Tang Qiyuan looked at Sheng Xi bathed in the sun, and unconsciously remembered a painting he saw in the hall of the Lan Palace just now, and the housekeeper said that the painting was painted by Sheng Xi.
The color of that painting is bold and delicate, and the composition is ingenious. Although Tang Qiyuan doesn't know how to paint, he can tell that Sheng Xi is very talented in painting, but it's a pity that His Majesty has not allowed him to show his face these years, so few people see it over his works.
He originally wanted to leave quietly, not to disturb Sheng Xi, but Sheng Xi turned his head and saw him, turned his head and smiled softly at him, "Xiao Qi, why did you wake up so early?"
"Brother, morning." Tang Qiyuan smiled, walked over, and helped Sheng Xi put the thin blanket on her body, "I'm used to getting up at this time."
Sheng Xi felt a little strange, "I thought that students of your age usually get up very late, but Cen Cen always likes to be lazy and is often late."
"Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health." Tang Qiyuan looked down at him and asked, "Brother, how is your relationship with Sheng Cen?"
"Why do you ask that? Cen Cen is my younger brother, of course we have a good relationship." Sheng Xi smiled slightly and replied softly.
Tang Qiyuan said casually, "I thought your relationship was as bad as the rumors outside."
"Outside rumors?" Sheng Xi looked up at him.
"That's right, everyone said that Sheng Cen not only kicked Sheng Lian down the stairs, but also that he didn't want to be in the same frame with you because of your leg injury, big brother, so everyone was a little afraid of him."
Sheng Xi frowned, and said angrily in a low voice: "Obviously I am afraid of embarrassing Cen Cen, so I don't want to be in the same frame with him, why do you think so?"
Tang Qiyuan knelt down slowly in front of Sheng Xi, looked up at him, and asked in a deep voice, "Brother, do you think Sheng Cen would think you would be ashamed?"
"Of course not." Sheng Xi shook his head, his complexion a little pale, "Cen Cen often persuades me to go out for a walk more, because I am afraid of affecting the image of my father and Cen Cen, so I try not to go out. If you don’t want them to be criticized by others, how could it be counterproductive.”
Tang Qiyuan understood that His Majesty would deliberately not let Sheng Xi go out these years, because the more people saw Sheng Xi, the more curious they would be about the cause of his leg injury.
Tang Qiyuan didn't know if His Majesty knew about what happened back then, but the car accident must have something to do with Mrs. Zhenwei. In order to protect Mrs. Zhenwei and Sheng Lian and prevent the matter from being exposed, he would definitely minimize Sheng Xi's existence. feel.
Tang Qiyuan thought for a while, and then said slowly, "Not only did the outside world comment on Sheng Cen in this way, but also rumors that you are gloomy, sick, moody, and angry. Your Majesty may not think anything of it, but I think that if Sheng Cen and Auntie hear it, It must be heartbreaking."
Sheng Xi's eyelashes trembled, and his hands on his knees were clenched, "I don't know, they never told me..."
Tang Qiyuan said softly: "In order to protect you, they don't want to tell you these gossips. In order to protect them, you have locked yourself in this palace. If you continue like this, you will not be able to really come out. "
Sheng Xi looked at Tang Qiyuan, slightly startled, his eyes gradually widened.
The sun gradually rose through the thick clouds, Sheng Xi was silent for a long time, turned to look at Tang Qiyuan, and said softly: "Xiaoqi, I understand, thank you."
"Yeah." Tang Qiyuan stood up, and said nonchalantly, "Brother, I'll push you back. The weather in the morning is a bit cold, and it's not good for your health to stay outside for a long time."
"Okay, sorry to trouble you, Xiaoqi." Sheng Xi nodded, looking at Tang Qiyuan with a smile on his face.
When the two returned to the house, Empress Xia and Sheng Cen were already up.
Sheng Cen was sitting on the sofa, he was still angry when he got up in the morning, when he saw Tang Qiyuan frowned and said, "Why didn't you say anything in the morning and came out without a word?"
"I see that you are sleeping soundly, so I didn't disturb you."
"I thought you sleepwalked last night and didn't know where you went."
Tang Qiyuan looked at her deskmate and felt that her deskmate was a little vexatious, as naive as a child.
"Xiao Qi, don't worry about him, he looks like this every morning when he wakes up, just let him stay by himself." Empress Xia smiled and waved to Tang Qiyuan, "Come over for dinner."
"Good morning, Auntie." Tang Qiyuan pushed Sheng Xi over, sat down obediently, and ignored the tablemate who was throwing a child's tantrum for no reason.
After a while, Sheng Cen dawdled over and sat down, took a piece of bread and put it in his mouth. Empress Xia handed him the milk, and the expression on his face became better.
Today is Saturday, they don't need to rush to school, after breakfast, Tang Qiyuan talked with Empress Xia for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.
Sheng Cen took the car keys and walked towards the parking lot, "I'll take you back."
Tang Qiyuan hurriedly followed him, looking at the key in his hand in surprise, "You don't want to drive me back yourself, do you?"
"Yeah." Sheng Cen nodded indifferently, and casually threw the car key into the air. The key drew an arc in the air and fell back into his hand.
"You are underage, how do you drive?" Tang Qiyuan stopped, looked at him and asked.
"Underage?" Sheng Cen pursed his lips, seeming to find the word very interesting, and couldn't help leaning closer to Tang Qiyuan's ear, intentionally teasing him, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, tell me, last night... we two were underage Have you ever slept together?"
Tang Qiyuan raised her eyes and glanced at him, she didn't show any embarrassment on her face, but analyzed it carefully like solving a problem: "It depends on what you mean by 'sleep', the word 'sleep', It generally refers to sleep, sleep is a physiological sleep phenomenon of human beings, then we have indeed slept, but if you mean another meaning... "
Sheng Cen's face darkened, he raised his foot and continued to walk forward, "Stop, stop, just pretend that I didn't ask anything just now."
Although Tang Qiyuan wanted to continue explaining to his deskmate, but seeing that his deskmate didn't have the desire to continue to seek knowledge, he decided to forget it after thinking about it, and hurriedly followed in the footsteps of his deskmate.
The two of them walked to the parking lot, Tang Qiyuan looked at a car parked not far away, frowned and said: "You can't drive, according to interstellar traffic regulations, minors are not allowed to drive."
"I've been driving for two years, so don't worry." Sheng Cen opened the car door as a gesture of invitation.
"No." Tang Qiyuan reached out and closed the car door, making gestures to take out her mobile phone, threatening: "If you insist on driving, then I will call the police."
Sheng Cen let out a low laugh, and raised his eyebrows fearlessly, "Which policeman in the empire do you think would dare to arrest me?"
Tang Qiyuan pursed his lips. Sheng Cen is the second prince, and no one dared to catch him. He frowned, looked at Sheng Cen and said seriously: "You can't make fun of your own life!"
"Get in the car, I promise to take you home safely." Sheng Cen showed a little helplessness on his face. His driving skills were taught by the best drivers in the army, and they are better than ordinary adults' driving skills.
Tang Qiyuan was unmoved, and was very persistent in this matter, "If you must drive me by yourself, I will walk back by myself, and you don't need to send me."
Sheng Cen laughed angrily, "How do you get there? There are important palaces around here, and no taxis can drive in. If you want to go out, your feet will be worn out."
Tang Qiyuan didn't say anything else, she turned around and left, her back with her schoolbag looked extremely stubborn.
"This little nerd..." Sheng Cen cursed in a low voice, turned around angrily and ignored him, and after a while, couldn't help but chase after him, holding Tang Qiyuan's hand with one hand to prevent him from going any further, and holding Tang Qiyuan's hand with the other. Get out your phone and call the driver.
He glanced at Tang Qiyuan irritably, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle Wang, come and pick me up now, I want to go out for a while."
After hanging up the phone, he pinched Tang Qiyuan's face and asked, "Is it all right now?"
"Yes." Tang Qiyuan nodded, and said: "Sheng Cen, you can't drive out by yourself in the future. This is wrong. Although your driving skills may be good, you are still young after all. Do you know that according to the interstellar traffic law..."
Sheng Cen scratched his ears impatiently, thinking that he should let this old-fashioned little nerd go by himself just now, he deserves it for being exhausted, lest he has to ask for trouble here.
Halfway through Tang Qiyuan's speech, he heard footsteps not far away. He stopped and looked towards the source of the sound.
A woman dressed in bright clothes came over, followed by two security guards, all of whom followed behind her with low eyebrows. Although she had entered middle age, her charm remained undiminished. The expression looks infinitely beautiful, very arrogant.
Tang Qiyuan can recognize her as Mrs. Zhenwei who often appears in the news.
Seeing Sheng Cen stop, she smiled leisurely, stroked her hair triumphantly, got into the luxury car, and walked away.
Sheng Cen's face suddenly sank, his eyes narrowed dangerously, his face was so dark that water dripped out.
Tang Qiyuan looked at the direction of Zhenwei walking away, and was secretly surprised. The outside world only heard that the emperor loved Mrs. Zhenwei more and more, but they didn't know that she could stay in the palace so openly and aboveboard. It seemed that she and the emperor had no relationship at all. Put Empress Xia in your eyes.
On the way to send Tang Qiyuan home, Sheng Cen didn't speak all the way, he looked out of the window, his eyes were dark and turbulent, he didn't know what he was thinking.
Tang Qiyuan opened his mouth, and wanted to persuade him a few times, but he felt that there was no way to persuade him, so he didn't say anything in the end, but got out of the car without saying a word.
He turned around and wanted to say goodbye to Sheng Cen, but Sheng Cen had already closed the car door, and Sheng asked the driver to drive away with an ugly expression. His heart had been raging with anger since yesterday, and he was eager to vent.
Tang Qiyuan looked at the car going away, lowered her eyes slightly, Sheng Xi's leg injury could not be cured, Sheng Cen was the only one who could inherit the throne, if he was taken away by Sheng Lian, Madam Zhenwei would only become more arrogant, The three of them, the mother and the son, and the Xia family will not die well in the end. Tang Qiyuan can imagine the pressure on Sheng Cen, and can also feel his extreme disgust for the emperor and Mrs. Zhenwei.
Tang Qiyuan turned around and walked upstairs, but he couldn't help worrying, Sheng Cen's appearance just now was really scary, he was worried that something would happen to Sheng Cen.
After thinking about it, he called Sheng Cen. The phone rang for a long time, but Sheng Cen didn't answer it.
After hesitating for a moment, he dialed the number of Empress Xia that he saved just this morning. He asked Empress Xia for the driver's phone number. In order to prevent her from worrying, he only said that he had left something in the car.
After hanging up the phone, he quickly called the driver again, asked Sheng Cen's current location, and immediately stopped a taxi to go there.