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"A high wall and a deep courtyard, are you afraid of being lonely?"

Shadow Seven shook his head.His Highness has always been the only one in his eyes.

"Since you want to be my shadow guard, just stay with me." Li Yuan raised his lips slightly, "When you want to leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape."

Another half an hour later, Ying Qi could force herself to stand up, and went to wash the stains on her face and body, Li Yuan also went to wash, changed into clean clothes, and asked someone to change the quilt on the bed. It was late at night.

After taking the medicine, Yingqi did feel a little insensitivity to eyes and ears, and also felt drowsy. Not long after he woke up, he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. This was the reason why he insisted on not taking medicine.

He will be unable to protect His Highness for a period of time. In his eyes, if he cannot protect His Highness, it is a serious dereliction of duty, and he is no different from a useless person.

Li Yuan was anxious and couldn't sleep at all, lying on the bed staring at the beams in a daze.

Ying Qi was sleeping sideways beside her, and when she fell asleep, she still had a protective posture, protecting Li Yuan inside her body, holding the thin green snake scabbard in her hand.

Li Yuan hugged Ying Qi back a little, and gently took out the scabbard in his hand and put it beside the pillow, letting him be hugged obediently, and curled up sideways in his arms.

"Can't you act like a baby to me, I will be very happy."

When Ying Qi was fast asleep, Li Yuan got up, lit a candle, and lay down on the table to write the unfinished letter, a few drops of cold sweat oozing from the corner of his forehead.

Today's matter, I'm afraid it won't work out anyway.Once the news spread that Prince Qi's son was consolidating his energy and recharging his stamina to hide his strength, Prime Minister Yan finally seized the handle of Prince Qi's mansion and would definitely make a big fuss about it.

Things have come to this point, we can only start first.

Li Yuan folded the handwritten book, leaned against the window and knocked on the window sill, Ying Wu hung upside down from the roof, and landed on the window sill to obey.

"I asked you to investigate the matter of Concubine Chen Gui and Chen Yuanli, have you found out?"

Ying Wu replied in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, Concubine Chen Gui and his cousin Chen Yuanli have private contacts, and they seem to be very close. We got a letter that has not been burned, but the content of the letter is ordinary and not threatening."

Li Yuan sneered: "Not finished burning? Okay, keep the original letter, make a new copy, rewrite the burnt half to be more explicit, and send it to Concubine Chen. There are people from us among the secret agents of the palace. You go." Handover is."

Chen Yuanli, the boss of Yuezhou Brothel Yingyuefang, relying on the power of the noble concubine, dared to insult the young master of the Kong family wantonly, threatened the king of Qi to punish the son, and they would never escape from the matter of the poisoned wine given by the emperor. When he started, Li Yuan went crazy and even bit himself. Since Concubine Chen Guifei moved his mind first, don't blame him for being a stepping stone to shield him.

Ying Wu's eyes lit up: "Your Highness is wise, this subordinate will do it now."

"Then what happened to the poisoned wine given by the imperial court? Even if Chen Yuanli was so bold, he probably wouldn't have the guts to poison the royal family."

"Your Highness, we haven't made a conclusion yet, but as far as some clues are concerned, there should be a third force secretly spying on it, and it will come back and report to you as soon as it is found out."

"Okay." Li Yuan handed the folded handwriting to Ying Wu, "By the way, hand this to Princess Baxia, and tell her that the rumors have changed, and if something happens to me, let her protect herself wisely and don't have to stand up for me. .”

Ying Wu smiled wryly: "Princess, with her temper, can you agree?"

Li Yuan thought for a while: "Then tell her, if you want to quit the engagement, just be obedient and shut up."

Shadow Five: "Yes..."

"Have you arranged accommodation for the guests?"

"Yes, His Royal Highness Li Mo and His Highness the Crown Prince will return to the Supervisory Mansion later. His Highness the Crown Prince is here in the name of inspecting the two prefectures of Linxun, but..." Ying Wu slightly hesitated, and said helplessly, "They are going to get together in a few days. The palace is visiting the prince."

Li Yuan's face was slightly serious: "To inspect Linxun Erzhou...you still want to go to my house?"

Ying Wu pursed his lips and whispered dissatisfied: "At first, His Royal Highness said that he would not disturb the prince if he wanted to take good care of himself, but it was His Highness Li Mo who insisted on going to visit, saying that he specially brought Lingnan's miraculous medicine."

Li Yuan snorted coldly: "Huang Daxian's New Year's greetings... I don't think he has any good intentions at all. You go back first, let Ying Si hide all suspicious things, tell the master of the Shadow Palace, and transfer all the shadow guard trainees. Go underground and seal the Shadow Palace, absolutely no traces of the Shadow Palace will be found."

"Yes." Ying Wu nodded and accepted the order.

Li Yuan sighed softly: "I will go back to the palace in a few days, and it must be impossible for me not to be punished. I don't know if it will implicate you, my father may be furious."

Ying Wu blinked his eyes: "You are wrong, how can the master's matter be called a burden, it is related to the palace, we will take care of it with you."

Li Yuan smiled helplessly: "I will have to be taught by your brother when I go back, right? Ying Si is too fierce, he has been controlling me since I was a child."

Ying Wu was happy, and bared out two small canine teeth: "He is for your own good."

Li Yuan rubbed Ying Wu's fried hair vigorously: "Go quickly, don't delay the matter."

"Don't worry, this subordinate will leave."

After Li Yuan finished explaining, he closed the window tightly. At this time, he was a little tired, and came back after yawning. Ying Qi woke up, still wearing his snow-green robe, sitting on the bed in a daze.

Li Yuan walked up to him, lightly touched his shoulder, before he could say anything, Ying Qi trembled suddenly, turned his head and looked at him blankly.

"Does it still hurt? I'll drink up the medicine later." Li Yuan sat beside him and gave Ying Qi a haircut.

Ying Qi looked at his hands in surprise, and looked around.

"Your Highness, the medicine given by Xingtang's doctors to this subordinate... will be dull... this subordinate can't hear or see clearly now."

Seeing that his spirit has improved a lot, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's only temporary, just rest for a few days and it will be fine."

Li Yuan stretched out a finger: "How much is this?"

Shadow Seven: "One."

Li Yuan stretched out three fingers again: "What about this one?"

Shadow Seven: "Three."

Li Yuan said lightly, "Isn't this very clear?"

Ying Qi bowed her head and buried her face in her arms: "This subordinate is guilty." Ying Qi was so guilty that she knelt in front of Li Yuan and couldn't be coaxed.

Li Yuan could only sit on the ground with him.

Ying Qi frowned: "Your Highness, the ground is cold."

"I can't help you if you don't get up." Li Yuan held Ying Qi and rubbed her cheeks, "It's okay, it's not a big deal, just take care of it. We ordinary people are blind compared to you."

Li Yuan comforted her for a long time before Ying Qi could barely believe that she was not disabled, and her mood stabilized a lot.It turned out that he was very concerned about whether he could continue to be a shadow guard, no wonder he didn't dare to heal his wounds easily.

His Highness Shi Zi's hand passed before Ying Qi's eyes, Ying Qi suddenly opened his eyes wide, staring intently at the row of tooth marks on His Highness Shi Zi's slender index finger.

Li Yuan wiped the teeth marks on his fingers, Xiao Qi held his fingers in his mouth and did not dare to bite, because he couldn't control himself when he was semi-conscious, he still bit down a few teeth marks that were almost bloody.

"What are you looking at, didn't you bite this?" Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground to tease him.

Ying Qi's face turned pale, and he raised his eyelashes to look at Li Yuan: "Subordinate...was not awake at the time...you...do you still feel pain?"

"It hurts, it won't hurt if you kiss me." Li Yuan rested his chin on one hand, put his index finger to Ying Qi's mouth with a smile in his eyes.

Ying Qi lowered his head in doubt, and obediently kissed His Royal Highness on the fingertips.

There was a crisp/itchy touch from the fingertips, Li Yuan trembled in his heart, and rubbed his cheek: "You are so good."

Yingqi asked earnestly: "Will you still alienate your subordinates? Should your subordinates...should stay away from you..."

Li Yuan stroked Ying Qi's hair lightly: "If I said that I distanced you for your own good, can you forgive me?"

"This subordinate dare not...to forgive His Highness." Ying Qi lowered her eyelashes, her cold tone could be heard a little low, "Then this subordinate should stay away from you and protect you in the dark."

Li Yuan embraced his limp body: "Unhappy? Stay by my side in the future and be careful. I don't want to lose Xiao Qi either."

Ying Qi relaxed a little, lowered his head, and kissed the teeth marks on Li Yuan's index finger.

Li Yuan went to the small stove to give Ying Qiduan medicine, when he heard him calling out to him behind him.Ying Qi stood behind him, hesitant to speak.

Li Yuan came back with the medicine and helped him sit down, cooled the medicine juice and brought it to his mouth.Ying Qi was anxious to say thanks while hesitating to speak.

Li Yuan tilted his head to look at him: "What do you want to say?"

Ying Qi hesitated and said: "The Prince of Lingnan has ulterior motives, you must be on guard."

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Because he bullied you?"

Ying Qi's eyes were full of urgency that was misunderstood: "Your Highness, please be clear... this subordinate will not gossip because of personal grievances."

Li Yuan pinched his cheek: "I'm teasing you, don't take it seriously. Tell me."

"Yes. His Royal Highness Li Mo intentionally probed his subordinate's skills. The arrows he shot in succession were not at the subordinate's lifeline, but at the eyes, groin, etc., which would be subconsciously avoided, forcing his subordinate to show off. The only time his subordinate used Shadow Palace Miyingbu was on the day the palace was assassinated a few days ago, and my subordinates suspected that the assassin of Bixiao Hall who assassinated the palace...had a relationship with His Royal Highness Li Mo."

Li Yuan was slightly silent.

Ying Qi was a little nervous, and said in a low voice: "This subordinate made a slip of the tongue."

Li Yuan stroked his hair: "Don't be afraid."

Ying Qi lowered his voice and said: "The matter of the imperial gift of poisoned wine... This subordinate thought that the other party deliberately left clues for us to discover, and did not really want to poison you alone."

Li Yuan's eyes were slightly cold: "Yes. Some people want to force my father to rebel, and follow the trend to destroy King Qi's lineage."

Today, Dacheng's troops are divided into four parts. Lingnan King Li Wenyan is in charge of Dingguo Xiaoqi Battalion, Qi King Li Chongjing is in charge of Xiaolang Battalion, and Dacheng Imperial Guard Shenyuan Battalion and Tianwei Battalion stationed in the western border are each in charge of the troops, standing on four legs. Potential.

On the Lingnan king's side, once King Qi's lineage is destroyed, the Howling Wolf Battalion controlled by King Qi will inevitably be absorbed by the other three armies/teams. Recently, the Lingnan border is troubled, and the remnants of Nanyue are resurgent and disturbing the border. Naturally, the court will first consider Lingnan when allocating troops. The King's Dingguo Xiaoqi Battalion already has 20 troops in Lingnan, and if it expands its strength, no one will be able to compete with the Lingnan King.

As for the crown prince, first there were rumors about Ba Xing Tianxiang, and then his cousin's hidden edge was revealed once. If he said that he could still take care of and trust Li Yuan as he did when he was a child, Li Yuan would not believe it.

This time the two cousins ​​came to the state from far away, I am afraid that it is not true to inspect the state and counties, and each have their own ghosts to test whether the Qi Wangfu is true or not.

"But I'm not sure who it is." Li Yuan frowned, "After all, we've known each other since childhood, and it's been 20 years."

The 20-year brotherhood is very strong. If it is placed in the family of an ordinary scholar, this relationship will probably last forever. The blood relationship of the royal family is worthless.

"I have been plagued by bad luck since I was born, and I don't know what I did in my previous life." Li Yuan smiled wryly, "I didn't do anything, so why do everyone treat me as a thorn in my side."

Ying Qi quietly accompanied His Royal Highness, listening to him talking to himself.

For several days, Ying Qi stayed in the room to recuperate, Li Yuan went to socialize with these two cousins, and played with them after patrolling, and hardly had fun with them at night, always looking for reasons to come back to take care of Xiao Qi's body .

Wei Cheng came to take care of him almost every day. The young master's medical skills are superb, he is good at medicine, Ying Qi has a good foundation, he recovers quickly, and the wound heals quickly.

Li Yuan even asked the staff of Xingtang to search for miraculous medicines everywhere, money is not a problem, and he will not be stingy with good medicines.

This day Li Yuan was still outside to inspect and play with his two cousins. In the private room, Wei Cheng checked Ying Qi's injuries and reapplied the medicine.

After finishing the set, Ying Qi remained expressionless, and Young Master Wei's fingertips were cold and sweaty.

Sitting beside Ying Qi, Wei Cheng blinked his big eyes and asked, "Brother, don't you feel any pain at all?"

Ying Qi said coldly: "I'm used to it."

"Is it really tortured in the Shadow Palace? Brother made a mistake? An unforgivable mistake?" After all, Wei Cheng was still a curious child who had always been fascinated by the Shadow Guard, and finally grabbed a living Shadow Guard. Wei, so he pestered him, wanting to hear the story.

Ying Qi turned around, lowered her head and lowered her eyelashes: "In the Shadow Palace, you will be punished even if you don't make mistakes. You will never understand why you are being punished."

Wei Cheng swallowed, knelt down on the bed nervously, and obediently put his hands on his knees and listened carefully: "Is that unreasonable?"

Ying Qi nodded slightly: "But you can kill the person who tortured you, find a way to break free from the ropes that bind you, and then escape from the torture room without being punished. Strength is the most important thing in the Shadow Palace, and there are no rules or reason."

Wei Cheng was inexplicably fascinated again: "Then why did my brother enter the Shadow Palace?"

Ying Qibiao started, and said indifferently: "It has nothing to do with you."

Wei Cheng scratched his head: "Then I..."

Ying Qi interrupted him: "I advise you not to go."

Wei Cheng still put his little hands on his knees, frowning and asked: "Why? Didn't you enter the Shadow Palace for His Royal Highness? Me too, can't you? Don't you want me to snatch your master? Brother wants to monopolize the master?" ?”

Ying Qi turned his face slightly, his cold eyes swept over Wei Cheng's face, Wei Cheng shuddered.

"Then you go." Ying Qi looked at him coldly, "Come out alive and talk to me about other things."

Wei Cheng said straightly: "The more you say that, the more I want to go. How can I be worse than you? Otherwise, when you recover, we will have a competition, and you are not allowed to use light work."

Ying Qi was helpless: "Don't pester me..."

"Who is pestering you?" Li Yuan just opened the door and came back. Seeing this little doctor sitting obediently beside Ying Qi and chatting, he immediately narrowed his eyes and looked up and down the threat of this little love rival to him.

Red lips and white teeth, big eyes and fair eyes, a small mouth that keeps talking, and dimples when she smiles... Fortunately, she is young, and the threat is basically zero.

So Li Yuan was in a good mood, rewarded Wei Cheng with a few fried chestnuts that he had just bought on the street, and threw the child out of the private room involuntarily.

"Eat chestnuts baby." Li Yuan sat beside Ying Qi peeling chestnuts.His Royal Highness Shizi has slender and fair fingers, but because he practiced bow harshly when he was young, his hand strength is actually very strong, and he has never done such delicate work before. With a light pinch, he can crush a chestnut including its shell and flesh.

Then Ren'er held the broken chestnuts and said, "Why do delicious things have shells. I'll peel a few more, and when the fate comes, it will be peeled off naturally."

Ying Qi pursed her lips, took two hot chestnuts from the paper bag, peeled them lightly, and held the round and soft chestnut kernels to Li Yuan's mouth.

The so-called shadow guard means that one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it. He must be obedient when he returns to the palace, can kill people on the battlefield, and he must peel chestnuts better than his master.

Li Yuan bit the chestnut kernel that Ying Qi handed over, put it in his mouth and leaned towards it, humming: "Half for each person."

The tips of Ying Qi's ears were filled with light crimson.

"Hurry up." Li Yuan got closer and closer to Ying Qi's mouth with chestnut kernels in his mouth, and gently threw him down, resting his right hand on his waist so as not to press on the wound, and fed the nuts into Ying Qi's mouth, and then Exchange a sweet long kiss.

Ying Qi's cheeks were hot, she curled up with her knees in her arms, and sat in front of Li Yuan.

"They went to inspect Linzhou Dam, I excused the sun and came back to accompany you." Li Yuan wiped his hands and sat down, holding Ying Qi's shoulders, "I'm afraid you will be lonely alone."

Ying Qi leaned quietly in the arms of His Royal Highness, still a little stiff and restrained, but her heart was actually very comforting and warm.

Li Yuan coaxed him patiently: "Don't be afraid of me, okay."

Shadow Seven nodded obediently.

Li Yuan sat behind Ying Qi to observe the growth of the wound, and the medicine thread could be removed after a while.

"You're hurt all over, I'm really worried, take care of it, don't fall into the root of the disease, and suffer later." Li Yuan put on Ying Qi's clothes, and gently pressed it, "Does it still hurt?"

Ying Qi frowned slightly: "It's okay."

The postures of the two were ambiguous/ambiguous, and when Ying Qi realized something was wrong, he was already hugged by His Royal Highness, Li Yuan tilted his head and kissed the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Do you miss me? I haven't seen me for a few hours, miss you me?"

Ying Qi lowered his eyelashes and nodded silently.

Li Yuan was very pleasantly surprised, Xiao Qi was very good today, probably he forgave himself.

A person jumped in untimely from the window.Ying Wu came over with a black ink cloud brocade robe, and when he saw the sticky scene, he immediately covered his eyes in embarrassment: "Return to my subordinate."

Li Yuan turned around as if nothing had happened, "Open your eyes."

"...Yes." Ying Wu reported shyly, "His Highness's instructions have been completed, Concubine Chen Guifei wants to see you."

Li Yuan crossed his legs: "It's just right, there will be a gathering in the capital in a few days, so tell her to wait."

Ying Wu said again: "My lord is angry, I call you back."

What should come will always come.

Li Yuan lost his mind for a while, and ordered: "You go and ask someone to arrange a journey for Li Mo and the crown prince. I'll go back and meet my father earlier."

Li Yuan said hello to the two brothers first, and Ying Qi and the two rode back home first.

After running around for a long time, unexpectedly, Ying Si waited sullenly at the gate of the palace with a whip in his hand. As soon as Li Yuan entered, the shadow guards arrested him and dragged him to the Mingzhu Hall of the old prince.

Ying Qi was startled, and quickly chased after her, but her ankle was suddenly entangled by the whip, and she was dragged back fiercely, and landed at Ying Si's feet.

Ying Si pointed his whip between Ying Qi's eyebrows, and said indifferently: "You still have the face to come back."

Ying Qi knelt down and lowered her head, said: "This subordinate is guilty. Now go to the prince to receive the punishment. If the prince grants death, the subordinate will have nothing to say."

Ying Si let go of his whip: "Go."

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