Since Xie Xuanchen woke up, taking and placing the food box every day has become Mu Mingtang's most nervous moment. Fortunately, the palace pays attention to arranging noodles. The master has three meals a day. Mu Mingtang relied on his rice bucket image and insisted on raising his family by himself.
Jiang Mingtang has been tossing about food and drink since the first day she entered the mansion. She has no idea of her status, and she forced a lot of demands. The kitchen and the head guard are used to Mu Mingtang's crap, so she is not surprised that her order changes every day, and the taste has changed from big fish and meat to nourishing.
There is nothing that their princess dare not do. She doesn't make trouble for a day, so they have to worry about whether Mu Mingtang is trying to do some tricks.
In the evening, Mu Mingtang took the food box in and found that Xie Xuanchen had fallen asleep. He can wake up about two hours a day now, although it is not long, but because of the nourishing diet, he wakes up in a much better mood. At least not sitting down and falling asleep.
Now he can sit up by himself, but he still needs someone to help him walk. And if you can't walk a few steps, you need to stop and rest. Mu Mingtang was very patient and never urged him.
Maybe he just woke up in the afternoon, and Xie Xuanchen is still sleeping. Mu Mingtang knelt down beside the bed and called him softly, "My lord, it's time for dinner."
She called several times, but Xie Xuanchen didn't respond. Mu Mingtang thought he was going to sleep for a while, so he put down the food box and went to the East Hall to light the lamp.
Because Xie Xuanchen woke up, Mu Mingtang didn't dare to open the door all day long. It was still bright outside, and the room was already a little dark. Mu Mingtang lights up from the far east, lighting up the Yulin Hall one by one.
When Xie Xuanchen woke up, he didn't see a familiar figure when he opened his eyes, and subconsciously felt unfamiliar. He slowly propped himself up and sat up, his movements were not small, but after a while, the hall was still empty.
Xie Xuanchen felt a sudden chill in his heart.
she left
Xie Xuanchen didn't know what happened to the sudden sense of desolation in his heart. He already knew that she was leaving, didn't he? As soon as he woke up, he found that Mu Mingtang was not sleeping beside him. Xie Xuanchen didn't feel it, and even thought that it was not related to each other, which was good.
The two of them are nominally husband and wife, but in fact they are just tenants living together. There is no dutiful son in front of the bed for a long time, let alone a stranger couple? Xie Xuanchen never expected from the beginning that Mu Mingtang would always guard him.
She has been able to accompany him these few days and open the shackles for him, she has really done her best. Now she secretly leaves, so as not to be affected by him for the rest of her life, it is also the last good deed he has done in his life.
Xie Xuanchen understood everything intellectually, but his heart was empty. It was this kind of development and this kind of ending again. He was abandoned by the whole world, and everyone stood on the opposite side of him, guarding against him, and questioning him.
It was as if he was no longer a human being, but an animal that had no sense and only knew how to kill.
Xie Xuanchen sat on the bed for a long time without moving, his eyes were calm and indifferent, like a desert without an inch of grass. Mu Mingtang came back after lighting the lamp, saw Xie Xuanchen sitting still, and said strangely, "My lord, what are you looking at?"
Xie Xuanchen's eyes moved, and he looked back at her in surprise: "You didn't leave?"
"Yeah." Mu Mingtang was asked inexplicably, "It's getting dark, I'm going to light the lamp. Where can I go?"
Xie Xuanchen looked at her, his eyes were deep and complicated, and seemed to contain a lot of meaning, but he finally rolled his eyes and didn't say a word.
Mu Mingtang was accustomed to Xie Xuanchen's strange temper, she put down the lamp, went to the table and opened the food boxes layer by layer: "Today I let them stew bone soup, what to eat to make up for it, big bone soup is the best for legs and feet. It's a pity. The lord can't see the light now, otherwise, I should really help you to go outside to bask in the sun."
Mu Mingtang prepared the dishes and brought them to Xie Xuanchen as usual. Although Xie Xuanchen has been awake for a long time, he can still rest if he can, and Mu Mingtang will always take care of the meals. Mu Mingtang didn't think much about it at first. She fed the soup, and Xie Xuanchen drank it quietly. After feeding for a while, Mu Mingtang found out that Xie Xuanchen was wrong today.
He seemed to have something on his mind, so quiet, not like the usual him.
Mu Mingtang didn't mention it. After the soup was finished, she put the bowl and spoon back in the food box, and then asked, "My lord, when you woke up today, did you think I was gone?"
"No."
He said no, Mu Mingtang didn't want to push up hard, so he could only say euphemistically: "Don't worry, I'm tied to the same boat as you now. There are so many guards standing, I really have this heart, and now I can't escape."
Xie Xuanchen turned his face to look at the lights in the hall. The seven main halls of Yulin Hall were opened up, and although there were many barriers in the middle, it could be vaguely seen that the lights had spread to the study room on the far east side. Xie Xuanchen's pupils reflected the throbbing candlelight. After a while, he asked, "There are no people in the other rooms. What are you lighting the lights for?"
"It makes you feel at home when you light up the lights. Although there are no other places, this is the main hall of the palace after all, and there is always a row of noodles that should be there."
"The platoon of the palace?" Xie Xuanchen laughed and said, "Why, it's all in vain."
"That won't work. Although I'm an empty-handed princess, I must talk about the pomp. Besides, I have nothing to do in a day. I walk around the temple twice more, so I should exercise."
Xie Xuanchen was silent. After a while, he leaned on the pillow and said, "If you didn't marry me, you wouldn't even be able to go out. It's the emperor's holy life that I was banned, so it's fine to lock me up. There is no need to waste your life with me. After a few days, when the patrol outside relaxes, you can leave quietly."
"You said that again." Mu Mingtang was really annoyed this time, "Why do you keep sending me away? I just get in your way?"
"Don't have a lawsuit with me, I won't take your word for it. As far as the matter is concerned, the Jiang family has brought you a lot of dowries. You choose some gold and silver and other things that are easy to sell and take away, if you are afraid of being sold in the future. If you find it, then take it from the palace's treasury. Although I have become an empty shelf over the years, I have some savings, so that you will have no problem with food and clothing for the rest of your life. "
"Why?" Mu Mingtang also came up stubbornly and asked, "We have already passed the big ceremony and are a legitimate husband and wife. If you let me leave my husband's house, either my husband remains a widow, and I remarry with another dowry, or I get married. The husband divorced, and from now on, the marriage of a man and a woman has nothing to do with each other. Your lord, you are so good now, it's not that you remarry, that's why you want to divorce me? "
"You have to think like this." Xie Xuanchen said, "If you are worried, then take a copy of Heli Shu with you. If someone in the court finds out in the future, you can say that I let you remarry. You go. In the drawer in front of Your Excellency Duobao in the study, bring pen and ink..."
"You're not finished yet!" Mu Mingtang was angry, and stood up straight, throwing up his sleeves, "If you have the ability to write it yourself, I won't wait for you."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he picked up the food box and went back to his room. Xie Xuanchen sat in the dormitory for a long time, and finally determined that someone had lost his temper with him just now.
He has grown so big, I don't know how many people he has swayed his face. He has been the father of the family since he was a child. His father can't control him with a stick, and don't expect him to restrain himself in front of the emperor. But just now, Mu Mingtang gave him a look
Xie Xuanchen was very shocked, and he couldn't recover for a long time.
After a while, Mu Mingtang finished eating and put the food box outside the door. The head guard asked a routine question, but Mu Mingtang gave him a stern look.
The captain of the guard was stared inexplicably, what happened? Did he do nothing
After Mu Mingtang came back, he went back to his room angrily. After a while, she heard what seemed to be a noise outside. She ran out and saw Xie Xuanchen standing on the bed frame. Mu Mingtang stepped forward to support him, and said in a business-like manner: "You are inconvenient to move now, and if you encounter something, it will disturb people outside, so let me help you."
Xie Xuanchen gave a low "um". Neither of the two said a word, they walked slowly for a while, and they finally stepped off the stage in embarrassment.
Xie Xuanchen always had to walk after dinner. He stopped and walked, and Mu Mingtang helped him back when he was almost done. Mu Mingtang helped him sit down, and his other hand hurriedly put a pillow for him.
After Xie Xuanchen sat down, Mu Mingtang sat beside the bed. Instead of leaving immediately, he stopped for a while and said, "My lord, I remember that Zhuangzi said something, but I forgot to say it. The main idea is that two people are in Hao. Looking at the fish on the beam…”
It was too obvious, Xie Xuanchen couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Speak straight if you have something to say."
Well, Mu Mingtang also thought it was too abrupt. She coughed awkwardly and said, "That's the sentence, Zi Feiyu, An Zhiyu's joy? You think I'm being banned and want to arrange for me to leave, but how do you know I don't want to? In case, I This person has no ambitions, and especially enjoys this kind of worm life that someone raises and doesn't have to work?"
He said so confidently, Xie Xuanchen raised his eyebrows, and Mu Mingtang moved the pillow for him, and still said boldly: "I really like this kind of life without struggle. Lord, you will let me stay in the palace. Let’s have a meal here, and the court will support everything, how good, I don’t want to go out and be self-reliant at all.”
Secretly changing the concept, Xie Xuanchen didn't eat her way, and said, "When I'm playing with people, you are probably still breastfeeding. If you want to eat and die, you can bring gold and silver jewelry and find one for yourself. Why spend money on a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, why stay here and wait to die."
"Sooner or later, there will be time to sit and eat. Now as long as I stay in the palace, the money will never run out."
Her reasons were too simple, and Xie Xuanchen didn't answer for a while. Mu Mingtang smiled successfully and said, "So, this is what I want. My dream since I was a child was to not have to fight, to eat and wait to die, and now I have finally achieved it. Your lord, you can't destroy other people's dreams. "
Xie Xuanchen was dumbfounded. After a while, he asked, "Why?"
"what?"
"Why are you determined to stay? Xie Xuanji is right, you follow me now, I can't give you anything more."
"It doesn't matter." Mu Mingtang smiled, her brows and eyes curled, her eyes reflecting the candlelight, shining like stars, "Because you are my savior, the unparalleled hero in my heart. As long as I can follow you , I'm already very happy, very happy."
Xie Xuanchen was stunned by such an answer. He was in a trance for a moment. After reacting, he immediately sneered: "You say this because you haven't seen me go crazy. Those people were all like you before. Saying that without asking for anything in return, I swear to follow me to the death, but I only got sick twice, and they all dispersed."
Mu Mingtang knew how resolute she was, but she didn't know how to tell Xie Xuanchen. She could only reiterate: "My lord, all illnesses can be cured. Look at you now, are you gentle and easy-going for a few days soon?"
Thanks to Mu Mingtang's ability to say such nonsense as "gentle and easy-going", Xie Xuanchen sneered when he heard it: "Not all the time when you are awake, you will get sick, this is a matter of chance. If you really insist on staying, I'm afraid I will go crazy first You are the one who will die."
"I'm not afraid." Mu Mingtang agreed. After she finished speaking, she looked at Xie Xuanchen cautiously, "That means, you agreed with me to stay? In the future, you won't drive me away, will you?"
Xie Xuanchen didn't speak, so Mu Mingtang took it as he admitted it. Mu Mingtang stood up happily and said, "It's getting late, the lord should go to bed first. See you tomorrow."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he went out with the lamp. Mu Mingtang didn't dare to leave any open flames in Xie Xuanchen's house. All the candles had to be extinguished by her own eyes before she dared to leave.
Mu Mingtang blew out the lights in the bedroom before walking east. The lights went out one by one. Outside the Yulin Hall, the patrolling guards saw that the lights in the hall were gradually extinguished, and they knew that night had come.
The lights lit by Princess Qiyang every day became the dividing line between day and night, light and darkness in the palace.