Soft and crispy waist

As a maidservant, Xia Zheng had to leave the courtyard unless necessary, and her range of activities was limited to five meters around the courtyard, which was exactly the distance to Chunzhi's Yingyue Tower.

This means that there is no place to cry.

She could only huddle in the relatively secluded space between two rockery rocks, holding a dragonfly and sobbing softly.

Since she started to live again, her only thought was to break the situation, climb up and gain a firm foothold. She even didn't dare to think about her mother and Tuan'er, for fear that she would not be able to hold on, so she kept suppressing her longing, grievances and pain.

Not until I could finally catch my breath did I dare to inquire about my mother and Tuan'er's situation.

I thought she would be able to handle it calmly after hearing it, but I didn't expect that she couldn't hold it back just by hearing Xia Gang. When she saw Cao Qingting again, she instantly thought of what Tuan'er looked like when she was weaving.

With a small body and rough little hands, she pursed her lips stubbornly and kept muttering that she would definitely weave faster than her this time.

Her mother told her to be more considerate of her younger sister, but secretly she was throwing a straw at her.

Everything seems like yesterday, but now...

Feeling something falling on her shoulder, Xia Zheng stood up alertly.

But it was dark at night, and the rocks under the rockery by the water were covered with moss. If one stepped on them, one would fall down.

His panicked hands tried to grab something, but were cut by the sharp protrusions on the stone wall.

Fortunately, the figure that was still unclear reached forward, grabbed her waist, and pulled her up.

Leaning into that person's arms, Xia Zheng smelled the faint fragrance and called out in surprise, "Prince?"

"You're still so scared even though you know it's me. What are you doing to make yourself guilty?"

It was clearly his sudden appearance that scared people.

But she didn't dare to say it directly, so she could only take a step back, get out of his arms, stand firmly, and lower her head and say: "I didn't, I just... just rest here for a while."

"Take a short break? Did you get your eye swollen by yourself?"

Xia Zheng immediately raised her hand to wipe the remaining tears. Some tears stuck to her eyelashes and trembled when she moved. The tears were crystal clear. The beauty with tears in her eyes made people feel pity, and even her original anger dissipated a lot.

"I was... I was afraid that Nanny Liang would see it and tell the prince. I didn't expect the prince to come. I thought he was angry and I wouldn't come again." The more she spoke, the more aggrieved and pitiful she felt. Tears welled up in her eyes again. She raised her eyes to look at Gu Yizi at the right time.

"You're lying." Gu Yizi pointed it out in a cold voice, his expression showing no emotion at all.

Xia Zheng secretly complained about how difficult it was to please him, but she also knew that she couldn't hide it from him, so she told him the truth with a choked sob, "I miss my mother and sister."

Before Tao Yurong proposed to have a concubine, Gu Yizi had already checked Xia Zheng and knew that she was already dead in the Marquis' Mansion. Her parents and siblings all thought she had died of illness. Now that she was alone in the mansion, it was inevitable that she would miss her family.

"Then there's no need to hide here and cry."

Xia Zheng raised her eyes, pursed her lips and said, "I was really afraid that Madam Liang would see this and tell the prince. I know that the prince blamed me for leaving Shuangjiang behind, but I really feel sorry for her. She has a seriously ill grandmother at home, and she is not as lucky as I am to be loved by the prince. She... looks a lot like me, and also like my sister, so I want to give her a chance to live."

Seeing that she said she was pitiful, but her words and deeds showed that she didn't think she was wrong at all, Gu Yizi didn't know whether to say that she was soft-hearted or overestimating her own abilities.

He couldn't control his servants and insisted on keeping Tao Yurong's people. He wanted to hold an umbrella for others before he even had a firm foothold.

stupid.

"I know that the prince is doing this for my own good. I was just being willful. Please forgive me this time." Xia Zheng blinked her peach blossom eyes, her eyelashes fluttering, looking charming and seductive.

Gu Yizi's face was still cold, but the anger in his heart had actually dissipated a long time ago.

He was indeed a little annoyed that she didn't know what was good for her.

When he first discovered that there was that kind of medicine in the pastry, if the pastry had not been made by Xia Zheng, he would have had Dong Lin arrested immediately.

Thinking that she had devised such a plan to expose Donglin's true colors, so that she would not feel that the rift was not cleared up and all the spies in her courtyard were removed, she had to keep one to please Tao Yurong.

Although he knew that she was brought here by Tao Yurong, and that it was right to do so out of gratitude, he was not as grateful for the kindness.

I had originally planned not to come here for some time, but today, when I passed by the Chuihua Gate, I saw Shuangjiang standing outside the rockery towards Yinlin Courtyard from afar. When she came over, she was so scared that she trembled for a long time before saying that Xia Zheng was inside the rockery. When I got closer, I heard her sobbing softly.

Seeing her squatting on the ground crying pitifully, he couldn't bear it and took off his cloak and put it on her. Who knew she would be so scared?

Now she is begging for mercy with such a wronged look. Even though he knows that she is just pretending, he would be petty if he still cares about it.

He reached out and grabbed her wrist, then turned and walked out.

"Where is the prince going?" Xia Zheng was shocked.

"Bandage it."

After hearing these two words, Xia Zheng lowered her eyes and saw that her hand was more seriously injured than she had expected. The black mud and river gravel were embedded in her flesh, and blood was constantly oozing out.

The pain was so severe during the cleaning that she couldn't help but burst into tears, and she couldn't suppress her groans even after gritting her teeth.

"Just bear with it. It depends on what it sounds like outside." Gu Yizi's ears turned red.

"It hurts." Xia Zheng argued in a low voice.

Gu Yizi looked up and wanted to say something, but when he saw her flushed cheeks, tears in her eyes, and her clothes becoming a little messy due to the movement of her body in pain, his Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed the words, and his hands moved a little softer.

After he was sober and clean, he applied a plaster and bandaged it. Gu Yizi said with a stern face, "Don't go to such dangerous places again in the future."

It's not dangerous if you don't scare me.

"Yes, I dare not."

"Next time you feel homesick, I'll send someone to check on you."

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness." Xia Zheng immediately stood up to express her gratitude.

She was a maidservant and had no right to go out or invite her relatives to her house. Moreover, she had already died in the Marquis's mansion and her household registration had been cancelled by the government. Even in the future, she would not be able to recognize them in public.

It was a great favor for Gu Yizi to let her send someone to check it out, as this was against the rules.

Seeing her transform from a crying little pitiful girl into a little rabbit jumping for joy in just a moment, some of the emotions that Gu Yizi had just suppressed surfaced again. He cleared his throat, said something like "rest well" and walked away quickly.

Xia Zheng was puzzled. She didn't do anything to make him angry, so why did he leave suddenly?

Looking out the window, everyone had already left the moon gate.

"Prince, aren't you staying overnight?" Changfeng was surprised. It was already this late, and there was that voice from inside. He thought that he would definitely stay overnight at Xia Zheng's place, so he even asked someone to prepare water.

Gu Yizi didn't respond, and he didn't even hear what Changfeng said.

He was annoyed with himself for fleeing in such a hurry. He had clearly gone to Fanghuayuan that day to try it out, and nothing had gone wrong. He had gone to Wei Qingqing, who was also pregnant, the same thing happened. But when he got to Xia Zheng, he was caught off guard and...

"Changfeng, what's the difference between Xia Zheng, the Crown Prince's Consort, and the Concubine?"

Gu Yizi's sudden question frightened Changfeng so much that he froze in place, his back soaked with cold sweat in an instant.

How could Xia Zheng compare to the Crown Prince's wife or the concubine? How could a mere attendant like him compare to these masters?

His mind raced for a few moments before he mumbled, "They are all the prince's men, there's no difference."

Seeing that Gu Yizi's horrified expression remained unchanged, he hurriedly added, "In terms of status, the Crown Prince's Consort is the principal wife, so it's different. The other concubines and aunties all depend on how the Crown Prince views them and who he favors more."

"Infatuated?"

Gu Yizi had never thought of such words. To him, wives and concubines were just like officials working in various government offices. They each had their own duties and were treated equally. Words like "favor", "infatuation" and "love" were just fabricated by pedantic people.

But now, he seems to treat Xia Zheng differently.

Could it be because he is in love with her?