Chapter 36: The Cicada of the Winter
"This is all the things that Gong Wei found out?" Zhao Qingyan curled up in his chair, squinting his eyes and looking at the lake comfortably, not at all nervous.
Lu Wei smiled and asked, "You're not surprised at all?"
Zhao Qingyan said lightly: "I guessed a little." ”
Lu Wei shrugged: "What do you think?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled lightly: "I don't have any feelings, but I heard something." ”
Lu Wei didn't wait for his next words, and couldn't help urging: "Go on, do you want to hang our appetite?"
Zhao Qingyan lowered his eyes and spoke softly, his voice just happened to be heard by Lu Wei, who was sitting opposite him, and Ran Haoyan, who was standing behind him: "The queen is sure that the imperial brother will be crowned the crown prince." ”
Lu Wei was stunned: "Where do you start with this?"
Zhao Qing said: "The queen is very smart, and she will definitely not be untargeted. She hasn't done it for so many years, and suddenly making such a big move can only show that she is sure to make the imperial brother the crown prince. ”
Lu Wei thought for a moment, and recognized his idea: "You continue." ”
Zhao Qingyan caressed his fingers on the armrest of the chair: "From the queen's movements, it is not difficult to see two possibilities - the imperial uncle has given up the idea of having a son, or the queen knows that the imperial uncle will not be able to give birth to a son." Of course, it's all the same thing. ”
Lu Qiqi said: "What is the reason for this?"
Zhao Qingyan pointed his finger at his nose and asked, "Why does the queen want to harm me? Because Uncle Huang has expressed his desire to bring me to his knees more than once. And the queen has not reacted because she is forbearing, but simply thinks that whether it is me or the royal brother, she is her adopted son in the past, and there is no conflict of interests. I grew up in the Qi Palace, and my parents are still alive, unlike my fatherless and motherless royal brother who has always been raised by his side. Moreover, the royal brother's temperament is truly good, and I am obviously a wolf with hidden fangs, who may at any moment bite the throat of someone who lived in harmony a moment ago. In any case, she won't put any more hope in me. Since it's useless, then I'm a stumbling block. ”
Lu Wei was silent for a long time: "I only know that your intelligence is too terrifying." I thought that what Gong Wei had deduced was crazy enough, but you dared to think more than him. ”
"Gong Wei is indeed very smart. Zhao Qingyan bent his eyes and smiled, "But he doesn't know the queen and the imperial brother." There was a smile on his lips, but he didn't mean to say anything more.
Lu Wei looked at him for a while: "What are you thinking?"
Zhao Qingyan said: "I'm thinking...... If it was Tang Xiaoyu, would the puppet palace seize the opportunity to plant it?"
Lu Wei tilted his head and thought for a while: "Is he so smart?
Zhao Qingyan shook his head: "I'm just used to imagining how Tang Xiaoyu would arrange it if he did it." ”
Lu Wei pouted: "Will he do this? He must kill all the people who will threaten him to get rid of the trouble, otherwise what else?"
Zhao Qingyan muttered "yes", looking a little tired.
"Cloud ......"
As soon as Lu Wei spoke, he saw Zhao Qingyan's face change slightly, leaned down to the side, retched twice, and vomited. Ran Haoxuan quickly picked up the spittoon that had been prepared on the side a long time ago and handed it over, and with his other hand he held the young master who was almost planted off the chair with too much force.
Zhao Qingyan just vomited out two mouthfuls, and then choked again, and after a while, he suddenly vomited a large mouthful of bloodshot porridge, and it seemed that it didn't take long to drink it.
Fine beads of sweat oozed out, and the already pale face was like white paper, and the damp lips became pale. Barely straightened up under Ran Haoyan's support, Zhao Qingyan's back was slightly bent, his hands covered his face, and he gasped violently.
Lu Wei looked at him silently for a while, and said softly: "So vomiting like this?"
Zhao Qingyan took his right hand off his forehead, looked at the beads of sweat on his palm, and laughed sullenly: "Who knows? ”
Lu Wei frowned, but just asked, "Are you forcing yourself to eat more?"
Zhao Qingyan closed his eyes, and only opened them after a while, his thin eyelashes covered his expression: "For them, as long as I eat more, my body will be better, and they will be happy." As for what happened after I ate it, they didn't want to see it, and I didn't want them to see it. Instead of explaining to them that they are worried about me, it is better to eat it and vomit it out of their sight. Raising his face, he smiled at him, "Don't tell me you haven't done this kind of thing." ”
Lu Wei's smile was a little bitter: "I've done it, but when I don't eat, most of the time it's to spoil my body." 'If you don't eat, you're going to feel uncomfortable, and if you eat it, you're bound to vomit, and it's even more uncomfortable, so don't eat at all,' I always thought. ”
"yes. Zhao Qingyan lay back and blocked his eyes with his hand, "I really hate my body, but after hating, I still have to continue to live." Therefore, if you can't change it, you can only accept your fate and work hard to get used to it. ”
Lu Wei shook his head silently, and then asked, "Six days later, it will be a big banquet in the palace, right?"
Zhao Qingyan let out a low "um" and didn't make a sound.
Lu Wei sighed: "That's what I'm worried about." ”
Zhao Qingyan smiled and did not respond.
He didn't speak, and Lu Wei didn't intend to say much, and the scholar leaned back in his movements, covering the dazzling sunlight with his hands, and quietly enjoying the breeze.
The wind was very comfortable, passing through the lake, cool, completely devoid of the heat and impetuousness of summer. Listening to the chirping of cicadas, I can't help but feel sleepy. It's also a great choice to sleep in a place like this.
Since many years ago, Lu Wei has liked to come here, move a chair, make a pot of tea, and accompany Zhao Qingyan in the past day in small talk.
In fact, all you want is a calm summer day to be in a daze, isn't it?
Why......
Lu Wei sat up straight suddenly, and suddenly his eyes widened with something indescribable.
"Lu Xi, what do you think of again?"
The resentment in Lu Wei's eyes slowly converged, turned his head to look at Zhao Qingyan, who was looking at him, and lay back with a smile: "No, I'm just looking at where the cicadas are so annoying." ”
Zhao Qingyan smiled slightly, retracted his gaze, and echoed softly: "Yes, this year's cicadas are really noisy, and I don't know how many there are." ”
Lu Wei said casually: "Just wait." ”
"What are you waiting for?"
Lu Wei seemed to realize that he had inadvertently said the words that flashed in his heart, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "When winter comes, they will die." ”
Although Zhao Qingyan didn't know what he was laughing at, he couldn't help but smile when he saw him smiling happily: "I hope so." ”
Lu Wei turned his head to look at him: "What?
Zhao Qingyan shook his head slightly, and then replied, "I believe it." At the end, he continued: "But why should I bother with the cicadas that come every year?"
Lu Wei squinted his eyes and searched for the cicadas that could not be seen on a tree in the distance where cicadas were chirping: "You don't have to care, but I think I care about these noisy cicadas in particular." Do you know why?"
"I want to hear about it. ”
Listening to this sentence that sounded like "I want to hear it in detail", but the meaning expressed was "I don't care" in the answer, Lu Xi laughed twice, and then decided to explain according to the answer he heard: "Because since I was thirteen years old and can catch cicadas, I have been waiting for these cicadas to die every year - every year." ”
Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "It's really unfortunate, I will stick cicadas when I am eight years old, and I can stick several cicadas with one pole." ”
Lu Wei looked at this guy who must have understood what he meant, but had been pretending to be stupid, and followed his words to his words: "Then can you stick to it all?"
Zhao Qingyan shook his head: "No." ”
Lu cried: "So you still have to wait for them to die by themselves." ”
"But there will be new ones the following year. ”
"So I was waiting for winter the second year. ”
"They're always there, and they're going to die. ”
"I could wait until the day I couldn't hear them. ”
"If you can't wait for them to die, why wait?"
"Because I can see them die. ”
A meaningless conversation comes to an abrupt end here.
Lu Wei smiled, Zhao Qingyan looked at him indifferently with a fake smile, and looked at each other, no one made any new moves.
Pei'er looked at her young master strangely, then turned her head and asked Jin'er, "Sister Jin'er, what are they talking about?"
Jin'er said: "They're talking about cicadas. Is it better to stick the cicadas down, or wait until the winter when they die on their own?"
Pei'er pouted: "Sticky cicadas are fun, waiting for winter is long and boring." Seeing the young master and Lu Hou looking at him together, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Did I say something wrong?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled: "No." Do you want to stick the cicada? I'll let Hao Hao fetch the pole?"
Pei'er's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Okay!"
Zhao Qingyan nodded to Ran Haoyan: "Go get it." ”
Lu cried: "Get me one too." ”
Zhao Qingyan glanced at him in surprise: "What's the matter?
Lu Wei touched his chin: "I suddenly want to try to kill a few annoying little things." ”
Zhao Qingyan asked, "What's the matter?"
Lu Wei hooked his lips and smiled: "It's also interesting anyway, it's better to try to kill, it's better than sitting idly by." ”
Zhao Qingyan raised his eyebrows: "Really, when are you going to start?"
"Today. ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Qingyan's eyes, and he was silent for a while, then laughed again: "When will it end?"
Lu Wei pretended to groan: "It depends on whether the sticky cicada is fun or not, let's try it first." After all, I haven't tried it in years, and I've almost forgotten how to stick it. ”
Peier volunteered: "I'll teach you!"
Lu Wei looked back at her, smiled and touched her head: "Okay, then please leave it to you." ”
Pei'er dodged his hand and pouted dissatisfiedly: "Young master, look, he messed up my hair again!"
Zhao Qingyan lazily suggested: "Let him pay." ”
Pei Er looked at Lu Wei suspiciously: "What can he pay?"
Lu wept and said, "I plan to go out of the city for a few days, and I can bring you some food that Bianliang City doesn't have." ”
Pell laughed, "Okay!"
Zhao Qingyan looked at it with a smile and reminded again: "Don't come back late." ”
Lu Wei smiled and replied: "That's nature, how can I miss a good show?"
"Is it a good show?" Zhao Qingyan said silently in his heart, lowered his eyes, and smiled lightly.