Prince is in trouble

Zhuang Ziyao and the others managed to rush back to the foot of the mountain. The guards saw that Zhao Lan's arm was bleeding, and Qu Shaoning in his arms had lost consciousness, so they immediately knew something had happened.

"My lord, are you alright?"

The crowd crowded around nervously, the leader wanted to bandage Zhao Lan's wound, but Zhao Lan was unwilling to let Qu Shaoning go.

Zhuang Ziyao stood behind alone, as if he was an unrelated outsider, and no one stepped forward to talk to him.Not only that, the guards looked at him with strong hostility, as if blaming him for forcing them down the mountain, which led to the current result.

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't stand such stares, and was about to say something when he suddenly saw Zhao Lan give him a cold look, and said expressionlessly, "Is King Rui alright?"

Zhuang Ziyao was shocked, and suddenly had an ominous premonition. Zhao Lan's attitude towards him had already returned to the time when they first met, and there was even an indescribable estrangement.

"I, I'm fine..." Zhuang Ziyao replied blankly.

Zhao Lan nodded, said nothing more, carried Qu Shaoning into the carriage, and ordered everyone to rush back to the palace immediately.

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The horse raced all the way, and soon returned to the palace. Zhao Lan sent guards to invite the doctor, and the doctor just arrived at this time.

Along the way, Zhuang Ziyao felt uncomfortable when he saw Zhao Lan hugging Qu Shaoning nervously.However, he thought that Qu Shaoning was protecting them, so he couldn't be angry with him.However, when he found out that the entire palace regarded him as the culprit, the anger in his heart almost exploded.

Seeing Zhao Lan walking into the room with Qu Shaoning in his arms, Zhuang Ziyao subconsciously followed, but was stopped by the palace guards.

"What are you doing?" Zhuang Ziyao glared at him impatiently and said coldly.

Before the guard could make a sound, Zhao Lan had already come out and reprimanded him, "Don't be rude to King Rui."

Hearing that, no matter how unconvinced the guards were, they had no choice but to leave. Seeing the doctor treating Qu Shaoning in the room, Zhuang Ziyao couldn't help being startled, and anxiously wanted to go in to see the situation.

He was about to go inside, but Zhao Lan said, "King Rui, go back to the room and rest!"

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't care less about observing Zhao Lan's expression, and said angrily, "Why can't I go in, I just want to see how he is doing."

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that Zhao Lan was staring at him with a livid face.

Zhao Lan said angrily, "That's enough, if you weren't meddling, how could Shaoning become like this?"

Zhuang Ziyao had never seen Zhao Lan so angry. He was startled and angry, and just about to refute, he heard Zhao Lan say coldly: "King Rui, go back and rest, Xiao Wang has no strength to coax King Rui."

"Who wants you to coax me!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Zhuang Ziyao suddenly saw Zhao Lan's arm, and he didn't even have time to stop the bleeding.

"Your injury..." Zhuang Ziyao said in a daze with his heart tightening.

Zhao Lan glanced at him and said lightly, "I'm fine."

Before Zhuang Ziyao could react, Zhao Lan had already closed the door, no matter how much Zhuang Ziyao yelled outside, there was no reaction from inside.

At this time, He Min hurried over, grabbed his lord, and persuaded him: "My lord, let's go back first, there are so many people watching! King Qi is busy taking care of Mr. Qu, so he really doesn't have time to greet us."

A "greeting" hit Zhuang Ziyao's pain, yes, he has always been an outsider, only Qu Shaoning is from the palace, and from Zhao Lan.

Zhuang Ziyao snorted coldly, and roared angrily, "Zhao Lan, if you want to blame me for this matter, just say so, I, Zhuang Ziyao, still need your greeting?"

After all, Zhuang Ziyao didn't want to be ashamed, so he led He Min out of the palace.

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Back at the inn, Zhuang Ziyao couldn't feel at ease.Once his heart calmed down, he also had enough time to sort out his mood.He was indeed displeased because of Zhao Lan's concern for Qu Shaoning, but he also understood that Qu Shaoning had done nothing wrong.Instead, he even protected them with his own safety.

Thinking of Qu Shaoning's situation, Zhuang Ziyao couldn't help feeling guilty. At the same time, he also understood that if something happened to Qu Shaoning, it would be impossible for Zhao Lan not to care about him. He knew how much Zhao Lan valued Qu Shaoning. , he couldn't enjoy their relationship anymore, just this kind of worry made him panic.

"He Min."

Zhuang Ziyao huddled himself in the room for several hours, sometimes angry and sometimes worried, how could He Min dare to wait by his side.When Zhuang Ziyao was willing to leave the room, the first thing was to send him out to do some errands.

"What orders does the lord have?" He Min thought to himself when he saw Zhuang Ziyao's serious face.

Sure enough, Zhuang Ziyao ordered fiercely: "Go and invite all the famous doctors in Xuancheng."

He Min was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Take them to Prince Qi's Mansion?"

"That's right, let's do it quickly." Before He Min could react, Zhuang Ziyao had already kicked him out.

After He Min left, Zhuang Ziyao sat in the room without saying a word. He thought angrily, when Qu Shaoning recovered from his injury, if Zhao Lan still dared to hate himself, he would definitely give him some color. , and those group of palace guards dared to be rude to him, they must be dealt with properly when the time comes.

Unfortunately, Zhuang Ziyao did not expect that the result of the matter was more serious than he imagined.

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Not long after, He Min brought a few doctors back to the inn, and Zhuang Ziyao ordered him to take along with him the healing artifact bestowed by the emperor himself, and the two of them returned to the palace.

From the gate of the Wangfu to Zhao Lan's courtyard, there were hardly any people to be seen along the way, and the few people I met occasionally seemed to be in a hurry.Zhuang Ziyao felt strange in his heart, but he couldn't delay.When he arrived at Zhao Lan's room, Zhao Lan just came out.

"The emperor's uncle came just in time. Ziyao found some famous doctors in Xuancheng. By the way, this pill was also given by the emperor himself."

With that said, Zhuang Ziyao passed the bottle over, only to find Zhao Lan looking at him silently.Zhuang Ziyao thought to himself, he talked to him calmly, did he say something wrong?

When Zhuang Ziyao met Zhao Lan's gaze head-on, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew something was wrong.Zhao Lan still has a straight face, but his eyes are like a pool of stagnant water, unable to make the slightest ups and downs.

The two looked at each other silently. Finally, Zhao Lan shook his head and said calmly, "Thank you, King Rui, for your concern. Shaoning doesn't need these things anymore." He walked past Zhuang Ziyao expressionlessly.

Zhuang Ziyao was shocked, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that his arm was not bandaged, so he grabbed him subconsciously, and hurriedly said, "Your wound hasn't been bandaged yet."

Zhao Lan withdrew her hand, stopped looking at Zhuang Ziyao, and said coldly, "No need."

Zhuang Ziyao has always been a person who breaks the casserole and asks the end, not to mention the matter of Zhao Lan and Qu Shaoning. He grabbed Zhao Lan desperately and asked: "The emperor has Mr. Qu's safety in his heart, so he doesn't care about himself. Are you injured?"

Hearing the name "Qu Shaoning", Zhao Lan couldn't help trembling, pursing his lips tightly, with a sad expression on his face.

"Mr. Qu..." Zhuang Ziyao guessed what happened right away, but he was still not sure.

"Shaoning is dead." Zhao Lan shook off Zhuang Ziyao's hand coldly, and said in a strange tone, "It's getting late, my lord can stay for a light meal, I'm sorry Xiao Wang can't accompany you."

This time, Zhuang Ziyao had no time to catch Zhao Lan. By the time he realized it, Zhao Lan had already left.He stood there in a daze, without his usual arrogance, he didn't even care about Zhao Lan's neglect of him, just the fact that Zhao Lan said made him speechless.

Qu Shaoning died, to protect the two of them.Not only does it mean that Zhuang Ziyao has to bear a burden of guilt, but it also means that a heavy gap has been erected between him and Zhao Lan. It doesn't matter whether Zhao Lan will remember him or not. It was Zhuang Ziyao who worried most.If Zhao Lan can't recover, how can he say "forgive"?

Zhuang Ziyao stood in the yard for a long time, but the oppression and anxiety in his chest did not subside.For the first time, he regrets his decision, which would never have happened if it hadn't been for the damn shoot.

"Damn it." He cursed fiercely.

His ferocious expression scared He Min so much that he didn't dare to go forward.However, He Min would never have thought that the person Zhuang Ziyao scolded was himself.

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For three days in a row, the palace was busy preparing for Qu Shaoning's funeral.It wasn't until this time that Zhuang Ziyao realized that Qu Shaoning was really dead.The whole palace was so busy that even if King Rui came to visit, no one had the time to take care of him.What's more, Zhuang Ziyao was the one who indirectly killed Qu Shaoning.Except for Mr. Xu, almost everyone regarded him as the culprit, and no one wanted to give him a good face.

How could the majestic King Rui endure such anger, if it was the past, he would have returned to the capital long ago.However, it happened that Zhuang Ziyao endured it this time. Even though he faced the cold eyes of others, he still visited Prince Qi's mansion every day, just to take a look at Zhao Lan.

It's a pity that Zhao Lan's attitude towards Zhuang Ziyao is not good, it's not because of sarcasm or anything else, he just returned to his original appearance, and his eyes will never stay on Zhuang Ziyao, nor will he show a smile to him .As Zhao Lan himself said, he is too tired now, he has no energy to accompany Zhuang Ziyao, nor is he in the mood to face him.

Zhao Lan felt that he had made it clear enough, but Zhuang Ziyao couldn't agree.Every time I saw Zhao Lan passing by with a blank expression, without looking at him, the pain and reluctance in my heart were beyond words.

In the past few days, it wasn't just Zhao Lan who was suffering, and Zhuang Ziyao didn't care about him.For the first time, he had so many things in his heart. He was worried that Zhao Lan was feeling sad about Qu Shaoning, and also angry that Zhao Lan had neglected him.He wanted to catch Zhao Lan more than once, and asked him if he really held grudges against him.However, he neither had the courage, nor was he afraid of making Zhao Lan more sad.

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Three days later, Qu Shaoning's body was buried in the cemetery of Prince Qi's Mansion. Zhuang Ziyao didn't feel unhappy. Instead, he remembered what Qu Shaoning had said to him. Zhao Lan and him were not lovers. , Zhao Lan treats Qu Shaoning as a relative who can accompany her.Because of this, this feeling is deeper than a lover.

Another five days passed in a flash, Zhuang Ziyao still went in and out of Prince Qi's mansion every day, and the servants of Prince Qi's mansion were no strangers to it.Since Qu Shaoning's burial, Zhao Lan simply locked himself in the room and spent the whole day reading in the study, but he didn't know how much he had read.

Zhuang Ziyao stayed in the palace all day, wandering around but couldn't meet Zhao Lan, so he had to stand at the door of the study and wait.He waited for hour after hour, Zhao Lan didn't come out, and he didn't dare to go in rashly.

He Min didn't feel comfortable being by the side, so he could only ask cautiously: "My lord, do you want your subordinates to go in and report?"

Zhuang Ziyao glared at him angrily, and scolded sharply, "Who wants you to meddle in your own business!"

With a bitter face, He Min said in embarrassment: "But, you go in and out of the palace every day, isn't it just to see King Qi?"

Zhuang Ziyao blushed and denied it excitedly: "Nonsense, what does my visit to the palace have to do with Zhao Lan?"

He Min thought to himself, why doesn't it matter?This is Prince Qi's Mansion, not Prince Rui's Mansion!

It's a pity, He Min still didn't dare to speak his mind, he shook his head, and could only continue to wait beside him.

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't see Zhao Lan, and he was already full of anger in his heart. After He Min told him to break his mind, he immediately became angry from embarrassment.Originally, he was a casual person, but he couldn't bear it any longer, so he broke his heart and said to He Min, "You stay here."

He Min was taken aback for a moment, before he could answer, he saw Zhuang Ziyao had already entered the study.

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Zhuang Ziyao appeared in front of Zhao Lan without being notified, and Zhao Lan was inevitably taken aback.When he raised his head, he saw Zhuang Ziyao standing at the door with a pale face, and his heart twitched fiercely.However, it was too late to stir up waves in his heart, Zhao Lan had already returned to his indifferent look.

"What's the matter, King Rui?"

Zhao Lan's tone was cold and courteous, Zhuang Ziyao felt angry and felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Ziyao misses the emperor's uncle and wants to see the emperor's uncle, is that okay?" Zhuang Ziyao walked up to Zhao Lan, forcing Zhao Lan to look directly at him.

Zhao Lan frowned, got up and was about to go outside, and said, "Xiao Wang is a little tired, since the prince has already met someone, please go back!"

Hearing this, Zhuang Ziyao asked angrily, "Zhao Lan, have you finally spoken the truth? You wanted to drive me away a long time ago!"

Zhao Lan immediately replied, "No."

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect him to deny it so quickly.Unfortunately, after Zhao Lan finished speaking, she still turned her head expressionlessly, as if she didn't want to look at Zhuang Ziyao more.

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't hold back any longer. The pain and worries of the past few days had pushed him to the cliff. He couldn't imagine what the result would be if he continued to wait, and he couldn't bear the feeling of being ignored, let alone that person still Zhao Lan.

Zhuang Ziyao grabbed Zhao Lan's arm, and could no longer hide the pain in his heart. The previous aura disappeared all of a sudden, and he asked sadly, "Zhao Lan, what exactly do you want? Are you going to pay him his life?" Can you not blame me?"

The hand held by Zhuang Ziyao trembled slightly. When Zhao Lan saw Zhuang Ziyao's expression, he felt an indescribable distress in his chest, as if something stabbed the wound again, and the old wound was still intact. More and more injuries.

Zhao Lan closed her eyes lightly, and when she opened them again she had recovered her indifferent look, and said calmly, "I didn't blame you."

Zhuang Ziyao grabbed Zhao Lan's arm excitedly, as if he was worried that the other party would escape, and asked, "You didn't blame me, why did you avoid me?"

Zhao Lan sighed, and said calmly, "My lord, Xiao Wang just doesn't have the heart to be with my lord."

Zhuang Ziyao stared fixedly at Zhao Lan's face. He wanted to find something in Zhao Lan's expression, but he couldn't find any other emotion except indifference.

"You..." Zhuang Ziyao gritted his teeth angrily, he was full of curse words, but he couldn't say a word.

Zhao Lan shook her head helplessly, and said in a gentle tone, "Xiao Wang can't forget what happened that day, and even more so when he saw the prince."

Zhuang Ziyao's eyes widened in surprise, the beating of his heart almost suffocated him. For the first time, he felt what it means to be heartbroken, but it was for a person he should hate.

"Really? It turns out that seeing me will cause you so much pain." Zhuang Ziyao smiled self-deprecatingly, and suddenly let go of his hand, unable to say anything else.

Before Zhao Lan could answer, Zhuang Ziyao said with a miserable expression, "Since this is the case, Ziyao should go far away, so as not to make the emperor feel uncomfortable."

Then, Zhuang Ziyao turned and walked out of the study.

Zhao Lan stared blankly at him going further and further away, until the door was closed, he finally didn't have to hide his gaffe.

Zhao Lan stood there in a daze, not even knowing what she should do.All he could see was Zhuang Ziyao's back and those sad eyes.

Zhuang Ziyao finally left, no one will be around to disturb him, isn't it good?

Zhao Lan thought he would feel at ease, but he didn't expect the pain in his chest to make him almost suffocate.What happened to him? Did he really care about Zhuang Ziyao so much?

Zhao Lan didn't dare to delve into it, and didn't have the energy to think about it.

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Back at the inn, Zhuang Ziyao ordered angrily, "Hurry up, let's leave Xuancheng now."

He Min was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Leaving Xuancheng? Where is the prince going?"

Zhuang Ziyao glared at him angrily, and scolded, "Idiot, of course I'm back in the capital."

He Min was shocked, and subconsciously asked, "We're going back to the capital now? What about King Qi?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Ziyao felt as if his chest had been hit by something, and he couldn't speak.

Yes, what about Zhao Lan?After he returned to the capital, he continued to eat and drink and live the life of a romantic son, but what about Zhao Lan?Will he keep thinking about Qu Shaoning, suffering for Qu Shaoning, torturing himself for Qu Shaoning?Will he forget himself?

Thinking of this, Zhuang Ziyao felt an indescribable irritability. He waved his hand and ordered, "Go out first."

"Aren't you going back to the capital?"

Zhuang Ziyao glared at He Min angrily, and cursed fiercely, "Get out, go back to your room."

He Min didn't dare to provoke Zhuang Ziyao, so he ran away in no time.

Zhuang Ziyao was the only one left in the empty room. He sat helplessly by the bed, feeling unwilling and extremely uncomfortable. His mind was full of Zhao Lan's affairs. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get rid of that person. go out.

What happened to him?Wouldn't it be nice to get away from here?What kind of thing is Zhao Lan? What is there for him to feel uncomfortable and worry about.However, Zhuang Ziyao just couldn't bear to leave, and couldn't control his mood.

Even if Zhao Lan didn't hold grudges against him, but said he didn't want to see him, how could Zhuang Ziyao be willing to leave now?He is not a fool, and there is no need to deceive himself. What he wants is Zhao Lan's attention. He hopes that Zhao Lan can regard him more than Qu Shaoning.Unfortunately, Qu Shaoning died before he got all this.Is he about to lose to a dead man?Zhuang Ziyao is not convinced, no matter what he says

Zhuang Ziyao couldn't help clenching his fists because of his irritability. As long as he thought of how sad Zhao Lan was because of Qu Shaoning, he couldn't feel at ease.He couldn't help his resignation, and he couldn't let go of his worries about Zhao Lan. It was easy to say "leave", but how could he do it easily.

Zhuang Ziyao has always been a person who can't hold his breath. Once he has some plans in his heart, he can't bear it anymore.After the anger gradually dissipated, he told himself that since he left, he couldn't feel at ease, so he might as well just end the matter. All in all, no matter what, he couldn't watch Zhao Lan torture himself.

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After making up his mind, Zhuang Ziyao seemed to have forgotten what he said, and took He Min to the Qi Palace the next day.It's a pity that he came to the palace with a hot face, but he couldn't even find a cold butt.

Zhuang Ziyao stood in the yard blankly, unable to tell how anxious he was.A few days ago, Zhao Lan didn't even want to leave the yard, where could he go?

Thinking of Zhao Lan's feelings for Qu Shaoning, Zhuang Ziyao couldn't feel at ease. He had a faint feeling in his heart that Zhao Lan's going out must have something to do with Qu Shaoning.

Zhuang Ziyao asked He Min to inquire about the news, and after a while, He Min finally came back with a bitter face.

"Quickly tell me, how's the inquiry going?" Zhuang Ziyao asked anxiously, impatiently waiting for He Min to speak.

Seeing Zhuang Ziyao's anxious look, He Min faltered and said, "Reporting to the lord, I almost called all the servants in the yard to ask, but they all said that they didn't know where King Qi went. "

Zhuang Ziyao thought to himself, don't the servants of Prince Qi's mansion care about Zhao Lan's whereabouts?They should be more aware of the relationship between Zhao Lan and Qu Shaoning than they are. Could it be that they deliberately kept it from themselves?

The more Zhuang Ziyao thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. The anger in his heart was about to burst out, and even He Min was too scared to make a sound.

At this moment, Manager Xu suddenly came over from not far away, before Zhuang Ziyao could speak, he had already asked, "Prince Rui is here again?"

The word "again" made Zhuang Ziyao gnash his teeth in anger. He was holding back his anger, but he couldn't control his ferocious expression.Obviously he was about to erupt, but he still put on a calm expression, such a funny look, even He Min was embarrassed to watch it.

"Where did Zhao Lan go?" Zhuang Ziyao had always been a domineering nobleman, and his tone was unavoidable when he was anxious.However, when he saw Manager Xu frowning, he softened his expression and tone, and said again: "Xiao Wang has something to discuss with the emperor's uncle, please trouble Manager Xu to think of a way, Xiao Wang must find the emperor's uncle."

It was rare to hear Zhuang Ziyao talking to his servants so nicely, and Mr. Xu couldn't help being a little dazed. He looked at Zhuang Ziyao thoughtfully, as if he still hesitated in his heart.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Zhuang Ziyao immediately guessed that he must know where Zhao Lan was.However, no matter how anxious he was, he still forced himself to endure it, and he must not speak evil words at this time.

Finally, Mr. Xu sighed and shook his head helplessly, "The prince went out early in the morning, and he told the old slave that he wanted to talk to Mr. Qu. However, the old slave is not sure whether the prince is still there or not." ..."

Before Mr. Xu finished speaking, Zhuang Ziyao couldn't bear it anymore, and asked anxiously, "Where is the cemetery of King Qi's ancestors?"

Manager Xu was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly realized that he explained the direction carefully, and in the blink of an eye, Zhuang Ziyao was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing the direction in which Zhuang Ziyao and the others left, Manager Xu couldn't help frowning. He wasn't sure if Zhao Lan wanted to let Zhuang Ziyao know where he had gone.However, he was sure that if he didn't give an answer, Zhuang Ziyao would definitely turn the entire Qi Palace upside down.

Thinking of Zhuang Ziyao's expression just now, Mr. Xu couldn't help thinking to himself: "It's really a bad fate. The conflicts were constant because of Qu Shaoning before. After Qu Shaoning died, they can still be entangled like this. Who on earth has the heart between them? Who has no intention?