Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Gu Qingzhi lay on the couch with her back facing up, letting Gu Fengping treat her wounds. He was unusually silent today and didn't say a word. The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The long piece of bright red gauze on the abdomen was cut open and thrown away by Gu Fengping. The price he paid for sneaking into the study was really high.

In fact, she had already expected that the Black Snake Head was the most core secret of Zuo Xiang and his son, and it would not be easy to touch it.

Therefore, since her rebirth, she has never thought of sneaking into the study to steal evidence, and has been carefully investigating from the side.

If it weren't for the fact that Marquis Yongning had to take action this time, she would not be willing to take such a risk.

The fact that she was seriously injured was not a big deal. The important thing was that Zuo Chengyu had already shifted his attention to her. It was probably only a matter of time before he found out how she had sneaked into the Prime Minister's Residence.

She could only pray secretly in her heart, hoping that Gao Ye and Defei's subsequent plans would proceed smoothly.

Feng Zhanye watched Gu Fengping's every move without blinking, and stood aside with pursed lips.

When they saw the wound on Gu Qingzhi's abdomen, they both gasped.

A half-grown wound ran across the right side of her abdomen, almost cutting her right waist in half. Blood kept flowing out of the wound with her breathing, mixed with tiny specks of mud, looking dirty and tragic.

Gu Fengping gently opened the wound with tweezers, lit a candle and looked inside carefully, and made a "tsk" sound.

"I really don't know what you were thinking, being so cruel to yourself. Sister, why don't you use more strength? You can even pick out my intestines."

This was indeed not a pleasant thing to hear, so Gu Qingzhi did not answer. She just closed her eyes and let him rinse her little by little with salt water.

This process was extremely painful. Fortunately, Gu Qingzhi was already used to being injured all the time, so she just pinched her palm and said nothing.

Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down her face, and she just clenched her teeth. From the blue veins on her forehead, one could imagine how much pain it was.

Gu Fengping has experienced over the years how hard his own sister's mouth is.

Seeing her like this, he couldn't help but feel resentful. He started to scold her and the strength in his hands increased a lot.

"Hurt? If you knew it would hurt so much, why didn't you think about it before you did it to yourself? Can't you just pretend?"

He raised his eyelids and looked at Gu Qingzhi deeply. There was both blame and worry in his eyes. Gu Qingzhi took the opportunity of his hand pausing before she dared to take a breath and explain to him.

"Things in the mansion are more complicated than you think..."

Gu Fengping paused for a moment, a complex expression flashed in his eyes, he hesitated for a moment and glared at her: "I'm tired of hearing you say this, what's the reason this time?"

He replaced the salt water with medicinal wine, and the pungent smell made Gu Qingzhi frown.

He applied the medicinal wine skillfully. The muscles at the wound kept twitching due to the stimulation of alcohol, and Gu Qingzhi could no longer make any sound.

"Be gentle, she's in pain, can't you see?"

Feng Zhanye couldn't help but grab his hand and reminded him.

The two boys, who were about the same age, just glanced at each other, and the air was filled with tension.

Gu Fengping suddenly grinned, stood up and pushed him away.

"Who are you to her? I am her biological brother. How can I harm her? She is injured because of you."

After these words were spoken, Feng Zhanye froze in place.

"Feng Ping! That's enough!"

Before Gu Fengping was about to say something even more unpleasant, he was stopped by Gu Qingzhi's loud rebuke.

Although there was reluctance in his eyes, he obediently shut his mouth and sat back on the stool.

Feng Zhanye stared in a daze as he sewed up Gu Qingzhi's wound bit by bit, applied medicine, and bandaged it, without saying another word.

Yes, although Gu Qingzhi stayed by his side every day, took care of him, and helped him regardless of the consequences, after all, they had no blood relationship. In front of this pair of siblings, she was the outsider.

Looking at himself, he had put her in danger more than once, whether it was the time when the Black Snake Head assassinated him, when he was tricked by Zuo Lanxin and fell into the water, or when he rescued Concubine De.

He said he would protect her, but every time she would protect him behind her. It seemed like he was really a burden to her.

After treating the wound, Gu Fengping gave Gu Qingzhi a few more medical instructions. Although he knew she would most likely not listen, he still wanted to say it.

"The medicine I applied to you is the most effective, but also the most painful. Change it once a day, and new skin and flesh will grow in about half a month. Don't forget it."

He stared at Gu Qingzhi and nodded before he stood up.

After he finished speaking, he simply glanced at Feng Zhanye and left the villa.

"Aye." Gu Qingzhi looked at the young man leaning in the corner and called him tentatively.

He seemed to be thinking about something, with his head lowered, his hair falling on his nose, and his eyes staring at the ground in a daze.

"Aye."

Gu Qingzhi called out again, and he came back to his senses.

"Feng Ping speaks frankly, don't take it to heart, he didn't mean it."

Feng Zhanye shook his head: "I just don't understand, he is obviously your biological brother, why would he treat you like that."

Gu Qingzhi barely pulled the corners of her lips, beckoned him over, took his hand and said, "Today's incident is indeed my fault. Feng Ping is not good at speaking, and he just wanted to remind me that I shouldn't be so reckless. Don't think too much about it."

Feng Zhanye couldn't understand why Gu Fengping lost his temper today, but Gu Qingzhi knew it very well.

Gu Fengping is her only blood relative and the only one who knows what she really wants.

Of course, he could use gentler methods and slower-acting medicines, but he knew that Gu Qingzhi was not someone who would just heal her wounds obediently. It would be better for him to help her treat her wounds thoroughly at once and heal her injuries as quickly as possible to eliminate her worries.

He chose to study medicine for this reason, and studied all kinds of strange herbs every day for this reason.

He didn't say anything, but in order to protect his sister who raised him alone, he made a lot of efforts in his own way.

So when he found out why Gu Qingzhi was seriously injured, he took his anger out on Feng Zhanye.

"Sister Azhi, he is right. It is because of me that you got hurt. It is my fault that I failed to protect you."

Feng Zhanye held Gu Qingzhi's hand, looked up at her pale face, and felt full of self-blame.

"Don't say that," Gu Qingzhi squeezed his hand vigorously and gave a comforting smile, "Where in the world is it possible for a master to protect a guard, or a brother to protect a sister?"

They are master and servant, brother and sister, but she is the most important person to him. He wants to protect her because he cares about her.

Feng Zhanye opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. He felt embarrassed to say it out loud.

He was awkward for a while, and seeing Gu Qingzhi just staring at him, waiting for his answer, he had no choice but to say righteously, "Why not? Anyway, I just want to protect you and keep you by my side."

At midnight, when everyone in the prime minister's residence should have gone to bed, a small lamp was still on in the study in the north courtyard.

Zuo Chengyu tapped his temple, opened his eyes and looked at the North Court Manager.

"Does this guard named 'Gu Qingzhi' have anyone in his family?"

The steward lowered his head and flipped through the record book in his hand from beginning to end.

He hissed in confusion, then cupped his hands and replied respectfully, "My Lord, this person should have entered the mansion when the previous steward took over, but... for some reason, there is no record of him."

"Oh? Who let this person in?"

Zuo Chengyu's eyes flickered as he asked suspiciously.

The steward pulled out a contract from the book, squinted his cloudy eyes and looked at it carefully, saying, "Normally, the guards in the mansion are recruited by the steward and then assigned to the chief guards of each courtyard, but this person's contract was signed directly by the chief guard of the North Court."

As he said this, he presented the indenture to Zuo Chengyu with both hands.

Zuo Chengyu lowered his eyes and looked at the signature and fingerprints on it, thinking about something carefully.

The servant next to him came over cleverly and reminded quietly: "Master, those who sign the contract like this are all assassins."

"So, he has some background? Oh, interesting, it turns out the thief has been lying in ambush nearby for a long time."

Zuo Chengyu smiled thoughtfully.

"Where is the chief guard of the North Court? Ask him to come over and answer the question."

The steward replied respectfully, "It's really unfortunate. He happened to be going home to visit relatives recently. It will take at least three to five days for him to come back."

"Then wait for him to come back and let him come to me as soon as possible."