After I feel sorry for the cannon fodder prince, I wear a book

The room was lit with soothing incense, Xiao Tan was in a deep sleep, and Yu Yi sat by the bed and watched over him, holding a book in her hand.

He turned a page, looked up a few times, and found that the person was motionless, and then returned his gaze to the page.

It's been two days and one night, so you can't sleep stupidly, right?

Yu Yi sighed, and was about to stand up and exercise, when the person on the bed suddenly said, "It's too late."

"...?"

Too late?

Too late for what?

Suspecting that she had heard it wrong, Yu Yi hesitated for a moment before sitting back, patiently waiting for his next sentence.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Tan started to frown, his forehead was sweating, and he stretched out his hand to hold Yu Yi's sleeve tightly, muttering something back and forth, but he couldn't hear clearly.

Yu Yi loudly asked Jiang Han to come over, leaned over and patted Xiao Qin's face.

"Xiao Tan, wake up!"

……

"Xiao Tan!"

Yu Yi became anxious, so she reached out and pulled him up.

Involved in the abdominal wound, Xiao Qin snorted and opened his eyes suddenly.

Seeing that he was awake, Yu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to let go when he was grabbed by this man.

"Hurry up, send someone into the palace and tell His Highness to be careful!" Xiao Qin was sweating profusely, and his hands shaking Yu Yi's collar.

"Which palace do you want to enter? This king is right here!"

Yu Yi frowned, holding Xiao Qin's face with both hands, and touching his forehead.

"It's okay, it's all over, I'm fine, I'm not hurt."

Xiao Tan's eyes were empty, and it took him a long time to focus.

"Your Highness..."

"Awake?"

"Ah."

"What's the dream? You're so scared?" Yu Yi took out her handkerchief and wiped his sweat.

"I..." Xiao Tan didn't know what to say.

It was a nightmare, more terrifying and more real than anything he had experienced in his life.In the dream, he was healed by Jiang Han. After waking up, he struggled to enter the palace to find Yu Yi, but was stopped by Qing Yuan, who could only force Jiang Han to send someone into the palace.

Jiang Han agreed, but before he had time to give orders, the guards who had followed Yu Yi into the palace rushed back, screaming that the Holy Majesty had been assassinated, and Yu Yi had been placed under house arrest.

Xiao Qin glanced at Yu Yi.

The heart palpitations at that moment in the dream have not disappeared, he can hear the heart beating like a drum in his chest, carrying boundless panic.

Just as Yu Yi was about to take back the handkerchief, Xiao Qin hugged her tightly.

This person is fine, it was just a dream, just a dream.

"Hiss, take it easy." Yu Yi was concerned about Xiao Qin's injury, and didn't dare to move, but felt that her waist was about to be strangled, and she almost couldn't breathe.

Xiao Qin buried her face on his shoulder, no matter what Yu Yi asked, she just kept silent.

After a long while, Yu Yi seemed to give up, trying to relax her body, lest this person really strangle her bones.

Xiao Qin closed his eyes, adjusted his mood after a while, and opened his eyes again with clarity.

"I had a nightmare, and I was a little scared." Xiao Qin stood up straight and let go of Yu Yi, and smiled slightly.

"I know." Yu Yi was a little helpless, how old was she, and she was so frightened by the nightmare, and she didn't know what the dream was about.

"Your Highness's wound...does it still hurt?" Xiao Qin stretched out his hand to caress it, and the scab had already formed. Jiang Han took care of it very well and would not even leave a scar in the future, but he still felt it was very glaring.

"It doesn't hurt, it's been fine for a long time." Yu Yi shook her head. This small wound was no match for the scratches from a fall. Jiang Han just applied some medicine and didn't care about it. He almost forgot , and only this person would care so much.

The two were silent at the same time.

Xiao Qin stared blankly at the scab on Yu Yi's neck, with such concentration, as if he was afraid that Yu Yi would disappear if he blinked.

Yu Yi felt uncomfortable being watched by him, stood up as if nothing had happened, and walked to the window.

After a long while, Xiao Tan seemed to think of something, and asked, "Master Ye...how is it?"

Yu Yi didn't expect him to ask this, she was stunned for a moment and said: "He's fine, Father sent an imperial doctor to live in Yefu."

Xiao Qin nodded, and pretended to ask casually: "I don't know why he fell ill suddenly. I saw Mr. Ye the day before the birthday party, and I didn't find anything wrong with him."

It was only then that Yu Yi remembered that this man had been asleep and was not aware of the latest developments in the assassination.

"Zhi Qiufei is ill, and the imperial doctor said he was poisoned." After a pause, Yu Yi hesitated again, "He is fine now, are you...worried about him?"

The first one woke up... No, the second one asked how Ye Zhiqiu was doing, Yu Yi felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Thinking about it carefully, that kid Ye Zhiqiu was really good-looking, good at martial arts, and his family background is not as complicated as his own... Could it be that Xiao Qin likes him?

Yu Yi's face was a little ugly, and her thoughts wandered uncontrollably.

"I'm worried about Mr. Ye?" Xiao Qin didn't understand Yu Yi's meaning, and was stunned for a while, only to react when he saw this man's awkward expression.

"Your Highness misunderstood," Xiao Qin chuckled, "I just think this is a bit strange, and I just want to understand it clearly."

How could he even eat Ye Zhiqiu's vinegar?

"Oh," Yu Yi replied as if nothing had happened, but his expression was obviously relaxed, "Yesterday I sent someone to visit the Ye Mansion. You are recovering from your illness, and you will be with me in a few days, and then go to see him."

Otherwise, Ye Zhiqiu should talk about having a princess, and forget about the friends he played with since he was a child.

"Okay," Xiao Qin nodded, and said again, "If Your Highness is in a hurry, you can go today. It's just a superficial injury. If you pay more attention, you should be fine."

"No." Yu Yi refused without even thinking about it.This person just woke up, such a deep wound was sutured to stop the bleeding with great difficulty, but it couldn't stand the toss.

"Your Highness," Xiao Tan tugged at his sleeve helplessly, "Your Majesty Ye must be sad if you don't go for too long."

The corner of Yu Yi's mouth twitched, this person doesn't really like Ye Zhiqiu, does he?

"Tomorrow," Yu Yi compromised, "today you will stay in the mansion to recuperate well for this king, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

"Okay then, I will listen to Your Highness." Xiao Qin smiled.

Yu Yi stood up and said, "It's better to lie down, where your injury is, it's not suitable to sit for a long time."

Xiao Qin followed the good example and consciously lay on the outside of the bed: "Your Highness probably didn't sleep well last night, so you should have a good rest."

"I'm a little tired," Yu Yi stretched out her hand to push him, "Go inward, don't lean so far out."

Xiao Tan was stunned. He usually sleeps on the outside by himself... Forget it, he has limited mobility, so he really should sleep inside.

At that moment, he stood up again and moved to the inside.

Yu Yi frowned, paused with her hands in the air, and leaned forward to tuck the corner of the quilt for him.

Xiao Qin didn't dare to move, stared at him, waiting for him to lie down together.

Who knows that Yu Yi straightened up and put down the curtain, and said through a layer of gauze curtain, "Go to sleep."

Then he turned and walked out.

...?

Xiao Qin was a little confused.

"Wait!" He sat up abruptly, opened the curtain and got out of bed, the wound on his abdomen was touched during the movement, and he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain.

"You—" Yu Yi was about to be laughed at by him, and turned back to support him in two or three steps, "What are you doing? I don't know I'm hurt!?"

"Don't go." Xiao Qin's lips turned pale, and he tugged at him.

"What? Scared by the nightmare, afraid to sleep alone?" Yu Yi raised her eyebrows.

Xiao Tan hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, don't go."

Only when this person stays by his side, and his breathing and body temperature are still warm, can he feel at ease, otherwise, when he closes his eyes, the despair and powerlessness at the last moment of the dream will engulf him.

Watching Yu Yi being framed, he couldn't do anything.

Yu Yi felt helpless: "Young Master Xiao, how old are you?"

Xiao Qin didn't speak, pretended to be in severe pain, and leaned on Yu Yi's body: "Twenty and four, no more, no less."

Yu Yi supported him and walked to the bed: "I'm afraid that if you move around while sleeping, it will crush your injury."

After all, the two of them would be entangled every day when they woke up, and he really didn't dare to sleep in the same bed with Xiao Tan at such a time.

"No." Xiao Tan didn't hesitate.

"..." Yu Yi didn't want to argue with him, so she pushed him on the bed and quickly left.

"Wait—" Before Xiao Qin could say a word, the door was already closed.

The room fell into silence, and Yu Yi thoughtfully left a lamp for him.

Xiao Qin sighed, lay down helplessly, opened his eyes and recalled the previous dream.

The background is the same as in reality, except that in reality she was not poisoned, Yu Yinjiang was not injured, and Yu Yi was not imprisoned in the palace.The morning side of the birthday banquet was not the last time for the two of them.

Could it be the memory of the original owner?

If the original owner really missed the opportunity to remind Yu Yi because he was poisoned, then this memory is indeed painful and deep enough, so deep that if he experiences the same scene again, he will be uncontrollably aroused.

But if the original owner was really the same as in the dream, a dignified knight-errant, then what happened afterwards... would make His Highness feel that the original owner had betrayed him?

Xiao Tan was thinking wildly, waking up and sleeping restlessly, and had a hard time going through the night.

The next morning, he got up before dawn, ordered someone to prepare breakfast, and sat at the table waiting for Yu Yi.

An hour later, Yu Yi rubbed his neck and entered the door. Maybe the pillows in the next room were too hard, and he tossed and turned all night, as if he fell asleep and then didn't.

Seeing this, Xiao Qin hurriedly said, "But didn't you get used to sleeping last night? It's better to come back to sleep tonight."

Yu Yi squinted at him: "Well, when you recover from your injury, this king will come back immediately."

"..." Xiao Qin was a little dumbfounded.

He clearly looked like he hadn't slept well, but he still insisted on talking hard.

"When are you going to Ye Mansion today?" Xiao Qin picked up a jujube cake for Yu Yi.

"What's the rush?" Yu Yi frowned, thought for a while and said, "I'll go after breakfast."

"Yeah." Xiao Qin nodded, buried himself in the porridge.

He thought about it all night last night, and he had to ask Ye Zhiqiu himself if he had any questions.

After eating, Qingyuan came in again with the freshly fried medicine, Yu Yi stared at Xiao Tan after drinking it, and the two sat in the carriage to Yefu.

The butler of Ye Mansion welcomed the two of them in.

"His Royal Highness is here. Your Excellency has been talking about it for the past few days."

Yu Yi felt guilty and nodded calmly.

"What's wrong with him? Is there still a problem?"

"Your Excellency is fine," the butler led them into the room, "Your Highness, Princess please."

Xiao Tan followed Yu Yi into the room, and saw Ye Zhiqiu lying on the bed at a glance, his breath was weak, but his complexion was not bad, it seemed that he was seriously ill.It's just gotten better.

"Zhiqiu." Yu Yi sat down at the table, pulled out the chair for Xiao Tan, and motioned him to sit down and not stand.

"It can be regarded as coming, and I thought the Second Highness had forgotten me." Ye Zhiqiu got up and sat on the head of the bed, with an inexplicable smile in his eyes.

Yu Yi thought he was teasing herself again, so she spread her hands helplessly.

"I didn't forget you, it's just that Xiao Tan was injured too badly a few days ago and couldn't get away."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded "understanding", and started a separate topic.

"Thanks to the Eldest Young Master this time, otherwise the Holy Majesty would be in danger."

Speaking of this, Xiao Qin interjected at the right time: "If Lord Ye hadn't been tricked into not being there, those assassins wouldn't have escaped so easily."

"Your Majesty, you are joking. Who can I stop with these two brushes? It's just that as the commander of the Imperial Army, His Majesty failed to escort him when he was in danger." Ye Zhiqiu seemed apologetic.

Xiao Qin shook his head, and asked again: "Did you catch the poisoner?"

"I caught it that day," Ye Zhiqiu recalled. "It's a maid who has been in my courtyard, but I didn't expect it to be a spy inserted by a villain."

……maid?

Xiao Qin frowned. Could it be that the other party moved so fast that the original poisoner was gone, and a new one could be found in an instant?Besides, according to what Ye Zhiqiu said, this maid has been in Ye's mansion for many years, maybe the Queen's faction planned today a few years ago, and arranged two people beside Ye Zhiqiu in a rainy day.

But Ye Zhiqiu didn't even become the commander of the Imperial Army a few years ago!

Xiao Qin felt that something was wrong, and asked, "Where is that maid now, and did the interrogation give any clues?"

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head regretfully: "Before she had time, she committed suicide by biting her tongue."

"You should clean up the people around you. Those who are close to you should not be careless." Yu Yi frowned, slightly disapproving. If it wasn't for Ye Zhiqiu's carelessness, how could he be poisoned so easily? Well, I told him to be careful where I should be careful, but he just didn't listen.

If he and Xiao Qin were in the hall that day, the situation would not be so critical, and Xiao Qin would not be so seriously injured.

Thinking of this, Yu Yiyu persuaded earnestly: "Take this opportunity to rectify it, otherwise it will be used by others in the future."

Xiao Qin looked at Yu Yi.

His Highness really has a deep friendship with Master Ye, but he didn't do well, he failed to completely prevent Ye Zhiqiu from being poisoned, which made His Highness worry at both ends.

Ye Zhiqiu smiled: "When I recover from illness, I will clean up immediately."

Yu Yi nodded.

"I just have a question." Ye Zhiqiu leaned forward curiously, "I heard that the eldest son was not in good health before, so how come his martial arts are still so high?"

There was something in Ye Zhiqiu's words, but Xiao Tan didn't hear it, but Yu Yi frowned first, and looked at him in confusion.

... Zhiqiu is not a curious person.

This will bring up Xiao Qin's martial arts, what does it mean?