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Li Yuan stood in front of the door, watching his little shadow guard gradually disappear into the darkness. It used to be a little wolf cub, but now it looks like a lone wolf.

In just half a year, he has grown up and is no longer his little Qi.

reluctant?

Li Yuan looked down at his hands, blood from Ying Qi's palm was still stained on his wrists, it was his own hands that pushed Ying Qi away from his side, ruining his unreserved and sincere heart to flesh and blood Vague.

Isn't that what you want?

I tortured myself for half a year, thinking that I could be as heartless as the past 20 years, but I still couldn't do it. He always longed for someone to treat him sincerely. Ying Qi appeared at the wrong time. Li Yuan was greedy for the feeling of being loved, but he had no ability at all. Protect this heart.

Stay away, stay away, there is nothing you want to protect, is it better to relieve the humiliation of being enslaved by the royal eagle dog than seeing the thing you want to protect shattered in front of you?

Li Yuan stumbled to the bed in his dormitory, knelt down, took out the bow case under the bed, and looked at the keel meniscus bow——

It turned out that he didn't have the courage to pick it up.

This bow, as soon as the bowstring is drawn, is reversed by the court.He still had a way out, so he didn't dare to go forward against the rain of blood.

Li Yuan was stunned suddenly, touched his heart, found a hard object, took it out and looked at it, there was still a faint blue light.

The hundred-year-old black turtle heart armor, Li Yuan has never taken off this protective mirror. He knows that if he wants to make a clean break, he should return it to Ying Qi, but he doesn't want to return it, no matter what, he feels that once this Return the face shield to Ying Qi, and there will be no possibility for the two of them.

Li Yuan is like an ascetic who catches a ray of light from the abyss, once he catches it, he refuses to let go.

Ying Qi's painful and repelling eyes appeared in front of him again, and Li Yuan suddenly remembered that when he was touching the handkerchief in his bosom, Ying Qi showed such fear in his eyes.

He was afraid, even though he was so ruthless that he would kill someone without blinking an eye, he was still afraid that he would give back this mirror to him.

Li Yuan laughed, put the breastplate on his heart, and pressed it tightly.His fists clenched even tighter, tears rushed out of his eyes uncontrollably, he pretended to be free and easy, suppressed for so many years and couldn't vent, he was going crazy.

He became furious, everything that could be smashed in the dormitory was smashed by Li Yuan, he roared unbearably, lost his composure, his long hair stuck to his cheek covered with sweat and tears, he lay on the bow box and cried bitterly, It's like embracing your life in chains in your own cage.

There is not much time left for him to suffer.

Only half an hour.

Half an hour later, he put the bow case back into the dark compartment under the bed, washed his face, tied up his hair, changed into a snow green robe, and called Liuyu.

Liu Yu tremblingly listened to the commotion inside, and dared not go in until she heard His Royal Highness calling her, so she dared to gently open the door and come in.

Liuyu had already been frightened by the assassin to turn pale, and caught up with His Royal Highness's unreasonable rage, she tiptoed across the messy ground in fear, and walked to Li Yuan's side tremblingly: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"Don't be so worthless." Li Yuan smiled, laughed at the little girl's courage, and said indifferently, "Give Ying Qi the dragon blood pill in the warehouse to heal his wounds."

Liu Yu's eyes widened: "Dragon Blood Pill? But..."

"Ok?"

Liuyu reminded in a low voice: "This... the dragon blood pill is too precious. The servant girl is not saying that the palace can't produce a few ounces of medicine, but... it's not appropriate for you to enjoy the filming of the seven masters alone... The servant girl looks at other people. A few Lord Ghost Guards are also injured, otherwise, you can reward some ordinary things."

Li Yuan thought about it, and it made sense.Ghost guards are rare, and rewards and punishments should not be biased.

"Then weigh six equal parts and give them to the others."

Liu Yu swallowed her saliva, and secretly made the calculations. His Royal Highness Shi Zi's flirtatious words allocated thousands of taels of silver.

"Yes, servant girl is going now. Are you... are you okay?" Liu Yu asked Li Yuan tentatively, subconsciously glanced at the broken decorations all over the floor.

Li Yuan said relaxedly: "Tomorrow, I will call someone to clean it up, and they will say that I was frightened by the assassin and went crazy all night."

"...Yes." Liuyu had no choice but to agree, looking at Li Yuan, hesitant to speak.

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Liu Yu went to Li Yuan's side, rubbed Li Yuan's shoulders, and persuaded: "Your Highness, don't push yourself too hard. If the princess is still here, I definitely don't want to see you in such pain."

Li Yuan was silent for a while, raised the corners of his mouth, and jokingly said: "If one day, Prince Qi's Mansion is scolded by the world, and becomes a prisoner overnight from a nobleman, are you afraid?"

Liu Yu replied innocently, "As long as His Highness is around, the slaves will not be afraid."

Li Yuan laughed: "Go."

"The slaves retire."

After a while, Ying Si asked to see him.Before dawn, only Ying Si dared to bother him at this hour.Li Yuan just couldn't sleep, yawned and listened to Ying Si's report of what he had seen and heard, and reported back the casualties of the shadow guards of the palace.

Ying Si knelt at Li Yuan's feet, and said indifferently: "Ying Qi Yingyan in the ghost guard was seriously injured, and 11 other shadow guards were seriously injured. They have been sent to the medical hall for treatment. Two of them died, and the rest are not in danger for the time being. . 31 people were slightly injured."

"Have you found out which one is the entrustment?" Li Yuan rubbed his eyebrows wearily, "Is it the prime minister, or someone else? Is it related to Chen Yuanli's matter before?"

"It hasn't been found yet, and my subordinates will continue to interrogate and investigate, and find out the remaining evils in the mansion as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Li Yuan sighed softly, "Father's health has been bad recently, and he came here to make trouble while he was sick and lying in bed. The palace is so strict that it is impossible for so many assassins to sneak into the depths and kill them." Without realizing it, there must be internal spies to respond, find out all of them, and leave no one behind."

Everyone knows that His Royal Highness hates traitors the most, and none of the treasonous spies caught in the mansion left their whole bodies.

"Your Highness, do you still remember your plan to use Ying Qi?"

Li Yuan frowned: "Yes."

Shadow Four said in a low voice: "He trains hard, is talented, and has a good overall view. Now he is able to take the top position in the team. If he can truly be trusted by the palace, he will become the pillar of the palace."

Li Yuan rested his chin in a daze, feeling that it was not easy for a person to be praised by Ying Si, and this person was still Xiao Qi, so he couldn't help but feel proud.

Ying Si took out a piece of paper and spread it in front of Li Yuan: "The last test will be very cruel. If you promise, this subordinate will do it."

Li Yuan frowned: "How dangerous is it? Will it hurt him?"

Ying Si said calmly: "If he is loyal enough, nothing will happen."

Li Yuan bit her lip: "You promise?"

Shadow Four nodded: "The premise is that he has no second thoughts and absolutely obeys your orders."

Li Yuan was very confident in Ying Qi's loyalty, so he took out the Tianxiang Peony seal, roasted it in the incense burner for a while, and ironed it on the paper Ying Si brought.

Ying Si wanted to leave, but Li Yuan stopped him and told him, "If he...is not that loyal...don't hurt him, let him go, don't hurt him."

Ying Si put away the paper, raised his chin slightly, and asked coldly, "Your Highness, don't you hate traitors the most?"

Li Yuan smiled: "If Ying Qi is a traitor, it would be great. I can pamper him as I like, hug him and kiss him, even abolish his martial arts and hug him on my bed. Do you know how good he is? He chased him all the way I went to the cliff where my mother and concubine were buried, and he thought I was going to jump off the cliff at the time, so he chased me and jumped off, and when he saw me on the stone platform below, he blushed with shame."

Ying Si twitched his brows.

"He kissed me here when he just left." Li Yuan raised his hand to show Ying Si, pointed to the palm and said, "See, it's here. But he doesn't seem to like me anymore."

Ying Si took a deep breath, and wanted to resign at the slightest chance, but His Royal Highness wanted to talk too much, so he couldn't get in.

What better person to confide in than Shadow Guard?Ghost guards—both alive and strict with their mouths.

Li Yuan lay down a little in front of the desk: "Have you been staring at Ying Qi? Will he miss me when he sleeps at night? Will he solve that by himself? Does he really hate me now? He secretly Scold me?"

Ying Si slammed the door and left.

Li Yuan lay on the desk, buried her head in her arms.

"Ugh."

Ying Qi didn't have the strength to go to the medical hall, so he could only support his arms and go back to the closer residence, take some medicine and rest for a while.

When he came back, he followed a panting young man behind him, handed the glass bottle in his arms to Ying Qi, supported his suffocating stomach, and gasped, "Master Ying Qi... This, this is the dragon rewarded by His Highness." Xuedan, a good medicine for strengthening muscles and bones, was sent to you by Miss Liuyu."

It was Xiao Fuzi who often followed Liuyu. He was small but nimble. He had a chubby face, big eyes, and was innocent and honest.

Ying Qi took it and took a look: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward, it's too precious."

"Your Highness loves you." Xiao Fuzi took a few breaths, then smiled innocently, "The adults are busy first, and the younger ones have to deliver medicine to the other adults."

Xiao Fuzi saw that the shadow guard uniform on Ying Qi's body was stained with blood, and there were a lot of damage, so he conveniently put a guard uniform hanging on his forearm on Ying Qi's shoulders: "The small one is for the guards. Send a change of clean clothes, the adults put them on first, your clothes are torn, and the younger ones will report to the Weaving Hall tomorrow and then send you new ones."

Ying Qi hummed, without expression, and left.

After returning to the residence, she hung up the curtains and closed the door tightly. Ying Qi climbed onto the bed, took off her clothes to reveal her bruised back, new wounds piled on top of old wounds, and a shadow was branded on her right shoulder blade, showing the shadow of the Shadow Palace Shadow Guard. identity.

Ying Qi held the glazed medicine bottle in a daze, poured out a black and red pill, looked at it for a while, and put the medicine bottle back into the corner of the cupboard properly.

"Your Highness loves you." Xiao Fuzi's clumsy flattery lingered in his ears.

No, Your Highness doesn't love me anymore, no matter how much you ask, it's useless.

"Xiao Qi? What are you doing?" Ying Wu looked at him from the window, "What are you hiding?"

Ying Qi turned around to clean up the wound, and remained silent.

Ying Wu curiously jumped in through the window, hugged Ying Qi's shoulders, and saw dozens of deep purple-black scars on his thin back. difficult to recover.

"This injury hasn't healed yet, it's been almost a year." Ying Wu frowned and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

"Occasionally." Ying Qi said casually.

The wounds left by the salt torture are difficult to recover, because the salt grains are mixed with poison to intensify the pain. Even if the treatment was timely and one life was saved, every time it was cloudy and rainy, the pain would inevitably be painful, and it could only be healed gradually with time.