"Well, it's all up to you." The emperor patted Concubine De's hand and nodded with satisfaction, "No matter what, as long as I nag and nag you, it won't be a big deal." You're really my helper. ”

"Don't dare to be a concubine in this matter, the virtuous assistant is the queen's mother, and the concubine doesn't dare to trespass."

"Queen......" The emperor muttered in a low voice for a moment, and finally didn't say anything, only patted Concubine De's hand and stood up, and said: "The third child needs to be taken care of, so you can stay in this Rui Wangfu for a few days...... Well, three days. You return to the palace in three days. ”

"The concubine wants to stay a few more days." Concubine De said.

"No, you are not only the mother of the third child, but also the princess of mine. It's okay to leave my son's affairs to me, so you better go back to Guan Ju Palace as soon as possible. After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at the "son" lying on the bed again and turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

Concubine De stood in place, raised her hand, patted her chest gently, and let out a long breath.

The emperor came up and walked quickly, Concubine De could see that he had a lot of things in his heart, but at this moment he didn't have the heart to think about it, and when she was sure that the emperor had left, she hurriedly turned around and walked to the bed, pushed Rong Zhao, who was sleeping on the bed, and whispered: "Rong Gongzi, Rong Gongzi!" 陛xià is gone. ”

Rong Zhao actually didn't fall asleep, he had been listening to the emperor and Concubine De there, and he was thinking about whether he could listen to a live version, but he didn't expect that this Concubine De was really capable, and sent the emperor away in a few words. Slowly opened his eyes and yawned, Rong Zhao closed his eyes and said weakly: "Niangniang, forgive me, I don't have any strength at this time, you better call Zi Ji in." ”

"You, you don't have the strength to do it?" After Concubine De finished asking, she remembered that when the imperial doctor had just checked the pulse, she said that Rong Zhao's body was very weak, so she asked: "The imperial doctor just said that you ......."

"Niangniang, Rong Gongzi just took a pill and said it was ...... Distracted? Mama Song just came in and answered Concubine De's question for Rong Zhao.

"Do you still have such medicine?" Concubine De shook her head helplessly, and slowly stood up holding Mama Song's hand.

Rong Zhao smiled weakly and didn't speak, Zi Ji then came in and took another pill to feed him, then turned to Concubine De and said, "Our son still has to lie down for a while to recover, if Niang Niang is tired, please go and rest for a while, I will guard it here." ”

"Okay. You just stay here, and when your son is ready, you have to hurry back to Qiuyuezhai. Concubine De said.

"Don't worry, your majesty shouldn't come back after a trip, as long as you sit in the Rui Wangfu, nothing should happen again. Besides, after the fourth layer of the poison king, you can come back and raise it, but you have to find a suitable reason to bring our son close to the mansion. Zi Ji said as she kneaded Rong Zhao's legs and feet so that he could recover.

"Actually, there is another idea." Mama Song looked at Concubine De's embarrassed face, and said, "Actually, the prince can go to Lord Xiao's mansion to recuperate, and Gongzi Rong lives in Xiao's mansion as a student of Lord Xiao." Presumably, those people don't have a tongue to chew on. ”

Concubine De nodded and said, "That's a good idea. In this way, the main palace can also rest assured in the palace. ”

Rong Zhao had nothing to do with these things, so he didn't bother to care about them. What he is most concerned about now is the emperor's return from the Jizhou Palace, and how his sister is doing now. What has happened to the emperor in the past few days in the palace.

"Childe, what do you think, can you get up?" Zi Ji asked after kneading Rong Zhao for half an hour.

"Give me a hand." Rong Zhao said, reached out and grabbed Zi Ji's arm, and sighed as he got up: "Your medicine is too powerful, save some ingredients next time, and don't have to be so real for your own people." ”

"Look at what you said, how do you give yourself this well? Isn't this a special situation? Zi Ji helped Rong Zhao get up and get out of bed, and was about to get the robe to put it on him, when she turned around and saw a walnut-sized red flower blooming on the green plain silk on the bed, and said in a lost voice: "Childe, are you injured?" ”

"Huh?" Rong Zhao turned around and saw the piece of blood, his face was red, and his ears were hot.

Zi Ji also quickly understood, turned around and looked behind Rong Zhao again, and smiled helplessly: "Fortunately, Concubine De and Mama Song went out, otherwise this would ......"

"Hurry up!" Rong Zhao was embarrassed for a moment and said eagerly.

Zi Ji hurriedly took Rong Zhao's cotton robe and wrapped it around him, and whispered: "It's okay, don't worry, son, it's nothing." Put on your clothes and go to the back to clean up, and leave it to the slave maid. ”

"Oops, it's annoying! Go back and get me some more Purple Imperial Body Soup. Rong Zhao said impatiently, and hurriedly went to the back from the small corner door.

"That's not going to work! If you drink too much of that decoction, your body will be really in trouble! Zi Ji sighed as she quickly lifted the blood-stained sheet and threw it aside, went to the cupboard to find a clean one on the bed, folded the quilt neatly and put it inside, and after checking it carefully and didn't see anything wrong, Fang went out with the dirty sheet.

On the way back to Qiuyuezhai from Rui Wangfu, Zi Ji got off halfway to do other errands for Rong Zhao, and explained to Xiao Zhengshi that he was afraid that Ye Shenzhi would shout around if he didn't see Rong Zhao for a few days, so let Zi Ji go back and get a message first. Xiao Zhengshi didn't mind, but carefully thought about how to solve the matter promised Rong Zhao from his heart.

Three days later, on the tenth day of the first month. Before Concubine De returned to the palace from King Rui's Mansion, she sent King Rui to Xiao Mansion to recuperate on the grounds that there were no useful people in King Rui's Mansion and that the servants could not take care of King Rui. Xiao Zhengshi took his two sons and his wife to Rui Wang's Mansion to take Rui Wang into Shangshu Mansion very ceremoniously, and lived in the most exquisite and spacious place in the back garden of Shangshu Mansion, which is called "Listening to Xuezhai".

On the second day, on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Xiao Zhengshi entered the palace to face the saint, and respectfully handed over a note, which probably said that the Western Xinjiang was initially decided, and His Majesty should not chill the hearts of the border soldiers, especially the heroes of Jingxi Hou Rongshuo who are responsible for the stability of the thousands of miles of frontiers in the western Xinjiang, and the emperor should not let his daughter live alone in West Changjing, which will make those soldiers who are bloody on the battlefield feel cold. Thus shaking the country's capital. Since Rong Yue has been crowned a concubine, she should receive the canonization ceremony in Shangjing as soon as possible in order to correct her name in the harem and give an explanation to all the border soldiers.

In addition, Xiao Shangshu also built yì, in order to show the grace of the imperial court, the children of the Wuxun family should be allowed to enter the country to supervise the sage book for two years, for this, Xiao Shangshu gave a more high-sounding reason: since ancient times, military generals are brave but rarely see wise talents, and many generals are easy to be bewitched by people with ulterior motives, ghosts and ghosts do some disloyal and unrighteous things, I am prosperous, my emperor Shengming, should give the children of the Wuxun family a chance to read and progress, let them understand things, understand poetry and books, even if they can't be all-rounder, But at least you will learn some of the ways of being a servant from the words of the sages.

Xiao Zhengshi is worthy of being the head of the Xiao family, and he is the top person among the scholars, these words quoted from the classics, and the emperor was enthusiastic, as if he didn't do what he said was a faint king, and he would have to be stinky for 10,000 years.

The emperor has been holding back the fire in his heart for the past few days, feeling that he blindly believed in Zhang Tianshi's words and wronged Rong Yue and Zhao Mu, coupled with Xiao Zhengshi's advice, he did not hesitate at all and directly issued a holy decree, and Xiao Zhengshi's performance was all approved! and also issued an order to Xiao Zhengshi, asking him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to personally go to Xichangjing to pick up Concubine Yue into Beijing for the canonization ceremony, and repeatedly told Concubine Yue not to be wronged.

Xiao Zhengshi naturally responded, and asked the emperor to write the holy decree on the spot and stamp the treasure seal.

After finishing this matter, Xiao Zhengshi was reassured, and when he came out of the palace, he walked with the wind.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Xiao Zhengshi changed out of his court clothes and went straight to Tingxuezhai, and when he entered the door, he saw Rong Zhao lying on a pillow under the eaves of the front porch of Tingxuezhai Gate, basking in the sun and listening to Ziji's reply.

"Childe, four imperial doctors died in the Xichang Jingxing Palace, and one fell down from the upper floor and broke his head, and he is still unconscious. These four people have all prescribed medicine for Concubine Yue's pulse. These four people had an accident overnight, and the emperor was furious when he heard this, and at that time, he whipped one of the two guards who were in charge of investigating Concubine Yue's illness a few years ago, and gave him forty lashes......"

"Hmm." Rong Zhao nodded and motioned for Zi Ji to continue.

"Lord Qian from the household department asked my uncle about us, and I asked carefully, fortunately, we only stayed at my uncle's place for one night, and my uncle had never seen the pig, otherwise this matter would be more troublesome."

Rong Zhao sneered and asked, "Who is Qian Qianzhong in the household department?" The Gongsun family, or the Zhou family? ”

"It should be the Zhou family." Zi Ji whispered.

"It seems that the queen mother is unwilling to be held by us." Rong Zhao sighed leisurely, raised his hand and pinched his chin to look at the blue sky, and muttered, "Since this is the case, then we don't have to be too polite, we have to find a way to remind her." ”

"Or, just poke out the matter of that palace maid and let the emperor go up to investigate......"

"No, that's naïve and won't do us any good." Rong Zhao waved his hand, suddenly thought of something, and hooked his hand towards Zi Ji again.

Zi Ji hurriedly stepped forward, and Rong Zhao whispered in her ear, "Find a way for King Su to find out the true identity of that Cui guard, provoke a war between Concubine Xian and the queen, and let's also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." ”

Zi Ji showed a charming smile on her face: "Childe's trick is ruthless, and both sides should not be able to sleep now......"

"Sir." When the maid who brought the tea saw Xiao Zhengshi, she hurriedly stopped and saluted.

Zi Ji stopped when she heard the movement, and turned around to see Xiao Zhengshi coming over, and she was also blessed.

"You asked Rong Sheng to go back and bring my blood, I haven't seen it for a few days, I wonder about it." Rong Zhao instructed Zi Ji again.

"Rong Sheng?" Shihime didn't know whose name it was.

"Tsk! It's that pig! Ben Gongzi gave him a new name. Rong Zhao smiled.

"Such a good name for him? Too cheap for him. Zi Ji flattened her mouth.

"Is this the name you gave the guy you picked up? It's good, Ming'er called someone over, and I arranged for Mr. Du to take him to the household department for a trip, and the person fell on your Rong family, saying that it was your family's subordinate, because he was robbed in Feiyunjian and broke his head, and the household registration album on his body was also lost, so he went to the household department to temporarily make up for a ......" Xiao Zhengshi said.

"Don't, don't...... Lord Xiao, this person's household registration can't fall on the Rong family, it's better for this person to fall on your Xiao family. Rong Zhao hurriedly interrupted Xiao Zhengshi's words.

"What do you mean? He is your retinue, and you named him Rong Sheng, so he should be a member of your Rong family. Xiao Zhengshi frowned and asked.

"It's not interesting, I just think it's better for this person to fall into your house than ours, good for him, good for me. Besides, you Xiao family's famous family doesn't care about many people, don't you just think that you are a distant relative of your housekeeper's grandmother? There are many people with the surname Rong in the world, but not all of them are from our Rong family. ”

"Why are you doing this? Could it be that this person has another origin? Xiao Zhengshi frowned and asked.

As soon as Rong Zhao heard this, he immediately stood up, took two steps forward, glared at Xiao Zhengshi, and asked, "What can you be?" Lord Xiao, do you want to regret the back and forth entanglement? Besides, if you think his surname is inappropriate, then let him have the surname Xiao. ”

"Forget it, the old man is too lazy to reason with you, it's not impossible to fall in the Xiao Mansion, and it doesn't matter if the surname is Rong and Xiao, but if you find anything wrong with this person in the future, the old man will be the first to hand him over, and by the way, he will hand you over to the emperor together." After Xiao Zhengshi finished speaking, he turned around and went into the house to see Zhao Mu.

Zi Ji glanced at the shaking door curtain and asked Rong Zhao in a low voice: "Childe, why do you have to ask that pig to be a relative of the servants of the Xiao Mansion?" ”

"Insurance." Rong Zhao said in a low voice.

Zi Ji nodded, indeed, Sheng Qiong's household registration in the Xiao Mansion is definitely safer than falling in the Rong family or anyone else.

"...... Zhou" Rong Zhao just wanted to say what was going on on Queen Zhou's side, but before he could say anything, he saw a young girl wearing a big red feather satin white fox fur cloak with a big girl entering the courtyard, so he immediately closed his mouth.

Zi Ji turned around and looked at Rong Zhao's gaze, smiled and whispered, "If the slave maid guessed correctly, this should be the third girl of the Xiao family." It's the daughter of the lady of the main room.,It's not the same as the two sisters in front of you.。 ”

Rong Zhao almost guessed her identity when he saw this girl's somewhat similar face to Concubine De, because he asked in a low voice, "Lord Xiao's daughter?" ”

"You're Rong Gongzi, right?" Xiao Yunxin stopped in front of Rong Zhao and looked at him generously.

Rong Zhao was still curled up and his whole body was nested on the wide Taishi chair and didn't get up, he only raised his head and looked at Xiao Yunxin with a smile, his eyes were like kraft candy stuck to others and couldn't be torn off: "It's me, are you?" ”

"I'm coming to see my cousin." Xiao Yunxin didn't introduce herself, and she didn't stop after finishing speaking, but raised her feet and walked into the house.

"Oh, your dad is in there." Rong Zhao turned his head and reminded.

Xiao Yunxin immediately paused, glanced back at the food box held in the arms of the personal maid, and frowned slightly.

Rong Zhao also saw the thing in the maid's arms, and asked with a smile, "Come and send tonic soup to your cousin?" Then you have to let me look at it first, I'm responsible for his life now, and I have the final say on whether he can eat this thing or not. ”

"That's what Childe said." Xiao Yunxin nodded, and motioned for the maid to send the food box in her arms to Rong Zhao.

The maid really opened the food box and sent it to Rong Zhao and asked him to inspect the soup inside. Very fragrant taste, Rong Zhao knew that this was suckling pigeon soup when he smelled it, which contained nourishing herbs such as Huaishan, wolfberry, red dates, and old ginseng slices.

"This soup is so hot." Rong Zhao reached out and took the food box and put it on his lap, then took the lid on the soup cup and handed it to Zi Ji, gently sucked the taste of the soup again, and then directly picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful into his mouth.

"Whoa—" the big maid was immediately displeased, "this is soup for the prince." ”

Rong Zhao smiled, threw the spoon, and took a big sip directly from the soup cup.

"Oh, you!" The big girl's face immediately straightened, and she asked angrily: "This is our girl's own stew for the prince to replenish his body, how can you do this?" ”

Rong Zhao sneered and glanced at Xiao Yunxin, and said, "The soup is stewed well, it can be seen that it is for my sweetheart, and I have spent some time." ”

Xiao Yunxin's cheeks suddenly flushed, but she still maintained her due calmness, and said with a smile: "Young Master Rong likes it, next time I will have more than one cup." ”

"No need." Rong Zhao said, drank another big mouthful of soup, and then put the soup cup back and returned it to the maid, "The prince's body is very weak now, and he can't drink this soup from you." If you really have a mind, you can grind millet into noodles, barley, and Huaishan into noodles, cook them together into porridge and mix them with a little brown sugar for him to drink, which is more suitable than this. ”

"Got it?" Xiao Yunxin asked her maid.

"Yes, the slave has written it down."

"Then let's go." Xiao Yunxin said, turned around and took two steps out, then turned around and smiled at Rong Zhao, and said, "Thank you Gongzi Rong for your advice." If you like pigeon soup, I will ask the kitchen to stew it for you every day and send it to your room. ”

"Thank you, although the pigeon soup is good, you can't drink it every day. Now that the beginning of spring has passed, and the climate in the capital is getting drier and drier, I still prefer Nanxingrun Lung Soup. ”

"Okay, then I'll go back and tell the kitchen to make it for Childe. Childe has been taking care of my cousin's body these days, and it has been a lot of hard work, Yun Xin has thanked me here first. Xiao Yunxin said, slightly blessed, turned around and left.

Looking at Xiao Yunxin's back, Rong Zhao only felt a sour taste in his mouth, and said with a frown: "How can this pigeon soup taste pantothenic?" ”

"Sour? Do you also put vinegar in stewed pigeon soup? Zi Ji asked curiously.

Rong Zhao smacked his tongue and frowned, and snorted: "Put a hairy vinegar, have you heard of someone's stewed pigeon with vinegar?" ”

Zi Ji secretly stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say anything more.

After a while, Xiao Zhengshi came out of the house, and saw that Rong Zhao was still wrapped in fox fur and nestled on the chair like a lazy cat basking in the sun, so he frowned slightly and stood still in front of him, and said: "Tomorrow, the old man will take someone to the Xichangjing Palace to welcome Concubine Yue Niangniang into Beijing, and the body of King Rui will be handed over to Rong Shizi." In the past few days when the old man is away, the world has bothered a lot. ”

"Leaving tomorrow?" As soon as Rong Zhao heard this, he immediately put his feet off the chair, pulled on his shoes and stood up, "Didn't you talk about the Lantern Festival?" ”

The old man can't ride a fast horse with an old bone, and there is always a three- or four-day journey from the capital to Xichangjing, besides, sealing the concubine is a big deal, among which there are a total of 36 etiquette rules, and there is no mistake in what to do. These things still have to be explained to Concubine Yue one by one, so it is already very hasty to leave tomorrow. ”

Rong Zhao realized at this time that Xiao Zhengshi was really attentive to his sister's affairs this time, so he hurriedly tidied up his clothes, took two steps back, respectfully bowed to the end, and said loudly: "Rong Zhao is here to thank Lord Xiao." ”

Xiao Zhengshi really didn't expect this bastard boy to act like this, he was stunned for a moment, Fang raised his hand and hugged Rong Zhao, and said lightly: "The old man is just doing what he should do, Rong Shizi doesn't have to be so polite." ”

Rong Zhao smiled slightly, and arched his hand again: "Lord Xiao, you are open-minded and only think of doing what you should do, but I don't know how many people in this world know what they should do but are indifferent, or even go against it. In this way, it can be seen how valuable Lord Xiao's high wind and bright festival is. ”

"Rong Shizi is serious." Xiao Zhengshi smiled slightly, raised his hand and stroked a few beards on his chin. Rong Zhao's slap on Xiao Zhengshi's body was not light or heavy, Xiao Zhengshi suddenly felt that the boy in front of him was not useless, at least at this moment his gratitude was sincere, and if a person can be grateful, then at least he is not a white-eyed wolf, and he should not do that kind of thing. After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Zhengshi said to Rong Zhao again: "After Concubine Yue is canonized, she will live in the palace, and Gongzi Rong should also enter the national eunuch to study hard!" Don't let the old man down! ”

"......" Rong Zhao's stomach was full of gratitude just now, but after hearing this, it came to naught.

"Young people need to be motivated." Xiao Zhengshi looked at Boss Rong Zhao's reluctant appearance, sighed and walked away.

Rong Zhao looked at Xiao Zhengshi's tall and emaciated back, flattened his mouth and hummed: "This old man! Deliberately fix me, right? He can be regarded as pinching his master's weakness, and he knows to use his sister's affairs to impeach me. ”

"This old man is quite annoying, but if we can get his help, it will be much easier to gain a foothold in this capital in the future." Zi Ji said.

"That's right." Rong Zhao crossed his arms and looked at the green calyx and white plums blooming in the courtyard thoughtfully, and asked for a while: "You pay more attention to the movements of all parties in the past few days, Queen Zhou, Gongsun Jia, King Su, King Pingnan, King Xiangnan and others and Ye Shenzhi can't ignore it - by the way, the emperor and Concubine De Niangniang released the news that King Rui's health is improving, and there will definitely be movement on the side of King Rui's mansion, at least the person who poisoned King Rui should be almost out of breath." ”

"What Childe said is that the slave will send someone to pay attention." At the mention of the person who poisoned her, the smile on Zi Ji's face suddenly disappeared, and her eyes were as cold as frost.

In the past few days when Xiao Zhengshi was away, Rong Zhao stayed listening to Xuezhai for twelve hours a day. Zhao Mu lived in the west room of the main house, and he took Zi Ji to live in the east room. And his utensils for refining various poisons and antidotes were all put into Tingxue Zhai and placed in the east wing.

Originally, in addition to watching Zhao Mu take medicine, Rong Zhao basically practiced medicine in the east wing, thinking that it would be very quiet, but unexpectedly, Tingxuezhai, who lived with patients, was becoming more and more lively day by day.

The first day was fine, only Xiao Zhengshi's wife sent a mother-in-law to visit twice; Before breakfast time arrived the next day, Xiao Yunxin came side by side with a young man.

It happened that Rong Zhao had just diagnosed Zhao Mu's pulse, and took a little blood to analyze it, but before he went out, he heard someone talking outside, and when he asked, the maid at the door came in and replied that the second son and the third girl had come to visit the prince. Rong Zhao glanced back at Zhao Mu, who was lying on the bed looking at him, and said with a smile: "The popularity of the prince is really good, and there are beauties who come to visit early this morning." ”

Zhao Mu smiled weakly and said, "Didn't you hear that there is still a second son?" ”

"Lord Wang." A blue-clothed man with a weak crown entered the bedroom, glanced at Rong Zhao first, and said with a smile: "This must be Rong Shizi." In the lower Xiao Xun. ”

The other party's humble and gentlemanly style, Rong Zhao can't be too scoundrel, and immediately returned the salute with a fist, and said with a smile: "I have seen the second son in Xia Rong Zhao, and the second son is so early." ”

Xiao Xun glanced back at Xiao Yunxin behind him, smiled dotingly, and said: "When I got up early in the morning, my sister came to me and said that she made health porridge for the prince last night, saying that it was made according to the method that Rong Gongzi said, and it must be sent over before the prince has breakfast." ”

"Brother!" Xiao Yunxin's face was slightly red, she glared at her brother with disgust, and sent the food box she was holding in her arms to Zhao Mu and put it on the small high table next to the bed.

"Miss Ziji, I asked the nurse to make two cups, this cup is for Rong Gongzi to try, please trouble." Xiao Yunxin opened the food box, pointed to one of the celadon pumpkin cups and smiled.

"Childe?" Zi Ji didn't pay attention to Xiao Yunxin, just waiting for Rong Zhao's orders.

Rong Zhao smiled and instructed Zi Ji: "You taste it, see if there are any ingredients in it that the prince can't eat." ”

"Yes." Zi Ji agreed, took the cup of porridge and tasted it, and after tasting it carefully, Fang said: "There are no ingredients that are taboo for the prince, and they can be used." ”

"Okay, then you wait here, I'll go back first." Rong Zhao said, arched his hand towards Xiao Xun again, and said, "Farewell." Then he turned and went out.

Xiao Yunxin looked at Rong Zhao's back in a hurry inexplicably, and asked Zi Ji in a low voice, "What's wrong with Young Master Rong?" ”

Zi Ji couldn't figure out what was going on, so she smiled and said, "It's okay, maybe it's time for the medicine stewed on the small stove in the wing room over there!" Xiao Gongzi and Miss Xiao, please sit down, and I'll go and see our son-in-law. ”

"Okay, Miss Ziji, please." Xiao Xun nodded politely.

Zi Ji left in a hurry, there were no outsiders in the house for a while, Xiao Yunxin didn't think much about it, turned around and took porridge and sat on the edge of the bed to feed Zhao Mu personally. Zhao Mu was not very hungry, and only ate two or three bites before saying that he was full.

Xiao Yunxin persuaded him to take two more bites, but Zhao Mu just waved his hand and shook his head, as if he didn't even have the strength to say more.

"It's really distressing to be like this by yourself." Xiao Yunxin sighed lightly, her words were full of lingering distress and love, her eyes were slightly red, which showed the thoughts of her youngest daughter's family, but her face still maintained the calm and self-control of everyone's beautiful girls.

"It's fine." Zhao Mu smiled weakly, "At least I saved this life." ”

Xiao Yunxin hurriedly put away her sadness, took a handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes, and sighed lightly: "Yes, I heard my father say that my cousin's illness this time is thanks to Gongzi Rong." I see that he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he actually understands medical skills? I also compared those people in the Tai Hospital, it's really amazing! ”

Zhao Mu hooked the corners of his lips and didn't speak, he couldn't and didn't want to say more, even if the girl sitting in front of him was the daughter of his maternal uncle, and the wife that his mother and uncle tacitly set for him.

Although Xiao Xun is not the eldest son of Xiao Fu, he always knows more things than Xiao Yunxin, and seeing that Zhao Mu doesn't want to say more, he persuaded: "Sister, let the prince have a good rest." The prince needs to recuperate now, and it is not appropriate to talk more. ”

"That's what the second brother said." Xiao Yunxin agreed to stand up, looked at Zhao Mu and said, "What else do you want to eat, cousin, just say, I'll go to the small kitchen to make it for you." ”

Zhao Mu shook his head lightly and said, "Sister, don't work too hard, in fact, I don't eat much no matter what, but it's just two or three bites, just ask the cook to get some." ”

Xiao Yunxin hurriedly said: "Then how can I do it, my father has repeatedly told my mother to take good care of my cousin, but my mother has been busy with the entertainment of various mansions in the past two days, but I have spare time, and last year I learned a lot of skills from the new cook at home, and I was originally going to give my cousin a taste." ”

Zhao Mu nodded slowly, indicating that he understood.

"Third sister, let the prince rest." Xiao Xun persuaded again.

"Okay, cousin, you have a good rest, I'll come to see you in the afternoon." Xiao Yunxin reached out and took the food box, and reluctantly glanced at Zhao Mu, Fang followed Xiao Xun out with light steps.

Zhao Mu listened to their footsteps far away, then slowly opened his eyes and looked at the top of the tent to think about things, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly felt that the room was empty, which made people panic, so he slowly raised his hand and pulled the bean-green palace silk tied at the head of the bed.

Jingle bell - the sound of silver bells came from the small hall outside, and then, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid came in and asked softly, "What does the prince command?" ”

"Please Rong Gongzi." Zhao Mu said weakly.

"Yes, the slave will go and invite Rong Gongzi over." The maid agreed and turned to go out, but after a while, she came back, and Rong Zhao followed behind her.

"Yo? Your tender cousin is gone? Rong Zhao came in and saw that Zhao Mu was the only one lying on the bed, and he couldn't help but feel light in his voice, and even hid a faint ridicule.

But Zhao Mu was suddenly filled with such an incoherent ridicule, and he only looked at Rong Zhao without speaking, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, and he couldn't suppress it.

"Ho! The power of this love is big enough, and your sister fed you a meal, and you are happy to be like this? Why don't you leave people to talk for a while? I see that your cousin is very affectionate to you, as long as you show a little meaning and don't even need to speak, she is willing to stay and take care of you wholeheartedly. Rong Zhao sat down on the chair in front of the bed with a big grin and continued to sneer.

Zhao Mu didn't argue, just looked at him with a smile and didn't make a sound.

Rong Zhao talked to himself for a long time, and suddenly found that he was very inexplicable - isn't there a cousin who came to deliver food? Does this have anything to do with yourself with half a hair? Can you be as cynical as a resentful woman?

Wait, resentful woman?

Phew!

Who is Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu is a gentleman! How can you be as babbling as a woman?

Zhao Muzheng happily looked at Rong Zhao's eyebrows and dancing, and saw that this guy suddenly shut up, and his face was embarrassed, so he asked wonderingly: "Why don't you say it?" ”

"Say? Say what? Rong Zhao asked rhetorically.

"That's it...... Just those. Zhao Mu also felt that he was very bored, just now this person was clearly squeezing himself, but why did he feel happy when he was not angry? Sure enough, you've been lying in bed for too long and you're bored?

"When I'm a storyteller? Specially to relieve your boredom? Rong Zhao asked funny.

Zhao Mu shook his head lightly and said weakly: "No." "Actually, I just want to watch this guy spin around in front of me, whether it's his scolding spit or honestly silent, it's all good.

Rong Zhao looked at the faint flush on Zhao Mu's sick face, and he didn't know which tendon was wrong, and suddenly said: "I think the prince is in good spirits, otherwise, let's solve the sixth layer of poison this afternoon?" ”

"Okay." Zhao Mu agreed without hesitation.

In fact, as soon as the words were spoken, Rong Zhao regretted it, and when he saw Zhao Mu agreeing, he hesitated even more, so he asked with a smile: "...... Can you stand it? ”

"What can you not stand with? I didn't survive the first five times. The corners of Zhao Mu's lips were still a light smile.

"The first five kinds of poison, leeches, poisonous toads, poisonous bees, poisonous scorpions, and poisonous spiders, respectively, harm your muscles, meridians, and nerve touch, which are all injuries to the limbs, which are equal to chronic poisons, while the latter two snake venoms and poisonous snakes hurt the root of the body. The poisonous antidote is even stronger, your body is like a rag, accidentally torn by this poison and poison, let's not take any chances. ”

"It's okay, when you think it's suitable to detoxify the sixth layer of poison, you can solve it when you want, I'll listen to your arrangement." Zhao Mu said.

"Huh?" Rong Zhao sat in a different position, leaned forward and waited for Zhao Mu to look at it for a long time, and said, "When did the prince start to become so good at talking?" ”

Zhao Mu smiled helplessly: "Do you think my current situation is useful against you?" ”

"It's useless." Rong Zhao shook his head solemnly.

Zhao Mu smiled slightly again and did not speak again.

"Well, those who know the times are Junjie." Rong Zhao nodded and praised, "Lord Wang, you can be called a handsome man." ”

Zhao Mu was still smiling.

After a long time, he remembered this period of time, not because the poison of the nine chains made him so painful, on the contrary, every time he thought about this period of time, he felt beautiful, incredible. Of course, the beauty of this qiē comes from only one person, and that person is Rong Zhao.

It's just that this kind of love was at that time, at this moment, he couldn't figure it out himself, anyway, he inexplicably wanted Rong Zhao to be in his sight, as long as he saw him, Zhao Mu felt at ease, even in his sleep.

However, such days were short-lived. During the Lantern Festival in Shangjingcheng, when there were lanterns and gongs and drums up and down, Rong Zhao took a bowl of thick black medicinal juice and sat in front of Zhao Mu's bed.

Zhao Mu is a man with a mature mind, even if he has been sick in bed for a long time and his mind is a little fragile for a while, he will not play a child's temper towards Rong Zhao, but looking at the thick things in the bowl, he does have a feeling of nausea, and the things in his stomach are gushing out, as if he can squirt out of his mouth.

"What, don't want to drink?" Rong Zhao looked at Zhao Mu's face of resistance and asked.

"What is this? Why is it so dark? ”

"This is the flower juice of the Queen of the Night, it took me a lot of spirit to get this half bowl, if you count the silver, it will cost thousands of taels to say the least, plus several precious medicinal materials blended, it will cost ten thousand taels of silver, if you don't drink it...... The ten thousand handfuls of silver have been wasted. Rong Zhao said.

"What kind of flower is the Queen of the Night? How come I've never heard of it? Zhao Mu asked again.

Rong Zhao sighed lightly: "The Night Queen is a kind of flower that grows on the East Iceland, the flower is pure black, and it is born with the power of a curse. I heard that if the Icelandic girl liked a man, she would pick the flower and put it next to the man, and the man would come and give him a hug. So this flower also has another name, called the soul hook flower. Speaking of this, Rong Zhao suddenly burst out laughing, "Come on, Lord Wang, hurry up and drink this night's soul hooking soup, let's hook your soul back from the Nai He Bridge." ”

As soon as Rong Zhao said this, Zhao Mu's resistance to the bowl of thick black medicine juice was much lighter, so he simply closed his eyes and said, "Come on." ”

"Ho! This righteous and awe-inspiring look seems to be desperate. Is this medicine that scary? Rong Zhao said as he brought the medicine bowl to Zhao Mu's mouth.

Zhao Mu really opened his mouth, held his breath, and drank the half bowl of medicinal juice in two or three sips.

"Water!" Rong Zhao turned his hand and put the medicine bowl back, took the half bowl of warm boiled water handed over by Zi Ji and sent it to Zhao Mu's mouth, and urged: "Quick, drink it." ”

Zhao Mugang swallowed half a bowl of medicinal juice, and before he even had time to breathe, he was poured a bowl of warm boiled water by Rong Zhao. By the time he reacted, the strange taste in his mouth could no longer be grasped, leaving only a faint fragrance, like a lily.

"How does it feel?" Rong Zhao stared at Zhao Mu's eyes and asked.

Zhao Muzai carefully felt all the parts of his body and every inch of skin, and said calmly: "I don't feel anything special." ”

"Okay, be sure to hold steady and stay calm." Rong Zhao nodded weakly.

"What will happen?" Zhao Mu felt faintly uneasy when he saw Rong Zhao's expression, and he had a feeling that he had been calculated.

"You may ...... when the effects of the medicine dissipate It hurts a little. ”

"Oh, it's okay, I've survived a few pains, and this king suspects that he will be able to practice steel and iron bones, and after he recovers, he won't feel those minor illnesses and pains...... Belch! Before Zhao Mu finished speaking, he felt that the muscles and veins in his whole body seemed to be pinched by someone and pinched hard, and his arms, legs and feet were painfully convulsed.

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