After this sleep, Xiao Jining slept until evening.

As for Jing Yuan, who told Mu Kui that he was going to rest in the Pian Pavilion, he was actually just sitting by the window of the Pian Pavilion. His right hand was gently stroking the jade pendant around his waist. When you do this, you are thinking.

But few people know that this action was deliberately made by him for others to see.

Because a person who can allow others to properly figure out his mind is often easier to be trusted than a person who can't see through his heart at all.

Therefore, on the day he understood this truth, Jing Yuan bought himself this piece of jade pendant, and kept it around his waist every day, so that others could guess some of his so-called "thoughts".

His trick was quite effective, until after several years, he met Xiao Jining.

Xiao Jining never believed him.

When seeing Xiao Jining for the first time, Jing Yuan only felt that this child was soft and timid, as weak as a dodder flower, and he was careful to curry favor with him, only by clinging to Chunji's side could he survive in this palace.

But he is clearly a distinguished prince, but unfortunately, the moment he was born, his father decided to make him a stepping stone for another son—just like him.

In the beginning, he protected Xiao Jining because of Emperor Xiao's order; later, he felt that Xiao Jining was somewhat similar to his fate, so he didn't mind protecting Xiao Jining once in a while; but afterward, even Jingyuan himself couldn't figure it out Why is he so reluctant to let Xiao Jining die.

Jing Yuan lowered his eyes, looked at the jade pendant in his palm, and then slowly closed his palms.

This jade pendant was lost once seven years ago. It was lost when he went to save Xiao Jining on the day of the prince's wedding. This jade pendant was not important to him, and there was no need to retrieve it—just like that day in seven years. , he doesn't have to save Xiao Jining; and seven years later, he doesn't have to save Xiao Jining either.

But why did he go?

The dusk in the evening was particularly intoxicating, and the jade pendant in his hand was illuminated with warm colors, but Jing Yuan didn't like this kind of twilight, so he got up suddenly and walked towards Xiao Jining's bedroom.

The maids guarding the door saw Jing Yuan approaching, and bowed to him one after another: "General Jing."

Jing Yuan's voice was extremely light: "Is Your Highness awake?"

The maid replied, "Not yet."

Jing Yuan said: "I'll go in and have a look at him."

"Yes." The maidservants responded, and opened the door for Jing Yuan carefully, without making too much noise to wake up the people in the room.

Jing Yuan walked into the house with his back facing the warm glow behind him. The house was not lit with candles yet, so it looked a little dark, and the maids closed the door after Jing Yuan entered the house, shutting Jing Yuan in the darkness.

But inside the house, there was a window that was half open, and that window was right in front of Xiao Jining's bed.

So when the glow of the setting sun was projected into the house through the casement, it happened to fall on the edge of his bed, illuminating half of the right hand of the person on the bed, but the glow seemed warm and bright, but without any warmth.

On the contrary, the young man's slender and thin fingers, bathed in the rays of the sun, revealed a fresh blood color in the dusk, as if something that could give him warmth, so Jing Yuan slowly approached him, standing in the glow of the rays of the sun , reached out and touched his finger lightly.

But when he just touched the soft warmth, Jing Yuan quickly retracted his hand as if being scalded.

Jing Yuan stood there in a daze for a long while, then laughed at himself, and slowly half-kneeled in front of his bed, greedily grasping the young man's palm, then put his face against the young man's palm, and closed his eyes , opened his lips and called out the boy's name again, just like he had been calling him by the bedside for several nights: "Xiao Jining..."

"Xiao Jining..."

"Xiao Jining..."

Jing Yuan shouted his name wantonly and indulgently, as if this person belonged to him alone at this moment.

However, Jing Yuan couldn't help asking in his heart: Doesn't he belong to him?

He saved Xiao Jining's life and didn't touch the people he cared about. For Xiao Jining, he even lost the courage to kill people with a knife.

But Xiao Jining is worse than him, he has done so many things for him, but he doesn't trust him at all.Did the Seventh and Eighth Princes do as much for him as he did?Why can Xiao Jining trust them so much?Why do you still care so much about them?

Jing Yuan really wanted to wake up the person on the bed, and asked him what he was thinking in his heart, why he didn't trust him enough, but still came to ask him for protection, asking for such a person who would only hurt others, to give him Can block the blessing of a sharp sword, doesn't Xiao Jining know that he is a sharp fragment that can hurt others but also hurt himself?

Just like that jade pendant, Xiao Ji Ning himself thought that this jade pendant was very important to him and let it go, so he insisted on finding it back for him, without asking him if he still wanted it, this person was still domineering and wreaking havoc in his heart for a long time. Not only that, but also did not ask him if he would like to.

However, he has no power to fight back against such a hateful person.

He was also reluctant to shake Xiao Jining awake, and when this person was about to wake up, he let go of his hand guiltily.

The person on the bed trembled his eyelashes, and when his blurred eyes found their focus again, they landed on him, and said softly, "General Jing?"

Jing Yuan responded lightly: "En."

Hearing Jing Yuan's familiar voice, Xiao Jining was convinced that the person guarding his bed at this moment was really Jing Yuan.

"General Jing, why are you here?" Xiao Jining asked him with some doubts, "Didn't Mu Kui say you went to Piange to rest?"

"I've already rested. I...Your Highness is still poisoned, so I came to see His Highness." Jing Yuan was silent for a while, swallowed the words "I'm worried about Your Highness", and said after reconsidering the words.

But after he finished speaking, Jing Yuan felt a little irritated again—he had said to Xiao Jining all the more intimate things than this before, and he liked to see the young man be a little dazed, a little stunned and at a loss when he heard those words. Appearance, but I don't know why I can't say it now.

Maybe it's because of what I'm talking about now, the young man's heart is not messed up, so he himself will be messed up first.

Xiao Jining didn't know what Jing Yuan was thinking, but he was very moved when Jing Yuan told him like this, and he couldn't help saying to Jing Yuan: "I heard Mu Kui said that during my coma, General Jing took care of me all the time. of."

Then Jing Yuan responded to him seemingly perfunctorily: "Yes."

"Is General Jing a little tired? Why don't you go to Piange to rest?" Xiao Jining carefully looked at Jing Yuan's face, but the man didn't have any expression on his face, he just looked at him quietly with the corners of his lips pursed.

And after the man listened to what he said, the corners of his lips tightened even more. Xiao Jining didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Jing Yuan's eyebrows were almost invisibly frowned just now.

But this is really not Xiao Jining's delusion, but Jing Yuan is not tired, he is irritable, and a little angry - angry that Xiao Jining will drive him to the side pavilion as soon as he wakes up.

So Jing Yuan suddenly stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Then, rest well, Your Highness, Jing Yuan will leave first."

Hearing this, Xiao Jining panicked even more. He didn't understand why his illusions were increasing. He even felt that Jing Yuan was angry now, so he could only say "Oh" in a low voice: "General Jing, you should also have a good rest."

Jing Yuan turned around and walked towards the door, but after walking a few steps, he stopped again without turning his head and said, "The situation in the court is complicated and chaotic. I also hope that His Highness will continue to pretend that he is still in a coma during this time, and not to see guests. If His Highness wants to know anything, you can ask Mu Kui, or ask me when I... come back."

These words are for him to pretend to be sick. Xiao Jining is very good at pretending to be sick, so he obediently nodded his head and said: "Okay, I will listen to what you say, General Jing."

Jing Yuan was in a mood to turn around when he heard the words, looked at Xiao Jining and added: "Even the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince are not allowed to see each other."

Xiao Jining asked subconsciously: "Why?"

It's not interesting for Xiao Jining to ask this question, he doesn't have to meet the Seventh and Eighth Princes, he just said that casually.

As a result, Xiao Jining really saw Jing Yuan frowning, although his voice was still gentle, but it sounded inexplicably fierce, and asked him, "Will I still harm Your Highness?"

Xiao Jining didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he retreated to lie down and shook his head.

Jing Yuan stopped and looked at him for a while, then walked away without saying a word.

And here Jing Yuan just left, Mu Kui came into the house as if stepping on a spot, and came to deliver food and medicine to Xiao Jining.

Xiao Jining was served by a group of maidservants and personal eunuchs to drink medicine and porridge. When the medicine was bitter, someone would feed him a little licorice candy, and if the porridge was hot, someone would immediately cool him down. This carried out the corrupt feudal life to the extreme.

Xiao Jining asked Mu Kui: "Where is General Jing?"

Mu Kui told him: "General Jing has left Prince Shun's Mansion."

Xiao Jining sighed: "I still plan to invite General Jing to have dinner with me."

I don't know if Jing Yuan is in a bad mood today, he feels weird, and he hasn't smiled at him. Xiao Jining also wants to invite him to have dinner and talk to make Jing Yuan feel better.

Mu Kui said: "My lord, you should take care of your body first, then there will be more opportunities in the future."

"Yeah, that's right." Xiao Jining nodded, remembering what Jing Yuan told him to ask Mu Kui, he said, "By the way, Mu Kui, how are Brother Seventh and Eighth Emperor?"

"My lord, since you were poisoned, the seventh and eighth lords are very worried about you, and they come to the mansion to see you every day," Mu Kui said immediately after hearing this, "but General Jing never let them enter the mansion."

"Oh?" Xiao Jining pouted his chin, motioning Mu Kui to continue talking.

Mu Kui was also a bit confused, and said: "General Jing told the Seventh and Eighth Princes that there is something strange about your poison, that Concubine Xian's suicide note should not be completely trusted. Before he finds out the truth, no one can be allowed to approach you again." .”

But what truth could there be?It can't be the Seventh and Eighth Princes who harmed you, right?

But Mu Kui didn't say the last sentence directly, although he also felt that the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince were unlikely to harm his family's prince, but before he thought that Concubine Xian would not poison Xiao Jining.

So Mu Kui felt that not only Concubine Xian's suicide note, but anyone should not believe it.

Although Mu Kui didn't explain it, Xiao Jining had already thought about this problem. He remembered what Jing Yuan had said to him - in this palace, no words can be trusted, including Jing Yuan.

Besides, before he was poisoned, Jing Yuan had told him to be careful of the Seventh Prince, so could it be that his poisoning had something to do with the Seventh Prince?

The author has something to say: "Guidelines for Correct Reading of This Article" - Extra Special Chapter 9

Jing Yuan: If you don't believe me, I'm going to make trouble.

Ning Ning: You told me not to trust others, including you.

Jingyuan: Today is different from the past.

Ning Ning: Okay, then I believe it, why don't I believe you?

Jingyuan: Hehe.

(after one night)

Ning Ning: You have betrayed my trust.

Jing Yuan: Bao, trust me again.

Ning Ning: Hehe.

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