Stacked neatly, Su Tang's eyes were almost blinded.
The silver note felt nothing in my hand, but the heavy gold didn't feel too good in my hand. Su Tang couldn't put it down. She took two large ingots, sat back on the Luohan couch, looked at Xie Boting and said, "Are you sure you didn't put it down?"
Am I asking for a reward?"
Xie Boting, "..."
He is not her, and he doesn't take credit for doing good deeds.
He was going to ask for a reward for her. How could he not say it? Not only would he say it, he would also directly bring back the box full of gold.
Xie Boting shook his head firmly, "I'm sure."
Su Tang didn't believe it. The prince knew that she was not short of money, especially since he had rewarded her with twenty thousand taels just a few days ago. If she had not performed meritorious services, the prince would not have rewarded her with such a large box of gold.
Su Tang looked at Xie Boting and said, "What did you just say to your father?"
Before Su Tang spoke, Xie Boting had already gone through what happened between the time he entered the prince's study and when he came out. He frowned and looked at Su Tang, as if Su Tang was not sure that his face was clean.
You have to suspect something dirty.
"You should tell me quickly," Su Tang said very impatiently.
Although the reward is very good, the reason for the reward must be understood clearly, otherwise she will not feel at ease with it.
Xie Boting's mood was very subtle. He just sarcastically said in front of his father that only his wife had good eyesight and could see his unreal feelings for his mother and concubine...
Su Tang was embarrassed, "What then?"
"No more," Xie Boting replied.
"I haven't said a few words to my father in total, and this is the only one I mentioned about you."
At this time, a maid came in from the outside. She was the maid sent by the princess. She said outside the bead curtain, "Your Majesty, the princess sent a slave to ask you about the injury on the prince's hand."
Xie Boting's eyes swept over the big box and said, "Go back and tell my mother and concubine not to worry. Although my father has injured his right hand, he can still eat with his left hand and will not starve to death."
Is this to tell the princess not to worry?
This was obviously because the princess was so worried that she couldn't eat or sleep.
The maid left with an uneasy look on her face.
After the maid left, Su Tang proudly dangled the gold ingot in front of Xie Boting's eyes, "Now believe me, your father likes your mother and concubine, right?"
Xie Boting frowned, "Even if you like it, it's definitely not much."
As a son, he hopes more than anyone else that his father, queen, mother, and concubine can have deep love and harmony, but he really doesn't see it. He can't speak out of conscience, but he can take this opportunity to test it out.
Su Tang smiled and said, "Some people have stronger feelings and are less able to express them. Maybe my father is this kind of person."
Xie Boting's eyes fell on the box full of gold again.
"I hope so."
As for the maid, she hurried back to Tianxiangyuan. She ran back all the way and was so hot that she was sweating profusely. When the princess saw her, she quickly asked, "How is it?"
The maid conveyed Xie Boting's words to the princess worriedly.
The princess' heart suddenly rose to her throat.
She knew that the injury to the prince's hand was not serious, but she also knew that when some people were unlucky, even a small scratch would be fatal.
Ting'er would not lie to her, let alone help the prince lie to her. The more the princess thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and she went to the study again.
When the prince heard the boy reporting that the princess was coming, he frowned and quickly wrapped his hand with a handkerchief. When he saw the princess, the prince said expressionlessly, "What is the princess here for?"
"...Come, come and feed me," the princess's voice was floating.
The prince's mouth twitched, "What?"
The princess said bravely, "Ting'er said that Your Majesty, you injured your right hand and can't eat, so you asked me to feed you."