40. The Four Princes (2)

Back at the inn, Gao Ran went straight to Gao Xi's room.

Knock knock.

Before entering, she knocked on the door twice, and then tried to push it down.

He found that the door was not closed—it was just hidden, so he pushed the door straight into the house.

After entering the house, Gao Xi was about to get up from the edge of the bed.

Come to think of it, before Gao Ran entered the house, he should have sat on the edge of the bed nearby to take care of the young man.

"How's he doing?"

"I've asked the doctor to come and see him, and I've fed him medicine. He had just fallen asleep for a while......"

Seeing Gao Xi's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Gao Ran understood his scruples......

"Just tell me what you want! I can probably guess some ......."

After hearing this, Gao Xi was silent for a moment, and then said slowly, "There are many traces of whipping on his body. I think it should be the trick used by the Qin Pavilion to tame the little guy he just bought...... However, although he was covered in wounds, and some wounds would bleed if he touched them...... But his clothes were clean! he must have been specially changed......

"Hmmm......"

After listening to Gao Xi's analysis, Gao Ran also followed his train of thought and continued to add, "In other words, it is likely that he chose to obey because he couldn't stand the pain of the whipping." And the people of the Qin Pavilion changed into a clean shirt for him, took care of him, and waited for him to recover. But he didn't think that his obedience was fake! He actually dragged the sick body out desperately while the guards were lax...... But I didn't think about it, I finally escaped from the Qin Pavilion, but I bumped into me. And when he fell, he no longer had the strength to get up on his own, let alone run away, so he could only call on me for help......"

Speaking of this, Gao Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this young man, I'm afraid he just wants to try his luck......

But in just a moment's eye contact, he couldn't understand what she was, let alone be sure that she would definitely save him!

"Well, I think so too! However, as for what the truth is, we will not know until he wakes up and asks him himself!" Gao Xi finally added.

"Hmm. ”

Gao Ran stared at the young man who was lying on Gao Xi's bed in a semi-comatose and half-asleep state with a solemn face, but the strange feeling in her heart only increased - she was inexplicably sure that this young man, although he was not Yun Zhen, he must have something to do with Yun Zhen! Moreover, it was still a very close relationship!

If it weren't for the fact that she had already established this instinct in her heart, she wouldn't be so kind to take care of a small person's idle affairs!

"The same age, but they look so much like ......"

For some reason, Gao Ran faintly felt that this young man was likely to be the "legendary" fourth prince - Yun Jie.

However, among all the valuable rumors she had heard about the royal family, there were quite a few about the third prince Yun Zhen......; But she didn't know much about it......

She only knew that these four princes, Yun Jie, were younger than Yun Zhen, but she didn't know how much younger they were?!

She only knew that these four princes had always loved to play and did not please the emperor very much......

She only knows that there are only three princes and four princes who have not yet decided to marry......

In addition, there is no more information about this inconspicuous "Four Princes" circulating among the people......

"Alas!"

Gao Ran sighed helplessly.

Now that she thought about it, she realized that she didn't know the specific age of the four princes, Yun Jie, his appearance, and his true temperament......

Compared with the third prince Yun Zhen who she had already seen and had already been wary of him, this fourth prince Yun Jie had become a "mystery" like a "mystery"!

Frankly speaking, if she hadn't met this teenager suddenly without warning, Gao Ran really wouldn't have realized that because of her ignorance of the mysterious Four Princes, it was likely that she would have overlooked another "hidden danger" that might threaten her future free life!

"Yes, no one knows how much age difference between these four princes and the third prince is?! No one can guarantee that the one who will ascend the crown prince in the future will be the third prince, not the fourth prince......

Thinking of this, Gao Ran couldn't help but tap his head.

"How could I be so careless?!

After realizing that there was still a "hidden danger" that she didn't know about, Gao Ran began to think in her heart: no matter whether this young man was the "Four Princes" or not, she had to find a way to carefully investigate the one related to the "Four Princes"!

At the very least, it should be possible for her to judge with certainty whether these four princes will become a kind of existence that may threaten her future free life, just like the third prince?!

I was thinking about what to do next, but I never left the young man's face, and I always looked at him with a calm and waveless gaze - no one could see what she was thinking at the moment?!

If it weren't for the fact that your temperament is so different from his, I might have mistaken you for Yun Zhen......! Who the hell is you?!Are you the Fourth Prince-Yun Jie?!"

After Gao Ran asked Gao Xi to step down, he always stayed alone in the room to take care of the boy.

And this question has always hovered in her mind, lingering......

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In the evening, the boy finally woke up.

Gao Ran, who had been guarding the bedside, was keenly aware of the signs that he had woken up, and immediately got up and poured him a cup of tea.

"Wake up, drink some water, your throat won't be dry......"

Just by looking at his chapped lips, you know that his body must be very dehydrated at the moment!

Therefore, his first reaction after waking up must be to drink water.

"Thank you. ”

The young man, who had not yet fully awakened his consciousness, followed his physical instincts in a daze and accepted Gao Ran's care for him very obediently.

He reluctantly got up with the help of Gao Ran's support, and then leaned against the head of the bed, obediently drinking the tea she fed to his mouth.

After drinking three cups of tea in a row, the boy finally came to his senses!

"Do you want more?"

"No! Thanks, I've had enough. ”

After sobering up, the young man was a little embarrassed at this time......

But the embarrassment didn't last long, and he quickly realized something very strict!

He hurriedly looked down at his dress—he was now only wearing the shirt and pants he had worn when he escaped from the Qin Pavilion!

"Ah!" the boy cried out in alarm.

At the same time, he quickly pulled the quilt up sharply, wrapping his entire body up, exposing only the part above his neck......

"Uh......"

Although Gao Ran was startled by the young man's sudden shout, his behavior just now made her immediately understand the reason why he was screaming just now......

However, this reason made her quite speechless......

"Alas!"

Gao Ran sighed helplessly, then calmed down and comforted him gently, "Don't worry, I didn't see anything......! No one has touched it!"

At this point, she suddenly realized that something was wrong with what she had just said......

She hurriedly corrected, "Oh, no! no one has changed their clothes." However, after bringing you here, my friend did ask a doctor to help you see the injury. The places where you should rub the medicine have also been wiped again. I also fed you the medicine...... Oh, don't worry, that friend of mine is a man! It's just that you were having a high fever at the time, and I don't know if you still have any impressions of this?!"

Gao Ran tentatively said with a slight inquiry.

After hearing this, the young man was silent for a while, and his face began to gradually become calmer.

When Gao Ran saw it, he knew that he should have remembered!

"Thank you for saving my ......"

"Looks like you're thinking about it all?"

"Hmm. ”

After getting the boy's confirmation, Gao Ran put his mind at ease and decided not to talk nonsense with him anymore and go straight to the point!

"Since you've remembered it, then I won't talk nonsense with you!"

When the young man saw Gao Ran looking at him calmly, he didn't realize that he had become much calmer, and he was no longer as panicked and vigilant as before......

Sensing that the young man's attitude had changed so quickly, Gao Ran couldn't help but be suspicious - how much of his previous panic was true?!

She even had some doubts, could he be acting for her just now?!

"If you have any questions, just ask, and be honest with yourself. ”

"Be honest?!"

Looking at the young man's calm expression, Gao Ran couldn't believe the "gold content" of his words no matter what......

However, even if you take his answer with reservations, you can still guess what he really thinks with the help of his eyes, his expressions, and some subtle changes in his behavior......

After having a coping strategy in his heart, Gao Ran asked directly, "What is the relationship between you and Yun Zhen?!"

When the young man heard this, his eyes couldn't help but widen slightly, but in the next moment, he immediately resumed his normal ...... again

Obviously, he didn't expect Gao Ran to ask him such a question......

It's a pity that even if it was only for a short moment, his "first reaction" had betrayed him!

"You don't have to hide it! I know you must have had a lot of questions in your mind that I might ask...... But I asked a question that you didn't expect. And your reaction just now has already told me the answer......"

Speaking of this, Gao Ran looked directly at the young man without question, and said with an imposing attitude, "You do know Yun Zhen!"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously moved to the inside of the bed, wanting to distance himself from Gao Ran.

He had to admit that Gao Ran's eyes looking at him now really made him feel inexplicable pressure, making him instinctively want to stay away from her......

But, at the same time, he also knew that any attempt he had at the moment to cover it up was just in vain in front of her!

"Huh!" the boy sneered slightly self-deprecatingly.

After a little deliberation in his heart, the young man realized that he was completely at a disadvantage at this moment! Moreover, the little girl in front of him, who looked much younger than him, did not seem to be as simple as she seemed on the surface......

On the other hand, now he is not only under the fence......

What's more, he needs her help before he recovers from his injuries - very much!

"That's right, I do know Yun Zhen!"

At this point, the boy suddenly realized something......

Immediately afterward, the vigilance in his eyes suddenly dissipated, and his eyes began to become clear, just as he had finally begun to relax at this moment.

"You've seen Yun Zhen!"

The boy was incredibly certain of the conclusions he had deduced in a split second.

"Oh, yes! I've met him! That's why I'm so sure you know him! And you must have a lot to do with him!"

When the boy heard this, not only was he not surprised, but he was more relaxed than before.

"You guessed right! I have a lot to do with him! I think you must have guessed who I am. It's just that you want me to admit it myself...... But ......"

Speaking of this, the young man's gaze at Gao Ran instantly became much more serious.

He asked her rhetorically, "Who are you?"

"Gao Ran. Gao Ran didn't think about it, so he answered directly.

Anyway, she didn't intend to hide it.

What's more, if this young man is really the "Four Princes", talking openly and honestly with him, in her opinion, is definitely much wiser and more efficient than secretly designing a bunch of schemes behind his back!

"Gao Ran?!"

The boy frowned slightly, and quickly deduced in his mind...... Soon, he understood!

"You are a member of the 'Gao family'!"

"Yes, I'm the second lady of the 'Gao family'. Now, you can sue me, right?!You, aren't you the fourth prince, Yun Jie?!"

The young man looked at Gao Ran in silence for a long time, but he still couldn't see what she was thinking about.

Thinking that he is still in a weak position, and that he still needs her......

"Yes, I'm Yun Jie! Yun Zhen is my twin brother. ”

"Twins?!"

Gao Ran's eyes widened unconsciously.

However, she thought that this young man was likely to be Yun Jie......

However, before that, she just thought that this Yun Jie and Yun Zhen should be half-siblings - after all, this young man should look the same age as Yun Zhen.

Although they look really alike, Gao Ran is only when they are thanks to the "beauty gene" that originates from the paternal line, "only passes on men and not women", and belongs to this other world......

But she never thought that such similar faces, if they were in her original world, she would definitely think of them immediately - they were probably identical twins!

While surprised, Gao Ran felt a little ironic......

Unexpectedly, just because the environment I am in is different, those logical assumptions that should be the simplest are so lightly affected by some "special factors" of this environment, and even began to be changed!

Moreover, this kind of influence actually happened quietly and imperceptibly......

"Damn!, how could this Yun Jie be Yun Zhen's twin brother?!"

Although she was very resentful of such a fact, she really didn't want to accept it emotionally - because if she did, it would mean that she had a lot more trouble to deal with!

But, at the same time, her reason was unusually calm to detect something that was not quite right......

Gao Ran looked at Yun Jie very suspiciously and asked, "Since you are Yun Zhen's twin brother, why don't the rumors about you in the folk say anything about 'you are twins'?!"

didn't think about it, her question made Yun Jie wonder about her.

Yun Jie asked puzzled, "I thought that with your intelligence, it shouldn't be difficult to think of ...... How...... Don't you know that 'twins' are taboo in Yunxiang Kingdom?!"

Being asked by Yun Jie like this, Gao Ran realized that she had made a "common sense" mistake!

How could she have forgotten that this is another world—that there are ideas that belong to this world, to this era......

was asked by Yun Jie, Gao Ran immediately realized that here, "twins" should probably be equivalent to "unknown"!

"Oh, that ......"

Gao Ran had an idea, and quickly thought of an excuse for himself that he could barely perfunctory the past, "I have been frail and sickly since I was a child, and I have little contact with the outside world. Before, he had always been raised in a deep boudoir and stayed at home. I also left home a while ago...... So, I don't know a lot about Yun Xiangguo's common knowledge......"

"Oh, that's right......"

When he said this, Yun Jie also specially observed Gao Ran's complexion at this time - there was indeed no blood.

"In other words, 'you and Yun Zhen are twins', even in the palace, few people know about it. And you, who have been fostered by the emperor's other concubines since you were a child--in order to hide people's eyes?!"

"Hmm. ”

After being confirmed by Yun Jie, Gao Ran didn't say anything more.

Anyone with eyes can see that he looks almost exactly the same as Yun Zhen!

What does this mean, I'm afraid, but most of those who have seen their appearance know it in their hearts - but they don't have the courage to tell this "open" secret!

After all, if you accidentally say something, you may have to put your own life on the line......