The prince is no longer a man

In Linguang Hall, the little wooden horse stood quietly in the courtyard. Pei Rong knelt down and wiped off the thick dust on the little wooden horse, revealing that it had faded badly.

The little wooden horse has been polished by time and years, and its body is mottled and gray. Even though it looks very old, Pei Rong still couldn't help raising his hand and gently caressing the wooden horse's body. There was a cool feeling in his palm. , It gave Pei Rong a sense of deja vu.

It seems that when I have been here before, I also love this strange little Trojan horse.

"Pei Rong?"

Just as Pei Rong was thinking about it, a deep male voice suddenly came from behind.

Hearing this voice, Pei Rong knew it was Duan Jingxun without turning his head.

The hand on the little wooden horse paused, Pei Rong retracted his acceptance, stood up, and turned around slowly, Duan Jingxun was standing three feet away from him, watching from a distance.

The two stood quietly and looked at each other. Duan Jingxun's eyes were deep. When he looked at a person intently, it gave people a feeling of deep affection.

No one can remain indifferent in the face of such eyes, and so is Pei Rong, not to mention that he has never been able to stand up to Duan Jingxun.

So Pei Rong averted his gaze, and said in a low voice, "Too...Prince..."

Duan Jingxun's eyes moved slightly, his expression was unclear.

He just came back from the palace today, and he still couldn't calm down his mood, so he came to Guangdian to have a look, but he didn't expect to meet Pei Rong.

As soon as Duan Jingxun finished calling Pei Rong, he felt that he was wrong.

The scene in front of him was quiet and beautiful, so beautiful that Duan Jingxun forgot how Pei Rong resisted him in the East Palace before.

It's just that the memories of the past overlapped with the person in front of him, making it difficult for Duan Jingxun to suppress the throbbing in his heart.

When Pei Rong turned his head, Duan Jingxun woke up as soon as their eyes met. He didn't even take a step forward, but stopped far away.

Duan Jingxun's throat rolled, and he said in a deep voice, "Why are you running around in the palace if you're not recuperating in the mansion?"

Pei Rong suddenly remembered everything he saw in Ganquan Palace, he pinched his cuff tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Little Anzi...he is dead..."

"Dead?" Duan Jingxun was also very surprised, but he was more concerned about why Pei Rong knew about Xiao Anzi.

"Did you go to him? Or did someone tell you?"

"I originally planned to find him, but I didn't expect..."

Before Pei Rong finished speaking, Duan Jingxun's expression changed drastically, and he walked towards him quickly.

"What are you going to do with him! Do you know that he is dangerous!"

Duan Jingxun lowered his voice and almost squeezed it out hoarsely from his throat.

His expression was serious and dignified, as if facing a formidable enemy, he stared at Pei Rong to make sure that he would not miss any slight changes in Pei Rong.

However, Pei Rong accurately grasped the meaning of Duan Jingxun's words, and asked back: "Do you know about him?"

"Yes," Duan Jingxun suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Listen to me, Pei Rong, don't meddle in Xiao Anzi's affairs, since he is dead, you can't ask anything."

"Prince," Pei Rong interrupted suddenly, "Aren't you still involved in the matter of Xiao Anzi?"

Duan Jingxun lowered his face: "You have to know what to do, the things in the palace, even if you talk about it for three days and three nights, you can't finish it."

"If you don't want to tell me, I'll go...go..."

What to do, Pei Rong himself is not clear yet, he has nothing that can make Duan Jingxun catch him without a fight, so what's the point of him saying this?

Before Pei Rong could think it over, Duan Jingxun suddenly grabbed his shoulder. Through the fabric, Pei Rong could feel that Duan Jingxun's palm was terribly hot.

"Pei Rong, you promised me to be obedient, do you remember?"

"En." Pei Rong bit her lip and nodded lightly.

"Little Anzi is more dangerous than you imagined, even if he is dead, you don't want to take risks, you know that?"

"Prince," Pei Rong said, "Why do you care so much about me... about this matter?"

There was an unknown tenderness in Duan Jingxun's eyes, he just rubbed Pei Rong's head and told him as before: "I will tell you when this matter is over."

"Can't we say it now?" Pei Rong grabbed Duan Jingxun's cuff almost subconsciously, looking at him almost expectantly.

Even though he could see Pei Rong's desire, Duan Jingxun could only cruelly refuse, his voice was still very soft, but he held Pei Rong's hand harder: "No."

He clearly said words of refusal, but the movements of his hands still domineeringly refused to allow Pei Rong to leave.

Duan Jingxun didn't even give Pei Rong a reason, except for simple and powerful words, as if he couldn't say anything else.

Pei Rong stared blankly at Duan Jingxun. He originally thought that he had understood what Duan Jingxun was thinking, but now, he was unavoidably shaken.

Even though he has already reached such a field, why does Duan Jingxun have to endure it again and again? What is he enduring, what is he waiting for?

Duan Jingxun's refusal made the two of them look at each other speechlessly. Suddenly a gust of wind blew up the fallen leaves all over the ground. The fallen leaves swirled and floated up, and then fell leisurely. The dilapidated wooden horse moved with the wind, "Squeak Yay" shaking.

This movement broke the nearly frozen atmosphere between the two of them. Pei Rong seemed to wake up suddenly, and took two steps back in a daze. He was in a state of confusion at the moment, lowered his head and said quickly: "Prince, I'm going back first."

Then he left Linguang Hall without looking back.

Duan Jingxun just turned his head, watching Pei Rong's back disappear into the long palace road.

The swaying wooden horse also gradually stopped, Duan Jingxun leaned over, stroked the small wooden horse's back with his palm, and whispered to himself: "He still remembers you."

After leaving the palace, Pei Rong was at a loss for Duan Jingxun's concealment from him, but now he is angry.

Duan Jingxun has never been willing to explain his words to him. Could it be that in his eyes, he is so untrustworthy?

But if this is the case, why does he let himself disturb his mind again and again?

He must find out about Xiao Anzi's affairs. Since Duan Jingxun didn't tell him, he will find a way to investigate!

But how to check it, Pei Rong couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Originally, he wanted to ask Duan Yueli, but Duan Yueli's appearance today really shocked Pei Rong. Pei Rong was walking on the street thoughtfully, and suddenly felt as if something was caught under his feet. He looked down, It was a disheveled beggar who grabbed his ankle.

"Good-hearted people, please..."

The two looked at each other, the beggar's voice stopped abruptly, she stared blankly at Pei Rong, and shouted in a daze: "Your Honor?"

Pei Rong was also taken aback, he didn't expect that the beggar was a woman and knew him.

Taking a closer look, she felt that her dirty face was somewhat familiar, and Pei Rong couldn't help but wondered: "You are..."

"Rong Shizi, the servant girl is Rue Xiang! Do you still remember the one who served the Fifth Prince in Ganquan Palace in the past!"

"Ruxiang?" Pei Rong turned pale with shock, not daring to answer the question: "Why is it you?"

Seeing that Pei Rong still remembered herself, Yun Xiang burst into tears, she hugged Pei Rong's calf tightly, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty Rong, please save this servant!"

Pei Rong brought Rue Xiang back to Prince Shun's Mansion, and Pei Rong was still in shock when Rue Xiang cleaned up.

Didn't Duan Yueli say that Rue Xiang was dispatched to another palace, why is she reduced to a beggar now, and she keeps saying help?

After a cup of tea, Pei Rong was still puzzled. Rue Xiang had already combed her hair, put on clean clothes, and walked out shivering.

There are too many doubts in Pei Rong's mind at this moment, so he couldn't help asking: "Ru Xiang, why... have you fallen to this point?"

Ruxiang's eyes turned red, and she knelt down with a "plop": "I beg your son to save Yunxiang from the capital, and Ruxiang must be very grateful!"

"Don't cry, tell me what happened. The fifth prince said that you were sent to another palace. What's going on?"

"The servant was not assigned to another palace, but after the fifth prince was selected by the empress, the servant was almost killed and mingled with Ye Xiang to the death before escaping from the palace and saving his life."

"The fifth prince wants to kill you?" Pei Rong asked back in disbelief with his eyes widened.

Duan Yueli not only killed Xiao Anzi, but also killed Yunxiang?

Pei Rong couldn't help being terrified, what kind of person is Duan Yueli who is so cruel?

"I don't know why," Yunxiang said, tears streaming down my face, "I only hope to escape from this capital and return to my hometown to live in peace. I don't want anything else."

Rue Xiang used to be from Duan Yueli, thinking of this, Pei Rong couldn't help but sound the alarm, and asked sternly: "Ru Xiang, I want to ask you a few questions, you must tell me clearly."

"Slaves must know everything!"

"Little Anzi...do you recognize this little eunuch?"

Yun Xiang frowned and thought hard for a while, looked at Pei Rong timidly, shook her head and said, "I don't know Xiao Anzi."

Hearing that Rue Xiang said that he didn't know each other, Pei Rong couldn't help but anxiously said: "I met him with you, on the way to Oasis Palace, he looks very handsome, and there is a small mole on the corner of his mouth, you should think about it carefully."

"There's a small mole near the corner of her mouth..." Yunxiang murmured to herself, then suddenly exclaimed, "I've seen him before!"

"Where did you see him?"

"When the prince was injured and unconscious, the fifth prince was praying in the Hanguang Hall, and the servants were also waiting by the side. At that time, the queen came, and she followed Eunuch Li and him!"

"At that time, the servant took a second look, so when Rong Shizi mentioned his appearance, the servant remembered it!"

Xiao Anzi is the queen's man.

This discovery made Pei Rong startled. If things go on like this, then the person who really wants to kill him is the Queen?

But why?

Pei Rong still remembered that when he was injured in the paddock, the empress gently applied medicine to him, and even called Princess Shun into the palace to drink tea. She is so dignified and generous, the majestic mother of a country, how could this be so?

Most importantly, what should he do if he is really the queen?

Pei Rong suppressed the shocking news, and asked in a trembling voice: "What else? How much have you heard about the Queen?"

"Others, I don't know about it. The fifth prince just moved out of Ganquan Palace, and I thought I didn't have to suffer. Who knows..."

Pei Rong nodded in a daze, Yun Xiang was already crying miserably, hearing Pei Rong's heart beating even harder.

After ordering someone to dress up and send Yun Xiang out of the palace, Pei Rong leaned helplessly on the bed, his eyes trembling.

If I hadn't had that big dream, I'm afraid everything would be moving towards the ending of the dream step by step.

The queen sent Xiao Anzi to pass on Duan Jingxun's words to him, and he believed it to be true, and went to the appointment with great joy. Everyone in Shun Palace could see that the little prince was so happy and looking forward to this day.

But he died in that dark and cold hall.

Pei Rong woke up suddenly, what would happen to Duan Jingxun and Prince Shun's Mansion after he died in the dream?