Suddenly, thunder and lightning.
The sound of thunder seemed to tear the dark sky apart, which was just shocking, and the broken rain turned into a downpour in an instant.
Rong Xi's heart seemed to be jumping in his throat.
She knelt down and rubbed Mu Huai's legs without distraction. But when he suddenly got angry, she couldn't react in time, and her whole body almost fell on his lap.
Mu Huai's strength was so great that she felt that his wrist bones were going to be crushed by him.
"Your Highness..."
Mu Huai stared at Rong Xi coldly for a long while before letting go of her.
Rong Xi fell to his knees feebly, feeling his heart beating like a drum, but his mind was still clear.
-"go out."
Mu Huai suppressed the pain in his legs, and said again.
"yes."
Mu Huai was Rong Xi's master with the worst temper and the most violent temperament. She was mentally prepared when she entered Quyun Palace.
People like him are always angry for no reason.
Since he let her go, she can no longer be an eyesore in front of him.
Say one more word, and the evil lord in front of him will probably take her life.
Thinking of this, Rong Xi kowtowed respectfully to the gloomy Mu Huai, not daring to ask him the reason for his sudden anger, and immediately left the bedroom quickly after getting up.
Shun Fu had been standing outside the bedroom, and when he heard the commotion inside, seeing Rong Xi fleeing in a hurry, he was also sweating.
Rong Xi still had lingering fears, Shun Fu comforted her and said: "Miss, go back and rest, when His Highness's leg is wrong, his temper will always be bigger than usual."
Rong Xi closed her eyes and nodded, stroked her heart with her hand, trying to calm down her heartbeat.
Being so scared by Mu Huai today, she probably lost a month of her life.
Shun Fu saw that Rong Xi's expression was a little panicked, but he didn't show any grievance or unwillingness.
If a little girl of her age met a master as surly as Mu Huai, and was reprimanded for no reason like this, her eyes would turn red and she would lose a few golden peas.
After Rong Xi went back, she felt a deep sense of crisis.
She is aware of her situation. With her status, once she enters the Forbidden City of Yongxi, her life will be at the mercy of these heavenly nobles.
If Mu Huai wanted to kill her, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.
Ever since she followed Mu Huai by accident, if she wanted to survive in this palace, there was only one way.
That is to serve Mu Huai well and be his most capable maidservant.
If she did not gain Mu Huai's trust, the worst outcome would be to be killed, then carried out of Quyun Palace sideways, and then thrown to a mass grave outside the Forbidden City.
Not a bad result, he was kicked out of Quyun Palace.
But once she was kicked out, without Mu Huai's protection, Mu Qian would definitely find ways to trouble her, and by then she would die.
Rong Xi's eyes became heavy.
In order to survive in this palace, no matter what method she uses, she must gain Mu Huai's trust.
next morning.
Rong Xi woke up early as usual, ready to go to the Imperial Academy with Mu Huai.
It rained all night last night, and it hasn't stopped until now.
Rong Xi sat quietly in the house, waiting for Shunfu to call her, but the bells and drums in Zirui Palace rang twice, and Shunfu didn't come to look for her.
She was slightly startled, for fear that she would be driven out of Quyun Palace because of what happened yesterday.
Just when she got up and was about to find Shunfu, a little eunuch whose head was drenched in the rain knocked on the door and said, "Aunt Rong, Your Highness is ill. Father-in-law Shunfu asked me to inform you that he will not use it today." You accompanied me to the Imperial Academy."
Rong Xi replied: "Understood, thank you for making this trip."
Mu Huai is sick
While Rong Xi was a little surprised, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Huai's illness was really strange. When she rubbed his legs yesterday, she also felt that his leg ailment was a little weird.
Ordinarily, this disabled person's legs would feel uncomfortable on rainy days, but the most uncomfortable feeling was pantothenic acid swelling.
But when she saw Mu Huai's expression yesterday, she felt as if she was being pricked by a needle.
Rong Xi decided to ask Shunfu about Mu Huai's condition, so she took an umbrella and left the room.
When he arrived outside the dormitory, he saw the imperial physician and Shunfu talking. Shunfu's expression was as sick as ever, but today he looked anxious and heavy again.
The imperial physician Rong Xi recognized him as the most experienced and most skilled imperial physician Xu in Yongxi Palace.
Shunfu asked worriedly: "His Royal Highness has had a fever since Shenshi yesterday, and the fever has not subsided until this morning, and now he is unconscious. Last night, I also asked my servants to go to the imperial hospital to prescribe a prescription for reducing fever, but the fever did not go away. It hasn't improved at all, if the high fever persists tonight, what can be done?"
Imperial Physician Xu replied: "...if the fever persists after using this prescription...then we have to use that method."
Shunfu hurriedly asked: "What method?"
Doctor Xu stroked his beard, and said: "Find a servant to soak in ice water, and then sleep with His Highness in unclothed clothes, lower the fever for His Highness all night, and see if the fever can be subsided the next day."
"This... ... "
Shunfu paused for a moment, and replied: "Okay, if His Highness's fever still persists tonight, then follow the doctor Xu's method."
After Shunfu personally sent Imperial Physician Xu out of Quyun Palace, he went into the room to check on Mu Huai's condition. Mu Huai's eyebrows were deeply locked, his forehead was still hot, and he was unconscious.
Rong Xi had been standing outside the bedroom hall, and after Shunfu came out of the hall, he hurriedly asked Shunfu: "Eunuch, is Your Highness feeling better?"
Shun Fu shook his head, and said to Rong Xi: "I'm afraid I have to find someone to soak in cold water tonight."
He wanted to cool down Mu Huai himself, but with his current physical condition, he might die after being drenched in the rain for a while.
But if you find a eunuch in the palace...
Mu Huai has always hated being touched by outsiders, and he will punish the eunuch after waking up.
The eunuch's fate is also sad, and in the late autumn, he was immersed in ice water for his son, and finally he had to be sent to the underground by Mu Huai to meet the King of Hades.
Shun Fu looked at Rong Xi's thin body, shook his head again, and dismissed the idea of letting her soak in cold water.
The girl's family, no matter how she is a maid in the palace, her body is delicate after all, and she will definitely suffer from sitting down after being soaked in cold water.
Shunfu's heart is broken, and now he can only lose his life.
He said again: "If His Highness's fever still persists tonight, then we can find a rough eunuch to soak in cold water to relieve His Highness's fever."
After hearing this, Rong Xi clenched her fists quietly.
She was thinking last night how to find the opportunity to make Mu Huai trust her.
Right now, Mu Huai's high fever does not subside, which is a rare opportunity.
Rong Xi wasn't sure if she could win Mu Huai's trust by immersing herself in cold water to cool off his fever, but she couldn't let go of such a good opportunity and could only gamble on it.
"Eunuch Shunfu."
Rong Xi called Shun Fu, and seeing that he was puzzled, he said earnestly: "Eunuch, if His Highness's high fever persists after nightfall... then let the servants come and soak His Highness in cold water."
After Shunfu heard this, he waved his hands again and again, and said to Rong Xi: "Girl, this is not a joke... If you can't stand it after half of the immersion, let's not say that the credit is lost, the daughter's family will be in trouble." Therefore, what is wrong with it, you should know it without me saying more."
Rong Xi bit her lip.
Yes, of course she knew.
But what is more important than being alive, if Mu Huai doesn't trust her, then it will be difficult for her to survive in Yongxi Palace.
I can only fight it out.
Rong Xi's tone became more solemn and sincere: "Your servant knows everything, but your body is nothing compared to your Highness's life. If the father-in-law thinks that your servant will give up halfway, let your servant try first, and if you can't do it, change again Others can too."
Shunfu glanced up and down at Rong Xi, seeing that she could not persevere and dispel her enthusiasm.
He felt that Rong Xi would not hold on for long, and when the little girl couldn't take it anymore and retreated, he would just change another eunuch to soak her stool.
At the time of You, the sky in Bianjing gradually became gloomy.
Muhuai's high fever still persisted, and Shunfu had already ordered someone to prepare a large tank of cold water, and there were still many ice cubes floating in it.
The autumn rain has stopped, and the accumulated water on the bluestone floor reflects the bright moonlight.
Shun Fu asked Rong Xi again: "Miss, are you sure you've made up your mind? If you feel unwell midway, tell me right away."
There is another reason why Shunfu agreed to let Rong Xi soak in this cold water. He wanted to let Rong Xi understand that some abilities should not be fulfilled.
After the little girl is soaked in cold water, she should learn some lessons.
With a calm expression, Rong Xi replied, "Your maidservant has made up her mind."
After saying that, without a moment's hesitation, the little eunuch took the wooden basin first, scooped out some ice water from the tank, and under Shunfu's gaze, poured it down from his shoulders without blinking an eye.
The water was extremely cold and icy, and Rong Xi immediately shivered from the cold.
Shun Fujing waited for Rong Xi to say that she wanted to give up.
But she saw her trembling arms, took another basin of ice water from the tank, and poured it on her body.
— "tick, tick"
The water fell down Rong Xi's sleeves to the bluestone floor.
Shunfu couldn't stand it anymore, and just about to call a stop, he saw Rong Xi stepping on a low stool and jumping into the jar of ice water.
Only her head was exposed, and the rest of her body was submerged in the ice water.
Shunfu couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This girl is too cruel to attack herself.
He finally understood why even the bad-tempered Yu Zhaorong was served so submissively by this little girl.
Rong Xi's lips were trembling, and the water flooded his body, it was really bitingly cold.
Half an hour later, Rong Xi called Shunfu with a trembling soft voice: "... Father-in-law, I can't get out by myself, so you send an eunuch to help me."
Shunfu didn't expect Rong Xi to persist for so long, so he quickly sent a little eunuch to hold Rong Xi's arm and help her get off the ground.
Rong Xi shivered all over, almost fell down, but dragged her cold body, and walked into Mu Huai's bedroom step by step.
The bedroom was burning with a charcoal stove, which was extremely warm.
Rong Xi walked to Mu Huai's bedside step by step.
Under the flickering candlelight, the handsome man lying on the four-poster bed pressed his thin lips tightly, looking extremely painful.
Rong Xi called His Highness a few times, and seeing that Mu Huai hadn't responded, he boldly stepped into the man's hot arms carefully.
She softly said to Mu Huai: "Your Highness, this servant has offended you."
Mu Huai's consciousness was in chaos, he had always felt that he was being scorched by a raging fire, and was on the brink of death at any moment.
But even in this state, he refused to give in to the pain.
It was so hot and uncomfortable.
But these will not bring him down.
Gradually, he felt that the flames burning him were smaller, and his body became less uncomfortable.
It was as if I was hugging a piece of life-saving ice in the fire.
Mu Huai embraced the ice, hugging it tightly like grabbing a life-saving straw.
The scorching fire finally receded, and the birds chirping from Yongxi Palace in the early morning could be heard next to my ears.
Mu Huai gradually regained consciousness, his body regained the former ease, but his arms were a little cold.
He lowered his head, and saw Rong Xi's thin body curled up, breathing weakly, like a wounded animal, leaning pitifully in his arms.
Mu Huai's heart beat slightly, and he immediately understood what happened last night.
He suddenly panicked, fearing that Rong Xi would die in his arms like this, he was about to call her.
At this moment, Rong Xi realized that Mu Huai had awakened, so she opened her eyes with difficulty, and met the man's stunned, even flustered eyes.
Rong Xi stretched out her hand and reached for the man's forehead.
Mu Huai was stunned, only feeling that his forehead was softly covered.
Rong Xi smiled at him, her soft voice was somewhat hoarse: "Your Highness's high fever has finally subsided..."
Her lips were purple, but her smile was relieved and bright.
He obviously has a very ordinary appearance, but he is really beautiful when he smiles.
Mu Huai only felt that his always extremely cold heart was being warmed by her smile, and his heart was slightly moved like never before.
He quickly grabbed Rong Xi's head, letting her forehead rest on his shoulder.
"Your Highness..."
Rong Xi was flustered by Mu Huai's actions.
But I heard him sigh helplessly in her ear with a very low and mellow voice: "What a stupid girl."