I was lying on the bed, and the imperial doctor took my pulse, and after half an hour, I couldn't say a word, but I saw the prince smoothing his half-white beard, and his brows gradually wrinkled.

The prince said anxiously: "Imperial Doctor Wen, how is her condition?" ”

Imperial Physician Wen seemed to have some concerns, but he didn't speak and took the pulse, got up and said, "Your Highness, please take a step to speak." ”

The prince faintly felt that something was wrong with the tone of the imperial doctor's speech, and his heart became more and more urgent, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Imperial doctor, please." ”

"Now the Imperial Doctor can say it with confidence."

I had a dream, in which I killed Chu Muxiu with a sword with my own hands, he covered his heart and said that it hurt very much, and I cried and begged him not to die. My eyes were wet when I woke up, how nice would it be if it was just a dream?

When I was about to get up, I suddenly heard the prince talking to someone outside the door, not loud but distinct.

The imperial doctor said: "Lao Chen has been practicing medicine for twenty years, and he has never seen such a strange disease, the girl's pulse fluctuates, her breath is short, her hands and feet are cold and trembling, I am afraid that it is ......."

"The Imperial Doctor might as well say it directly."

According to the old minister...... The girl had been poisoned. ”

"What's poison?"

"Puppet incense, this poison is colorless and tasteless, this poison occurs once every six months, and those who are poisoned often don't know it." Imperial Physician Wen put his hand on his back, and said heavily as he walked, "The poisoned person looks no different from ordinary people, but this is the most terrible place, once the poison is on, the whole person will be dizzy, the muscles and veins will be blocked, the breathing will be short, and the pain all over the body will be unbearable like a fierce burning fire, and then hallucinations, the brain will gradually become unclear, and it is easy to be controlled by people." This poison is rare and difficult to solve, if it is not detoxified in time, it is only afraid of more evil and less auspicious. ”

The prince asked, "What is the condition of the Imperial Doctor?"

"She has been poisoned deeply, the toxin has penetrated into the internal organs, penetrated the tendons and veins, and if there is no antidote, she will have at most one year left to live."

"What is the antidote, and where can I find it?"

"Forgive the old minister for his incompetence, this poison is difficult to solve, Weichen doesn't know how to prepare the antidote, but I heard that Nanyang has been poisoned by the palace before, but His Majesty Nanyang has not found the antidote for the queen in his lifetime." The Imperial Doctor sighed softly, as if he was sorry for a young life, "That girl is young, and I don't know who was so vicious and gave her such poison." ”

The prince said stiffly: "Thank you Imperial Doctor Wen." ”

"One year, one year of life......" I was so frightened that I regressed again and again, and sat on the bed all of a sudden, first of all, it was Chu Muxiu, it was Mo'er, what would they do if I died? I don't even know when and how I was poisoned, I just grabbed my sleeve tightly with my hand, and I couldn't help but think about no wonder I always feel dizzy and dizzy these days, and I always break out in a cold sweat at night, it turns out that I have been poisoned.

Looking at me in the mirror, with a pale face, messy hair, and a few bloodshot eyes mixed with a few bloodshots, I was as embarrassed as a ghost, and I suddenly lost my proportions. It's really easy to say that you are not afraid of death, but when death really comes, you will know how scared you are and how unwilling you are to leave this world.

I saw the prince walking in slowly in the mirror, which was obviously the same as the two of them who had just gone out, and there was an unstoppable silence on his face.

I didn't turn my head to look at him, I just asked the person in the mirror, "Is he still alive?" ”

"You should think about yourself," he said. ”

"Why did Your Highness do this?"

"What are you talking about?" He obviously knew that I was asking about Chu Muxiu's matter today, but he pretended not to understand.

"Today in the court, why did His Highness take advantage of my unclear illness to trick me into stabbing Chu Muxiu?"

"I'm saving him!"

I sneered helplessly, I was a little self-deprecating, I originally thought that the prince was an upright gentleman, but I didn't expect that he was also a sanctimonious and treacherous villain, I suddenly stood up, and asked angrily while walking to his side, "Your Highness's so-called saving him is to take advantage of the weakness and try to borrow my hand to kill him!" With that, my face was almost on his, expressing my anger with my eyes.

Apparently irritating him, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the wall behind me, not to be outdone, in the tone I had just spoken to him, "Have you ever wondered what he would be facing without your sword?" That's thousands of Yulin Army, just with his single-handedness, even if he doesn't die, he will lose half his life, don't you think that sword is more beneficial to him than death? ”

Neither of us had ever had such a gaffe as we did today, and I had a reason for my anger, and he had what he called a persistence that I didn't understand. I sat back in front of the mirror in a daze, and I was still too stupid to understand the kindness of others.

"I'm sorry."

He also gradually lowered his hand, and his face regained a trace of calm, "Those who don't know are not guilty." ”

"What does Your Highness plan to do with him?" I asked him.

"It's hard to say what trespass into the palace." "But I can guarantee that his life is not in danger." ”

"Your Highness, can you let me see him?"

"But your body needs ......"

"What if you die?"

"Did you hear it all?"

I lowered my head slightly, lowered my eyes, and spoke in a firm and strong tone without any sadness, "Yes, I heard everything you said to the Imperial Doctor just now. ”

The prince said, "Then you should have a good rest, and for the sake of your family and friends, don't think about anything else." ”

"But I don't have a family anymore."

"Then take it for yourself!"

Myself? How did I live for myself in spite of it, but what did I get? Often what happens to those who say they want to live for themselves, now I don't want to live for myself, I want to make others live a little better through me.

"The man in the hall today is none other than His Royal Highness King Yi that you told me about."

"Yes." I know he's already got seven or eight points in his heart, so he doesn't have to hide it.

We didn't speak for a long time, and I sat in my chair, looking at the unreachable sky, thinking that if I died, maybe I would go to the Heavenly Palace.

The prince got up and walked to the door, stopped again and said to the stake on the gate, "Don't worry about your illness, I will find an antidote for you." ”

He said it with such certainty, as if the antidote was in front of him, as if he could have it at his fingertips. I know that my poison is very difficult to solve, and even the imperial doctor in the palace has no clue, how sure can he be for a person who doesn't understand medical skills? But I'm glad he didn't hit me with words, although I knew it was impossible, but there was still a little warmth in my heart.

In the past few days, Qian Che has always made a big fuss in the East Palace, muttering that he wants to see me and ask me about Chu Muxiu's situation. He makes trouble like this every day, but I have never seen him once, and I always feel a little sorry for him in my heart.

That day with the prince Yiqi, still I white chess and he black chess. We sat together, I was a little absent-minded, I couldn't concentrate, my eyes could not be completely fixed on the chessboard, but consciously or unconsciously looked up at the sky, and there was an inexplicable anxiety in my heart. I was so close to him that I couldn't see through his thoughts, and the situation was at an impasse. My horse can't jump, the little soldiers are eaten again and again, and I can't go back to the sky, and I lose, I don't have a single left, and I lose completely.

The prince scrubbed his black chess pieces with his slender fingers, silently returning the chess pieces to their positions, "The weather is sunny today, otherwise we will have another game." ”

Although I was a little overwhelmed, I couldn't bear to disturb Yaxing when I saw that the prince was so excited, and nodded for another game.

The chessboard has been covered with dense chess pieces but still can't tell the winner, the chess game is like life, every step needs to be carefully considered, and if you take a wrong step, you will lose the whole game.

I stared at this somewhat strange chess game, the chess pieces in my hand hung in the air and did not know where to fall, this chess game was regarded as a gossip array by me, "one life two, two give birth to three, three give birth to all things, the cycle repeats, the changes are endless, the northeast and the west are the opposite, and the original road is the door of life." ”

The chess pieces fell, and the prince sighed, "Left and right, it seems that you are abandoning this large piece of chess pieces, but in fact, you will turn to the original path to attack, which is indeed a good move." ”

"The prince has won the prize, it seems that I have made a good move, but I have also given up a large piece of my own chess pieces, and now His Royal Highness has won many times, and I have no power to return to the sky."

After the prince's last chess piece fell, the winner was obviously decided, he put the chess down and said, "You look a little absent-minded in Yiqi today, you have lost three games in a row, and it was not so easy to lose in the past." ”

I lowered my head to escape this look that could see through my heart, and my lips trembled slightly, "Your Highness has superb chess skills, every step is unpredictable, I am not good at academics, and I am convinced." ”

"You're humble." Then he frowned and said, "Are you worried about the antidote?" ”

I didn't speak, and gradually lowered my eyes to try to acquiesce.

The prince spread his hands on the table, leaned over and asked me, "Did you know what poison you had in it before, and how you got it?" ”

"I don't know." I didn't look up, just silently answered his question.

"Then have you ever been to Xiliang or had a holiday with the people of Xiliang?"

"Xiliang? Why did Your Highness say this? "When it comes to Xiliang, the first thing I think of is the queen, and I gradually have some clarity in my heart, and I vaguely know some things, but I want to hear what the prince has to say.

"Imperial Doctor Wen told me that although puppet grass is poison, but it is dried and ground into powder, it is a great tonic, many Xiliang people died after eating it by mistake, and then ordered no longer to plant, but because of the high price, there are still many Xiliang vendors who secretly plant and then sell it to other places, and some dignitaries and nobles make certain benefits from it."

"How can the prince determine that this puppet grass is from Xiliang?"

"Puppet grass loves shade and can only grow in the salty land of Xiliang. The reason why puppet incense is called puppet incense is that once a person eats it, he loses his mind and can be at the mercy of others. ”

The corners of my mouth couldn't help but sneer, the poison on my body was really under the queen, but I sighed that my methods were not as clever as hers, I didn't know how she was poisoned and when, and now it's not a wandering to Zixu, maybe I don't know how I died when I died.