"Understood." Lu Mingshu replied lightly.
The maid remained silent, and rearranged the cushions for her...
"Don't bother." Lu Mingshu said, "Go ahead and let me sit alone." As he spoke, he was about to get up.
"The servant helped the girl up."
Lu Mingshu waved his hand: "It's just a minor injury. During the competition, those who have to fight despite their injuries are not so delicate."
She lifted the quilt and got out of bed directly. The maid hurried over to put on her clothes and straighten her hair.
She didn't leave at ease until Lu Mingshu sat down by the window and made sure that there was nothing serious.
Seeing the maid's cautious attitude, Lu Mingshu wanted to laugh, did she really think she was a porcelain doll
The fragrance of flowers came from the garden, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When it opened, someone came in from the outside.
The dark blue robe reflected the bright and clean face, shining like jade in the sunlight.
Xie Changhui pushed the wheelchair closer, and finally stopped in front of the window. Then he left without making a sound, and even the attendants and maids who were nearby retreated completely.
"Are you better?" It was Lu Mingshu who spoke first. Her tone was flat, neither warm nor distant.
Xie Lianzhen smiled, reached out and broke a flower branch, and handed it to her: "Okay. How about you?"
"There was nothing wrong with it."
Lu Mingshu took the flower branch and played with it casually.
"When are you going to leave?" he said.
Lu Mingshu raised his head.
The cold eyebrows, set off by the delicate flowers and branches, are also a little warmer.
Xie Lianzhen just looked at it like this, and said softly, "I'll prepare something for you."
Facing each other across the window, Lu Mingshu looked at him.
Xie Lianzhen smiled again: "Are you happy?"
Lu Mingshu nodded.
He continued to ask: "Will you come to Zhongzhou in the future?"
"Give it a chance," she said, casually.
"Um."
No one spoke anymore.
There was a clear whistle from the sky, and the two raised their heads, just in time to see the roller coaster of Jiuyao Palace flying over their heads, bringing out wave-like cloud patterns.
Until he could no longer see, Xie Lianzhen looked away and sighed silently.
"I'm going back."
"Um."
"I'll probably be in seclusion when I go back. When the time comes, I'll send someone to bring the things over, so I won't come to see you off."
"Um."
Xie Lianzhen raised the corner of her mouth: "At this time, you still refuse to say a few more words to me?"
Lu Mingshu thought for a moment: "... I don't know what to say."
He really laughed.
He stretched out his hand, as if wanting to shake hers, paused for a moment, but finally withdrew it.
"I'm leaving."
"Um."
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Lu Mingshu quietly watched his back in the wheelchair, slowly disappearing from sight, looked down at the flower branch in his hand, sighed softly, and entered the sky wheel.
The six-color streamer is flying, and the sky wheel is still so quiet and peaceful.
She inserted the flower branches on the ground casually, and sat down against the tree.
"Little Sang."
"exist."
"Have you ever been a human being?"
"..."
For the first time there was no answer.
Lu Mingshu didn't really want to get an answer, but just wanted to talk.
She bent her legs and took out a dark green slice from her bosom.
"It's really troublesome to be a human being!" She seemed to be talking to Xiao Sang, but also seemed to be talking to herself, "I wanted to solve it in an upright manner, but in the end I took a trick."
Ding Qingqing's strength was intact, and out of instinct, she kept staring at her. Therefore, the moment she launched a sneak attack, Lu Mingshu noticed it.
She didn't know how people's reactions could be so fast, and she made a decision in an almost imperceptible moment—to activate the spiritual tool and block the attack for Xie Lianzhen.
It looked scary, but in fact, that blow didn't hurt the vitals at all. She just fainted because of the shock.
"I hated him a lot before. Those who blocked me in the challenge were not arranged by him, but by the princess. Although he helped me a lot, this cat-and-mouse feeling is too annoying!"
She hates Jiuyao Palace, because it is a place where unspoken rules do not allow you to get off the rails, whether it is the Zhou family or the elders, they are playing the game of power one by one, being superior and enjoying it. Everything must be done according to their rules, there is no fairness, and no freedom is given.
How could she not hate Xie Lianzhen, a person immersed in the rules of the game
But ah...
"Why would he...do that for me?"
Before she fell into a coma, she heard him roar like a wounded beast, and rushed towards him like crazy, as if he wanted to die with Ding Qingqing.
It has been twelve years, his legs have been healed for twelve years, and he has never stood up, but at that time he actually stood up.
He clearly knew that Ding Qingqing was in a trance state and had a higher level of cultivation than him, so he was asking for his own death.
How could a person do such a thing after teasing her
She never took his pursuit seriously, his desire for her was just out of curiosity. And now...
"Are you afraid of other people's sincerity?" Xiao Sang asked.
"Probably so." Lu Mingshu smiled, "For a fickle person like me, it's really not suitable for bearing other people's feelings, that would make me feel guilty."
"You sympathize with him?"
"No." Lu Mingshu shook his head, "He forced me to this point, but it's his own fault."
All along, she hoped that she could get enough bargaining chips to impress the princess and get the right to speak. She doesn't want to plot people's hearts and use other people's feelings to achieve a certain purpose, that would be addictive.
Knowing this, Xie Lianzhen insisted on driving her to a dead end, forcing her to start with him. If it weren't for this incident, maybe it would take her a long time to win from the struggle.
—Actually, this is not difficult, she has already noticed Xie Lianzhen's weakness, all she is waiting for is the opportunity.
Ding Qingqing's rebellion gave her a chance to escape early, and also allowed her to see another side of Xie Lianzhen.
"It's just... I'm not hard-hearted, there is someone who spared his life for me, why should I be moved?"
After Lu Mingshu finished speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Is this also taking advantage of other people's feelings? In the future, you should do less of this kind of thing!"
…
Half a month later, Lu Mingshu bid farewell to the princess.
The princess has recovered from her betrayal, and she is still in good spirits.
King Yijun was imprisoned in Qizhen Temple, while Ding Qingqing took the position of envoy and sent him to accompany him—I don't know whether it was malicious or fulfillment, the princess finally let them be together.
In this matter, the king of Zhongzhou fully supported the decision of the princess.
"Don't stay any longer?" Wang Hao said with a smile, as if she had never been forced before.
Lu Mingshu smiled: "No, if you stay too long, you will be lazy."
The princess nodded: "Since you have made a decision, I won't keep you. Ah Shan, help me see her off."
Xia Houshan came out: "Yes."