It turns out that I too have been robbed.

"An antidote?"

Pei Ruzhou went shopping in Jiutian just now, but he still hasn't recovered from his composure.Not to mention his body, which had been poisoned just once.

Hearing his younger brother say this suddenly, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help being stunned.

After a few breaths, he finally realized - what Pei Yufeng said, could it be the snake venom in Qi Yunyao's hands?

If the adults were here, seeing Pei Ruzhou wake up, the first thing he would do would be to ask how he is recovering.Even no matter how important the matter was, he had to consider and weigh it before telling Pei Ruzhou.

But Pei Yufeng is not, he is not yet nine years old, how can he know so much.Seeing that Pei Ruzhou woke up and showed no signs of dying in a short time, he was so full of things to say that he spoke directly.

"Yes! It's that... the antidote for snake venom? Oh, it seems to be this, and I don't remember clearly."

Said, Pei Yufeng also tapped his head with his fingers.

"Xu Qi?"

"Ah, that's right! That's it!" Pei Yufeng nodded quickly.

Pei Ruzhou, who was still thinking about other things just now, finally focused on Pei Yufeng.

At this time, besides Pei Ruzhou and Pei Yufeng, there were several people guarding the room.They were far away, so they probably couldn't hear Pei Yufeng's words.But seeing Pei Yufeng nod his head, Pei Ruzhou was still taken aback. He quickly turned around and said to the other people in the room, "Go out first."

"Yes, Mr. Pei."

In a blink of an eye, there were only two people left here, Pei Ruzhou and Pei Yufeng.

"... Yu Feng's place is the imperial palace, so don't talk nonsense." Pei Ruzhou instinctively didn't believe what Pei Yufeng said.

And when he found that his brother didn't seem to trust him, Pei Yufeng immediately felt aggrieved, and then told Pei Ruzhou all the words he had heard not long ago like pouring beans.

"I'm not talking nonsense! Just now, when I went out to eat, I heard the eunuch next to the queen mother say it!"

Pei Ruzhou knew his younger brother very well. He knew that although Pei Yufeng was a bit impatient, he would never make up lies to deceive others.

not to mention……

There is no such thing as "snake with beards" at all in Zhoulanguan. Pei Yufeng has never heard of this name before, so even if he wanted to make it up, he couldn't make it up.

...Qi Yunyao actually has an antidote for that poison?

Pei Ruzhou suddenly didn't dare to think deeply about the meaning behind Pei Yufeng's words.

What exactly is Qi Yunyao actually has an antidote.

Pei Ruzhou pursed his lips, took a deep breath and asked Pei Yufeng, "What did the people around the Queen Mother say?"

Seeing that his brother was finally about to listen to him, Pei Yufeng said reluctantly: "They said that Qi Yunyao's concubine mother actually made a mistake and ran away. She didn't die of illness at all! She ran to our Zhoulan Pass After that, he was killed by his father. Qi Yunyao's uncle knew about it a long time ago and told Qi Yunyao about it, so they have been..."

Speaking of this, Pei Yufeng saw his brother's face became very ugly.

Although Pei Ruzhou went to Jiuchongtian for a stroll just now, he didn't really feel the taste of poisonous hair at all.

But his body was still a lot worse, Pei Ruzhou's face had no blood at all, it was paler than paper.Now not only is there no blood color, even the brilliance in the eyes is a bit less... Pei Ruzhou pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Seeing his brother's expression, all the words Pei Yufeng had prepared just now were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.

The room suddenly fell silent.

At this time, Pei Ruzhou finally raised his eyes slowly, looked at Pei Yufeng again and said softly, "And then? What's going on with them?"

Pei Ruzhou's voice was very low, because he had a poison attack just now, and he didn't have much energy when he spoke, his voice was like talking in sleep.

Obviously last moment he wanted to tell all the bad things Qi Yunyao did, but now, Pei Yufeng regrets it a little...

However, being looked at by Pei Ruzhou like this, Qi Yunyao finally said softly: "They have always hated our Pei family... The Queen Mother had an interrogation yesterday, and it is said that the people around Qi Yunyao have already prepared for him The antidote was given to him, he didn’t take it himself..."

Just like what Pei Yufeng said to his brother just now, he did overhear this conversation by accident.

As soon as they heard this, the two eunuchs found themselves, and after a hasty salute, they trotted away.

Although he didn't hear what happened next, but at this point, Pei Ruzhou who should understand...Of course he wouldn't fail to understand.

Qi Yunyao has an antidote.

The so-called poisoning is actually a revenge.

In an instant, Pei Ruzhou remembered the first time he and Qi Yunyao met.

The wooden ball that almost knocked Eunuch Lin down, and I thought it was the unintentional mistake of the bear... Was it really just unintentional?

Or, like snake venom, is this a revenge carefully prepared by Qi Yunyao?

Pei Ruzhou suddenly stopped talking, and just as Pei Yufeng was thinking over and over whether he really shouldn't have said these things to Pei Ruzhou, the door of the room was pushed open again.

It is the owner of Shuming County.

As soon as she entered the door and saw that Pei Ruzhou had woken up and was sitting on the bed, Princess Shuming was taken aback. She walked quickly to sit by the bed, touched Pei Ruzhou's forehead lightly and asked, "Daytime?" How are you feeling now?"

Pei Ruzhou smiled at the princess, then shook his head and said, "I don't feel anything, mother, don't worry."

Seeing the tired look on the elder son's face, Princess Shuming just sighed and stopped talking.

She stayed by Pei Ruzhou's side for the whole night last night, and didn't leave here to rest until it was about dawn.

After confirming that Pei Ruzhou recovered well after waking up, Princess Shuming finally went back to sleep.

As soon as she left, the eunuch who was guarding outside the hall told Pei Ruzhou that someone had come to see him.

Or, it is more appropriate to use "come to him to say goodbye".

……

"Brother, let's ignore that Qi Yunyao! Father is Dayi's general, and there is nothing wrong with following the emperor's orders. Since he hates us so much, then don't meet us!"

Hearing the words "Qi Yunyao", Pei Yufeng became angry.

From the morning after listening to what he said to now, Pei Ruzhou's state has not been right. Pei Yufeng took it for granted that Pei Ruzhou definitely didn't want to see Qi Yunyao.

Unexpectedly, Pei Ruzhou raised his head and said to the eunuch who came to inform, "Okay, please come in, Your Highness."

Now everyone in Huazhang Palace knew that Qi Yunyao "missed his mother and concubine too much" and was authorized by the emperor to guard the mausoleum for the concubine.

Just thinking about this reason, and thinking about the real cause of Concubine Xian's death that he heard just now, Pei Ruzhou only found it extremely ironic.

Qi Yunyao came to see him at this time, what exactly is he going to do?

As soon as Pei Ruzhou finished speaking, the sound of footsteps appeared beside his ears.

Qi Yunyao changed into plain clothes, and slowly opened the door of Pei Ruzhou's residence.

In Pei Ruzhou's impression, Qi Yunyao was a prince with a very flamboyant personality, he never seemed to wear plain clothes.

But seeing him dressed like this now, Pei Ruzhou finally realized belatedly that Qi Yunyao was only a few months younger than him, and he was not as childish and innocent as he always thought...

Pei Ruzhou couldn't help laughing at himself. From now on, he should be the one who was played childishly.

Pei Yufeng nestled beside Pei Ruzhou, looking at Qi Yunyao angrily.

And Qi Yunyao, the seventh prince in plain clothes, felt that the atmosphere in the room was very strange as soon as he entered the door.

The smile he had just prepared just froze on his face.

Qi Yunyao stood still on the spot, and called out cautiously: "Ah Zhou."

The next moment Qi Yunyao saw that the young man who was half leaning on the couch suddenly walked down slowly, and then gave himself a big gift neatly under the bed.

"Hello, Seventh Highness."

After finishing speaking, Pei Ruzhou turned around again, and gave Pei Yufeng an indifferent look.

His eyes were not sharp, but Pei Yufeng, who was still lying on the bed just now, finally stood up reluctantly after being looked at by Pei Ruzhou, and followed Pei Ruzhou's example, and saluted perfunctorily .

Hello Seventh Highness...

Qi Yunyao vaguely remembered that from the moment he realized it to now, Pei Ruzhou seemed to have never saluted himself like this.

In an instant, his hands and feet were cold.

Qi Yunyao pretended nothing happened, smiled at Pei Ruzhou, and said as he walked, "Ah Zhou, don't be so polite to me."

Pei Ruzhou didn't speak.

When Qi Yunyao heard it, his voice changed and his tone became cautious.

He couldn't smile.

Qi Yunyao exhausted his last bit of courage, pursed his lips with great difficulty, and said to Pei Ruzhou: "...Ah Zhou, I came to you this time to say goodbye..."

Pei Ruzhou still didn't speak, only Pei Yufeng, who was standing beside him, raised his eyes and gave him a hard look like a wolf cub.

Qi Yunyao is not afraid of Pei Yufeng at all, what he is afraid of is Pei Ruzhou who still does not speak and looks at him like a stranger.

No... not right.

Even if Pei Ruzhou faced strangers, he would not be so indifferent.

Qi Yunyao, who grew up in a deep palace, is too good at disguising.

He knew that the emperor liked well-behaved and cute princes who were occasionally mischievous, so he was the best at laughing.

He laughs when he is happy, when he is angry, even when he is saddest, he can still laugh.

Only at this time, the smiling mask on Qi Yunyao's face finally couldn't be worn anymore.

"Ah Zhou..." Qi Yunyao was extremely nervous, his fingers tightly clutching the fabric of the wide sleeves, and the cuffs became crumpled after a while.

Pei Ruzhou finally spoke.

He finally looked up at Qi Yunyao, and then said in an extremely polite tone: "It's rare that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has such filial piety."

"I'm going for a year, you..."

Don't you want to talk to me again?

Before he finished speaking, Qi Yunyao swallowed the following sentence abruptly.

Do you still need to ask?Of course Ru Zhou didn't want to say a word to me anymore.

It's just why he did this... Qi Yunyao vaguely had an answer in his heart, but just as the thought came up, he suppressed it again.

Qi Yunyao instinctively avoided this possibility.

After Qi Yunyao entered the door just now, he didn't close the door.

In the early autumn season, it is most likely to rain.

While speaking, the sky that had already been covered with a thick layer of clouds just now suddenly dropped raindrops the size of soybeans.The strong wind carried raindrops and rushed into the room. In an instant, the cloth on Qi Yunyao's side was completely soaked.

Seeing this, Pei Ruzhou said softly: "It's raining, Your Highness should hurry back."

Qi Yunyao's mind went blank.

Pei Ruzhou... Do you want to drive me away?

His usual disguise has been torn apart by Pei Ruzhou's indifference.

But at this moment, upon hearing Pei Ruzhou's words, Qi Yunyao forced a smile like a clown, and then said coquettishly to Pei Ruzhou: "Ah Zhou, you... really don't want to say anything to me anymore Is it? This time I will go for a long time, I will definitely miss you."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was already the sound of rumbling thunder outside the window.

At this time, Pei Ruzhou finally had a slightly different expression on his face.

He smiled, and said half-jokingly: "Really? Does Your Highness really miss me, rather than hate me so much?"

"Ah Zhou, what did you say..."

Hearing this sentence, Qi Yunyao took a big step back.

This time he stood by the door, and his whole body melted into the rain.

His body was soaked by the rain in an instant, and so was Qi Yunyao's heart.

"Let me tell you," Pei Ruzhou also took a step forward, and he said to Qi Yunyao almost word for word, "Your Highness guards the mausoleum for Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian was executed by my father. So I You can be considered as half of your mother-killing enemy, shouldn't you wish that I would die too?"

Qi Yunyao was used to Pei Ruzhou's gentle appearance, he never knew that Pei Ruzhou could hurt people so hard when he spoke.

Another gust of wind blew, and this time the raindrops had already landed on Pei Ruzhou's body.

Pei Yufeng, who was following behind him, suddenly felt that his brother was far away from him.

He couldn't help taking a step forward, and gently tugged at Pei Ruzhou's sleeve.

"elder brother……"

Pei Ruzhou ignored Pei Yufeng, but looked deeply at Qi Yunyao and said, "Your Highness should go."

When his younger brother told him about this in the morning, Pei Ruzhou was naturally unwilling to believe it.

But after hearing the news that Qi Yunyao was going to guard the mausoleum for a year, and even that the imperial doctor hanged himself, Pei Ruzhou was sure... Pei Yufeng was right.

My poisoning this time was indeed not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

In the past few months, Pei Ruzhou has always treated Qi Yunyao as a younger brother.And now, he finally knows how much hatred this younger brother has for him, and it would be a lie to say that he is not disappointed...

It took Pei Ruzhou half a day to gradually recover.

He felt that he was extremely calm now, and could even carefully analyze the interests and risks.

Pei Ruzhou didn't regret saving Qi Yunyao, he took ten thousand steps back and said that Qi Yunyao was a god who came to overcome the catastrophe, if he didn't save him, the whole world would be affected if he didn't survive the catastrophe.

If he was looking for a suitable word to describe his mood at this time, perhaps only disappointment.

At this time Pei Ruzhou was not angry or sad, he just felt very disappointed.

Disappointed with Qi Yunyao who was treated as his younger brother.

At this moment, Pei Ruzhou can continue to pretend that nothing happened, and say something nice to Qi Yunyao, which is not difficult for him.

And if he did this, Immortal Yao'an might always feel indebted to himself.

But Pei Ruzhou didn't think that feelings were something that could be measured and exchanged.

Even if it is with the gods, it is not allowed.

Qi Yunyao stood motionless, staring at Pei Ruzhou, tears rolling down uncontrollably.

"Ah Zhou, I'm sorry..."

Qi Yunyao didn't dare to open his mouth, he was afraid that his tone would reveal the secret in his heart.

Ah Zhou, and most of the people who knew about it, only knew half of the truth.

Actually, I don't have the right to hate the Pei family, after all... Concubine Xian is not dead, and she was even saved by Pei Ruzhou.

But Qi Yunyao didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that after he said it, Pei Ruzhou would be further away from him.

Like a smile, tears were also a weapon for the former Qi Yunyao.He seldom cried sincerely, and this was one of the few sincere moments.

But it was obvious that Pei Ruzhou didn't like him.

The maids and eunuchs who had just stood far away had already seen the situation here——Qi Yunyao had already been drenched in the rain.

Now the news that Qi Yunyao will go to guard the mausoleum for a year has spread throughout the palace.

Everyone knew that the seventh prince might have done something wrong and was no longer favored by the emperor.

But no matter how much wrong he does, he is still the prince of Dayi.

Those of them who work in the palace cannot be indifferent when they see the prince in the rain, but... Looking at the current state of His Royal Highness, it is obvious that he can't be persuaded casually.

It would be bad if it made him suffer again because of this incident.

Seeing the tangled expressions of the court ladies and eunuchs not far away, Pei Ruzhou finally couldn't help sighing softly, picked up an oil-paper umbrella from the flower stand on one side, and walked towards Qi Yunyao.

"Your Highness, it's raining heavily, you should go back earlier."

Just listening to the tone of voice, it seems that there is no difference from usual.

But the meaning of sending off guests is obviously not obvious anymore.

Pei Ruzhou is very tired now, not only physically exhausted after recovering from a serious illness, but also mentally exhausted because he never wants to look at Qi Yunyao again.

He knew that guarding the emperor's mausoleum represented the emperor to take this matter lightly, and Qi Yunyao's father had done so, so of course he couldn't hold on to it.

I can't be willful anymore.

Pei Ruzhou, who was carefree in the past, did not know when he finally realized that after the death of General Pei, he was the master of this big family.

Every word and deed I make, every decision I make, represents the entire Pei family, and even the entire Zhoulan Pass.

Pei Ruzhou walked forward and walked into the rain curtain.

The dark oil-paper umbrella lay quietly in Pei Ruzhou's hands.

Seeing that Pei Ruzhou's sleeves were wet from the rain, Qi Yunyao finally raised his head as if waking up from a dream.

Pei Ruzhou didn't speak, but just raised the umbrella in his hand a little higher.

Qi Yunyao didn't want to leave, but even more he didn't want to see Pei Ruzhou suffer the slightest harm because of him.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Qi Yunyao couldn't even see the person who was close at hand for a while.

He slowly raised his hand, and then saw - his hand was trembling uncontrollably.

Qi Yunyao exhausted his last ounce of courage, and took the umbrella from Pei Ruzhou's hand.

"Ah Zhou, I—"

Before he finished speaking, Pei Ruzhou had already retreated into the room.

Even though they were only one step apart, they were in two different worlds at once.

The creaking sound of closing the door was completely covered by the sound of rain.

When Qi Yunyao came to his senses, there was only an oiled paper umbrella left in his hand.

Qi Yunyao did not put up the umbrella for a long time.

"Your Highness..."

Seeing this, a palace maid finally came over and reminded her softly.

But Qi Yunyao just stared at her blankly, without any other reaction.

The rain in early autumn took away all the warmth from Qi Yunyao's body.

But he still stood motionless in the rain.

I don't know how long it took before Qi Yunyao retreated step by step.He was still clutching the oil-paper umbrella tightly, with no intention of opening it.The people around saw that although they were anxious, they did not dare to approach.

So on this day, the maids and eunuchs of Woyun Palace all saw——the seventh prince, who used to be invincible, stood outside Pei Ruzhou's residence for an unknown amount of time holding an oil-paper umbrella. When the cold wind made him want to change into thick clothes, Qi Yunyao walked away slowly.

He walked directly into the rain curtain, still not opening the umbrella in his hand.

Not reconciled, Qi Yunyao is not reconciled to this.

The moment he left Woyun Palace, he suddenly turned his head and set his eyes on this huge and magnificent building.

Qi Yunyao was unwilling to just leave Fengcheng, the palace, and... Pei Ruzhou.

He clenched the oil-paper umbrella in his hand and gritted his teeth silently.

Qi Yunyao thought that he would come back.

And he wants Pei Ruzhou to come back...

Since it is poisoning, there must be an antidote.

I will definitely make Ah Zhou return to his usual state...

Pei Yufeng was never afraid of Qi Yunyao, but this time, until Pei Ruzhou closed the door, Pei Yufeng, who was standing behind him, didn't dare to take a breath.

When Pei Ruzhou sighed softly, sat at the table and poured himself a cup of half-cold tea, Pei Yufeng finally recovered.

"Brother! You're all soaked, why don't you change your clothes quickly?" Pei Yufeng remembered that his brother always didn't care about his body, and it was common for him to be exposed to rain and wind since he was a child.But now it's different from when he was in Zhoulan Pass. Pei Ruzhou was poisoned just now, how could he be exposed to the rain?

He, who was heartless before, also began to worry.

"Well...it's okay." Pei Ruzhou said that it was okay, but in fact, he just sat down and found that his head had already started to faint.

But at this time, he was not in a hurry to rest or change clothes.

Pei Ruzhou was thinking about a question...

Anyway, he also lived in Huazhang Palace for a period of time.

He knew that the people around the empress dowager were all smart people, and they would never gossip casually, let alone tell such a palace secret in the yard, and let Pei Yufeng, a child under ten years old, hear it.

Did someone arrange everything in the morning?

But who is that person?And why did he do it?

Pei Ruzhou couldn't figure it out.

Pei Ruzhou's head became more and more dizzy, and when he was drowsy, he suddenly heard a familiar voice appearing in his ears.

"I hope God will fulfill it..." It was Ning Congling's voice!

Go back by yourself?

Sure enough, as long as I am in danger, I will come here...