Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 33 Slaves
Qin Zheng started burning again in the middle of the night, Xie Jinhua didn't dare to disturb the people in the house, so he got up and went to ask Lily to get some herbs and hot water.

Holding her wrist with one hand, Xie Jinhua stopped, and turned to look into a pair of watery eyes.

He was miserable.

At that moment, the girl only had this thought in her mind.

"Don't go."

Qin Zheng's voice was rustling and weak, his cheeks were flushed, and there was no trace of blood on his lips. The young man at this moment looked extraordinarily fragile.

Xie Jinhua suddenly understood the boy's thoughts: "I won't leave, I won't leave tonight."

What was in front of him was just a young man, a young man who experienced too many hardships without anyone to accompany him.

"Don't lie to me."

The boy muttered,
The boy was very quiet when he was sick, except for his flushed cheeks and the five fingers that were always holding her hand tightly, there was nothing unusual about him.

Those eyes were obviously closed several times, but opened again the next moment.

"Go to sleep, I won't leave."

Xie Jinhua's other hand gently pulled the quilt under the young man up, tucking the corner of the quilt tightly.

"Do not lie to you."

Xie Jinhua finally said these three words.

The young man's eyes were finally closed, and he looked peaceful, as if he was just asleep, but the scar on his cheek and the few drops of blood on his neck and chest ruined his tranquility.

Xie Jinhua's eyes were gloomy, where did Qin Zheng go tonight, and who was he hurt by?
She didn't ask this question after all.

"lily."

Xie Jinhua called Lily in a low voice.

"You take the box in the second drawer on the left side of the cabinet in my room, and get some hot water."

Lily heard Xie Jinhua's order and frowned: "Miss, I'll just take care of you here, you should go back, in case someone finds that you are not in the room but here."

"You put on my clothes and help me hide it for one night, just for one night, I promise him not to leave."

Xie Jin's screen showed a bit of pleading.

Lily looked at the pleading in Xie Jinhua's eyes, and her heart softened all of a sudden, and she sighed: "Miss, you are smarter than me, you must be aware of the concerns of the servant girl, I just hope that the lady must take care of herself, For whatever reason, don't put yourself in danger."

Lily glanced at Xie Jinhua's and Qin Zheng's tightly holding hands, then turned and left.

Xie Jinhua felt a bit of tension between his fingers, and couldn't help laughing at the boy who had closed his eyes and seemed to have completely fallen asleep: "Don't worry, although I'm not as good as I promise, I still keep what I say."

Since she had promised Qin Zheng not to leave tonight, she would not leave.

As for those questions, Qin Zheng didn't want to talk about them, so she didn't ask them.

-

Qin Zheng has never slept so peacefully. Whether in reality or in a dream, he has always needed to be vigilant. Since he was sensible, he has been trained to be vigilant at all times. No one around him can believe that he is always ready. Waking up to deal with the imaginary enemy the crone had wrought upon him was like a never-ending nightmare, except that he never realized it was a nightmare.

But last night, even though his chest was suffocated, his head was dizzy and uncomfortable, and every inch of his body was hurting, he still slept soundly, because the hand in his palm never left.

The temperature belonging to Xie Jin's painting is like the most soothing spice, which is addictive.

The boy opened his eyes and looked at Xie Jinhua, whose chin was supported by one hand on the edge of the bed, and Xie Jinhua, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, was warm with the hand held by her, and the warmth never retreated overnight.

Xie Jin's eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, and the morning light casts a little gold on half of her face, she looks like a goddess, not like a mortal.

is she realOr it was just a dream of his own, Qin Zheng's other hand moved slightly, reaching towards Xie Jinhua's cheek uncontrollably.

Seeing that the boy's hand was about to touch Xie Jinhua's cheek, a gust of wind blew by, blowing the hair on the girl's cheek across her eyelids.

Xie Jinhua's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his bewildered eyes opened, and at a glance, he saw the frightened hand retracted and the redness at the base of the boy's ears.

"I didn't want to touch you just now."

The standard here is 300 taels of silver, and Qin Zheng realized what he said when he finished speaking. He opened his mouth and wanted to explain but couldn't speak. Facing Xie Jinhua's smiling eyes, he The mouth is surprisingly clumsy.

"Well, I know you just wanted to wake me up."

Xie Jinhua's eyes couldn't help looking at Qin Zheng's reddened ears, and inexplicably felt that the other party's reaction was very cute, but she would not say this, and pretended not to notice, young people's self-esteem , Xie Jinhua still knows a little bit.

Xie Jinhua first touched his forehead to feel the temperature, then bent down and touched Qin Zheng's forehead with that hand.

The girl leaned forward, with a faint fragrance on her body, Qin Zheng held his breath unconsciously.

He dared not breathe, dared not move.

"It's not burning."

Xie Jinhua's joyful voice reached his ears, and the warm breath sprayed out as he spoke, Qin Zheng clenched his fists.

The redness at the base of the ears spread little by little to the back of the neck where outsiders could not see.

It looked like it was about to become a cooked shrimp.

Before Qin Zheng was about to be cooked by himself, Xie Jinhua moved his upper body and stood up straight: "Recover well, I told Cui'er to take good care of you, I'm leaving first."

Qin Zheng looked at Xie Jinhua, didn't make a sound, but pursed his lips tightly.

He wanted to ask the other party for a moment, didn't he say he was with him all the time?Didn't you say you won't leave?

It was just his only rationality that made him swallow those words back.

He is not anyone that Xie Jin painted, at best it is just that the other person happened to make up for what he owed to others, and asking too much is to push an inch.

Xie Jinhua who walked to the door suddenly stopped: "The promise you made last night was not a lie."

Qin Zheng stared blankly at the girl's figure disappearing at the door of the room. After a while, the corners of his lips parted, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

He had never laughed so openly before, and the wound on his cheek was pulled again, but he didn't feel the pain anymore, or rather, this kind of pain made him clearly know that he was not dreaming just now.

That feeling is surprisingly good.

-

When Lily saw Xie Jin's painting, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss, you are back, you don't know how nervous I am, if someone finds out last night, I will die."

Complaining, while carefully serving Xie Jinhua to freshen up.

"What was discovered? Second sister, did you do something shameful, hiding in the room with Lily for so long and not coming out?"

Xie Jinyao's voice was delicate and sweet, but in the ears of Xie Jinhua and Baihe, it was as disgusting as a night owl.

Xie Jinhua put on her outer skirt, turned around and looked at Xie Jinyao, focusing on both sides of the other's cheeks.

Xie Jinyao was annoyed by her look: "What are you looking at!"

Subconsciously turned her cheek to the side, the small cut on her face hadn't disappeared, it was the time when she hated others' attention to her face, and it was Xie Jinhua.

"I was looking at some people with such big faces. They just said they didn't recognize me as the second sister yesterday, so today they don't invite themselves in."

Xie Jinhua didn't bother to pretend that kind of so-called friendliness to Xie Jinyao.

The last layer of skin between the two was not torn.

It's just that Xie Jinyao, who was severely reprimanded by Mrs. Huang as the second lady said yesterday, would regain her spirits so quickly.

Xie Jinyao's complexion darkened when Xie Jinhua was running on her, and she clenched her fists: "Second sister, don't always be quick to talk, I'm here now to tell you something important, the son of Prince Rui's mansion was poisoned last night .”

She looked at Xie Jinhua with gloating eyes, waiting to see how nervous she was.

Xie Jinhua sat on the dressing table by himself, chose a jasper hairpin, stroked it in his hair, and asked Lily beside him: "How about this hairpin?"

No one knows Qin Zheng's temperament better than Xie Jinhua. Last night, Qin Zheng's injury suddenly relapsed, and a new injury was added. She noticed that there was red mud on the mud on his shoes, which was only found in Prince Rui's Mansion. Originally, she had guessed in her heart, but after hearing Xie Jinyao's words, she felt that the dust had settled.

"Miss looks good no matter which hairpin she uses."

Lily said solemnly, the two of them acted as if no one was around, as if they had completely forgotten about Xie Jinyao.

Being so neglected, Xie Jinyao gritted her teeth angrily, took a step forward, and stared at Xie Jinhua: "Second Sister, didn't you hear? The son of Prince Rui's Mansion has been poisoned, and the servant next to you is from Prince Rui's Mansion, son Some time ago, he was severely punished, maybe he was the one who took revenge on the crown prince, you have brought disaster on the family, do you know that!"

"Dead or not?"

Xie Jinhua asked lightly when Xie Jinyao was very excited.

"Shi Zifu has a great destiny, so naturally he didn't die."

Xie Jinyao replied subconsciously.

"Not dead."

Xie Jinhua's tone was not concealed with some disappointment: "If you are not dead, what are you so excited for? If you don't know, you may think that there is something about Sanmei and Prince Narui. Thank you Sanmei for telling me the news. I already know I don't have time to entertain you, so you can do it yourself."

Xie Jinhua directly issued an order to evict the guest.

Xie Jinyao stared at her with wide eyes: "Second Sister, what kind of attitude is this? Prince Rui's son was poisoned and had an accident. King Rui ordered all suspicious people in the palace to be imprisoned. Now they are being reviewed one by one. The ones you brought That little bastard is also from Prince Rui's Mansion, Mother said, if you don't want to offend Prince Rui's Mansion and be questioned by Daddy, you can send him back to Prince Rui's Mansion right now!"

Xie Jinyao's voice stopped abruptly, because Xie Jinhua got up suddenly, stood in front of her, and looked at her with a particularly cold look: "Qin Zheng is my savior, I have said more than once, he is now People from Shangshu's Mansion are not from Prince Rui's Mansion, Xie Jinyao, I don't want to hear some dirty words coming out of your mouth, otherwise, I don't mind teaching you what is polite!"

The jasper hairpin in Xie Jinhua's hand was turning, and the tip of the hairpin was aligned with Xie Jinyao's throat.

At that moment, Xie Jinyao really had the feeling that the other party would poke the hairpin down.

Xie Jinyao wanted to be subdued.

"Is it your etiquette to treat your own sister like this for a servant?"

Huang's cold voice came, and behind her was a group of servants, and Qin Zheng was among them, and two servants held his arms.

(End of this chapter)