Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 246 A Broken Heart

Qing He said a few words but got no response from Xia Lan, so she couldn't help but reach out and pull her sleeve, "Xia Lan? Xia Lan?"

"Ah? What's wrong?" Xia Lan came back to her senses.

"What are you thinking about? I'm talking to you, but you ignore me."

Xia Lan looked at the withered lotus in the pond and murmured softly, "I was thinking, I didn't notice it before, but today I feel that Xiao Guo'er's hands are too slender to be a man's."

"What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly." Qinghe showed a puzzled expression again.

Xia Lan did not repeat herself, but just said, "Let's go to the kitchen. I'm a little hungry."

"Well, now that you mention it, I'm a little hungry too."

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In the tea room.

The expression on Zhao Yunrong's face flashed by, and because he lowered his head, Xiao Guoer did not see it. She just looked away hurriedly when she saw the court doctor holding a sharp needle and about to prick the watery blister on the back of her hand.

Perhaps the burning sensation on the back of her hand was too intense; when the blister was broken, she did not feel any more severe pain.

It wasn't until the cool ointment was applied to the back of her hand that the burning sensation gradually subsided.

"Doctor Zhang, how many days will it take for my hand to heal?"

Xiao Guoer looked at her hand with sadness. She was about to get engaged to Tang Jingchen, and now her hand was injured, making it inconvenient for her to do anything.

Doctor Zhang was wrapping a bandage around her hand as he replied, "You'll probably be able to recover in seven days. Change the medicine every other day for the next few days, and don't let it come into contact with water."

Xiao Guo'er rolled her eyes, and was about to play the victim to gain sympathy from the Eighth Prince standing beside her, when she heard this man say, "You should stay in your room and rest for the next few days. You don't have to go to the tea room anymore."

The words that Xiao Guoer was about to say to show her sympathy turned into bargaining, "Then why don't you allow me to go home and recuperate in the next few days?"

Zhao Yunrong glanced at her coldly and said, "If you don't agree, you can stay in the palace to recuperate."

Humph, you want to go out and hang out with Tang Jingchen?

Xiao Guoer was naturally unwilling to be rejected. She thought for a moment and said, "My hand is injured. I can't continue to make tea for the prince if I stay here. Besides, I was caught in this disaster for no reason. My fragile heart has been greatly hurt. Your Highness, give me two days off. Just consider it as compensation for me, isn't it? It will also allow my broken heart to heal."

How could Zhao Yunrong change his mind because of a few words from her? Who knows what she and Tang Jingchen will do after one night?

“Can this make up for it?”

When Xiao Guoer saw the glittering gold ingot suddenly appearing before her eyes, her eyes lit up immediately, she smiled widely, and nodded rapidly, "Yes, yes, yes."

"Have you mended your broken heart?"

"Alright, alright, it's intact!"

Xiao Guoer stretched out her uninjured hand to take the tempting gold ingot in Zhao Yunrong's hand, but unexpectedly he took a step back and continued to ask, "Do you still need to leave the house?"

"Hey, no need."

Only then did Zhao Yunrong put the gold ingot into Xiao Guoer's hand which was suspended in mid-air.

"Go back and have a good rest. The king will send someone to take care of your daily life in the next few days. Don't touch the water."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Guoer thanked him but her eyes never left the glittering gold ingot. She even seemed to have temporarily forgotten the burn on her hand.

Zhao Yunrong shook his head with amusement and left the tea room with Wang Xiyuan and the court doctor.

"Find a clever little maid, and when Xie Mengwan comes again, don't let her see Xiao Guo'er."

Wang Xiyuan bowed and responded.

Xiao Guoer didn't need to go to the tea room to be on duty these days, but she was not feeling well either. Her hand was injured and she couldn't do anything. She also had to endure the pain from time to time.

In addition, as the engagement day was getting closer, her already nervous mood became even more anxious because of the injury on her hand.

In order to prevent Tang Jingchen from worrying about her being wronged in Prince Zunyi's Mansion, Xiao Guoer did not say that she was bullied by Xie Mengwan. She just said that she accidentally spilled the tea and it was not a big deal and she would be fine in a few days.

Tang Jingchen felt distressed and couldn't help nagging her a few more times, asking her to be more careful.

Xiao Guoer nodded repeatedly in agreement. From now on, she would never serve tea to Xie Mengwan again, and would even take a detour whenever she saw her!

This woman is so terrible. Not only is she overbearing and unreasonable, she also holds a grudge!