Chapter 58

“Having a nightmare?” King Yu put the lamp aside, leaned down, looked at her with concern, and wiped her tears.

Rong Xiangmian fixes her mind, sighs in relief and sits up, leaning against the bed, “I’m sorry, I woke you up.”

“No, I wasn’t asleep.”

Zhou Xian Yang didn’t tell the princess that he had long gotten into the habit of waking up at the slightest stirring of the wind and grass as he battled his way through Western Qin. It was difficult to sleep well without getting drunk.

Rong Xiangmian licked her lips, and Zhou Xianyang immediately got up and went to pour her a glass of water.

Sagami looked at him in a daze, hesitating to take it.

“What’s wrong?” Zhou Xian Yang thought she was still unconscious, so he brought the glass to her lips, but Xiangmian still stared at him blankly and drank from his hand.

The way her eyes moved like a child’s made Zhou Xian Yang’s heart soften.

“Do you want more?”

Xiangmian shook his head. Zhou Xian Yang drank the rest of the glass, put it aside and said, “Can you sleep now? If not, I can talk to you.”

Sang-mi nodded, and moved a little further into the bed, so Yang went over and sat next to the bed frame, half-sitting on the edge of the bed.

Rong Xiangmian buried his face in his hands, his mind calmed down a bit, and his voice rang out, “Did I just talk in my sleep?”

Zhou Xian Yang did not answer immediately, Rong Xiangmian abruptly turned her head and frowned, “What did I say?”

“Nothing.”

Rong Xiangmian didn’t believe me, “You said you wouldn’t deceive me anymore.”

“Zhou Xianhan, let go of me.”

The emotionless restatement made Rong Xiangmian speechless for a moment, “Perhaps …… it is because I had a fight with him during the day, and I have a dream in the day and a dream in the night.”

“In the past in the palace, did he bully you?” Zhou Xian Yang suddenly asked. Rong Xiangyang’s back went cold, thinking that his eyes were really sharp, and he didn’t know how to answer.

With Zhou Xian Yang’s understanding of the crown princess over the past few days, she had always been of a lenient and stoic nature, and the way she acted in front of the Chongzheng Hall yesterday, it was more than likely that she had an old grudge. Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Zhou Xian Yang did not ask again and only said, “Don’t worry, I won’t let him have a good time.”

Rong Xiangmian thought to herself, even if she and Zhou Xianhan did not have a blood feud in this life, they were now on opposite sides of the fence, and she had to leave behind enough backstops to deal with him in case she was moved in the future.

She reminded, “Have you ever felt that of the many princes, King Li is the only one who doesn’t look anything like the Emperor?”

Zhou Xian Yang had never thought about this, and when he was pointed out at this moment, his heart suddenly shook, “This is not something that can be said outside without solid evidence.”

Rong Xiangyang grabbed his sleeve: “I know. Can your highness secretly send someone to the palace to check on his birth mother, I heard that she is now under house arrest in the palace. Of course, if you think it will cause trouble, then it’s not necessary.”

Although Zhou Xian Yang did not understand what exactly her beef with King Li was, he still responded, “I will notify you as soon as I have the results.”

Rong Xiangyang sighed in relief and shifted to a topic that he should be interested in, “Your Highness, tell me about what happened after you went to Western Qin.”

“Good, but I can’t finish telling you in one night, let’s start with the part about entering Western Qin.”

“Hm.”

Rong Xiangmian quietly listened to how the twelve year old Zhou Xian Yang followed the feints of the Qi Family Army into Western Qin, taking Little Nan and Little Bei and the others with him as they wandered around in the beacon-hit borderlands.

Things didn’t go as well as expected at first; several armies were too busy burning and looting to be interested in taking them with them.

They could only go begging and stealing like wandering orphans, to the point of stealing food from wild dogs.

In order to put an end to these days, Zhou Xian Yang took the risk of feeling his way into a garrison’s camp. Relying on the tactics he learned from his military books, he commanded Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei to attack from the east and succeeded in stealing the army’s food.

Then, he intentionally revealed his flaws and waited for the other side to capture him. The garrison chief saw that at a young age, he had fooled his own men, and saw him say “whoever gives him food, he will work for whoever”, and laughed …….

Rong Xiangmian thought, now I know how the “scoundrel” came about! The original is in the West Qin robbery abduction to come.

She was listening to the story, but the voice of the storyteller stopped.

She lifted her head and asked in a sleepy, soft voice, “Why don’t you tell it?”

The words were regretted as soon as they were uttered, and in the bright and uncertain light, Yu Wang’s eyes were also obscure, looking down at her. The instant the knot in his throat slid, she was busy lowering her head. She didn’t know when she was already next to King Yu, so she hurriedly moved a little farther away.

The man was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said as if nothing had happened, “Then, he left us to feed the horses in the army, and managed our three meals a day ……”

Xiangmian didn’t remember when she fell asleep, only knowing that when she woke up her entire body was collapsed in Yu Wang’s arms. She moved a bit and saw that Yü Wang’s brow was slightly furrowed, it was his arm that was too sore and painful to move after being pillowed by her all night.

She hurriedly got up and lowered his hand, giving him a squeeze on his arm and shoulder.

“Why didn’t you call me when you woke up, or simply push me away?”

King Yu lay there, revealing a lazy look that was usually unseen, “Wanted to stay like this for a while longer.”

The morning light pours in through the light veil of the tent, making everything in the tent warm and cozy, and Rong Xiangmian also likes this little part of the world, undisturbed and quiet and cozy.

She lies back down next to Yu Wang, both of them do not speak, quietly listening to the birdsong outside, as well as the sound of the servants sweeping in the morning in front. She feels King Yu stroking her long hair and closes her eyes again, quietly wasting time.

Zhou Xian Yang lowered his head and could see his wife’s eyes slightly closed, her eyelashes slightly trembling, and a subtle joy spread in his heart, wishing he could stay like this.

Last night, next to her soft body, smelling the jasmine fragrance in her hair, several times the story could not be told. However, as soon as he thought of the Princess’s fierce resistance and nightmare terror in the study, he pressed himself.

He didn’t want to ruin the delicate balance between the two, didn’t want to force the crown princess. The wangfei seemed very hurt and insecure.

After relying for two quarters of an hour, Lin Lang outside said, “Mama Song is here, Your Highness, if the crown princess is awake, get up and freshen up.” Only then did the two of them get up reluctantly.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Song rushed from home and entered the royal residence through the ear door, catching Zhou Xian Yang and asking, “What happened, why did you close the door to contemplate?”

Zhou Xian Yang calmed down, “Don’t panic mom Song, I was reprimanded by the Emperor, no big deal.”

Only then did Mama Song feel relieved and explained to Rong Xiangmian, “Your Highness, please bear with me, our Highness is not like those palace-bred royals, his heart is true, he doesn’t know how to curry favor with His Majesty, so there is no wonder there is that inconsiderate place.”

Rong Xiangmian and Yu Wang looked at each other and laughed, but they couldn’t defend him.

After breakfast, the little girls brought two bowls of sugar steamed cheese, ready to be served to Rong Xiangmian and King Yup.

Xiangmian said, “Mother Song, you can taste the craftsmanship of the British Duke’s House and accompany King Yuhang to use a bowl. I have something to do at the front.”

How can Mama Song be so kind as to shrug it off, “Since I have nothing to do, I’ll go home. I still have to bring my granddaughter.”

Zhou Xian Yang pretended to be mysterious: “Mother Song, there’s a good show coming up later, are you going to watch it?” Only then did Mama Song’s curiosity rise and she nodded her head.