() The East Palace is lit up today, and the housekeeper ordered the lintel to be wiped fresh early in the morning. Two days ago, news came that the prince would be able to return to the palace today. And the person who just came said that His Royal Highness's carriage and horse had already arrived outside the city, and he would be able to come back when the prince entered the palace and recovered his life.

Xue Ke looked at the joy of the people in the East Palace, his heart was a little complicated, and the entanglement with the prince before leaving was still fresh in his memory, so he simply didn't think about it, and took Ah Liu to Linglong Pavilion.

The letter and newspaper sent by Linglong Pavilion today were stacked on her desk, and she opened them one by one. The Correspondence System is like this, every day it is exposed to a large amount of complicated information, which seems to be clueless, irrelevant, and useless, but no one knows how much of a role a Correspondence can really play until it is a critical moment. After flipping through for a while, Xue Ke also felt a little tired, rubbed his brows and opened the next one, and suddenly his hands trembled violently.

Ah Liu heard a painful cry in the inner room, and according to the regulations, she couldn't enter the inner room, so she only asked anxiously at the door, "Girl, what's wrong?" ”

I saw Xue Ke staggering out, grabbing Ah Liu's shoulder, and the whole person was about to collapse on the ground, his shoulders shaking.

"Girl, what's wrong? What's wrong? Ah Liuyi hugged Xue Ke, who was shaking like chaff.

Xue Ke trembled for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Ah Liu, Ah Liu, Ren Yao, Ren Yao is dead." ”

Although Ah Liu didn't know what kind of old man Ren Yao was to Xue Ke, she knew that Xue Ke, who had met Ren Yao, was the happiest Xue Ke she had seen, and she held Xue Ke at the moment: "Girl, calm down!" What the hell is going on? Who killed Ren Gang Leader? ”

Xue Ke shook his head, tears rolling down: "Who killed it?" Who killed it? Who else could it be but him? It was me who hurt Ren Yao! ”

Ah Liu instantly understood: "Is it King Qin?" But Ren Gang Master's kung fu is so good! It's King Qin's arm again! ”

Xue Ke sneered: "It's because of your arms that you have to be even more ruthless!" Who else could it be but him! ”

Xue Ke calmed down a little, and couldn't help but think of his previous suspicions, King Qin said to Ren Yao that one day he would bring himself to Ren Yao, but he never told Ren Yao about his whereabouts, it was nothing more than that he was afraid that Ren Yao would throw himself into the East Palace; In the previous life, she was in the Qin Palace, and she had never heard any news from the King of Qin about Ren Yao.

The power of the Dark Gang was too important to King Qin, and he could neither give it up, nor allow Ren Yao to have two hearts. And, as Ah Liu said, Ren Yao's kung fu is so good, who can take Ren Yao's dagger and kill him except for the people he trusts?

Seeing that the despair and hatred in Xue Ke's eyes were getting stronger and stronger, Ah Liu couldn't help but be frightened, and helped Xue Ke up hard: "Girl, let's go back to Hupu Yuan first." ”

Xue Reliable stood up slowly on Ah Liu's body.

There were footsteps in the distance, and the prince's voice carried a hint of majesty and unhappiness: "Does the girl come to Linglong Pavilion every day?" She's not in good health, don't you know how to persuade? ”

The road steward on the side forced himself to laugh and said: "The girl still cares about His Highness and wants to share her worries!" But he cried out in his heart: "That aunt, who persuaded her to stop?" ”

The prince was silent, and his footsteps were getting closer and closer. Xue Ke was in a state of confusion at this time, and he didn't want to face the prince at this time, so he grabbed Ah Liu and shook his head. Ah Liuxin comprehended, and helped Xue Ke to the screen on the side.

The prince's footsteps went to Xue Ke's usual room, the air was still filled with the fragrance of Xue Ke's often smoked, and he saw that the half cup of residual tea on the table still had a trace of temperature, and the pen and ink on the table had not yet been cleaned up, but the person was nowhere to be seen.

When he raised his feet and went out, he could hear the sound of breathing in the screen, through the light, and when he saw the shadows, he knew in his heart that Xue Ke didn't want to see him, but it was still before leaving, and he was lost in his heart.

During his disaster relief, he thought about her when he had spare time, and after returning to the palace to restore his life, he came over without changing his clothes, but he didn't want her to avoid her, and he was disheartened all of a sudden, and his body seemed to be immersed in ice water.

He had always prided himself on being calm, but at this time he just wanted to rush into the screen and ask her what she meant, and he endured it and endured it, and turned to leave. Xing'er on the side sighed in his heart.

Xue Ke could hear the footsteps far away, and Fang breathed a sigh of relief. Ah Liu knew in his heart that this trick could not be hidden from the prince at all, but he didn't care about speaking at the moment, and helped Xue Ke back to Baopu Courtyard.

Since the prince gave Ah Liu to Xue Ke, he has done what he says, and no longer asks Ah Liu about Xue Ke. Therefore, it was Ying Wu who came to Su Zhengtang to reply tonight. Shadow Five lowered his head, like an invisible man in the night.

The prince's thumb and index finger rubbed unconsciously, and repeated mechanically: "You said that the girl went to Hongxiao Mansion twice? ”

Shadow Five stiffly replied yes.

"Looking for a top boy named Mochen?"

"Yes."

"What are you looking for him?"

"The subordinates don't know, the subordinates are waiting in the courtyard."

"There's only Ah Liu in the house?"

Ying Wu answered, and was hesitating to tell the prince, sometimes Ah Liu was also at the door, and there were only girls and the top boy in the room, and after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything.

The prince took a deep breath: "Very good, the girl went to investigate the matter, you are well guarded." Stand down. ”

Shadow Five exhaled in his heart, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

Xing'er on the side looked enviously at the disappearing shadow of Ying Wu, and gently retreated to the side of the pillar, hoping to become invisible. Fortunately, the prince didn't look in this direction, the prince returned to the bookcase, flipped through a few pages of official documents, and finally snapped, threw the fold in his hand to the ground, and shouted: "What kind of bullshit is this!" Do all the households eat? ”

Xing'er didn't dare to speak, so she quietly stepped forward and picked up the fold, and persuaded: "Master! It's late tonight, you can rest and sleep first, and ask tomorrow, there may be a hidden secret. ”

The prince sneered twice: "Is Lone too used to her?" ”

Xing'er didn't dare to answer, and said: "Master, these people are all your courtiers, and they are loyal to you, but some things are done unreasonably, there must be some reasons, you can't ask clearly and get angry again, don't hurt your body." ”

The prince glanced at Xing'er and snorted.

The prince didn't sleep well that night. Also not sleeping well is Xue Ke from Baopu Courtyard, and as soon as his eyes are closed, Ren Yao's bits and pieces are all bits.

The most wanton and dashing young man in Chang'an City actually left his favorite woman and unborn child like this, and Xue Ke fell into an unprecedented despair.

For her, having experienced rebirth, Ren Yao is like a person in a previous life. But without her rebirth, Ren Yao and Xian Gu might be able to live happily for the rest of their lives. It has been three years since he arrived in the East Palace, but the hatred and humiliation of the Xue family is still far away, and the pain of the previous life has not been eliminated.

However, what is the point of her surviving incognito in the East Palace? If it weren't for Ren Yao this time, her existence itself would have brought a great threat to the prince, and Ren Yao lost his life because he was involved.

The more Xue Ke thought about it, the more confused he became, his mind wavered, sad for a while, and lost for a while.

Ah Liu saw that the sky was already bright, and there was still no movement in Xue Ke's room, so he walked in gently, only to hear Xue Ke's heavy breathing. When he opened the curtain, he saw that Xue Ke's face was flushed, and he couldn't help but reach out and probe, and his tentacles were hot.

Ah Liu exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly went out to call people. The imperial doctor is still the one who diagnosed Xue Ke's pulse last time, looked at the prince, and couldn't help but slander in his heart, this highness doesn't know how distressed people are, this girl was sick before leaving, and this has just come back and repeated the old trick!

After the imperial doctor checked the pulse, his face became a little solemn: "The girl is not in her mind at this time, and her heart is weak, so she will go down to prescribe side medicine, and she can wake up after drinking it." It's just that the girl will still think less and be less sad in the future, the girl is young, and it is not a sign of longevity to continue like this for a long time. ”

The prince's face was gloomy and he did not speak. Ah Liu led the imperial doctor to the side hall to prescribe medicine. The prince looked at the sleeping Xue Ke, his eyes were closed, but tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes intermittently. Some muffled voices overflowed from his throat, and the prince lowered his head to listen, only to hear her say "I'm sorry" over and over again, "Ah Que, how can you?" ”

The prince's face became even more ugly. The maids on the side didn't dare to step forward when they saw him. Ah Liu personally watched the medicine boil and brought it over. The prince saw that she fed two spoonfuls of medicine Xue Ke but couldn't swallow it, the medicinal soup flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and his heart was even more irritable, so he took the medicine bowl and drank, "You go down." ”

He took a mouthful of medicine, with a little anger and caution, choked Xue Ke's lips, her lips were tightly closed, because the fever temperature was a little high, he did not let go of it, and finally Xue Ke opened his mouth slightly, the prince slowly crossed the medicine into it, led it down the tongue to her throat, and blocked her lips to prevent her from spitting it out, the two lips and tongues were entangled for a long time, and the prince fed half a bowl of medicine into it, and the bitter taste of the medicine slowly dispersed in the mouths of the two.

The medicine has been drunk, but Xue Ke unconsciously opened his mouth, the prince was putting the medicine bowl on the table, but turned around and saw Xue Ke's red and swollen lips that were kissed slightly open, and a trace of moaning gently overflowed from his throat, the delicate and unconscious ** in the illness combined into a wonderful atmosphere, the prince's previous anger suddenly became an irrepressible impulse, he kissed it again, and his hand subconsciously stretched into the quilt. Xue Ke's body was hot, and he suddenly came into contact with a coldness, and he couldn't help moaning comfortably, and his body also took the initiative to stick to his palm.

The prince was in a hot mood, and Mama Zhang's cough came from the door: "Prince, come out and rest, the room is sick, you pay attention to your body." ”

The prince was interrupted coldly, and gently put down Xue Ke, who was still asleep, and couldn't help blushing. Secretly scolded himself for being a beast, cleared his throat, straightened his clothes, walked out of the room, and after telling his subordinates to take good care of the girl with a straight face, he didn't dare to look at Mama Zhang, and left with Xing'er.

Sure enough, less than an hour after taking the medicine, Xue Ke slowly woke up. She only felt heartbroken when she saw Ren Yao slowly leaving in her dream, and she ran wildly with Ren Yao's scattered shadow all the way but still couldn't catch a minute, until a hand grabbed her, pulled her into her arms and hugged her tightly, she slowly eased up.

Ah Liu said softly: "Your Highness has just come, and last night Ah Wu reported to His Highness about Hongxiao Tower. ”

Xue Ke nodded: "This matter is related to His Highness, I should make it clear to His Highness, you go and see what Your Highness is busy with, and I will report later." ”

"Girl, let's take care of yourself first! I don't think His Highness is too angry! Ah Liu thought about it, and in order to avoid embarrassment, he hid the movement he heard in front of the door just now, thinking that the girl should be able to feel it herself.

Xue Ke struggled to get up: "I'm fine, it's fine if the heat subsides." Xue Ke had other thoughts in her heart, she thought that after this matter was clarified, she would go to see Ren Yao for the last time, although it was difficult to face, but the fairy aunt should be the most in need of comfort at the moment.

With a sweat, Xue Ke changed into a set of clothes, and when he stood up, he only felt weak. After walking two steps, I was sweating, and as soon as the sun shone, I felt dizzy.

Ah Liu couldn't help but worry: "Girl, this can't work, you can't get out." ”

"Why are you going out when you're sick like this?" The prince's voice came from the gate of the courtyard, and he strode over to pick up Ah Liu and hold Xue Ke.

"Why did Your Highness come here? Don't you go to court today? ”

The prince was a little glad that she didn't know what had just happened, and said, "I returned to the court yesterday, and my father allowed me to rest for two days. I just heard that you woke up and wanted to look for me, why are you in such a hurry, you don't care about your body? ”

The autumn sun shone through the shadows of the trees in the courtyard, Ah Liu took the cushion and spread it on the chair, Xue Ke was helped by the prince to sit on the chair, looked at the light and shadow among the leaves, and sighed softly: "Today's sunshine is so good!" ”

The chamberlain on the side moved another chair, and the prince sat next to her, held her hand, and gently comforted: "I accompany you to bask in the sun, what do you say slowly, what is worth being so sad and tired?" ”

Xue Ke smiled reluctantly: "It's a matter of Hongxiao Building, Your Highness is so magnanimous, I am really ashamed." ”

The prince was a little weak-hearted, thinking that Xue Keken took the initiative to explain this matter, he threw all his previous suspicions out of the sky, and said: "You must do things for a reason, of course I believe you." ”

Xing'er on the side couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth.

Xue Ke told him how he received Mochen's news, went to Hongxiao Mansion to find Mochen for verification, was met by Zhang Xiaohouye, went to find Ren Yao, and Ren Yao was stabbed. She was already weak in anger, and when she talked about Ren Yao's death, she couldn't help but pause for a moment and gasped.

"Ren Yao?"

"Ren Yao is my old friend." Xue Ke looked into the distance: "Does Your Highness still have an impression?" ”

The prince nodded, how could he not be impressed, before the fairy aunt came out, he even had the intention of killing Ren Yao. Unexpectedly, Xue Ke and Ren Yao really didn't have any personal affairs with their children, so that in the end, when the fairy aunt got rid of his identity, he also secretly helped a lot. Of course, neither Xue Ke nor Ren Yao knew about this. It is also the slightest bit of weirdness in his heart, although he did not deliberately conceal Ren Yao's bits and pieces, he did not take the initiative to mention it to Xue Ke.

Ren Yao is a brother-like existence to Xue Ke, and the prince understands Xue Ke's sadness.

"Who killed Ren Yao? Got eyebrows? ”

Xue Ke shook his head and secretly felt sad: "No matter what, it's always because of me that I'm involved." ”

"Do you suspect that King Qin did it?"

Xue Ke sneered: "Isn't he the most suspicious?" What would you do if you were to know that your intelligence line was in the hands of someone who might mutiny? ”

The prince shook his head: "I shouldn't kill Ren Yao." ”

Xue Ke smiled self-deprecatingly: "You won't mean that King Qin won't, except for him, I can't think of anyone who will kill Ren Yao at this time." ”

The prince had a lot of questions in his heart, but seeing that Xue Ke was suspicious of King Qin, he didn't bother to defend King Qin, and said to her: "Even if it is, you don't have to blame yourself, and it's not your responsibility." ”

Xue Ke shook his head, paused and said, "Tomorrow I want to go to Ren Yao's place to worship." ”

The prince looked at her worriedly: "You have to stop for a few days before being buried, I will accompany you when you have raised your body." ”

"I want to go see my sister-in-law, I know her well, I don't know what I can do. Do not go with me, lest you cause trouble. ”

"In two days, wait for the doctor to say you can go out. You look like this, no. ”

Xue Ke knew that it was useless to be anxious, and he also knew that he couldn't be stubborn with the prince, Ah Liu took a cloak on the side and came over: "Girl, although this sunshine is good, it is still a little windy, you can put on some more." ”

The prince took the cloak and put it on Xue Ke, and Xue Ke obediently let him wear his collar. The autumn breeze blew, and the prince only felt extremely satisfied, and when he saw a strand of hair blowing down from Xue Ke's ear, he brushed his hair behind his ear and stayed on her hair for a moment.

Xue Ke raised his eyes and looked at the prince gently, and the prince suddenly saw a glare on Xue Ke's forehead, which was actually a gray hair, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour. He knew Xue Ke's thoughts, and he knew that she was thinking hard about it, but until this moment he knew how tormented she was in her heart, and said softly: "Tangtang, there is me." ”

"If it weren't for His Highness, I'm afraid I would have no place to stand at this moment." Xue Ke smiled slightly, what was he doing in his previous life at this time? was a concubine with no name in the Qin Palace, and endured the suppression of the main room with a trace of favor.

The crown prince looked at Xue Ke, the woman he had made up his mind to marry since he was more than ten years old, the woman who had sworn to her father to be good to her for the rest of her life, but now she let her stay in the East Palace without a name and worry, and she actually had gray hair at the age of less than twenty.

Ah Liu brought two cups of tea, Xue Ke took it, it was lotus seed red date almond tea, Xue Ke took a sip gently, but couldn't help but take a breath.

"What? Burned? ”

As soon as the prince finished asking, he saw a little bloodshot overflowing from Xue Ke's slightly swollen lips, and suddenly understood that he had just kissed a little forgetful, thinking that he was still thinking about her in the sick just now, and his heart was a little flustered: "It doesn't matter, right?" ”

"It's okay, I think my lips are a little dry after the fever."

"Ah Liu, go and cool off and then give it to the girl, you go and tell the kitchen, the girl will get something light and delicious for lunch at noon." Ah Liu glanced at the prince and took the order.

The prince squatted down and held Xue Ke's hand: "Tangtang, it's me who is not good." ”

Xue Ke didn't know it, put his hands on the prince's hands, and said lightly: "What did Your Highness say?" Soon after I entered the East Palace, I was asked to manage internal affairs, and then I was allowed to listen to political deliberations, and allowed me to enter the Linglong Pavilion, when His Royal Highness was not in the capital, I broke into the Hongxiao Building, causing trouble to the East Palace, His Royal Highness did not blame me in the slightest, so important to trust, I am very grateful. Xue Ke looked into the distance and smiled: "If His Highness is just his own selfishness, why not trap me in this Baopu Courtyard with fine clothes and jade food, so that I have no way to make a living except relying on His Highness's favor?" ”

The prince's heart was shocked, it felt like the most despicable thoughts in his heart had been pierced, and it was like the ugliest sin had been redeemed, he didn't dare to look at Xue Ke's eyes, but just held Xue Ke's hands with his backhand and kissed them gently.