Qi Hui closed the hem of his skirt, he didn't want to face this cruel scar, but when his shirt touched the wound, Xiangxiang couldn't help twitching slightly in pain, and he asked in a panic: "It hurts?" ”

Xiangxiang shook her head, still nestled on his shoulder, her body was tense because of the pain, and when the pain gradually became accustomed and numb, she slowly relaxed, in addition to the burns on her legs, she also had whip marks on her body, and after being comfortable and comfortable in Qi Hui's arms, she never wanted to move again.

Qi Hui asked softly: "Do you blame me, if I hadn't gone out last night, you and my mother wouldn't have been hurt." ”

Xiangxiang nodded: "How good it would be if you did, I have been waiting for you to save me and Niangniang, but you didn't show up." ”

"Xiangxiang ......"

"You must come to save us next time." Xiangxiang rubbed her shoulder, as if she was crying, and then muttered after stabilizing her mood a little, "But you fell to the ground and came back, so forgive you." Hold me and don't let go, I'm in too much pain. ”

Qi Hui hugged her carefully, not daring to move more, he knew that she was covered in injuries, last night Shifeng arranged a familiar medical girl to treat Xiangxiang's wounds, and the medical girl shook her head and said, "It's so pitiful, this girl can really bear it." ”

Xiangxiang can indeed bear it, these dancers, they will be beaten every once in a while, even if they grow up, sometimes they disobey orders and are unwilling to accompany the wine and laugh, and they will also be beaten, and the beating is not a strange thing for Xiangxiang, but the helpless despair and fear last night still made her feel cold down her spine when she thought about it.

"Why is Concubine Li so vicious, why did she think of looking for you?" Xiangxiang asked softly, "Did they find out that we were leaving?" ”

Qi Hui explained Shi Feng's concerns, saying that he couldn't leave the palace for the time being, as for Concubine Li, who suddenly came to find fault, there was a bit of murderous intent in her tone: "She wants my mother to die, it's easy, there is no need to make a big deal at all, she wants to find me fake, but she definitely wants others to start paying attention to the cold palace, especially the person in the Mingde Palace." I will deal with these things, you take care of your injuries, and when you are well, we will discuss what to do in the next days, my mother means to send you away first. ”

"......"

"I know you're not going to go alone." Qi Hui was a little helpless, but the laughter was warm, facing Xiangxiang, the anger that had just mentioned the old emperor and Concubine Li also dissipated, and he said distressedly, "But I also hope that you can go first." ”

Xiangxiang shook his head, avoiding Qi Hui's gaze, and churned: "I have never relied on anyone, because since I was a child, there was no one around me to rely on, and the sisters were too busy to take care of themselves, at most they were beaten and cried together." But I will be afraid if I can't see you now, after entering the palace, almost everything is behind you, but I have become less than before, and I can't do without you. ”

Qi Hui asked, "Really?" ”

Xiangxiang nodded again, plucked up the courage to look at him, and said resolutely: "I'm not afraid of hardship, as long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid of anything." ”

Qi Hui smiled, "Xi Niang asked me, what means did I use to coax you into my hands." ”

"Xi Niang?"

"There's something I'm hiding from you, and when I wanted to explain it later, I decided to surprise you after leaving the palace, so I'll say it now." Qi Hui slowly told Xiang Xiang that Xi Niang had been friends with him for many years, Xiang Xiang was pleasantly surprised, and didn't care about Qi Hui's initial concealment, she was still worried that Qi Hui looked down on the Qinglou woman, and contradicted how to communicate with Xi Niang after leaving the palace in the future, but she didn't expect Qi Hui and Xi Niang to be the sister and brother of Jin Lan.

Xiangxiang's joy came so quickly and so simply, obviously her body was still suffering from pain, but the joy in her eyes seemed to be able to drive away all the misfortunes, and she had been talking about Xi Niang since then, a happy thing, so that most of the fear of last night disappeared. It wasn't until the night, when Shi Feng came to talk to Qi Hui, that they briefly separated.

The brothers were talking outside, Xiangxiang and Concubine Xian snuggled together, and asked if Gongzi Pang also knew Xi Niang, but unexpectedly, Concubine Xian was not very familiar with this Xi Niang. Xiangxiang remembered that she once said that Qi Hui had many friends outside the palace, and most of them were unfamiliar to her except for the people of the Pang family. In this way, Xiangxiang didn't talk about it anymore, maybe Concubine Xian was born noble and had some things that she couldn't agree with, since Qi Hui didn't mention it, it would be better for her not to mention it.

The two were gossiping, Xiangxiang stretched out his hand to loosen the bun for Concubine Xian, inadvertently touched her forehead, extremely hot, and asked worriedly: "Niangniang, are you uncomfortable?" ”

This night, the medical girl came again, Concubine Xian did have a fever, the medical girl has taken care of the mother and son of the cold palace under the instruction of the prime minister for many years, the second prince is strong and not too sick, but Concubine Xian has not been too good, and now she is even older, she said to Qi Hui: "Second Highness, Niangniang is old, sometimes she will get sick when the wind blows, so you have to take care of it more carefully." ”

In order to arrange the affairs of the medical woman, Pang Shifeng returned to the prime minister's mansion very late again, his parents had already slept peacefully, he went back to his courtyard alone, and a figure appeared in front of him as soon as he entered the door, although he was frightened, but he quickly understood that in addition to his sister Qianyou, who else would be.

"How are Qi Hui and Concubine Xian Niangniang?" Since I came back last night, my sister has been asking this sentence, but Shifeng was warned by his father, my sister is not ignorant, and she found that the matter of the mother and son in the cold palace can not be changed, and the others can be avoided, Shifeng himself also feels that his sister is unreliable, and he is often silent and perfunctory.

But this time, thanks to Qianyou, Qi Hui came home in a hurry that night, she couldn't speak, knowing that they must have gone to the Closed Moon Pavilion after leaving, but her parents couldn't slip out of her, so she waited for him to come back in the third brother's study, but she didn't expect someone to come to the palace to find her, saying that something had happened to the cold palace. For the sake of Qi Hui, he didn't care about being scolded by his father, so he rushed out in a girl's clothes, and scared the group of old bustards when he broke into the Closed Moon Pavilion, but he finally delivered the news.

It's just that she has so much credit, Qi Hui didn't have time to thank her, and her brother didn't pay attention to her.

"Pang Shifeng, I'll just ask them if they're okay, should you not be able to do it?" Shallow and anxious, yelling at his brother.

"Who are you yelling at by name?" Shi Feng glared at his sister and scolded her, "It's so late and you're still hanging outside, you wait for your father and mother to be busy for a while, and you have to settle accounts." ”

Qianyou looked unconvinced, his cheeks pouted, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes, but Shifeng didn't eat this at all, and said coldly: "Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me, I said that you had better be honest these days, and when it comes to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince will choose the princess." ”

Shifeng originally thought that this sentence could calm his sister, but he didn't expect Qianyou to say with hatred in his eyes: "If my father forces me to marry the prince, I will die headlong." There is a miasma in the palace, the prince is yin or yang, marry him? I'd rather die. ”

My sister slammed the door and left, although she didn't have to bother with her anymore, but Shifeng was really worried that the tragedy that Qianyou said would happen. My father has been undecided about the marriage with the royal family, and before the crown princess is chosen, Qianyou may be married into the East Palace at any time, and if it becomes a fact, my sister will inevitably fight to the death.

Shifeng sighed for a long time, still remembering the simple and beautiful childhood, and when he was a child, he thought he was looking forward to growing up as soon as possible and being alone, but when he was alone, he saw the ugliness of the world and understood that life is not easy in the world.

In the deep palace, the old emperor didn't care about the uproar that Concubine Li set off that night, as long as the harem was not messed up into a pot of porridge, he would not ask easily. As for the fact that he has a son in the cold palace, in fact, he doesn't like the crown prince, and he doesn't necessarily like Concubine Li's third prince. He has never taken his heirs very seriously, when he talks about the inheritance of the country, he is urging him to die, and he is upset when he mentions the prince, it is impossible for him to care about the life and death of Qi Hui.

And in the past few days, the court has urged the prince to establish the crown princess, and he called the prince to the main hall, and actually sneered in public: "You look cowering, you still look like a child, you are in a hurry to start a family?" ”

The crown prince was humiliated and silent, and the emperor laughed and said to the ministers: "If any of you has a suitable family, give it to him, I estimate that my daughter-in-law in the future will be better than my son." ”

That day, the people of the Mo family surrounded the East Palace for the sake of the princess, and after the queen died violently, the Mo family was crumbling, and they counted on the prince as the only support, as long as they survived until the old emperor died, the Mo family could regroup. They are now in a hurry to win over power, and it is imperative that the crown prince marry the most suitable family.

But in the face of the people of his grandfather's family, the prince's attitude was the same as he did when he faced the queen, he was silent and didn't know anything, and the people of the Mo family were in a hurry, but the prince just didn't get in the oil and salt.

At night, Jingshu made sure that the old emperor had quietly come to the East Palace again after the old emperor and the newcomer had fallen over the phoenix in the Mingde Palace, but the chamberlain took her into the dormitory and said, "Please later, the prince will go out for a walk, and he will be back soon." ”

Jing Shu was slightly apprehensive, and when she walked inside, she was frightened by the torn paintings all over the ground, only to see a mess, and she could vaguely see the woman's face from the fragments, the prince seemed to have torn up countless portraits of women, are these women waiting for the prince's selection?

She stepped forward and picked up the fragments on the ground casually, Jing Shu didn't recognize many words, but some official names could still be recognized, these women were all noble, think about yourself again...... There is only a cold feeling in the bottom of my heart.

At this moment, under the guidance of his cronies and guards, the prince walked to the vicinity of the cold palace in the dark, and he asked the entourage to retreat and go to the door alone. When the queen was still alive, he had been to the cold palace countless times, but he had never walked in once, and finally walked into the door generously on the night of Qixi Festival, but he didn't see the legendary brother.

Entering through the door, it was so quiet that the prince squinted his eyes through the moonlight, trying to see the road ahead, but before his body could fully enter the door, a gust of wind blew in his face, and the huge force dragged him directly into the corner. When he stood firm, he wanted to defend himself and resist, but when he saw the silver light flickering, a long sword was already on his neck.

"You are ......" on the line between life and death, the prince calmed down, "You are the second brother?" ”

His eyes gradually adjusted to the dimness here, and the appearance of the person in front of him could be vaguely seen in the moonlight, Qi Xu asked again: "Are you the second brother, the son of Concubine Xian?" ”