"Your Royal Highness, what are you uncomfortable about? Have you really forgotten your goal? "How can you do such an unreasonable thing?"
"Does This King need you to teach me anything?"
A strange expression flashed across Qian Li's face. Only now did she realise that she had unknowingly misjudged her position in Gong Ming's heart.
As expected, his guess was right. Gong Ming had always emphasized the fact that wanting to be his friend was never serious.
Her eyes suddenly felt sore. She realized that she had really overestimated herself.
However, he had already thought about it long ago, and now that he had realized the reality of the situation, it was actually such a depressing matter.
"Alright, I understand."
Qian Li's tone. It was neither sad nor happy, and just like when they just met, Gong Ming suddenly became unaccustomed to it.
His face stiffened, "Qian Li. "I'm not …"
"Master doesn't need to force himself to change his habits and personality for the sake of an insignificant subordinate like Qian Li. You are, after all, Qian Li's master, and although the things that Qian Li said a moment ago might seem somewhat impolite in terms of status, Qian Li swears that Qian Li was so daring because of Master."
Completely not giving Gong Ming a chance to speak, Qian Li spoke again, "Of course, if Master is so angry that you want to punish Qian Li, then Qian Li will have no complaints."
"Qian Li..."
Gong Ming's lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to explain something. Looking at Qian Li who had her back facing him, in the end, she couldn't say anything.
The atmosphere seemed to have become forbidden. Fortunately, the maidservant brought the medicine in.
"Your highness, the medicine has been prepared. Are you bringing it in now?"
Gong Ming nodded, and naturally accepted it. Thinking about his identity, and how he did not have a good time with Qian Li, he passed the medicine to the servant beside him.
"King …" The servant girl originally wanted to refuse, but after coming in contact with Gong Ming's eyes, she could only muster up her courage and step forward, "Miss Qian Li, it's time to drink the medicine."
Although she was not particularly willing to face Gong Ming, Qian Li had never been one to joke around with her own life.
She turned around, and took the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp. The young servant girl even handed her the dried fruit, but Qian Li did not accept it.
Seeing Gong Ming still standing in front of him, Qian Li was truly unhappy.
"Master, if you have no other instructions, can you go out first? Qian Li's sickness has just recovered and she's too tired, I want to rest."
Hearing this, Gong Ming's attitude slightly eased up.
"I have another question."
Qian Li was helpless, "Master, if you have anything to say, just say it, why are you being so courteous to Qian Li?"
"Where have you been all this time?" What happened before my people found you? "
She had already thought of an explanation a long time ago, and she had also united with Gong Jue before, so Qian Li did not have much hesitation to say it.
"That day, after Master left, I wanted to retaliate, but Your Highness suddenly appeared at this time and saved Qian Li. After that, we were chased by a lot of people and accidentally stepped on nothing. In order to save me, Your Highness also fell down along with Qian Li."
Gong Ming looked at Qian Li, "You're lying."
"Nope." Following that, Qian Li continued, "If master doesn't believe me, you can go and ask the third prince, right?"
"On the second day after your accident, I had already sent someone down to look for you, Qian Li. Even now, you're still not willing to tell me the truth? "
Qian Li was still calm, "Master, you know everyone so well, you should know that Your Highness is a person with zero sense of direction. Therefore, isn't it normal for us to get lost? "
"The person who missed me might understand, but Qian Li, the Emperor, the people from the Second Prince and the people from the Third Prince have all sent people down to look for him. Don't tell me that you guys just happened to miss all of us."
Qian Li spread out her hands, "Regardless of whether Master believes it or not, this is the truth."
Gong Ming was furious, "Qian Li, do you think this king is a fool?"
Gong Ming was really angry. As he approached Qian Li, he could feel that the surrounding atmosphere had become much more solemn.
"Master has always been very smart. Qian Li has never doubted this before."
"Since that's the case, why are you so brazenly deceiving me?"
"Qian Li didn't."
"Since you don't have it, then Qian Li, why don't you explain to this king? For a person who has an extremely strong sense of direction like you, who can remember it after walking through it once, who can find the exit at the base without a mistake even while covering his eyes, how can this king believe you after taking the wrong path?"
Hearing that, Qian Li suddenly laughed, her tone full of ridicule.
Gong Ming straightened his body a little, "What are you laughing about?"
"Master must have forgotten that before falling down, Qian Li received a sword strike for you, and that there was a miscalculation in her calculations, causing the person to be slightly injured. After Master left, Qian Li no longer had any strength left, and after being chased for so many times and after running for a long period of time, how could Qian Li have any more strength left?"
Gong Ming's body had already started to completely wrinkle. He didn't know why, but when he said those words, the gaze that Gong Ming looked at her with, actually contained a little more guilt and pain.
He was worried that he would misunderstand again. Mistaking the man's meaning and saying the wrong thing.
Qian Li immediately shifted her gaze.
"Qian Li is very honored to actually be such a powerful person in Master's heart. But Mistress must have forgotten that Qian Li has two fatal weaknesses. The formations, and the Lightness Exercise. "
Gong Ming squinted his eyes. He did not interrupt and waited for Qian Li to continue.
When Qian Li fell from the cliff, she was unable to control her own body. Although her luck was not bad for the Third Prince, like Qian Li, she still overestimated herself in the end, and her Lightness Exercise did not have much of an impact on the cliff edge. After falling down, Qian Li was directly smashed unconscious, and as for His Highness, he seemed to have woken up after falling asleep for a while.
"Then. "And then?"
This question, was it because Gong Ming had temporarily believed in him?
Only then did Qian Li become interested and continued.
"Afterwards, Qian Li was led off track by your Third Prince, who thought that she was unrivalled in intelligence. As for why she would miss the opportunity to ask everyone, the only explanation for that is, the few princes and the people sent by the Emperor only left two days later, and five days after we completely descended the cliff. In these five days, with Third Prince's Lightness Exercise, we have long since left the bottom of the cliff, right?"
Gong Ming nodded, "You're right. In that case, I'll believe you."
Qian Li sighed, "Master, if you are sure that there is nothing else you want to know, please leave first. Qian Li is really tired."
Gong Ming instantly laughed.
The gaze she used to look at Qian Li was a little strange.
"What's wrong?"
"Qian Li, you're really getting bolder and bolder. You took over this king's room, slept with this king's bed, and now you still dare to chase this king away."
Hearing that, Qian Li immediately opened her eyes wide, and after that, her eyeballs started spinning.
When he was sure that he wasn't in his own small courtyard, he immediately felt embarrassed.
It was no wonder that ever since she woke up, she had felt that something was amiss. She had just been skeptical about Gong Ming and had thoroughly interrupted his train of thought.
This is really embarrassing …
After all. Gong Ming's room was a place that even the main wife had never stayed in. As a nobody, he had actually lived here for such a long time.
"Then. Master, you stay behind. I'll go out. "
"Don't mind it so much."
However, Gong Ming opened his mouth at this time, "Anyway, you've already lived here for so long, this king doesn't mind if you stay for a few more days."
"The reason why I took over this position before, was because I was unconscious. Now that I have awoken, Qian Li cannot do such an outrageous thing."
As Qian Li spoke, she lifted up the quilt to get up. However, she was pushed back down by Gong Ming without giving any explanation, and her tone became so gentle as well.
He said, "Lie down, you are not well yet, the doctor said not to move. This King is not that kind of unreasonable person. "
Qian Li was surprised, was it really not?
His warm palm landed on Qian Li's shoulder, and a warm sensation spread throughout her body. Qian Li suddenly didn't want to move anymore.
"Then... I'll move tomorrow morning. "