Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

When Gu Qingzhi woke up, she only felt her back and waist were a little stiff. Last night in the middle of the night, Feng Zhanye had a severe fever and was shivering with cold. He unconsciously leaned towards her in his sleep, so she had no choice but to pull him into her arms and use her body temperature to keep him warm.

Since when, his hands have been around her waist, holding her tightly until now.

She opened her eyes and saw the young man in her arms sleeping soundly. She touched his forehead and found that the fever had subsided.

The charcoal fire in the stove was almost burned out, but the quilt was still warm.

Gu Qingzhi wanted to get up from the bed, but Feng Zhanye was sleeping soundly and didn't want to let go, so she had no choice but to stay in that position and wait for him to wake up.

Fortunately, Feng Zhanye opened his eyes soon, and in a daze, half asleep and half awake, he rubbed Gu Qingzhi's neck affectionately.

The boy's tender face and hair rubbed against his neck, causing an itchy feeling.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter. Feng Zhanye opened his eyes and became fully awake. That night, he did not feel uncomfortable because of the extra person around him. Instead, he slept very soundly.

The woman in front of him had her eyes closed, her thin lips lightly parted, a faint peach pink complexion, her white undergarment slightly loose, revealing a slender, fair neck, exactly like the beauties described in the poems in the book.

"Your Highness is awake."

Afraid that Feng Zhanye would feel embarrassed when he woke up, Gu Qingzhi had been pretending to be asleep, hoping that he would let her go as soon as possible.

But now she realized that she was doing nothing. Not only was the child not as shy as usual, but he kept staring at her again and again. She was afraid that if she spoke a little later, he would stare holes in her body.

As expected, seeing that she woke up, Feng Zhanye was startled, and abruptly retracted his hand, saying "hmm".

Gu Qingzhi finally relaxed her waist. Hearing footsteps outside the door, she quickly got up and put on her clothes.

It was not until Nanny Liu pushed the door open that she sat down on the edge of the bed as usual.

As usual, the old woman stuffed some dried firewood into the stove, added a piece of charcoal, and carefully suppressed the flame so that the newly added charcoal would burn longer.

However, Gu Qingzhi could tell from her every move that her right leg seemed to be uncomfortable and she kept moving with a limp.

"Mammy, what happened to your leg?"

Apparently Feng Zhanye also noticed this problem and asked her with concern.

Aunt Liu didn't expect that both of them were looking at her. She raised her eyes and smiled, "Nothing's wrong. When you get old, you always have some minor ailments. Maybe you caught a cold last night."

As she spoke, she was about to walk out, but the further she walked, the more her right leg seemed to become out of control. Gu Qingzhi hurried over to support her, preventing her from bumping into the door frame.

"Thank you, young Guard Gu." Nanny Liu patted Gu Qingzhi's hand, indicating to her that she was fine.

"Madam, you should take a rest today." Gu Qingzhi suggested, and Feng Zhanye nodded.

But Madam Liu waved her hand and said, "No, no, I have a lot of things to do today! After I finish cooking for His Highness, I have to take those servants and maids out to buy rice and flour."

Feng Zhanye sat up anxiously: "But your legs..."

Gu Qingzhi understood that he was worried, and said at the right time: "Your legs are more important. If you are assured, Madam, I will take them out to buy groceries."

Madam Liu looked at Feng Zhanye, then at Gu Qingzhi, and stopped being polite with her. She nodded and said, "Then, little Guard Gu, I'll trouble you."

After exchanging money with Wu Fang, Gu Qingzhi went out with Qiu Jiang, Qiu Hong and two servants.

The few of them had become much more obedient since the day Nanny Liu came. Qiu Jiang and Qiu Hong were not as rebellious as the other two maids, and with Gu Qingzhi following them, they did not dare to do whatever they wanted.

Especially the servant who was beaten by Gu Qingzhi last time and still had missing teeth. When he saw her, he didn't dare to say a word and just helped to carry things.

When they reached Longqing Street and approached the door of the grain and oil shop, Gu Qingzhi caught a glimpse of the small vendor who had bought sugar paintings for Feng Zhanye last time, still selling them at the same place.

Thinking that Feng Zhanye had been ill recently and his mouth had no taste, he turned around and said to the others, "You go in and choose first, I'll come back to find you later."

"Yes."

After hearing the three people respond, Gu Qingzhi followed the crowd.

"Hey! Young man, long time no see! Would you like a sugar painting?" Unexpectedly, the vendor had a good memory and recognized at a glance that Gu Qingzhi had bought sugar paintings from him before.

Gu Qingzhi nodded at him: "Come on, any one."

"okay!"

The vendor was as enthusiastic as ever, and his technique in playing with candies was as proficient as last time, and before long, a crane appeared in his hands.

"Why didn't I see your brother come with you this time?" The hawker was very friendly and would ask one more question when he met a returning customer.

Gu Qingzhi paid for the sugar painting and said, "He has caught a cold these days and is recuperating at home."

The vendor clapped his hands with a smile and said, "What a coincidence! I've seen many children suffering from colds recently, so I made some candy made with ginger. Your brother will definitely feel much better after eating it!"

Gu Qingzhi sniffed carefully and indeed smelled a faint spicy flavor in the sugar painting.

"I'll give you some good luck." Gu Qingzhi nodded, took the sugar painting and went into the grain and oil shop to look for the four people.

I walked around the store, but they were nowhere to be seen.

Gu Qingzhi's heart skipped a beat. Oh no! Could it be that those people didn't want to serve Feng Zhanye anymore and took the opportunity to escape?

Although the money was in her hands, it would still be very troublesome if it was used by the prime minister's residence to cause trouble.

She hurriedly pulled the shop assistant and asked, "Young man, do you know where the four people who just came in have gone?"

The waiter thought for a moment and said, "Oh! They came over to choose rice and noodles, but before they paid, someone came to them, so they followed him out."

Someone is looking for them? Gu Qingzhi sensed something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "Do you know which direction they went?"

The waiter pointed to an alley across the street and said, "The man led them into that alley, and I didn't see where he turned next."

Gu Qingzhi thanked him, looked in the direction the waiter pointed, and walked into the alley without hesitation.

The alley was not deep and one could see the end at a glance. There were many people coming and going in the alley. Gu Qingzhi looked everywhere but could not see the four people.

There was only one road turning left at the innermost part of the alley. After confirming that they were not in the alley, Gu Qingzhi decided to try her luck along this road.

After walking a short while inside, there were fewer people on the road. After walking a few more steps inside, there were almost no people left.

This kind of scene, coupled with what the shop assistant just said that they were taken away, made Gu Qingzhi suddenly have a bad feeling.

"what!"

A woman's sharp scream came from the alley, carrying some unknown fear into her ears.

She paused for a moment, then hurriedly ran deeper into the alley.

This voice was clearly Qiu Jiang's.

At the end of the alley where the voice came from, two maids, Qiu Jiang and Qiu Hong, were surrounded by five men in black.

"You...didn't you say you found a new job for us? Why did you kill him?"

Qiu Jiang's voice was shaking as she watched in horror as the bloodstain on the ground slowly spread to her feet. At the end of the bloodstain, an older servant was lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his back. He was obviously dead.

Looking at his own masterpiece, one of the men in black sneered, pulled out a dagger from the corpse, let the blade drip blood, and approached Qiu Jiang step by step.

Just as she was about to step back, a man in black locked her hands and tied them to a tree nearby. When she looked back, she saw Qiuhong was already tied to her.

Now the two maids were frightened out of their wits, and the other servant was so frightened that he became stupid. He huddled under the feet of several people, muttering "Don't kill me, don't kill me" over and over again.

"Don't you understand yet? You serve someone you shouldn't serve, so of course you will be eliminated." As he said that, he grabbed Qiu Jiang's neck and exerted force with his hands.