Zhu Lan is dead

"Is your injury better?" Zhou Lixiao raised his eyes and looked at the person in the ocher red robe under the steps of the palace, and said casually.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I'm fine now." Yu Changqi lowered his head, his expression slightly unkind.

After staring at him for a while, Zhou Lixiao suddenly got up and walked to his side, reaching out to caress his cheek.

A warm feeling touched his skin, Yu Changqi was startled, and just about to dodge, Zhou Lixiao had already moved his hand away, his voice was as low as ever, but now his tone was a little softer and more caring, " Your body is so cold, is it because your injury hasn’t healed yet? Why don’t I find some imperial physicians to show you and prescribe some great tonic herbs?”

Yu Changqi said uncomfortably: "I have always been like this, Your Majesty..."

"You have been so alienated from me all day, is it because you hate me?" Zhou Lixiao looked at him as if he could not hide from a beast like a flood, and his face was slightly unhappy.

"minister……"

"Forget it." Zhou Lixiao moved his eyes away, looked aside with his hands behind his back and said, "It's because I'm too sensitive, you don't have to take it to heart, I just miss you a little bit."

"..." Yu Changqi was suddenly speechless.

"Is everything settled last night?" Zhou Lixiao asked again after being silent for a while.

"It's already done." Thinking of Zuo Yi's words last night, Yu Changqi only felt a dull feeling in his chest.

He never asked Zhou Lixiao what he wanted him to do, and he would never go against it, because whether this person used him or treated him sincerely, he didn't care.

But I don't know why, this time he felt a little chilly in his heart, a little powerless, and even wanted to escape, just like you are facing this endless abyss, looking at you in the dark, making you kind of The sense of powerlessness that can be seen at a glance, because you don't know when, a hand will stretch out from the darkness and drag you down, so that you will never turn over.

"That's good!" His brows raised, Zhou Lixiao pursed his lips in pleasure, "I have always been at ease with you by my side, but just don't reveal the rumors recently, and make plans when the time is right!"

"Yes." Yu Changqi nodded.

Seeing the thin figure of the man in front of him, Zhou Lixiao took a black cloak beside him and put it on his body, "It's been cold recently, you should pay attention to yourself, since I ascended the throne, you are the only one left by my side to talk about. Come on, if something happened to you, what do you want me to think?"

Yu Changqi just nodded, did not speak or refuse, the black cloak was draped over his shoulders, a little heavy but warm, but his body was always tense.

Afterwards, Zhou Huaiqi told him a few more words and let him leave. The maidservants guarding both sides of the palace gate saluted him when he saw this, but the cold wind that rushed towards him brought waves of unstoppable chill, and his cheeks were bruised. The wind was so painful that Yu Changqi narrowed his eyes unconsciously, looking at the wide square, he felt that there was no way to avoid it.

"My lord, you've been walking so much today, don't you wait any longer?" Li Rongju, who was guarding outside the hall, saw him coming out, and immediately moved over. When he saw Zhou Lixiao's cloak on his body, his eyes were smiling. Immediately there was only one seam left.

Yu Changqi knew what he was thinking in his heart. There were many people who misunderstood the relationship between him and Zhou Lixiao in this palace, but as for what they thought and to what extent it had nothing to do with him.

Reaching out to untie the ribbon tied around his neck, Yu Changqi took off the cloak without looking at it, then threw it into Li Rongju's arms and walked out without looking back.

*

After passing through the towering palace walls and walking out of the palace gates, Yu Changqi let out a heavy breath as if amnesty, but there seemed to be lead deposits in his chest, which made him painful Unable to restrain himself, he walked to a hidden corner with the support of Zhu Qiang, bent slightly and gasped for breath, only feeling dull and uncomfortable during the rest.

He lowered his head and retched for a while, but found that he couldn't vomit anything. Then he remembered that he had been lying in bed for the past few days and hadn't had a good meal. His stomach was empty, and his body felt cold for a while.

"My lord?"

A piece of silk cloth was suddenly handed over in front of him, and Yu Changqi took it almost subconsciously. After he covered his mouth and nose and calmed down slightly, he realized the current situation.

He straightened up and looked at the young man still dressed in white standing in front of him. The familiarity between his brows was filled with worry. He suddenly felt as if he had returned to the past, but the next moment he was sober. Impressed, he looked at Ye Fan and said, "Why are you here?"

Stretching out his hand to stabilize his figure, Ye Fanji took him to the center of the street, "When I was going to look for you this morning, I heard the steward said that you were not here, and guessed that you would probably enter the palace, so I am here wait."

Holding the silk cloth into his hands, Yu Changqi responded lightly, as if he understood, but he felt warm inexplicably in his heart, and the uncomfortable feeling dissipated a lot at once.

The two just walked side by side. The weather has been colder recently, so that there are fewer pedestrians on the street now, but some small shops selling stalls are still open, with a few tables and wooden benches set up outside. Steaming white smoke came out of the pot, and it seemed that the aroma wafting from the steaming pot could be smelled, which made people inexplicably hungry.

Maybe he was really dressed too thinly today, Yu Changqi only felt a gust of cold wind blowing into the skirt of his clothes, he nodded his head lowly, but his skin was still as cold as ice, even now it was faintly numb.

The wrist tucked into the sleeve was suddenly grabbed by someone, Yu Changqi was taken aback, before he could react, Ye Fanji pulled the sleeve by the sleeve and walked to the small shed of a shop.

"Boss, what did you make, so delicious?" Ye Fan looked up at the steamer, but the woman at the side turned her face and was about to make a sound, but suddenly froze.

Seeing this, Yu Changqi found a stool and just sat down, he found that the air was inexplicably stagnant. When he looked up, he found that Ye Fanji and the proprietress were staring at each other, but when he looked carefully, he found that the proprietress looked very familiar.

Ye Fanji's complexion immediately became a little ugly, and the proprietress' complexion was not much better, full of embarrassment and embarrassment.

Only after a while the atmosphere was broken, the little girl in the shop seemed to have heard the movement outside and came out at this time, different from the crying last time, this time she just tugged on Ye Fanji's sleeve very obediently Said: "Brother, don't be angry, we were wrong last time, you can stay, the noodles cooked by mother are delicious!"

The steaming hot noodle soup really increased people's appetite, and eating a whole bowl made the body feel a lot better. Ye Fanji ate it without hesitation, but Yu Changqi fell down because he was not used to the food outside. a little.

It's just that when the two left, they were about to leave some silver taels but were stopped by the woman, "Young gentleman, we were really wrong last time, so let's forgive it this time, and treat it as our apology!"

Ye Fan turned his head and glanced at the little girl. The mother and daughter were dressed very poorly and poorly. Although the little girl was born beautiful, she was as yellow and rough as the woman. He directly put the copper plate in his hand. On the table, "I've already forgotten what happened last time. It's only natural to pay for food." He hesitated and said, "Where's your man? Why don't you see him?"

The woman's eyes were slightly red when she heard the words, "The bastard last time threatened us and my wife to entrap your husband, then took the money bag and ran away, how could he care about us?"

Ye Fan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but ask: "What about others?"

"When that bastard has money, he either goes to have fun or to gamble. His family fortune has been wiped out. Now I just beg him not to come back to harm us, otherwise this life will not go on sooner or later!"

"..."

*

After the food and clothing were settled, the two of them also left the stall, but at least there was some food in their stomachs, and it wasn't too cold against the oncoming wind, but after talking to the woman just now, Ye Fan has been silent for a few days, his expression can't tell what it is, but it is light and without a trace of emotion.

But Yu Changqi could still see that he was in a bad mood. Thinking of what the woman said, he remembered that Guifu Yan had told him that Ye Fanji's father was the former military general Ciqing Fang is such a flirtatious person who doesn't care about his family, but the only difference is that his mother is not around. According to Ciqingfang's flirtatious temperament, Ye Fan should have been a child who had no father or mother since he was a child. , it's just that Guifuyan has been watching over him all the time, so that he won't be starved and cold until now.

Thinking of his somewhat similar experience with him, Yu Changqi felt a sense of sympathy for each other in a trance, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to grab Ye Fanji's palm. The latter was stunned suddenly, and his fingers were slightly stiff. Unexpectedly, he relaxed strangely, and took Yu Changqi's hand back.

The two of them just held hands and walked quietly on the street. No one looked at each other, and they didn't think it was weird, but there was an indescribable warmth in their hearts.

*

"Tsk tsk, is this in love?"

The man with beautiful eyebrows raised his sharp eyebrows, looked at the scene downstairs and said to the man beside him.

"No!" Zhou Huaiqi frowned, her expression slightly dignified.

At this time, the two of them were living in the guest room of a restaurant, but they were both leaning on the window frame, looking at the scene downstairs at the same time.

The restaurant is facing the main road of Jingcheng Central Street, because this area has a wide view, so you can see everything on this street at a glance.

"Tsk, then why are you frowning so tightly?" Liang Ke asked while leaning against the window frame with her arms crossed.

"I know him well, he will not ignore what I say!" Zhou Huaiqi glanced at him coldly.

Liang Ke pursed her lips, "I'm a little curious about what you told me when you asked me to deliver the letter for you that day?"

Hearing this, Zhou Huaiqi frowned suddenly, and a smile melted in his eyes, "I asked him to kill Yu Changqi!"

"He will listen to you?" Liang Ke couldn't believe it.

"Yes!" Zhou Huaiqi said firmly: "If you want to disintegrate Zhou Lixiao, the biggest crisis in front of you is to get rid of Yu Changqi first, as long as he is gone, it is equivalent to breaking Zhou Lixiao's left and right arm!"

Liang Ke didn't speak.

Zhou Huaiqi continued: "When this child rescued him back in the wilderness, he was very dependent on me, and I could see that he was a person who lacked love."

Liang Ke smiled, "So I came to you to find my father's love?"

"Your mouth is always so worthless!"

"Congratulations!" Liang Ke smiled, but he remembered that he and Zhou Huaiqi had not known each other for a long time. In the year when he took this person to the capital, this man picked up a child in a wilderness on the outskirts of Beijing. The child was only five or six years old at most, and it was dirty when he was brought back. He originally suggested throwing the child away, not to mention Zhou Huaiqi's useless legs.

It was only later that I sent people to the city to inquire, and I heard that the child was actually the son of a military general today. I have heard that Ciqing's house has always been romantic, and I don't know which girl's seed was kept outside. The child was carried into the mansion as soon as he was born. Come.

It's just that back then, even Ciqingfang himself was a child who couldn't hold his heart, so how could he care about this baby who came to his door out of nowhere, except for Guifu Yanping who helped take care of him every day, this child was basically abandoned and raised. So that I don't know when he ran to the outskirts of Beijing alone, and was picked up by Zhou Huaiqi as a pawn and used for so many years.