At this moment, Yan Xiao's face was no longer as gentle as when he had faced Shen Qin in the room earlier. The lines on his face seemed incomparably sharp, "The news of Miss Shen's awakening, for the time being, including everyone in the Duke Palaces, must not be made known to anyone."
"Yes."
After explaining the situation, Yan Xiao ordered some people to make some light dishes and sent it to Shen Qin's room.
For the past few months, Shen Qin had been unconscious. Most of the time Yan Xiao stayed by her side, plus his food was very light, so people from the Duke Palaces wouldn't suspect that Shen Qin had woken up already.
At this time, Shen Qin was lying on the bed. As she had been sleeping for more than five months, other than the fact that she did not have any energy on her body, she was extremely clear-headed and did not have the slightest bit of sleepiness.
After she slowly adapted to the momentary blankness of waking up, she began to slowly recall the events that happened before she fell unconscious.
"Grand Preceptor Pang!"
She suddenly sat up on the bed, and anxiously went to find Yan Xiao. Coincidentally, Yan Xiao pushed the door open and came in, and when he saw her get off the bed, he immediately walked over and lowered his voice, "Didn't I tell you to lie down and rest? "Why are you so disobedient!"
Amidst the low rebuke, there was a trace of unconcealable nervousness.
Shen Qin was startled for a moment, she glanced at Yan Xiao's handsome face, but could not see any emotions at all. Seeing that his expression was no different from before, she naturally did not think about other things.
Because she was harboring thoughts about the Grand Preceptor Pang, when Yan Xiao pushed her onto the bed, she anxiously grabbed his arm and said: "Pavilion Master, Grand Preceptor Pang is secretly colluding with the people from the xieqing. I suspect that he is planning some unfavorable things for us with those people."
She still wanted to continue speaking, but her mouth was covered by Yan Xiao's large hands, "I know already. You should just lie down and rest, okay?"
Shen Qin blinked her eyes, looking at Yan Xiao's serious expression, she seemed to have a gentleness that made her flustered. In her eyes, there was a sense of unease, and she nodded to Yan Xiao, "Okay."
When she spoke, her soft lips pressed against Yan Xiao's palm. The hot air that was exhaled from her mouth made Yan Xiao's palm itch, even his heart seemed to have been scratched into a mess.
He retracted his hand from Shen Qin's mouth and formed a fist with his palm. On the surface, there was still the usual cold expression that Shen Qin had, and he said to Shen Qin: "Take care of your body for the next few days, for the time being don't let Grand Preceptor Pang know about the matter of you waking up. I still have to hide from your father, that you will stay in the Duke Palace for a while longer."
Hearing Yan Xiao mention his own father, Shen Qin felt a little uneasy in his heart. "Pavilion Master, my father …"
"Your father is fine. Don't worry, I won't let him worry about you for too long and peacefully stay in the Prince's Mansion."
No matter what, Shen Qin knew that the person in front of her was the prince of the country, as well as the master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. No matter what her identity was, she was someone she could not oppose.
In front of him, whether it was as his daughter or as the hall master of Heavencraft Pavilion's Vermillion Bird Hall, she had to obediently listen to this man's words.
She didn't know why, but she had known this for a long time. But now, she felt a faint loneliness in her heart.
Her lips were tightly pursed. She lowered her gaze and whispered, "Yes, Pavilion Master."
She still respected him that much, given the respect a subordinate had for her master. However, Yan Xiao was somehow a little displeased in his heart, and his brows knitted a little, but in the end, he did not say anything.
"Your Highness, the food you asked for is here."
Outside, the voice of a servant sounded out, causing Yan Xiao to look at him for a moment. She understood and immediately laid down on the bed with his eyes closed, looking quiet, as if she had not woken up at all.
Yan Xiao went forward to open the door, and saw a servant standing outside with a plate of food.
"Bring it in."
After the servants placed the food down, they left. Only after they were certain that they had gone far did Yan Xiao return to the bedside and said to Shen Qin who had her eyes closed: "Get up and eat something."
Shen Qin opened her eyes, sat up on the bed and slowly walked down.
As he had not moved for a long time, when he just got off the bed, his legs did not listen to him. Just as he stood up, his entire body fell forward, but luckily Yan Xiao had reacted quickly.
Due to using too much strength, Shen Qin's entire person crashed into his embrace.
The woman's soft and boneless body was pressed up against his firm chest. Because there was a land dragon burning in the room, Shen Qin wore a suit, and Yan Xiao also didn't have much of a body to wear. With the thin layer of clothes on her body, Yan Xiao could even feel the clothes sticking to his body … In that instant, his body stiffened.
At this time, the usually quiet King Rui Lord's ears were slightly red, like a shy teenager. He was momentarily at a loss of what to do, not even knowing where to place his hands.
At this moment, he didn't look like a noble prince who had already reached his new age.
Shen Qin's body was also burning with embarrassment. It was the first time that she was so close to a man, and this man was someone she respected so much that she didn't dare to be impudent to.
Even if she had thought about him before, she would only secretly think about it. How could she have dared to be so close to him so blatantly, so close to him that she could even feel the warmth coming from his body?
Shen Qin did not dare to raise her eyes to look at Yan Xiao's face.
After all, she had mustered up the courage to think about him before, but that was only because he thought about her and didn't dare to take any action.
Yan Xiao was the first to let go of her. He pressed both of his hands on her shoulders, allowing her to sit back on the bed. "When did you become so reckless?"
There was no anger in Yan Xiao's tone, but when Shen Qin heard this, her heart tensed up, "This subordinate knows his wrongs."
This distant and respectful attitude caused Yan Xiao to frown unhappily. The gaze he used to look at Shen Qin clearly showed that he was unhappy, but Shen Qin had her head lowered at the moment, and did not notice it at all.
Yan Xiao looked at her coldly, then walked over to the table and brought the dishes over, placing them on a small table beside her.
She picked up the porridge and spoon on the tray and sat in front of Shen Qin.
Just as Shen Qin was about to extend her hand to receive it, she saw Yan Xiao holding a spoon, gently scooping up a spoonful, causing Shen Qin to be startled for a moment, then Yan Xiao placed the spoon in front of him, "Eat."
She looked at Yan Xiao in astonishment, at the man that she felt was too far away from her reach. She never thought that he would condescend to drink the porridge for her personally, she stared at his calm face in shock, unable to recover from her shock for a long while.
"What is it? You don't like porridge? "
Yan Xiao's cold and detached voice pulled her thoughts back from her shock and astonishment.