The prince is no longer a man

"My son, it is inconvenient for the fifth prince to meet outsiders now, so you don't want... my son!"

Regardless of the obstruction from the maid behind him, Pei Rong pushed the door straight and walked in. The weather before spring brought a bit of chill, the room was cold and gloomy, a young man in thin clothes was sitting at the table, he was surprised when he saw the person coming, Then he coughed weakly.

His face was pale, and his face was stained with an abnormal blush from the violent cough, this young man looked to be about the same age as Pei Rong, Pei Rong was soft-hearted, and ordered to the maid: "Quickly pour him a glass of water to moisten his throat! "

The maid stood there in a dilemma, Pei Rong lifted the lid of the pot and saw that the pot was empty, seeing this, the maid hurriedly said: "Your maidservant, go and boil the pot of water." After speaking, she hurriedly left.

After the boy finished coughing, Pei Rong asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"

The young man didn't answer, he raised his eyes to look at Pei Rong, and when he raised his head, the appearance of the young man also fell into Pei Rong's eyes.

The other party was only wearing a simple long gown, which was empty on his body, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind. His appearance was that of a man and a woman. In the dark room, his skin was a little whiter than snow. Looking up like this, there was a sense of charm.

"Who are you?" The boy asked in a cold voice.

"I am the eldest son of Prince Shun's mansion, what about you?"

"Didn't the court lady tell you my identity?" the boy asked back.

"She said you are the Fifth Prince..."

Pei Rong said so, but he didn't believe it in his heart, how could a prince be in such a situation, when he saw the self-mockery on the young man's face, he asked in disbelief: "Are you really the fifth prince?"

The fifth prince sneered and said, "Since you know my identity, you shouldn't come in."

The fifth prince, Duan Yueli, died because of his birth mother. Although his mother and concubine were not favored by the emperor, it stands to reason that the emperor should and should cherish his few sons.

However, the officials of the Sitianjian said that Duan Yueli was hit with an evil spirit, and the evil god came to the world, and anyone who was close to him would suffer innocent disasters, and his mother and concubine did not escape this calamity.

After learning about Duan Yueli's fate, everyone in the palace regarded Duan Yueli as an ominous person. Duan Yueli didn't even drink a few sips of milk, and he just survived decently.

It wasn't until Duan Yueli's age in the past two years that it was no longer convenient to live in the prince's house, so the emperor left Duan Yueli in the remote Ganquan Palace and ignored him.

And the palace ladies who are in charge of dressing Duan Yueli are basically sent here, and it is impossible to find other good positions. After all, no palace dares to ask for someone who has been with Duan Yueli for a while.

This is a secret fortune in the palace, Pei Rong didn't know it, his black and white eyes were innocent and unworldly, he asked: "Why can't I come in?"

But Duan Yueli laughed, Pei Rong's innocence seemed a bit ridiculous in his eyes.

"If you are not afraid of death, then naturally I will follow you."

"Of course I'm afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of you." After Pei Rong finished speaking, he thought that he was afraid of Prince Duan Jingxun, and that was the one who would kill him in the future.

Duan Yueli had already seen the warmth and coldness in the palace, Pei Rong's words didn't move him at all, he even grew a little impatient, he just wanted to let this simple prince leave early and give him peace.

Pei Rong didn't notice it, the two chatted for a while, but the palace maid didn't come in, he looked outside the door frequently, and asked: "Why hasn't the water boiled after so long?"

These words completely caused the coldness in Duan Yueli's heart to overflow, and he unceremoniously issued an order to evict the guest: "If there is nothing wrong, please go back, my son."

"That..." Pei Rong swallowed, stretched out a finger, and said cautiously: "I have one more question to ask you."

Duan Yueli raised her finger impatiently and pointed to the door, Pei Rong's voice continued to sound.

"How do I get back to the East Palace from here?"

In Kunning Palace, the dignified and luxurious queen sat on a phoenix chair, looking at Duan Jingxun who came to greet her, her long fingernails fiddled with Zhu Cui, and asked, "I have already invited you today, why is the prince here again?"

Duan Jingxun: "I will go to Dongyuan in a few days, and I can't greet my mother for a while, so I came to talk to my mother."

"It's hard for you to have such filial piety," the queen said indifferently, "The prince of Shun Palace will stay in the palace for a few days, the emperor has always loved him, so don't neglect him."

"Yes, my son knows."

"Follow the rules and do it well. The crown prince already likes to pester you. Don't go beyond the etiquette and let others think that you have something to do with the crown prince."

Duan Jingxun silently clenched and loosened the hands hanging on the cuffs, he acted perfectly like a pawn controlled by the queen, and replied in a deep voice: "My son understands, thank you for your mother's teaching."

On the way back to the palace, Duan Jingxun looked cold, Chang Bin saw it, and couldn't help saying: "Prince, you..."

At this time, a little eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Prince, the prince has just returned!"

When returning to the East Palace, Duan Jingxun saw Pei Rong sitting obediently in the palace, clenched his fists and coughed, and walked in calmly with a graceful posture.

When Pei Rong heard the voice, he was about to stand up and salute, but Duan Jingxun waved his hand to signal no, and then sat down to eat with Pei Rong.

The whole process was quiet and strange, only the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding occasionally, Pei Rong couldn't get enough of the meal, and finally finished eating, Duan Jingxun signaled the maid to bring stacks of delicate pastries.

"Try it." Duan Jingxun said.

The cakes on the table are all hibiscus cakes without exception, this is what Pei Rong likes to eat most in the palace, but I don't know what Duan Jingxun's actions mean.

Seeing that Pei Rong didn't move, Duan Jingxun picked up a piece and tasted it: "The hibiscus cake in the palace always lacks the taste."

Pei Rong: ...

Can you speak directly if you have something to say? He really doesn't understand!

"Really?" Pei Rong took a sip suspiciously, and came to a conclusion: "I don't think it's any different from the palace."

"Speaking of which, I haven't tasted the hibiscus cake from Prince Shun's Mansion for a long time." Duan Jingxun seemed to have something to say in his words.

Pei Rong laughed dryly: "Did the prince mean that I sent people to deliver hibiscus cakes before?"

Duan Jingxun tapped his fingertips on the table, noncommittal.

Pei Rong was not sure what Duan Jingxun meant, and asked tentatively: "If the prince wants to taste it, can I ask my mother to bring it in tomorrow?"

"Why didn't you send it away?"

Duan Jingxun asked very directly, and Pei Rong got stuck all of a sudden.

"that's me……"

Seeing that Pei Rong hesitated and couldn't tell why, Duan Jingxun waved his hand to push everyone away, and then looked at Pei Rong, as if he had to come up with an answer.

"I used to do that kind of nonsense." There was no one else in the room, Pei Rong suddenly felt that the weird atmosphere had disappeared a lot, and said after thinking: "The prince should not bother with me about the things that made the prince unhappy in the past."

"I'm not happy? I care?" Duan Jingxun asked back: "It seems that Shizi understands me very well."

How can he not know that his life is about to die!

Pei Rong couldn't help shouting in his heart, but for a moment Pei Rong didn't know what to say, so Duan Jingxun impatiently knocked on the table, urging Pei Rong to answer.

"I……"

Pei Rong concluded, thinking that Duan Jingxun not only wanted his life, but also bullied him all day long, he felt aggrieved and annoyed at once, and looked at Duan Jingxun with red eyes.

It was also because of Pei Rong's arrogant temperament, when he was in the palace, if he got into any trouble and behaved poorly to the concubine, the concubine would not have the heart to scold her.

Now in front of Duan Jingxun, he subconsciously did this again, and also forgot that Duan Jingxun is not a princess, and it's not something that he can just act coquettishly.

Duan Jingxun frowned, with a look of disgust: "Don't do this with me."

Pei Rong looked away resentfully, and heard Duan Jingxun say a little awkwardly: "Cough...well, well, I don't mind if you don't give lotus cake."

Pei Rong:?

Did Duan Jingxun actually like this?

Two days later, he was going to Dongyuan, Pei Rong hugged the quilt and buried himself in it, with the words "do not want to go" written all over his body.

The maids at the side looked left and right, no one knew what to do, they could only call out to the prince in a good voice, hoping that Pei Rong could get out of the quilt so that they could have an explanation.

The ball in the quilt moved, and Pei Rong's voice came muffled: "Go and tell the prince that I am not feeling well today and need to rest."

When the maid got something to say, she had no choice but to report it to her superiors.

When Duan Jingxun heard the news, he stopped going to Zhaohua Palace. He said something softly to Chang Bin. Chang Bin nodded repeatedly, and whispered: "Your servant must bring the words to the prince."

And Pei Rong sat on the bed with the quilt rolled up after all the maids left, he was so worried that he didn't know what to do, he also knew in his heart that he could hide from the first day of the junior high school, but not the fifteenth day.

The lame words of falsely claiming to be sick will be revealed by the imperial doctor once the pulse is on.

Sure enough, Chang Bin begged to see him outside the door, Pei Rong patted his face to cheer himself up, and then replied: "Come in."

"See you son." Chang Bin bowed his head and saluted as soon as he entered, and he couldn't find a single mistake.

Facing Duan Jingxun's confidant eunuch, Pei Rong pretended to be calm and asked: "Why didn't Eunuch Chang come to me with the prince?"

"The crown prince heard that the son is unwell, so he specially sent a servant over to ask if he wants to invite the imperial physician to take a look."

"Don't be so troublesome, I'm just a minor problem, and it will be fine in a few days, there is no need to call the doctor."

Pei Rong refused to call the imperial physician without hesitation, and to be more realistic, he coughed on purpose.

Seeing this, Chang Bin thought to himself that Pei Rong's reaction was exactly what Duan Jingxun said, so he took out a brocade box and handed it to Pei Rong.

"The crown prince said that if the crown prince doesn't want to see the imperial physician, he can take this medicine."

Pei Rong asked, "What kind of medicine is this?"

"The prince said that this is a good medicine that can cure all diseases, and one pill will be effective."

Pei Rong stretched out his hand and retracted it: "I... I don't need to take medicine either."

"The crown prince said that if the son does not want to take medicine, he should announce the imperial physician, and ask the son to choose one of the two."

Chang Bin didn't say anything else, he followed Duan Jingxun's instructions sentence by sentence, and what Duan Jingxun meant was that Pei Rong would definitely take the medicine in the brocade box, but he was a little dishonest.

Sure enough, Pei Rong struggled for a while, and stretched out his arm from under the quilt, and his sleeves were rolled up because of this movement, revealing his dazzlingly white skin.

Pei Rong took the brocade box, still making the final struggle: "This son will eat it later, you go down first."

"The servant's task is to watch the prince take this medicine."

Pei Rong: ...

Was Duan Jingxun trying to trick him on purpose?

Now Pei Rong has no other reason to shirk, even though he has always disliked taking medicine the least, but he made it himself, and Chang Bin is still here to watch him take it!

Simply closing his eyes, Pei Rong became cruel, picked up the pill with his fingertips and put it in his mouth.

The taste coming from his mouth in the next second made Pei Rong open his eyes in surprise.

Sweet is sugar.