The next day, when Ruan Tang woke up, it was already afternoon.
As soon as she got up from bed, a maid came in to help her wash and dress.
In the past, Chunhan or Xia Zhu were doing this.
It is rare to see maids in the palace, so Chu Mu must have specially prepared these for her.
But she couldn't accept that these maids suddenly did Chunhan and Xia Zhu's work, so she asked them to put down their things and sent them out.
She sat by the bed, feeling a little depressed because she thought of Chunhan and Xia Zhu.
However, she did not let herself indulge in negative emotions for a long time. These days, she has slowly accepted the fact that Chunhan and Xia Zhu have left her, and she can hide her emotions well.
So she allowed herself to be sad for a while, then got up to wash and change clothes.
After finishing this, she walked out of the room. She was ready to go back to the other courtyard, but she wanted to be informed.
Therefore, after asking a maid, she found out that Chu Mu was handling official business in the study.
She walked towards the study without hesitation.
When she came to the door of the study, Dong Zhan happened to be standing guard at the door. Seeing Ruan Tang coming, he bowed to her politely.
"Hello, Miss Ruan."
When Ruan Tang saw him, he couldn't help but think of the scene on the carriage last night, and a somewhat unnatural look appeared on his face.
"Hello, Master Dongzhan." She also nodded towards him.
"Is Miss Ruan here to see His Highness? His Highness is dealing with official business, but His Highness has ordered that if Miss Ruan comes, you can go in directly."
But Ruan Tang still raised her hand and knocked on the door. When a "come in" came from inside, she opened the door and went in.
Chu Mu, who was carefully reviewing the papers, immediately put a smile on his lips when he saw it was her.
"Are you up? Why don't you sleep more?"
After he asked, some scenes from last night flashed through Ruan Tang's mind. Her face suddenly felt hot and dry, and she felt a little uncomfortable when she looked at him.
She was really too proactive last night.
She lowered her eyes, embarrassed to look at him again, then stepped into the study and walked to his desk.
"Your Highness, I'm going back first."
"Have you eaten?" He told the maid, if she wakes up, remember to let her eat.
Ruan Tang shook his head, "I'll go back and eat."
However, Chu Mu's face darkened slightly when he heard this, "Didn't I tell them that you will provide food as soon as they wake up? My people dare to neglect them, for fear that they will become impatient."
Ruan Tang waved his hands and explained, "No, I told them not to prepare."
"Wherever you go, just wait and I'll ask someone to serve you."
After saying that, he called Dongzhan out the door and gave a few instructions, and Dongzhan hurriedly left.
Chu Mu got up from the chair, walked around the table, took her hand, and led her to the coffee table aside to sit down.
After pouring her a cup of tea, he asked softly: "Did you sleep well? Your body... is it still sore?"
Ruan Tang's face burned with panic, he picked up the tea, took a sip, and then shook his head.
He had never asked this afterward before.
It was so sudden that she couldn't get used to it.
But she knew that it must be because of the words the two people said last night and her initiative last night that he became like this.
Seeing her shyness, Chu Mu felt even happier. He directly took her hand into his and gently rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb.
"Tangtang, we didn't finish talking last night, can we..."
But before Chu Mu finished speaking, Ruan Tang turned his head, pretended to look around his study, and then directly interrupted him: "Your Highness, can I read your book?"
Chu Mu was not stupid and knew that she was escaping.
"Ruan Tang..."
"Your Highness, I want to see if you have the books I want to read." Ruan Tang said as he took her hand out of his, stood up and walked to the bookshelf nearby.
After walking to the bookshelf, Ruan Tang pretended to search for books on his bookshelf seriously.
It's not that she doesn't want to talk to him about that problem, it's that she can't give him an answer yet.
In fact, their identities are very different, and their ideas and views may be very different.
Her soul comes from another world. She may not be able to be like the women in this world. After getting married, she can stay at home to care for her husband and raise children.
She wanted to go out and break out.
He can indeed promise to accompany her now, but if he really gives up his identity and power here, will he get used to it?
Would you be willing to go through those windy, sunny, and homeless days with her? She was going to be the most despised businessman in this era. If he was with her, it would be like falling from the sky to the ground.
Maybe in a short period of time, he would find it novel and nothing wrong with it, but if it lasted for a long time, he would inevitably feel resentful.
And his current position may not be relinquished so smoothly.
During the days she spent with him, she had also learned that outside, he was a treacherous and sycophantic king with a bad reputation, but in fact, he managed the government very well, loved the people like his son, and would never kill innocent people indiscriminately. The good prince.
It's just that he is not so glorious in this position.
In addition, he didn't bother to defend himself. Over time, everyone only had the word "treacherous" in their impression of him.
If he chose her, she would be ashamed of all the people. She really couldn't bear such a big responsibility.
It's better not to choose.
Cherish the time you can spend together, and let things take their own course in the future.
Ruan Tang looked around on the bookshelf and found that most of the books were military books, history books and the like.
She wanted to pick up a book to show off, but she couldn't do it.
Just when she was about to give up, she suddenly saw a bookmark hanging from a high place that read 'Xiao Die Dreams of Her Lover'. Such a label seemed particularly inappropriate in his serious book.
At the same time, Ruan Tang's curiosity was aroused. She stood on tiptoes and followed the hanging bookmark to where the book might be placed.
It's just that the position is too high, and she can't reach it for a while.
After finally reaching that level, before I could get the book, I swept down a wooden box.
The wooden box fell directly into Ruan Tang's arms, but because it fell at an angle, when the box was caught by Ruan Tang, some of the things inside also fell out and fell on the floor.
Ruan Tang suddenly panicked as if he had made a mistake, and quickly squatted down to pick up the things that fell out.
Among them were two crescent-shaped fish jade tablets when Ruan Tang picked them up. She subconsciously looked at it and saw that the two jade tokens seemed to be connected together, but now they were in two halves. She thought it was her, and she became even more panicked.
When Chu Mu came over and knelt down, she quickly handed him the jade plaque, "I'm sorry, it seems to have broken in half. I didn't mean to do it. How about I take it out and show it to the master of the jewelry store?" See if it can be fixed?"
Chu Mu took the two halves of the jade token from her hand, his expression unchanged, still with a slight smile, "This jade token was already broken into two halves, it was not you who broke it."
"Really?" Ruan Tang was worried that Chu Mu said this because he was afraid that she would feel guilty.
"Really, if you don't believe me, look at the interface. The traces are old. If it was dropped just now, it's definitely not like this."
Ruan Tang went over and took a few glances, and found that the marks on the interface were indeed not new, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
