Everyone in the room looked towards the source of the voice.
They saw Gong Shilin at the door.
As he spoke, he had already walked in.
He looked calm. He walked into the room and said to Na Tuo seriously, "The thing in your hand is mine."
"Yours?" Na Tuo obviously didn't believe him.
"I probably left it somewhere when I came to look for you. I didn't expect Princess to pick it up." His tone was calm. There was no trace of lying.
"Are you serious?"
"When did I lie to you?"
"But why have I never seen you with this thing? Moreover, this is medicine. You are not injured. Besides, this bottle obviously doesn't belong to Huyi. How could it be yours? "
One question after another.
They were all full of doubts! Gong Shilin explained unhurriedly, "This thing doesn't belong to the Huyi people. I got it from a Great Lin doctor. He said that it's a very good medicine, so I bought it. I've been carrying it with me all the time just in case. I didn't tell you, so you naturally don't know.
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His answer was very clear!
There were no mistakes.
Na Tuo was also skeptical, but he still let go of Jing Xuan.
But in fact, he was trying to shake her off!
Jing Xuan lost her balance and fell from the bed to the ground.
Half of the quilt was pulled down.
She lay on the ground weakly and looked very embarrassed.
But no one reached out to help her.
To be precise, no one dared to help her!
What a joke! She was the Third Princess, but now she was in such a situation.
She was even worse than a maid.
With a bitter smile, she tried her best to lift her eyes to look at the man who had come to save her.
She knew him, but she was not familiar with him.
She only knew that he was Gong Shilin, the son of Left Prime Minister Gong!
He was good friends with Na Tuo.
Jing Xuan had seen him twice.
The first time was when she saw him from afar, and the second time was when she met him in the corridor.
Na Tuo looked at Gong Shilin and frowned. "Shilin, you know I trust you. I won't allow you to lie to me. Let me ask you again. Did you really leave this bottle behind?"
"I've already said it very clearly. This bottle is indeed mine. If you don't believe me, you can go to my residence and ask."
"You …" Tuo swallowed the words that were at the tip of his tongue. How could he really investigate? He and Gong Shilin had been good friends for many years. If they were to get into a fight over this matter, wouldn't it be obvious that they were just friends?
And Gong Shilin dared to say this precisely because he had calculated this point.
As it turned out, he had won the bet.
Sure enough, Tuo didn't pursue the matter. Instead, he gave him the bottle and said, "Seriously, you don't even look after your own things. Fortunately, it's just an ordinary bottle of medicine. If you lost something important, where would you have found it?"
Gong Shilin smiled. "I'll be careful."
"It's just that some people treat this thing as a treasure. Those who don't know better might even think that it's a gift from you."
There was a hidden meaning in his words.
Gong Shilin pretended not to understand.
He just put the bottle into his sleeve, as if it really belonged to him.
Na Tuo didn't see the slightest trace of lying or panic on his face. He wondered if he was really thinking too much.
Just as he was about to speak —
Someone from the palace had come!
It was said that the King of Huyi suddenly became seriously ill and coughed up blood this morning.
When Na Tuo heard this, he put aside other things and hurried to the palace.
After all, the Crown Prince hadn't been appointed yet. If the King of Huyi suddenly died, there would naturally be a storm in the court. Therefore, when the Emperor passed away, it was very important who was next to him.
But before he left, he didn't forget to remind Gong Shilin, "I'll go to the palace first. If Lord Father is fine, remember what I told you. I'll hold a banquet at the mansion tomorrow night. You must be there."
"Got it."
Na Tuo was about to leave, but then he looked at Jing Xuan, who was still on the ground, and his eyes were full of disgust. He ordered the maidservants kneeling on the ground, "Hurry up and take care of it."
"Yes." The group of maidservants responded.
After he left, the maidservants finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Gong Shilin didn't leave. He didn't care about etiquette and the improper contact between men and women. Before the maidservants left, he picked up Jing Xuan from the ground and gently placed her on the bed.
Taking advantage of this, he stuffed the small bottle into her hand.
He said softly, "It's returned to its original owner!"
Jing Xuan held the bottle tightly in her hand and stuffed it under the quilt before the maidservants came over to find it.
"Thank you." She also said softly.
"It's nothing." Gong Shilin said, took a few steps back, and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Princess, for picking up my things."
Jing Xuan also did the same, "It's nothing."
"Then I won't disturb your rest. Goodbye."
After that, he turned and left!
Jing Xuan looked at his back, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
She thought that this person should be as cruel and ruthless as Na Tuo. Who would have thought that he would save her today?
She would remember this kindness.
Gong Shilin left the Prince's Mansion. On the carriage back, his eyes were fixed on the curtain in front of him.
The wind blew the curtain gently.
The scene outside was vaguely revealed.
It was still snowing heavily, and occasionally a few snowflakes drifted in!
His eyes gradually froze, and his thoughts suddenly drifted back to one year ago.
That day, the Third Prince's wedding.
Almost all the famous officials in the imperial court were there!
And in the crowd, Gong Shilin was there.
He would never forget that day.
A woman in a red wedding dress came out of the sedan chair. The wind blew slowly and gently lifted the red veil on her head.
The delicate face hidden under the veil was faintly discernible.
Perhaps it was fate, when the bride passed in front of him, the cold wind became stronger, and lifted her red veil even higher!
Although it was only for a moment!
But also in that moment, he saw the woman's face.
Just a glance, and he remembered it!
He never forgot.
When they met in the corridor, he almost couldn't control the excitement in his heart.
That was after a year, he saw that woman again.
There was happiness, there was heartache, but most of all, there was regret!
Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly.
Some things in the world were often like this. If you missed it, you missed it.
And he also had to hide this budding feeling in his heart.
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
So, his heart was even heavier.
It was a little hard to give up.
The servant who was driving the horse suddenly turned around and asked him through the curtain, "Young master, which way are we going now? Back to the mansion or to the palace? "
He had told Na Tuo that he had to go back to the Hanlin Academy.
And the Hanlin Academy was located in the palace.
Gong Shilin thought that Na Tuo had already entered the palace. It was inevitable that they would meet when they left the palace.
So he said, "Let's go back first."
"Yes!"
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