Heaven and earth return to one

After returning to the palace that day, Li Yunke had been in a lack of energy. He reluctantly dealt with the servants who came to care and inquire. Instead of going back to his bedroom, he went directly to Jingyuan and entered the room where Nangongxuan slept. I can't come out of the room.

There was no movement in the room until the evening, and everyone was really worried, so they pushed Kong Ying over to find out.

Holding a tray in his hand, Kong Ying knocked lightly on the door and asked, "My lord, are you asleep?"

There was no sound in the room.

"Am I coming in?" Kong Ying asked again.

The people inside remained silent.

Kong Ying thought he agreed, opened the door and walked in.

There was no light in the room, it was already dark.Kong Ying put the food on the outside table, and walked lightly to the inside to see Li Yunke.

Prince Duan, who was in a bad mood, was lying on his side on the bed without taking off his shoes, just staring blankly with his eyes half-closed.

"My lord," Kong Ying leaned over worriedly, knelt down in front of the bed, and reached out to test the temperature of his forehead, "Is there something uncomfortable? How about I ask them to invite a doctor..."

"No, it's just a little annoying." Li Yunke squeezed the center of his eyebrows, sat up slowly, and gave Kong Ying a hand, "Don't kneel, sit down and talk."

Kong Ying didn't sit down, but held him instead, "My lord, come out to eat something first, and talk while eating."

Li Yunke was lazily dragged out by him and pressed on the chair, watching him bring the food in front of him, and then asked a little dullly: "What's the matter?"

Kong Ying stuffed the chopsticks into his hand and signaled him to eat, "Master Xu, Lord Qi and several other adults sent people from the back door to ask the prince what's going on here. I am asking for credit for you from the emperor, and I want to hear what you have to say."

Under his watchful eyes, Li Yunke barely ate two mouthfuls of food, but he didn't know how to eat, so he put down his chopsticks again, and said, "My name is to rest and recuperate, but in fact I am ordered to close the door and think about my mistakes. No one can see me at this time. The emperor's brother is already concerned about this." This kind of thing is quite taboo, don't let anyone come to the palace during this period of time. In addition, you go to talk to Lord Qi and the others, and ask them not to mention me in front of the emperor, and let no one know about it. .”

Kong Ying couldn't help feeling sorry for him, snorted and said: "The emperor is really too much, the prince has worked so hard to travel thousands of miles to Cang Xun, but he almost lost his life when he came back and encountered a flood, so it's fine if he doesn't reward you. How else can I treat you like this?"

Li Yunke smiled, "You're talking nonsense again! It doesn't matter if you reward me or not, can I not afford to support this big family without that little reward?"

"Yes, we don't care too much about his reward!" Kong Ying patted the table, "Keep eating!"

"..." Li Yunke didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't be so angry, he is also my elder brother no matter what."

Kong Ying had been dissatisfied with Li Yunshen for a long time, and he didn't know how to restrain himself when speaking in private, saying: "Is there any elder brother who treats his younger brother like this?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Li Yunke supported his dizzy and aching head, cleared his tight throat, "Do you have any other words to leave, Mr. Qi?"

Kong Ying lowered his voice and said: "One more thing, let me ask you, the crown prince will be abolished sooner or later, do you have any arrangements?"

Li Yunke pondered for a moment, and said: "After I recover, I will ask the imperial brother to go to Shaolin to pray for Chengning and the queen mother."

Kong Ying looked straight at him - didn't understand.

"Come down from the back mountain of Shaolin Temple, walk southwest for more than a day, and you will find Dahuangling. There is a dead wood temple on Dahuangling..." Li Yunke wanted to continue, but he paused and stopped here. Said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I think Master Qi and the others will understand when you talk about Shaolin praying for blessings."

Kong Ying: "..." I felt despised.

Li Yunke stood up and walked back, "I don't want to eat, I still want to lie down for a while."

"My lord," Kong Ying finally came to his senses, and caught up with him, "Do you want to support the twelve princes as the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future?"

Li Yunke said: "About five years ago, I passed by there on business and went to see him once. I thought the kid was very good. But at that time he was still young, but now that he has grown up, I don't know what he looks like. I have to look again. Let’s see to decide.”

"So that's what it means to pray."

Kong Ying followed him inside and saw that he fell back on the bed, but he still didn't leave. He walked around in front of his bed twice with a troubled face, but finally couldn't hold back what he wanted to say, and said, "My lord, you don't want to leave?" Have you thought about doing it yourself?"

Li Yunke: "..." Why does everyone around him push him to rebel?

"Really!" Kong Ying's eyes were full of sincerity, "As long as the prince says, I will follow Big Brother Kang and them to follow you through fire and water!"

"If that happens, if you still want to work by my side in the future, you have to..." Li Yunke teased him, stretched out his hand into a knife, and gestured at him.

Kong Ying: "..."

He involuntarily folded his hands to cover his baby, his little face blushed instantly, and stammered, "Then... that's still... let's take a look at the Twelve Princes first..."

Li Yunke laughed, and laughed enough: "Take the things down, I don't have much appetite, I'll talk about it when I wake up tomorrow morning."

Kong Ying was still a little worried about him, but after seeing his expression of not wanting to talk, he complied sensiblely, took the food and went out.

After a while, Li Yunke sat up again, took out the purple bamboo whistle in his arms, and blew it twice casually.

Soon, Qin Shaoshang jumped in through the open window and said, "What are your orders, master?"

Li Yunke turned the whistle in his hand, his eyes were a little empty, and his voice was dry and authentic: "Over there, Xuan'er, is there any news in the past two days?"

"Young master's illness has long been cured, Nangong leader is also protected by Yi Zhenzhen and senior Yu, nothing will happen, master don't worry." Qin Shaoshang said, "according to my subordinates, the master's condition has not improved for a long time, except for three steps. In addition to the impact of the killing and the exhaustion accumulated in the Huijia River area, the main reason is that I am too worried about the Nangong leader and the young master."

Li Yunke chuckled, "When you become a family, you will understand how I feel."

Qin Shaoshang persuaded: "Master, no matter you are leaving or Nangong Hierarch is coming back, you have to take care of your body first, right?"

Li Yunke paused, and said: "You're right, Xuan'er will come back after cleaning up Liu Jingwen, but he can't let him see me like this."

"What happened on your side has been causing the brothers to hide the truth from Master Nangong. He will not be distracted, and he will surely capture Liu Jingwen. He will return with the young master as soon as possible. Master can rest assured."

Li Yunke smiled wryly and said: "It's easy to say, but tomorrow is the day when Xuan'er and Liu Jingwen will fight, how can I really feel relieved?"

Qin Shaoshang didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to hang his head in silence.

"It's okay, just talking to you a few words, I feel much more at ease." Li Yunke patted his arm, "You and Shaojun are really exhausted after following me all this way. You don't have to watch the night these few days, and you are doing well." Let's rest."

"Thank you, master." Qin Shaoshang saluted him and jumped out of the window.

Li Yunke said that he was much better, but he couldn't fall asleep at night. It was almost dawn and finally fell asleep, but he repeatedly dreamed that Nangongxuan was injured by Liu Jingwen, and when he woke up, his forehead was sweating.

When Kong Ying came in to wash him with water, he saw him sitting on the bed with a face full of panic, he was stunned, and worried: "My lord, what's the matter?"

Hearing his voice, Li Yunke struggled to pull his thoughts out of the dream, wiped his face, calmed down a little, and said, "It's nothing."

"Then wash it up, and I'll bring you the cooked porridge." After Kong Ying said that he was going to leave, he thought for a while and added, "I can't say I don't have a good appetite today, I must eat it."

Today Li Yunke was quite obedient. Under Kong Ying's supervision, he drank three small bowls of porridge.

Just as he put down the porridge bowl, someone from the front yard hurried over, saying that the emperor had sent Eunuch Bai, the chief manager, to the mansion, and he had something to pass on to Prince Duan.

Li Yunke hurried to the front yard, knowing that Manager Bai was representing Li Yunshen on this trip, so he had to kneel down when he saw someone.

Manager Bai put his hand under his arm, lowered his voice and said: "The prince is not feeling well, so there is no need to be formal. I wonder if I can take a step to speak?"

Li Yunke knew that he had something to say by looking at his eyes, so he immediately invited him into the study, and said, "What advice do you have, father-in-law?"

"I dare not do it." Director Bai waved his hands again and again, "My lord, the emperor used the dinner at the empress dowager's place last night. During the dinner, the empress dowager mentioned...the concubine and the little prince. The people on the side passed it back. They also said that the prince has made great contributions to the disaster relief this time and needs to be rewarded heavily. The slaves came first, and the rewards will not be delivered until they are fully counted."

He didn't care about rewarding Li Yunke, but he was happy from the bottom of his heart when he heard that the queen mother succeeded in letting Li Yunshen relax.He gave Boss Bai a deep bow and said, "Thank you, Eunuch."

"Farewell, my lord!" Director Bai showed fear and hesitated, "There is one more thing..."

Before seeing him, Li Yunke asked Kong Ying to take the 100 taels of silver notes, at this time the general came over and said, "Elder-in-law, it's okay to say."

Director Bai pretended to refuse and accepted it, and lowered his voice, "My lord, the emperor also said that the queen mother is worried about your health and doesn't want you to work hard, so you don't need to go to court in half a month. Rest in the mansion and wait for orders."

Li Yunke narrowed his eyes slightly.

"But that's not what the queen mother meant," Mr. Bai is a shrewd person, knowing that the crown prince will be replaced sooner or later. If anyone in the court can stand at the end, he is most optimistic about Li Yunke, so he made these words, " It was the prince who insisted on asking the prince to rest more at the court today."