The days are short in the cold winter. After dinner, dusk is about to fall. Shen Xihe stands up to say goodbye. Xiao Huayong does not try to keep her. He sees her out of the East Palace: "Oh, thank you for cooking for me."
He was conflicted. He was happy that she cooked for him, but also uncomfortable that she was too polite to him.
The word "love" is probably a mixture of joy and sorrow.
"The prince asked me why I treated you like this." Without giving Shen Xihe a chance to speak, Xiao Huayong said softly, "I don't know why, but when I'm with you, I feel happy and at peace."
"I also feel comfortable being with Your Highness." Shen Xihe said sincerely.
His obsidian-like beautiful eyes were crystal clear, without the usual haziness and elusiveness. She felt genuinely comfortable with him, but this comfort had nothing to do with love.
If it were in the past, Xiao Huayong would definitely feel frustrated, but now he has let it go. He smiled and said, "Yoyo always treats me differently from others."
At least it is different, which means that what he did was not in vain. It doesn't matter if he doesn't have the love now, because he will have it one day.
Xie Yunhuai also said this. She admitted that she treated Xiao Huayong differently. Xie Yunhuai and Bu Shulin were friends, while Xiao Huayong was a woman who wanted to get married. They were in different positions and identities, so naturally they treated each other differently.
"During the Lantern Festival, can I invite Youyou to go lantern viewing with me?" Xiao Huayong asked expectantly.
Shen Xihe shook his head slightly: "Your Highness, I don't like crowds."
It goes without saying that Kyoto is very lively during the Lantern Festival. The whole city is lit up with lights, and it is also one of the festivals where young boys and girls get together. The streets are bound to be crowded with people, which she doesn't like.
One reason is that she doesn't like noise, and the other is that she has a keen sense of smell, and the mixed smells of people around her will make her dizzy.
Today she took him in a different way. In the past, she always used elegant titles, but today she didn't. Xiao Huayong was happy: "Then I will book the East Tower. How about we watch the lanterns of Kyoto from the East Tower?"
The East Building is a very tall restaurant. This restaurant was built in the style of a pagoda and is one of the tallest buildings in Kyoto. It is built overlooking the river and because of its height, one can see the entire Kyoto. It is always crowded during festivals.
However, there are four private rooms on the top floor of the East Building for reservation by the dignitaries.
Shen Xihe thought about it and nodded: "Okay."
Xiao Huayong's smile widened, and the corners of his lips curled back, his smile was a little silly. I don't know if it was infected by his smile, Shen Xihe couldn't help but smile a little: "Your Highness, please stay."
She bowed slightly and left with the pearl.
"Do you have any way to cure the poison in His Highness' body?" Shen Xihe asked Zhenzhu while sitting in the carriage.
She asked Zhenzhu to take Xiao Huayong's pulse again, hoping to get more people to give her some advice.
"Your Highness's poison, I have already discussed it with A Xi." Zhenzhu shook her head regretfully. Not only had she discussed it with A Xi, but she had also discussed it with Xie Yunhuai. After all, Shen Xihe was going to marry into the Eastern Palace, and it seemed that Shen Xihe no longer hoped for His Highness's early death.
"No clue at all?" Shen Xihe asked again.
Zhenzhu pondered for a moment and said, "Doctor Qi is knowledgeable. He said that the poison in your Highness' body might not be a poison that we Han people have. He plans to go to the Western Regions and other places after the spring, and maybe he can find something."