I asked, "Then when can we go back to the court?" ”

"Wait until you are better, otherwise you will not be able to bear the fatigue of the journey. Moreover, Old Man Jiang said that the poison in you is an extremely rare toad poison juice in the Yaoguan area, and it is best to catch one to develop an antidote to cure the remaining poison for you, otherwise it will ......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door outside the house, and before he could answer here, Zhu Gaoxu's loud voice rang out: "Brother Wei, is Xiaolan awake?" Open the door and let me in? Also, we caught a lot of toads on the way back, and there was definitely one in it. ”

Ah Ping probably didn't want to pay attention to him, but when he heard him say that he had caught a toad, he immediately lifted the quilt and ran to the door without saying a word, opened the door and asked urgently, "Where is the toad?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu stretched his neck and asked inside, and replied casually: "In the hall, there is a big one. Gunnysack. ”

"......" I was speechless when I heard it, in order to catch a toad that might have a toad, as for catching a sack? Thinking about that picture, and then thinking about the terrifying appearance of the toad, I suddenly shuddered.

Zhu Gaoxu was probing his brain and trying to get into the door, but he was dragged by Ah Ping's arm and left, "Take me there." He turned around and shouted at me, "Xiaolan, are you awake?" Give me a call. ”

I'm really too lazy to pay attention to him, when I'm a puppy, should I still give a sound?

I thought they would go to the front hall for a while, but I lay alone in the bed and had no strength so I had to close my eyes and pretend to sleep, but after a while, I heard footsteps coming. So Shen's steps don't look like Ah Ping, could it be that Zhu Gaoxu went and returned?

When I opened my eyes, the figure that came in from the door was tall and heroic, with dark eyebrows, neither Ah Ping nor Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Di. He walked to the bed and lowered his eyes to look at me, his eyes were deep and inquiring, I don't know why, usually I would feel at a loss under his gaze and wanted to avoid it, but today I looked straight at that gaze, and my mind was extremely calm.

Finally he broke the silence: "You're finally awake." ”

I curled my lips into a smile and whispered, "Yes." And he smiled, the kind of smile that reached the bottom of his eyes, and I had never seen him smile like this. His eyes were wandering, the ink was blue, he was still looking down at me, I was still looking up at him.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled up and he said to me, "I did what I promised you." ”

My heart moved, "You mean ......"

He nodded, "Knowing that you are worried that Ping'er has no prestige in the army and is not loved by the generals, this pursuit and expulsion of the Northern Yuan Army is mostly based on the Southern Army, and our Yan Army is on the side." Now that his relative Li Jinglong has established his authority in front of the three armies, no one in the whole army dares to say anything about Ping'er anymore. This is what I promised you, and I will never break my word. ”

Hearing this, there is nothing to express except to be full of gratitude to him. But there is one more thing that I still have in my heart, and it is also fundamental: "What about you and Ah Ping?" Zhu Di's eyebrows rose slightly, "Are you worried that there is a rift between our uncle and nephew?" ”

I'm not worried, I'm afraid. I am afraid that any mistake made by Ah Ping before ascending the throne will lead to future tragedies, and the best way I can think of is that their uncle and nephew have always had a harmonious relationship, so Zhu Di will not take that road in the future, and he will not be forced to a desperate situation for his nephew.

Zhu Di saw that I was silent, but his eyes were full of worry, so he couldn't help but smile lightly and said: "Lan'er, you are too worried, Ping'er and I are also uncles and nephews." ”

"Did you talk in your room that day, about the past?"

Zhu Di was slightly stunned, "It turns out that you are worried about this, don't worry, things have already changed, and I won't mention the past again." ”

But even if I don't mention it, I can't hide the fact that Ah Ping already knows, I'm just afraid that this thorn has grown roots in the depths of my heart, and it's okay not to be moved, but once it is moved, it will be heart-wrenching pain. But how can these words be said to Zhu Di?

Glancing out of the door, he changed the subject: "Why are you here alone?" ”

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and his eyes suddenly became as if night had fallen, quiet and dark and indistinguishable. Immediately reacted and asked a bad topic, but it was too late, and I heard him say slowly: "On the march outside, the news that comes from here every day is that you are unconscious, and as soon as you enter the door, I learned that you have woken up, and I sent Xu'er to lure Ping'er away, and I can't wait to see you." ”

Did he deliberately let Zhu Gaoxu lure Ah Ping away? But isn't that too much? If Ah Ping knows......

As soon as Nian turned around, he understood my thoughts: "You don't need to worry about being known by Ping'er, he is bent on your residual poison, we caught hundreds of toads on the way back, even if Imperial Doctor Jiang is in the acceptance, he will definitely be on the sidelines, and he will do your own thing." In addition, you should not think that I have arranged for someone to spy on him, but I am concerned about you when I am out on the march, and I have left someone to report the news about you every day. ”

He really saw my mind very thoroughly, and even explained what I didn't have time to turn around.

I turned my eyes away and whispered, "Zhu Di, you treat me like this, it really makes me unable to repay it." ”

"Do I want you to reciprocate?" Zhu Di asked me in turn, and chuckled and said, "Remember when you said you were a confidant?" I didn't think so at the time, but would you still be willing to bring it up again at this time? ”

Slightly surprised, but also a little hesitant: "Are you sure?" ”

"In my philosophy, there is no third kind of woman except for my own and others. But I have broken many exceptions on you, Lan'er, I'm pretty sure of my decision. After Zhu Di finished speaking, he paused, "I should go out, and I can let Xu'er convey something to me in the future." ”

He looked at me again and then turned around, but when he came to the door, he turned back and said to me from a short distance: "When I saw you fall to the ground that day, I finally understood what heart-wrenching is. So I swore that from now on, there will be no more, no matter when, where, and what situation, as long as my Zhu Di is still capable, I will definitely protect you and never let you suffer that pain again. ”

Leaving these words behind, he turned and walked out of the door, this time without lingering, and disappeared straight from the door, but I was stunned for a long time, and I didn't know how to react.

When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, Zhu Di was willing to take a step back and accept my original proposal, and he obviously took another step closer to me through this proposal. Maybe he won't do anything to me based on his identity, but it is absolutely impossible to just regard me as his niece and daughter-in-law, and it is impossible for him to become a real confidant and friend, he just makes this mind bright and frank.

But what can I do?

I don't know how Ah Ping and Imperial Physician Jiang selected the test toad, but Ah Ping Xing hurriedly ran back and told me that he had found it. Imperial Physician Jiang has already absorbed the poisonous juice and started to develop an antidote, and soon the remaining poison in my body will be removed.

But I don't know if it was missed or what, I woke up this afternoon and opened my eyes, and screamed for a moment when my eyes were focused. I don't know what animals people are afraid of, but when I opened my eyes and saw a pimpled toad crawling next to my pillow, the horror was overwhelming.

Instinctively, he got up and dodged, and the door was pushed open from the outside at the same time, and Ah Ping rushed in. When he saw the toad still on the bed, he immediately reached out to grab it, and a thought flashed through my mind: "Don't use your hands!" ”

He paused, grabbed the strip of cloth on the table, and whipped the toad to the ground. Someone outside rushed over when he heard the noise, Yan Qi ran to the front, shouting, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" "Suddenly a lot of people came in the house, and the toad was cleared out, but I was so frightened that my body trembled uncontrollably, and goosebumps rose all over my body.

Ah Ping stepped forward and hugged me, and shouted angrily: "Except for Yan Qi, the rest of the people will go out for me." ”

My heart twitched, and I subconsciously grabbed his sleeve, but seeing that his eyes were firm and angry, it seemed that I had made up my mind. So soon there was only one Yan Qi left in the room, he glanced into the bed, and asked with a worried face, "Are you okay?" ”

Ah Ping asked coldly: "Is there anything you don't know best?" ”

Yan Qi was stunned for a moment, and didn't react: "Childe, what do I know?" ”

Ah Ping stared at him with a heavy gaze and asked word by word: "How many people can come in this room?" Who can put a poisonous toad next to their pillow without noticing? Yan Qi's face seemed to have been punched hard, instantly whitened, and then he opened his eyes in disbelief: "Childe, are you ...... Doubt me? ”

"Doubtful?" Ah Ping sneered, I could see clearly as my eyes turned slightly, and a deep pain flashed in it, "When I rescued you that year, you were only twelve years old, I always thought that I could warm your heart with benevolence, but I didn't expect to raise a white-eyed wolf by my side." I should have thoroughly understood when you attacked the emperor's grandfather, but I always had the idea of luck, and I thought that you didn't really do it secretly, but I didn't think that this time you would get worse, and even Lan, who was already sincere to you, did not hesitate to poison you. Do you think that killing Lan will cause hatred between me and Uncle Wang, thus messing up the situation and avenging your family? ”

Yan Qi stumbled, trying to hold on to something, but he was empty, and the person fell to the ground. His head was buried down, as if he was in a state of panic after being caught, but when he raised his head in the next moment, my heart was shocked, and those originally bright eyes were filled with pain at this time, "Childe, you have never trusted me. ”

Ah Ping let go of me and walked down to the ground, until he walked up to him and looked down at him condescendingly: "I have trusted you, and I took you from the Xicheng courtyard to the palace, is it still not trusting you?" But what have you given me in return? ”

"You're doing it for her!" Suddenly, Yan Qi pointed at me angrily, and he got up from the ground and shouted: "You want me to enter the palace to protect her, yes, I have done something to that person, but it is only a small punishment and a big commandment, and I am not really a black hand, otherwise I will not let go of so many opportunities!" ”

As he spoke, he glared at me angrily: "It's you! You're the one who provoked the relationship between me and Childe, didn't you? That's what you told Childe, didn't you? You have long been wary of me, and this time you have an accident and splashed this dirty water on my head, intending to drive a wedge between me and my son, you ......"

"Smack!" A crisp slap, from Ah Ping's palm, deflected Yan Qi's face, and made him finally stop scolding me. Ah Ping took a step closer and looked at him, "Are you blind or stupid?" Lan has never mentioned you for half a word, and you still want to slander her at this point? Yan Qi, do you know that I can save you, but I can also kill you! ”