Chapter 716: Trying To Find Comfort
"This minister's wife stays worried about Princess Consort Yi after the attack. Since this minister doesn't want her to come out of Xi Manor, this minister goes to Xinhe Palace sometimes and ask about Princess Consort health from His Highness."
Xi Ying calmly told the excuse he had prepared beforehand to Zhao Wang Lei.
Since he had already expressed that the child in Li Rui's belly mattered to him a lot, Zhao Wang Lei would not feel suspicious because in his eyes, he was doing all this for his child's health not for Li Rui.
Sure enough, Zhao Wang Lei seemed to be satisfied with his reason and nodded his head.
Xi Ying glanced at him coldly for one last time and then finally took his leave.
He left Imperial Palace soon.
Making sure that Qin Wenya would not make any chaos was now Zhao Wang Lei's problem. After all, he would not want the former to reveal his secret in fury and fear of getting beheaded in the very near future.
So Xi Ying didn't care much about that and left the Imperial Palace.
He used qingqong to reach Xi Manor.
When he reached Plum Courtyard, he went to his son's room.
Xi Ying smiled in satisfaction when he saw the scene inside the room.
Xi Ling was no longer sleeping. He was sitting on the bed and he had a book on his lap. His face was no longer red.
Just beside his son, sat Li Rui who was also reading a book.
Somehow Xi Ying couldn't help but want to capture this scene in his memory forever. They looked so cute and sensible.
His little bundle of joy…
He would forget everything about those complex scheming whenever he would come to Plum Courtyard and see them.
Life was completely different from he had ever though it could be. He had never thought he could feel so happy one day…that he could love someone so much.
"Father…"
Xi Ying came out of his trance and looked away from Li Rui when he heard his son's voice.
He smiled as he walked inside the room and sat on the bed. Touching Xi Ling's face, he asked softly
"How are you feeling now?"
"Good…Xi Ling is Good, Father."
The small bun said with a wide smile on his face as he enjoyed his father's gentleness. It had been so many days since he had done this to him.
Xi Ling suddenly thought that his father was not so bad. Though he was not as good as his mother, he was not that much bad also.
If Xi Ying had known his dear son's thoughts, then he would not have known whether he should laugh or feel angry at his son.
He would behave strictly because Li Rui was very gentle and forgiving sometimes. At least one out of them had to be very strict so that Xi Ling would not go out of their hands.
Xi Ying ordered Liu Lan and Li Hua to make arrangements for dinner once he had made sure that Xi Ling was fine now.
He looked at his wife who had put down his book long ago and was looking at him. As if knowing what she was asking in her silence, he told her.
"Everything is fine."
Li Rui was relieved when she heard this and she nodded her head.
Then she got down from the bed. Xi Ying immediately held her hand to help her. Though her stomach was not that bloated yet, he couldn't help but fear that she would fall.
When she was down from the bed, Li Rui picked the robe as she said
"Come Xi Ling. Wear this otherwise, you will catch cold air again."
Seeing this, Xi Ying took the robe from Li Rui's hands and said
"Leave this to me."
Li Rui didn't have any problem. She stood silently as Xi Ying made Xi Ling wear his robes. After both of them were sure that Xi Ling was covered properly, Xi Ying picked him up from the bed and simply carried him to the dining room.
Xi Ling was happy being carried by his father.
Xi Ying fed his son with his hands and served the food on his wife's plate as well. Only when he was sure that both of them were fed properly, did he get up from the chair?
After they had dinner, they decided to sleep as Xi Ling's body still needed a proper rest. From time to time, Xi Ying woke up to check if he was covered properly or not.
He knew that his wife must be feeling sleepy after a long day in such a situation, so he took the responsibility of Xi Ling.
However, around midnight, when he woke up, Xi Ying felt helpless as well as distressed when he saw how Li Rui's hand was around Xi Ling completely securing the blanket around him but in this position, she herself was not covered properly.
He carefully covered her with the blanket and then the whole night he had to make sure if both of them were covered properly.
On the other hand, in Xinhe Palace, Zhao Zhang Wei went to Lantai Courtyard at midnight.
When he stepped inside his wangfei's chambers, he found her sleeping peacefully. Zhao Zhang Wei carefully walked towards the side of the bed and put a chair to sit there.
He sat there while looking at her face.
The sight brought some relief to his painful heart. However, when he closed his eyes in order to find some sleep on the chair itself, he saw the images of those skeletons again.
Zhao Zhang Wei breathed heavily as he opened his eyes.
His phoenix eyes were somewhat red. His hands were trembling slightly. He had tried to touch them. As if one touch would make him know exactly which skeleton belonged to his mother.
However, he just couldn't touch them.
The scenes of that horrifying night would flash in front of his eyes making his heart restless.
Zhao Zhang Wei couldn't bear it anymore. He climbed on the bed and laid down beside Yi Huiqing. Her presence brought him great comfort. He almost wanted to hug her in his arms because he knew that would help him in sleeping.
However, he knew that she might not like this.
So he very carefully just held her hand in his.
She wouldn't mind this much, right? He wondered.
If he did, he will apologize to her tomorrow morning. But for now, he really needed her to be there for him.
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