comeback [rebirth]

The person came—the boy opened the door, was holding the medicine, and explained to Yan Xuan: "The medicine has been decocted a long time ago, but His Highness didn't drink it."

Yan Xuan asked, "Where is the medicine box?"

"It's in the study." The boy replied, "Bring the small one to you, sir."

Yan Xuan was noncommittal, got up and went to the door to talk to the boy again, took the medicine bowl from him, and went back to the bed.

Cen Yuan didn't want to talk to him at all, turned around and wanted to leave, but someone grabbed his wrist suddenly.

"let go."

"I know you don't like to see me." Yan Xuan said, "I will leave after watching you drink the medicine and apply the medicine to the wound."

Cen Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and he didn't know whether it was because of the words the other party said, or because Yan Xuan who said these words made him feel an indescribable strangeness, but when he changed his mind, he just thought-how could he Know about the wound?

As if hearing the words in his heart, Yan Xuan lowered his eyes and glanced at his abdomen, and said, "The wound was opened just now, didn't it?"

"..." Cen Yuan replied "No" subconsciously, but the next moment, Yan Xuan sighed silently, put the medicine bowl on the low table beside the bed, and turned over his right hand.

"What's going on here?" Yan Xuan asked.

Cen Yuan followed the other party's line of sight, and saw that what he was talking about was the scar on the palm of his hand caused by the fragments of the tea cup just now.

Cen Yuan felt that he was wrong, and because the cause of all this came from his own rebirth, he kept silent for a while and didn't say anything.

At this time, the servant knocked on the door, came in, put the medicine box on the table, walked towards Yan Xuan, handed him an oiled paper bag, and then left completely.

Cen Yuan's eyes fell on the oiled paper bag, and he was still guessing what was inside, so Yan Xuan raised the medicine bowl in front of him again: "Drink the medicine first."

His vision was immediately occupied by a pitch-black liquid, and the strong bitter taste rushed straight into his eyes and nose. Cen Yuan frowned, thinking that the little general would not give up until he was allowed to drink the medicine today, so he became cruel. He took the medicine bowl, squeezed his nose and drank it down.

After drinking the medicine, he immediately wrinkled his face, threw the empty medicine bowl on the table, and said, "Satisfied?"

Yan Xuan didn't say a word, but opened the oiled paper bag - took out a piece of maltose from inside.

Cen Yuan was stunned for a moment, but in the blink of an eye he laughed inexplicably: "What? It's called a slap and then a—"

Before he could even say the word "jujube", a piece of maltose was stuffed into his mouth.

Cen Yuan: "..."

Yan Xuan calmly packed the oiled paper bag, wiped his fingers with a handkerchief, then brought the medicine box, pushed Cen Yuan back on the bed, and uncovered his upper body clothes.

All the unspoken complaints and anger of the latter were blocked by this candy. At this moment, he failed to make any resistance and could only let the other party move.

The wound was located on his lower right abdomen, about half a finger long, and hadn't scabbed completely yet, but at this moment, the wound was about to split open, and even the surrounding white skin was stained a dazzling blood.

Yan Xuan clenched her right hand quickly, then opened the medicine box, took out a porcelain jar from it, and applied medicine to the wound.

He didn't look at Cen Yuan, and after a while, he suddenly murmured: "I shouldn't just because I know..."

The words came to an abrupt end, and Cen Yuan asked subconsciously, his voice was muffled by the malt candy in his mouth: "Know what?"

Yan Xuan didn't answer, he lowered his head, his eyes were firmly locked on the hideous wound, but the strength of his strike was opposite to it's gentleness.

It didn't take long before he finished applying the medicine to Cen Yuan's abdominal wound, put his clothes together, and then held up his right hand, carefully handling the scar on the palm of his hand. He remained silent all the time, and never asked where the scar came from. .

After a long time, he also treated the wound on Cen Yuan's hand and wrapped it with a layer of gauze. After everything was over, he got up and took a few steps away to distance himself from Cen Yuan.

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the room.

The candy in Cen Yuan's mouth had already been swallowed at this moment, his attention fell on the few steps that Yan Xuan had withdrawn just now, and he said reflexively: "Come in."

The person outside the door did not push the door, and said from outside: "Second Highness, General Yan Shao, there is an order from the Holy Spirit, and Young General Xuan Yan enters the palace to face the Holy Spirit."

They have been here for such a long time, it is understandable that Emperor Ning would send someone to urge them.

Cen Yuan suddenly withdrew his attention and said, "Go."

Yan Xuan said "hmm" - anyway, he has no reason to stay here any longer.

He packed up the medicine box and left a sentence: "I will let the kitchen cook a bowl of ginger soup."

After he finished speaking, he walked outside the house, pushed open the door, and the midday sun broke through the limit, scrambling to rush into the bedroom.

Cen Yuan was sitting on the edge of the bed, absently arranging his clothes. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the other person's figure standing still at the door, and took half a step back. Then he also stopped and looked up.

"I only have one request." Yan Xuan tilted her head, not knowing whether she was looking at him or at a certain point of nothingness in the air.

Half of his body is bathed in the sun, and half of his body is in the shadows. The handsome face is intertwined with light and dark at the same time. In the blur, only his strong jaw line seems to be temporarily tense due to gritting his teeth.

But that change is also like a ray of light on the boundary line between light and shadow, so fast it seems like an illusion.

"Can you..." He choked up a bit, lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes seemed to flutter under the light.

"Can you... treat yourself better."

After all, he turned around and left without looking at Cen Yuan's expression, or waiting for the other party's response.

Cen Yuan was completely stunned, not only because of the words he had never heard in his previous life, but also because he felt...

Yan Xuan's voice just now was a little... trembling?

But this feeling is actually very strange——Yan Xuan has always acted vigorously and resolutely, just like when he punished his subordinates on Yong'an Avenue just now, his whole body is as sharp as a long blade, how could he hear such pleading from him? tone.

Except once...

Cen Yuan had only heard this familiar tone once, and it was the last time he and Yan Xuan met in his previous life.

At that time, what did I return to the other party...

The door of the bedroom was gently closed, and everything that had been tense at the beginning had returned to tranquility, and even the air flow became inexplicably lukewarm.

——Yes, Cen Yuan felt puzzled.

After living with Yan Xuan all his life, he felt that the most affection he had for this little general was that he couldn't see through.

When he was young, he couldn't see what Yan Xuan was thinking, and later on, he couldn't see how Yan Xuan stood in line.

Even in the last period of his previous life, he couldn't understand why Yan Xuan made some promises and agreements with unclear meanings to him.

Thinking of this, Cen Yuan was startled, and a few thoughts popped up in his mind——

If he can change the direction of the world in this life, will Yan Xuan make the same promise to him?

If yes, then those promises that he failed to verify in his previous life, will he be able to see the results in this life?

There were many thoughts in his mind, and he was in a complicated mood for a while, and he didn't know whether to be happy or what.He subconsciously stroked the palm of his right hand, perhaps because the wound was medicated, or perhaps because some small wounds had begun to scab, and an itchy and numb feeling began to emerge under the gauze, which made him think It also gets confusing.

I don't know how long he sat in such a state of confusion, when another voice came from outside the room: "Your Highness."

It was Lou Yuanbai's voice.

Cen Yuan woke up suddenly and took a deep breath, as if a fish that had been ashore for too long had finally found a source of water.He withdrew his hand from rubbing the palm of his right hand and shouted, "Come in."

Lou Yuanbai followed the sound and pushed the door in, without saying a word, another person followed behind him.

"Eunuch Rong?"

Cen Yuan shouted, thinking that the other party was also looking for Yan Xuan to enter the palace, so he said, "If Eunuch Rong came to look for General Yan Shao, he would have already left."

"No." Eunuch Rong said, "This old slave is here to find you, Second Highness."

Cen Yuan: "?"

When he was wondering, he heard Eunuch Rong's thin and shrill voice slowly say: "Your Majesty is announcing you to enter the palace to face the saint."

·

Today, the Holy One is only half a hundred years old, but he is already full of diseases.

This stems from a war.Before Emperor Ning ascended the throne, he was the King of Zhao, the only brother of the late Emperor.However, the first emperor was licentious and cruel, he was close to the villain and far away from the virtuous ministers, and the people suffered unspeakably.Emperor Ning hid his strengths and bided his time for several years, and finally raised his troops to rebel 23 years ago, invaded Chang'an, and killed treacherous officials in the name of the Qing emperor.The first emperor was forced to abdicate and died of illness within a few days.

Emperor Ning was stabbed in the center during this battle. Although he saved a life in the end, he suffered a lot of problems because of it.The imperial physicians dared not say it out loud, but everyone knew it in their hearts—it was a blessing from heaven that Emperor Ning could live to this day.

Jing Xing Hall is the sleeping hall of Emperor Ning, as soon as Cen Yuan stepped into the gate, the strong smell of medicine came over his face.

"How's your father's health these past two days?" Cen Yuan asked with his head sideways.

Eunuch Rong walked half a step behind him, and replied after hearing the words: "Your Majesty looks good these days, and has eaten more than usual. It must be because of General Yan's victory in the battle. His heart is happy, and his appetite has improved."

Cen Yuan smiled and said nothing, but couldn't help thinking of Yan Xuan, and couldn't help but click his tongue in his heart.

——I don't know if the little general has any other secrets from him?

Suddenly, Cen Yuan walked around the front hall and stepped into the announcement room.

The bitter medicine in the air was gone, replaced by ambergris.

Today's Holy Majesty—Ning Emperor is wearing a white brocade robe with gold thread and tiger pattern, with a ruddy complexion, sitting in front of a chessboard, and looks really in good spirits.

Cen Yuan bowed in a regular manner: "My son, I will see my father."

"Yuan'er is here." Emperor Ning only responded, without looking up, and focused on the chess game in front of him.He was holding a white piece, he seemed to be hesitating, and it took a while before he landed it on the chessboard.

Cen Yuan still lowered his head, and after hearing the "click" sound of the chess falling, Emperor Ning said: "Come, accompany me to finish this game of chess."

Cen Yuan said: "Yes."

After saluting, he straightened up and walked slowly towards Emperor Ning, who looked behind him and said, "Rong Gao, move that ice out. I think the weather is fine today, so just leave the door open. You just wait outside." .”

Eunuch Rong immediately responded: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Since the beginning of summer, ice cubes are placed in the propaganda room every day to cool down the heat.It's just that the wind is strong today, once it blows into the room, it will make it a little cold here.

As soon as Eunuch Rong finished speaking, he sent someone in to move the ice out, as if he just blinked his eyes.

"If His Majesty didn't order, this old slave will leave first."

Emperor Ning waved at him with the back of his hand outward.

Eunuch Rong bowed his head in salute, took a few steps back, turned around and walked out, and waited by the open gate with the rest of the palace people.

·

Cen Yuan glanced back at the open palace door indiscriminately, and quickly withdrew his gaze.As soon as he sat down opposite Emperor Ning, the other party asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"

Cen Yuan's eyes fell on his right hand, and he said half-truthfully, "Going back to my father, I just smashed a teacup in the mansion, and it was just scratched when cleaning it up, it's not a serious problem."

"Let's just leave this small matter to the servant, what are you doing?" Emperor Ning snorted and laughed, "When the time comes, your mother and concubine will see her, she must be worried."

... Fortunately, you can still take into account the thoughts of the concubine mother.

These words passed through Cen Yuan's mind, and then he suppressed them to the bottom of his heart.He didn't take it seriously, and also smiled: "It's not a serious injury, just wait for the son to remove the gauze before going to see the mother and concubine."

Emperor Ning also smiled at him, didn't answer any more, just pointed to the chessboard: "Come on, it's your turn."

Cen Yuan picked up a black chess piece and observed the situation in front of him, only to see that the white chess piece clearly had the upper hand and the black chess piece was struggling.

Sacred will is the most difficult to guess, while Cen Yuan was thinking about the chess game, he was also pondering the purpose of Emperor Ning calling him into the palace.

——In the last life, he was naturally never called into the palace, otherwise he would not be able to sleep in the mansion for a whole day, so why in this life...

He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and without thinking too much, he dropped the sunspot on a certain place.

Emperor Ning immediately twitched the corner of his mouth: "Why, you feel that you have no chance of winning, so you deliberately let me?"

"I don't dare." Cen Yuan explained as if waking up from a dream: "It's just that black chess is at a disadvantage in this game, and my son's chess skills are not good, so I'm afraid he won't be able to turn the tide."

"Belittle yourself." Emperor Ning laughed, "Who doesn't know that you, Cen Yunsheng, can play a good game of chess."

Cen Yuan smiled slightly: "It's all luck."

"Okay, this is the virtue from the beginning." Emperor Ning said with a sigh, "The next step is to start, be serious."

Cen Yuan didn't dare to disobey: "I understand."

When there was no wind, the whole propaganda room was so quiet that a needle could be heard. Although Cen Yuan was only wearing a light robe, he still felt a little stuffy.

Emperor Ning has always favored Jiang Zhaoyi's son, which is known to all.Cen Yuan also has "self-knowledge", and this has become the reason why he has been able to "be proud of being favored" for several years.

In the last life, Emperor Ning gave him a glass of poisoned wine after he entered the imperial prison, and he never had any hatred.

——The emperor's family has no father and son. If he sat in this position, he would be more ruthless than Emperor Ning.

Therefore, after thinking of this, Cen Yuan simply lowered his eyes to think about the chess game honestly, and did not distract himself from thinking about the emperor's father's intentions.It is really not possible for soldiers to cover the water and earth, he has already died once, so there is no need to worry so much.

And Emperor Ning didn't say anything, as if calling Cen Yuan over today was really just because of a sudden whim, he wanted to play a game of chess with his son.

This round took a full two sticks of incense, and it was Cen Yuan's turn again. He picked up a sunspot, and before he could think for a long time, he heard Emperor Ning ask: "I heard that Yan Qing went to your house just now." ?”

really……

After much deliberation, in this life again, only this accident is worthy of Emperor Ning coming to him to play a game of chess.

The corner of Cen Yuan's mouth was still smiling, and he raised his eyes to look at the other party calmly: "My son is playing too much, this is just the right time for General Yan Shao to catch him and take him back to the mansion."

Emperor Ning leaned on the armrest with one hand, rubbing his fingers hidden in his wide sleeve.

"I still remember that when you were young, you applied to leave the palace with me every now and then, just to find him." Emperor Ning looked at the other party with a half-smile, "It's rare to see you interacting in recent years, and even the address has become so rigid. .”

Cen Yuan said: "When I was a child, I loved to play and make trouble, which made my father laugh at me."

"Eat, drink and have fun, it's human nature."

As Emperor Ning said, he saw that Cen Yuan seemed to want to make a move, so he picked up the chess jar and flicked the pieces in it with the other hand, and the sound of "crash" suddenly spread between the two of them.

Amidst this background sound, Cen Yuan lightly moved the chess to the ground.At the same time, Emperor Ning also spoke slowly: "If I grant you a marriage for the two of you, what do you think?"