novelraw Chapter 500: The Regent King Wants a Kiss 31
Chapter 500: The Regent King Wants a Kiss 31
As night fell.
The pale moonlight shone into the room.
A woman quietly got out of bed and walked away.
Heading outside.
It was only after the woman left that the man, who was supposed to be sleeping, slowly woke up.
He opened his eyes and looked towards where the woman had gone.
Without making a sound.
He just lay there, closing his eyes, and then opening them again.
He touched the spot next to him, still a little warm.
Indeed, she was not there.
Yu Wenxu lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling. After a long while, he closed his eyes again.
It seemed as though he had fallen back asleep.
But every half an hour, he would open his eyes to look towards the doorway.
His eyes were pitch-black and lucid, showing that he was not really asleep.
In this way, time and again.
Unknowingly, it was already dawn.
A streak of light brightened the sky.
His hand, with clear knuckles, rested on the spot beside him.
Radiating a touch of coolness.
It seemed to speak of the person who should have been sleeping with him, having been gone for the whole night.
In his dark eyes, some emotion gradually began to fade.
Without saying a word, he sat up.
Like every other day, he got up, changed clothes, attended the morning court, and ate.
The little eunuch who usually served by his side thought that Miss Su Yan was still asleep when she did not come out.
He had intended to ask the Prince, but seeing that the Prince’s expression seemed not very good.
The words Miss Su Yan were swallowed back before they could be spoken.
The eunuch served diligently, not saying another word.
After finishing the meal, only about a tenth of the food on the table had been touched.
Even the roast chicken and duck, the Prince did not touch at all.
Yu Wenxu looked at the food for a moment before finally shifting his gaze away
"To the study."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Day by day passed.
The little eunuch never saw Miss Su Yan again.
And the Prince grew more and more silent.
The entire Prince Mansion, as if its vitality had been sapped away in an instant, quieted down.
Until the fourth day, after the evening meal, much of the food was left untouched as usual.
Yu Wenxu set down his chopsticks and said indifferently
"From now on, there’s no need to prepare so much."
The little eunuch quickly nodded in agreement
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After responding, the little eunuch hesitated and tentatively spoke
"What about Miss Su Yan’s meals...?"
Yu Wenxu glanced at the little eunuch.
His eyes were a deep, dark abyss.
"She won’t be coming back."
His voice hoarse without him realizing it.
The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down
"This slave deserves death!!"
Yu Wenxu looked away, and after a while, he spoke
"Push me to sit under the Osmanthus Tree for a while."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The wooden wheelchair rolled across the floor, creating a noise.
He sat under the Osmanthus Tree, watching the falling osmanthus blossoms.
His memory seemed hazy, as if recalling the days when Su Yan ate the osmanthus blossoms in his arms.
Osmanthus blossoms slowly falling, landing in the palm of his hand.
The image of that little foodie frolicking in front of him, occasionally flashing by.
Once upon a time, he could also frolic around with her.
But now..., after all, it was not possible anymore.
While thinking, his hand rested on his right leg.
His gaze fell down, landing on the right leg.
From the calf down to the heel, there was no sensation at all.
Seven years ago, he was the resplendent and angry young man, a prodigy famous throughout Daliang Country.
At fifteen, he entered the battlefield, at seventeen he became the commander, at nineteen he led a hundred thousand soldiers, and recaptured thirteen states in the southwest frontier. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was ennobled as Prince, ranking among the Royal Family.