Chongxi [rebirth]

The person who came was a young man with a dark complexion and strong facial features. There was a scar on the left side of his face, which made him look a bit fierce.If there is still an old man in the palace at this time, he must be recognized as King Yong'an's personal attendant, the fifth watch.

Wu Geng knelt on one knee by the couch, and when his eyes touched Li Fengqi who couldn't move on the bed, his eyes were filled with anger, heartache, self-blame and many other emotions.After a few breaths, he clenched his fists, managed to calm down the turbulent emotions, and said in a hoarse voice, "Is the prince's body okay?"

"I can't die for the time being." Compared to his excited subordinates, Li Fengqi didn't show much emotion, as if he had already expected this day, and asked about things outside in an orderly manner.

"What's the situation outside now? How many people do we have?"

Wu Geng said: "It's peaceful on the surface, but secretly the emperor is already cutting off our wings. After I received the summons from the prince, I immediately informed all the adults to hold back and act cautiously. The emperor can't catch them right now. If the mistake happened, Cui Xidiao could only ask Cui Xi to send the Shence Army to strengthen the defense of the upper capital, to check the entry and exit, and secretly cut off the communication of the post station. people."

"It happened suddenly. We didn't have many people in Beijing. We lost a lot this time. Now there are only five or six brothers left. I didn't dare to let them rush to report."

Li Fengqi has been stationed in northern Xinjiang all year round, and rarely returns to Shangjing Palace.

The reason why he came back this time was just because the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and he heard that the old concubine who was worshiping Buddha in Rongyang was not in good health, so he decided to return to Beijing temporarily.

Because it was a temporary idea, and there were not many guards with him, he never thought that he would be plotted against.

But the emperor reacted so quickly that he seemed to have been prepared. Li Fengqi was poisoned for only three days, and he brutally and decisively killed the killer.

While trapping the poisoned Li Fengqi in the mansion and ignoring him, he killed Li Fengqi's confidantes. At the same time, he also cut off the communication of all parties to prevent anyone from sending letters to northern Xinjiang, and kept the news in Shangjing.

If it wasn't for Li Fengqi's immediate awareness of the crisis after he was poisoned, he sent a secret letter to Wu Geng, who was away on errands and didn't return, telling him to hide his whereabouts and not return to the mansion, and asking him to send letters to officials who are usually close, telling him that no matter what happens, Just do not know.Otherwise, at this time, Shangjing City would have been bleeding into rivers long ago.

Thinking of those brothers who were killed for no reason, Wu Geng's eyes turned red with hatred, and he said ruthlessly: "My lord, this poison is probably the result of that white-eyed wolf like Li Zong. Thanks to my lord's loyalty to him all these years! Why don't I risk my life and go back to the north?" Send a letter from Xinjiang, asking General Zhu to lead his troops back to Shangjing to take the prince back!"

Li Fengqi glanced at him: "Who said that Li Zong got the poison?" He shook his head and said, "Li Zong is just making use of it."

Wu Geng was stunned: "But the prince is poisoned..." It was obviously the poison that the emperor got when he came to drink with the prince.

"I know the person who poisoned me." Li Fengqi didn't say much to him, but only ordered: "Be careful outside, find a way to send the letter back to Beijiang as soon as possible, tell Zhu Wen and others to stay still, don't be provoked and act impulsively Drop the handle."

These days Li Fengqi is not worried about his own safety, but Zhu Wen and others in Northern Xinjiang are most worried.

Li Zong wanted to be famous, and when he was sure that he would die soon after being poisoned, he would not kill him easily.And the real poisoner didn't want to kill him.Therefore, although he has suffered some torture these days, his life has not been endangered.On the contrary, Zhu Wen, who was far away in northern Xinjiang, was impulsive and didn't know the situation of going to Beijing.If someone provoked him to lead his troops back to Shangjing on the spur of the moment, that would be what Li Zong really wanted.

Another reason why Li Zong didn't dare to kill him was because he was afraid that after killing him, the Xuanjia army would have no scruples and would come back to Shangjing without hesitation.But if nothing happened to him, Zhu Wen and the others couldn't hold back their words first, and Li Zong's hat of rebellion would be removed, and he would be able to attack the Xuanjia army in an open and honest manner, that would be more harm than good.

Li Fengqi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then reported a list of medicine names, and said: "After you go out, find me a reliable doctor and make up the medicine according to my prescription. From now on, every ten days, I will ask someone to deliver it to you." New prescription to get the medicine."

Wu Geng was puzzled: "Now the palace is not as tightly guarded as before, why don't you let me send it in directly if the prince wants anything?"

Although the palace looked empty earlier, it was actually tightly guarded inside and out, so he never had a chance to come in.But now it has been more than a month since the accident happened, and the guards around the palace have loosened up a lot. With his skills, it is not difficult to get in and out.

"Now Cui Xi is in charge of the Shence Army. Cui Xi is insidious and cunning, and his actions are treacherous. The guards in the palace seem to be loose. It may be his trick to deliberately relax the defense to lure you in, so that we can catch you all in one go." Li Fengqi emphasized his tone. : "Do everything according to my orders, and don't act recklessly. In the future, don't go in and out of the palace at will. I will ask someone to send you a letter if something happens."

"Yes, I would like to obey the prince's order." Wu Geng nodded in response.After hesitating for a while, he asked again: "Do you want to send a letter to the old concubine, asking her to return home?"

The old prince went early, and the old concubine was not very close to him. After the old prince passed away, she went to Rongyang to recuperate.Now that something big happened to the prince, no matter how weak the relationship between mother and child is, they should come back and have a look.Now the emperor is able to trap people in the mansion so unscrupulously, half of the reason is that there is only one master in the mansion, the prince has fallen, and there is no one in the mansion to be the master.People outside don't dare to stand out, why don't they just let the emperor pinch and flatten them?

If the old concubine was in the mansion, at least the emperor would not dare to be so arrogant on the face of it, and would have to be more scruples.

Li Fengqi was silent when he heard the words, and then said after a while: "Someone send a letter to my mother, asking her to go back to the house."

Hearing the words at five o'clock, the apprehension on his face was swept away, and he cheered up: "This subordinate will go now."

After speaking, he turned to leave through the window, but was stopped again.

"and many more."

"Is there any order from the lord?" Wu Geng turned around.

"Do you have any silver with you?" Li Fengqi asked.

"???"

Wu Geng was stunned for a moment, fumbled around in his bosom, and finally collected five taels of silver and came out: "There are only these now, what does the prince want money for?"

With the current situation in this mansion, there is no place to spend money, right?

"..." Probably did not expect his subordinates to be so poor, Li Fengqi looked at the shabby five taels of silver and fell silent.

Seeing this, Wu Geng carefully asked: "Will the prince want more?"

"..." Li Fengqi closed his eyes and said, "Forget it, find a chance and bring in some money and rice."

"Yes." Wu Geng took the broken silver back into his arms, and when he opened the window and left, he was still thinking, what does the prince want money for?

***

When Ye Yunting woke up, the Golden Crow had already climbed to the top of his head.

After sleeping on the narrow imperial concubine's couch all night, not only did she not feel relaxed, but she was dizzy, her waist was sore and her back ached, especially her side neck was also sore and sore.

He rubbed his neck and got up, first to see Li Fengqi's condition.

Li Fengqi didn't seem to wake up yet, his eyes were closed tightly, his long eyebrows were stretched out, his eyes were narrow and long, and the ends of his eyes were slightly raised, he was more angry than yesterday.

Seeing that his complexion was much better than yesterday, Ye Yunting felt relieved, rubbed his neck and walked out muttering: "It seems that I can't sleep here tonight."

I feel uncomfortable after sleeping, it is better not to sleep.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Fengqi's voice came from behind.

"My lord is awake?" Ye Yunting turned around, returned to the bed, frowned and said, "Maybe I didn't sleep well last night, and my neck is a little stiff."

He said while rubbing his neck.

Li Fengqi looked up and saw a slender neck protruding from his slightly open collar, and there was an obvious bruise on the right side near the base of the neck.Probably because his complexion is too fair, this bruise also looks more serious.

"..." Li Fengqi recalled for a moment, the bruise was probably left by his heavy hand at five o'clock last night.

He looked at Ye Yunting who didn't know the truth, and rarely felt a guilty conscience.He coughed, and said: "It looks like there are some bruises, it may be from the pain while sleeping at night."

Ye Yunting said: "The imperial concubine's couch is a bit small, I'd better squeeze in the outside room with Ji Lian tonight."

After a few more days, after finding out the situation in the mansion, I will consider whether to move to a side room.

"Two men can't sleep on the Arhat bed outside." Seeing his wrinkled brows and eyes, Li Fengqi hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't mind, you can sleep on the couch. The couch is big enough for one more person It won't be crowded either."

Probably didn't expect him to be so easy to talk, Ye Yunting was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, his heart was moved. After all, this bed is really big, even four people can sleep it.It's really not too crowded to have one more him now.

"Of course I don't mind, but my lord... really don't mind?"

Li Fengqi shook his head, closed his eyes again and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Ye Yunting became happy, thanked him, and went briskly outside to fetch water for washing.The water was prepared by Ji Lian long ago. After Ye Yunting washed up, he brought another basin of water in for Li Fengqi to rinse his mouth and wipe his face.

Li Fengqi's tendons are broken now, and he is lying on the bed unable to move.Ye Yunting could only help him to sit up and rinse his mouth, then let him lie down, and wiped his face with a wet handkerchief.

His movements are very skilled, not like taking care of patients for the first time.

"Have you cared for the sick before?"

"Yeah." Ye Yunting had nothing to hide, put the handkerchief to wipe his face in the basin, and wiped his neck and hands along the way.His movements were very natural, gentle and without any intimacy, even Li Fengqi, who always hated being touched by others, did not feel any resistance.

"The nanny who took care of me had an illness before, and she was also bedridden. I took care of her for a while."

He said it lightly, but Li Fengqi knew from his skilled movements that he must have done his best at that time.

What's more, he is obviously the eldest son of the Duke's mansion, but he has to take care of the seriously ill nanny himself, so he knows the hardships inside.

"What happened later? Is the nanny cured?" Li Fengqi asked.

"No." Ye Yunting shook his head, with a little nostalgia in his eyes: "It lasted for about a month, and then he left. Afterwards, Ji Lian and I were left to depend on each other."

The nanny is Ji Lian's own mother.

As soon as he was born, his biological mother died of dystocia.His father probably felt that he was cloistered and didn't like him.

As long as he can remember, he lived in the most remote courtyard of the Duke's mansion, and only the nanny took care of him.At that time, he was young and ignorant, and he would often ask his nanny why his parents never came to see him.Why does the nanny never let him and Ji Lian go to play outside the yard, and why does the nanny never allow him to go to his parents to complain when encountering domineering servants bullying him and Ji Lian.

It wasn't until he grew up that he saw Ye Wang being hugged by his parents, laughing and playing, and then he gradually understood the nanny's hesitant expression when facing his immature questions.

His own mother died long ago on the day he was born.Today's mother is not his own mother.And his father didn't like him,

If he could choose, Ye Yunting felt that he probably didn't want his son at all.

The only people who really love him and protect him are Nanny and Ji Lian.

After the nanny left, Ji Lian was the only one left.

There are many things revealed in his words, but Li Fengqi didn't ask any more questions, but said: "People are cold, and it is lucky to have someone who depends on each other. Ji Lian is very loyal to you."

Ye Yunting laughed: "Well, we are called masters and servants, but in fact we are almost like brothers."

As he spoke, he picked up the basin and poured water outside.

On the contrary, Li Fengqi's expression darkened when he heard "brother", and he thought of Li Zonglai again.

To this day, he still can't figure out why he and Li Zong have reached such a point, and why Li Zong hates him so far.Before being poisoned, Li Zong was still in his heart, a young brother who had not yet grown up and needed his protection.He has read all over the history books, and has seen a lot of dramas where all the birds are hidden, but he never thought that one day it would happen to him.

If it is acting, Li Zong's acting skills are really good.

He still remembered that when he met Li Zong for the first time, the other party was only five years old, a little dumpling who had just reached his knees, wrapped in a thick cotton robe, and called his brother by holding his leg.

At that time, he will learn that the reason why his mother has never been close to him these years is that he once had a dead twin brother. Because it is unlucky to die at birth, it has never been known to outsiders these years.He only found out about it when he secretly saw the memorial tablet where his mother paid homage to his younger brother.

So when he met Li Zong, he thought that if he had a younger brother, his mother would probably be more happy.

For more than ten years, he has really protected Li Zong as his own younger brother.

At that time the crown prince Li Wei was still alive, Li Zong was not taken seriously, and the late emperor even wanted to raise and depose him.He personally taught him reading and martial arts, and taught him the art of war... Even when he went to the northern border to join the army, the two often exchanged letters.

He always thought that the friendship between brothers had never changed.Even though Li Zong's temper became more and more extreme and stubborn, he only thought that his younger brother had grown up and had his own ideas.

But he didn't expect that Li Zong would become so thorough, and even use the things he taught him before to deal with him in reverse.

Sure enough, the world has changed, and people's hearts are unpredictable.

Li Fengqi snorted, with a look of hostility in his eyes.

He had thought of asking Li Zong face to face that the brotherhood these years had been fake.But now seeing Ye Yunting and Ji Lian getting along, he suddenly figured it out.

Regardless of whether the former friendship was true or not, the moment Li Zong made a move on him, he had already betrayed their brotherhood.

There is no more friendship between them, they can only be life and death enemies.

Since it is an enemy, kill it.

Outside, just as Ye Yunting poured water, Ji Lian came over with a food box.He raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is someone delivering food today?"

Ji Lian glanced at the maidservants standing on both sides, entered the room and closed the door, then opened the food box and complained: "I'm giving it away, but it's just these things."

Ye Yunting looked into the food box, there was a small plate of pickles and three bowls of rice, which did not surprise him.

"This amount may not be enough for you to eat." He smiled.

"Master, why don't you worry at all, and you still have the mood to laugh." Ji Lian muttered.

"Sorrow can't make food for nothing." Ye Yunting tapped his head with his fingers, picked up a bowl of rice and some pickles, and went to the back room: "You eat first, don't wait for me."

Entering the inner room, Li Fengqi on the couch had furious brows and eyes, with a gloomy expression, and the violent aura around him could not be hidden. If Ye Yunting knew that he could not move now, he would almost think that he would violently kill people in the next moment.

Ye Yunting withdrew the relaxed smile on his face, and tentatively called out: "My lord?"

Except for the early morning yesterday, he had never seen Li Fengqi show such a sullen expression, as if the person who talked to him in a soft voice just now was not alone.But after he thought about it again, he felt that this was the real King Yong'an, the appearance of strangers not to enter, was exactly the same as what he saw at the palace banquet.

Ye Yunting stopped cautiously, and maintained a gentle tone: "Just now a maid brought food over, should the prince eat now or wait a while?"

Li Fengqi, who was indulging in the past, came back to his senses, and was about to answer, but found that he was holding a bowl, standing one step away cautiously, not approaching.

He felt a little funny in his heart, stretched his brows and eyes and said: "I just thought of some old things, did it scare you?"

Of course Ye Yunting couldn't admit it, shook his head, and sat down beside the bed with a bowl in his hand: "Eat the meal while it's hot."

He didn't ask any more questions, and Li Fengqi didn't say any more.

Ye Yunting picked up a pickle and fed it to his mouth with a spoonful of rice. Li Fengqi opened his mouth to eat it. For a while, there was only the sound of shallow breathing and the slight sound of porcelain clashing in the room.

After feeding about four or five mouthfuls, Ye Yunting wanted to feed again, but Li Fengqi shook his head: "Enough."

Ye Yunting was surprised: "I only ate half a bowl."

Li Fengqi's jaw tightened slightly: "It's enough to relieve hunger, but it will be inconvenient if you eat too much."

He said it implicitly, Ye Yunting didn't understand what he meant at first, but after he realized it, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.Just now he felt that Li Fengqi's evil spirit was like an evil god, making people daunting.But now I feel that no matter how powerful God of War is, he is still a mortal after all.

Nothing to be afraid of.

He pursed his lips and held back his smile: "You don't have to be like this, just call me when you need it."

After speaking, he brought a spoonful of rice to his lips: "The body is more important."

"..." Li Fengqi looked at him blankly for a while, then lowered his eyes and ate the food that was brought to his mouth.

Ye Yunting finished feeding him a bowl of rice, and then fed him half a glass of water before he packed up the dishes and went out.On the contrary, Li Fengqi stared at his back for a while, thinking that he also sometimes misread.

The eldest son of this country's government is not only not cowardly, but also bold.