Brother Huang, he has been planning for a long time

The study room of Prince Zhai's Mansion.

Yue Qinghe has moved into this palace for some time.

During this period of time, he never saw Qingchen again.

As a prince, he didn't interact with a princess most of the time, so he wouldn't meet often.

If she didn't come to him often, there would be no chance to meet her.

He knew that he had scared her that night and she would never want to see him again.

He put down the official document in his hand and called Zhong Shui.

Recently, he always sent Zhong Shui to follow her secretly.

She was afraid that the thieves from Xihe Country would never give up and come back to kidnap her.

Zhong Shui truthfully told his master what he saw, "Princess, she has been in the Mingyue Palace, and there is nothing special. The emperor went to visit the Ninth Princess every other day. To say something special, the Ninth Princess went out of her way to visit her today. I went to the cold palace where the hostages of Xihe Kingdom were once held, and stayed there for a long time before coming out."

Hearing this, Yue Qinghe's hand that originally picked up the teacup paused, his expression became stern, his eyes darkened, "What did she do there?"

Zhong Shui clearly felt the change in his master's mood. He swallowed his saliva and said, "I only saw her going to the dormitory where Xihe Guozi once lived. I don't know what she was doing in there."

"Okay, please step back first." Yue Qinghe calmed down slightly, his voice cold.

After Zhong Shui heard this, he immediately handed over his hand and said, "My subordinates, please retire."

Then he immediately slipped away.

The words he originally wanted to plead for his brother swallowed back.

On the night when Nishiga's hostage was kidnapped, Aoki led his guards to search everywhere in the palace.

When they found the Mingyue Palace, the ninth princess was taking a bath, and Aoki led someone to break in...

After his master found out about this, Aoki received fifty sticks.

They also had to be soaked in a water cell for two hours every day.

Zhong Shui felt that the master's punishment to Qingmu was too severe.

Aoki suffered fifty blows, and half of his life was lost due to his strong martial arts skills and deep internal strength.

From now on, I have to soak in the water prison for two hours every day.

Master is going to torture Aoki to death.

Zhong Shui knew that at this moment, his good brother was being tortured in the water prison. He was worried and could only go to the water prison to take a look at him.

After Zhong Shui left, the teacup in Yue Qinghe's hand broke instantly.

Yue Qinghe thought of that night, when she actually admitted in front of him that she liked Naxi Heguo's proton...

He thought she was speaking out of anger.

But I didn't expect it to be true.

She really likes that proton!

The fragments of the teacup in his hand dug into his hand with the force of his hand.

Blood suddenly overflowed, and Yue Qinghe didn't even know it, or even felt any pain.

Just because these physical pains are far less than the pain in my own chest.

Her fear of herself and her feelings for the proton were like a sharp sword piercing his chest, making him unable to speak in pain.

He reached out to cover his chest and sneered.

She said they were brother and sister.

But what happened before made it impossible for him to continue to be brother and sister with her...

Maybe, at first he really made himself forget what he did when they first met.

But when you get to the back, you can see her pink face, her weak voice, her tearful eyes, and her smile like the warm sun...

They were all lingering in his mind and he couldn't get rid of them.

His chest throbbed and he gasped.

The moon is clear, do you know how much my heart hurts?

……

When Zhong Shui arrived at the water prison, he saw his stubborn-looking brother being soaked in the water with his eyes closed.

He hurriedly stepped forward to untie him, but was stopped by the two people beside him.

"Master Zhong, please don't embarrass us younger ones. His Highness ordered that Master Aoki must be soaked in the water prison for two hours before he can come out."

Zhong Shui said anxiously: "You almost fainted when you saw this man. If he dies, I wonder how you will explain to His Highness!"

After hearing this, the two looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Aoki's face turned pale after being soaked in the water. He opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Zhong Shui, and made a weak voice: "Zhong Shui, I'm fine."

"You are like this, are you okay?" Zhong Shui said distressedly: "What are you thinking, Your Highness? You just followed the emperor's order to search the palace, and found the Ninth Princess's chamber. Why did you suffer such a severe punishment?" , this is too much.”

The temperature in January was already low, and he had been tortured with a cane.

Originally he only had half his life left, but now he has to soak in cold water for two hours every day.

This is extremely draining of life force for a martial arts practitioner no matter how deep his inner strength is.

Aoki was too weak to speak and lowered his eyes.

He was very clear.

The Ninth Princess is His Highness’s counterpart.

And his actions that night undoubtedly touched His Highness's side.

Your Highness is showing great mercy by not executing himself.

How dare he beg His Highness to let him go at this time.

Seeing that he was silent and dying, Zhong Shui was really afraid that he would lose his life because of this.

"Hey, I'm going to ask His Highness for mercy."

Hearing this, Aoki said hoarsely, "Don't go."

"But it's been half a month. If you continue like this, you will really die." Zhong Shui was worried.

"It's useless. If you offend His Highness, you will also be implicated." Aoki smiled bitterly.

"What can we do?" Zhong Shui is not smart and can't think of any good solution at this time.

Aoki glanced at him and said nothing.

Zhong Shui slapped his thigh suddenly, "Would it be better if I asked the Ninth Princess to plead with His Highness for you?"

Aoki, who was soaking in the water cell, frowned when he heard this.

that woman...

Will you intercede for yourself?

He sneered: "Don't be naive, just go away and leave me alone."

Zhong Shui will not leave him alone. The two of them are good brothers who have lived together through life and death. "Just wait, I will go and beg the Ninth Princess."

Seeing his leaving figure, Aoki closed his eyes deeply.

The image of that night when he broke into her bedroom and saw her bathing in a wooden barrel suddenly came to mind...

He opened his eyes suddenly, subconsciously feeling that such a picture should not have entered his mind.

Nine princesses...

That woman was stupid enough to stick to His Highness the first time she met him.

It was impossible for him to plead for mercy after being so humiliated by him that night.

He closed his eyes again without any hope and endured the coldness in the water prison.

……

The night is cold as water.

The moonlight and lovesickness have both stopped.

Qingchen sat by the window, looking at the little statue in his hand in trance.

He didn't even notice the figure that suddenly appeared outside the window.

She originally wanted to look at the moon when she raised her eyes, but was startled by the person standing outside the window and almost fell to the ground.

"You...you..." She thought it was an assassin, but when she took a closer look, it turned out to be another guard beside Yue Qinghe, "Is it you?"

"My subordinate Zhong Shui meets the Ninth Princess." Seeing that she recognized him, Zhong Shui immediately saluted her.

"You're going to scare me to death. You appeared outside my window in the middle of the night. People who don't know would think you were an assassin." She was almost scared out of her mind by his behavior. No matter how good-tempered and calm he was, she was almost frightened. He also became sullen.