Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

The little girl turned around in surprise, "Nun, why did you come out in person?"

Chu Shixuan looked towards the Taoist nun with a calm and desolate gaze.

The nun patted her little head and said, "Go in with the medicine first. This is my old friend."

"Ah?" The little girl turned around and looked at Chu Shixuan, "But I haven't seen him here before."

The nun chuckled, "You were still a stone when he came last time."

The little girl curled her lips and walked towards the temple unwillingly.

"I didn't come out of a stone."

Chu Shixuan waved his hand to dismiss the servants who were following him, and talked face to face with the Taoist nun alone.

On a quiet night with no one around, the temple is located high up. Through the heavy fog, you can look up and see the clear and bright moon.

The silver moonlight sprinkled on Chu Shixuan. Apart from the shocking scar on his forehead, there was no trace of his miserable appearance as he kowtowed all the way up the mountain.

The nun took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve and threw it into Chu Shixuan's arms, "Medicine."

Chu Shixuan took it, but stared at the small porcelain bottle thoughtfully without saying a word.

The nun put away her robe and sat on a rock near the temple entrance. Seeing that Chu Shixuan did not move, she said helplessly, "The medicine you requested has already been obtained by someone else. This is her destined marriage."

Chu Shixuan then silently opened the porcelain bottle, tore a piece of cloth, sprinkled medicine powder on it and rubbed it on the wound.

Seeing him like this, the Taoist nun felt even more disappointed in him.

"I've said it before, your sister is born to be a disaster. She has her own sufferings to endure. If you keep interfering with her fate, it will only affect you in the end."

After hearing this, Chu Shixuan was not angry. He continued to apply the medicine in a calm tone.

"I want to save her."

The nun sighed and said, "I have read your fortune. Do you want to know?"

Chu Shixuan shook his head.

Seeing him like this, the nun didn't want to persuade him anymore.

She looked up at the moon, and in the silver moonlight, it seemed that she recalled memories from long ago.

"When I first met you, you were so embarrassed and went up the mountain to ask for medicine. I asked you who you wanted to save, and you said you wanted to save your wife."

"But she was not destined to live an ordinary life in this world. I have made it clear, but you don't believe me."

"You don't believe it, Wuji doesn't believe it either, and you still use her as a contract for gambling immortals... You have been entangled for so long, so long that this Goddess Mountain has seven peaks. Don't you understand it now?"

Chu Shixuan lowered his head to treat his own wound. After finishing it hastily, he put down the medicine bottle, raised his head, and looked at the Taoist nun indifferently.

"I just want her to live a peaceful life."

When the Taoist nun heard this, a look of heartache appeared between her brows and she sighed helplessly.

"Don't worry, it will be soon. Once her wish is fulfilled, the demon in her heart will be resolved on its own."

Chu Shixuan asked calmly, "How long will it take?"

He seemed to have long been accustomed to long waits and no longer held out any hope for the word "how long".

The nun looked up at the sky full of stars. The stars were strange and formed a wonderful sight.

"next time."

Chu Shixuan lowered his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief as if he was finally relieved.

"Thank you, I can't stay long. Goodbye."

The Taoist nun took advantage of him not leaving and quickly asked, "How is Wuji now?"

"Good."

......

At the end of June, gardenias bloom.

Chu Shitong woke up from his confusion.

She had a very long dream in which she died and suffered again and again.

Every death is accompanied by infinite despair, as if falling into a bottomless black hole, struggling and drifting in despair.

There's no way to get rid of it.

Until this moment, she suddenly woke up.

Looking at the scarlet curtain, she couldn't tell for a moment whether she was awake or not.

The scene before he fell into coma was still vivid in his mind, yet it seemed to have become blurry after being washed through countless dreams.

She touched her chest and felt the wound had already scabbed under the clean gauze. Only then did she finally confirm that she was awake.

"Bishui, what time is it?"

When Bishui outside the gauze curtain heard the noise, she immediately excitedly lifted the curtain.

"Your Highness! You are finally awake."

Not sure if it was excitement or surprise, her eyes gradually became moist.

Chu Shitong saw that she had changed into a summer gauze skirt and couldn't help asking, "How long have I slept?"

"It's already June 30th, and tomorrow will be July 1st."

Chu Shitong was surprised for a moment, then thought of the wound that had already scabbed over.

It seems that this arrow shot did cause me considerable damage.

Bishui helped her stand up and drank some tea to moisten her throat.

"Why did I sleep so long?"

"You are poisoned."

Bishui told Chu Shitong about Si Jingli going up the mountain to get medicine for her. Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Chu Shitong immediately got up from the bed and went out to find Si Jingli.

"Your Highness, you should let the doctor take a look at your body first!" Bishui chased after him.

Chu Shitong didn't think so much.

He is not dead yet, so he won’t die again.

No one knows that, in fact, at the moment he was shot by the arrow, there was a moment when Chu Shitong was actually willing to die.

You don't have to face it when you die.

Chu Shitong stumbled all the way out of the house, and the men passing by were stunned when they saw her running like the wind.

Li Nu and Nan Xue were eating at the table in the corridor. In order not to disturb Chu Shitong and to stay by her side, they had been moving around in the corridor outside the house recently.

The raccoon sensed the footsteps and the wind, and picked up a piece of cucumber and put it in his mouth.

"Did something run over there?"

Nan Xue stared blankly at Chu Shitong's back, not coming back to her senses. She patted the raccoon slave beside her and asked, "The one who just passed by...was His Highness?"

The raccoon was stunned, "Ah?"

You ask me a blind man?

Nanxue saw Bishui rushing out of the house again and followed him, only then did she confirm that the person who had just passed by was Chu Shitong.

"Fuck? Your Highness is awake?" The cat slave excitedly pulled Nanxue's arm madly.

Nan Xue nodded with difficulty. Thinking that Li Nu couldn't see, she could only say uncertainly, "He should have just woken up. Gu Qiushui said that the poisoning might torment His Highness in his dreams. His Highness might have mental problems after waking up. I feel... something seems to be wrong."

Raccoon slave: ????

"What on earth did you see?"

inside the house.

Si Jingli looked at the table full of food and had no appetite at all.

The door was suddenly kicked open and he looked inside with an unhappy expression.

Seeing the figure in front of the door, Si Jingli suddenly froze in place.

Somewhat unbelievable.

Chu Shitong clearly saw the scabbed scar on his forehead, which was very large, and his heart suddenly ached.

The ugly scar on Si Jingli's handsome face, which was carved like a god, was like a perfect porcelain doll that was broken into pieces, and it happened to hit his face. Anyone could not help but feel distressed and regretful.

Si Jingli, who loves beauty so much, was willing to injure his forehead like that for her.

Chu Shitong felt distressed no matter how he looked at it.

"His Royal Highness."

Looking at Si Jingli's dull eyes, Chu Shitong smiled slightly and slowly approached.

When Si Jingli heard this name that he hadn't heard for a long time, tears almost welled up in his eyes.

He looked away in panic, but suddenly remembered the wound on his forehead. He couldn't help but lower his head to cover the scar, not daring to let Chu Shitong see it.

"Why are you awake? Don't come over here!"

Chu Shitong slowly walked up to him and hugged him. Si Jingli felt the tenderness and warmth of the hug, and his voice instantly became tearful.

"Chu Shitong, didn't you say you would be safe if you went out? How could you lie to me... You scared me to death, do you know that..."

He cried miserably and aggrievedly. Chu Shitong couldn't help but sigh sadly when he saw the dark circles under his eyes. He didn't know how long Si Jingli had been guarding him these days.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, for making you worry."

She gently stroked Si Jingli's back, as if she was holding a weak and helpless little animal in her arms, and there was nothing she could do except comfort him.

Si Jingli stayed in her arms, not daring to look up.

Chu Shitong looked at him and felt very uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, the wound on your forehead..."

"It will be fine soon!" Si Jingli interrupted her and said firmly, "I have sent someone to Quanzhou to get the skin gel! It won't leave scars! You, you are not allowed to dislike me..."

He said this with a somewhat aggrieved tone.

Chu Shitong sighed, "How could I dislike His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"really?"

Si Jingli raised his head slightly, with a cautious look in his eyes that was very pitiful, revealing some conspicuous scars on his forehead. On his jade-like skin, the scars looked like marks left by fire.

"real."

Chu Shitong lowered his head and gently kissed the scabbed scar.

Si Jingli felt the soft kiss and his face turned red unconsciously, but he felt happy in his heart.

It’s great that my sister didn’t dislike him because of his ugly scar.

Chu Shitong felt that Si Jingli was injured like this just because he wanted to ask for medicine for him. If he still despised him, would he still be a human being?

"Then let's make a deal... You said you don't dislike me, but if this scar doesn't go away..."

"It's okay." Chu Shitong comforted him, "It will go down. If the skin gel lotion in Quanzhou doesn't work, I will go to Qinglian to find medicine for you. It will definitely make your Royal Highness's injury heal as before."

.......

During the days that Chu Shitong was asleep, Qingyu had disguised herself as her and, following her instructions, had almost finished investigating the case in Jiangzhou.

I did check.

Qingyu was almost killed.

After being chased for a long time, he finally managed to save his life.

When the letter was delivered to Chu Shitong, Chu Shitong knew that it was time to return to Beijing.

Si Jingli's original plan to go to Quanzhou was delayed. He had a wound on his forehead. If he went with the injury, the Marquis of Zhenguo would probably tie Chu Shitong up and beat him up before he would appease his anger.

The two decided to return to Beijing soon. Anyway, this matter had been investigated almost completely, and the results of other matters had also been basically found out.

The day he reports to the capital is the day Chu Shifeng steps down.

About the dolls in the underground palace.

After it was in Chu Shitong's hands, Nanxue sent people to search it thoroughly.

The complete underground palace covers a large area, and it took nearly half a month of searching to obtain a complete map.

There are indeed traces of Xuan Wu Yue's life inside, but it is also obvious that Xuan Wu Yue was suddenly transferred away a few years ago.

The mechanism in the underground palace was left there to prevent outsiders from accidentally entering. As for the role of the puppet, Chu Shitong guessed that besides himself, someone was also tracking down Xuan Wu Yue's whereabouts.

That's why Xuan Wu Yue was suddenly transferred. The underground palace was constructed so perfectly at the beginning, perhaps Chu Shiyu planned to hide her here for the rest of her life.

But later, Chu Shiyu discovered that someone had been tracking Xuan Wu Yue's whereabouts and had even learned the location of the underground palace, so he had to transfer and send the people away immediately.

Those puppets were left behind to confuse the other party, making them mistakenly believe that Xuan Wu Yue was still in the underground palace, so that they would die inside when they entered the underground palace.

Although the plan to find Xuan Wu Yue failed this time, Nan Xue Qingyu and others still wanted to search the underground palace for a few more days to find clues.

Unexpectedly, Chu Shitong suddenly ordered to stop the search.

Nanxue, Qingyu and the others were very puzzled. They had already searched the underground palace, and perhaps if they searched further they would be able to find out Xuan Wu Yue's whereabouts.

But by this time, Chu Shitong had already figured it out himself.

Perhaps she was destined to be motherless.

No matter how hard you try, it will be in vain.

I escaped death this time thanks to Si Jingli, but what if I fall into the trap again next time?

What if that arrow had taken her life?

What about Si Jingli? What about her lofty ambitions?

She was not reborn to look for a vague mother whose life or death was uncertain.

Therefore, Chu Shitong directly gave up the idea of ​​searching. Even though he knew there might be clues in the underground palace, he was unwilling to send anyone to look for it.

This mother...it doesn't matter if she doesn't exist!

Although Nanxue and Qingyu didn't know what Chu Shitong was thinking, Chu Shitong was their master now, and no matter what decision he made, they, as his subordinates, had no right to interfere.

......

Early July.

A letter arrived in the capital and entered the palace.

This made Master Chu very angry.

Xu Zhanqing, who had just returned to Beijing, was sent directly to Jiangzhou with troops to help Chu Shitong arrest the rioters in Jiangzhou.

When Chu Shifeng learned about this, he was too late to stop it. He could only write seven or eight letters and send them to Jiangzhou, wanting to know what Chu Shitong had investigated.

On July 13, Xu Zhanqing led 20,000 soldiers into Jiangzhou and, under the order of the imperial edict, helped Chu Shitong arrest more than a hundred officials of all ranks in Jiangzhou, without exception.

There were also many who resisted and tried to escape along the way, but the army led by Xu Zhanqing came from the border, and their combat power was not something that the people in Jiangzhou could match. It took nearly half a month to capture all the officials on the list.

......

"Report, Major General, Your Highness Prince Qi, the prefect of Jiangzhou has been captured, and those who rose up in resistance have been killed."

Xu Zhanqing didn't say anything, but looked at Chu Shitong beside him, as if waiting for her decision.

Xu Zhanqing's nine-foot height made him extremely conspicuous among the soldiers. Just standing there in silver armor, the aura of a long battle on the battlefield was enough to make people dare not look directly at him.

The only people who can compare with him in height and strength are probably Chu Shitong and Chu Shifan.

I don't know what's going on with that idiot now.

"Take them away. Mobilize the troops and bring all the criminals from Jiangzhou City to the capital tomorrow."

"Yes."

Xu Zhanqing looked at Chu Shitong with a complicated expression, more of a confusion.

"You and His Royal Highness Prince Yu are usually so close, but this time because of the Jiangzhou incident, you detained the entire Jiang Mansion, and even arrested more than a hundred officials in Jiangzhou. Aren't you afraid of how to face him after returning to the capital?"