Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

Before leaving, Imperial Physician Wu informed the people in Fu'an Palace a few more words.

After he left, the palace servants followed his suggestion and placed two charcoal basins in the hall.

As the temperature in the hall slowly rose, Yu Jingdu's face finally recovered some color.

He got up and walked to the desk, had someone rub the ink, then spread out the paper and started writing letters to Rong Zhuo.

Yu Jingdu belongs to the kind of person who rarely talks. In the past, no matter how hard he tried to write a letter to Rong Zhuo, he could still write a small piece of it. It was somewhat embarrassing for him to write a few pages with such a chatterbox like Rong Zhuo.

Today, he was rarely in the mood, sitting in front of the desk and wrote dozens of books.

But then, he packed the letters in different envelopes.

"All the letters are collected, and one will be sent out every day from now on." Yu Jing Duchao personally ordered.

Hearing the words, the follower hurriedly put away the letter carefully, without asking any more questions.

Yu Jingdu sat in front of the desk and was stunned for a while, before ordering to the palace man: "Open the window to let in some air."

"Your Highness, it's cold outside, I'm afraid you'll catch the cold again after opening the window," said the palace man.

"It doesn't matter." Yu Jingdu said.

The palace servants dared not disobey him when they heard the words, so they could only open two windows far away from him.

I don't know if it is the influence of the cold wave, the sky is a bit cloudy today.

Yu Jingdu walked to the window and stood there for a while, only to feel some vague pain in his heart.

But he knew that the dull pain was not caused by the cold.

Yu Jingdu took out the handkerchief from his bosom, put it against his nose and sniffed it, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Here is the handkerchief that he "cheats" back from Rong Zhuo, but unfortunately it has been too long, and Rong Zhuo's aura can no longer be found on it.

Probably due to the influence of his old illness, Yu Jingdu has been very upset these past few days, always looking for something to comfort himself.

But he couldn't find anything in the huge imperial palace, or even in the entire capital city...

In the end, he could only take out the letter that Rong Zhuo wrote to him yesterday, put it in his nose and sniff it, but unfortunately the letter only smelled of ink and rice paper.

Yu Jingdu had no choice but to open the letter and read it again.Rong Zhuo has become more and more lazy these days, and the contents of his replies have become shorter and shorter. Sometimes he wished he could only write a few sentences to perfunctory him, but he has a bit of his letter writing style.

Yu Jingdu couldn't help smiling wryly, thinking, what's wrong with the little dude to learn from him?

Do not learn this!

"Your Highness, there is news from Yuzhou." Qin followed.

Yu Jingdu closed the window casually, "Let him in."

Not long after, a spy came in and bowed to Yu Jingdu.

Afterwards, he reported the current situation in Yuzhou to Yu Jingdu one by one.

Li Feng, who was far away in Yuzhou, was very cautious. He didn't send a letter. Instead, he directly ordered the person who sent the letter to report to Yu Jingdu verbally, so as to avoid accidents and leaks in the middle.

"The people sent by the emperor didn't notice the abnormality?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"No." The spy hurriedly said, "Our people are all working with the Duan family's caravan. The shopkeeper of the Duan family's caravan is afraid that someone will be suspicious, so he specially cooperated with the business company in Yuzhou. Eighty percent of the caravan is from Yuzhou. , will never arouse suspicion."

Yu Jingdu nodded when he heard the words, "Since the evidence is almost ready, let Li Feng and the others come back as soon as possible. The king asked Si Tianjian to tell them that there will be a heavy snowfall in Yuzhou in a few days. Leave before the heavy snow."

It is cold in winter, once the snow falls, the carriages and horses will be blocked.

At this time, Yu Jingdu didn't want to take the risk, it would be bad if he delayed his return to Beijing.

Yu Jingdu gave some more instructions, and then sent someone to rest.

Near dusk, Rong Zhuo's letter was delivered.

Yu Jingdu opened the envelope full of expectations, and found that Rong Zhuo's reply today was more perfunctory than before. He only complained about the cold weather, and didn't say much else. At the end of the letter, Rong Zhuo also drew a picture of squatting on the ground and curling up The villain probably wants to express that he is cold.

Yu Jingdu stared at the simple figure for a while, and couldn't help imagining the appearance of the little dude shivering from the cold.

"Can't Jiang Jiyan's family afford charcoal? It's so cold?" Yu Jingdu put away the letter, "Have someone take some money from my king's private treasury to buy some charcoal for the Jiang family for the winter."

The secret guard who sent the letter heard that His Highness was not very happy, and hurriedly explained for Jiang Jiyan: "Your Highness, Young Master Rong has been learning archery with other brothers recently, probably because he has been outside for a long time, so he will Do you feel cold?"

"Learning archery?" Yu Jingdu frowned and asked.

"Yeah, this matter was actually initiated by Mr. Duan. Last time, His Highness ordered a few brothers to play with him. He got acquainted with them, so he asked them to teach him how to archery. Mr. Rong found it interesting when he saw it. That's why we learned together." Anwei said.

"How long has he been studying?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"It will take two or three days."

Yu Jingdu thought for a while, and when he remembered that Xiao Wandan seemed to have written him a reply two or three days ago, he became more and more perfunctory.

Now it seems that the other party has a new hobby, so he doesn't care about him anymore?

"He learned archery, why didn't he mention it to me?" Yu Jingdu said with a bit of annoyance in his tone.

The dark guard's expression was very embarrassed when he heard the words, he hesitated for a while and didn't know how to answer, so he could only stand on the spot watching his nose, nose, nose and heart.

After traveling between Jiangfu and Yu Jingdu for so long, anyone should know that His Highness treats Young Master Rong in a special way.As secret guards, they would not go to the bottom of His Royal Highness Banquet's mind, but as subordinates, they should have some sense of observation.Otherwise, they would have nothing good to eat if they got caught up in His Highness Banquet's misfortune.

"Forget it, go and rest."

Yu Jingdu dismissed him with a wave of his hand, his eyes fell on the perfunctory letter, his mood was very complicated.

Rong Zhuo is naturally happy to have new friends and things he likes to do.But despite being happy, thinking that Xiao Wandan didn't even write him a letter because of other things, he still felt a little sour in his heart.

The next day, the first snow after winter fell in the capital.

The snow was not heavy, but the roof and branches were covered with a thin layer of white.

Not knowing if it was because of catching a cold, Yu Jingdu woke up early in the morning and coughed up blood.

The palace people were so frightened that they hurriedly invited Wu Taiyi to come over.

"Your Highness, when do you want to wait until you take the medicine?" Doctor Wu asked after checking his pulse.

"Before the fourth brother's crowning ceremony." Yu Jingdu said.

Physician Wu probably guessed his plan before, so it's not surprising.

"In this way, it will take eight or nine days to wait. Your Highness's body may not be able to hold on." Wu Taiyi said.

Yu Jingdu took a deep breath, and tapped lightly on the side of the couch with one hand, as if he was distracted.

"Prince Wu, I remember you said that this method is not foolproof, right?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"Yes." Wu Taiyi said: "And His Highness's illness has been dragging on for too long, and now the weather has turned cold again, and the timing is not good right now."

According to Doctor Wu's opinion, it is the best time to take the medicine as soon as Wang Yan returns to Beijing.

"En." Yu Jingdu nodded, but his expression was not too disappointed, "This king wants to go out of the palace."

"Absolutely not." Imperial Physician Wu hurriedly said, "Your Highness's body is not suitable for running around, and it will be even more troublesome if you catch a cold."

Yu Jingdu smiled faintly, "For eight or nine days, this king has to find a way to survive by himself. If he falls ill early, it will be bad."

"But..." Imperial Physician Wu was quite worried.

"Don't worry." Yu Jingdu said, "I know what I'm doing, this time I'm just going to Qingyin Temple to pray for my fourth brother."

Imperial Physician Wu looked at him suspiciously, thinking that it would be good if His Royal Highness Yan Wang didn't go to lay a spell on the prince, would he drag his sick body to pray for him?Don't say he doesn't believe this, I'm afraid no one in the whole court will believe it, right?

But Imperial Physician Wu immediately remembered that Yu Jingdu also had an illness in Qingyin Temple not long ago, but later when he checked the pulse of the other party, he found that His Royal Highness Yan Wang was recovering well.

At that time, Imperial Physician Wu was still puzzled, could meditation and chanting in secret really cure chronic illnesses?

What he didn't know was that Yu Jingdu's illness was "thanks to" Rong Zhuo.

"The king is coughing up blood today, don't say anything. If the father asks, he will say that the king's health has improved and there is nothing serious." Yu Jingdu said.

Physician Wu hurriedly responded after hearing the words, but this time he didn't persuade him any more.

He was a little curious, does this Qingyin Temple really have any good medicine that can relieve Yan Wang's pain?So much so that His Highness became so sick, he still had to find excuses to run over there.

Jiangfu, racecourse.

Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng were surrounded by several guards, standing in the field practicing archery.

Rong Zhuo drew the bow and released the arrow solemnly, and the aim was pretty good.

It's a pity that he didn't have enough strength, the arrow only hit the bull's eye once, and then fell to the ground.

"I'll do it!" Duan Zheng said as he stepped forward, quite imposing.

But his arrow was way off the mark, and it went obliquely into Rong Zhuo's arrow target next door.

The guards on the side all held back their laughter, and even praised a few words against their will.

Of these two young masters, one has the right head but no strength, and the other has the strength but not the head, which is enough to cause headaches.

If it was changed to a more capable master, it might still be effective. Let these guards who have never led soldiers train two young masters who have never suffered hardships, they would not dare to mess around.

"I don't believe it anymore!" Rong Zhuo drew another arrow, aiming at the bow again.

At this moment, someone suddenly encircled his body from behind and held the back of his hand with both hands.

The other party's slightly callused big hand felt a little cool, but before Rong Zhuo could turn his head to look at him, the other party took him with a sudden force, and completely pulled the bow in Rong Zhuo's hand away.

"Let's go." The other party whispered in his ear.

Hearing this, Rong Zhuo let go of his hand, the arrow pierced through the air and pierced straight into the target, half of the arrow went through.

"Good!" Everyone cheered in unison.

Rong Zhuo looked back, only to realize that the person standing behind him was actually Yu Jingdu.

"It's really you!" Rong Zhuo's eyes lit up when he saw him, and he became happy instantly.

Yu Jingdu quietly looked at the person in front of him, his eyes were burning hot that he couldn't hide in time, which seemed a bit incompatible with the paleness of his face.

"You look so good in red." Yu Jingdu's tone was casual, but his eyes looked at the person carefully.

Rong Zhuo was wearing a bright red cloak today, standing on the snow-covered racecourse, his whole body looked extraordinarily vivid, as if the surroundings were not so cold because of his red suit.Even Yu Jingdu's heart, which had been stuffy for several days, eased a lot.

"One more time." Yu Jingdu took an arrow from his quiver calmly, and then used the posture just now to surround him from behind, "Be careful when you draw the bow, don't just use the strength of your wrist. Your Although your strength is small, it is definitely not so small that you cannot draw the bow. The reason why your arrow can't hit the target is because your way of exerting force is wrong."

The guards helped Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng find bows that were not too heavy. As long as Rong Zhuo learns how to exert strength, he can easily pull the bow away.

"Start from here." Yu Jingdu said and squeezed Rong Zhuo's arm, "Try again this time."

According to his words, Rong Zhuo pulled the bow vigorously and released the arrow. This time, the body of the arrow was finally close to the position of the previous one, and it was firmly inserted into the bull's-eye. Although only one arrow went in, it was only when Rong Zhuo landed on the ground. A few have been much better.

"Amazing!" Duan Zheng on the side came over and said, "Xiao Zhuo, your friend is really amazing!"

As he spoke, he approached Yu Jingdu and asked, "Brother, can you guide me if it's not convenient for you?"

The guards on the side exchanged glances with each other, thinking that the son of this family is quite good at picking on the master.

It's a pity that His Royal Highness Yan Wang didn't give advice easily when he was in the army, and it was not so easy for him to give advice.

Sure enough, Yu Jingdu put the bow in Rong Zhuo's hand into Duan Zheng's hand, said "no time" and took Rong Zhuo away.

Rong Zhuo waved his hand at the crowd, followed Yu Jingdu and begged: "Can you teach me more? I learned from them for several days and I still couldn't shoot into the target. Today, you taught me with just a few words."

He and Yu Jingdu hadn't seen each other for many days, but when they met today, they didn't feel unfamiliar at all, which made Yu Jingdu feel a little better.

"Not everyone is suitable to be a teacher. It's normal for them not to be able to teach you." Yu Jingdu said, "Why do you want to learn this?"

"It's fun." Rong Zhuo said, "By the way, you are so good at archery, who taught you?"

Yu Jingdu glanced at him and said, "His Royal Highness Banquet King."

"Then he must be very powerful." Rong Zhuo said, "Teach me two more tricks, brother!"

Yu Jingdu stopped when he called him "Brother", and his complexion looked a little better than before.

"Okay?" Rong Zhuo shook his arm.

"There are so many fun things, why not learn this?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"I learned it because I want to defend myself." Rong Zhuo said.

Yu Jingdu thought for a while, "This thing is too complicated for self-defense, I'll teach you something else later."

Rong Zhuo was overjoyed upon hearing this, pulled him and asked, "Can't we teach now?"

"Cough..." Yu Jingdu clenched his fist against his lips and coughed lightly, his expression was a little ugly.

Rong Zhuo noticed his strangeness and asked, "Your old illness has relapsed?"

"It's not serious, don't worry." Yu Jingdu said.

Worried that he was catching a cold, Rong Zhuo wanted to drag him back, but Yu Jingdu didn't refuse, letting the young man hold his arm.

"I used to not be afraid of the cold." Yu Jingdu said, "It's all because of this disease."

When he was at the border, it was colder than the coldest time in the capital for several months a year, and Yu Jingdu had already gotten used to it.

Suddenly, the snow began to fall again.

Rong Zhuo stretched out a hand to catch the falling snowflakes, and after receiving them, he clasped his hands to melt the snowflakes in his palm.

"Do you like snow?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"I like it." Rong Zhuo said, "Because it's winter when it snows, and only in winter can we celebrate the New Year."

Yu Jingdu laughed, "It's not that you like snow, you just like Chinese New Year.

"En." Rong Zhuo nodded without refuting.

When he was young, his parents were both busy working hard, the family gathered less and separated more, and there was rarely a time when the family was neat and tidy. Often, one of them was busy or the other was not at home. Only during the Chinese New Year, they would definitely be together.

So what Rong Zhuo liked most at that time was Chinese New Year.

But as he grew up, the illusion of family harmony could not deceive him a bit.

When he was a teenager, Rong Zhuo didn't really look forward to the New Year.

It's just that the obsession with the Chinese New Year and snowfall when I was a child makes people occasionally unable to help but fall into memories.

"What about you?" Rong Zhuo asked Yu Jingdu.

"I also like winter, because my mother likes plum blossoms, and plum blossoms only bloom in winter." Yu Jingdu said: "When I was young, my mother planted a lot of plum blossoms in her yard. Feel better than usual."

Hearing that his voice was a little lonely, Rong Zhuo squeezed his arm, as if to comfort him.

While talking, the two returned to their residence.

Rong Zhuo asked Jindouzi to get a hand stove for Yu Jingdu, and asked someone to add a charcoal basin in the house.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"I'm not that delicate." Yu Jingdu smiled faintly, "I asked someone about your father's recent situation today, and he's pretty safe inside, and there's nothing wrong with it, so you don't have to worry about him."

Rong Zhuo hurriedly said, "I know Jiang Shaoqing will help take care of her, don't worry."

"I heard from Yan Wang that the Yuzhou case will be settled soon, and if everything goes well by then, your father may stay in prison for a while." Yu Jingdu said: "But when the case is over, You will be able to return to the capital soon, maybe you can catch up to go back for the New Year."

Rong Zhuo asked: "The prince won't let people kill us again?"

"Your father has already surrendered to the case. When the case comes to an end, no matter whether the crown prince retreats completely or gets into trouble, there is no need to provoke you again." Yu Jingdu said: "This is the capital after all, so he hastily acted." It will only make His Majesty unhappy."

"It makes sense." Rong Zhuo said.

"His Royal Highness Yanwang will also send someone to protect you at that time, so you don't have to worry." Yu Jingdu said.

He coughed twice as he spoke.

Seeing this, Rong Zhuo hurriedly fetched a blanket to cover him.

"Is it still cold?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"It's okay." He said so, but his face was very worrying.

Rong Zhuo helped Yu Jingdu to lie down, and then sat on the carpet beside the low couch.

The two were so close that Yu Jingdu could almost feel each other's breath.

"Why haven't you written to me properly in the past few days?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"It's too cold." Rong Zhuo put his hand on the back of Jing Du's hand, "Try how cold my hand is, I can't hold the pen at all."

Yu Jingdu's gaze paused for a moment on the young man's hand, with a bit of restraint in his eyes.

"Qingshi, why are you here at this time?" Rong Zhuo asked, "I thought you would wait until the case in Yuzhou was over before coming."

"Isn't the Crown Prince's Crown Ceremony coming soon? His Royal Highness the Banquet King wants to pray for him, so I'll follow and see you." Yu Jingdu said.

"The banquet king prayed for the crown prince?" Rong Zhuo laughed and said, "Isn't this a weasel giving a chicken New Year's greeting?"

Yu Jingdu didn't make a sound, but turned over his hand quietly, and held Rong Zhuo's hand in his palm, as if he was secretly absorbing strength.

Rong Zhuo has never shy away from this kind of intimacy with him, so he honestly lets him hold it.

"Last time you said that if you do something dangerous, you should be notified in advance." Yu Jingdu said.

"What are you doing?" Rong Zhuo was startled.

"You have also seen my illness. The doctor said that I might not survive this winter." Yu Jingdu said.

Rong Zhuo's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he said anxiously: "Didn't you say it can be cured? Why can't you suddenly be overwhelmed..."

"That's not what it means." Yu Jingdu said, "But you..."

He raised his other hand and wiped lightly at the corner of Rong Zhuo's eyes, "Do you care about me so much?"

"What's the matter? Don't scare me." Rong Zhuo said.

"The doctor wants to help me treat my old illness. This matter is a little dangerous. I may fall into a coma for a few days..." Yu Jingdu said.

"What doctor is it? Is it powerful?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"It's the imperial physician recommended by His Royal Highness Yanwang. Naturally, his medical skills are superb."

Rong Zhuo was slightly relieved when he heard this, but still felt a little uncomfortable.

He said last time that he asked Qingshi to tell him something, but now that the other party has told him, he can't help.

This sense of powerlessness frustrated him.

"What's wrong?" Yu Jingdu raised his hand to stroke his eyebrows gently.

Rong Zhuo said in frustration: "I feel like I'm useless, I can't help you with anything."

"Then you underestimate yourself." Yu Jingdu chuckled lightly, motioning him to lean forward, then leaned forward, and put his head on the boy's heart.

Rong Zhuo didn't know what he was going to do, he froze in place and didn't dare to move.

When Yu Jingdu smelled the familiar light fragrance from the other person's body, he couldn't help but relax and fell asleep like that.

For several days in a row, he was tortured by the dull pain in his heart every day, and he hadn't slept soundly for a long time.

But for some reason, as long as he gets close to Rong Zhuo, the stagnation in his heart will be relieved a lot.

At the moment before going to sleep, Yu Jingdu even had a ridiculous idea.

He thought to himself, if he could keep people by his side all the time, even if his old disease was dead, it wouldn't be too tormenting, would it?

Yu Jingdu slept until nightfall.

Rong Zhuo felt sleepy after watching him for a while, so he also fell asleep.

After Yu Jingdu woke up, seeing that Rong Zhuo was still asleep, he got up and went to Jiang Jiyan's study.

Jiang Jiyan probably expected him to come, and had already been waiting here.

"I don't know how long it will take for this king's illness to completely end. It is possible that when Li Feng and the others come back, this king will still be in a coma." Yu Jingdu said: "So you must keep the following words in mind. If you don't wake up, you will follow the plan."

After he finished speaking, he told Jiang Jiyan what he had planned in detail.

Jiang Jiyan didn't dare to record, so he could only memorize all his words with his memory.

"After the matter is over, if it succeeds, arrange for Rong Zhuo and the others to return to the capital." Yu Jingdu said: "If it fails, send them to Beijiang. There is my old friend there, and he will protect him."

Just now he said to Rong Zhuo that he would let him return to Beijing regardless of success or failure, but he was just afraid of Rong Zhuo's wild imagination.

In fact, he didn't dare to gamble with Rong Zhuo's life at all. If he lost, sending him away would be the best choice.

"Your Highness." Jiang Jiyan said: "This is the end, do you still want to hide your identity from Young Master Rong?"

"Whether the matter is success or failure, I'm afraid we can't hide it from him this time." Yu Jingdu smiled wryly, and said, "He is not as stupid as you think."

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