otherwise, why would you withhold my food? It would be fine if I didn't eat well, but now I can't even eat enough!"

It should be, but how could Long Sui admit it?

"How could it be me? The source of this matter is obviously you. Don't put everything on me."

He wanted to refute, but didn't know where to start. Lu Shi frowned and felt depressed.

"I say you should just surrender. Xie Yue is so handsome, rich, powerful, and affectionate. Why are you so stubborn and looking for trouble?"

Long Sui didn't understand. Apart from the gender incompatibility, the more she looked at the two people, the more she felt they were a good match.

But she thinks that being a good match is useless, as the parties involved are trying to avoid each other!

"Why, now I don't even have the right to refuse others!"

She was fed up with everyone coming to act as a lobbyist.

She is a person who only responds to soft words and does not respond to harsh ones. The more she is pushed, the more rebellious she becomes.

Anyway, she would not go to find Xie Yue again. Wasn't it enough that she had been rejected several times? Did she have to go to him and embarrass herself?

Humph! Even though she is thick-skinned, she can't be thrown away like this.

It's just a reduction in food, no big deal! She can tolerate it.

Lu Shi’s idea was very simple. If there was no food in the palace, she could just go out of the palace to eat. She had plenty of money!

So the next day, when Lu Shi wanted to leave the palace to eat at a restaurant, he was stopped. The guards said the same thing: "The prince has ordered that Your Majesty is not allowed to leave the palace without a valid reason."

When leaving, Lu Shi also saw the teasing look on the guard's face.

"..."

hateful!

She quietly walked to the dog hole on the palace wall. She originally planned to climb over the wall as before, but this time the dark area beside the dog hole was surrounded by shadow guards who were staring at her intently, as if waiting for her to go through the dog hole.

But how could she possibly sneak out? Last time, she climbed over the wall because no one was watching her.

Who knows what Xie Yue is crazy about? The palace is now surrounded by him, not even a dog hole is left untouched, and he has also surrounded it with three shadow guards.

She could only pretend that she didn't notice the person in the dark, and then returned to Weiyang Palace in shame.

The next day, Lu Shi finally couldn't bear it anymore!

Yesterday I just couldn’t leave the palace, but today I can’t even leave the Weiyang Palace!

Moreover, the task of copying books came again, and the task was doubled again and again. Lu Shi began to give up on himself.

"I won't copy books, no matter what I do."

"Xiao Kangzi, if you have time, please copy it for me. If you don't want to copy it, just leave it alone. I'm a dead pig that's not afraid of boiling water now anyway."

"The situation is already so bad, I don't believe it can get any worse."

I didn’t expect it to happen!

That night, her soft and comfortable dragon bed was gone!

It’s not that the bed is gone, but that the fragrant and soft silk bedding on the bed is gone, leaving only a hard bed board.

The pillow was also missing, so Xie Yue was kind enough to put a piece of wood on the bed for her to use as a pillow.

Outrageous, outrageous!

Lu Shi was so angry that he had a myocardial infarction, and his eyes were so gloomy that it seemed as if ink could drip out.

"Chu Ying, I'm going to live in your palace."

The system looked at her and said, "You forgot, you can't leave Weiyang Palace at all."

Lu Shi slapped his head and said, "Damn it!"

The system gloated a little, "You are too miserable. I didn't expect Xie Yue to be so cruel. Will your life become more and more miserable in the future?"

Lu Shi sneered, "He's forcing me. He wants me to beg him. Maybe he'll even humiliate me when I go to beg him."

"I won't let him have his way. If he doesn't let me have a good time, I won't let him have a good time either."

The system didn't believe it. "You can't even leave Weiyang Palace now, how can you go and cause trouble for him?"

"You overlooked the most important thing, that is, he likes me!"

"That alone is enough to poke a thorn in his side."

"Come with me to the yard."

Lu Shi pulled the system and sat on the stone table in the yard.

"Xiaoying, I'm sorry for making you suffer with me."

"Uh...it's not hard. As long as I can be with His Majesty, Xiaoying can accept it no matter how difficult the conditions are."

"Alas, it's all my fault. I don't have the ability to let you live a good life. Now, you can't even leave Weiyang Palace."

"Your Majesty, please don't say that. It would be better if Your Majesty could stay in Weiyang Palace the whole time. That way, Your Majesty can spend more time with Xiaoying. If Your Majesty can't leave, then just let Xiaoying come in."

"Xiaoying, you are so nice."

"Your Majesty is the best man in the world."

The system suppressed her shame and said the lines given to her when she landed. After that, she couldn't help but run into the Weiyang Palace and hide.

Lu Shi watched her fleeing from the yard, gave her a doting smile, and then followed her into the house.

……

There was dead silence in the Regent's Palace.

Listening to the news from the shadow guard, Xie Yue's face became frighteningly gloomy.

He sat at the desk in his study, the candlelight flickering faintly, the light flickering on his face, half of his face hidden in shadow.

"Crack!"

It was the sound of the brush breaking under the weight.

The ink splashed onto his hands, but he didn't care at all. He just threw the broken brush onto the ground.

Taking the handkerchief handed to him by the servant, he slowly wiped his fingers one by one, and the originally white handkerchief gradually turned black.

"Kick that woman out! Never let her get near the Weiyang Palace again!"

"Yes!"

There was a ripple in the air and then there was no movement.

Xie Yue sat silently on the chair, motionless like a sculpture.

His eyes sometimes lowered and fell on the memorial urging him to select a concubine for the little emperor, then he slowly raised his head and looked ahead with an expressionless face.

There was no emotion on his face, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

However, the low pressure emanating from him was like biting ice in winter, permeating the entire room and exuding an invisible pressure.

Even the unconscious movements like raising hands and moving feet make the oxygen in the air a little thinner.

Time passed minute by minute, and the long silence was finally broken.

Xie Yue spoke slowly, his voice low and hoarse, as if containing endless fatigue and helplessness.

In the end, all that remains is compromise.

He instructed Ruofeng, who was standing aside trembling with fear and not daring to utter a word:

"Tomorrow, invite Long Sui to the mansion for a chat."