Today's prince is wearing a newly made black robe, which looks like a miniature version of the black robe on Emperor Jianxi a few days ago.

The difference is that the clothes of the prince are embroidered with neat small characters braided with gold thread, which looks like some kind of mantra.

"Well, I happened to be passing by this neighborhood to see if you were there today." His expression was slightly unnatural, and he frowned and said, "Are you here again today to be lazy?" ”

"Pretty much." Bai Ling replied.

With his hands in his arms and his back against the rockery, Shizi watched Bai Ling sit on the ground as if no one was sitting next to him—a small table, a pen and paper, a notebook...... She laid them out one by one, then looked up at herself.

"What is the matter with Lord Cheng today?"

Shizi took a deep breath, "I heard that you will give people a heart. ”

Bai Ling didn't hear clearly, and asked rhetorically, "What?" ”

"Replenish the heart." Shizi took a few steps forward and sat opposite Bai Ling, "Otherwise, the concubine's illness will not be pale in such a short period of time, you must have used some means." ”

"World ...... If the guards are curious, pay attention to the lecture schedule of the Tai Hospital next month. Bai Ling said softly, "At that time—"

"I have a friend who hasn't been in great shape lately, and I wanted to ask you if there's anything you can do." Shizi directly interrupted, "I can't wait for next month, I'm worried about his appearance." ”

Bai Ling's eyes sank, "...... Then you can tell me, I may not be able to do it. ”

Shizi stepped forward a few steps and sat down in front of Bai Ling, "This friend of mine is about the same age as me, but because of some changes in the family, the hair on his temples turned white overnight. We also found some doctors to come to the house to see, and they all said that they were caused by excessive worry, so they could only recuperate, and left some calming prescriptions, which were useless. ”

Bai Ling didn't speak, and let out a soft "um".

"His father recently ...... for no reason Leaving Beijing, the family house can't go back inexplicably, and the family can only temporarily borrow to live in someone else's house......"

Shizi said while erasing Hu Lu's identity.

Since Hu Yishu received the holy order to go north and the Hu family was copied, Hu Lu, the eldest son of the Hu family, has almost changed. Gone are the companions who used to laugh and play with him all day, replaced by a haggard and frightened teenager who gritted his teeth all day long.

The brocade clothes, gold and silver, and snacks he personally sent...... All of them were returned. He could only watch as Hu Lu, who used to hold his shoulders and shout "brother" in private, suddenly bowed respectfully to himself, and said the words "Thank you for the reward" like a dead and rotten wood.

Although Bai Ling didn't know who Shizi was talking about, she was still embarrassed to hear it.

If she and Bai Yi hadn't entered the palace on the day Bai Shijun was summoned to the saint at the beginning of the month, probably her family would have become a night crying family in this Pingjing City.

Emperor Jianxi is like a lion who has been hiding in the shadows, he looks at everything in front of him coldly, and he seems to really hang down his clothes and rule the world on weekdays, but as long as he thinks about the bloody purge in Beizhen Fusi recently, you will understand that he has never relaxed the authority in his hands for a moment.

"What does Master Cheng want to ask?" Bai Ling asked softly.

"How can I get him well quickly?" Shizi's hand holding his knees was clenched into a fist, "I don't want to see him sad like this anymore, even if there is a big thing, I can carry it with him-"

"You can't carry it." Bai Ling whispered.

Shizi raised his eyes in some surprise, "What did you say?" ”

"You can't carry it." Bai Ling repeated it again, her tone was inevitably tainted with a bit of sadness, but soon, Bai Ling returned to his previous light smile, "Since Lord Cheng is a guard, he must have suffered a lot of injuries and beatings." ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"Don't be angry, I'm just making an analogy." Bai Ling lowered his eyes and looked at the cocoon on the knuckle of Shizi's left knuckle, "I just want to tell Master Cheng that it is impossible to share everyone's pain. When the skin is opened, even if someone around him says something nice and gives something he likes, the pain is still painful, no one can really take away these pains except himself, and no one can really bear it for him, he can only carry it himself. ”

Seeing that Bai Ling was not in a hurry, Shizi suppressed a sudden anger in his heart, "Then what do you mean, then I'll just watch from the side and do nothing?" What's the use of him continuing to fall like this? What's in it for himself, for his family? ”

This sounds familiar.

Maybe it's Zheng Shu, maybe it's Bao Yuan, or someone else has asked.

Bai Ling suddenly sighed, it seemed that everyone didn't realize that when they desperately wanted to comfort a sad friend, what they were actually doing was actually comforting themselves in a panic.

So they can't stand not doing anything on their own, or they will be tormented by the anxiety that erupts in their hearts.

Another gust of wind blew, and the begonias on the branches fell on the shoulders of Bai Ling and Shizi.

"If you are going to measure comfort by 'useful,' then your comfort is not only useless, but it is likely to bring secondary harm."

Shizi frowned, "I don't understand......"

"Actually, listening to what Master Cheng told just now, I guess this friend of yours is going through the worst trough since he was born." Bai Ling said slowly, "When a person suffers a catastrophe, do you still want him to be calm and look as usual?" It is admirable to really achieve such a state of mind like stopping water, but ordinary people are not tossing and turning and can't sleep all day long. ”

"But if it goes on like this—"

"Of course, if you were to ask me how I could make his family safe in the end, I don't understand. But I know that if you want him to open up to you, you have to admit that you are incompetent in soothing his pain. ”

As he spoke, Bai Ling looked up at Shizi, "Please also ask Master Cheng to ask yourself, do you really understand that 'you can't go back if you have a home', and 'your family may never see each other again if you are forced to be separated'...... What does it taste like? ”

There was a moment of silence between the two, and there was only the sound of the wind.

In this silence, the prince suddenly had a sense of enlightenment. Although he still didn't know what to do and how to do it.

"Master Cheng might as well think about it." Bai Ling smiled, "You are very talented, you won't be unable to think of this kind of thing." ”

Shizi couldn't help frowning again.

Although the girl in front of him looked smaller than himself, every time he talked to her, it seemed as if he was being gently admonished by his elders - an inexplicable familiarity rose in his heart, although he himself couldn't tell where this familiarity came from.

But all in all, the feeling is not nasty.