PDLP Chapter 108 Relief
Chapter 108 Relief
Mu Qingchen put the chess pieces into the box and looked up at Qiao Shinian: "You have never come to see me before. You didn't come here just to bring me some food, did you?"
Qiao Shinian observed Mu Qingchen's facial expression for a long time, and did not see any sign of depression on his face. She nodded: "I originally wanted to tell you something, but now it seems that it is not necessary."
"Comfort?" Mu Qingchen asked.
Qiao Shinian nodded.
Seeing her so sincere, Mu Qingchen asked with a smile: "How do you plan to comfort me?"
"To be honest, the earthquake has nothing to do with you. It's just a coincidence." Qiao Shinian turned his head to look at the scenery in the lake and said, "But I didn't see that you were in a bad mood, so the excuses I thought of before are useless."
"Really?" Mu Qingchen raised his hand to signal Qiao Shinian to sit down. He lowered his eyes and said, "You are right. Rumors among the people will only be rumors. As a member of the royal family, they can't do anything to me."
"So you should have a good rest. I see that you look tired, and your eyes are tired too. So you haven't had a good rest since you came back from the disaster relief work?" Qiao Shinian boldly suggested, "So many people are participating in the disaster relief work, you should have a good rest."
Mu Qingchen reached out and took the tube that Qiao Shinian had placed on the table, opened it, pinched a piece and put it in his mouth: "You also think that one more person is not too much, right?"
"That's not what I meant." Qiao Shinian said quickly, "I just think you should take a rest."
"When I went back that day, Wen Jiu was fine. I've been busy lately and haven't been able to take care of you guys."
Mu Qingchen ate only one piece and stopped eating. He looked up at Qiao Shinian with a calm and tired gaze.
Qiao Shinian's mouth curled up slightly: "Thank you for your concern, Wen Jiu is fine, he just hurt his hand when he was acting as a lantern for Princess Yu'an, but it's not serious."
"You said there was an earthquake. What's going on? If you didn't dislike me, why would this happen on my birthday?"
Being stared at all the time, Qiao Shinian felt a little uncomfortable. She lowered her eyes and said, "Earthquakes are also called earth dragons turning over in your Zhou country. They are caused by the movement of the earth's crustal plates, so there will be vibrations. So this is a natural force, it has nothing to do with ghosts and gods, and it has nothing to do with whether you are a disaster star.
In this world, no one can be a savior, and no one can be a disaster star."
Qiao Shinian discovered that although Mu Qingchen looked calm on the outside, he was actually concerned about these things in his heart.
She couldn't help but think of what she knew about Mu Qingchen's life: his father who loved him passed away, his brother who loved his mother succeeded to the throne, and his mother became his sister-in-law.
At an age when others were acting like spoiled brats, he had to move out of the palace and into a mansion. He had been growing up and living alone. Perhaps he even envied the lives of others. Before his birthday, he was just a 19-year-old boy.
Qiao Shinian looked up at Mu Qingchen and said, "You are very powerful, so those people are jealous of you and your strength."
"Am I powerful in your eyes?" Mu Qingchen asked with a smile.
Qiao Shinian nodded, with stars in her eyes, and she said excitedly: "That day, you took me down from the building, you don't know how scared I was at that moment, I thought we would be at least half broken, or you could be more gentlemanly and protect me.
But none of these things happened, you took me flying down! You are so amazing, like a hero, you can fly!! "
The more Qiao Shinian spoke, the more excited she became. She looked at Mu Qingchen with admiration and said firmly in a very affirmative tone: "So, you are the best!"
Mu Qingchen stared at Qiao Shinian with more surprise in his eyes. He never thought that Qiao Shinian would use such strong and straightforward words to praise a trivial matter.
"Do you know why I like you? It's because of your character and behavior. You are different from all the nobles. You are kind and benevolent. Gentleness can be pretended, but kindness in your bones cannot be pretended. You don't have the superiority complex that other nobles have who regard human life as worthless. You are patient and gentle."
Qiao Shinian looked directly into Mu Qingchen's eyes and said with certainty, "Before, I thought you wanted to make friends with Wen Jiu, so you were patient and listened to me, a maidservant. But I have also met you several times in the palace, and I have seen that you are the same to other palace maids and eunuchs. Subconscious reactions will not lie, so I believe that you are the person I met. You are so beautiful, and you are untainted by the mud."
Mu Qingchen couldn't help but laugh. He held his forehead and his body trembled slightly. His tone of voice changed: "So this is how I look in your mind. I thought you just wanted to curry favor with me!
Hehe, staying clean even in the mud?
Do you mean that all the nobles you know in this capital are mud?
Hahahaha, I knew you had your own unique insights, but I never thought it would be like this."
Mu Qingchen smiled, not caring about his image.
He laughed for a long time, which made Qiao Shinian wonder if he had said something wrong?
It even lasted so long that Qiao Shinian thought he was going to mutate, or suddenly change his face to a dark side to prove that she only had a one-sided understanding of him.
Mu Qingchen had the urge to cry, but he was no longer at the age to cry.
He is very powerful now. He doesn't argue with others just because he thinks it is unnecessary. Those aristocratic families in the court really think that he knows nothing, and that he has only been a wise king in name only over the years and the most convenient knife for his brother to use and they dare not resist.
He was just too lazy to care. He just felt that everyone was boring. They wanted to step on him and belittle him behind his back, but when they really met him, they could only bow to him respectfully and call him "Your Highness the Wise King".
All of this is so boring. Life is meaningless, and death will be the same.
So he chose to live and watch the ugliness of those people. He had no need to live, but he had a reason not to die.
"Are you... okay? If you feel bad, find a place to cry alone. I won't disturb you." Qiao Shinian stood up and wanted to leave quickly. To be honest, she didn't expect such a scene.
Mu Qingchen tightly held Qiao Shinian's wrist. He took off his disguise and looked at Qiao Shinian with a painful face: "It's not that I don't want to rest, it's that I can't sleep. I can't sleep. I have been having trouble falling asleep since I came back. I always hate sleeping. I always feel that I can't sleep. I always feel that I have to stay awake and find something to do."
"Oh." Qiao Shinian pulled her hand twice but didn't pull it out. She smiled awkwardly and said, "How about taking some tranquilizer?"
"I don't want others to know what I am like now, otherwise they will say that I am a real disaster star, and I fell ill due to their verbal criticism and public opinion."
Mu Qingchen looked at Qiao Shinian and asked, "What did you do when Wen Jiu couldn't sleep?"