The longer the silence lasts, the more awkward the atmosphere becomes.

Until a servant outside shouted through the door curtain, "Your Highness, I have something to report."

"Come in and talk." Situ Jue replied, and glanced at me sideways, "You step aside for a moment."

I looked displeased. He occupied my bedroom and now he is kicking me out?

This evil feudal society, this evil strict class system, I could only complain in my heart while silently retreating outside.

After just a few words, the servant came out and bowed to me before leaving. "Please forgive me for disturbing you at night."

He looked a little unfamiliar, but his attitude was very friendly.

I smiled and said, "It's okay. You've worked hard so late."

"It is my duty. Thank you for your praise, Princess." He also smiled faintly and turned to leave.

"Hey, what's your name?" I asked casually.

"My princess, my name is Wangshan."

"Oh, I see. You can go down now."

After watching him leave, I sat where I was and had no intention of going back to the inner room. I felt like my old nest had been occupied by someone, and I felt very uncomfortable.

At this time, the magpie came in with a plate of porcelain cups. As soon as he entered the door, his eyes looked around. Seeing that I was sitting alone outside, he looked inside loudly.

"Princess, this is the nourishing soup that has been stewed in the kitchen for several hours. You and the prince can have some before going to rest." After saying this, she walked into the inner room and said, "I will bring it in for you first."

When she passed by me, the scent of rouge that wafted over her felt familiar.

I didn't respond to her from beginning to end. Maybe she was so distracted that she didn't notice that I didn't say anything.

Not long after she brought the things in, I heard hurried footsteps. When I reacted, a figure was already blocking my way.

"Why are you so angry? Are you planning to sit outside all night?" Situ Jue's voice was gentle.

I looked up at him in confusion, not knowing what he was talking about.

Then, he grabbed my arm and pulled me up from the chair. I screamed, and he carried me horizontally, and walked into the inner room under the gaze of the magpie. Situ Jue also said to her, "Tell them not to disturb us unless necessary."

Xi Que stood there with a red face, still holding the wooden tray with the lid of the porcelain bowl on it opened. The aroma of the soup mixed with the scent of makeup on her body seemed a little greasy.

Situ Jue carried me in his arms as he walked in, and then went straight to the bedside before putting me down.

After I confirmed that there was no one outside, I got angry and asked, "What are you doing?"

He also sat up and said, "No matter how you knew those things, don't you think it's even more impossible for me to let you go now?"

I suddenly realized that I seemed to be trapped in a dead end. I wanted to prove that I was not the original body, and told him some unknown plots to prove it, but he thought I knew too much, and not silencing him was already a mercy.

From disappointment to regret and then to compromise, the whole process did not take long. He simply lay down and made a big pose.

"Come on, just pretend you're being oppressed by a ghost."

Situ Jue, who was sitting beside the bed, laughed out loud, "Don't worry, I am not an impatient person, I won't do anything to you."

The night passed peacefully. When the two of us went to pay our respects to the Concubine Dowager, it seemed that she had heard the news a long time ago, and she looked at us with a smile in her eyes.

When having breakfast with the concubine, Situ Jue mentioned the birthday banquet in the Xu Mansion in a few days. The concubine continued, "I feel a little heavy these days, so I won't go when the time comes. You and Xing Ye go together and explain to Madam Xu for me. Be polite."

Situ Jue asked about his mother's health and didn't say anything else.

If I hadn't read the original plot and knew that he would secretly meet Su Mei at the birthday banquet in Xu's mansion, I would have been fooled by his filial appearance. Knowing that the concubine was not going, he should be very happy. The only person in the palace that he had to worry about was not there, and then he could look at the person he loved boldly.

After coming out of the Toffee's yard, he should have gone out.

He is now a doctor in the Ministry of War. Although I don’t know what he does every day, I have seen him wearing his official uniform and going to work.

But at this moment he was in no hurry to change his clothes, instead he stopped me in the middle of the road and asked, "Why are you running so fast?"

Wasn't it just that he walked two steps faster than him after leaving the yard? This person is really petty.

"Nothing, I just ate too much, so I just took a walk to help digest the food. Your Majesty, don't think too much. Isn't it almost time? Aren't you going to change into your official uniform?"

"I'll go now. Wait for me to come back. We haven't finished talking yet." He reached out and snatched the handkerchief that I had just used and had not had time to put away.

"Hey!" I subconsciously wanted to grab it, but he turned and went in the opposite direction.

Staring at his back waving the handkerchief, I complained helplessly, "Childish!"

Fortunately, I was just playing with the handkerchief in my hand and didn't use it to wipe anything, otherwise if it fell into his hands, it would be covered with all kinds of stains when he unfolded it, and it wouldn't be me who would be embarrassed anyway.

After returning to Suxin Pavilion, Xueyan came to me and whispered that Xi Que tossed and turned last night, seemed not to have slept well, and kept sobbing softly.

I nodded to show that I understood. Originally, a close maid like Xi Que would follow me whenever I was awake and listen to my orders at any time. But because she tried to show her goodwill to Situ Jue in private last night, but was rejected, she was so angry that she gave herself a half-day off.

She only appeared when Nanny Zhao came back from outside at noon.

Today was the day for me to look at the account books, and Nanny Zhao was very polite and had all the account books brought over.

Judging from her expression, she must have been certain that I couldn't read so much. "Princess, take your time to read. If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask the accountant to come and explain it to you."

"Yeah." I responded calmly without stopping my hands.

Zhao Mama's smile became a little unnatural. "There are so many account books, it will take a while to finish reading them. Why don't I let this old servant..."

"Ma'am, you've worked hard. Go and have a rest first. I'll take care of these account books." I cast my gaze on her face and stared at her straight, making her more nervous.

"Okay, okay, I'll leave now." Before she left, she called for help, "Xi Que, the princess is new to accounting, so please help me with the things I don't understand."

The magpie nodded dejectedly. His eyes were indeed a little red and swollen. It seemed that he had been quite traumatized last night.

After Aunt Zhao left, I closed the account book.

"Princess? You're not going to watch it?"

"Let's see later." I looked at her with a smile, "Why don't you tell me what happened last night, Magpie? Did you cry?"

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