Chapter 820 Why can’t I sleep?

Chapter 820 Why can’t I sleep?

Xie Ying mustered up the courage to step into Gezhizhai.

She looked at Xiao Chen and smiled, "Your Majesty."

Xiao Chen was happy to see Xie Ying coming, but his expression remained calm as always.

Just as if his heart was calm, he raised his hand casually and said, "Sit down."

"Ah."

The girl answered and just as she sat down, she saw a few cakes on the small stool on the kang, one of which had been bitten. She asked, "Are these cakes from Wangjiang Tower?"

Xiao Chen nodded slightly, and put aside the piece he had just eaten, "I thought you were not coming today."

So, Jianwu was allowed to eat two pieces, and he ate one piece - only one bite, as he didn't like sweets very much.

"The rest is not dirty." He placed the eaten piece on a bone dish.

Xie Ying waited for him to stop, then quickly picked it up and ate it in front of him, "How can I waste it? Mm, it's delicious, I like it."

Xiao Chen looked at her hands and her small, red mouth, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously for a moment, "Eat slowly."

Xie Ying nodded, with a little bulge in his mouth, but it didn't feel rude.

"Your Highness, I'll be shy if you look at me like that." She deliberately spoke in an ambiguous way, or perhaps she thought it was ambiguous and actually a bit frivolous.

But she couldn't stop herself, because Jian Wu said that the prince had prepared cakes for her today.

Xiao Chen opened his mouth but said nothing. Instead, he took out the Book of Changes from the side and looked at it quietly.

Xie Ying looked at the memorials on the table beside him and asked, "Isn't the prince going to review the memorials today?"

Xiao Chen followed Xie Ying's gaze. There were so many memorials, of course he had to approve them.

It's just that she came, so I sat with her for a while.

"Didn't you go to Minglun Hall today?" At this point in time, he should be in class.

Xie Ying nodded, "Yeah, I feel dizzy."

"Why? Let me show you."

Why?

It was because he had accepted Xie Shanxiang's sachet and pillow. These were things close to him, so how could he just accept them?

Xie Ying ate the few cakes in her hand in one gulp and held out her hand, "Then please help me, Your Majesty. Anyway, I feel a little..." She had lost her appetite and almost exposed herself. She had just eaten happily, "but I feel a little dizzy."

Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and placed his bony fingers on the girl's wrist. Her smooth and warm skin was like some strange thing, transmitting the temperature of her skin from his fingertips to all parts of her body.

His heart beat a little faster because of this.

Xie Ying looked at Xiao Chen's serious expression, and as she looked, she found that the tip of his ears was stained with a thin layer of crimson.

Is he shy?

Xie Ying didn’t know, but her heartbeat was exceptionally fast, so fast that she subconsciously covered her chest. Would her pulse betray her heartbeat?

Xiao Chen felt her pulse and found it was too fast, but seeing her ruddy complexion and a hint of fatigue, he asked, "Have you not been getting enough sleep at night recently?"

Xie Ying pouted, nodded with a slightly aggrieved look, "It's a bit hard to sleep."

Sleeplessness

It couldn't be that Yao'er also drugged Xie Ying?

Not really. Even if Yao'er did this, Xie Yunchu would not agree to give that kind of drug to his own sister!

After heaving a sigh of relief, Xiao Chen withdrew his hand. He wanted to calm down and take the pulse again.

Xie Ying looked at his slightly curled hands. The bone structure was perfect and the bare hands were very pleasing to the eye.

Thinking of this, she lowered her head to look at her own hands. They were also as crystal clear as jade, but with a sense of flesh, in stark contrast to his bony hands.

After some ideological struggle, Xie Ying tentatively handed the embroidered handkerchief she had prepared for a long time to Xiao Chen, "I embroidered this myself, and I also want to give it to the prince to thank him for saving my life."

After saying that, Xie Ying lowered her head, her heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to jump out of her throat, and her face was burning hot.

She didn't dare look up because she knew her face must be red beyond description.

Xiao Chen looked at the plain white handkerchief, which was embroidered with mandarin ducks and the word "楹".

Xie Ying continued to extend her hand. If Xiao Chen accepted her handkerchief, then she would be bolder and would not deal with him anymore. She would have to be more clear.

Xiao Chen's heart beat abnormally as he looked at the handkerchief that was about to be handed into his palm. He didn't even dare to open his mouth to speak, for fear that the sound of his voice would reveal his extremely excited and flustered mood.

This feeling was like being wrapped in soft mulberry silk, soft and warm, and seemed to give him a supreme sense of power.

Sure enough, the next moment, the girl's hand and handkerchief were placed in his palm.

Xiao Chen watched with his lips moving until the girl pulled her hand back, then lowered his head to play with the ring on her waist.

Boom boom boom—boom boom boom—

He clenched his fists and held the silky soft handkerchief in his palms. He raised his eyes to look at the girl with her head bowed, her furry head, and his sight fell on the white jade peach blossom hairpin on her bun.

Perhaps there was no need to ask, his unusually hot heart had already told him that he had fallen in love with Xie Ying.

It turns out that this is the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen, and the love between Yaoer, Xie Yunchu, Zhener and Zhou Yiqing.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The sounds of each other's breathing and the crackling sounds of the candlelight were particularly obvious.

After a long while, Xiao Chen folded the handkerchief and placed it on the small stool, then he looked at Xie Ying and said, "You're welcome."

Xie Ying raised his eyes and met her gaze, his sight falling on her handkerchief on the stool. Although he had put it aside, he did not refuse. Moreover, his eyes were gentle and he did not blame her for being too presumptuous.

She smiled slightly, her heart was as sweet as honey, and her rapidly beating heart showed the authenticity of what had just happened.

It seemed as if the two of them were in perfect harmony with each other.

"Why can't you sleep?" Xiao Chen was a little embarrassed and waved again, asking him to look at her again.

Xie Ying pursed her lips. Why? It’s all because of you!

She held out her other hand for him to feel her pulse.

The cool touch fell on his wrist, and Xie Ying's heart couldn't help but get excited again.

She covered her heart and opened her mouth, "It's all because of--" You, her eyes fell on the locker on the kang, the sachet on the locker was shining, and there was a pillow.

The pillow was embroidered with the four gentlemen: plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

At first glance, it was the pillow sent by Xie Shanxiang. Xiao Chen put the things sent by Xie Shanxiang in such an obvious place. Did he fall asleep with the pillow and sachet sent by Xie Shanxiang during his nap?

"Because why?" Xiao Chen asked.

Xie Ying said: "Because the buzzing of mosquitoes and cicadas bothers me."

Xiao Chen looked at the girl with her head down, not knowing if it was his illusion, he just felt that she seemed unhappy just now.

At this moment, her heartbeat was not so fast.

The pulse is normal, it's just that he didn't get enough rest. "I have some good incense here that can get rid of mosquitoes. I'll give you some later. Rest early when you go back. You should be fine tomorrow."