Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

On the way back, Shen Luoxin was a little silent. When she arrived at the mansion, she greeted Ning Xiuyuan and went back to her small courtyard. Her leaving figure looked like a quilt hanging on a branch without being picked. Eggplant beaten by autumn frost.

Haunted.

It could be seen that he was still injured.

If it is a wound on the body, it is always easier to heal. Apply the golden sore medicine. If you are more particular and don't want to leave any traces, just smear it with Shuhen Ointment. One day, nothing will be left. But the wound in the heart is different. If the ointment is not applied, it will not heal easily. They say time is good medicine, but time can never heal physical wounds.

Time just makes the memory fade away and buries the scars in the dust. They are still there, but they are not easily remembered, but they have never healed.

Ji Wuyan asked Ziqiu to cook some porridge and send it over, and prepare one or two plates of light side dishes. If she didn't want to eat it at this time, she could warm it on the small stove. When she wanted to eat it, she could just have someone bring it to her. .

Ziqiu nodded and followed, and after taking a few steps, Ji Wuyan heard her cursing. The little girl usually yelled, but when she really stood up and cursed, she kept saying the same words over and over again, "Rolling eyes." Wolf, heartless" and so on, very pure and kind.

She lowered her head and laughed, then turned her head to look at Ning Xiuyuan and asked him, "How come third brother is with Prince Pingyang today?"

"I met him when he was about to enter the palace."

"How is your Majesty's condition?"

Ning Xiuyuan took her hand and walked into the house. Hearing this, he paused slightly, shook his head and sighed, "It's not good. Before this, although the emperor was not in good health, he was mostly tired and lazy, so he couldn't check it. No matter what clear symptoms appear, I can still drink a small bowl of porridge and two crystal shrimp dumplings when I am not good, and I can go for a walk in the Imperial Garden when I am good. I look like ordinary people. But these days... Qin Taiyi The saying is, 'aging at an extraordinary speed'..."

Ji Wuyan walked on the cobblestone road with her head lowered. She seemed a little absent-minded, maybe not listening at all. After a long time, she kicked the stones and asked Ning Xiuyuan, "Does the emperor himself know?"

"Of course, these words cannot be said in front of the emperor." Ning Xiuyuan shook his head, "But I must be able to feel it in my body and bones, the feeling that time is quickly flowing away from my body... These days, the emperor is getting better and better He gets irritable and doubts this and that, even Manager Zhang, who has served him for most of his life, is walking on thin ice these days."

The hand hanging by his side tightened, with many thoughts and speculations in his heart, and his face was afraid of showing any trace of it, Ji Wuyan lowered his head and walked for two steps, smiled with the corner of his mouth, and then turned to look at Ning Xiuyuan, He asked with a smile, "Third brother...isn't life having a hard time these days?"

Ning Xiuyuan stopped at the edge of the pool, pressed the little girl on the stone bench beside him, shook his head and smiled, and admitted helplessly, "It's not easy." 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ip For Ning Xiuyuan, issues of temperament and temperament are far from the level of worry. If the emperor is in a bad mood, just avoid it, endure it, and keep silent, that's all - Duke Ning's Mansion There is no need to look up to others, not even to the emperor. However, he could only be in trouble when it came to Mr. Chen.

The emperor's condition has left many imperial doctors and famous doctors at their wits' end, and many folk remedies have failed to help. Obviously, this is no longer a problem that can be solved by a "miracle doctor". After curing the emperor's illness, with just a few words of praise and some gold and silver rewards, the Ji family still Missing these? But if it is not cured, he may be pushed out to take responsibility - the serious crime of decapitation may even implicate the nine clans, it all depends on the mood and purpose of the person in power at the time.

Ning Xiuyuan did not want to involve everyone in the Ji family in this matter. Whenever the emperor put pressure on him, he would always look to the left and talk to him. However, he didn't know how long he could delay. Before the imperial edict came, he needed to take out Mr. Chen quietly... He didn't want to tell Ji Wuyan these things, and he didn't want her to know his biggest problem now. The embarrassment has to do with her.

Both of them were hiding their thoughts, but one was hiding it more deeply. He didn't say a word about it from beginning to end, so naturally no one else could guess. The other one, who was about to speak but then sighed silently, was completely different from usual, and it was actually a bit obvious. Ji Wuyan looked up and looked at it for a moment, then asked abruptly, "Very... embarrassed?"

Ning Xiuyuan nodded subconsciously, then paused, met the other person's clear gaze, smiled, and tapped her forehead with his fingertips, "Don't worry, the emperor just likes to lose his temper these days. He is bedridden, eating and drinking. With Lazarus on the same bed, anyone else would be irritable. So today I thought of taking Li Yiwei's carriage to go with him. Even if His Majesty loses his temper, he will always be there to stop him..." How true, how true is it? Ji Wuyan didn't know whether to believe it or not.

After all, Ning Xiuyuan was no longer young. When he really made up his mind to hide something, even as sharp as Ji Wuyan, he couldn't find any clues.

Ji Wuyan just looked at each other for a moment, then said with a sudden smile, "That's right. If it were me, it would be easy to smash a few tea cups..." After saying that, he smiled and leaned forward to get a fish food box. , grabbed a small handful and threw it into the pond. Several newly bought koi carps in the pond were slapping the water and jumping up to fight for food. The water splashed by their tails fell on the back of Ji Wuyan’s hand. She followed Ning Xiuyuan’s His clothes were rubbed, and he turned around and smiled, like a child who succeeded in his scheme.

Ning Xiuyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief - this topic has been avoided.

I have been busy dealing with the emperor recently, and I have been too distracted. I have forgotten that the girl in front of me is also a ghost, and it is not easy to hide it from her eyes. He sat next to her and chatted for a while. Not long after, Xi An came over and called her away. He said that His Majesty had sent people to look for her. Ning Xiuyuan didn't ask any questions, got up and followed her. Go in a hurry.

Ji Wuyan watched him leave. He didn't look back until he disappeared at the entrance of the courtyard. He stared at the small handful of fish food in her palm and pondered to himself. This was still the remaining handful of fish food. After talking for so long, she didn't lose it. Going down, Ning Xiuyuan didn't notice it. If it had been left in the past, he would not have missed it. Just like... Today, he seemed to have forgotten that just now at the door of the teahouse, he had already complained to the emperor about illness and asked for leave. At this time, the emperor would never let a minister who claimed to be sick to see him - not out of sympathy for the minister, but Worried about being overtaken by the disease and aggravating the condition.

Ji Wuyan waved to Xi Yu and smiled kindly.

Xi Yu felt as if she had been struck by lightning, feeling cold all over her body.