Ruthless debt

Prince Che took off the gauze after he recovered from his injury. He was completely blind in his right eye and kept one eye closed all day long. Yingniang sewed an eye patch for him seeing that he was enduring hard.The days seem to have returned to calm again, everyone hides secrets in their hearts, and keeps silent about certain things, just like rotten leaves wrapped in snowballs, if the snow melts, there will be messes all over the ground.

One day, Jin'er knelt down in front of Prince Che, tears streaming down her face before she could say a word: "Your Highness, Jin'er violated women's morals and had an affair with Liu Pin, and she is pregnant now, I hope Your Highness will save me and the fetus in my womb." .”

Hearing this, the prince Che was stunned at the same place. He had already noticed the matter between Nan'er and Liu Pin. Even if Nan'er didn't say anything about him today, he would have to ask about it sooner or later, but it was not to blame the two of them. Xiangyue, if he hadn't been trapped here, he would have made a marriage contract for the two of them.However, the crime of adultery is no small matter, if the prince Che himself is in danger, how can he save her?Mu Xuanqing wanted to torture everyone in Lanyang Palace wholeheartedly, if he found out about this matter, he would definitely make a big fuss, then both her and Liu Pin's lives would be in danger, not to mention the fetus in the womb.

"How do you want me to help you?"

The next day, Prince Che went to see Mu Xuanqing early in the morning, and this was the first time he took the initiative to seek him out.

Hearing Prince Che explain the whole story clearly, Mu Xuanqing said with a look of surprise: "You said you want to marry a wife? And a maidservant with a low status? Did I hear you wrong or are you joking with me?"

Prince Che said: "Qian Che is not joking. Jin'er has been by my side since I was a child, and we have been friends with her since they were in Quguo. If I was not pregnant, I would not be in a hurry to marry him."

"This is a trivial matter. If you want her to accept it, why bother to ask me for this kind of grace? Even if you say that you have worn out your lips, I can't agree to you marrying a low-status maid. There is no such rule in Shuo Kingdom. Presumably your country never had one."

The purpose of his coming here this time is not to ask him to agree to marry Jin'er, but to inform him of the matter so that he will not use it to punish himself in the future.As for his relationship with Jin'er, no one will know who belongs to him once the gate of the courtyard is closed. what relationship?

Naturally, he gave up and returned, but only he knew how much of it was true and how much was false, Mu Xuanqing was not an ignorant person, if he didn't put on a show, how could he deceive this person.

As the days went by, Jin'er's belly gradually swelled, and even with her clumsy body, she took good care of the whole room.At this time, it was the coldest season in the north, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was strict with Lanyang Palace as usual, ranging from medicinal materials and food, to cotton-padded bedding, and even the indispensable charcoal fire, so everyone had to go to the courtyard to find some Dry firewood instead.

One night, Prince Che was so cold that he could not sleep for a long time. He covered everything that could be covered, but his hands and feet were still cold all night long.Zuo Qi's room was next to his, and the two of them never slept together after recovering from their injuries.Prince Che was afraid, afraid of his silent silence, afraid of the alienation and resistance in his eyes, and also afraid of being seen by the other party under his right eye under the blindfold, which no longer had any luster like the eye of a dead fish.

Zuo Qi didn't sleep soundly, he woke up several times in the night, the night sky under the heavy snow was glowing with white light, which always made people mistakenly think that dawn was coming.I don't know what time it is, but I couldn't sleep anymore, so I got up, put on my clothes, and went out of the room with the sword.

A hundred stars are not as good as a month, with a half-wheeled hook hanging high on the top, and the bright light falls on the snow with bursts of blue light. The dirt buried deep in the dust in the world, and the footprints of thousands of creatures are all covered by the whiteness in front of you.Zuo Qi practiced his sword in the snow, his eyes were closed all the time, and the waving sleeves rolled up the gusts of snow. The unbearable and pain in his body could not be covered up by the white snow one by one.

In the snow where he stood leaning on the hilt of his sword when he was exhausted, until they buried him so deep that the sun could not be seen.

There was a sound of light footsteps behind him, breaking the silence in front of him and breaking his delusion.Turning his head to look, he saw Prince Che walking slowly towards him.The ink-stained black silk poured down on the shoulders like a waterfall, and the thin body under the fur coat stood tall and tall. The boy who was originally gentle and jade has been polished to be as cold as a rock.

The prince Che walked up behind him, and brushed off the snowflakes from his shoulders with his hands, his movements were gentle and delicate: "You are not sleeping in the house, what are you doing running out?"

Zuo Qi didn't look at him, panting lightly, "Ache..."

"how?"

"You said if I stood in the snow all night, would there be another snowman in the courtyard tomorrow? Would you know it was me when you saw it?"

Prince Che was taken aback, then forced a smile and said, "Just say something stupid, and you won't freeze to death if you stand outside all night."

"If I really freeze to death, I don't know if Mu Xuanqing will send my body back to Qu country, but according to his temperament, I'm afraid he will burn me directly. There is no going back."

Put your hand on his hand holding the hilt of the sword: "Don't say such depressing words, you will go back alive, everyone will go back alive, father and uncle are waiting for us, how can we disappoint them."

Zuo Qi sighed lightly: "I'm just talking, don't take it seriously." After saying that, he raised his head and met his tired eyes. The person in front of him must have stayed up all night just like himself!

"It's you, who ran out in the middle of the night, but couldn't sleep because of the cold?"

Prince Che nodded: "The charcoal fire is not enough recently, Jin'er is pregnant and naturally I will do her best first."

Zuo Qi said: "If you find it cold, you can squeeze with me. Sleeping with two is always warmer than sleeping alone. It's not yet dawn, so you and I should stop standing outside. Go back and sleep for a while, and then go to your room." how?"

"it is good."

In front of the door, he wiped off the snow from his body, and the two entered the door one after the other.It was as cold inside and outside the room, and as soon as he took off the fur coat, the cold air was forced on his body. Prince Che got into the bed first, and there was no heat in the bedding after he left for a long time.He moved inward, and Zuo Qi also got on the couch.

There was a little distance between the two of them, even so they could feel the warmth emanating from each other, Zuo Qi couldn't help leaning over.

Prince Che was still wearing the blindfold, and he didn't seem to intend to take it off. He slept on his back with only a side face.Zuo Qi said: "It's better to take off the blindfold." After saying that, he stretched out his hand.

Prince Che turned his face around and opened his ashes-like right eye: "It's so ugly, can you still see it?"

ugly?Not at all, even if this face can no longer overlap with the face in memory, in his heart he is still him, that little boy with a kind heart who loves to cry easily.

Zuo Qi looked straight at him, and reached out to touch his slender eyelids: "I don't know how others see it, but in my eyes, everything in the world pales in comparison to you, so why would I think you are ugly."

Hearing that, the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, his eyes were lightly closed, and then he wrapped his arms around the other's waist. This long-lost warmth made him feel like he was back in the past.

"Azie, go to sleep."