Chapter 16: Born to be a Man

Sang Huai'an stepped into the flowers, and he looked at the spring flowers, orchids, hibiscus, plum blossoms and other flowers that bloom in different seasons in front of him. Suddenly, a path opened in the flowers, and Sang Huai'an followed the path to the depths of the flowers.

At the end of the path was a pool of clear water, and Sang Huai'an squatted down to look into the lake. The water of the lake is crystal clear, and there are countless fish swimming in it. He narrowed his pupils to look at his own reflection in the lake.

Suddenly, a small stone fell from above and smashed into the quiet water, and the lake rippled because of the stones.

Sang Huai'an raised his eyes and saw a small blue bird hovering in the sky. The little bird kept making a "whoosh" sound, echoing in Sang Huai'an's ears like a silver bell.

The bird did not go elsewhere but kept surrounding Sang Huai'an, and Sang Huai'an's eyes followed the bird.

Mai Jiu looked at Sang Huai'an's eyes, his eyelids moving... And it's moving faster and faster.

She called softly: "Sang Huai'an? Sang Huai'an? ”

The sound of "whoa" disturbed Sang Huai's annoyance, and he reached out to touch the bird, but the bird fanned its wings and deftly avoided it.

Sang Huai'an's fingers moved twice, and Mai Jiu held his hand excitedly: "Sang Huai'an, did you hear that?" ”

The bird flew away, and everything was calm again. Sang Huai'an looked at his own reflection in the lake again.

The room was quiet, and Mai Jiu held his breath and wanted Sang Huai'an to give some response, even if it was to move his eyelids and fingers, but no.

She put Sang Huai'an's hand back on the bed and pulled the silk cover over him.

Sang Huai'an is still in a coma, and Mai Jiu is still feeding him with water and scrubbing his body every day to take care of him. The imperial doctor came to check on the prince's condition every day, and it was still the same sentence as if the prince woke up.

As soon as this incident came out, the queen mother didn't have the heart to do it for her birthday banquet, and there were many more guards in the capital and the palace to stick to it day and night.

Five days later

Mai Jiu would talk to Sang Huai'an every night before going to bed, and the content was nothing more than what he had eaten today, who had come to visit him, and then he sang to him without chatting.

"Why haven't you woken up yet?" Mai Jiu looked at the person on the bed who was quiet and unresponsive, and she touched Sang Huai'an's eyes with her hands.

The corners of Sang Huai'an's eyes twitched, and his brows frowned slightly.

Mai Jiu noticed this small movement, slapped Sang Huai'an's face with his hand, and shouted, "Sang Huai'an! Sang Huai'an! ”

The corners of Sang Huai'an's mouth trembled slightly, and he let out a sound: "It hurts." Then he slowly opened his eyes.

Mai Jiu stood up and danced excitedly in the direction of the door, shouting, "Ahhh The prince has woken up, come on! ”

Sang Huai'an struggled to squeeze out a smile at the corner of his mouth, looked at Mai Jiu, and said in a weak tone: "You are noisy." ”

When Mai Jiu heard this, he quickly closed his mouth, turned his head to look over, and cried.

Chengde vigorously pushed the door in, and let out a "bang". His tone was excited, and his voice was the same as Mai Jiu's scream just now: "What! The prince is awake! ”

Sang Huai'an's eyes kept looking at Mai Jiu, who was wiping away tears, and he propped himself up and wanted to sit up.

Chengde saw that he hurriedly ran over to help Sang Huai'an, and he looked at Mai Jiu, who was rubbing his eyes aggrievedly: "Master Mandarin, you are... What are you crying about, the prince has woken up. ”

Mai Jiu tried hard to hold back his cry, sniffed and said, "Great, the prince has finally woken up." "That's what he said, but Mai Jiu's heart was, 'Great, I finally don't have to take care of him.'"

Chengde looked at the wound on Sang Huai'an's chest with concern and said, "Lord Wang, what do you think, does the wound still hurt?" ”

Sang Huaian shook his head, his eyes still looking at Mai Jiu.

Chengde followed the prince's gaze and glanced at Mai Jiu, who had just wiped away his tears: "Lord, the slave will go to ask for the imperial doctor first." ”

Sang Huai'an nodded, and leaned to the edge of the bed with the help of Chengde. Mai Jiu sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the pale Sang Huai'an, and the two looked at each other.

After looking at each other for a long time, Sang Huai'an closed his eyes tiredly, and Mai Jiu also looked away.

She had been wanting to ask for credit just now, after all, it was she who had done cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a long time to pull him back from the brink of death, and wanted to ask him for ten taels of silver a day, but looking at Sang Huai'an's haggard appearance, she couldn't say anything.

After a long time, she said, "Forget it, you're fine." ”

Chengde sent someone to invite the imperial doctor, and in an instant, the news of the prince's awakening spread all over the palace. It didn't take long for Shuluzhai to be full of people.

Shen Qianyue took a look at Sang Huai'an, and then went into the palace to tell the Queen Mother.

As soon as the assassination happened, the emperor did not let the queen mother leave the palace, for fear that someone would be ambushed and encountered. In the past few days, the queen mother has not thought about food, and she has been thinking about when Sang Huai'an will wake up, and she has aged a lot for a while.

When she got the news from Shen Qianyue herself, the heart that the Queen Mother had been hanging on finally fell.

Of course, this news also spread to Xinxiangyuan, and the conversation of several minions during the shift change was heard by Yun Ran, and she didn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

The people in the courtyard slowly dispersed, and Shuluzhai returned to its former peace.

Chengde said that the prince is very weak now and needs to be accompanied, so he moved all the things of Yi'an Yuan to Shuluzhai, and I don't know if this is his idea or...

Mai Jiu disagreed, but she couldn't even get out of the courtyard gate, and if she took a few more steps in that direction, she would be stopped by Chengde, and she really couldn't resist, so she stayed in Shulu Zhai, anyway, she lived here for the past few days, and waited until Sang Huai'an was completely healed, and the new account and the old account were settled together.

In the early morning of the second day, the kitchen brought some light snacks and white porridge to the prince. Mai Jiu gently blew the porridge one by one and sent it to Sang Huai'an's mouth.

Sang Huai'an shook his head with a smile on the corner of his mouth. Mai Jiu put the spoon into the bowl and asked, "Don't drink anymore?" And half a bowl. ”

"If you don't drink it, it won't taste good." After Sang Huai'an finished speaking, he looked at an egg on the table.

Mai Jiu followed Sang Huai'an's gaze: "That's mine." ”

On weekdays, Mai Jiu only eats one egg in the morning, and it is obvious that this egg is not prepared for Sang Huai'an.

She turned her head to look at Sang Huai'an and continued, "Your breakfast is white porridge, don't think about beating my eggs." ”

"If the king wants to eat, bring it." Sang Huai'an's tone was like that of a child who was angry, but this attitude was too tough.

Mai Jiu was instantly angry when she heard this, she walked to the table, put down the bowl in her hand, picked up the egg and knocked it on her forehead, and then impatiently gently peeled off half of the egg skin.

Sang Huai'an looked at Mai Jiu's appearance, snickered and asked, "The huge palace, you want to grab an egg from this king?" ”

Mai Jiu walked to the bed and said in pieces, "Do I rob you or you rob me, it's annoying." ”

"Ah~" Sang Huai'an opened his mouth and waited for Mai Jiu's feeding. Mai Jiu sat on the edge of the bed and also learned Sang Huai'an's "Ah~", and then stuffed the egg into his mouth.

Mai Jiu bit half of the egg and chewed it in his mouth, trying his best to show off the deliciousness of the egg: "It's delicious!" It's so delicious! ”

Sang Huaian closed his mouth in embarrassment, his face instantly pulled down, and then covered his chest and pretended to be in pain.

Mai Jiu was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to check: "What's wrong?" Do you want to ask the doctor to come over? ”

Sang Huai'an squinted his eyes and frowned, and then secretly snatched the egg from Mai Jiu's hand. Mai Jiu looked at Sang Huai'an's stretched eyebrows and the expression with a wicked smile, and scolded: "Childish! ”

Sang Huai'an peeled off the shell and ate half of the egg in one bite, making a sound of satisfaction. Mai Jiu took the egg skin from Sang Huai'an's hand.

Chengde pushed the door in, followed by Shen Qianyue. Shen Qianyue stepped forward and saluted the prince. Chengde walked out after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.

Shen Qianyue couldn't wait to tell the prince about the results of her investigation, so she ran over early this morning.

Mai Jiu saw that Shen Qianyue seemed to have something to say, so she walked to the couch chair and sat down, and she threw the egg skin in her hand on the couch table in disgust.

Shen Qianyue took out the paper in her sleeve and handed it to Sang Huai'an. Sang Huai'an looked at the paper, which was a totem that resembled a wolf and looked like an eagle.

Mai Jiu also raised his neck to look at it curiously.

Shen Qianyue recounted in detail what she went to the forest to investigate that day: "After that, my subordinates went down to investigate this totem, this is an ancient tribal totem, living in the desert in the northwest, according to legend, this tribe has long been extinct in a sandstorm, and some say that the descendants survived and fled to other places to continue living." The subordinates don't know why this tribe will hit the prince's idea, and they are planting clouds around you and secretly plotting to assassinate you. ”

"If this news wasn't leaked out by Yun Ran, then... Lord Wang, there should still be spies around you. ”

Sang Huai'an folded the paper in half and held it in his hand: "I'm afraid they don't just fight the idea of this king, they may be fighting... The idea of the whole Daan. By the way, where is Yun Ran now? ”

"There is a special guard in Xinxiang Garden. Lord Wang, do you want to interrogate Yun Ran? ”

Sang Huaian shook his head and said, "Release the news, say that you have found clues to the assassination and... Woman-related. If Yun Ran really knew anything, the people over there would never let her go, so let's wait and see what happens and send her out of the palace. ”

Shen Qianyue understood what the prince meant, nodded and said, "Yes, the subordinates retired." ”

Inside the fragrant garden

Yun Ran, whose hair was messy and had no makeup, slumped in a chair. The four guards pushed the door away, and the loud sound of the door opening startled Yun Ran, she looked at the door sharply and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Several guards walked towards Yun Ran with a fierce attitude, and the two of them set up Yun Ran and dragged her out of the door.

Yun Ran resisted fiercely, and his voice raised and said, "I'm the princess, I'm the princess!" I'm going to kill you! ”

No one paid attention to her. Seeing that the resistance was ineffective, Yun Ran directly bit the hands on his shoulders. The guard's fingers were bitten painfully, and he shook his hand to shake it off, but Yun Ran bit like a mad dog and didn't let go, no matter how the people behind pulled her, she wouldn't let go.

Shen Qianyue, who had been hidden in the depths, stepped forward and slapped Yun Ran on the back of her neck, and Yun Ran felt a pain behind her and fell unconscious and sat down.

Yunran had been pulling Yun Ran to look at the person who was slumped in his own quibble, while the bitten guard watched his fingers rub gently.

Shen Qianyue kicked Yun Ran on the ground and said, "Throw it out, follow her quietly, don't let others find out." ”

Mai Jiu eats the nectarines sent by Chengde. Sang Huai'an looked at the person in front of him who couldn't stop taking a mouthful, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Why do you keep eating." ”

Mai Jiu didn't answer, but asked, "What's going on with Yun Dye?" ”

"Undercover." Sang Huai'an's tone was full of indifference, he never took Yun Ran seriously but was playing with her.

Mai Jiu put the peach pit on the table, wiped his hands with an embroidered handkerchief, and said, "I thought you two were true love?" ”

Sang Huai'an raised his eyebrows, and his tone was full of teasing: "What? Are you jealous? ”

"I think Yun Ran is too pitiful..."Mai Jiu lowered his head and thought about something, and then said slowly, "I can see that Izumo Ran loves you, so... It's unfair to her. ”

"Why is it pitiful? How can it be fair? Sang Huai'an frowned, he didn't understand the meaning of Mai Jiu's words.

Mai Jiu's eyes have been fixed on a certain place: "Then your kindness to her and the sweetness you show are all fake." ”

Sang Huai'an didn't speak, but still looked at Mai Jiu with empty eyes.

It took a long time for Mai Jiu to blink, his eyes took a deep breath, looked at Sang Huai'an, and said lightly: "I heard that she is an art girl, she grew up in a brothel and became a pawn of others, I thought that I met true love, but I didn't want it to end up being a scam, being used and used." Mai Jiu smiled sadly and frowned, and continued, "She didn't do anything wrong, why... Do this to her. ”

Sang Huaian lowered his head and said, "I can only blame her for not being born in a good family." ”

Mai Jiu laughed angrily when she heard this, she wanted to say something, but she sighed again and again. She knew that no matter how much she said, she would just play the piano to the cow.