Seeing Concubine De's figure walk away, after Mo entered the moon gate between the walls of the courtyard of the other garden, the second prince sighed silently in his heart, and easily took off the cloak on his shoulders and threw it into the arms of Chi Chong, the guard who had just stood up straight.

Chi Zhong looked at the cloak between his arms and hesitated, "Your Highness......"

As if he knew what he was going to say next, the second prince had already opened his mouth in advance: "It's okay, I've been cold and hot all year round, and I'm getting dry again at this time, so I won't wear this, so as not to feel even more cold after sweating." ”

Chi Zhong remained silent, in fact, after hearing what the second prince said just now, he originally wanted to persuade him to go back as soon as possible, but when he saw the young prince who had been suffering from illness and extremely poor physique, he strode towards the apricot tree in the corner of the wall with full flowers, and subconsciously swallowed back the idea that had just sprouted in his heart.

The second prince walked under the apricot tree, raised his hand and stretched out his finger to touch an apricot blossom between the branches, and on his face that looked poor, a pair of eyes that were so calm that he did not have any temperature slightly focused on the gently trembling stamens between the apricot blossoms, and he was speechless for a long time.

Chi Zhong had been standing quietly beside him, but when he saw the prince standing like this for a long time without saying a word, he suddenly spoke: "Your Highness, Weichen is waiting for you on the side." ”

The second prince looked at him sideways when he heard the sound, and doubts appeared in his eyes: "I didn't tell you to go far?" ”

Chi Zhong bowed down and said sincerely: "Your Highness remembers the deceased, and you have something in mind, and the pestle of Weichen is here, which may hinder it." ”

"Hehe, when you say that, I see that you stand straight, it's really a bit like a gun from a pestle here, but it doesn't get in my way." The second prince laughed as he spoke, but it seemed that he was not smiling too happily.

Hang your hands behind your back. He said again: "Speaking of the word 'remembrance', do the math, Aunt Ye has been gone for almost ten years. Every time I walk to this yard where she once lived, I can't help but think of the care she took for me in the past. Although I was only a five-year-old at the time, I could not remember much, but everything I can remember now has become sad because of her death. ”

Listening to the noble prince in front of him, he didn't shy away from talking about the royal past that he didn't know much about, Chi Zhong didn't know that he was a subordinate. How to speak, what to say. In the end, he could only remain silent and his eyes darkened, to show his regret for the legendary woman who died young.

"Talk to me." The second prince said again in a very light tone.

"Yes." Chi Zhong promised in a deep voice, but this time he reacted quickly.

"Can you not always act like this?" The second prince showed a little helplessness on his face, but he didn't wait for a second answer, he sighed again and said: "Maybe it's because of my appearance that the palace maids and attendants of the entire Huayang Palace have become so cautious and submissive." ”

"I'm afraid that if I don't serve well, it will be inappropriate to provoke me. Aroused the wrath of the emperor. When the second prince said this, his eyes fixed on Chi Chong, "But you are what I asked for from Uncle Li, how did you become like those palace people so quickly?" In fact, how I hope that you and I can become good friends like my father and Uncle Li. ”

After he said this. Chi Chong's eyes were slightly surprised, and he immediately said briefly: "Weichen doesn't dare to overstep." ”

"Well, it's very abrupt to say this to you suddenly, but what I said today is from my heart, and my will will always remain." As soon as he finished speaking, the second prince turned to stare at the apricot blossom branch again, and went away in amazement for some reason.

Chi Zhong was a little confused for a while. His Royal Highness asked him to accompany him to talk, but he was not good at it; He asked to go farther. so that His Royal Highness can be left alone. But he seemed a little unhappy.

Chi Zhong was originally one of the Yulin Guards, although most of the people who could enter this kind of guard to be responsible for patrolling the Forbidden Palace were very skilled, but in such a group of people with good skills, Chi Zhong did not show any characteristics.

Maybe in some kind of court fight in the future. He would be injured or even die trying to help a royal nobleman block a knife. But this is the mission of Yulin Weicun, defending loyalty with life, is something that every Yulinwei has carved into the bone marrow, which in the eyes of ordinary people, there may be differences in the value of zài, but Chi Chong, like other Yulinwei, has already identified this belief in the world.

It's just that by chance, the established fate line on Chi Chong's body suddenly changed half a year ago. Half a year ago, in order to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and the harvest of agricultural products in the middle of the continent, a troupe sang in the palace, and that night, Chi Zhong, who was on duty to inspect the palace, temporarily left the post to go to the convenience, and met the second prince who was about to sneak out of the palace in the clothes of the waiter.

Although the second prince has a very high status, when it comes to martial arts, he is not the opponent of any Yu Linwei. The second prince himself also understands this truth, and after being discovered by Chi Chong, he immediately revealed his true identity, but at the same time asked Chi Chong to be a temporary personal guard to cover his trip out of the palace.

Chi Zhong thought that the second prince would go out of the palace as soon as he said, in fact, his patrol guard often encountered another princess in the palace in such a disguise, so Chi Zhong agreed to the request of the second prince, but this time out, it was delayed for half a night. However, although Chi Zhong was anxious, under the guidance of the waiter's faithful faith, he silently withstood the great crime of leaving his post and not reporting it, and followed the second prince for half a night until he was safely returned to the palace.

The next day, Chi Chong was really punished for his crime, but he never said the reason for leaving his post, but when he was about to be punished with a cane in the main law hall, something happened in the law hall that he would never forget.

Half a night away, the second prince, who suffered from the wind and cold the next day, actually went to the law hall and directly told the reason for his late resignation! Subsequently, the second prince, who even had to be supported by the palace maid while standing, did not make a protective move, but directly asked the presiding judge to punish him by more than half of Chi Chong's crime, which really frightened the presiding judge, and at the same time frightened Chi Chong.

In the end, the result of the late sentencing, because of the existence of the Protector, only punished part of the guilt for unauthorized and non-reporting, and the original sentence of cane was changed from 50 to 20. In addition, Chi Chong's behavior is basically tantamount to violating military discipline and must be removed from the Yulin Guards, and the second prince who was present at the time did not help him with half a word.

However, after Chi Zhong was removed from the list and returned to the city defense inspection team under Li Gai's management, in less than a month, he directly jumped to become the personal guard of the second prince. Although there is no rank, there is no right to transfer personnel, but with the glory he is now carrying, maybe rank, privileges or something, it is just something that can be obtained in a flash.

And the news of Chi Chong's transcendent status promotion flowed into the ears of the chief judge of the Judicial Department that day, and it seemed that it was not difficult for him to guess the subtle intentions of a certain nobleman in the palace, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart for the commutation of his sentence that day, but without losing the fairness and reason.

Chi Zhong didn't think about it so much, although he also felt that he was suddenly selected by His Royal Highness to become his bodyguard, and it seemed that it was a little far from the mutual support that only had one night, but he was only dedicated to serving the lord, and this change in identity and position would not affect his work and the belief in his heart, which was enough.

However, after serving as a guard for the prince who was very favored by the Holy Lord in the palace for a few months, the sick and weak physique of this second highness and the slightly monotonous and cold life on weekdays made Chi Zhong sometimes question the life of the royal family; And the second prince seems to have an unwavering and unscrupulous temperament, so that he can't help but show concern for him in a very small time.

This is not an equal emotional exchange that a courtier can have with the lord, but because the hierarchical atmosphere of the lord and the subordinate in the second prince is often faint, Chi Chong, as a normal person with ideas and feelings, will also put his gratitude into the past when there is nothing to hinder the person who takes care of and favors him.

But today, when the second prince said in person that he wanted to make friends with him, he suddenly realized the problem of identity level, and the feeling between loyalty and friendship that was not very firm in his heart was forcibly put away.

Chi Chong saw that the second prince stood in front of a tree of apricot blossoms for a long time, as if he was waiting for his reply, and as if he had forgotten what he had just said. Thinking back on the past six months of mutual support with His Royal Highness, he finally gathered a few words in his heart, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate to say it at this time.

Just as he hesitated, the second prince, who was standing quietly, suddenly raised a hand tied behind his back to cover his mouth, and coughed dullly.

He didn't cough for a long time, and he quickly stopped coughing, but it startled Chi Chong, who was standing on the side, and the hesitation he had just now had already been thrown behind.

Shaking off the cloak he was holding in his hand and putting it on for the second prince, at close range, Chi Zhong could see that his breathing was a little different, and knew that he was holding back his cough again. This is the habit he cultivated in his residence in Huayang Palace, Chi Zhong once heard him mention it slightly, saying that he had to be more stable, and those palace people in Huayang Palace would not always look frightened, and he would also be relaxed.

However, the slow heart of practicing martial arts knows that coughing is mostly a reaction in which turbidity is stored in the chest, and the body will expel it on its own, no matter what, coughing up freely will always be more comfortable than enduring.

As soon as he thought of this, Chi Zhong couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, if your chest and abdomen are cloudy, you might as well cough it out, it will be more comfortable." ”

"It's just a chronic illness, it's not a big deal." The second prince shook his head slightly, his breath gradually evened, and he said slowly: "I do this from time to time, I'm used to it." In fact, if I endure it, it will feel better for me, if I cough every time, I am afraid that this cough has not disappeared, but my body has shaken off first. ”。 (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation