Chapter 57: So Heartless
"Your Highness." Ning'er quietly walked into the study, seeing Xiao Yuehan sitting at his desk with furrowed brows as he read the telegram, unsure whether to speak up at this moment.
After about a stick of incense time had passed, Xiao Yuehan put down the letter in his hand and glanced at Da Yinger Ning who was standing quietly there: "What?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the princess... " Ning Er bit her lip: "She's been washing clothes every day recently."
"Huh?" Xiao Yuehan slightly hooked the corner of his mouth: "She's indeed living a carefree life, not only fetching water herself, cooking for herself, but also washing her own clothes. It seems that the Lonely King has truly underestimated him." As he spoke, a chill flashed in his eyes.
"It's just that the princess may have never done servant work before, recently I discovered that both of the princess' hands are wrapped in gauze, with faint bloodstains seeping through...". Ning'er carefully looked at Xiao Yuehan's furrowed brow: "I think, the princess' hands might be because she has been drawing well water every day, cooking for herself, and doing miscellaneous chores in Xue Ling Garden. With her delicate skin being stimulated by cold water, it can't withstand such torture... perhaps there are already cracks on the back of her hands... or maybe it's just that the princess accidentally cut her hand while chopping vegetables..."
"Go ahead." Before she finished speaking, Xiao Yuehan's expressionless face lowered his eyes and picked up another letter.
Ning'er closed her mouth, but looked at Xiao Yuehan's tightly knitted eyebrows with suspicion, and could only respectfully bow her head: "The slave withdraws."
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Hua Xiang Rong sat in the room, carefully applying medicine to the wound on her hand, then turned her head to look at that basin of dirty water.
She had just washed another piece of clothing and now that it was clean, she hurriedly came to change the dressing and gauze on his swollen hand. Although she didn't know much about medicine, she had seen pigs run even if she hadn't eaten pork before, so she learned quickly. She prepared some medicine, mashed it into a paste, then wrapped it with gauze. Only then did she smile and stand up, shaking her clothes as she turned to go pour the dirty water from the basin into a drainage ditch beside the pond in the backyard, which was where the people of the estate poured their dirty water because it was sloped, so the water would slowly flow out of the estate.
Hua Xiang Rong was carrying a basin of water, but it was too heavy and the gauze on her hand, which had just been applied with medicine, began to seep blood again. She knew that the wound, which was healing and cracking every day, had cracked open once more. She really couldn't understand why Hua Xiang Rong's skin was so fragile, but there was nothing she could do about it now. Moreover, Xiao Yue Han didn't even want to appear in front of her, let alone give her another chance to seduce him.
Hua Xiang Rong was thinking indignantly while scolding Xiao Yue Han in her heart, feeling quite satisfied. Suddenly, she saw a figure walking towards her and was startled. She quickly steadied herself, cleared her throat, and smiled as she carried the water basin, appearing very happy as she walked forward.
Xiao Yuehan gazed at Hua Xiangrong's delighted expression with a cold and indifferent look, without showing any concern or comfort towards her. As Hua Xiangrong laughed and brushed past him as if she hadn't seen him, he smiled coldly and didn't linger for even a moment.
Xiao Yuehan left without even looking at her, and Hua Xiangrong suddenly turned back, staring at his back.
Good grief, you old fox are so heartless!
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