After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

After finding him in the heavy rain that time, Song Yaoxu specially ordered the imperial physician to treat him, but learned from the imperial physician that Qi Zizhen's injury and condition were very serious, and he had drenched for too long in this cool spring day several times. The rain, even if the injury is cured, the root cause of the disease will fall.

In other words, even if he survived this time, he might become a sick person in the future.

Song Yaoxu felt very guilty about this.

If he hadn't deliberately left him outside the East Palace for so long, if he had listened to Cui Liang's story about the child, perhaps he wouldn't have let his body fall to this point.

Although Song Yaoxu is usually very naughty, his nature is not bad, and he has no intention of really hurting an innocent child.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt guilty. After Qi Zizhen woke up, he had been trying to take care of him meticulously.

But Qi Zizhen, who had an emotional breakdown once, became very indifferent after waking up, and he didn't answer anyone, as if he had closed himself off.

Song Yaoxu felt pity for what happened to him, and felt guilty about his previous attitude, and he tried to treat each other as kindly as possible every time. After a while, he felt that his patience had been worn out.

Another month passed and the weather gradually became warmer.

Qi Zizhen's wound no longer affected him to lie down and rest. His condition was much better than before, but he was still as weak as the doctor said, his lips were always pale, and he would cough a few times from time to time.

During this month, Qi Zizhen stayed temporarily in the East Palace due to illness and injury. He thought about how he should live in the future for a long time, but he still couldn't come up with a definite answer.

Maybe we can only take one step at a time.

He looked up at the blue sky outside the window, and finally decided to step out of the room to bask in the sun for the first time in this month.

But when he pushed open the door, he heard a few maids cleaning in the yard chatting in a low voice.

"Hey, did you hear? The prime minister seems to be taking his wife, whom he decides to marry, into the prime minister's mansion."

"I heard that this matter has been rumored in the palace for a long time? It is said that the person he married is already pregnant."

"No wonder he wants to send Young Master Qi to the East Palace. Now His Highness has been rejected by the emperor, and sending him to the East Palace is tantamount to cutting off his future."

"..."

Qi Zizhen listened to the whispers of the maids, pursed his lips and remained silent.

And just at this moment, Song Yaoxu walked in with his things, heard the voices of the maids talking, and saw Qi Zizhen's obviously not very good face, and said aggressively to the two maids: "If you don't work, gather here to discuss What? Did Donggong raise you just to let you gossip here?"

The maids were frightened by Song Yaoxu's stern yelling, only then did they see Qi Zizhen come out of the room at some point, and hurriedly knelt down tremblingly to plead guilty.

Afraid of affecting Qi Zizhen's mood, Song Yaoxu waved them away impatiently, then ran to Qi Zizhen and smiled apologetically, "Well, don't take what they said..."

He really didn't know how to comfort others, so he just squeezed out this sentence dryly.

Qi Zizhen glanced at him, turned around and walked back into the house without saying a word.

Song Yaoxu hurriedly followed behind him, and changed the subject: "It's rare that you want to go out on your own initiative today. I'll change your medicine later and let's go out to bask in the sun together? It's not good to be bored in the room all the time."

Qi Zizhen didn't answer, but just sat quietly by the bed as usual, and took off his upper body clothes so that Song Yaoxu could help him apply the medicine.

Seeing this, Song Yaoxu couldn't say anything more, took out the wound medicine he brought and wiped it for him awkwardly.

Feeling the soft touch on his back, Qi Zizhen lowered his eyelashes slightly.

Over the past month, he watched Song Yaoxu learn how to apply medicine from the imperial doctor's clumsy at the beginning, and then gradually learn how to apply medicine by himself.

Although sometimes it is still difficult to control the strength, but it is also a little bit more proficient than before.

He calmly waited for Song Yaoxu to give him the medicine, and after putting on his clothes again, there was another plate of pastries in front of him.

"This is something I tried today! This time it must be better than last time!" Song Yaoxu's eyes sparkled, he looked more like a child than Qi Zizhen.

Ever since he finished eating the pastries given to him by the Empress Empress last time, Song Yaoxu has always acquiesced that he likes to eat sweets, and began to learn how to make them himself. ...But every time it is made, it is so unpalatable.

Qi Zizhen actually didn't like sweets, and that time he finished eating the cakes given by the empress only because of his status, so he regarded finishing the cakes as a task.

For the cakes that Song Yaoxu made again and again later, he also tasted them as if he had completed the task, and the evaluation he gave every time was nothing more than two words-"unpalatable".

Either sweetness or all kinds of weird tastes, or various taste problems.

Song Yaoxu didn't know why he was very persistent, and he had to try again every now and then.

Qi Zizhen made up his mind that he was about to be tasted badly again, so he picked up a piece and bit it lightly with no expression on his face, and almost couldn't bite it off.

...is a bit ridiculously hard.

Seeing his expression, Song Yaoxu knew that it must be impossible. He was a little downcast, but soon cheered up and took the piece of pastry from Qi Zizhen's hand: "If you can't eat it, let's go out and bask in the sun. It's a rare weather today. so good."

After speaking, he put his things away and took Qi Zizhen's hand to lead him out.

Qi Zizhen sat motionless on the spot, looked at Song Yaoxu steadfastly, and suddenly asked, "Do you want to restore the crown prince?"

Song Yaoxu froze for a moment.

This was the first time Qi Zizhen had taken the initiative to talk to him since the heavy rain, and he didn't expect such a question.

But looking at Qi Zizhen's clean and pure eyes, the "I don't really want to" that he originally wanted to answer was suppressed in the back of his tongue, and turned into another sentence: "...Do you hope so?"

As soon as his words fell, Qi Zizhen replied simply and neatly: "I want you to be the emperor."

His expression is very serious, and his attitude is very decisive.

This is the first time he has put forward an idea to Song Yaoxu.

Song Yaoxu met his gaze, and put away his usual laughter: "I think. I want to restore the position of prince, and I want to become king."

"...If that's the case, are you willing to assist me?"

Qi Zizhen looked at him, his eyes filled with coldness that shouldn't belong to his age: "If by then, you can help me bring down Qi Yuan."

"Okay, I promise you." Song Yaoxu gave him a firm and decisive answer.

Then began the most painful period of his childhood.

Under the personal guidance of his mother, Qi Zizhen was able to read and write at the age of five, and also understood a little bit of the truth. Every day, he accompanied Song Yaoxu, who liked to wander around, to stay in the East Palace to study.

Every time Song Yaoxu wanted to sneak out, he would be dragged back by Qi Zizhen who appeared out of nowhere.

Obviously he is the older and respected party, once in front of Qi Zizhen, he is cowardly and obedient, afraid that he will be upset if he is not careful.

He regretted countless times that he said on the spur of the moment that he wanted to restore the crown prince, but when he saw Qi Zizhen's serious expression, he couldn't say that, so he could only study with him peacefully.

Even under Qi Zizhen's "coercion", he took the initiative to tell his master that he wanted to extend the daily study time.

God knows how painful and struggling he was when he said this sentence against his will, but in order to please his little friend, he still showed a very firm and decisive attitude against his wife's suspicious gaze.

For a long period of time later, under Qi Zizhen's intentional guidance, Song Yaoxu gradually learned to "keep a low profile" and put away his dissolute temperament little by little.

Leng is a gentle and refined shadow from a tough kid who was tempered.

Qi Zizhen, Song Yaoxu and the prince and Taifu who were in charge of teaching also colluded with each other. They only said that Song Yaoxu was finally willing to seriously reflect on himself after being deposed as the prince, deeply realized his mistakes and corrected them.

Song Yaoxu also specially learned to get along with his other imperial brothers and establish a good relationship. He performed outstandingly at a palace banquet later, and was restored to his crown prince by Emperor Hongchu.

At the same time, during the past few years when Song Yaoxu restrained his temperament, Qi Zizhen's physical condition has been erratic, especially every time it comes to winter, if he is not careful, he may be seriously ill.

In order to take care of his body, Song Yaoxu, who was still the deposed prince at the beginning, tried his best to find all kinds of precious medicinal materials for him, and pulled him back from the gate of hell several times.

However, Song Yaoxu, the deposed prince, was underestimated and didn't have much property in his hands. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find too many precious medicinal materials, which made Qi Zizhen miss the best recuperation time in the past few years, and even almost a whole year for a year. Nothing is going well.

This also made him blame himself more and more firmly to regain the crown prince.

Qi Zizhen didn't care about his body at first, since it was just a cheap life anyway.

But because Song Yaoxu has been working hard to take care of his body, in order for him to improve his cooking skills a little bit, he gradually changed from using Song Yaoxu to being a little soft-hearted, and unknowingly, he has more concerns to stay in the world.

If he died of illness, Song Yaoxu would definitely blame himself.

During the two years after Song Yaoxu regained the crown prince, Song Yaoxu became more refined and easy-going than before. Qi Zizhen also put down more guard against Song Yaoxu, and would accompany him out of the palace from time to time.

In the twelfth lunar month of the 15th year of Hongchu, the capital has been covered with snow.

In order not to arouse Qi Yuan's fear, Qi Zizhen always lives in the prime minister's mansion when the weather is warm, and only lives in the East Palace in winter because he is too weak to travel back and forth.

Song Yaoxu's temperament is much more restrained than before, but he still likes to go out of the palace from time to time, so Qi Zizhen will go out with him in a thick wrap.

But the sky failed, and they encountered a sudden heavy snow within a short time of walking, and it happened that they didn't bring an umbrella.

Ten-year-old Qi Zizhen was still in his worst health for a period of time, and when the snowstorm finally subsided, he could no longer hold on and fainted.

They happened to be hiding near the sacrificial platform next to the National Teacher Pagoda to avoid the snow, some distance away from the imperial palace, and Song Yaoxu specifically didn't let Cui Liang come with him.

With his current physical strength, it might be too late to carry Qi Zizhen back.

Song Yaoxu was anxious on the face, although he was afraid that there should not be too many rules for communication between the crown prince and the national teacher, he still gritted his teeth and ran to the door of the national teacher's tower to ask the national teacher for help.

The person who responded to him was a guard who suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Seeing that the child on his back seemed to be in a very bad condition, the guard thought for a while and said, "I can't make the decision on releasing him. Please allow me to go up and ask the National Teacher for instructions first, Your Highness."

"Okay, I'm sorry." Song Yaoxu nodded, and then walked a little further in under the guard's signal, carrying Qi Zizhen on his back under the National Teacher Tower to temporarily block the wind.

After that, he didn't wait long until the national teacher Ning Qingwei came down in person.

Ning Qingwei was dressed in black, with a black mask on his face, and his whole body was enveloped in a gloomy atmosphere. After taking a look at Song Yaoxu, he turned around and walked inside again without saying anything.

"Master Guo Shi asked you to follow." The guard hurriedly added, "Guo Shi seldom communicates with people on weekdays, and he doesn't talk much. I hope His Highness will forgive me."

After five years of training and teaching by Qi Zizhen, Song Yaoxu was no longer as reckless as before, and shook his head behind Qi Zizhen's back, with a gentle attitude: "It's okay, thank you."

After that, Song Yaoxu carried Qi Zizhen all the way to the top of the National Teacher Pagoda, and put Qi Zizhen on the bed under Ning Qingwei's signal, and Ning Qingwei provided some herbs in the National Teacher Tower.

Relying on the experience gained from taking care of Qi Zizhen in the past few years, Song Yaoxu prepared a soup that he usually drank when he had a fever. After the decoction was boiled, he fed it to Qi Zizhen as much as possible with the help of Ning Qingwei.

From the beginning to the end, Song Yaoxu and Ning Qingwei had no communication, only occasionally asking where something was, and the atmosphere was silent and awkward.

Song Yaoxu didn't know Ning Qingwei well, I only heard that he was very mysterious on weekdays, when he was in a good mood, he would attend the morning court a few times, and he could do whatever he wanted.

But later Ning Qingwei took the initiative to ask: "What's his name?"

Song Yaoxu was stunned for a while before he realized, and replied, "Qi Zizhen."

Ning Qingwei gave a "huh" and said calmly: "He is not in good health, so let's stay in the National Teacher Tower temporarily today. It's getting late, His Highness should go back to the palace."

Hearing the reminder in his words, Song Yaoxu looked at Qi Zizhen who was still asleep on the bed, and finally stood up helplessly: "Master, I will come back tomorrow to pick Zizhen away."

Ning Qingwei nodded and personally sent him away.

Song Yaoxu, on the other hand, was always worried about Qi Zizhen's situation, and couldn't sleep that night, and ran to the National Teacher Tower early the next morning.

Then he saw Qi Zizhen and Ning Qingwei talking happily in the National Teacher Tower.

Although both of them were cold-tempered, Song Yaoxu could clearly sense that Qi Zizhen's attitude in front of Ning Qingwei was relatively relaxed.

At least less so than when he was in the first place.

Song Yaoxu was secretly depressed for a while, and then politely thanked Ning Qingwei, and then took Qi Zizhen and left the National Teacher Tower.

After leaving, Song Yaoxu also asked him why he seemed to be very gentle towards the national teacher, and Qi Zizhen answered him after being silent for a while.

"I always feel that Master Guoshi's temperament...is very similar to my mother."

The light words made Song Yaoxu's subtle unhappiness turn into heartache, and since then, at Qi Zizhen's suggestion, he would go around the National Teacher Tower from time to time.From being rejected at the beginning to finally winning the soft heart of the national teacher, he secretly went to the national teacher's tower every now and then.

In the following days, Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu were basically the same as usual except that they had an extra schedule to go to the National Teacher Tower.

Song Yaoxu used his position as prince to buy more herbs that are beneficial to Qi Zizhen, and besides pastries, he also learned to cook by himself. The body is better than before.

They support each other, accompany each other, grow together, and leave a part of themselves in each other's life.

But at this moment, they never expected that someday in the future, the relationship between them would undergo different changes.

The author has something to say: The next chapter is the heart-wrenching moment of His Royal Highness in the first life~

As for why there is no heartbeat moment for Zizhen, it is because Zizhen has too many heartbeat moments, and he doesn't remember when it was, and it is probably similar to the heartbeat moment in this life (Qi Zizhen:?)