Quick Wear: The Sickly Boss Is Addicted to Spoiling Me

Chapter 830: The Scheming Little Emperor x the Cruel and Merciless Regent 19

"Is your leg healed?"

Qi Zhi's voice seemed to be wrapped in a layer of frost, drifting slowly in the quiet air.

This seemingly simple question made Shen Xi's heart suddenly tighten. He had expected Qi Zhi to ask this question, but he did not expect the chill in his tone to be so bone-chilling.

"Ah."

Shen Xi gritted his teeth and responded. Now that things had come to this, there was really no point in hiding it any further. But inexplicably, he still felt a little guilty.

"When?" Qi Zhi's eyes were fixed on Shen Xi, as if he wanted to see through him.

Shen Xi swallowed and said calmly, "When I woke up this morning, I felt my legs didn't hurt anymore, so it's fine now." As he spoke, he secretly prayed that Qi Zhi would believe him.

Qi Zhi looked at the boy in front of him whom he had wanted to raise with all his heart, and mixed emotions welled up in his heart. How could he not see that Shen Xi was lying?

"That's it."

Qi Zhi's voice was still cold and hard to understand. His face was hidden in the shadows, and his true expression could not be seen, which made Shen Xi even more uneasy.

"Are you angry?" Shen Xi muttered to himself, his heart in his throat.

"Now that your leg is healed, you don't have to accompany your majesty tonight."

After Qi Zhi finished speaking, he turned around and left without hesitation. His movements were quick and decisive, without a trace of reluctance.

Shen Xi called out anxiously behind him, but Qi Zhi seemed not to hear him. He kept walking, and his resolute back gradually disappeared from Shen Xi's sight.

Shen Xi looked at the empty corridor, full of regret, and thought to himself, "It's over, it's over."

He was full of worry, not knowing how Qi Zhi would deal with his deception. But when he opened the task panel, he was surprised to find that the blackening value had not changed at all, but the favorability had exceeded 80%.

Qi Zhi walked quickly, his footsteps echoing in the silent palace road. Soon, he returned to his temporary residence in the palace. After closing the door, the flickering candlelight in the room illuminated his face.

At this moment, there was no sign of anger on his face. The corners of his mouth were raised high and his eyes were full of smiles that were almost overflowing.

"He lied to me just to get me to spend more time with him."

Qi Zhi whispered softly, his voice full of doting. He recalled Shen Xi's nervous and calm appearance when he lied, and couldn't help laughing again. He walked so fast just now because he was afraid that if he was a second later, he would laugh in front of Shen Xi and expose his true thoughts.

In the past, he hated being deceived the most, and any lies were intolerable to him. But now, facing Shen Xi's lies, he couldn't get angry at all, and his heart was filled with joy of being needed and love for the boy.

In the next few days, Shen Xi could not even see him. At the beginning, he could see him once in the morning and evening, but later on, Qi Zhi simply did not live in the palace.

So we couldn’t see each other anymore.

"It's not right. You've been angry for so long?"

It was not until the night of his birthday that Qi Zhi appeared at the banquet.

Naturally, a grand banquet would be held on the emperor's birthday, and all the famous officials of the court as well as dukes, marquises and viscounts had to attend.

Every year it's the same old performance, and Shen Xi is now distracted, so he naturally has no time to watch those boring songs and dances.

Qi Zhi was sitting at the lower left of the throne. The distance between them was not far, but not close either.

Shen Xi kept looking at him, and Qi Zhi noticed that his gaze would also look over at him. The two of them just stared at each other over and over again without saying a word.

Shen Xi was feeling a little depressed and drank several glasses of wine in a row. However, he had taken the special props provided by Wangcai before, so he naturally didn't feel drunk. But Qi Zhi didn't know all this. There would be a surprise later, so he couldn't let him get drunk.

Thinking of this, Qi Zhi stood up and walked towards Shen Xi with steady steps. He came in front of Shen Xi, raised his hand slightly and waved. The maid standing beside Shen Xi, who was about to pour wine for him, understood instantly and retreated quietly.

Then, Qi Zhi slowly sat down beside Shen Xi, his movements were natural and smooth, as if this position was originally his. He stretched out his hand, without any hesitation, and directly took the wine glass from Shen Xi's hand.

The noise made by the two of them was quite loud, and the crisp sound of cups colliding against each other seemed particularly abrupt in the lively banquet.

For a moment, many eyes were cast around, but the guests sitting at the table, no matter they were famous officials of the court or dukes, marquises and viscounts, only dared to secretly glance at him, and no one dared to say a word.

After all, the identities of these two people are there. One is the current emperor Shen Xi, and the other is the powerful and respected regent Qi Zhi. Who dares to interfere easily?

"Your Majesty, please drink less." Qi Zhi's voice was low and gentle, sounding softly in Shen Xi's ears.

Although Shen Xi always felt that it was he who lied and made Qi Zhi angry, Qi Zhi didn't say a word. He had been away for so many days and didn't say a word when they looked at each other just now. The grievance and dissatisfaction in his heart surged up instantly. It was time to change the angry party.

"Uncle Emperor left me alone in the palace for so many days, and now he cares about me?"

Qi Zhi looked at Shen Xi and found it funny. He raised his hand and tapped Shen Xi's forehead gently, his gesture intimate and doting: "Isn't there something wrong?"

"Is there anything more important than me?"

Shen Xi didn't care about so much anymore. He had originally planned to express his feelings to Qi Zhi on his birthday.

At this moment, those words that seemed extremely ambiguous on a normal day just came out of my mouth.

After hearing this, Qi Zhi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Perhaps the two of them had already entered an ambiguous period without realizing it and were already accustomed to such words.

The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a gentle smile, and he coaxed her softly, "Didn't His Majesty ask me to prepare a birthday gift for you? Now you blame me instead."

"Oh."

Shen Xi finally realized that he had wronged Qi Zhi. However, he did not show any embarrassment on his face. Instead, he was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Qi Zhi was not really angry.

"The plan can go ahead." He thought silently in his heart, with a barely perceptible expectation flashing in his eyes.

After about an hour, this grand birthday banquet finally came to an end.

Cleaning up the mess of those banquets was naturally the job of the eunuchs and palace maids.

Shen Xi was taken back to the room by Qi Zhi.

"Aren't you going to see the birthday ceremony? Why did the emperor's uncle bring me back? I don't want to sleep now."

As Shen Xi spoke, he broke free from Qi Zhi's hand, stood in the middle of the room, and looked at Qi Zhi with a puzzled look on his face, his eyes full of confusion and expectation.