The warm orange light illuminated Chu Tongshang's Qingjun profile, overlapping with the person in her memory.
But the temperature of the candlelight and the shadow of the fire made Xie Shu's face turn pale.
Her voice was harsh and her whole body was cold.
"I don't dare to have wishful thinking, I'm just afraid of fire."
Chu Tongshang looked at her and interrupted her.
"Do you think this king cares about you?"
Xie Shu opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word. Her face turned even pale, which made the fingerprints even more vivid.
The man's dull voice sounded again.
"I am here to tell you."
"In a few days, the king will bring Sui Sui to the palace to express his gratitude. Sui Sui has never been liked by the Queen. In the past few days, you will copy a Buddhist scripture for Sui Sui and dedicate it to the Queen. This will help Sui Sui gain the Queen's love."
After finishing the words one by one, Xie Shu was still weak and panting, extremely afraid of the candlestick.
She knew her chance had come.
Regardless of whether Gu Suisui really didn't know anything about it, her left leg couldn't heal, and she wanted to get it back from them!
"I understand." Xie Shu raised her eyes and asked slowly, "If this matter is settled, can this slave be allowed to meet the Xie family?"
Her nephew was born not long ago, and she had never even seen it. She didn't know that in the days like Lengyuan, her sister-in-law had just given birth. She was not in good health, could she survive it?
"Are you negotiating terms with me?" He glanced at her and said this without any emotion.
The look in her eyes seemed to be just looking at an object.
Xie Shu was stunned for a moment, and then lowered her eyes.
"This slave dare not——"
"I want to see the Xie family. It depends on my mood."
How could she not know that he was making things difficult for her? Xie Shu frowned and asked, "How can the prince be in a good mood?"
As soon as the words came out, the next moment, the cold-faced man had already pinned her down and pressed his finger against her chin.
"Don't you know my king's preferences best?"
The overwhelming breath came to him, and Xie Shu looked at him without blinking. Her face was still handsome so close, but her head was a little empty.
"It's just a skin. If the prince likes it, take it." She said without emotion, not feeling embarrassed at all.
"Ah!"
"like?"
The man's words were mocking, making Xie Shu's body stiffen.
She looked at the curtain above her head and wondered what she was thinking.
After a while, she endured the pain.
Under his gaze, he untied his belt bit by bit and pulled out his clothes one by one.
He looked like he was getting everything he asked for, without the slightest resistance.
Chu Tongshang stared at her for a while, his dark pupils filled with coldness.
He suddenly pushed her away angrily and suddenly changed the subject.
"You are still young, and you have been used to being pampered by the Gu family since childhood. It is inevitable that there will be some things that will displease the Queen. You know the Queen's preferences best, so teach her well."
Hear the words.
Xie Shu looked at him quietly, "I understand."
At this moment, the oppressive air in the room was also broken by the sound outside the door.
"My lord, the princess said her feet hurt so much that she couldn't sleep." A servant spoke outside the door.
As soon as he finished speaking, the man's figure left the side room like a gust of wind.
The air became quiet in an instant, the door was not closed, and the cold wind howled outside.
Xie Shu thought of the words of those women again, and her eyes sank into the darkness little by little, unable to see any emotional fluctuations.
She sat on the bed for a long time.
The slap marks on her face made her look extremely cold at the moment.
She remembered many, many past times. When she tried medicine for him, she was as old as Gu Suisui.
