Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

"The empress dowager is ill. Although she couldn't go to the front hall to celebrate New Year's Eve together, but she also heard some rumors in the front hall, so she specially asked the old slave to come over and say something."

After Mingxin finished speaking, the emperor nodded slightly.

After bowing and saluting, Nanny Mingxin walked to the emperor's side and spoke in a voice that only two people could hear.

"If you are in a desperate situation, you will definitely fight back. Please also remember the principle of forgiving and forgiving, Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, Nanny Mingxin already bowed and left.

The emperor slightly raised his eyebrows, his eyes once again fell on Xia Bai'an, and said calmly.

"Since Imperial Physician Xia has the prime minister as his guarantor, I will save your life."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xia Bai'an hurriedly saluted, only when he bent over did he realize that his calves were a little weak.

After finishing all this, she obediently returned to Li Chen's back, but her eyes swept over everyone present very slowly.

It has to be said that the sense of oppression of the superior is hard to ignore.

As long as he thinks that the emperor can kill him at any time, Xia Bai'an instinctively feels fear...

And a little bit of anger.

She still stood in a respectful posture, and the snow rabbit costume on her body was also cute and playful as usual, but the air around her gradually became cold, and even the expression in her eyes turned cold.

Kang Heng looked sideways at her.

Li Chen's hand holding the cup loosened for a moment, but it was tightened again because of the inexplicable coldness, and he didn't look back.

"Do you hate?" He was asking Xia Bai'an.

"Feel sorry."

Xia Bai'an slowly came back to her senses, only to realize that after the rest of her life, she couldn't control her emotions and eyes. She tried to curl the corners of her lips, and soon found the secret of smiling, as if the indifference just now was just an illusion.

Li Chen asked again: "Why do you apologize?"

"I shouldn't have shown so many emotions. The lord and the emperor obviously just treat me like a rabbit." Xia Bai'an smiled slightly, looking at Wang An and Li Chen's expression was not very good.

Although I don't know what the rabbit represents.

But she had no doubt that when the emperor suddenly looked at her just now and wanted to kill her, it was not only because she caused trouble at the two banquets.

It was even more because of... the protection of King An himself.

She is grateful to Li Chen for being able to speak for her, but she also hates being dragged by two people as a bargaining chip in a game.

Not like a human being, not even a chess piece.

It's just a rope in the game.

Li Chen felt the hostility in her words, and instead of being angry, he smiled: "It turns out that you are brooding over this kind of thing. An incompetent and powerless person really shouldn't have his thoughts written on his face."

"Ah."

Xia Bai'an nodded with a smile on his face.

This palace banquet broke up unhappy again.

Before leaving, Yun Hanyi originally wanted to take Xia Bai'an with him, but Kang Heng stopped Yun Hanyi first: "Our prince has something to say to Imperial Physician Xia."

Yun Hanyi had no choice but to give up, and was about to take his daughter Yun Xue away, but Yun Xue said: "Father, Concubine Degui took care of her a lot before, but now she is reprimanded by the emperor, so my daughter has to go and comfort her."

Although Yun Hanyi didn't want to get too close to Concubine Degui, he didn't want his daughter to be an unfaithful person in the future, so he nodded: "When dealing with others, you should always repay your kindness. Xueer has done a good job .”

Yun Xue agreed perfunctorily, and left Yun Hanyi, but did not go in the direction of the Millennium Hall.

……

In the plum blossom forest.

There are dead branches and white plums in front of my eyes, the star river is shining above my head, and the surroundings are quiet and silent.

There are two stone tables hidden in the plum blossom forest, with a chessboard on it, and a square stone bench, with many white plum petals falling, which has a special flavor.

Xia Bai'an followed behind Li Chen, using the lantern in the eunuch's hand behind her to see the gravel path. At night, the cold wind gushed through her shawl, making her shiver several times as she walked along.

All the way to the stone table, several palace people kept a distance, leaving two oil lamps for lighting.

Li Chen brushed off the white plum petals first and sat down, then pointed to Xia Bai'an's position.

Xia Bai'an was puzzled, but he sat down straight away.

Li Chen raised his eyebrows: "You are pressing Baimei."

Xia Bai'an was stunned for a moment, and raised his eyebrows like him: "My lord stepped on a white plum all the way here, so it's interesting to say this at this moment."

"You are a presumptuous rabbit, how can you talk to this king?"

"I was just telling the truth." Xia Bai'an was sincere.

Li Chen was stunned for a moment, as if he had nothing to do with her, and suddenly said: "More than ten years ago, the emperor killed a rabbit that I raised with my own hands. I like that rabbit, and I don't think any name is suitable for it. It has never been named, and after it died, I erected a wooden tombstone for it, but I don’t know what name to engrave on it.”

Xia Bai'an listened, and suddenly fiddled with the fluffy white tassels on his bun.

She asked, "Why kill a rabbit?"

Li Chen replied: "Because at that time I knew how to hide my clumsiness, I never thought that when my father came to inquire, I would lose my ability for a while. When the emperor saw it, he felt that I was deep in thought, and when he saw that I had raised a rabbit, he suspected that I had raised a rabbit. Did the rabbit have other meanings, so he killed it with a single knife... The queen mother reminded me back then, to remember the rabbit's lesson."

Sure enough, he is a perverted emperor, and he was so perverted when he was a child!

But Xia Bai'an thought that he also killed many little white rabbits when he was studying medicine, so he quickly put his hands together and silently repented.

Li Chen caught a glimpse of her small movements, and hooked the corners of his lips: "Are you praying for the dead rabbit?"

"The rabbit did nothing wrong." Xia Bai'an nodded seriously.

"..."

Li Chen looked at her slightly bright eyes, and couldn't hold back the smirk on his face.

It was completely different from Xia Bai'an who was wanton in the casino.

It's not like a person at all.

Why is she so reckless when she can do things outside, as if she is heartless and desperate.

But at some special times, she can plan calmly without losing her sincerity.

When she was wronged in the palace, she could still express her apology to other imperial physicians.

Now I don’t want to be a rabbit playing games, but I want to pray for the rabbit who has been dead for many years and has never been seen?

She is full of too many contradictions.

But the more so, the more Li Chen couldn't help but care about it.

Feeling the sudden silence, Xia Bai'an watched Li Chen's face gradually turn cold, and quickly broke the silence.

"According to what the prince said, rather than saying that the emperor killed your rabbit, it would be better to say that... he was demonstrating to you."

Li Chen came back to his senses and squinted at her.

Xia Bai'an stared into his eyes, and said word by word: "That means to say again... I can see your nature, why do you have to show such an innocent appearance of loving white rabbits. If you hide yourself like this again , I will tear away your illusion like killing this rabbit."

Li Chen couldn't laugh at all.

Kang Heng's hands have even slowly clenched into fists.

But after Xia Bai'an finished speaking, he suddenly laughed softly: "But my lord, the only one who died back then was the rabbit. You are still sitting here. As the second rabbit, I also lived by accident. It’s not a bad thing to be cold-faced if you come down.”

Li Chen's heart suddenly missed a beat.