Sneaking into the Fragrant Chamber at Midnight

  A dark figure slipped in from the window and lowered his voice to scold, "You're so disappointing! What problem can't be solved that you have to seek death!"

  Yuanyi looked at the man who was holding his own hand with a furious face, furrowed his brow and said lightly: "Xiao Gongzi's good kung fu, Zhu Fu is like you, as if no one knows, sneaking into the inner chamber at night, even the guards may not know."

  She didn't answer his question, and suddenly a surge of anger rose in Xiao Heng's chest. He wanted to lose his temper, but when he met her disgusted gaze, he suddenly lost steam. With a sense of frustration and helplessness that even he couldn't understand, he said, "If it's because of the selection of imperial concubines, you don't have to be so disheartened. The matter has already been settled."

  Yuanyi's eyes widened in surprise, looking at him, just about to ask a question, when the voice of the night watchmaid Bajiao came from outside the door, "Miss, what happened? Do you want me to come in and serve?"

  Nothing's wrong, just knocked over a bowl, it's getting late, come back tomorrow to clean up.

  The banana peel responded with a single sound, then fell silent.

  Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yuan Yi also calmed his mind and looked at Xiao Heng who was already sitting on the octagonal stool, asking: "What did Mr. Xiao mean by what he said just now?"

  Xiao Heng snorted coldly and turned his head sideways, ignoring her words.

  Looking at his face, which was even more handsome in the moonlight, Yuan Yi felt a surge of anger in her heart, feeling that this person owed her an apology, and she couldn't help but want to beat him up. He had intruded into her boudoir, knocked over her medicine, and now he was still being arrogant with her.

  She also snorted and turned her head away, not looking at him. She didn't say anything, figuring it was no big deal to just have Lanmei re-cook another bowl tomorrow, why bother putting up with his nonsense.

  Xiao Heng waited for a long time, but Yuan Yi didn't say a few soft words. He finally couldn't help but turn his head back, only to see that the person had already turned away, and there wasn't even a hint of curiosity on his face.

  As long as she softened a bit, he would naturally be frank and open with her. But unexpectedly, she was indifferent to him, which made him suddenly lose all hope. He thought that in his many years of roaming the Jianghu, he had never met such a woman who could make him so tongue-tied. A bellyful of words got stuck in his throat, and whether he spoke or not, it wasn't right. His handsome face turned alternately pale and red, what a wonderful sight!

  In the end, he still lost and poked her arm with a fan, holding up his face and saying: "I can tell you if I want to, but you have to tell me what medicine is on the ground."

  He had only wanted to leave her a note, but unexpectedly saw her with a complex expression holding a bowl of medicine to drink, thinking she was going to take her own life, and in a moment of impulse, he knocked the bowl away and rushed in. Now that he's calm, he thinks that based on his understanding of her, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would try to kill herself.

  He didn't expect him to still remember that bowl of medicine. Yuan Yi glanced at Xiao Heng with a faint expression, his face unchanged: "Supplement medicine." Anyway, he didn't know either, and could get the answer by casually asking, so why not?

  "Really?" Xiao Heng asked hesitantly, seeing her furrow her brow again, his heart skipped a beat, and he hastily forced a smile: "It was my mistake, I came here tonight to tell you that I've already had the draft of selecting imperial consorts returned to your father's hands by Prince Rui. He should know about the inappropriateness by now."

  It suddenly dawned on her, no wonder her father hadn't returned all day. It seemed that he had been delayed and was still at the government office. Until this moment, the huge stone that had been weighing on her heart finally fell off, and she let out a sigh of relief. Even the usually stern face of Xiao Heng looked more pleasant now. "Thank you so much, Mr. Xiao. However, it's getting late, please go back now. I'll make sure my father thanks you properly with a generous gift another day."

  Xiao Heng's originally smiling peach blossom eyes suddenly widened, his face turned iron green. This woman was a typical example of burning bridges after crossing the river. Seeing that he was no longer useful, she actually put on a righteous and dignified expression to drive him away.