Wang Xiang knelt there, but his back was straight.
For some reason, when Cen Xijin saw her like this, he suddenly remembered a sentence:
An unyielding backbone.
Proud, this is how Wang Xiang made her feel.
"What are you doing here? Go back quickly!" Wang Xiang's pretty face turned red and she unnaturally tucked up her skirt. It was really embarrassing to kneel like this and let people look at her.
"What's going on? You have to tell me!" She really wants to save face and suffer.
Wang Xiang was quite moved by Cen Xijin's concern and felt embarrassed. However, thinking that he had lost all face, he could only sneer lightly: "Obviously, I have been plotted against."
It was Dieer who plotted against her.
She had already offended someone by "privately" transferring the mutton-fat jade bracelet to Cen Xijin's name and hiding it. Moreover, just now, when the curtain was being drawn, she showed her face in front of His Royal Highness.
The prince was young, so when he saw the beautiful young lady whom he had met once before, he didn't think too much and happily allowed her to stay close to him to serve him.
Those who can serve the prince closely can be counted on ten fingers. There are more wolves than meat. By serving him, she has violated other people's "territory".
Especially when the prince asked her to come forward and serve tea.
Serving tea to the prince has been Die'er's job since ancient times.
Die'er felt like he couldn't swallow this breath.
So, she asked her confidant to trip over Wang Xiang while he was serving tea——
The fine green snow from Jingting Pavilion danced in the boiling water, exuding the fragrance of honeysuckle, and just like that, it splashed in front of the prince in a graceful and round arc.
Fortunately, there was only some splash of tea soup on the Prince's shoes and no one was hurt. If His Highness had been burned, even if Wang Xiang had the support of Concubine De, he would not be able to save himself.
Wang Xiang knew very well that if she really burned the prince, she would die - even if she could survive, it would be a life worse than death.
"What's wrong with your hand?" Cen Xijin noticed a large reddish burn mark on the back of Wang Xiang's right hand.
Wang Xiang gritted his teeth, feeling the bursts of heat and heat, and reluctantly said, "It's okay, I accidentally spilled the tea on my hand when I fell."
"Hey, that hurts so much! Have you given any medicine?" Cen Xijin knew that she was asking unnecessarily. Wang Xiang was here to punish her by kneeling. How could those people give her medicine?
She herself had been scalded by scalding hot porridge before, and several of her fingers had been red for several days. The most important thing was that they were burning and painful, and there was also a numbing feeling. At that time, I used a whole basin of ice water and alcohol to wipe it in turns, but the situation did not improve much. What's more, Wang Xiang had just been scalded, and the injury on the back of his hand had not been treated yet, so he was forced to kneel here - and it was still On the gravel road that hurts your feet! !
Such a sinister trick should have nothing to do with the prince. Cen Xijin didn't even need to guess, he knew it was the idea of the maids in Linzhi Palace.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to get something!"
Cen Xijin was a teacher, and he couldn't bear to see such a seven or eight-year-old girl suffering. Although she knew that in this palace, meddling in other people's business could easily lead to trouble, but... Wang Xiang was her friend, and friends' matters were not nosy matters.
She returned to Zhiweiyuan, fetched a basin of water from the well, took away the salt shaker from the kitchenette, and brought a bottle of ginger juice with her.
If you don’t have any burn medicine, just use these to treat it first.
It's not that there are no burn creams in this era, or that Cen Xijin is unwilling to find medicine for Wang Xiang, but Wang Xiang's hands cannot be treated with medicine.
They had made it clear that they wanted to deal with her. If Wang Xiang found that she had rubbed burnt ointment on his hand and was fine, then he would have to make more trouble to harm her!
However, as soon as Cen Xijin poked his head out of the flower path near the side hall of Linzhi Hall, he saw a pair of light pink embroidered shoes. However, the embroidery on them was not flowers, but a few fat, red and round cherries.
The owner of the cherry shoes was standing in front of her angrily with his hands on his hips, pointing at her and screaming: "Who are you? What are you doing here? Are you an accomplice of Xiangyu who wants to murder His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Cen Xijin: "..." I was actually caught! !
I thought to myself, if I were a quick mover, I might have gotten under the little girl’s crotch just now...
Wang Xiang, who was being punished by kneeling next to her, could only look at her with a look that said, "I'm doing it for myself."
The palace maid wearing cherry shoes is called Yingying. Like Wang Xiang, she is the third-class palace maid of Linzhi Palace. The difference is that Yingying was trained/taught by Die'er and she is regarded as Die'er's confidant.
Cen Xijin hurriedly struggled out from the flowers, put down the things he had brought, bowed obediently, and said with an affectionate smile: "I have met my sister. I am the little palace maid in Zhiwei Garden. I live in the same house as Xiangyu." inner."
Seeing what Cen Xijin had put on the ground, Cherry's eyes widened and she said, "Okay, you're here to deliver medicine to Xiangyu! It turns out you guys are really in the same group. Let's see if I don't tell Sister Die'er to go!"
"She and I are not the same person! Even though we live in the same house, I have long disliked her. I rely on my good looks, some bad money, and the virtue of a concubine. The empress acts as a backer, so she tries every possible means to make me act like a cow or a horse for her - I hate her so much!" As he said this, Cen Xijin gave Wang Xiang a playful look.
Cherry was confused: "What are you doing?"
Cen Xijin lowered his head and explained pitifully: "I heard people say that Xiangyu's hands were burned when she was forced to kneel down here. I thought I would get some salt water and ginger juice and trick her into rubbing the burn medicine on her hands. It hurts her so much...Sister, I will only tell you this, please don’t tell anyone else!"
"It turns out that you are also her enemy," Cherry was happy when she heard this. She raised her head and sighed, "This Xiangyu has offended a lot of people. Everyone in the house hates her. Sister, just do it. I won’t tell anyone!”
Cen Xijin looked at her with great gratitude: "Thank you sister!"
Watching the cherry go away with a smile, Cen Xijin hurriedly squatted down, touched a handful of salt in the salt shaker, threw it into the basin, shook it, and said with concern: "Here, put your hand in."
Wang Xiang didn't seem to hear anything, but sighed slowly: "Is what you said true?"
Cen Xijin said that he hated her so much...
Although Wang Xiang always said she didn't care about her friends, she was always obsessed with saving face and never meant what she said.
Cen Xijin rolled his eyes at her: "Silly! Put your hand in quickly -"
Seeing that Wang Xiang didn't move, Cen Xijin took her hand over and soaked it in salt water.
"Hey, it feels so comfortable." She thought it would hurt.
Look at this stupidity!
Cen Xijin stood up and said with a smile: "I was burned before, and I couldn't buy medicine, so I just used this method. After you soak it, put some ginger juice on your hands. Take your time, and I'll take care of you."
Wang Xiang nodded thoughtfully, and the look in his eyes towards Cen Xijin's back became different from then on.
Inside the Linzhi Hall.
Cherry shared Cen Xijin's story everywhere like a show off, making everyone snicker.
"What did you say?!" When Die'er found out, she was so angry that she burst into flames. Seeing the look on Tao Tao's face that was begging for praise, she finally couldn't help but cursed, "Tao Tao, Tao Tao, you are so stupid! You Is it a vile thing crawling out of a pig's belly? A human-headed pig brain!"
"Sister Die'er, what's wrong with me..." At this moment, Cherry felt as if a basin of cold water was poured from head to toe, and her heart felt cold.
