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Snatching, doing all kinds of evil, those people── are simply a group of crazy lunatics. "

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. That Tuobahong's good life will not last long. As long as your country joins forces with us to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, we are not afraid to kill it and leave no one behind."

"Does the emperor have any plans?"

Xiao Yan smiled, but didn't answer, but changed the topic, and said some homely things, and the atmosphere was harmonious, until he got up to leave, he didn't express the doubts in his heart.No matter what he thought, he couldn't connect the shy child back then with the noble son of Xiliang who lived in the deep palace for a long time.

He thought about it all the way, but didn't come up with a clue.Unknowingly, she returned to the bedroom, only to find that Baorong was already sitting under the plane tree in the courtyard, reading a book intently, her lips were still moving slightly, as if she was muttering something silently.

"Your Majesty?" Seemingly hearing the movement, Bao Rong turned around, his pair of dim pupils immediately became bright, he put down the book in his hand, and hurriedly got up, and Xiao Yan also walked up to him at this moment, looking at the book on the stone table. The book suddenly frowned and asked, "Are you studying the art of war?"

"Oh! I just read it casually. I know that these days you have been worrying about Wei Bing's invasion of a small border town in our country, so I found some books to read, hoping to help you."

(10 fresh coins) Difficult, is it because I am dazzled?

Xiao Yan's expression was mixed, he looked affectionately at the elegant man in front of him, and slightly moved the corner of his mouth, wanting to laugh, but what finally condensed on the corner of his mouth was indeed a sad and bitter arc.

He frowned and sighed, "Don't look at these nonsense anymore, and you don't need to go to the battlefield to command the army. You just need to stay in the palace for me, and you are helping me." He rubbed the center of his brows as he spoke. , Jian Mei raised his eyebrows suddenly, and asked again, "By the way, Ran'er... how are you doing these days?"

Bao Rong lowered his eyelids and looked at the book of war on the stone case. Although Xiao Yan's tone of speech just now contained a slight reprimand, he knew that it was because Xiao Yan was worried about himself, afraid that his heart would be too tired. Thinking of this, his heart welled up. A touch of sweetness.But when he heard Ran'er's name mentioned, his face immediately darkened.

Xiao Yan turned around and sat down on the stone bench, looking very sleepy, and said in a low voice: "Looking at your expression, it turns out that Ran Er still hates me. Just now, when I passed by the Prince's Palace, I wanted to go in and have a look. But as soon as he walked to the door, he saw the two little eunuchs guarding the door yelling loudly that the emperor is coming, and the volume of the shouting at the top of his voice, he knew that he was announcing the master inside. , I heard crackling noises coming from inside──”

"Did he drop something?" Bao Rong asked anxiously, "Then, did you go in?"

Xiao Yan didn't answer, but smiled helplessly twice.

Baorong also saw Xiao Yan's tiredness at the moment, so he didn't continue to ask any more questions, but advised him to go back to the bedroom to rest for a while, and then called

Eunuch Zhang went to order some pastries to be brought over, but he simply ate a few mouthfuls and waved his hand saying he had no appetite.

Bao Rong immediately thought of his rash all over his body, and immediately asked him if he was not feeling well, but Xiao Yan smiled and told him that it was just that he was too tired recently, and he would be fine if he took a rest.Afterwards, he helped Xiao Yan to bed, and the imperial doctor who consulted him yesterday also brought a bowl of dark viscous liquid, Xiao Yan frowned when he saw it.

Baorong saw Xiao Yan's thoughts with just one glance.He took the medicine bowl from the imperial doctor's hand and sent him down, then sat down on the bedside, scooped up a spoonful of liquid medicine, blew it, and brought it to Xiao Yan's lips, "The medicine is not hot, drink it!"

Xiao Yan shrank his head back in resentment, "I'm not sick, what do you do with this kind of stuff, take it down quickly and pour it down, it will fill the room with a stench, it's so bad. "

"What smells bad?" Bao Rong put the spoon filled with medicine into Xiao Yan's mouth a little bit, with a look of unwillingness to give up, and said stubbornly: "Why are you like a child who doesn't know that good medicine tastes bad?" Hurry up and open your mouth and drink the medicine."

"Rong'er, I'm really tired today, so I'll go to bed first—" Xiao Yan got into the brocade quilt as if fleeing.

Bao Rong was short of breath, he was worried about Xiao Yan's body, but Xiao Yan just didn't know how to cherish himself, usually when he had some minor ailments, he would just stand up and not take medicine.But this time, Baorong felt that the rash came too suddenly, could it be some kind of omen?Thinking of this, he was terrified.

no!Let him drink this medicine no matter what.With a heartbroken heart, he stuffed the spoon into his mouth. Unexpectedly, as soon as the medicine took his mouth, a nauseating feeling rushed from his stomach to his throat. He couldn't help it, let out a low whimper, held the spoon He couldn't help covering his mouth with his hand.

"Baorong──" Hearing the strange movement, Xiao Yan turned over and sat up in surprise, snatched the bowl in his hand and dropped it on the ground, scolded distressedly: "What are you doing, I will tell you This medicine is very difficult to drink, you still—— spit it out quickly."

Bao Rong frowned, tears were forced out of the corners of his eyes by the nauseating soup, but he refused to spit out the medicine.

"Spit it out quickly, don't hold on!"

"Hmm—" Bao Rong shook his head vigorously, then closed his eyes, and swallowed the medicine juice into his stomach with great difficulty.The viscous concoction ran across his throat and flowed down the esophagus into his stomach. It was hot, as if a knife had been pierced into the flesh all at once, and he couldn't help but bend over in pain.

"Baorong──" Xiao Yan panicked, supported his arms and let him lie flat beside her, wiped the medicine juice left in the corner of his mouth with his cuff, and then saw him slowly open his eyes , with a difficult smile on his lips: "Actually, this medicine is not as bad as you imagined."

"You—you're so stupid!" Xiao Yan's deep eyes were full of pity, "You're not sick, what are you doing drinking that kind of thing, are you playing against me?"

"No—" Bao Rong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I was just thinking, feed you—"

"Hey, hello me?" Xiao Yan stared at Bao Rong's silly and well-behaved look with two big eyes, suddenly let out a low laugh, stretched out his hand to scratch the bridge of his nose, and said, "Don't do it again. It's such a stupid thing. I just take the medicine."

"Really?" Baorong's eyes immediately turned bright, and he couldn't even feel the heat wave rolling in his stomach.

"Really—"

Xiao Yan did fulfill his promise.On the second day, when the imperial physician presented the decoction again, Xiao Yan gulped it down happily. Bao Rong watched from the side, thinking that he did not drink for nothing?I still have a little pain in my stomach, but it's worth it.

That's right, as long as Xiao Yan is safe and sound, even if he wants to die, he will have no complaints.

Watching him drink the medicine, Bao Rong exited the bedroom and stopped by the Prince's Hall to visit Ji Ran.

As soon as Bao Rong stepped into the Prince's Palace, he saw Ji Ran and Huan'er playing with a caged sparrow.

Hearing the movement, Ji Ran raised his head, and when he saw that it was Bao Rong, surprise flashed in his eyes, replaced by resentment that was poorly disguised.

That Huan'er was very winking, when he saw Bao Rong coming, he saluted Ji Ran respectfully and retreated, Ji Ran had no idea whether to let Huan'er stay or leave!To be honest, he hadn't seen Baorong for some time, and he was so panicked that he even chanted his name in his sleep and dreams. Of course, he couldn't know this himself, and Huan'er told him all of this.Now, the person he had been thinking about day and night finally came, although he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, but if he was asked to open his mouth to drive the person away, he would never do it even if he put a knife on his neck.

Baorong looked at Ji Ran who was muttering, and was about to speak when he felt a sudden gust of cold wind blowing beside him. When he turned his head, he saw Huan'er passing by him, his eyes met. The moment he touched it, Bao Rong clearly saw that Huan'er's pupils were not black, but blood red.

Difficult, could it be my eyesight?

(11 fresh coins) Is it true that Father is treating you again?

Speaking of which, this court lady named Huan'er is also strange. She got into a fight with Ji Ran less than half a month after entering the palace. Usually, Huan'er would accompany her when she had nothing to do, playing with flowers and plants , plucking and plucking the guzheng or something, life is quite comfortable.

Only this time, after she left the Prince's Hall, she didn't go back to her residence, but walked quickly towards Huachun Pavilion where Yingluo lived.

On the way, she looked around very nervously, as if she had done something wrong, for fear that she would be followed.

After turning around for a while, she finally arrived at Huachun Pavilion.

The guards at the door were the attendants that Yingluo had brought with her, but she wanted no one to stop her when she walked in, instead she nodded at each other as if they knew each other.

When Huan'er stepped into the yard, Yingluo was drinking tea leisurely under the tree.

He was wearing a lavender gown, and his hair was simply tied up in a flowing bun. On either side of his body stood two male waiters in light green blouses. A plate of delicate fruits, nodding respectfully waiting for the order.

"Li Huan pays homage to the crown prince."

This girl was originally a woman, but now her voice is hoarse like a grown man.He knelt down on both knees and bowed his head to Yingluo.

"Get up!" Yingluo raised her hand, signaling the attendants behind her to back down, and after seeing them leave, she just got up and came to Huan'er, and stretched out her hand to help him up.

"Your Majesty, that—" Li Huan was about to say something, when Yingluo hissed in a low voice, and said, "If you have anything to do, let's go back to the room, it's inconvenient because there are so many people here."

Li Huan ordered