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As soon as he entered the study, Yuan Jing smelled a faint fragrance. When he entered the room, he saw a staggered Jinbo mountain stove in the east and west corners, with a sea of ​​mist and fairy mountains surrounded by fragrant clouds.His clothes were originally scented with incense, and at this moment it was completely covered by the smell, and he couldn't help saying: "It smells so good." Recalling the past, he said strangely: "Brother Huang, don't you dislike these extravagant things?"

Yuan Xi wrote lightly: "There are medicinal herbs for calming the nerves in this. I sleep less at night, and I will sleep better after hearing this." She gestured to the maid to bring tea.Yuan Jing's high fever had just subsided, and when he saw the crushed ice inside, he felt cold, so he only took a sip and put it down.

Yuan Xi glanced outside and said, "I heard that you and Shizi have been inseparable recently, why haven't you seen him?"

Yuan Jing couldn't help sighing when he thought of Chu Yu, and wished he could tell others clearly, so he could only hesitate and say: "He seems to be busy with other things, he won't be here for a few days, so don't care about him."

Yuan Xi sat next to him: "I think you seem unhappy, did he make you angry? You are the master and he is the subject, you have to be a bit tempered, after all, he is not an ordinary person, let him be unrestrained now, in the future It’s hard to guarantee that he won’t make a mess.”

Yuan Jing lost his temper a lot these days, except for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chu Yu loved and treated him tenderly, so he didn't take this advice to heart, and said casually: "He won't."

Yuan Xi heard that his tone was firm, not like comforting words, and said with a smile: "Brother Jing is so sure?"

Yuan Jing nodded without hesitation.Yuan Xi had inquired about Chu Yu's temper earlier, and he was afraid that it would be no different than the fiery Prince Quli. Seeing Yuan Jing's firm attitude, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, and glanced at the slightly purple on his wrist. His fingerprints, and the tightly fastened neck button, the conjectures that gushed out in the Xianmeng Pavilion before appeared again.

Seeing him sitting there in a daze, Yuan Jing waved his palm in front of his eyes: "Brother Huang? What are you thinking?"

Yuan Xi came back to her senses, and smiled: "I collected Zhang's calligraphy and paintings a while ago, brother Jing, you have always liked these, so I will show you."

He beckoned, and led Yuan Jing to the oak bookcase. When the lid was opened, a scent of ink wafted into his nostrils.There are no less than a hundred ancient books, calligraphy and paintings inside, and it is not easy to find them.Seeing that his elder brother was looking hard, Yuan Jing wanted to step forward to help, Yuan Xi said, "No need, you don't know where it is." With a wave of his hand, he dropped a black booklet.

Yuan Jing picked it up and flipped through it, and he was stunned. It was full of pictures of lovers huddling together on the bed and couch, their clothes half-faded and half-covered, their postures were different, and the joints were completely unobstructed. Go, you will know that these are two men.

Yuan Jing saw one of them clearly, and was stunned for a moment. When he realized it, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he hurriedly closed it, not daring to look at it again.Yuan Xi had a panoramic view of his reaction, pretending not to know: "Give it to me." Flipping it over, she was furious, and slammed it on the ground: "Who put this obscenity here! Steward! Steward!"

The fat butler came in response, and before he could say a word, Yuan Xi angrily reprimanded him.Yuan Jing glanced quietly, and a torn page fell in front of him. The postures of the two people on the page were similar to those of yesterday, and now even the back of their necks were flushed. As for what Yuan Xi said What did the butler say, and how did the steward explain it, but he didn't hear it at all.Seeing the cold tea next to him, he took a sip and calmed down

The butler held the pages of the book and retreated with a sad face. Yuan Xi was still angry, and when he sat down, Yu Wei was still there. Yuan Jing patted him on the back and said, "Brother Emperor, don't be angry, servants are careless occasionally."

Yuan Xi sighed: "You don't know them, alas, sooner or later I will get rid of these people." Not to mention looking for calligraphy and painting, she squeezed Yuan Jing's hand: "The smog, the smog! Forget it, we're not here That's it, brother will take you out for a walk."

Yuan Jing was overjoyed, and just about to answer, suddenly remembered Emperor Yan's order, and hurriedly said: "It's better not to go, it's not peaceful outside now."

Yuan Xi frowned and said: "What?" Yuan Jing thought over and over again, thinking that he was not an outsider, and his father would tell him sooner or later for his safety.So Fuer told about the house arrest of the two princes Quli.Yuan Xi's expression changed slightly, and her tone was a bit colder when she spoke: "I heard that Prince Chi Xiao has a bad temper, he must not be able to bear this humiliation, father is right, you should stop running around for a while, After dinner at my place, I'll ask someone to take you back."

Yuan Jing headlines say yes.During dinner, there were indeed more snakeheads on the table. I don't know if it was not cooked well. Yuan Jing always felt that the taste was a bit strange. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he couldn't swallow it. , quietly spit it out.

It was a cool night, so Yuan Xi didn't stay with him after dinner, and after a little chat, he sent him out.When passing by the garden, he could only hear the barking of dogs, Yuan Jing really didn't like those beasts, and when he heard the sound, his scalp went numb.Seeing his pale face, Yuan Xi patted his shoulder: "Don't be afraid, they won't hurt people without the master's order."

Call the bodyguards to follow behind the person brought by the prince, and send him back to the mansion in a mighty line.When the carriages and horses were moving slowly, the smile on Yuan Xi's face disappeared immediately.The housekeeper stood by his side, seeing his sullen expression, accompanied him carefully and said: "Master Hou, do you want to send another one over tonight?"

Yuan Xi stared gloomyly at the direction where Yuan Jing disappeared, and said solemnly, "Bring them here."

Perhaps it was because of his exhaustion. After Yuan Jing fell asleep at night, he had many random dreams. At one time, he saw a vicious dog hurting someone, and at another time, he saw a black fish jumping into the water. Necks were intertwined, standing in front of the window, the eyes of the person standing in front were slightly closed, sweat dripped from his forehead, and intermittent moaning came out of his mouth.Yuan Jing suddenly understood what they were doing, blushed, turned around and fled quickly.

When I woke up, it was already halfway through the night, and it seemed to be raining outside.He has never slept alone for a while, and he is still not used to it. He hugged his shoulders, listened to the sound of rain for a long time, and thought: "If he doesn't come tomorrow, I will... I will go find him myself... ..." Then slowly fell asleep.

In the post house a few streets away, Chi Xiao sat alone under the lamp, and a short, unremarkable man knelt down in front of him.This person's hands and feet were covered with mud and blood, and his face was also scratched by the flying gravel. Before he could clean it up, he hurried over to report. After hearing this, Chi Xiao said slowly: "Go and invite my brother to come here."

After he left, the room was quiet, only the night wind rustled, the sound of rain falling on the window sills, Chi Xiao touched the candle lightly, and suddenly, he heard a "boom" at the door, he rushed out the door, All I saw was the back of a man in black leaving in a hurry.He wanted to chase after him, but he saw a roll of white silk nailed to the carved wooden door behind him, he stopped in his footsteps, slapped the nailed dagger flying with his palm, took off the white silk, and went back to the room.

When Ming Ye came, Chi Xiao didn't raise his eyelids, he just stared at Bai Bo in a daze.Ming Ye approached and asked, "Ah Xiao, what are you looking at?" Chi Xiao waved his hands away and raised his eyes with a sly look on his face: "Brother, do you know? Their prince is a broken sleeve." Handed the white silk in front of him.Ming Ye saw all the things written above, and his heart was shocked: "Where did you get this?"

Chi Xiao yawned, and lazily said: "Someone nailed it at the door. I was still thinking about how to lure their prince out, but the solution came to the door by myself."

Ming Ye thought about it for a while, thought for a moment and said: "I think this matter is fraudulent, even if the crown prince is really with... How can ordinary people know? Besides, according to what I have seen before, although the two of them are close, there is no difference between them. .I'm afraid someone is trying to lure you into a trap, so don't fall for it!"

Chi Xiao said impatiently: "I have already been locked in this cage by them. If you stretch out your head, you will be stabbed, and if you retract your head, you will be stabbed. Besides, because this matter is too weird, it is credible. If the dog emperor wants to lure me into the bait, Some are easy to use as bait, so why ruin his son's reputation? I think they have done too much evil and were targeted by others, so they want to ask me to borrow a knife to kill someone."

Ming Ye said anxiously: "You also know that they want to use you as a saber! They can't go there!"

Chi Xiao cut off the corner of the table with a knife, the candlestick was shaken by his knife energy, and rolled to the ground.In the darkness, only the white blade in his hand shimmered, and a piercing voice sounded: "This knife of mine, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to get out of its sheath." Ming Ye heard the determination in his words, His fingertips trembled slightly, his throat was hard to speak.After a while, I heard Chi Xiao say again: "The secret passage has been opened, you clean it up, someone will send you away later, I will give you time to escape, if you go far away, you can go wherever you want. "The last few words, the voice lowered.

Ming Ye looked at him for a long time, then shook his head weakly: "Forget it, I know I can't stop you, don't worry, I won't run for my life, I'll just go back to Quli. Something happened to Crown Prince Dayan, the whole country will be in turmoil, I will Leading troops to defend to the death may keep the plow alive, so you should be more careful." Picking up the candlestick on the ground, putting it back, turning around and leaving.As soon as the wooden door opened, the wind and rain came oncoming, Chi Xiao chased after a few steps: "Brother."

He held a neatly folded fox fur cloak, and put it in front of Ming Ye with both hands: "When you go back, it will be cold at home, take this with you."

Ming Ye caressed the soft fur, and there was a hint of reminiscence in his eyes: "In the winter when I was seven years old, you secretly took me up the mountain to hunt, and we accidentally fell into a deep pit, and there was a lot of snow that day, did you see I was very cold, so I took off the cloak on my body and put it on for me. We stayed inside for a night, and when someone found you, you were severely frostbitten, and you couldn't even hold a knife for the next month." Holding his hand, Touching one place: "Does it still hurt now?"

Chi Xiao was not used to his sudden concern, so he withdrew his hand a little awkwardly: "It's been so long, it's ready long ago." Sending the clothes to his arms: "The clothes are for you. If the father is still there after returning , ask me, you just say..."

Ming Ye interjected: "I just said that you lead your troops to guard the city and go to see him when Dayan's army retreats." He smiled, patted Chi Xiao on the shoulder, turned and left.