Chu Xingchen seemed to be dreaming. Everything in the dream was strange and seemed crazy. Then he felt very tired and didn't even want to move a finger.
Then, Chu Xingchen failed to get up the next day. I wonder if he left the palace. He woke up late at dawn on the summer solstice. When the tension passed, Chu Xingchen was still sleeping.
Because she didn't have to go to court, seeing that she was still sleeping, and thinking of how busy Chu Xingchen had been before, Xia Zhi went out quietly.
Xia Zhi thought that Chu Xingchen was too tired, so she wanted her to have a good rest, but she didn't expect that she would not wake up until noon.
Xia Zhi was a little anxious, "Your Highness..."
She touched Chu Xingchen's forehead and found that there was no fever. Chu Xingchen responded when she called out and just muttered, "Don't make any noise."
Xia Zhi hesitated for a while, but finally did not wake up.
After another hour, Chu Xingchen finally woke up, "What time is it?"
Hearing that it was already afternoon, Chu Xingchen was surprised, "Why did you sleep for so long..."
She sat up and felt indescribable pain and fatigue in her body. When she got out of bed, she felt even more abnormal.
"What's going on..." Chu Xingchen checked his clothes immediately, but they were still on him, just as they were before going to bed last night.
She had doubts on her face, thinking she was just overthinking it, but when she came out of the shower, she saw the red mark on her neck in the mirror.
It's red, as if it was bitten by a mosquito, but there are no mosquitoes at this time of year.
When Chu Xingchen thought of the abnormality just now, he immediately thought of a fruit called strawberry - hickey.
Xia Zhi also saw it, "Your Highness, this..."
Chu Xingchen tried her best to stay calm. She had never been intimate with anyone in her previous life. She didn't know what would happen if she did.
Is it like in the novel, like a car running over her, making her legs weak and unable to stand, or there are not many abnormalities, she can't make a comparison.
"Is there anything unusual last night?"
Summer Solstice broke out in a cold sweat, "Last night, my servant fell asleep shortly after returning. I didn't wake up until this morning. I didn't hear anything on the way."
Chu Xingchen was a little unsure for a moment. His clothes were neat, but there was something that looked like a hickey on his neck, and he felt something strange on his body.
When Chu Xingchen was in a state of confusion, he heard Xia Zhi nervously say, "But there seemed to be something going on last night. The guards and Shadow went after them, but they didn't say there was anything unusual, but... But Lord Shen Xiao Shaoqing and Ling Shaoqing
They’re all here.”
"Ah? They are all here."
"Yes," Xia Zhi said and took a breath of cold air, "Your Highness, it's not like they sneaked in last night to steal..." and took away His Highness' innocence, right?
"Who are you saying is sneaky?" Ling Zhou's voice sounded outside, "I heard it all. Your Highness, what happened? What happened to you?"
Chu Xingchen looked at the strawberry and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Her silence made Lingzhou anxious. With the words "I'm coming in," he barged in directly.
Chu Xingchen hurriedly tightened his clothes, trying to cover the marks, but Lingzhou quickly saw the marks on Chu Xingchen's neck. He grew up in Northern Xinjiang. Those soldiers and ruffians said everything. He also studied, and he was not everything.
People who don’t know.
"Who, who did it?" Ling Zhou looked murderous.
He must kill him, no matter who it is.
They have been married for more than a year, and he has never kissed His Highness like this!
Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang stopped their voices a step too late, Lingzhou had already entered.
When Chu Xingchen saw them, his scalp went numb, so he simply pulled off the quilt and wrapped it tightly, "Lingzhou, calm down, why are you here?"
"No matter how calm I am, you are being bullied!"
Hearing Ling Zhou's words, Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang, who originally wanted to drag Ling Zhou out, stopped.
"What's the meaning?"
They asked in unison. Chu Xingchen couldn't let them see the hickeys on his neck, so he could only say, "It seems like someone entered my room last night."
Ling Zhou's face was filled with anger, "What's this? You let people enter your room casually. How could they protect you? There are guards outside, aren't there shadows?"
Tianliu heard this and couldn't help but said, "We are guarding. It is impossible for ordinary people to break in, except you three."
Although because this room is not as big as the palace, it is difficult for them to be invisible. They are on duty as before, but they are right next door.
Even if something happens in the middle, even if they fall asleep later, who can break into His Highness's room through the shadow guards?
As soon as Tianliu said this, the three of them paused again. This seemed to mean that there was no one except the three of them?
Were they the ones who broke into His Highness's room?
They thought about it wildly, and none of them could guarantee that it wasn't the case because they were all drunk last night.
Lingzhou drank too much when he was dragged out by Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang, and he became even more unconscious when the wind blew.
After Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang sent Lingzhou back, they were in a bad mood. They drank to relieve their sorrows and drank a little too much.
However, Lingzhou couldn't sleep well after being drunk, so he secretly ran back to look for Chu Xingchen. He couldn't find anyone, so he thought Chu Xingchen was looking for Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang, so he went to look for them out of jealousy.
As a result, Chu Xingchen was absent from Mingxuan Hall and Jinghong Hall, and they woke up Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang who were also drunk.
The three drunkards remembered the lotus banquet held by Xu Dandan before and became anxious.
"I can't believe that this time Xu Dandan directly gave His Highness a man as a birthday gift, and His Highness went to receive it. No wonder Xu Dandan didn't say what specific gift she gave."
"Xu Dandan and I are at odds with each other, and I want to find His Highness!" Lingzhou said aggressively and wanted to catch the traitor.
Finally, they left the palace before the lock was locked, and impulsively went to catch the rapist. They went to the Xu Mansion first, and asked Xu Dandan if she had given a man to Chu Xingchen, and asked her where she had hidden Chu Xingchen.
Xu Dandan was completely speechless and refused to listen to any explanation. Lingzhou was drunk, but his skills were still there. The guards of the Xu Mansion couldn't do anything to him, and they couldn't hurt him. In the end, they forced them to search through the Xu Mansion. .
Xu Dandan tried his best to explain clearly and drove them away. Finally, Xiao Wang thought of Zhou Buyan.
"Perhaps His Highness is looking for Mr. Zhou."
"I almost forgot about him. It must be Zhou Buyan who hooked her and prevented her from coming back."
Xiao Wang knew about Zhou Buyan's home, so he went to Zhou's home again.
When they arrived at Zhou's house, it was already very late. Knowing that Zhou Buyan had not come back at all, and Chu Xingchen had already rested, they were placed in the front yard to rest for fear of waking Chu Xingchen.
They left the palace impulsively and did not take Jinyan with them. They were taken care of by the guards.
The memory of last night was a bit confusing for the three of them. After all, they were drunk. After listening to Tianliu's words, they couldn't help but doubt themselves. Could it be that they went to find His Highness in the middle of the night in a daze and what else did they do?
The hearts of the three of them were a little accelerated. They were nervous and guilty. Lingzhou couldn't hold it in anymore and was the first to ask.
"Then did your Highness see who it was?"
The three of them were drunk, but His Highness was not. You still remember, right?
After Ling Zhou finished speaking, Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang's breathing slowed down. They were both very conflicted. They really wanted that person to be themselves, but they also really didn't want it to be them.
They don't want to be hypocrites climbing up the wall, but if it's not themselves, it's someone else.
This cannot be tolerated.
The most conflicted person was undoubtedly Xiao Wang. Thinking of the poison on his body, he thought a lot.
Needless to say, Lingzhou said that Chu Xingchen was already thinking about it. In his somewhat confused memory of last night, the three of them were not there.
"It seems Zhou Buyan has been here. I vaguely remember seeing him, but..." She didn't know if it was true, it seemed like a dream.
Furthermore, it was impossible for Zhou Buyan to plant strawberries on her, or even do something worse, and then disappear early in the morning.