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Rime Mountain.

In the yard, a man and a cat were confronting each other with swords drawn.

"Go home, don't hold back, the master is almost being poor by you."

"Meow..." The crescent moon did not move.

"Hurry up, do you still remember whose cat you are?" Bai Lian bent down to pick it up.

"Meow!" Wan Yue stared at Bai Lian with her big and round eyes, and took a few steps back.

"Crescent moon!"

It's rare to see such a naive side of Baili'an. Jiang Weiyan walked to the window while holding the medicine cup while grinding the medicine, looking at Baili's eyes full of smiles.

Yuan Yu folded his arms, stood behind Jiang Weiyan, glanced out the window, and said quietly: "Ayan, if Uncle Qi asked you to grind the medicine, you can say, don't hold the medicine cup and stop working, why don't you give it back?" Master uncle."

Jiang Weiyan was taken aback for a moment, but he was fascinated just now, he stopped his movements at some point, and the medicine in the medicine cup was only half worn, he said in a dazed way: "... Uncle Master just joked."

"Did you mess with him?"

"How dare I. Why did Master Uncle say such a thing?"

"I think Xiaobai always avoids you today, and has never looked at you a few times."

"Since I came here, I have been helping my uncle in the pharmacy. He thinks the medicine is bitter, he doesn't like the smell of herbs, and he is far away from the pharmacy, where can he see me?" Jiang Weiyan saw the yard full of eucalyptus Running after the cat, I couldn't help laughing, "I didn't even catch the cat."

Yuan Yu laughed, "It's not that he can't catch the cat, he's afraid that I'll hold him in the pharmacy to watch and ask about it."

"But he is much more obedient than before, and he is willing to drink medicine. If he continues to pour it away secretly like before, the flowers on my window sill will not be enough for him to water." Yuan Yu was at the table one by one. Looking at the medicinal materials, he suddenly said in a deep voice, "He told you, he won't live to be 25 years old."

Jiang Weiyan pounded the medicine and said, "Yes."

"When he found me for the first time, I knew that his life expectancy was only 25 years, and his pulse condition was chaotic. It was not obvious on the surface, but his body was actually very weak. He was only in his teens. I didn't say anything because I was afraid that he would not be able to accept it. .”

"Who would have imagined that one night, it was still raining heavily, and the mountain road was slippery and difficult to walk. He came to me in the rain, and told me that he got a message by chance that he would not live to be 25 years old, and asked me to check his pulse." Yuan Yu looked at the eucalyptus and the crescent moon running all over the yard, feeling a little bit sorry for the flowers he planted, "I couldn't hold him back, so I took his pulse again, and the pulse became even more chaotic. When I told him he was very calm, like It was as if he had heard a story that had nothing to do with him. He thanked me after listening to it, and then went down the mountain under an umbrella, not seeing anyone for a few days."

"Uncle, it's really not..."

"I know what you want to ask, but that's the truth. At least for now, I don't have any solution. I can only try my best to keep his body healthy." Yuan Yu divided the medicine and put it in the medicine cabinet, "But he will tell you I'm surprised that he didn't even tell his mother."

"Did no one else know?"

"This is not a good thing. Is it possible that it will be spread all over the streets?" Yuan Yu said, "His thoughts are always kept in his heart, and what he says is what he wants to say, and what he doesn't want to say no matter how you coax him, He won't say anything."

"Indeed, it's hard to coax."

Baili Eucalyptus finally caught Crescent Moon, he stood outside the window with the cat in his arms, stretched his neck to look at the powdered medicine in Jiang Weiyan's medicine cup, "Master, how much did you feed Crescent Moon this month? This fat I can’t even admit it.”

"You can't get fat, Master has to feed your cat." Yuan Yu greeted him, "Come here, drink the medicine."

Baili's face froze: "...Didn't you just drink it this morning?"

Yuan Yu knocked on the table, "It's already noon now. You have eaten in the morning, don't you also eat at noon? Come here quickly, the medicine is no longer hot."

... unreasonable.

Baili Eucalyptus showed embarrassment, and quietly retreated step by step, trying to escape.

When he was about to run away, Jiang Weiyan quickly pulled him back in front of him, "Do you remember what you promised me?"

Bai Lian looked at him pitifully, "But the candied fruit is also finished..."

He has been able to taste a little sweetness recently, holding candied fruit all day long.If you have nothing to eat, just eat two, so that you will not die, but now you can't eat any more.

Jiang Weiyan: "..."

Yuan Yu put the bowl in Jiang Weiyan's hand, and entrusted him, "Ayan, you have to pour it down for me. I'll go to the backyard to collect herbs."

Jiang Weiyan: "?"

Baili Eucalyptus: "???"

Jiang Weiyan held the bowl and raised one eyebrow, "Come on."

Bai Lian was still held by Jiang Weiyan with one hand, and had nowhere to hide, so he could only scare: "How dare you?! It's not up to the rules!"

"Drink by yourself or should I feed you?"

Thyme turned her head aside.

"Okay, then I'll feed you."

Jiang Weiyan took a sip of the medicine, pinched Baili's chin to straighten his face, leaned over, and fed him the medicine mouth to mouth.

"Hmm..." Baili An frowned slightly, the bitterness of the medicine mixed with the ambergris on Jiang Weiyan's body permeated the tip of his nose.

Jiang Weiyan distanced himself a little after feeding, and said in a hoarse voice, "Do you want me to continue feeding?"

Baili Eucalyptus snorted, took the medicine bowl, frowned, drank it up in one gulp, and stuffed the empty bowl back into Jiang Weiyan's hand.

Seeing him finish drinking obediently, Jiang Weiyan rubbed his head and put the bowl back on the table.

Feng Zhi suddenly pushed open the courtyard door and shouted: "Master."

"What's the matter?" Bai Lian was still unhappy.

Feng Zhi was frightened by his cold tone: "That...Master, the emperor made a private visit today, and said that he would come to the mansion to see the master on the way, and it is estimated that he will be here soon."

Annoyance could not be concealed on Bai Lian's face, he said to Jiang Weiyan who was in the room: "There is something troublesome in the house, I will deal with it."

"Okay, do you need my help?"

"No need, it's a small matter, you can slowly grind the medicine for Master." Bai Lian turned and left, and said coldly, "Go down the mountain."

***

King Jing's Mansion.

The mansion is a little deserted, and there are not many servants, and they are all kneeling in the courtyard to welcome him.

When Bai Liyi walked into the main hall, he saw a medium-sized box on the main table, which looked a bit out of place.

Bai Liyi was a little curious. He walked over to open the box, and saw puppets made of rough cloth. The silver needles on the puppets were densely packed, making one's hair stand on end.

"My son has seen his father."

A somewhat hoarse voice came from behind, and Bai Liyi turned around, only to see Bai Lian standing at the door with the cat in his arms.

He was getting angry, picked up a doll and threw it in front of Bai Lian, his chest heaved and he said angrily: "Nizi, how dare you do such a dirty thing!"

Bai Lian looked at the puppet on the ground for two seconds, and suddenly smiled.He handed the cat to Feng Zhi, motioning him to take the cat down first.

He bent down to pick up the doll, and slowly pulled out the silver needle in the middle, revealing the birth date.

"I don't know if my father still remembers my son's birthday." Bai Lian said with a sneer in his tone, "I probably don't remember, after all, when my son was born, my father didn't know which empress's palace she was in." Woolen cloth."

"you……"

"Father, you don't have to worry. What I didn't do three years ago, I won't do in three years."

In front of Baili Yi, Bai Lian inserted the silver needle into the puppet fiercely, with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were extremely indifferent, and he said: "Father, it's not working, look at your son. Aren't you still alive and well?"

"Leaving Beijing for several months without reason, ignoring the official affairs of the Privy Council, and rejecting the order several times, I can turn a blind eye to these things, except for things that make the royal family lose face."

"My son has already told my father that I am not the privy envoy. My father just wants to use me to contain the Jiang family. As long as I am here, Jiang Weiyan will not be able to take the position of privy envoy. If he wants to use troops, he must go through me. hand, and I haven't got the Tiger Talisman so far, this privy envoy is just an empty shell."

"Jiang Weiyan ordered him back to Beijing after winning the battle, withdrew his military power, and left him in Bianjing. In name only, he was silenced by a privy envoy. Mrs. Jiang had been detained before, but now Jiang Weiyan will be able to control Old Lord Jiang better. Father, you play this game of chess really well."

Bai Liyi took a few steps back and sat on the chair: "The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. Since ancient times, the relationship between the king and the minister is to use each other. As long as the heroes have the same intentions, I can make them restless for the rest of their lives." Worry. But how many people in this world are not tempted by power and wealth, who doesn't want to sit in the highest position?"

"I do not want."

Bailiyi looked at him with dark eyes.

"My son is always envious of people who can be born in ordinary people's homes. My son grew up in the palace, and his words and deeds were restricted. Other children can roll and fight in the mud, but my son can only be in the study Listening to the Taifu's lectures. My son is just taking an extra candy and will be slapped by the master of the Taichang Liyuan." Bai Lian said bitterly, "Everyone told me to be a good prince, and I will be a good prince in the future. A good emperor, but has anyone asked me if I would like to?"

"This is your fate. You were born as my son. Whether you want it or not, you are destined to be different from them."

"My son understands the truth that he is in his position to seek his own government. My son will do what he should do, but I didn't do it..." Bai Lian threw the doll into the burning cauldron, He took the fire folder on the table, blew it up and threw it in together, "I will never recognize it in my life."

"Three years ago, Xiao Xi fell into a coma after being poisoned, and the reason has not been found out yet. Concubine Shu claimed to have found the dolls used by witchcraft in the bedrooms of her mother's queen and her son's ministers. Because it was rumored that the people of Xiye Kingdom were good at playing Gu, it was only because my son was half of the blood of Xiye Kingdom. At that time, the queen mother was in a bad mood and seldom left the palace. Father's love for Xiao Xi, it's too easy to accuse us of a crime."

The father-in-law at the side was about to break out in a cold sweat when he heard these words, and looked at the emperor in fear, for fear that the emperor would punish Bai Lian to kneel outside in a fit of anger.

The father-in-law wanted to stop him, "Oh, His Royal Highness King Jing..."

Bai Liyi shot up at the case and said sharply: "The queen has already pleaded guilty, what else can you say?"

Bai Lian took a few steps forward without fear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Is the mother really pleading guilty by herself? Father?"

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