"That alley is filled with the things I hate the most."
After Wei Li said this, the corners of his mouth curled up with a bit of inexplicable pride.
Xu Zhihuai was slightly startled.
She couldn't help but think of those crazy beggars in the dark alley that night, emitting a stench like rotting flesh, dirty hands, and dark eyes. Once they got on her body, she could never get rid of them.
Xu Zhihuai closed his eyes hard, suppressing the nausea in his throat, and did not want to tangle with Wei Li anymore: "Since the Marquis has made arrangements, I don't need to say anything more. Everything depends on the Marquis' wishes." She After saying that, she stood up to leave, but Wei Li was still standing there. If she wanted to leave, she had to pass by him.
She really didn't want to be close to him at this time, so she had to calm down and sit down slowly.
"It's not my turn to make irresponsible remarks about the Marquis's likes and dislikes. Let's talk about business matters."
"What do you want to say about Fengdu?"
"Wan'er wrote two letters to me. They only said how she was safe and didn't mention anything about her father or hometown. I really had no other choice but to ask Xie Wuyou to go to Fengdu. Still have……"
Xu Zhihuai paused for a moment and then said: "Last time on the birthday of the noble concubine, why did the Marquis let that bastard come to me? It was too dangerous."
Wei Li adjusted his stance slightly, changed the crutch from his left hand to his right hand, and asked in a low voice: "What is it? What danger?"
Xu Zhihuai became even more suspicious: "Don't you know, Lord Marquis? It's... the Qingguer I secretly bribed in the Wu Mansion. Her name is Su Yu, and she is also a stunning woman."
Wei Li smiled half-heartedly: "Really? So, she is quite capable, and she can actually sneak into the palace?"
Xu Zhihuai looked suspicious: "She was not arranged by the Marquis?"
"Why should I arrange it?"
"Because...she knows my past."
Xu Zhihuai avoided the important and took the easy, wanting to explore his thoughts.
After all, she had been hiding a big secret right under his nose.
After hearing this, Wei Li turned his back to her.
His back was tall and solemn, showing an unapproachable coldness and arrogance.
"The only people who know about your past are not only that Qing Guan'er, but also your maids."
As soon as these words came out, Jinhua was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and trembled.
Xu Zhihuai lowered his eyes and looked at Jinhua, pulled her up, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, you are mine."
Although Wei Li couldn't see the expressions on their master and servant's faces, he could smell a hint of fear, which is the smell emitted by prey forced into desperate situations.
Jinhua clung to Xu Zhihuai's side, subconsciously covering her mouth and sobbing softly.
Wei Li continued: "If I wanted to bring out the past that made me look embarrassed, why would I have cut off that girl's tongue in the first place! Your Majesty shouldn't make such wild guesses and baseless speculations."
Xu Zhihuai looked at him quietly, his tone still gentle: "Master Hou always behaves mysteriously. He has been in the palace for so long and he has not said a word to me. I am alone and helpless, how can I not think wildly?"
He cut off Jinhua's tongue, and she would settle the score with him sooner or later.
"Thinking too much can easily make you nervous."
Xu Zhihuai had no intention of arguing with him and gave up as soon as he got along: "Master Marquis, I feel uncomfortable everywhere in the palace. I am not surrounded by people from the Queen or the eldest princess, but there is no one from the Marquis."
"what are you worried about?"
"I'm worried about Mr. Hou. Without news about Mr. Hou, my days are like years."
Xu Zhihuai came to him at the right time and held his robe pretending to be intimate, but he waved his sleeves and refused. The lines on his cheeks were stiff and cold: "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."
Xu Zhihuai never gives up easily: "Master Hou, what can I do for you?"
Wei Li muttered: "Don't persuade the Crown Prince to go to Fengdu for the time being."
"yes."
Xu Zhihuai guessed that he was afraid. After being tricked once, he didn't dare to go a second time.
"The peonies here are in bloom, please take your time and appreciate them."
"etc……"
Xu Zhihuai reluctantly took two steps to catch up, and cautiously stretched out his hand, just as far away from his gorgeous sleeves.
"The Marquis is just gone...when can we see you again?"
Taking such a big risk to meet and just leave like this?
Wei Li stopped, turned around to face her unexpectedly, and said, "Did you know? When a person loses sight, his sense of hearing and smell will become more sensitive."
Xu Zhihuai was slightly startled by his sudden approach to his face, and then boldly raised his eyes, trying to see his eyes clearly through the veil.
The corner of Wei Li's mouth curled up slightly: "Just by listening to the voice, I know whether you are telling the truth or a lie?"
Xu Zhihuai was not afraid of his suspicion and said frankly: "What I told is the truth."
"It doesn't matter if it's true or false. I will never care about your falsehood. Don't worry, letting you stay in the palace will be useful. No one dares to hurt you easily. As for the eldest princess, you don't need to Deliberately try to please, but your ability to please people is not very good anyway, so don’t do things that are self-defeating. The most important thing is to coax the prince well."
Wei Li suddenly approached with a deep tone.
"You have to make him happy, make him happy, make him know how to feel sad..."
"I obey the Lord Marquis's instructions."
Xu Zhihuai replied softly.
Looking at him coming and going freely, he looks like a blind man!
Xu Zhihuai was full of doubts.
What surprised her even more was why the news that Wei Li was recuperating in the palace was kept secret so tightly?
No wonder... whenever she goes to Qianhua Palace recently, the eldest princess avoids Wei Li.
Xu Zhihuai naturally continued to pretend not to know, and after several days he found an opportunity to ask about Wei Li's injury.
Zhu Xuxing drank tea quietly and said in a calm tone: "His eye disease has not been cured yet, and it will probably take some time before he can see the light again."
"If the hospital has many talented people, there will definitely be a solution."
Zhu Xuxing held her soft little hand: "Of course, no matter what method I use, I will cure him."
Xu Zhihuai smiled slightly and mentioned something else: "After dinner, I want to write a reply to Wan'er. Would your Highness like to write a few sentences together?"
Zhu Xuxing raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head: "No, these are extraordinary times. It's better not to let my handwriting appear in Fengdu."
A seemingly innocuous sentence hides an invisible crisis.
Is the situation in Fengdu so anxious?
Xu Zhihuai nodded obediently.
After Jinhua finished grinding the ink, Xu Zhihuai raised his pen after careful consideration, wrote a few words of greeting and concern, and then stopped again.
When the ink was slightly dry, she still hadn't finished writing.
After thinking again and again, Xu Zhihuai finally balled up the letter paper and tore it into pieces.
When Zhu Xuxing heard the sound, he couldn't help but asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Xu Zhihuai put down his pen and ink and stood up slowly: "I have written a reply to the little princess."
"Why?"
"Because of what your Highness is worried about."
