Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

"Fate?" Chen Lao's voice was hoarse and trembling, and he exhausted all his strength to suppress the appearance that was about to lose control, "The Chen family is known as a family of famous doctors, but they can't cure a cough with all their strength?"

The sarcasm and the voice were thin and cool, this little old man with gray beard and hair, kind eyebrows and kind eyes suddenly felt a sense of despair. Chen Yinuo was startled, and for some reason, a fine layer of goose bumps suddenly appeared on his whole body.

His heart pounded hard like a drum, his chest hurt, as if many horses were rampaging inside.The fingertips were clenched tightly, the palms hurt from pinching the ground, and the back of the tooth sockets were exerting force. After a long time, he heard himself cautiously probing, "The patriarch said... the mother's body was too weak later, no matter what magic medicine It's useless. Except...except..."

Apart from anything, he couldn't say anything, he just clenched his palms tightly, lowered his head and bit the corner of his mouth.

Ji Wuyan's hand turning over the pages of the book paused slightly. She raised her head to look at it, took a particularly light look, then took it back, and said softly, "Except for the treasure of the town that was stolen by the traitor Chen Song. Mr. The patriarch even told you that if the treasure is still there, it must be taken out to save your mother, after all, human life is at stake. It's a pity...it's gone."

"Right?" Asked, her eyes never left the book in front of her, she twitched the corners of her mouth, sarcastically, "It's really a good reason to never fail..."

The girl's voice is warm and moist, even with a bit of a child's softness that has not faded away, and it is cool to the bone in the wind, which makes people tremble.

Chen Yinuo looked... a little more nervous than Old Chen.

He is not an idiot, maybe at the beginning, he did not realize why the topic suddenly turned to his family members when he was talking about the events of the past, but soon, he realized some possible clues from these unclear voice-overs... ...I heard that Senior Chen Song's mother also died of illness.

Also... When I was young, I had a playmate, whose bones were weak when he was young. My father said that it was a fault brought out by the mother's womb. He was very quiet on weekdays. He also went there a few years ago... Said it was an illness, and I thought about it at that time , probably an old problem.Later, her mother also fell ill... It was said that she was sick from worry.

In short, it is also a death.

The autumn wind was obviously cool, blowing in from the window and hitting his neck, making him tremble all over, and he needed to hold his palms tightly so as not to lose his composure—his younger sister, who was only ten years old, was also weak. It's not good, I always have headaches and brain fever. My father said that it was the disease brought out of the mother's womb because the mother's body had not been repaired during pregnancy...

It is a disease brought out of the mother's womb.

Another illness.

Thinking about it carefully, it is clearly a medical family, but so many people died of unexplained illnesses... The so-called "medical family" is more like an irony.

He got up slowly, and saluted Mr. Chen seriously, prudently, and almost piously, "Senior Chen Song... Please tell the truth about what happened back then. To tell you the truth, my little sister is only ten years old, innocent and cute, It's just that... the body is not in good health, and the soup and medicine have been incessant all year round, so this junior is very distressed."

Even though there was a hint of speculation in his heart, he still had some reservations in his words - he didn't want to make the most malicious speculation about the Birth Blessing by relying on a few vague words before the matter became clear.If that's the case, the Chen family really... sucks.

Mr. Chen looked at the young man in front of him who put all his thoughts clearly on his face. His shock and despair were so obvious, but the glimmer of hope in that despair was like a ray of lingering lingering light in the cold winter night of the twelfth lunar month. Xinghuo, the temperature is gone.

Mr. Chen suddenly couldn't bear it, hesitated for a moment, and asked him, "Do you really want to listen?"

"want."

……

Ning Xiuyuan left Ji's house and did not go to Fengchenju.Although he was also a little worried, but thinking that Fengchenju is the little girl's own territory after all, he wouldn't really suffer a loss.

What's more, the Chen family's little boxing skills... If you really use your hands, it's probably not worth watching.

The reason why she was worried was that those things made her sad.

It's just that right now, he wants to do another thing.

It was Jifeng who reminded him.

The emperor's complexion seemed to have improved a lot in the past two days. When Ning Xiuyuan passed by, he had just finished his lunch. He was very surprised at the arrival of this courtier who had never seen anyone, and pointed to the lunch on the table that had not yet been cleaned up Meal, asked, "Have you used it?"

Ning Xiuyuan nodded, "The one who came in after using it, came here quickly, I'm afraid His Majesty has already rested." After finishing speaking, he asked Manager Zhang again, "Mr. Dry mouth."

Manager Zhang was trying to organize people to clear the table, when he heard this, he squinted his eyes and smiled, "Wait a minute, third master."

The emperor shook his head and laughed, "It's noon, and you came here in a hurry just to ask for a cup of tea?"

"Not really." Ning Xiuyuan found a stool and sat down on his own. After watching the eunuch and maid go down with the bowls, chopsticks and plates, he leaned out and looked at the emperor before turning to look at the emperor, "Your Majesty is not worried. The crown prince and the Chen family are getting too close? Just now, I suddenly thought of a way...His Majesty, listen to me?"

His words were very casual, like simple chatter.

The emperor didn't put on airs with him, he raised it casually, not paying much attention, "Say it."

"Although the young Chen family came here to lead the team...but there is also a young patriarch of the Chen family in the team, who is very much loved by the current old patriarch of the Chen family. Unexpectedly, the future Chen family will naturally be taken over by this young patriarch. It has nothing to do with that young man."

The emperor put his fingertips on the armrest lightly, and his slightly lowered eyebrows did not show any emotion, so he just said, "Go on."

Ning Xiuyuan sneered and chuckled, "In the final analysis, the prince's friendship with the Chen family was probably ordered by the left minister—after all, the pride of the prince of the royal family does not need to be so respectful to an ordinary young man. However, this Chen family It won't fall into Chen Yinuo's hands in the end... This virtuous corporal needs to find the right partner, don't you think?"

The emperor pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Well...the reason is indeed so...but, how did you know?"

"Hi!" Ning Xiuyuan said casually, almost without thinking, "Your Majesty, you forgot, what is the main purpose of the Chen family entering Yanjing this time? This group of Chen family made trouble at the gate of the Ji family. , I just declared myself at the gate! It was a lot of fuss...but I see, it's easier to handle than Chen Yinuo, a little lure...it will definitely work."

"Use profit to lure it..." The emperor raised his hand to support his chin, chewed carefully, and asked softly after a long while, "Then... in your opinion?"