then Li Sao

Zhou Tang was rarely sick, and for some reason, this time he had a fever for several days.

When he fell asleep that day, he felt that someone was tucking him in the quilt, and a slightly cold hand was taking his temperature. He tried hard to open his eyes, but the eyelids seemed to be heavy, and he couldn't open them no matter what.

By the time it could be opened, the man had already left.

He was very upset, so he called Yun Xiang and said, "Where's Luo Ping? Why don't you see him?"

Yun Xiang replied: "Master Luo has left the palace and returned home."

Zhou Tang snorted coldly: "You girl, why are you so stupid? Lord Luo must be tired and hungry after a busy day and night. Won't you keep him for dinner?"

Yunxiang complained in her heart: she knew that the master would take revenge on her, and she wanted to stay, but how could she stay?

She bowed her head, and could only reply according to Luo Ping's explanation: "Your Highness, you don't know. Today, Mr. Luo has made a big splash in the Zhenyang Hall. The emperor wants to promote him to be the young minister of Dali Temple, and he has given him an order within a month. Familiar with the decrees of the "Great Cheng Code", Master Luo is busy with the assessment now, and he really has no skills..."

"Okay, okay, I understand, you step back." Zhou Tang didn't want to hear any more, and turned over with the quilt in his arms.

"Your Highness, your medicine..."

"I told you to back off, didn't you hear me!"

"Yes, this servant obeys." Yun Xiang sighed, not daring to speak too much.This little master is having an awkward moment, and it seems that unless Lord Luo comes forward in person, no one can persuade him.

Zhou Tang waited for the maid to exit the door, unable to restrain the grievance in his heart, his calf kicked violently under the quilt, until the bed was kicked into a mess, still feeling puzzled:

Badass!big liar!

Everything you say about me is a lie!You obviously promised to stay and take care of me, but now you're gone!

Isn't it just a promotion? Look at how anxious he is!snort!Official fans!hypocrite!

If I really become the emperor in the future, I will serve him as the biggest and best official in the whole world, and tie him firmly, to see if he is still reluctant to leave!

After throwing a fire, Zhou Tang's hot head cooled down a little, and he felt that the little master probably had no other choice. After all, he had worked very hard from last night to today, and it was time to go back and have a good rest. convenient.

Hmm... let's forget about today, Zhou Tang thought, if he comes over tomorrow, I won't scold him.

If he brings me sweet cakes, I won't be angry.

If he touches my forehead again, I will completely forgive him...

With such a plan in mind, Zhou Tang couldn't resist the dizziness, so he took the cold medicine beside the bed, squeezed his nose and drank it, and then sank into dreams again.

But he waited until the evening of the next day, but he did not see the shadow of the little master.

Zhou Tang, who left three bowls of medicine for the little master to feed, smashed all the medicine bowls in a rage.

Rue Xiang was going to clean up the mess, but he threw her out: "Go away! You don't need to clean up! You get out!"

"Your Highness, your fever hasn't subsided yet. The imperial doctor said that the medicine cannot be stopped. If you don't take the medicine, how can you get better?" Rue Xiang tried to persuade her earnestly, but Zhou Tang gave her a hard look. She had no choice but to retreat. go out.

Zhou Tang huddled under the quilt, holding the Jade Rabbit that was burning hot from covering his chest, and said angrily: "You won't come, you're determined not to come, okay, then I just won't take the medicine, I will I'll show you to death!"

Zhou Tang, who was ill, became more and more unreasonable. He didn't believe that Luo Ping would really leave him alone, so he stopped taking the medicine on purpose.

He felt that if the little master knew that he was so disobedient, he would definitely come and teach him a lesson.

As long as he comes, he will obediently take medicine to recuperate.

However, Luoping still did not come on the third day.

Zhou Tang's illness worsened again, and he didn't have the strength to lose his temper anymore.

He only heard the noisy barking of dogs outside, which made him sleep unsteadily. After finally calming down, he had a nightmare again in a daze.

The little master in the dream was covered in blood, and smiled at him and said, "I won't be able to visit you in the future, Your Highness, you must protect yourself by yourself, don't be willful..."

He was haunted in a dream, his whole body was cold with fright, but he just couldn't wake up, no matter how much he shouted, the little master just didn't look at him anymore, turned around and went into the darkness.

Zhou Tang's fever got worse, his cheeks flushed sickly, and he moaned uncomfortably in the middle of the night, and when he woke up, he was not even conscious.

Yun Xiang really couldn't bear to see her master sinking down like this, so she made up her mind, secretly took his badge, and planned to go out of the palace, and bring Lord Luo here to persuade her, otherwise Zhou Tang might not be able to survive.

When Yun Xiang came to Luo Ping's house, she was taken aback by the battle at the door.

The people who came in and out were all officials from the court, and some of them seemed to be quite dignified.

Why?Who is that?Like the third prince?

What happened, why did all these people come to Mr. Luo?

Rue Xiang didn't know, so after thinking about it, she still didn't dare to openly enter through the gate to pay respects, so she went to the small gate in the backyard.She could still remember Luo Ping taking her through this road that night.

There was no one in the backyard, only two or three servants of Luoping's family, probably all went to the front hall to take care of them.

Rue Xiang eavesdropped for a while at the window in the front hall, only to hear a doctor talking, as if he was saying that Mrs. Luo has not yet recovered and must stay in bed and cannot see the wind.

Then the third prince told everyone to go back, don't disturb Master Luo's recovery, and come back to visit in a few days.

Soon the front hall also returned to calm, presumably everyone had left.

At this time, an old woman came out and walked towards Luo Ping's room with a food box. Yun Xiang followed her and stopped her and asked, "What's the matter, Master Luo? Are you sick?"

The old woman gave her a wary look: "Who are you?"

Yun Xiang hurriedly replied: "My name is Yun Xiang, and I am an old acquaintance of Master Luo. Please tell me that I have something urgent to tell Master Luo, please be sure to see me."

Looking her up and down, seeing that she was indeed anxious, the old woman responded, "You wait." She walked into the house.

After a while, she came out again: "The master asked you to go in and talk."

Old, sir?

Luo Ping, who was seventeen or eighteen years old, was called a master, and Rue Xiang was really not used to it, but she didn't have time to care about it, so she quickly opened the door and walked in.

The door opened a crack, and was immediately closed by the old woman from the outside. It seemed that no wind was allowed in.

There is a strong smell of medicine in the room, and there is a faint smell of blood.

Yun Xiang was very surprised, it's only been two days since she saw her, why did Master Luo get so seriously ill?

She approached the bed softly, and suddenly heard a hoarse and soft voice: "Miss Yunxiang is here? Luo is sick, so I can't stand up to greet you. If you have anything to say, sit down and talk slowly."

For some reason, upon hearing this person's voice, the restless mood immediately calmed down.Rue Xiang sat on a chair beside her and talked to him through the bed curtain.

"Master Luo, what's wrong with you?"

"Encountered some accidents and got injured a little bit, it's okay. You came out of the palace to look for me, is something wrong with His Royal Highness?"

"My lord, there is nothing wrong with your Highness's illness, but he refuses to take medicine, and it is getting worse and worse." Rue Xiang said worriedly, "It would be great if my lord could persuade him, but now my lord This look..."

"..." Luo Ping was silent for a while, and said to her, "As you can see, Luo can't even get out of bed now, so naturally he can't enter the palace to see him."

"How about that?"

"Please trouble the girl to bring me a pen and paper, Luomou repaired a book, and the girl took it back for him to read. After that, you don't have to worry about whether he eats or not."

"It has to be like this." Rue Xiang had no choice but to pass the pen, ink and rice paper on the table into the bed curtain.

Luo Ping seemed to be struggling even to write, and it took him a long time to write just one paragraph.After finishing writing, he folded the paper and handed it out. When Rue Xiang went to pick it up, he was shocked.

The outstretched arm was covered with thick layers of gauze, but the blood still leaked out.There is also a small part of the exposed wrist, there is actually a deep wound where the bone can be seen, and the skin and flesh are turned out.There was a circle of red-dyed cotton cloth hanging on that wrist, it seemed that Luo Ping had to remove it for the convenience of writing.

The wound on this arm alone is terrible enough, I don't know how many such wounds this person has on his body.Rue Xiang felt distressed when she read it, she accepted the letter with trembling fingers, and said with concern: "Master Luo, your injury..."

Luo Ping interrupted her with a smile: "Miss Lao has sent a letter, and Luo has something to ask."

"……Please say."

"Don't reveal a word about Luo's current situation to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince."

"why?"

"It's only bad for him but not good for him. For now, let him not think about anything and rest at ease."

Rue Xiang pursed her lips and nodded in response: "I see."

After leaving this room, Rue Xiang couldn't resist the drive of curiosity, she grabbed the old woman who was waiting at the door to deliver food, and asked, "Ma'am, what happened to Master Luo?"

The old woman replied, "It's just a fall."

Rue Xiang knew that this was perfunctory, she had been in the palace for a long time, she had no other skills, but she was very good at clichés: "Ma'am, don't lie to me, I saw the wound on Master Luo's arm is very deep, it doesn't look like an ordinary wound. The injury from the fall looks like it was bitten by something."

Seeing that she couldn't get past the flicker, the old woman changed her words again: "It is indeed a bite, but the master won't let me say it..."

"Ma'am, you don't have to be wary of me. I'm different from those dignitaries in the front hall. I'm not here to test anything or show courteousness. I'm really worried about Lord Luo's health. Didn't Lord Luo meet me in person? Explain He didn't guard against me, but I saw that he seemed extremely tired and didn't want to disturb you, so he came to ask you."

Although Luo Ping was gentle and polite to others, he was indifferent and alienated, and rarely talked with people in the inner room. The old woman saw that she was indeed very close to the master, and she seemed to be someone who could be trusted, so she let go: "Girl, no To tell you the truth, the wounds on my master's body were all bitten by wolf dogs."

"Bite by a wolf dog?"

"Yeah, the bite hurts all over my body. Yesterday when the doctor was changing the dressing, I sneaked a look. There were several scary cuts, all of which were torn by the dog's teeth!"

"Where is the dog so vicious?"

Speaking of this old woman, she snorted coldly: "Where is the dog? In the whole world, the dog in the palace is the most vicious and ruthless! You can't cry out for pain if you bite someone! You can't seek justice!"

Rue Xiang was startled: a dog in the palace?Where did the wolfhound come from in the palace?After thinking about it again, I already have some clues.

Yesterday afternoon, there was a lot of noise near the middle stable prison, and she heard several dogs barking, but she didn't pay attention to it at the time. Thinking about it now, could it be that Master Luo was injured there?

Back in the palace, Rue Xiang first went to the Stable Prison, where she inquired about some details.

I heard from the steward of the Central Stable that Lord Luo somehow killed a dog of the Sixth Prince yesterday. That dog seemed to be insane and kept in a cage.Afterwards, the wolfhound under the Sixth Prince's hand injured Master Luo, which was said to be an accident.But the steward covered his mouth and told her to be careful, he said that the mad dog was originally going to be sent to Fudong Palace, and the Sixth Prince had absolutely no good intentions.

She had the bottom line in her heart, but she still kept her promise to Luo Ping and didn't talk too much.

After entering the master's bedroom, Zhou Tang seemed to have just woken up, and when he heard her movement, he wanted to get angry and drive her away, but this time Yun Xiang ignored him.

She knelt in front of the bed, and handed over the letter written by Luo Ping: "Your Highness, you don't need to listen to Rue Xiang's persuasion, but you should take a look at Master Luo's handwritten letter anyway."

Upon hearing that it was a letter from Luo Ping, Zhou Tang immediately sat up, endured dizziness, and quickly unfolded the letter——

His Majesty the Seventh Highness personally said:

Luo Ping was deeply disappointed to hear that His Highness was ill recently but refused to take medicine.

Luo Ping became an official once in ten years of cold window, what he wanted was to do his best for the court and the world, and he had no spare energy to assist a cowardly prince who could only abuse his own body.

It's just a minor illness, and His Highness made such unreasonable troubles. In the future, he must be a timid person who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and only hides under the cover of others.Forgive Luo Ping for bluntly saying that such a person is not worthy of being my student, let alone discussing the country with me.

I hope His Highness will take care of himself.

Sincerely, Mu Quan

Zhou Tang tore up the letter as soon as he finished reading it, large and small pieces of paper fell from the sky, which surprised Yun Xiang.She didn't know what was written in the letter, but instead of making His Highness happy, she became even more angry.

"Mu Quan, Mu Quan, good you Luo Muquan! If you want to be promoted, go curry favor with the person who can make you a high official! You look down on me, why bother to provoke me! Big liar! Hypocrite!"

After scolding, Zhou Tang's chest heaved violently. After a long while, he said to Yun Xiang who was kneeling on the ground in a daze: "What are you doing here, go and get me the medicine!"

"Ah? Oh, yes, the servant obeys."

Rue Xiang brought the medicine in a daze, and Zhou Tang drank it up without saying a word, and was about to eat after drinking, looking angry but full of energy.

Zhou Tang ate and drank enough, and asked Yunxiang to bring the paste, and glued up the paper he had just torn up bit by bit. Seeing the familiar handwriting on it, he was still very annoyed, but he didn't stick himself together again. works torn off.

He knew that this was Luo Ping's aggressive method, and he wanted to keep it as evidence.

When he takes charge of the country one day, he will take out this letter and laugh at him: "Look, you looked down on me so much back then, now you still want to obey me obediently?"

He knew that Luo Ping liked to be an official. Although the man had never said it in front of him, he could feel that the man liked power, and he liked to hold power in his own hands, and then do what he wanted to do.

And he will be the only one who can promote his official position and dismiss him.

So that he can no longer provoke himself like this, and can no longer teach himself like this.

No more, leaving him alone like this.