Chapter 284 Private meeting in the middle of the night
The next evening.
"Lord Huo." At the door of Jianjiayuan, Liu Guang looked at Huo Wu who suddenly appeared and bowed respectfully.
"Yes." Liu Guang nodded, raised his eyes and looked into the room, "How is Mr. Xiao Zhang doing today?"
"Ms. Xiao Zhang went to His Highness's study before noon today. When she came back, she only asked her servants to bring her food. She has not left the house until now." Liu Guang glanced back, with a bit more worry in his eyes, "What are you going to do?
Don’t let me go and report it..."
"No need." Huo Wu waved his hand, "Just wait carefully and wait for His Highness to come back."
He thought, if His Highness the Prince doesn't come back, what's the point of going in? Isn't this a rat that comes to the door for entertainment?
He is not Feng Zhi's big enemy, always looking for scoldings.
After saying that, Huo Wu turned around and walked towards the side hall.
On the table in the middle of the side hall, there are two food boxes, which are the dinners to be sent to Chu Lan at the Superintendent's College.
Although you are not allowed to go out during the marking period, after all, you are His Highness the Crown Prince, the future crown prince of a country. In order to prevent villains from misbehaving, your daily living and food needs to be taken care of by people from the Prince's Mansion.
Therefore, Chu Lan's three meals a day were delivered personally by people from the Prince's Mansion.
Huo Wu opened the two food boxes one after another and took a look at them. After confirming that they were correct, he put them back with his own hands and nodded to the people around him.
Immediately, two boys came forward and picked up the food box.
Huo Wu was about to leave when he suddenly looked at one of the boys who seemed unfamiliar and stopped immediately. But when he looked again, he felt familiar again.
A strange feeling flashed through her heart, and Huo Wu smiled secretly. He must have been too tired to prepare those things these past few days, so he felt a little dazed.
After being sent from the Prince's Mansion to the Superintendent's Academy, Huo Wu greeted the guards at the door and immediately opened a side door from the side.
Huo Wu thanked them and led the two of them in through the side door.
Walking all the way through the corridor, the three of them walked for about an hour before they arrived at the bedroom where Chu Lan was currently resting.
At the door, Feng Zhi was standing outside like a door god. When he saw Huo Wu approaching, he glanced at the food boxes in the hands of the two servants following him and nodded, "It's a good gift today. Your Highness has just taken a shower and changed clothes."
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After saying that, he turned around and knocked on the door.
Soon, Chu Lan's clear voice came from inside.
The door opened and Feng Zhi led the three people into the house.
Chu Lan, who had just finished taking a bath, was wearing a medium coat at the moment. Her waterfall-like black hair was not tied up with a hair crown, hanging down on her shoulders, and the tips of her hair were still a little moist.
Huo Wu saluted and hurriedly asked the servant to come forward and deliver the food box.
When Feng Zhi saw this, he closed the door.
After dinner was laid out, Huo Wu was about to tell the two boys to wait outside according to Chu Lan's habit, but suddenly she heard him say, "You guys go down."
Huo Wu was stunned for a moment and quickly looked up.
But I saw His Highness glance somewhere, and an ink blue and white picture appeared between his slightly drooped brows, but I had an inexplicable feeling that there was a bit of helplessness in the painting.
Although he didn't know why he had such an order, Huo Wu was always a clever person. Feng Zhi, who was still stunned after being told, was about to leave and waved to the two boys at the same time.
People in the Prince's Mansion are always well-behaved, so the two young men immediately followed Huo Wu's pace.
As a result, the four people left one after another in a straight line. Just when the foot of the last boy was about to step out of the threshold, a faint voice suddenly came from behind, "Wait a minute, you stay."
Huo Wu and Feng Zhi almost thought they heard wrong. They were startled at the same time and quickly turned around. What they saw was the door slamming shut under their noses...
Feng Zhi swallowed, a little at a loss. Ever since he had Mr. Xiao Zhang, His Highness the Prince sometimes didn't even want to be around to serve him. Why did he suddenly want a servant to stay?
Huo Wu also twitched the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect that there was suddenly a servant in the house who was so quick and smart. He hadn't even recovered from His Highness's instructions. This kid actually closed the door.
The two people looked at each other, both seeing shock and confusion in each other's eyes.
Feng Zhi's eyelids twitched, "Is there anything special about the one you brought?"
"No." Huo Wu thought about it carefully and shook his head seriously.
Feng Zhi took a deep breath and immediately wrinkled his forehead into the character "Chuan".
As everyone knows, Huo Wu is also very depressed.
Although His Highness did not say anything about his coming over these two days, since he first told His Highness that Mr. Xiao Zhang had returned to the Prince's Mansion, he acquiesced that he would take this time to report Mr. Xiao Zhang's schedule today.
But today, did you let them out without even listening to this?
The two of them only felt that the problem was serious, but they didn't know where the problem occurred. When they looked at each other, they both saw worry and helplessness in each other's eyes.
Little did they know that in the room where they were worried, there was a different scene at the moment.
The dinner table was covered with dinner. Chu Lan didn't even glance at it, but looked steadily at the figure still standing at the door, with a bit of helplessness and doting in his eyes, "Why are you still here?
Didn't someone tell you? It can take as long as five days, or as little as three days."
"I'm bored in the house alone, and it's not easy to wander around outside." The boy curled his lips, without a trace of fear in his eyes, and walked over and sat down on the chair next to Chu Lan, "I have no choice but to
Came to find you."
"If Huo Wu knew that I had brought you in, I'm afraid I would be so scared that I couldn't sleep for several nights." Chu Lan looked at the face that didn't look like anything at all, and smiled, taking a small bowl for her and scooping it out.
Small cup of soup, "Listen to him, you haven't had a good meal in the past few days?"
"I..." Zhang Qingjiu was about to say that she didn't, but then she thought about it and realized that she really didn't eat well.
After she came back from Yongzhou, her body seemed to be filled with confidence and vitality continuously, especially in the past few days, even if she didn't eat or drink, she didn't feel hungry at all.
But if she said that, Chu Lan would definitely not agree.
He immediately rolled his eyes, picked up the bowl obediently, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, as long as you don't tell them, they will definitely not know, but...how did you recognize me?"
Suddenly being asked this question, Chu Lan seemed startled, and there seemed to be light flowing in his deep eyes.
After a while, he smiled faintly and said, "You are different from others after all."
Because they are different, no matter how they change, they can be recognized at a glance.
Just like at the Kyoto Poetry Festival, even in the crowd, you can still see him for thousands of years.
Hearing these words, Zhang Qingjiu was instantly satisfied, smiling with satisfaction, but he couldn't wait to ask: "Then can I understand that His Highness the Crown Prince misses me day and night? Does this count for us?
Is this a private meeting in the middle of the night?"
As she spoke, she suddenly moved closer.
Chu Lan had just finished bathing and was wearing only his middle coat. He felt a sudden burst of fragrance coming from the tip of his nose, and then a warm breath was sprayed under his neck, which made him tremble all over.
"Ahjiu!" Chu Lan stood up suddenly.
Feeling the suddenly tense body bounce away, Zhang Qingjiu sighed regretfully in his heart, just a little bit, Chu Lan, you are really...
I also picked a doggy man myself, so I can’t bear to scold him.
"Okay, I'm not talking nonsense, don't be like this." Zhang Qingjiu tugged at Chu Lan's sleeves, blinked, and motioned for him to sit down.
Suppressing the regret in his heart, Zhang Qingjiu warned himself in his heart that he should not be cautious in testing next time. He would have to be quick and accurate to hit him with one strike, making him completely unable to resist.
After all, Zhang Qingjiu was still a little aggrieved because her goal had not been achieved. Although she didn't feel the aggrievement herself, Chu Lan caught it.
Thinking of her call just now and worrying about scaring her, suppressing the restlessness caused by the contact just now, Chu Lan sighed faintly, "Jiu, have a good meal."
"Okay." Zhang Qingjiu nodded obediently.
"Ours is not a private meeting." Chu Lan pursed her lips and said again.
"Huh?" Zhang Qingjiu was stunned for a moment. Didn't he finish reviewing the paper? What if this wasn't a private meeting for her?
If someone found out, someone would inevitably accuse her.
Chu Lan seemed to see through the thoughts in her eyes, and said word by word, "The paper has been marked."
"Has the approval been completed?" Zhang Qingjiu was completely stunned. "Didn't it take at least three days?"
This is only the second day...
However, Chu Lan seemed not to have heard these words, and smiled slowly, "Now that the papers have been marked, I am no longer the examiner, and you are no longer the invigilator. There is no need to hide when we meet."
Originally, he was planning to clean up and go back to see her.
Not far from the dormitory where Chu Lan rested, there were the residences of other marking officers.
At this moment, all the examiners rubbed their wrists that were so sore that they had never felt before and fell to the ground. They didn't want to touch the dinner lying beside them. They just wanted to close their eyes and have a good sleep.
Tired, really tired.
Who can tell them why His Highness the Prince had to revise the papers overnight? It was a surprise that the four-day project was compressed into two days!