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Ying Qi has been climbing on the eaves of the old prince's Mingzhutang, guarding quietly until His Royal Highness walked away angrily. Just as he was about to catch up, he heard an old call from the Mingzhutang:

"Come here, show this king a good look, Yuan'er's favorite shadow guard."

Ying Qi was stunned, hesitated for a moment when he saw His Royal Highness who was leaving in a flick of his sleeves, and had no choice but to obey orders first, turned over and landed along the eaves, knelt down beside the old prince on one knee, supported the ground with one hand, and said straightly: "Ying Qi is here."

The old prince knocked on the mahogany stick: "Why not 'subordinates'?"

Ying Qi said solemnly: "Ying Qi was dispatched by His Royal Highness, and I would like to obey the orders of His Royal Highness."

The old prince's voice was cold: "That is to say, even this king can't order you?"

As soon as these words came out, the aura around the prince suddenly became stronger, the bloody aura from fighting on the battlefield made Ying Qi feel uncontrollably terrified.

Ying Qi took a few breaths to calm down his tense body, and said in a low voice: "If there is nothing contrary to the order of His Royal Highness, Ying Qi will naturally obey."

The old prince sneered, stood up slowly, leaned on a mahogany stick, and slowly approached Ying Qi, condescendingly looking down at his whole body. The slight trembling and fear on Ying Qi's body had nowhere to hide from the old prince's sharp eyes.

The little shadow guard was afraid and wanted to back down, but he kept trying not to back down and lose his composure.

The old prince lowered his voice, and the threatening tone in his tone became stronger: "If your highness wants you to kill me, what should you do?"

Ying Qiqiang resisted the trembling of his voice, and tried his best to calmly say: "Follow the order of His Royal Highness."

The old prince knocked on the mahogany stick, relaxed his frowning brows, and slowly lay back on the reclining chair, the sense of coercion on his body subsided, and Ying Qi rested on the ground with one hand, panting slightly.

"Hahahaha... yes, he is a good boy." The old prince picked two golden loquats from the fruit plate at hand and threw them to Ying Qi, who raised his hand to catch them and held them in his arms.

"Thank you, Lord, for the reward." Ying Qi said solemnly.

"Go." The old prince slowly closed his eyes to rest, and said slowly, "Take care of Yuan'er for me."

Ying Qi firmly said: "Yes."

Before he could leave in the future, Ying Si had already stepped into the Ming Bamboo Hall with a long whip, Mo Yu, and knelt side by side beside Ying Qi, nodding his head and saying indifferently: "Execute them all, and send a message to Chen Yuanli. The subordinates come down and return."

The old prince closed his eyes and hummed: "It's all right, the sixth day of September is Yuan'er's birthday, and it's only a few days away. Let the servants prepare to make Yuan'er happy."

Ying Si said: "Yes."

"Ying Qi resigns." Ying Qi disappeared in a flash, landed outside the Ming Bamboo Hall, and left in a flash, chasing after His Royal Highness.

Shadow Four glanced at the place where Shadow Seven disappeared, and remained silent.

The old prince looked deeply, and asked Ying Si: "What do you think of Ying Qi?"

Ying Si said truthfully: "Excellent and impeccable. As the ghost guard of the Feilian group, with the strong attack ability of the Taotie group, and the insight power of the Jiuying group, given time, he will definitely become a talent."

The old prince smiled: "It seems that Yuan'er has a good eye. You are new here, so keep an eye on it."

Ying Si nodded: "This subordinate will try him three times. He passed the first time, and there are two left. Don't worry, my lord, this subordinate will not let His Royal Highness have any lapses in safety."

The old prince sighed softly, got up and walked to Yingsi's side, pressed his withered left hand on the top of Yingsi's hair with his old battle wound, and said, "Yes, good."

Then he slowly went to tease the bird in the cage.

"Why don't you leave?" The old prince glanced at Ying Si.

Ying Si came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and said in an indifferent voice: "It's nothing. The lord take care of your health, and this subordinate will leave."

He exited the Tea Bamboo Hall, Ying Wu was peeking outside, saw Ying Si coming out, and handed the roster in his hand to Ying Si: "Brother, while you were away, His Royal Highness ordered that Xiao Qi should keep vigil from now on."

Ying Si thought for a while, then nodded: "Yeah."

At this time, Ying Qi had been waiting on the beam of His Royal Highness's study for a long time.

His Royal Highness buried his head on the desk and lay motionless on the portrait of the woman he drew. A few drops of water splashed on the drawing paper, smearing a few strokes of ink.

Ying Qi wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to say.I could only quietly accompany His Highness on the beam of the house, and stayed there for two hours. When I looked out the window again, it was already dark.

Li Yuan got up from the desk and walked out of the study with the portrait of the woman, staggering a bit.Ying Qi chased it out, and chased it all the way to the ancestral hall.

The night is dark, thousands of lights flicker in the ancestral hall, and fireflies wander in the clear pond.

Yingqi quietly approached the ancestral hall, stood outside the high threshold, and quietly looked at the throne of the princess. His Royal Highness knelt on the futon in despair, spread out the portrait in his hand, held it in both hands, and finally sent the portrait into the lamp respectfully. Lit it in the middle of the fire, and watched the beauty slowly burn to ashes.

Li Yuan lowered his eyelids, his eyelashes were moist, and said hoarsely: "Father forced me, why don't you take care of him."

"The [-]th painting, when will the concubine come back?"

Standing outside the ancestral hall, Ying Qi suddenly opened her eyes wide and knelt down in a daze to salute, feeling astonished and remorseful in her heart, atone for her blasphemy.

This is actually... the portrait of Princess Qi.

How long did Li Yuan kneel under the Qiandeng of the ancestral hall, and Ying Qi knelt on the cold stone ground outside the threshold, without saying a word.

When the portrait was completely reduced to a cloud of smoke, Li Yuan picked up a flickering oil lamp from the altar of the ancestral hall and ran out.

Ying Qi jumped lightly and landed in the dark, watching His Royal Highness holding an oil lamp, running out of the ancestral hall, passing through the fragrant peonies in the garden, and climbing over the wall to leave the palace.

Ying Qi had just chased a few steps, then ran back suddenly, kowtowed hurriedly while looking at Princess Qi's spiritual seat outside the ancestral hall, flew up to the cornice engraved with auspicious clouds, stepped on several bronze kisses, and chased after His Royal Highness, not Make a little noise.

Li Yuan ran all the way to the east, holding the oil lamp in one hand and carefully blocking the wind with the other. Like a dancing firefly in the dark night, Ying Qi was hiding in the dark, jumping from this cornice to the next roof tile. , followed quietly.

I don't know how long I have been running, but there is a high cliff in front of me, the bright moon recedes, and the east is twilight.

Li Yuan put the burnt oil lamp under his feet, sat on the edge of the cliff by himself, looking at the twilight clouds and mist in the distance.

Shadow Seven watched from a distance in the dark, and gradually, a huge red sun rose, covering His Highness Shizi with a layer of warm soft light.

He stared at His Highness Shizi obsessively. His back was slender and lonely under the red sun, and his long hair was blowing in the wind. There is no magic brush in this world that can describe such a lonely, majestic, gentle and helpless painting.

As if time stood still.

In an instant, Ying Qi watched His Royal Highness Shizi collapse and jumped off the cliff.

"Your Highness! Your Highness don't want it!" Ying Qi's face turned pale in an instant, and he flew away like a bolt of lightning, chasing His Highness and jumping down.

When it landed, it seemed how far it had fallen.

There is a spacious and flat natural stone platform under the cliff, which is only a few feet high from the place where His Highness just jumped off.

When he turned around, His Royal Highness Shizi was looking at him with a stunned expression on his face.

"...Xiao Qi?" Li Yuan asked in surprise.

Ying Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little embarrassed, looked down at his toes.

Li Yuan came over, opened his arms and hugged Ying Qi into his arms, and asked softly: "I just want to sit down for a while, don't you think I jumped off the cliff because I couldn't think about it?"

Ying Qi was a little at a loss, with his hands hanging down, not knowing where to put them.

He answered truthfully: "Yes."

Li Yuan put his arms around Ying Qi's back and asked him: "I jumped off the cliff, why did you follow?"

Ying Qi said: "You are the subordinate's life."

Li Yuan bit her lip and sniffed her nose.I blamed it in my heart, this little shadow guard, who spoke so bluntly, and opened a pair of eyes that can see the bottom at a glance, looked so innocent.

Li Yuan was sitting on the edge of the cliff, dangling with one leg hanging down, and her long hair was hanging down the cliff, fluttering with the wind.

Ying Qiban knelt beside Li Yuan, took out two yellow loquats that the prince had rewarded him during the day, and stuffed them into Li Yuan's hands.

"Your Highness... Loquat, do you want to eat it?"

Li Yuan took two golden and round loquats and tapped them, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up: "Xiaoqi, how can you always conjure up something to cheer me up, let me see what else is in your pocket."

Li Yuan turned over and grabbed Ying Qi, reached out to dig around in his arms, but didn't pick up anything, and ate several handfuls of tofu on his chest and abdominal muscles.

Li Yuan grabbed Ying Qi's arm, squeezed it, and said, "Xiao Qi, say, "ji".

Ying Qi said obediently: "Ji."

I don't understand why I have to chirp.

Li Yuan laughed, the tails of his reddish eyes raised.

Ying Qi covered her lapel, and was relieved when she saw that His Royal Highness was finally in the mood to play tricks on her.His Highness should be like this, smiling all the time.

Li Yuan slowly withdrew his smile, looking at the increasingly fiery red clouds in the sky.

Ying Qi knelt obediently by his side, quietly accompanying him.

Li Yuan suddenly embraced Ying Qi's neck, pulled the little Ying Wei in front of him, bowed his head and kissed the center of his brow.

Ying Qi's eyes widened immediately, and subconsciously touched the spot with her slender and pale fingertips, her ears turned red, her eyelashes raised, and she stared blankly at Li Yuan.

"Thank you... thank you... thank you, Your Highness... for the reward...?"

Ying Qi's heart beat violently, panting lightly and quickly, he didn't know what to thank, but he really felt that His Highness's kiss was a reward.

Li Yuan lowered his head and asked him: "You will always be here."

Ying Qi nodded ignorantly, but was still immersed in the kiss just now.

Li Yuan muttered in a voice: "I... the current emperor is mediocre and ineffective, the prime minister is eyeing, civil and military officials are afraid of the military power of the Qi Palace, if... if the father really leaves one day... I... I have to protect you. Qi Palace ...can't fall..."

Ying Qixin said, Your Highness can't lift his shoulders or lift his hands, and he can protect you from all kinds of hardships and hardships.It is Ying Qi's greatest wish for His Highness to be at ease for the rest of his life.Ying Qi is willing to bear all the hardships for His Highness.

Ying Qi said: "Okay."

"Subordinate... the lord asked the subordinate to talk today, and the subordinate answered, the lord is very happy." When Ying Qi spoke, she kept looking down at Li Yuan's lips, which were beautiful and beautiful, revealing a little white tooth tip.

Li Yuan tilted his head to look at him, the little shadow guard was cautiously claiming credit, and kept staring at his lips.

He just wanted a reward, and he wanted to kiss him himself.

Li Yuan grabbed the back of Ying Qi's neck, tilted his head and kissed his thin lips.

Ying Qi froze completely, raised her head slightly to look at Li Yuan, her eyes trembling, disappeared into Li Yuan's arms almost instantly, and hid in the shadows of the woods as if fleeing, never to be seen again.

Li Yuan got up and dusted off the dust on his body, then walked back home.

He didn't summon Shadow Seven again, he knew he was always there.