"Jin'er!" Zhao Qingyan woke up in a burst of intense pain and shouted.

The sound of pushing the door sounded, followed by the sound of small and hurried footsteps, and Jin'er's voice sounded: "Young Master, what's wrong?"

Zhao Qingyan held his head and said bitterly: "Medicine, medicine! I have a headache!"

Jin'er was stunned and asked, "Which one do you want?"

Zhao Qingyan rolled left and right: "The pill, the porcelain bottle with red plum blossoms painted on it." It's in the drawer over there, go get it!"

Jin'er quickly rushed to the cabinet by the wall, opened the drawer and flipped it, and then said in a panic: "Young master, the medicine is gone." ”

Zhao Qingyan said bitterly: "Go to the pharmacy and find a prescription, it is the pile of prescriptions on the far left, the tenth from top to bottom, the one with Chuanwu and Nanxing, go grab the medicine and boil water for me, hurry up!"

Jin'er panicked: "Young Master, those are poisonous, I don't dare." ”

"Go, go!" Zhao Qingyan wailed, rolling on the bed, slamming his hands on the bed.

Jin'er instructed Pei'er, who rushed to the scene when she heard the sound: "You go and tell the prince, by the way, let people go to the imperial doctor, and I will go and boil water for the young master." Pell responded in a hurry and ran away as fast as she could. Jin'er glanced at Zhao Qingyan, making sure that he would be fine for a while, and hurried to the pharmacy.

"Young master, medicine. Jin'er brought the medicinal soup to the bed and spoke worriedly.

Zhao Qingyan endured the pain and propped up his body, stretched out his hand to take it, and didn't care that the medicine was still quite hot, so he poured it down, and then threw himself back on the bed and covered his head with a quilt.

Jin'er stepped forward and took away the empty bowl that Zhao Qingyan threw on the bed, and then asked in a low voice, "Young Master, what else do you need me to do?"

Zhao Qingyan grabbed his fingers and was torn hard, and said in a muffled voice: "Don't worry about me yet, I will tell you if I need to." When my father comes, don't say anything about me going out to drink. ”

Jin'er saw that he was still thinking about drinking and didn't know whether to laugh or be angry, so she had to answer and retreat.

"Mo'er?" King Qi quickly rushed over, looked at the futon that was torn by Zhao Qingyan, and asked Jin'er, "What's going on?"

Jin'er replied in a low voice: "The young master has a headache again, and the analgesics are gone, and it is the water that is now boiled." ”

King Qi stepped on the rags all over the ground and touched Zhao Qingyan's forehead: "Are you better?"

Zhao Qingyan spoke after a while: "It's not good." He opened his eyes and said to Pei'er: "Take a basin and help me up, I want to vomit." ”

King Qi was stunned and said, "Vomit again, can't you bear it?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qingyan fell on the side of the bed and retched, then spit out a mouthful of yellow water, and then spit out one after another. Pell quickly threw the basin over, avoiding the end of spitting on the ground. The yellow water had a bitter taste, obviously a medicine that had just been drunk, and there were a few blood streaks mixed in it.

King Qi stretched out his hand to support him so that he would not fall off the bed, and said to Jin'er, "Go and boil another bowl of water." He took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the medicinal juice on Zhao Qingyan's lips.

"No need. Zhao Qingyan said weakly, "It doesn't hurt much anymore, why haven't you come yet?"

Pei'er said: "Lord Song is not in the mansion today, I asked someone to go to the palace to invite, maybe it will be slow, young master insist." "Because Zhao Qingyan is weak, Renzong specially allowed the Qi palace to keep the imperial doctor. But in this case, the palace guards can only enter the palace from the Privy Council to hire another doctor, and the delay will naturally be long.

Zhao Qingyan closed his eyes uncomfortably: "Forget it, don't invite it, it's useless to invite you." Do a full set of plays, please come to the doctor and don't show your stuffing. ”

King Qi touched his sweaty hair, and his face was full of distress: "How did you get it? Isn't it okay to come back today?

Zhao Qingyan leaned on King Qi's arms and was silent for a while: "Maybe you think about a little too much, press yourself tight." ”

King Qi helped him lie down, and asked Pei'er to bring a new quilt to cover him: "You will be the twentieth birthday soon, do you have any plans?"

Zhao Qingyan looked at the curtain on the top of the bed for a while: "Crown, it's not convenient to be extravagant now, just spend it casually in the palace." ”

King Qi sat on the edge of the bed: "Your coronation ceremony was originally meant to be held in the palace, and the various ministries have already done it, so it is also a question whether to continue or not." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "I'm not a prince, so it's not appropriate to do it in the palace." It's better in the house, and it's impossible to say that there will be a lot less etiquette. ”

King Qi said: "Don't think about it so easily, you can't escape those etiquettes in the palace." ”

Zhao Qingyan covered half of his face with a quilt and said in a muffled voice: "It's so troublesome, tired." ”

King Qi smiled bitterly: "Don't be like this, you are going to be crowned, and you are no longer a child." What about marriage?"

Zhao Qingyan asked: "I'm like this, can I get the marriage contract if I work harder?"

King Qi tapped on his head: "Don't even think about it, how can you withdraw the marriage contract if you say you can withdraw it?" Trojan Marquis came over on purpose, making it clear that he believes in you and will not change the marriage contract because of this. ”

Zhao Qingyan sighed: "I heard it, this is very bad news. ”

King Qi asked, "Why are you reluctant to marry Mu Qinghan, and what is there about her that dissatisfies you?"

Zhao Qingyan shook his head and didn't speak, but just asked, "Father especially hopes that I can marry her as soon as possible?"

King Qi asked rhetorically, "What do you say?"

Zhao Qingyan shrugged: "If I were the Hou Ye, I would definitely find a chance to get a marriage contract." Mu Qinghan is an only daughter, and the family property he worked hard for will be left to Mu Qinghan after his death. Rather than letting my daughter marry a cripple with an empty status like me, it is better to marry a talented and virtuous man, or simply become a wealthy one. ”

King Qi said helplessly: "Mo'er, I don't understand why you don't want to marry her?

"Jin'er, go close the door. Zhao Qingyan waited for Jin'er to close the door before he said quite seriously, "I want to avoid suspicion." The influence of the Trojan Marquis is too great, the rivers and lakes, the imperial court, and commerce. The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. ”

King Qi frowned and asked, "Who are you avoiding suspicion? This family affair is your imperial uncle himself as a matchmaker, who else do you want to be afraid of?"

Zhao Qingyan nodded lightly: "Yes, I'm avoiding the imperial brother." Brother Huang, it's very likely that he's already started to watch out for me. ”

King Qi was stunned for a long time: "Then you also deliberately showed him this time?"

Zhao Qingyan said: "Yes, I want to take the opportunity to see the emperor's plan, and also to see the actions of the civil and military." If someone wants to take advantage of the opportunity to push me down, then I'll have to plan for it. ”

King Qi asked, "Why do you have this thought?"

Zhao Qingyan asked rhetorically: "Does my father think that my thinking is wrong? A puppet palace has no contact with the imperial court, how can he use the fact that I took medicine from the Tai Hospital to coerce me, and still force Ouyang Xiu away? Father thinks that a puppet palace alone can do this? Bao Zheng's matter has at least been intervened by the imperial brother, and it is very likely that more people are also involved." ”

King Qi asked in silence, "I heard that three days ago, on the day your ninth and thirteenth uncles came to see you, you went to the Tai Hospital yourself?"

"My father knows about it, too. Zhao Qingyan asked Pei'er to help herself sit up, with a few cushions behind her, and her pale face was a little positive, "I didn't deliberately hide the fact that I went to the Tai Hospital, so the imperial brother and the ministers involved in this matter will definitely be unable to hold their breath." I sent a few Ouchi guards on a special mission to protect the Imperial Doctor at the Tai Hospital—to be exact, I had written something before I went to the Tai Hospital. I guessed that I would definitely be able to find out something in the Tai Hospital, so I wrote a few pieces of paper and brought them to my body, and asked Chen Huayi to bring them to Uncle Thirteen, telling Uncle Thirteen to send guards to secretly protect the Tai Hospital. In this way, it should be possible to avoid all those who are secretly watching. ”

King Qi frowned, but did not interrupt him, motioning for him to continue.

Zhao Qingyan pondered for a moment: "No matter what the problem is with the Tai Hospital, it will only involve the people who stay in the Tai Hospital, and the people who have left the Tai Hospital. There are guards secretly observing the Tai Hospital, and no matter whether they find out about the existence of the guards or not, those who have left the Tai Hospital will inevitably be chased by them. Tossing and turning is just a trick to kill people with a knife and then kill them to prevent future troubles. Father wouldn't mind helping me search the city for the man who was killed?"

King Qi understood some meaning from his son's words and asked, "What did you see in the Tai Hospital?" Mo'er, it's not fun to suspect your imperial brother. Although he is not yet recognized as a prince, if your uncle still has no heirs, then he is the crown prince. ”

Zhao Qingyan nodded: "I know, it's serious, it can be regarded as a capital crime." That's why I can't go into details, it will involve more people. Father, I don't care how I find out that the royal brother has something to do with this matter, you just need to help me find that person. My son knows what is important, no matter what the outcome is, I will not openly confront the imperial brother, I just need to know if he wants to harm me. ”

King Qi asked, "What did you and your thirteenth uncle say?

Zhao Qingyan said: "No, I only thought of it in the last few days, and I don't want to trouble Uncle Thirteen." Moreover, I asked Uncle Thirteen to send guards, Uncle Thirteen would not have leaked it to anyone, and I didn't need to deliberately remind him. ”

King Qi pondered for a long time and bowed slightly: "Yes, I will help you, but you must promise me that you cannot continue to risk your life." ”

Zhao Qingyan said indifferently: "As long as you don't come to disturb my leisurely life, I won't wade into this pool of troubled waters." ”

King Qi took a deep breath: "Mo'er, I know that you have the ability to continue to investigate, and I can't stop you." However, I don't want you to get involved in the affairs of the court, it will do you no good. Father doesn't want you to have anything to do with the affairs of the court, I just want you to be an idle prince, just like me. ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled: "I know, I don't plan to do anything wrong." Father, as long as they don't annoy me, I'm harmless. But I can't bear to damage my reputation. ”

King Qi got up and said: "Whatever you want, you can control what kind of degree, I won't interfere, don't play too much, it's not interesting to play with fire and self-immolation." ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled lightly: "I know, my father will watch my movements." ”

King Qi stopped and added: "The words have been said thoroughly, if I think you can get married, you'd better not find other excuses." You've had enough, so take your heart. ”

Zhao Qingyan shouted "ah": "Don't!"

King Qi showed a smile: "I used to think that women are a burden, and in fact, getting married is not necessarily a bad thing. ”

"Oops, my head hurts, it hurts me to death! I can't hear anything! It hurts me to death!" Zhao Qingyan immediately rolled into the bed, holding the tattered quilt in one hand and the quilt that Pei Er brought in the other, and began to howl when he pulled his throat, and the howl was hoarse.

King Qi smiled and watched him pretend to be sick, and didn't expose him: "Okay, I'll go back, think about it yourself, you will be an adult soon, you should get married." "Turn and leave.

As soon as King Qi left, Zhao Qingyan immediately shut down, threw away the quilt, and said expressionlessly: "Give me some water." ”

Pei'er smiled and said, "Young master, are you pretending to be sick and pretending to be a little bit good? He poured a glass of water and handed it to him.

Zhao Qingyan drank the water in one gulp and sighed: "What if you don't pretend?" Do you want to see your young master get married like this?"

Pei'er tilted her head and said, "Otherwise, marry a big beauty and go home, what are you not satisfied with?"

Jin'er said: "Young master, don't pick and choose, like Miss Mu, I don't mind if you take a few more concubines, how good, are you embarrassed not to marry?"

Zhao Qingyan covered his head: "I have a headache, don't talk to me." Jin'er and Pei'er looked at each other and smiled, didn't bother him, packed up their things and went out.

Zhao Qingyan's gaze calmed down after they left, with a bit of loneliness and sigh in his eyes.

There are some things that can't be avoided after all.