Chapter six hundred and ninety seventh in her absence
The next day, the fish belly turned white on the horizon.
When Liu Mingzhi woke up from his sleep, the beauty who spent the night with him last night was no longer there.
Liu Mingzhi rubbed the dirt at the corner of his eyes with his fingers, and looked at the empty bed next to him with a somewhat confused expression where the beauty was no longer visible.
Has this silly woman gone to wash up? Or has she already left?
"Hoshino?"
"Hoshino?"
"Hoshino?"
Liu Mingzhi whispered the beauty's name three times in succession, but the room was still peaceful and there was no response at all.
"Isn't he already gone?"
Liu Mingzhi murmured to himself, immediately got up, put on his clothes and walked towards the main hall outside the screen.
"Hoshino?"
"Hoshino?"
There was still no response from the room.
"Here comes someone."
"My slave is here."
"Lu'er? Or Xin'er?"
"Back to the young master, this servant is Lu'er."
"Lu'er, Hoshino, has she gone to wash up, or has she already left?"
"Back to the young master, Mrs. Hoshino took a bath two-quarters of an hour ago and left at dawn.
The slave originally wanted to inform the young master about you, but Mrs. Hoshino said not to let the slave disturb your dreams, so the slave did not dare to wake the young master."
"How did she leave?"
"My servant took Mrs. Hoshino to Brother Xiao5's place. Brother Xiao5 took her back in a carriage. Judging from the time, Brother Xiao5 should have returned by now.
Young Master, do you want me to go immediately and notify my fifth brother to come see you?"
"No."
"Slave, please obey."
"Lu'er."
"My slave is here."
"Go and prepare hot water for me to wash up. The young master needs to wash up."
"Slave, please wait a moment, young master."
Liu Mingzhi quietly glanced around the room where he was alone, and walked to the dressing mirror next to the bed with a helpless expression, carefully arranging his clothes.
It seems that even though this silly woman has been honest with her, she still can't let go!
Liu Mingzhi dared to conclude that the reason why Sakai Hoshino left in a hurry without saying goodbye was most likely because he was afraid that Yun'er, his sisters and others would feel embarrassed when they saw him.
After all, there is no identity between her and herself.
Young Master Liu tidied up his clothes and lay on the bed with his hands on the back of his head, silently waiting for Lu'er to bring him hot water for washing.
Although the beauty has left, the faint fragrance on the brocade quilt beside him proves that the beauty spent a good night with him here last night.
"Master, the hot water for washing is here. Can the slave come in?"
"come in."
"yes."
Not long after, Liu Mingzhi stretched out after washing, twisted his neck and hurried towards the main hall of Liu Mansion.
"Lu'er, don't forget to take off the sheets and wash them."
"Hey, this slave knows."
When Liu Mingzhi walked into the main hall, Qi Yun and his sisters were taking the breakfast sent by the maids and placing it on the table one by one.
Seeing the husband who suddenly walked in, all the beauties couldn't help but froze for a moment, and subconsciously glanced behind Mr. Liu.
"Husband, why did you get up so early?"
Liu Mingzhi rolled up his sleeves, walked to the main seat with a smile and sat down.
"Don't you sisters get up earlier than your husband?"
"Can it be the same? My sisters have to supervise all the housework in the house. It's natural that they can't stay in bed without any special reason."
"Husband, where is Miss Hoshino? Isn't she up yet?"
"Husband, you won't make Miss Hoshino so tired that you can't get up, right?
If that's the case, my husband, you really don't understand how to cherish her."
Liu Mingzhi sighed softly, picked up a steaming steamed bun with chopsticks, dipped it in some sauce and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
"Already gone."
"Ah? Already gone?"
"As for your husband, you are the same, why don't you try to keep him?
Even if Hoshino-chan wants to go back to Honglu Temple, at least let her have breakfast before going back."
"Yes, Hoshino-san has already had skin-to-skin contact with your husband, no matter what, you have to let me have breakfast."
Liu Mingzhi listened to the angry words of all the beauties, swallowed the xiaolongbao in his mouth, and sighed with a complicated expression.
"At around dawn, she left her husband without saying goodbye before he woke up.
My husband doesn’t even know when she left, how can I keep my husband?”
"What? This! This!"
"how so."
"After all, my husband and Hoshino are old friends, and what happened before the incident was unfair.
Most likely, she was afraid that she would feel embarrassed when she saw you sisters and others, so she left without saying goodbye so early in the morning."
Qi Ya first filled a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and placed it in front of Liu Mingzhi, and then sat on her chair.
"Husband, how do you plan to deal with Hoshino-chan?
Do you plan to keep her here? Or let nature take its course?"
Liu Mingzhi took a small sip of rice-treasure porridge with a spoon, frowning slightly and pondering for a moment.
"Hoshino Hoshino Yuuchi Tsuyoshi, what will be the final outcome of things between the two of us.
It's on her, not on me.
To be honest with you sisters, I don’t have a suitable solution in my mind for the moment on how to deal with this matter.
For now, let's let nature take its course.
Let’s not talk about Hoshino, let’s eat first.
After having breakfast for my husband, I have to go to the cabinet."
"Hey, my sisters know it."
When all the beauties saw that their husband did not want to continue talking about Sakai Hoshino, they all agreed and ate breakfast in silence.
Liu Mingzhi devoured two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, stood up, stretched and walked directly out of the hall.
"Ladies, please eat slowly. Your husband has to go to the palace first."
"Okay, I, my sisters, would like to send you off to your husband."
Liu Mingzhi had just walked out of the hall when Liu Lingyun, Liu Zhengran and their brothers and sisters ran towards the main hall, chasing each other and making noisy noises.
"Baby, meet your father."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the children who were paying tribute to him, smiled lightly and waved his hands.
"Everyone is free of charge."
"Thank you, daddy."
"Daddy still has something to do, so you go have breakfast first."
"Yes, congratulations to Daddy."
After leaving the Liu Mansion, Liu Mingzhi shook the folding fan in his hand and headed straight for the palace.
"We see your majesty, long live my emperor."
"You are exempt from the courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Continue to be on duty, I will go in first."
"We respectfully see off your Majesty."
When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the cabinet, he immediately saw many cabinet officials busy with each other.
"Mr. Ge, please review this document from Yizhou. If there is no objection, I will send someone to the Palace of Ten Kings."
"Okay, let's put it here for now. I'll take a look at it later."
"Wei Fu, I'm a little undecided about the request for memorial in this document. Could you please give me a look?"
"No problem, I'll come and take a look."
"Your Majesty has arrived."
The cabinet officials who were busy in the palace subconsciously looked toward the door of the palace when they heard the shouts of the imperial guards.
When they saw Liu Mingzhi standing outside the palace gate with a faint smile on his face, many officials hurriedly put down the documents in their hands and stood up to salute.