Prince of Heaven

Rongshi felt that his body was light and floating, as if he was in the cloud of a dream, and as if floating in the sea, rising and falling with the waves, which made him inexplicably suffocated.

Then he felt hot all over his body again, his skin was scorched and painful, and it seemed that there was a flame burning in his brain.

It hurts so much.Rongshi saw that he was curled up into a ball with the flames burning in his head, tears streaming down his face.

After a long time, the flame gradually extinguished.He lay in a piece of desolation.

The dripping water "clicked" on his forehead.

The vague voice came from nowhere.

"Ah Shi, Ah Shi."

Who is calling him?

The name Ah Shi, in his memory, no one except his parents would call him that.

Probably an auditory hallucination after excruciating pain.

He has long since lost his mother, his father, that lofty, indifferent and cruel father.

Rong Shi felt that his hand was being held by someone, the sticky feeling made him sick, and he frowned in disgust.

Then that vague voice sounded again, judging from his tone, he seemed very anxious: "Doctor Hua, Ah Shi seems to be unwell, come and see, Doctor Hua?"

Hua Wendeng stepped forward to look, and sure enough, she frowned deeply when she saw Rong.He pressed his fingers on Rong Shi's wrist, feeling his pulse.

The emperor's eyes were fixed on Hua Wendeng, and he was so nervous that he held his breath.

After a while, Hua Wendeng put Rong Shi's hand back into the quilt, and said, "It's okay, it might be a nightmare."

nightmare...

The emperor stayed where he was.

Because of his poor health, Rongshi was cared for in every possible way since he was a child, and he never had nightmares.If it is a nightmare, it is probably that he has experienced great pain and despair during those years when he was thrown in the cold palace.

The emperor's voice trembled slightly: "Doctor Hua, when will he wake up?"

Hua Wendeng replied: "I can't be sure about this, maybe he will wake up soon, maybe it will take a few days. But after all, there is no life to worry about, just order someone to take good care of him."

The emperor held Rong Shi's hand, the child's thin arm and the scarred back of the hand made the emperor's heart ache suffocating, his voice was a little hoarse: "I will take him back to the palace."

"Impossible." Hua Wendeng objected immediately. He was a charlatan, and he still did not pretend to speak in front of the emperor. "The patient's current physical condition is not suitable for moving."

"In exchange for—" Hua Wendeng

Glancing at him holding Rong Shi's hand, "It's cold in the spring, even though warm coals are burned in the room, it's better not to let the patient's hands outside."

The emperor seemed to wake up, lowered his head and silently put Rong Shi's hand into the quilt, and tucked the quilt for him, acting carefully like an ordinary loving father.

Jing Huai watched coldly, not commenting on it.

Whether to accept a father again is Rongshi's right.

Yinzhu and Yinlan always looked at the emperor secretly.

Really the emperor? !Yinzhu was amazed in his heart.So majestic and so loving, it really satisfied all the fantasies he had about his father in his heart.

No, Yin Zhu quickly pulled himself away from the inexplicable envy, and he secretly looked at Rong Shi, whose face was pale and weak, and he remembered that when the young master brought Rong Shi out of the palace, his whole body was covered in injuries.

The emperor did not take good care of his son.

So now he is guilty and wants to make up?

Yinzhu thought it was impossible, but he couldn't resist the majestic and gentle emperor's father.

Of course, it's not his turn to make the decision.

In the past, he would sometimes feel jealous because the son favored him, but now, he has no idea about a person whose status is far beyond his imagination.

He and Yinlan silently stood by and helped Miracle Doctor Hua, and occasionally quietly looked at the person who got off the bed.

Tianhuang nobleman, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Inexplicably, Yinzhu suddenly felt a sense of nobility and mystery from Rongshi's body, it was clear that Rongshi's complexion was extremely different at this time.

hallucinations?

Yin Zhu wiped his eyes, and when he opened them again, his feeling did not change.Moreover, this kind of mystery and dignity is similar to the feeling given to him by the statue of Suzaku on the altar on the day of the god worship ceremony.

"It's fine, you don't need your help for the rest. Go out." Hua Wendeng said to Yinzhu and Yinlan, "Too many people in the room will disturb the patient's rest."

Yinzhu and Yinlan backed out without a sound, trying to keep their footsteps as light as possible.

"Your Majesty, let's go to rest too. I ordered someone to tidy up the upper room. Please move your Majesty." Jing Huai then persuaded the emperor to go out.

"No need." The emperor sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Rong with a hoarse voice, "I'll be with him."

Jing Huai glanced at the emperor's tired expression, and didn't persuade him any more.

In the middle of the night, everything was silent.In the room a lamp burns silently, the candle

The fire flicks down occasionally.

Rong Shi curled up his fingers and opened his eyes.

The emperor, who was leaning on the bed and squinting his eyes for a nap, suddenly trembled and woke up. When he woke up, his eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't help sitting up straight. He said in surprise, "Ah Shi, are you awake?"

After the sentence, the emperor's heart felt dull and aching again: "Is it uncomfortable? Don't be afraid...Father...Daddy is here."

When he was very young, Rong Shi hadn't learned to walk, and when he was babbling, he called the emperor and empress A Father and A Mother.

When they were older, they learned etiquette and rules before changing their mouths to the emperor and queen.

Rong Shi glanced at the emperor's trembling hand reaching out to touch his face, frowned and turned his face slightly.Although the movement range was very small, it cut the emperor's heart like a sharp knife, and made his hand hang in mid-air, not daring to advance an inch.

After a long while, he withdrew his hand decadently, and said in a dumb voice: "The genius doctor said that you are fine, and you can recover with peace of mind. When you get better and can move around, I will take you back to the palace, okay?"

Rong looked at the man in front of him fixedly, without any reaction.

At this moment, Jinghuai Tonghua Wendeng walked in.

When the pupils of the eyes rolled, they shone slightly.Jing Huai's heart softened, and he said: "The genius doctor Hua came to change your medicine, I just went out to look for the missing medicine, with this medicine, your injury will heal faster."

Jing Huai was explaining why he didn't accompany Rong Shi to wait for him to wake up.Rong Shi looked at him, understood his explanation, a smile finally appeared on his pale face, this smile was very faint, and soon dispersed in the dim light.

But the emperor, who had been paying attention to Rong Shi from the beginning to the end, saw it, and couldn't help feeling sour in his heart.

He suppressed the pain in his heart, not wishing to have an attack in front of Rong Shi.

Hua Wendeng changed the medicine bandaged on the wound when Hua Wendeng replaced the face, and the emperor kept ordering and reprimanding him, saying "be gentle", "be careful" and so on, which gave him a headache, and it was inconvenient to slap the emperor face to face. face, so as not to drag down the junior brother's family.

After changing the medicine, Hua Wendeng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Jing Huai, "It's ok, I'll come back tomorrow. If there is any situation, let someone call me in the wing."

Jing Huai nodded and said, "Brother, you have worked hard."

Hua Wendeng shook his head: "The benevolence of the doctor is the responsibility." Then he looked at the emperor and said goodbye.

When Rong Shi woke up safely, the knife hanging over the heads of everyone in Duke Jin'an's mansion was finally removed

.Because of the emperor's arrival, everyone in Duke Jin'an's mansion was worried, and they just stayed up until this hour, and the whole mansion was brightly lit.

After Hua Wendeng went out, he said "nothing" to everyone, and Duke Jin An ordered the servants in the mansion to go back to their houses to rest.

However, the torment of the people in Jin'an's mansion may last for a while.

The emperor temporarily canceled the early court, and ordered officials to come to Jin'an Duke's Mansion every day to report government affairs. In fact, the early court was in a different form, but because the venue was not in the palace, it could not be called the early court.

In the past few days, the emperor will speed up the speed of reporting by officials in the morning.At the beginning of Sishi, the emperor had to end the court meeting anyway, because Rongshi would wake up at this hour every day, and he had to see his son.

On the morning of the [-]st, the emperor came out of the temporary political affairs office and went straight to the place where Rong Shi lived.

After these two days of recuperation, Rongshi has become more energetic, at least he is no longer drowsy every day, and can barely sit up and chat with others after drinking the medicine.

When the emperor came in, Rong Shi sat reclined on the bed, listening to people reading.

The child's face was calm, his eyelids drooped, and he didn't know whether he had slept or not.

The emperor could not help but lighten his steps, and walked to Rong Shi's bed, and was about to take a closer look, when Rong Shi suddenly raised his head, and met the emperor's probing eyes that he had no time to retract.

The two looked at each other, and the surroundings were silent.

The emperor saw some emotion in his eyes when he was not calm, but he didn't dare to get close to him rashly, so he had to take half a step back and called out softly, "Ah Shi."

Rong Shi frowned, his resistance and disgust were evident on his face.

The emperor's heart ached sharply, and he didn't know what to do when he stood there.

After a while, he recovered his voice, which sounded like a lot of vicissitudes: "Ah Shi, I know you can't forgive me now. I also know that I should bear all this. I am sorry for you, you used to I already know all the grievances I suffered in the cold palace. I did not do my duty as a father, did not protect you, and caused you to suffer a lot and suffer a lot..."

Speaking of this, the emperor recalled what Zhang Wangde had just reported earlier, Rong Shi was wearing single clothes and knelt in the Hanzhang Hall in a world of ice and snow, letting everyone bully and belittle him.His fingers dangling weakly on both sides trembled uncontrollably.

This is more than suffering.

Rong Shi was born with poor health, he held him in the palm of his hand and raised him like before, and he worked hard to raise and protect him, so that

It makes him have a healthy body like ordinary people of the same age.He was so young and so fragile.From collecting thousands of loves in the body, to losing everything overnight, falling to the bottom of the valley, how cruel and cruel.

His child was only nine years old when he was thrown into the cold palace.Nine years old...

The emperor's throat was hoarse, and he thought to himself, how could he have the heart to do this at that time, how could he have the heart to abandon the child he has loved for so long?

He was suffering, suffering, and distressed at this moment.He seemed to be deprived of breathing, and the suffocation made his chest hurt.

He suddenly didn't dare to face Rong Shi.But reason told him that he wanted to make up for the child.

"Ah Shi, it won't happen in the future." He assured the sickly child on the bed, "I won't let you be wronged again in the future."

Dao's erratic laughter sounded suddenly, with an inexplicable meaning, reaching the emperor's ears.

There was a mocking smile on the corner of Rongshi's mouth.

And soon, the slight expression given to the emperor disappeared, scattered in the cold spring air.Rong Shi closed his eyes and ignored him.

Rongshi's attitude towards the emperor was extremely indifferent, perhaps not even indifferent, basically treating him as a transparent person who does not exist.

But Rongshi treats other people well-behaved and docile, especially when facing Jing Huai, those bright black eyes seem to hide stars.

Every time the emperor saw it, he felt bitter and sour in his heart.His headache and bad temper didn't ease in the slightest because of the destruction of Mrs. Gouyue's witchcraft doll, and the bitterness that had accumulated in his capacity turned into violence during the court meeting.

The officials were trembling with trepidation, but fortunately the emperor's temper turned violent, and the switch did not do anything irrational.It's just that when something goes wrong, it's inevitable that he will be punished severely. Maybe when the emperor is in a bad mood, he will be punished instead.

Moreover, officials have observed this phenomenon.

Jinghuai, which was favored by the emperor in the past, began to be targeted by the emperor.To others, even if they made a mistake, they would scold Jing Huai even if they did not make a mistake, and they were even more picky about the government affairs reported by Jing Huai.

However, with Jing Huai's ability, it's not easy to pick bones from eggs.Most of the time, Jing Huai spent it peacefully in Thunder, nothing happened.

The officials felt that the emperor was in a state of madness, but no one dared to speak out.

The emperor's attack on Jinghuai

Somehow, the news reached Rong Shi's ears.

Rong Shi's indifference towards the emperor ended in his questioning.

"Master Jing saved my life when I was dying. He is my savior. Your Majesty treats my savior like this. I wonder if he hates the person who saved me and blames him for not letting me die in that snow and ice?" Of course not. The emperor hastily denied, "I am grateful to him." "

Rong Shi sneered: "Your Majesty's gratitude is really special, just like your so-called love."

The emperor was speechless for a while, but when he looked carefully, his face was disastrous when he saw Rong, thinking that he was angry, which affected his already weak body.

"It's my fault." The emperor conceded, "Ah Shi, don't be angry."

Rongshi coughed violently, the emperor's heart tightened, he ignored Rongshi's repulsion, and stepped forward to pat him on the back.

The emperor hadn't done this for a long time, and his movements were a little rusty.

Rong Shi's eyes were slightly wet, and after coughing a few times, he gradually recovered.He did not resist the approach of the emperor.

The emperor also felt the softening of Rong Shi's attitude.His fingers trembled, and he held Rong Shi in his arms.

Rong Shi was much thinner than he imagined, so light, and so thin.

The emperor was immersed in the feeling of unreality, and he was a little caught off guard by Rong Shi's sudden change of attitude, but he was happy in exchange.

Until the cold "Your Majesty" called him back to reality.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jing is my benefactor." Rong Shi said softly.

The emperor was holding his child, his body stiffened.Only then did he fully understand that Rong Shi's softness and obedience was to intercede for another person.

He put his hand on Rong Shi's head and rubbed it.The corners of Rongshi's mouth were tense.

"I see." The emperor said with a wry smile, "I won't embarrass him anymore."

Later, the officials discovered that although the emperor still had a bad face, he was able to restrain himself and stop losing his temper.Recently, everything has started to go on the right track.

These days, the emperor's main tasks are to order Tingwei Yamen to re-investigate the Jiang family's rebellion case three years ago;

The first thing, if you want to investigate, you will naturally find out the result very quickly, especially Jing Huai did the investigation beforehand, putting all the clues and evidence in front of their eyes.

After changing Jiang's Qingbai family, the emperor made Jiang Feng the Duke of Waiting, and ordered

The temple prayed for him, and the consequences of all these mistakes were borne by Qi Zhou, who had framed the Jiang family in the first place.

Qi Zhou was entangled in shackles, thrown into a dungeon, and asked to be executed after autumn.

While proving Jiang's innocence, the emperor issued a decree one morning to restore the status of Prince Rongshi, and ordered people to rebuild the East Palace.

The second thing, after investigation, Mrs. Gouyue did have the blood of Kan Guo.Mrs. Gouyue's mother is a dancing girl, born in the frontier, and after she arrived in Shangjing, she was favored by the nobleman and accepted as concubine Ji. Because of her bright and charming appearance, she was favored by the nobleman, and she had two sons in a row and was promoted as the first wife. As time went by, few people knew her identity as a dancer, let alone her identity as a non-Chinese.

And Mrs. Gouyue's mother was born to a commoner woman from Kan who was raped by soldiers on the border of the country, so they have an extraordinary hatred for the people from the country.

Mrs. Gouyue's life experience was exposed, and her brother's position as prime minister was also in jeopardy.Although the prime minister and Mrs. Gouyue are not of the same mother, the yamen's investigation of the prime minister's residence has not stopped for months.

In the end, although nothing was found, the emperor no longer believed in the prime minister, and found an excuse to force the prime minister to report illness and change his hometown.

As for Mrs. Gouyue, she was given a poisoned wine cup, and the third prince was demoted to a commoner and sent to a temple for cleaning up.

The third thing is to track down the person who attacked Rong, which is also the thing that the emperor cares most about, but it happens that nothing can be found in this matter, not even a clue.In the end, this matter had nothing to do with it, the emperor secretly sent many shadow guards to Rong Shi to protect his safety.

The series of events involving Jiang's old case and Mrs. Gu Yue's witchcraft lasted vigorously for only two months.

After all the dust settled, it was already March in Yangchun, and the grass was growing and the warbler was flying.

After more than two months of nursing, Rongshi's injury has almost healed, but after this incident, his vitality was seriously injured.

Jing Huai saw that the child he managed to raise a little while ago had recovered from his sickness when he first met him, so he inevitably felt a little heartbroken.

"This child was born with many disasters and disasters when he was young." Jing Huai said privately to his senior one day.

"Also, I can't see his future."

"What can't be seen?"

There was a momentary strangeness in Jing Huai's gaze when he looked at Rongshi, and then it turned into confusion: "It's just pitch black, I can't see through his life direction."

"Brother, you...you are divination for him

? "Hua Wendeng said in surprise, "Aren't you not easy to divination?Talking about spying on the secrets of the sky, he was eventually backlashed.Why don't you hesitate now? "

Jing Huai looked at the sprouting branches in the courtyard outside the window, and said: "It's not that serious. The serious thing is to use the secrets from the spy to change the order of all things in heaven. Changes are ever-changing, and man-made changes in the morals of the world will be punished." God's punishment, just like what the teacher did back then."

Hua Wendeng asked worriedly: "You..."

"Don't worry." Jing Huai said, "I know in my heart that I will not go against the destiny and forcibly change the world."

Rongshi was drinking medicine, his eyes glanced over the bowl to look at Jing Huai.

When Jing Huai turned his head sideways, he met Rong Shi's dark eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Rong Shi blinked, stared at each other with Jing Huai for a moment, then lowered his eyelids as if nothing had happened, and finished the medicine.

Since the emperor restored the crown prince, everyone in Jin'an's mansion cheered up.From the very beginning, the steward summoned the servants of the mansion, and told them about the future rules of the mansion, and the strictness of the rules was comparable to that of an army.

Because there is a noble and unparalleled Crown Prince in their mansion, they should not be careless at all.

However, such tense days are about to pass.

In the afternoon of the next day, the carriage sent by the emperor to pick up the prince stopped outside Jin'an Duke's mansion.The carriage has curtains on all sides, which is spacious and gorgeous.

"Are you sure you want to send me away?" In the yard, Rong Shi held Jing Huai's hand, looked up at him, and there was water in his eyes.

Jing Huai dismissed all the servants, reached out and touched his forehead: "The Imperial Palace is your home, and you are the master of the Eastern Palace, so of course you have to go back."

Rong Shi said in a muffled voice: "The imperial palace is not my home, please don't send me away, okay?"

"Mingyu, you are obedient."

"I..." Rong Shi's voice turned into tears unexpectedly, "But I just want to be with you. Please, don't send me away..."

The words of persuasion that Jing Huai was about to utter were stuck in his throat, and he finally couldn't bear to say: "It's just a change of place to live. You are in the East Palace, and I will visit you often."

Rong Shi shook his head and said: "This is not the case, you said you would not leave me."

Jing Huai sighed, half squatted down and looked at Rong Shi at the same level, and put his cold and hard to warm hands in his palms, the tenderness in his eyes was like the spring breeze blowing in from the window.

"Mingyu, you change your junior, and you don't understand many things. There is no one in this world who can't live without someone.

"

These gentle and ruthless words made Rongshi's tears fall immediately.

Rong Shi looked at Jing Huai in a daze, only a tear ran down his thin and pale cheek, Jing Huai raised his hand to gently wipe it away for him.After all, I felt that it was too cruel to say this to a child.

"It's rare for us to meet each other, and we hit it off here, and I can't bear you either."

Jing Huai coaxed him: "You just wait for me when you go back, I'll see you tomorrow, how about it?"

Rong Shi lowered his head and remained silent.He held Jing Huai's hand tightly and refused to let go, Jing Huai Lu led him to the gate of the mansion.

When he reached the door, no emotion could be seen on Rong Shi's face, he was as calm as usual and taciturn.

Zhang Wangde stood by the carriage and waited. When he saw Rong, he came out and hurriedly stepped forward to greet you: "Your Highness, Your Majesty wanted to pick you up in person, but today he suffered another headache, so he asked the old slave to greet you. I hope Your Highness|Forgiveness II .”

The most important Zhongchang attendant by the emperor's side came to pick him up in person, which already showed that the emperor attached great importance to the prince who had returned to the crown prince.

Zhang Wangde's explanation must have been inspired by the emperor, and the purpose was to let Jin'an Duke's Mansion and all parties lurking in the Jin'an Duke's mansion understand what the emperor is like to the prince who owes him something. manner.

When Rong Shi heard Zhang Wangde's words, he didn't lift his eyelids, but Jing Huai patted Rong Shi's shoulder lightly, and Rong Shi raised his head and looked at Zhang Wangde.

Zhang Wangde bent down respectfully: "His Royal Highness, please."

The hands that Rong Shi held with Jing Huai tightened again, and his white and thin fingers turned white and trembled due to the force.

Jing Huai withdrew his hand, and whispered to him again: "Go, Your Highness the Crown Prince." After a pause, Jing Huai said again, "See you tomorrow."

At that time, the eyelashes trembled slightly, and the dangling fingers were retracted stiffly, and then hidden in the wide sleeves.

He stared at Jinghuai for a while, then turned and left, and got into the carriage with Zhang Wangde's support.

The rumbling carriage was driving in the dusk of late spring, when the breeze picked up, the curtains of the carriage were raised.The boy's eyes looked out from inside, looking at the direction he left.

Five years later.

Li Guo had just fought a big battle with Kan Guo, both of them suffered losses, and each agreed to a temporary truce.After all, the other two countries are staring at each other next door. If they fight again, they will weaken their own countries and face crisis.

The capital of Shangjing, because of the huge loss of war,

The battle temporarily depressed a lot, the market was not as lively as usual, and the scholars who debated in the wine shop also reduced the frequency of activities.

Only the palace changed as usual.

The atmosphere was serious as usual.

As we all know, the relationship between the emperor and the prince is extremely bad.

Using "bad" to describe it is actually not accurate, thought Yun Zhi, the famous servant girl of the East Palace.But she couldn't think of the right words either.

If you have to say it, you can only say it's weird.

It is said that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stayed in the cold palace for a while, the Prince felt ashamed, so he pampered the Prince in every possible way.Even if the prince dropped the imperial gift in front of the emperor, the emperor only cared about whether the prince hurt his hands.

At the beginning, Yunzhi would be terrified because of the little movement of Tian's father and son, but after so many near-miss experiences, Yunzhi has long been used to it, and no matter what kind of situation he encounters, he will not panic.

Anyway, no matter how angry His Majesty the Emperor was by His Highness the Crown Prince, he would never touch the people in the East Palace, let alone say harsh words to His Highness the Crown Prince.

What makes Yunzhi feel strange is that the emperor has loved the crown prince so much, yet he didn't let the crown prince participate in politics.

But no matter what the situation in the previous dynasty was, in this imperial palace, no matter where the people in the Eastern Palace were, they were all respected, even the people in the Emperor's Palace were no exception.

As for her master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, although he looks cold and distant, and has an unpredictable temper, as long as he grasps the rules, it is easy to serve him.Yunzhi is a person who knows this well.

She is also willing to cooperate with the tedious and grueling rules of His Royal Highness, except that His Royal Highness' status and power can bring her more rewards, because His Royal Highness is really too good-looking.

She is a visual animal, and she can't help being more considerate to good-looking people.

Yun Zhi entered the kitchen according to the timing, and brought the boiled concoction to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness is not in good health, and he is drinking medicine every day. Yunzhi's daily regular job is to prepare and deliver medicine to His Royal Highness.

Inside the prince's bedroom, everything was quiet.The red gauze was hanging down in the palace, revealing the figure of His Highness the Crown Prince behind him. This figure was kneeling in front of the desk, as if he was reading a book.Several palace servants stood in the dark, not even daring to breathe hard, trying to minimize their sense of existence.

"His Royal Highness." Yun Zhi entered the bedroom and became extremely cautious.

She looked at His Highness the Crown Prince behind the red gauze, and said respectfully, "It's time to drink the medicine."

The figure behind the red gauze slowly put down the scroll, and the bamboo slips collided with the book case to make a slight "click".

The voice of His Royal Highness came from behind the red gauze: "Put it down."

The voice was clear and cold, like the frost of the moonlight.

"Here." Yun Zhi approached and put the medicine on the table, then backed away silently.