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Luo Ping lay on the bed, and pictured in his mind how Zhou Tang looked when he saw the letter.

Will he tear up the letter paper in anger, or keep it as evidence to prove himself in the future?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing, every expression of the child in his mind was extremely clear, the picture was so vivid, it actually relieved the pain on his body a lot.

Zhou Tang is a very tenacious child, he will play willful and play his temper, but he will never show weakness and admit defeat, and will not be easily knocked down.Therefore, Luo Ping felt that he couldn't be too pampered to him, and if his words were more intense, it shouldn't be a problem.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel a little lost.

It was a child he taught himself, he liked his childishness, and he didn't want him to grow up to be that shrewd and decisive Zhou Tang.But he also knew that that was a man who had to sit on the dragon chair, and there should be no one to rely on by his side.

Luo Ping will not allow himself to be as conceited as he was back then, thinking that he can hold up half the sky for him, but in the end, he finds that that person no longer needs his support.

Blame him, he is too greedy, greedy for power, but also greedy for people's hearts...

I thought too much, and my mood also fluctuated. The past life and the present life were mixed together, and the overwhelming memory made me more dizzy.

"Doctor! Come quickly, doctor! Master, he has a high fever again! And the wound here seems to have festered, what should I do, doctor!"

"Aunt Sun, don't panic, I'm fine."

"It's all right! It's all right after losing a lot of weight? Let the doctor take a look!"

The doctor came over to treat him with a medicine box, looked at the wound on his arm and said, "No, I still have to goug out all the rotten flesh, or the wound will get worse."

"Go out, go out all of them." Luo Ping said, "The cleaner the gou out, the better."

It would be great if I could goug out those old things from my heart.Luo Ping thought this way in the excruciating pain of gouging out the flesh.

This kind of pain is much easier than the years of festering.

Zhou Tang obediently took the medicine for two days, and his health improved a lot. He gradually recovered his former spirit, and even sneaked into the bamboo forest to practice swords and bows.

In the early morning, he took a one-hour horse stance and performed a set of simple sword techniques, feeling refreshed.Wiping off the sweat from his head, he returned to the Fudong Palace, glanced at the crooked letter on the table, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and was about to go to the Hanlin Academy.

When Yun Xiang saw his posture, she quickly stopped at the door.

Zhou Tang raised his eyebrows: "What are you doing?"

Yun Xiang said: "Your Highness, your illness is not fully cured..."

"My illness has been cured early."

"But Master Luo...Master Luo has to prepare for the exam at Dali Temple, he is quite busy..."

"Whether he's busy or not has nothing to do with you?" Zhou Tang was a little unhappy, "Ruxiang, why did you stop me from seeing him? Are you keeping something from him from me?"

When Zhou Tang asked this question, he actually cursed in his heart "Little Master Pervert", but it had another meaning in Rue Xiang's ears.

Whether Lord Luo's injury and the sixth prince's plan should be mentioned or not, she understands Lord Luo's painstaking efforts, and he is afraid that Zhou Tang will do something impulsive after he speaks out.Conflict between princes is not good after all, not to mention that the Seventh Prince has no backer here...

Seeing that Rue Xiang didn't answer for a long time, Zhou Tang became even more suspicious: "What? Are you really hiding something from me?"

Yun Xiang persuaded in a panic: "Your Highness, you should not go to the Imperial Academy."

Zhou Tang snorted: "What's wrong with the Imperial Academy, let alone he hasn't been promoted yet, even if he really entered Dali Temple, wouldn't my dignified prince still have the right to look for him!"

"That's not what it means!" Yun Xiang was in a hurry, she decided to tell him everything.Thinking of the hideous wound on the man's body, she felt sad for a while, her voice choked with sobs:

"Your Highness, listen to me, Mr. Luo is not in the Hanlin Academy. He is sick at home these days, and he can't even get out of bed and walk around!"

Zhou Tang didn't react at first glance: "What did you say? Is he sick?"

Rue Xiang shook her head: "It's not sick, it's injured."

Zhou Tang was taken aback: "Injured? How could he be injured? Who hurt him?"

Rue Xiang looked around: "Your Highness, let's go into the room and talk."

Afterwards, Rue Xiang told Zhou Tang everything she had learned: how the sixth prince brought a mad dog into the palace, how Luo Ping was attacked by a wolf dog, and how his injuries are now...

Originally, she thought that her master would lose her composure after hearing this, either to visit Lord Luo's mansion, or to discuss with the Sixth Prince, she was even ready to persuade him, but Zhou Tang's reaction was unexpected calm.

He just picked up the torn piece of letter paper, pointed to a corner on it and said, "This is his blood, isn't it?"

Rue Xiang was stunned for a moment, and leaned closer to take a look, and found that there was a very faint red mark on the edge of the paper, which couldn't be seen unless she looked carefully.

She replied: "Well, maybe the gauze on Master Luo's wrist rubbed it."

Zhou Tang put the paper back to its original place, treating it with the same care as a treasure.

"He was seriously injured, but that's not the reason why he didn't come to see me. He was threatened by the emperor, didn't he? He asked you to watch over me to recuperate well, and told you not to say anything to me, Yeah?"

"..." Rue Xiang didn't know how to answer.

Zhou Tang used a question, but he didn't ask her.

He has been to the bamboo forest today.He was very familiar with every plant and tree there, and there was a slightly raised dirt bag in the bamboo forest. He already knew that the head of a palace gate guard was buried in it.

For him, Luo Ping bore that person's death in vain.

For him, Luo Ping endured the envy of the sixth prince.

"Don't take me for a fool...don't take me for a worthless child, my little master, I won't do anything to disappoint you again..."

Rue Xiang heard her master murmuring softly, she looked at him, and wanted to comfort him, but swallowed what she wanted to say.

Those were not the eyes of a ten-year-old child.

Rue Xiang shuddered at the brutality in those eyes.From this moment on, she understood that her master was not someone who needed comfort.

Even if it is needed, it can only come from one person.

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Zhou Tang did not leave the palace that day.

When the sixth prince Zhou Yang was eating dinner, he discovered that there was a very special dish added.

It was a dish that didn't look very good and didn't smell very good.

I can't tell what kind of meat it is made of. I don't know if the chef's craftsmanship has regressed or what. Some parts of the surface of the meat are charred and black, while other parts are still raw, exuding a stench.

The sixth prince took a sip out of curiosity, and immediately spat it out: "What is this! It's so unpalatable!"

Concubine Yu lost her appetite after seeing it, so she ordered someone to pour it out.

The little eunuch who was ordered to serve food recognized it: "This seems to be... dog meat?"

As dog lovers, Zhou Yang and Yu Guifei almost vomited: "Take it away!"

"Yes, the slave obeys."

The little eunuch hurriedly backed out. He heard from the gardener that peony flowers can be fertilized with gravy, so he poured the vegetables under the peony flowers in the garden.

Unexpectedly, that night, the peonies that were in full bloom all wilted, and looking at the place where the vegetables were poured, countless ants died.

Knowing this, Concubine Yu was shocked, and quickly called the imperial physician to give Zhou Yang a diagnosis and treatment. Although Zhou Yang didn't eat that bite, Zhou Yang still touched it, and the imperial concubine was very worried.

Fortunately, the imperial physician said that the sixth prince is fine.

The empress asked the imperial physician to check the poured gravy again. The imperial physician inspected it and said in surprise, "This is dog meat poisoned to death by arsenic. It must not be eaten!"

Zhou Yang's face turned pale, as if he had been greatly frightened.

Concubine Yu Gui saw that his expression was not right, so she asked him what was wrong, but Zhou Yang gritted his teeth and did not answer.Concubine Yu wanted to send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, but he refused to let it go. The trouble became so bad that the concubine had no choice but to give up.

In the early morning of the second day, a shrill scream came from the Sixth Prince's bedroom.

Everyone pushed the door open and entered, only to see a half-rotten dog's head hanging on Zhou Yang's bedside, with jagged canine teeth, extremely ferocious.And the sixth prince was sitting on the bed, already frightened into a fool.

It wasn't until the third prince came into the palace that the matter was suppressed.Because they were involved in their own conspiracy, they did not dare to speak out, and spread rumors of mad dog revenge and fooled them.

The sixth prince was stunned for a long time before he regained his senses, but when he saw a dog later, he would be frightened out of his wits.

Concubine Yu had no choice but to part with her, and sent all seven or eight of her pet dogs back to her natal family.

Although Luo Ping stayed behind closed doors, he knew all about the situation in the palace.

Hearing that something like that happened to the sixth prince, he didn't need to think too much, he knew whose handwriting it was, and he had mixed feelings for a moment, apart from relief, he was more worried——

That kid grew up too fast.

He learned forbearance, revenge, and scheming.How cruel and unbelievable this is for a ten-year-old child.

Luo Ping knew that he taught these things, but he didn't want the child to learn so fast and so well.He was just a child, and he didn't want the last bit of innocence to be worn away so quickly.

In the contradiction, he ushered in a reunion that was not unexpected.

Zhou Tang walked into the closed room, and instead of sitting down beside his bed, he took off his little boots and climbed straight up.

He didn't mention Luo Ping's concealment of himself, he didn't mention his design of the sixth prince, he just leaned next to him, carefully inspected those wounds, and when he saw something particularly frightening, he gently blew it and asked him: "Does it still hurt?" ?”

Luo Ping closed his eyes and shook his head.

Zhou Tang said: "Little Master, do you know how much I want to see you these days. I have finished reading "Mencius", can you continue to teach me?"

Luo Ping nodded.

"Little master, why don't you open your eyes and look at me?"

Opening his eyes, he looked deeply at him and called out "Your Highness".

Zhou Tang looked very happy: "Little master, from now on, I will not hide under your protection. I will protect myself and you. Trust me, okay?"

Luo Ping nodded again.The child's body was leaning against him softly, and obviously he didn't touch any wound, but he felt a twinge of pain.

"Little Master, let's get along alone in the future, don't call me Your Highness, call me Xiaotang, okay?"

"..."

"OK?"

"...Okay, Xiaotang."

He couldn't help agreeing, calling him like this made him feel soft and sweet in his heart.

Even though he knew that this intimate title might only last for a few years, he would never be able to mention it again.

The sound of "Xiaotang" is like a short-lived dream when I was young. It is so beautiful in retrospect, but when I reach out and touch it, it will hurt my heart.

That's a taboo for people all over the world, and he can't help it.

That was the wise and mighty Holy Majesty, not Xiaotang who pestered him to ask "Is it okay?"

But he didn't know what Zhou Tang was thinking at this moment.

Zhou Tang was not perfunctory, let alone coaxing.The only thing he wanted to do was to lock this person by his side and try his best to lock him up.

He wants to be the emperor, he needs to be the biggest official, and he needs to be given the most distinctive status——

The only place in this world who can call him "Xiaotang".

This is his promise to himself, and also to Luo Ping.

For this reason, he forced himself to grow up quickly, put away all the naivety he once had, and only kept a little in front of this person, to win his smile and soften his heart.

The two leaned against each other, each with their own thoughts, and talked about insignificant words until Luo Ping fell asleep due to fatigue.

Zhou Tang quietly looked at the sleeping young master, smoothed his slightly frowning brows, and wrapped his fingers around the black hair on his temples, round and round, getting tighter and tighter.

After that, he involuntarily sniffed his neck. There seemed to be a light lotus fragrance in the faint medicinal smell, and Zhou Tang suddenly felt a hot flash.

He was startled, thinking that he had a fever again, but his forehead wasn't very hot when he touched it, and he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, so he still curled up next to Luo Ping.

It's not the smell of azalea, Zhou Tang thought in a daze, that's the smell of the little master, warm and familiar, as if this person was so close to him a long time ago.