Chapter 57 My attitude has nothing to do with your mother and concubine
"I've been locked up by my mother and concubine for a long time. I'm really bored. Come out and get some air." Ximenzhe said with a clear smile on his face, deliberately alienating the reason for sneaking out of Chunlin Garden from Su Ranhua.
"Why does Concubine Yao want to imprison you?" Su Ranhua asked, with a bit of gloom on her face. For this sunny boy, she didn't want to hide her expression. When she was angry, she was angry.
Ximenzhe was startled. Although he had only seen Su Ran's paintings a few times, this was already the second time that she had looked down on him. Her clear eyes were filled with a layer of gloom, and as her breath passed by, another look appeared on her face.
With a pure smile, he took out an oil paper bag from his arms and handed it to Su Ranhua.
"This is your favorite lotus seed cake."
It was just a simple sentence, but it contained his heart. Even if he decided to secretly climb out of the back window, climb over the courtyard wall and leave Chunlin Garden, waiting for Su Ranhua halfway, Ximen Zhe did not forget to bring some on his desk.
Those pieces of lotus seed cake.
Lotus seed cake was not only his favorite, he also remembered that it was also Su Ranhua's favorite.
I remember five years ago, when they were sitting on the grass and eating lotus seed cake together. But now, when I extended my hand with a packet of lotus seed cake, no one took it for a long time.
Ximenzhe's hand holding the lotus seed cake froze in mid-air, and the gloom that had just dissipated in his eyes reappeared, along with the pain of loneliness.
These should not appear in a clear young man. A sixteen-year-old should be carefree.
Su Ranhua slowly raised his hand and caught the lotus seed cake.
However, this did not resolve Ximenzhe's rising frustration.
"What did my mother-in-law tell you?" Ximenzhe asked.
When Concubine Yao heard the report from the palace maid and left the house, he who was sitting in the inner room reading also noticed the movement. He quietly stood at the window and saw Su Ran's paintings through the gap. He quietly left the house through the back window and turned over the book.
The wall left Chunlin Garden and was waiting on the road.
Therefore, Concubine Yao, who was standing in the garden, was lucky to think that Ximen Zhe was not alarmed. In fact, Ximen Zhe had already done something even more alarming to her, but she had no idea about it.
Ximenzhe knew that his mother-in-law would say something specifically to Su Ranhua.
"My attitude towards you has nothing to do with your mother-in-law." Su Ranhua said with a cold face, "You should remember what I said to you last time in Beiwang Mansion."
Like a blow to the head, Ximenzhe's body shook slightly, and he stood still, staring blankly at Su Ranhua. It took him a long time before he responded.
"Yes, I remember, you are my royal sister-in-law. Imperial sister-in-law!" Feeling lonely and heartbroken, the young man's heart fell to the bottom. He gritted his teeth and tried to spit out these words, which was extremely difficult.
"Go back, don't let your mother-in-law worry." Su Ranhua's face returned to its usual calmness, looking at Ximenzhe with obvious alienation in his eyes, "The punishment you face is just being locked up and not being able to go out.
, but I have to face the unexpected accusation from your ruthless imperial brother. Let me go."
"It turns out that in your eyes, I am shamelessly entangled with you." Ximenzhe smiled bitterly, stood up straight, and approached Su Ranhua, a tall man. The young man's face was a little deep, and he stared down at this
The woman who was two years older than him, in addition to being gloomy and lonely, had a strong persistence in her originally clear eyes.
"You eat the lotus seed cake, and I will return to Chunlin Garden." Ximen Zhe said, his words were as stubborn as a child, but his tone was that he could not refuse.
"Okay." Su Ranhua didn't say anything more. She was also very hungry. This was a step she could go down, and the few pieces of pastry in her hand were not wasted.
No matter how hard you try, there is no point in fighting for your belly.
Opening the oil paper package and taking out a piece of pastry, Su Ranhua took a bite and chewed it slowly.
Seeing a few pieces of lotus seed cake eaten into Su Ranhua's stomach, Ximenzhe began to retreat slowly, his lowered eyes always falling on Su Ranhua, unwilling to leave.
After retreating a few steps and moving outside the flowers, Ximenzhe suddenly stopped, looked at Su Ranhua and asked, "You can enter the palace today and meet the queen. I guess the second emperor brother will take you back?"
Huh? Su Ranhua raised her eyes and looked at Ximenzhe. She didn't understand the reason why he said this. Returning home was something she had long forgotten. What's more, returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion after such a long time was still considered a return home.
"Haha," Ximenzhe let out a dry laugh, "The second emperor's brother's behavior is really unpredictable. I thought he would never return to the Prime Minister's Mansion with you."
"Hey, isn't this Prince Xi? What are you doing here?" Someone saw Ximenzhe and asked curiously.
However, this man really deserves to be beaten. When facing the majestic prince, his tone was extremely disrespectful. It seemed that he didn't take Ximen Zhe seriously at all.
A cold light flashed through Su Ranhua's eyes, and he glanced at the speaker through the branches and vines of the flowers. He was a eunuch in gray.
Although he had just entered the palace, Su Ranhua could still classify the people in the palace according to their clothes. The status of a shiny rooster like Chen Fu, who was dressed in brocade clothes, was the highest among the eunuchs.
, and the darker the color of the clothes, the lower the status. The eunuch in front of him can be seen at a glance that he is a minor character, but his tone of voice is unusual.
Ximenzhe took a deep look at Su Ranhua, turned around and walked towards the eunuch, saying, "It's nothing, just take a walk."
"Oh." The eunuch obviously didn't believe it and poked his head to see what was happening behind the flowers.
"When you have nothing to do, just find something to do. When did the palace have idle people?" Ximenzhe's face sank, with an unhappy look on his face.
"Your Majesty, calm down." The eunuch looked back. Even if he no longer took Ximen Zhe seriously, he was still a prince and a prince after all, so he had to have a bottom line when speaking.
"Still not leaving?" Ximenzhe said with an impatient look on his face.
"Yes, yes, I'll leave right now." Seeing Ximenzhe's face looking very embarrassed, the eunuch didn't dare to do anything else, so he nodded and backed away.
Ximenzhe glanced at the flowers behind him, then looked at the eunuch's back. He didn't dare to stop any longer and strode towards Chunlin Garden.
Su Ranhua leaned out from behind the flowers and chased the eunuch in the direction he was walking.
Sure enough, before walking too far, I saw the eunuch stopped and looked around.
Ximenzhe was surrounded by Concubine Yao in Chunlin Garden and protected him with all his heart. Even the queen did not make any comment on his identity, so he was not noticed by anyone. Not only did the palace officials not value him, but he himself
The questions I'm thinking about are also very short-sighted and not comprehensive.
Just like just now, in order not to cause any accidents, Su Ranhua would definitely follow and pay attention to the eunuch, but Ximenzhe never thought that it would be fine if he didn't let the eunuch see Su Ranhua.
In fact, maybe the eunuch had already seen the truth clearly, but he was just pretending to be confused and didn't know what or who was behind the flowers.
Su Ranhua, who has inherited the habits of a killer, will be extremely careful about everything, and would rather do something unnecessary than let anything unexpected happen.