Chapter 566 Two Little Sparrows
Shen Ningning's beautiful eyes were full of shock. After seeing clearly that it was Mo Lingwei, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah... I copied the sutra." She quickly moved the pen and ink away and used a handkerchief to dip the ink on the top.
Fortunately, the sutra was in duplicate. Shen Ningning had copied a lot of it. The one she destroyed was just the beginning.
Mo Lingwei didn't expect that his touch would make her so panicked?
He sat down next to her, and his tone was a little cold: "You were so absorbed in copying, didn't you notice me coming over?"
Shen Ningning hummed: "If you want to copy, you have to concentrate. Is your highness the crown prince done?"
She always called him your highness the crown prince, which made Mo Lingwei particularly uncomfortable.
But if he asked her to call him brother again, he couldn't open his mouth.
"We are almost done. Didn't Qing Yuan tell you that it is still in time to start these prayers tomorrow?"
"She said that I wanted to come. Anyway, there is nothing to do in Zichen Palace."
Shen Ningning said this because she felt that it was inappropriate for her to sit in Kunling Palace, which symbolizes the Crown Princess.
It would be better to come out.
She thought about it and said to Mo Lingwei: "I think that since it is a prayer, it is not convenient to live in Zichen Palace. It is too far from Zhaori Tower. I see there is a Shanglin Palace next to Zhaori Tower. Why don't I move there?"
Mo Lingwei was reading the rest of the scriptures she copied. Hearing this, he raised his eyes coldly and looked at her.
For some reason, Shen Ningning was a little nervous, and the hand under the sleeve slightly grasped the dress.
"The Shanglin Palace should be occupied by concubines. If I agree to let you live there, it would be against the rules."
Shen Ningning hesitated: "Then, you can live somewhere else."
Mo Lingwei sneered and put down the scripture: "I heard that you just don't want to live in the same palace with me, right?"
Since he said it bluntly, Shen Ningning no longer dodged.
She discussed with him calmly: "The palace that Your Highness arranged for me, living there with my identity will only attract criticism."
"Who dares to criticize? Your second son Lu who is not yet engaged?" Mo Lingwei raised his eyebrows.
Without waiting for Shen Ningning to answer, he had already made a cold decision: "You don't need to say anything more about this matter. Since I have a way to let you enter the palace, I will naturally not let you live somewhere else."
"You have always been smart. You know very well what entering the palace today means. I can't let you leave easily. Not touching you is already my limit. If you don't even allow you to look at you, then I can only be ruthless."
Shen Ningning's heart skipped a beat, and her beautiful eyes showed sadness.
"What do you want to do to me?"
Mo Lingwei sneered: "I won't deal with you, but I can't guarantee that anything will happen to Lu Shaoyuan."
Shen Ningning's delicate face suddenly turned pale: "Don't touch him!"
Lu Shaoyuan was only implicated by her, Shen Ningning couldn't bear to see him get hurt because of her.
Mo Lingwei frowned.
She protected Lu Shaoyuan like this, could it be that she really had some feelings for him?
Thinking of this, Mo Lingwei stood up, looking down from a high position, his handsome face was extremely cold.
"You are really good to him." After he said that, he turned around and left with his sleeves swung.
That night, I don't know if Mo Lingwei was annoyed by her. I heard from Qingyuan that Mo Lingwei had someone prepare a soft mattress in the side room of the imperial study, and he was probably going to rest there tonight.
Shen Ningning lay on the bed in Kunling Hall, looking at the complicated patterns on the bed curtains, and the fine yellow pear wood carved with a phoenix and a dragon, which was exquisite.
Unfortunately, these did not belong to her.
The girl turned over, and in the darkness, her beautiful eyes were full of complex emotions.
Shen Ningning couldn't sleep, and so did Mo Lingwei, who was lying in the side room of the imperial study.
He put one hand on his forehead, and although he closed his eyes, his eyebrows were knitted.
He repeatedly asked himself in his heart whether he should not be angry.
It was not easy to have so much time to spend alone with Shen Ningning, how could he just turn around and leave.
If she chose Lu Shaoyuan, it was because Lu Shaoyuan spent more time with her.
Then, if he handled government affairs now, he could take out all the time during the day to accompany Shen Ningning.
Maybe it would make her change her mind.
Thinking of this, Mo Lingwei sat up immediately. The eunuch who was on guard outside heard the movement and turned around to see that the lights in the imperial study were on again.
He pushed the door open and went in. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already put on his clothes and sat behind the desk again.
The eunuch was shocked: "Your Highness, it's almost midnight, it's too late, please take care of yourself and go to rest!"
Mo Lingwei picked up the red-marking pen and said without raising his head: "It's okay, I will rest after I finish these trivial matters. You go and tell the imperial kitchen to make a bowl of refreshing soup."
The eunuch could not persuade him, so he could only sigh and leave.
The next day.
Shen Ningning didn't know when she fell asleep last night. When she woke up again, it was already after noon in the morning.
Mo Lingwei didn't let anyone disturb her sleeping in, but Shen Ningning felt that she shouldn't stay in bed, so she sat up immediately after waking up.
Qing Yuan came in to serve her and brought her a brand new dress.
Shen Ningning took a look and said: "I brought clothes with me when I entered the palace this time, so I'd better wear my own clothes."
Qing Yuan said: "Please forgive me, Princess, these are the clothes worn by Fu Nu, and I just took them as ordered."
It was the title of Fu Nu, Shen Ningning had no way to refuse, so she could only let Qing Yuan help her put on the clothes.
During breakfast, Shen Ningning did not ask, Qing Yuan took the initiative to report: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to court, and he just sent someone to tell him that after breakfast, he can go to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and he will come to see the princess later."
Shen Ningning's face was indifferent: "I know."
After breakfast, Qing Yuan took six palace maids to accompany Shen Ningning to the Imperial Garden to bask in the sun.
The sun was shining in early April, and the bright fragrance of the garden was refreshing.
Shen Ningning sat behind a cluster of hibiscus flowers and took a break.
Qing Yuan said: "The princess must be tired after walking for a while. I will ask someone to bring tea."
The other palace maids were guarding not far away.
At this moment, two voices of conversation came from somewhere, and Shen Ningning heard her own name.
"I guess Shen Ningning will definitely become the Crown Princess. I bet two grains of millet."
"Why are you so sure? I guess the one with the surname Meng will be the Crown Princess! I bet three red beans."
Shen Ningning looked for the source of the sound, but there was no one anywhere.
But when she looked up, she saw two fat sparrows jumping on the branches.
The girl narrowed her beautiful eyes.
The sound was indeed made by them.
The fat sparrow on the left said: "I bet it's Shen Ningning! Because, the big maid named Qingyuan was trained by the palace specifically for the Crown Princess. Whoever she serves will be the Crown Princess!"
The round-headed sparrow on the right shook his body.
"You are too arbitrary to say that. Last time I was at the window of the imperial study, I heard the prince's people arrange for him to meet Meng Wanning."
The two sparrows quarreled fiercely and bet their own stocks.
What millet, red beans, mung beans, etc., finally the sparrow who supported Shen Ningning got anxious and bet on a small pearl he picked up.
Shen Ningning couldn't help laughing when she heard this.
The two sparrows' argument stopped abruptly.
"Why do you think she laughed?"
"Did she hear what we said?"
"Oh no, then we just discussed that someone poisoned the tea that the prince drank today, and she heard it too?"
Shen Ningning's face changed.
What? ! Poisoning? !
She stood up suddenly, and the two guilty little sparrows flapped their wings and flew away in fear.