When he woke up the next day, Chen Yicong found himself lying on the bed, and the eunuch named Zhao Qi was kneeling diagonally on the side of the bed.

Hearing the movement, Zhao Qi immediately opened his eyes - the prince was sitting on the bed, looking at himself.

"The prince is awake," Zhao Qi quickly stood up, "slave maid-"

"What about Bai Ling." Chen Yicong asked.

"Si Yao went to the General's Mansion early in the morning," Zhao Qi replied softly, "It's been like this for the past few days." ”

Zhao Qi took Chen Yicong's clothes that had already dried, he had never done any work to serve people, and his hand-to-hand movements were a little clumsy.

So Chen Yicong simply pushed him away and dressed himself and put on boots.

"Where is this?" Chen Yicong asked.

"It's the medicine department's room." Zhao Qi replied, "You slept outside last night, and Si Yao asked your two guards to carry you here. ”

Chen Yicong looked at the furnishings in the room.

Although Zhao Qi said that this was Bai Ling's room, in fact, this room was not inhabited at all - everything was standard in the palace, and Bai Ling did not leave any traces here.

Probably except for sleeping at night, Bai Ling usually doesn't set foot here at all.

"Someone." Chen Yicong said in a low voice.

The mausoleum keeper, who had been waiting outside the door, walked straight in.

"Go to the Cabinet." Chen Yicong ordered in a calm voice, "Tell Sun Beiji that there are still various books...... Today's regular meeting is postponed until I arrive. ”

"Yes."

In front of the mirror, Chen Yicong straightened his clothes, and just as he was about to leave here, he saw a small seashell on Bai Ling's dresser.

He stopped what he was doing and picked it up.

Open the top shell of the shell, and there is a little dark brown grease inside.

The surface of the grease is smooth and there is no trace of use.

"What is this?" Chen Yicong turned around and asked.

"Back to the prince, it's beeswax for women's nails, although Bai Si doesn't seem to use this much, but the Internal Affairs Office still brought some over......"

Zhao Qi explained while carefully looking at Chen Yicong's back.

The prince stood there without saying a word, not moving for a long time.

“…… Is there an ice cellar here? Chen Yicong asked.

"Ice cellar?" Zhao Qi was stunned for a moment, "Yes." ”

- Next door is the duty room of the Tai Hospital, they have a lot of medicinal herbs, and they store them in the ice cellar every day.

Chen Yicong slowly put the shell containing the beeswax back in its place.

“…… All replaced with cetawax. Chen Yicong said in a low voice.

Zhao Qi responded a little confused, and then watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stride away.

……

In the General's Mansion, Xu Zhi, the adjutant of Shen Jichuan, had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when he saw Bai Ling's carriage approaching, he quickly went down the steps, and as soon as the carriage stopped properly, he waited for Fu Bai Si medicine to land.

"Lord Xu doesn't have to come out to pick me up every time," Bai Ling said softly, "I already know how to get to the inner courtyard." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head, "If you want to take it, if you want to take it, when the medicine comes, the last general will welcome it." ”

"Then ......," Bai Ling smiled helplessly, "let's go." ”

In the flower bed of the General's Mansion, whether those wine jars wrapped in bells are still standing there, Bai Ling will pay attention to it every time he comes.

Nothing has changed today, it seems.

In Shen Jichuan's own small courtyard, the old general had already taken off his usual armor and changed into a regular uniform to sit in the courtyard.

As soon as the armor retreated, Shen Jichuan was like a snail that had been peeled off, and the emaciation and wilting belonging to the old man were all on him.

He no longer held a knife and axe in his hand, but replaced it with an iron ball about the size of a fist.

An extended thin wire stretched out from each end of the iron ball, and the thin wire was tied to an iron ring at one end, and the index fingers of Shen Jichuan's two hands were inserted into the iron ring, and every time he pulled the rope outward, there would be a slight popping sound in the iron ball.

It was the sound of a real crackling, not a gong or a hammer striking a brass bell.

The more quickly and harder you pull, the louder the popping sound in the iron ball.

And let go of the hand, and the strings at both ends will gurgle and roll themselves into the iron ball.

Shen Jichuan was curious about the structure of this thing, but the interface of the hemisphere was welded shut, and if he wanted to see it, he could only smash the ball open - he could only suppress this curiosity for the time being.

Last month, she visited unexpectedly one afternoon, before her injuries healed.

She said that she had come to visit the old general at the behest of the queen's mother.

It was on that day that Bai Ling brought this small ball, saying that it was specially hunted for a blacksmith from the Ministry of Internal Affairs - let Shen Jichuan play with it every day.

"General Shen is still up very early, today." Bai Ling stepped into the courtyard and greeted Shen Jichuan as usual, "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

"It's still the same, nothing has changed." Shen Jichuan replied in a low voice, he pulled up the string in his hand, and a slight popping sound came from the iron ball again, "Your complexion looks much better these days than before." ”

Bai Ling smiled and sat down on the empty stool opposite Shen Jichuan.

Shen Jichuan stopped what he was doing, "This kind of thing...... What the hell is the use. ”

Bai Ling didn't speak, but stretched out his hand towards Shen Jichuan.

The old general narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a little suspicion, put the light iron ball in his hand into Bai Ling's hand.

Bai Ling pinched the iron rings on both sides of the iron ball, and then suddenly jerked both sides—a sharp sound erupted in the sphere, which made Bai Ling's own ears a little uncomfortable.

Shen Jichuan gritted his teeth almost at this moment.

Although the crackling sound was much quieter than the sound of the firecracker, it still aroused Shen Jichuan's fear for a moment.

"I don't have a lot of strength." Bai Ling handed the iron ball back into Shen Jichuan's hand, "It can only be pulled so loudly, if the general uses all his strength, it will probably be even louder." ”

Shen Jichuan smiled, he took the iron ball in his hand, and then handed it to the adjutant on the side.

"Let's go." Shin Jichuan got up from his chair and said, "As he walked. ”

Bai Ling then got up and stood up.

The two walked slowly along the corridor in the General's Mansion.

On a summer morning, the heat has not yet risen, and everything looks vibrant.

Shen Jichuan already felt a little unfamiliar with the summer scene of Pingjing.

He thought of the north, and thought of Chang Sheng's letter to him a few days ago.

He had guessed the contents of the letter before he opened it—except for some new news from the Arslan Ministry, and some cliché greetings.

Chang Sheng looked forward to Shen Jichuan going back as soon as possible.

Since that night in front of the Shenji Camp, Shen Jichuan has been full of ugliness, and Shen Jichuan has died in public.

He didn't know how the news of his actions that night would spread, but he could imagine — and at the same time knew that the real situation was far more comical and cruel than he had imagined.

He hid for so long, hid for so long, avoided all the firecrackers and firecrackers in the New Year's Festival, avoided every grand fireworks, and finally completely exposed his weaknesses in the welcome of the Shenji Camp without warning.

If you continue to hide it now, it will become self-deception.

All this carefulness and stubbornness have also lost their meaning.

"You said you've seen this kind of ...... of mine in other places," Shen Jichuan suddenly opened his mouth softly, he looked down at the girl beside him, "Where is it?" ”

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