flapping wings

In the afternoon of the second day, Qi Ping sat in a small red-topped sedan chair in Jiaofangsi with a face that resembled a rabbit.

Until now, he still felt that it was unscientific that everything went smoothly. Last night, the old bustard just glanced at him, and his eyes lit up like seeing a rare treasure.

Today, he was even more hurriedly sent to Zhao Yina.

Before leaving, Qi Ping purposely stuffed a dagger in his fake chest, so he dared to go with confidence.

Sitting in the swaying sedan chair, he raised his hand and touched his chest for confirmation, finally suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and said tentatively: "Mom, what's the point of entering the Prince's Mansion?"

"The prince is easy-going by nature, and he doesn't pay much attention." The old bustard walking beside the sedan chair sighed, "As for whether I can accept you, it depends on fate."

"Usually, I heard that the crown prince stayed behind no matter whether he was satisfied or not when he was sent to the mansion," Qi Ping asked with innocence and longing in his tone, "Now, what happened?"

"Don't be nervous," the old bustard automatically bypassed the topic, and said in relief, "Go inside, just follow my eyes and act."

After finishing speaking, the bustard quickened her pace, jumped over the sedan chair, and entered the Prince's Mansion, leaving everyone behind.

As soon as the sedan chair entered the courtyard, Qi Ping heard an angry shout: "Didn't I say that I don't want anyone except rabbits! Get out! Get out!"

"Your Highness, calm down," the old bustard said in a trembling voice, crying. She wiped the sweat from her brow, waved to the bearer quickly, kowtowed, stood up and was about to run.

The whole sedan chair swayed violently, until Qi Ping's heart almost jumped out. He turned his head and looked at the courtyard through the gap between the curtains. He gritted his teeth and decided to risk his life to gamble.

Pressing down his frenzied heart, Qi Ping said softly in a rabbit's tone: "Ah, it hurts so much~"

The old bustard was so frightened that her face turned pale, she gritted her teeth and stared at the sedan chair, making up her mind, she immediately skinned the ignorant little girl when she returned.

"Mom, I'm so scared," Qi Ping intensified, even crying.

Seeing Zhao Yi walking towards this side step by step, the old bustard was so frightened that his legs gave way and he knelt down on the ground.

When the sedan chair fell to the ground with a bang, Qi Ping screamed. At this moment, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted suddenly, revealing Zhao Yi's face.

As soon as the two looked at each other, they immediately confirmed the guess in their hearts from each other's eyes.

"Rabbit!" Zhao Yi rushed into the sedan chair and carried Qi Ping out, "Rabbit, I finally found you!"

Qi Ping cooperated with Zhao Yi's performance and looked at the old bustard in horror, only to see that the old man nodded contentedly, looking quite joyful.

After entering the room and retreating from everyone, Zhao Yi threw Qi Ping on the bed and sat down, "How could my brother fall in love with an idiot like you? After waiting for you for two days, I finally understood the look in my eyes."

"How do you know that the rabbit is mine?" Qi Ping sat up, and before Zhao Yi could answer, he asked anxiously, "How is your brother now? Do you have anything to eat?"

Zhao Yi waved his hands irritably, and only answered his first question: "When I was at my brother's house, I could see that the rabbit was you pretending to be. I wasn't sure at the time, but this time it's a dead horse as a living horse doctor." gone."

Qi Ping was a little more impressed by the prince who usually looks like a fool, he said: "What can you do? And I want to see your brother!"

Zhao Yi said: "Find my mother!"

"This is your solution? Do you think I didn't want to go find your mother?" Qi Ping widened his eyes: "But she won't help Que'er, I'm afraid this is the situation she wants to see the most. You have already sat down To stabilize the crown prince, Que'er has long since lost her role as a pawn, so your mother will benefit from rescuing him, maybe Que'er is the stain she has wanted to wash away all her life, and now she finally got her wish."

"Go find my mother!"

"This is my brother's only chance of survival. If you can't catch you, you can only watch my brother die!"

"Don't waste time on me, I only listen to my mother now."

This sentence hit Qi Ping almost to despair, his fingers tightly grasped the bed sheet, he had never been so powerless like this time.

Zhao Yi got up and walked to the table, folded his arms and looked at Qi Ping, who was sitting on the bed in a daze. After a while, he shook his head mockingly, "No matter how powerful you thought you were, in Duzhou City, maybe you only need You can die instantly with the flick of a finger."

"No matter how powerful my brother is, in the eyes of the master, he is just a good dog. If you want to get rid of it, it doesn't even take much effort. Countless people rush to do it."

"My brother once said it right. In the future, I will become the Ninth Five-Year Supreme in that high position. It's hard to guarantee that he is not a loyal dog. Even I call him brother one by one. How much emotion do you think there is in it?"

"Why my royal father trained him to be the leader of the wild sparrows is paving the way for me, and I am also very smart, knowing how to build a good relationship with such a "stained brother". As for why my royal father wants to kill him now, it is also the same. Paving the way for me."

"My father is the co-lord of the world, but I am not afraid of him. On the contrary, I am very afraid of my mother. My father can let his own woman give birth to a child with another man, and allow this child to rise to a high position step by step. You say my mother Is it scary?"

"In this world, there is nothing more desirable and terrifying than power, so anyone who can stand at the pinnacle of power has abilities beyond your imagination."

When Zhao Yi said this, seeing that Qi Ping didn't respond, he didn't want to continue. He said directly: "You go, go back to the place you should go back to, there is no place for you to intervene here."

"I'll go beg your mother," Qi Ping had already understood Zhao Yi's meaning, not only clearly understood what he was implying on the surface, but also understood his deep meaning.

Why did the emperor allow Mu Xiaoque to live peacefully under his nose for 28 years, but now he dared to take the risk of offending that imperial concubine?I'm afraid they have already reached a deal, a tacit deal without communication.

The third prince died, and Zhao Yi was firmly seated as the crown prince. Now the imperial concubine's goal has been achieved, but the transaction requires something to be paid. Now Mu Xiaoque has become a useless chess piece. Abandoning him will only have advantages and no disadvantages.

But what he can do now is to beg the imperial concubine to continue the deal.

Qi Ping sat quietly on the side of the bed, and it took about an incense stick before he stood up, pulled his hair a little to make it more messy, "Call the housekeeper to come and see me off, if you have anything to do Discuss, go to the Jiaofang Division to pick me up."

The moment before Zhao Yi opened the door, Qi Ping still couldn't help asking: "If I get caught, does it mean that Que'er is really hopeless?"

Zhao Yi nodded: "Probably."

Qi Ping exhaled and said calmly: "If things really go in a bad direction, please tell Que'er that I have arrived home safely."

Sitting in the carriage of the Muslim Fangsi, Qi Ping leaned against the wall of the compartment, and reached out to catch the snowflakes outside. It was freezing cold, and he wondered if Mu Xiaoque felt the cold, whether he was covered with a quilt, and whether he had food to eat.

He hated himself for being a piece of trash, who could do nothing but catch that illusory hope.

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"Water...I want to drink water..."

Wang Er flicked his whip in surprise when he heard the voice. He thought that this man would never say a word until he died, so he pulled the stool and sat down. He shouted out of the cell: "Fist, pour a glass of water!"

After shouting, he ignored the cursing voice outside, looked up at the prisoner, and after a while, he sneered: "I didn't expect that even the tallest person would fall into the dust one day."

Looking up at the prisoner's wounds for a while, he stretched out his fingers and tapped on several places, "I hit these places, so you are thinking of me, right? Otherwise, why would you just hit me?" Asking for water? Haha, unlike you, I was born with the heart of a Buddha, so I can't hit anyone hard."

Mu Xiaoque glanced at him in a state of confusion, but didn't respond, because he hadn't paid attention to who hit him in the past two days, and he couldn't even remember which injury was caused by who.

"I said Wang Er, you fucking think you're an uncle, don't you?" Holding the kettle in his fist, he took a bowl and threw it heavily on the wooden board, "If you dare to push me, I'll call you grandpa."

Wang Er poured a full glass, "I don't drink it, the prisoner drinks it."

"Prisoner?" Fist looked sideways at the half-dead man who was hanging over there, and reached out to grab the bowl. Regardless of the splashed water, he blocked Wang Er's grabbing hand, "I'll feed him."

"Open your mouth!"

Mu Xiaoque's tightly closed lips opened a small slit, which was full of incisions accidentally bitten out while enduring the pain. He glanced at the fist, and just as he was about to say "thank you", the full bowl of water poured out. It was splashed on his face in advance.

"Drink! I still have water here, do you want to drink it?"

Seeing Mu Xiaoque nodding, he quickly tore off his pants, and the muddy urine squirted towards Mu Xiaoque, "Drink, drink a bird!"

Mu Xiaoque frowned and hid unbearably. He glanced at the fist, then lowered his head in silence again, watching the piss splashed on his instep.