Chongxi [rebirth]

After washing and changing clothes, and tidying up properly, Ye Yunting calmed down a little from his clamoring and restless mood.

It's just that he didn't talk to Li Fengqi after all, but took advantage of Ji Lian's opportunity to bring hangover soup, and hid outside with the hangover soup.

Li Fengqi stared at his back and clicked his tongue, the interest in his eyes grew stronger, thinking that Ye Yunting was not that dull.

Ye Yunting went to the outside room and finished drinking the hangover soup in one breath, his swollen mind became clearer. He rubbed his temples, remembered something, and asked Ji Lian in a low voice: "You and the prince moved me together last night. On the bed?"

He got drunk last night, Li Fengqi's legs were inconvenient, so he had to find someone to help.

Ji Lian nodded as expected.

"You...tell me what happened last night."

Ye Yunting's heart skipped a beat, thinking of Li Fengqi's repeated teasing of him, he also became suspicious of what he just said.He rarely drinks alcohol on weekdays, and it is normal for him to drink poorly.But it should not reach the point that Li Fengqi said.

Ji Lian told him what happened last night.

Ye Yunting breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he had fallen asleep unconsciously.In the end, Ji Lian went on to say: "I wanted to wipe the young master's body, but the prince rushed to do it." He scratched his face and said in confusion, "Even the prince wiped your feet himself."

"..." Ye Yunting's heart skipped a beat.

Reminiscent of Li Fengqi's words, even if he didn't want to admit it in his heart, the fact was already in front of him - Li Fengqi might have other thoughts about him.

In recent days, Li Fengqi's attitude towards him has changed a lot, but he has been unwilling to think about it.

Ye Yunting let out a long sigh, feeling quite a bit headache.

If Li Fengqi was just an ordinary person, no matter whether he accepted or rejected him, he wouldn't have such a headache.But it happens that he will be the emperor who rules the world in the future.

And now the two are still tied to the same boat, it can even be said that Ye Yunting is under his protection.He neither wants to be involved in the complicated battles between the front court and the harem, nor does he want the current stable cooperative relationship to break down.

He squeezed the space between his brows, and said in a low voice, "Forget it, let's take a step forward."

Now, he can only pretend not to know.

Seeing his sad face, Ji Lian sighed and asked strangely, "What's wrong with you, young master?"

"Caught in a trap, in a dilemma." Ye Yunting frowned and muttered.

Before he was in the fog, he didn't see through Li Fengqi's careful thoughts; now that the fog is cleared, he has a new understanding of Li Fengqi's words and deeds these days.

This man obviously used the way of marching and fighting on him, and he took every step of the way to lure him into the urn.

But this set was entered by himself, Ye Yunting couldn't get angry, but secretly raised his vigilance.

So when the servants came in to pass the word that the breakfast was ready, Li Fengqi noticed that Ye Yunting's attitude towards him had changed subtly - Ye Yunting was deliberately keeping a distance from him.His expression and tone were the same as usual, but his body movements were very cautious.

If before, when the two walked together and Ye Yunting pushed him behind, the two would inevitably have physical contact, but now, although Ye Yunting would still push him actively, he carefully grasped the crossbar behind him with both hands to prevent the two from touching each other. Any possible physical contact.

He did it very naturally and concealed it very well, but Li Fengqi was good at observing words and expressions, so he still noticed this subtle change.

He lowered his eyes calmly, thinking whether the embarrassment of this morning has not been eliminated, or Ye Yunting has come to recall it.

After thinking about it, he felt that the latter was more likely.

Ye Yunting is very green in love, and he has been very slow to respond to his repeated hints.Although there are occasional blushes, it is more out of embarrassment than shyness.

But now that he is keeping a distance from him so calmly, it seems more like he has understood his own mind and acted on purpose.

Li Fengqi tapped his fingers on the armrest, glanced sideways at him, suddenly frowned and pressed his leg and said, "Wait, my leg suddenly hurts."

Ye Yunting was startled, and then he was a little anxious: "But the poison in the body broke out? Should I call a doctor?"

Li Fengqi looked at his anxious expression, thinking that Ye Yunting was still worried about him.This means that at least he doesn't feel disgusted with himself, and now he is keeping a distance secretly, probably because he is worried that if he breaks through, it will affect the current relationship.

Having figured it out, Li Fengqi rubbed his legs and took a breath: "No need, it only hurts occasionally, and it will be fine if you take it slowly."

He wasn't really lying, the cold poison in his body was concentrated on his legs with extreme methods. Occasionally, when the cold poison broke out, his legs would twitch and hurt.Unless the poison is completely detoxified, there is no solution. He doesn't want others to worry about it, so he endures it silently every time without showing anything.

This time, in order to test Ye Yunting's attitude, he had to make a bad move.

Ye Yunting frowned, and his tone couldn't help but blamed: "Isn't this the first time? Why didn't the prince say it before?"

"I said it to make you worry for nothing." Li Fengqi smiled, looked at his expression, and laughed happily again: "Your Excellency, are you feeling sorry for me?"

"..." Ye Yunting stared at him, not knowing how to respond.

If he followed reason, he would definitely deny it.But his heart prevented him from telling lies, he pursed his lips, and nodded: "The poison in the prince's body is not clear, it's better to speak out if you feel uncomfortable, don't bear it any longer."

"Okay." Li Fengqi smiled more and more heartily: "Next time I will never hide it from the eldest son."

"..." Ye Yunting felt that there was something in his words.

After recalling it, he was always a little suspicious, no matter what Li Fengqi said, he felt that the purpose was not pure, so he simply refused to answer and pushed him to the front hall.

When Li Fengqi saw this, he didn't press hard. He leaned back on the back of the chair, his eyes were slightly closed, and he looked happy.

***

After the seventh day of the seventh day, it was Chongyang in the blink of an eye.

On the day of Chongyang, it is necessary to worship the ancestors and pay homage to the heaven and the earth.

As soon as it was dawn, Ye Yunting got up, put on a complicated and solemn dress, and went to the ancestral hall with Li Fengqi.

The old concubine who practiced Buddhist rituals also showed up, Li Fengqi was in front, Ye Yunting and the old concubine entered the ancestral hall together.In the ancestral hall are placed the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties. After the three people worshiped one by one according to the complicated and complicated rituals, most of the day has passed.

Li Fengqi handed the three sticks of incense to Ye Yunting, and he inserted them into the incense burner on his behalf.

The old concubine knelt on the futon, folded her palms together, and chanted scriptures.

Her back was very straight, but she still couldn't hide her age and desolation.

Li Fengqi glanced at her, then at another ancestral tablet, and finally settled on the tablet of Li Huaiqu, the former king of Yong'an.

"Taking advantage of today's opportunity to pay respects to the ancestors, why don't mother move the little brother's memorial tablet to the ancestral hall." He said suddenly.

The old concubine paused, then turned her head suddenly, with surprise in her eyes.She stared at Li Fengqi for a moment, her eyes were complicated and unspeakable, but she still shook her head: "This is against the rules."

"Rules are dead, people are alive." Li Fengqi said lightly: "If my father is still there, I will agree."

The old concubine's lips twitched, as if she wanted to say something more.But Li Fengqi didn't give her a chance, and continued: "Now that my mother is still there, and my younger brother is still missed and worshiped, my mother has thought about it, what will happen to you after a hundred years?"

"He never even glanced at this world, it's just that I can't let it go." The old concubine said shyly.

Li Fengqi was silent, and said softly: "Mother, let me feel at ease."

He looked directly at the old concubine with calm eyes. Although he didn't say anything, he had made everything clear.

The old concubine's eyes trembled, she opened her mouth to speak, but she felt that it was useless to say more.

He is so sure that he must already know something.

Li Fengqi has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, and many things cannot be hidden from him.Since the death of Huai Qu, she kept this secret alone, not daring to reveal anything, but in the end she still let him find out the clues.

The old concubine stood up slowly, her body swayed, and Yiqiu who was beside her quickly went to help her.

She waved her hand and signaled Yiqiu to leave, before she said slowly: "Before Huai Qu died, he made me swear, so no matter what you ask, I won't say it."

"I understand. If my mother doesn't want to say it, I won't say it. If I want to know, I will investigate it myself." Li Fengqi turned the wheelchair closer, raised his hand to support her, and said in a deep voice: "I just hope that my mother can be more happy and accompany her more. I'll take a walk."

After returning to Shangjing, the old concubine was still worshiping the Buddha in her own courtyard. The number of times they met these days was very few. Today, when she worshiped the ancestors, he suddenly realized that she was much older and haggard.

Maybe it's because there are too many memories in this palace, the eyes of the old princess are getting older and quieter, and the whole body is entangled with a heavy old air, which is not a good sign.

The old princess was silent, and patted the back of his hand.His eyes also softened.It's just that mother and son are rarely so close, she opened her mouth, but couldn't say any intimate words, and finally said: "You don't have to worry, I am in good health."

……

In the end, the tablet of the Small Buddha Hall was moved to the ancestral hall.

The blank tablets without engravings are a bit dazzling among the ancestors tablets.

Li Fengqi said: "Since the tablet has been moved to the ancestral hall, why not engrave your name on it someday." He paused: "It's called Hanzhang, Li Hanzhang."

This was the name the old princess always called him.She gave him this name, as well as that love.

Although she never said it out loud.

Li Fengqi touched the amulet that had been kept on his waist, feeling completely relieved.

The old concubine was stunned, looked at him for a while, then turned around to face the memorial tablets, her voice trembling slightly: "Okay."

Her shoulders trembled, her back was always facing Li Fengqi.

Seeing this, Li Fengqi gently pulled Ye Yunting's sleeves, and retreated with him.

Just a few steps away from the ancestral hall, Yiqiu's call sounded behind him. Ye Yunting stopped and turned around, and saw Yiqiu holding out two exquisite sachets with a smile: "This is embroidered by the old concubine herself. I just forgot to give it. I sent it. Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and there is dogwood powder in the sachet to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters. The prince and princess should wear it."

Ye Yunting took it over, and saw that the two sapphire sachets were exactly the same style, with the word "卍" embroidered all over them, and at the lower right corner of the sachet, there was a "Qi" and "Ting" respectively.

"Thank you, mother." Ye Yunting thanked, and handed the sachet embroidered with the word "Qi" to Li Fengqi.

Li Fengqi took it, lowered his head and untied the sachet he bought at the street market, and put the one given by the old concubine on his waist.

Yiqiu looked at it, and just said goodbye with a smile, but when she was about to leave, she remembered something and turned her head and said: "When I was in Rongyang, the old concubine was always praying for the old prince and... " She looked a little sad: "The servants have been with the old princess for many years, and they have seen it. It's just that the old princess never asked me to talk to the prince. For example, this exorcism sachet, the old princess embroidered it for several days and nights I just embroidered..."

Her mother was the old concubine's dowry maid, and after her mother left, she was replaced by her to serve the old concubine.She has seen every bit of these years.The old concubine obviously cared about the prince very much, but she never got close to her on the surface. She saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. Now that she saw the prince, she didn't complain. Instead, she understood the old concubine's painstaking efforts. She was really happy for her master, so she took the courage Said these words.

Li Fengqi looked calm, and nodded towards her: "I know, take good care of mother."

When Yiqiu heard the words, she was blessed again, turned around and strode away.

After Yiqiu left, Ye Yunting saw Li Fengqi holding the sachet in his hand and rubbing it lightly.

He pushed the wheelchair forward, and said as he walked: "The old concubine is bored in the courtyard all day, only Yiqiu is with her, and I don't look very energetic. In a few days, I will be at the banquet. I don’t have enough experience in handling this time, I’m afraid something will go wrong, why don’t you invite the old concubine out to sit in charge?”

If it is said that before he saw the relationship between the mother and the child as if he had seen flowers in a fog, after experiencing what he saw in the dream, he saw it more clearly.

The temperament of these two people is too cold and hard, coupled with the long-term estrangement, now they get together, even if they want to get close, they really can't be soft.

Thinking of Li Fengqi's grief when he saw the old concubine's body in his dream, Ye Yunting lowered his eyes. He himself had lost his mother a long time ago, so he couldn't see Li Fengqi and the old concubine like this.

The most painful thing in the world is that the child wants to support but the relative does not wait.

Both Li Fengqi and the old concubine treated him very well, he didn't mind pushing in the middle.

Hearing what he said, Li Fengqi raised his eyes and looked at him, but he was not as depressed as Ye Yunting thought, instead he smiled a bit: "Alright, then I will trouble you to spend more time with mother." He After thinking for a while, he said: "My mother named my younger brother 'Hanzhang'. She must hope that he will be a gentle and gentle gentleman who has read poetry and books. It's a pity that I have followed my father and spent half my life fighting and killing. I am afraid that it will run counter to my mother's expectations. .”

"The eldest son, Zhilan Yushu, is more in line with mother's expectations than me." He looked at Ye Yunting with a smile on his face, and said slowly, "Although mother won't say anything about having a son like you, she must be very happy."

What he said was reasonable, even though the old concubine did not express her love for Ye Yunting when they met several times, she prepared things for him with all her heart every time.Just like the sachet this time, the one for him and the one for Li Fengqi are the same except for the name.

It was precisely because of this thought that Ye Yunting took the initiative to match in the middle, trying to ease the relationship between mother and son.

But what he did was the same thing, and when Li Fengqi said it, there was always some ambiguity about it.

He frowned unhappily, thinking to himself, "What do you mean by having an extra son?"

Could Li Fengqi be taking advantage of him again?