Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The guards at the entrance of the tower were arranged by Shangguan Chu. In addition to the two guards at the door, there were also two secret guards. The old lady entered the tower to see the fifth elder, and someone reported the matter back to Shangguan Chu.

After hearing this, Shangguan Chu only ordered, "Haosheng, pay attention to the safety of the elderly" and let him go down. Then he ordered Qingshan to go to Ji Wuyan's place to inform him.

Qingshan came back soon, saying that the errand was done. Before leaving, he turned back and added, "When my subordinates passed by, Mr. Ning was also there. The girl seemed to be injured, and Mr. Ning was helping her." Apply medicine.”

"Where's the injury?"

Qingshan was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and was unsure, "On my hand..."

"Is it serious?" Although Shangguan Chu asked this, he had a vague answer in his heart - I guess it's not a big deal, otherwise my grandmother would have been guarding her for a long time, and why would she have the leisure to see the prisoner?

Sure enough, Qingshan shook his head, "My subordinate was standing outside the door. No injuries were seen, but there was no smell of blood in the room, so it's not serious."

Hearing that the little girl was injured, her heart that was tense suddenly relaxed, and then she suddenly became unhappy and groaned, "Is there no one in our Ji family anymore? The little girl has a minor injury and still has to work. Ning, Third Master, comes over to give medicine to someone in the middle of the night? This man is not even married yet, how is it unbecoming to visit a girl’s boudoir in such a grand manner at night? How can this man be more annoying than that boy from the ancient house?"

Qingshan remained silent, thinking that you would find any man interested in a girl annoying. In the past, you saw that Mr. Gu also had a nose, not a nose, and eyes, not eyes. Now you think he is not so annoying because he can no longer think of girls.

Qingshan cursed, Shangguan Chu waved, "Come here, you can help me with something later..."

Qingshan listened and was slightly startled when he heard the words. He hesitated for a moment whether to sigh or not, and only showed a slightly embarrassed expression - Mr. Shangguan was childish, he was really childish.

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At that time, Qingshan followed Ji Wuyan to capture the fifth elder. Before he saw Xi Yu, he already guessed that Ji Wuyan was avoiding Third Master Ning. Therefore, when reporting this matter, he was more thoughtful and just said, "The old lady went to see that old friend." Ji Wuyan was not surprised.

That little old lady is always like this. She speaks in understatements and hides all her heavy emotions in her heart. She must have not slept at all last night. She was also restless during the day today and hesitated for a whole day. On that day, I finally decided to go see him.

He shook his head and laughed, but the smile was bitter.

According to Ning Xiuyuan's intention, the emperor had actually tested the relationship between Mr. Chen and Ji Wuyan several times. He has always been very suspicious, and he is also the best at observing people's words. He has always noticed the way the imperial doctors evaded their words, but now that he is ill, he is probably like a tiger with its claws pulled out, and can only bluff people. Even the emperor himself would inevitably feel powerless.

At this time, he naturally thought of Chen Song, who was known as the miracle doctor. In fact, he had secretly met with Mr. Chen before, and Mr. Chen even wrote a prescription to the emperor. However, it was obvious that this prescription was relatively "mediocre" and could only be regarded as "unmistakable." The prescription did not catch the emperor's eye. Thinking about it, the emperor was a little disappointed with the name of the so-called "miraculous doctor".

But now, he can't believe anyone. Li Yuqi can't believe it, and Li Yiwei can't believe it either. The ministers in the court look like two sons. As for the imperial doctors who are evasive, they look more like they have been ordered to murder his life. people. Although Chen Song has a reputation as a "miraculous doctor", he is obviously neither a princeling nor a princeling. This is enough.

Ning Xiuyuan took the medicine, washed his hands, poured a cup of hot water for Ji Wuyan, and then said, "His Majesty asks me circumstantial questions almost every day. He is not in good spirits, and his memory is also very poor. Sometimes He remembers asking, sometimes he doesn't remember, sometimes he remembers seeing Mr. Chen, sometimes he says he has never met him... If I hadn't been very familiar with His Majesty, I might have thought they were two people."

Ji Wuyan held the cup of water to warm his hands. Hearing this, he nodded silently, as if he was not very interested in this matter.

With a calm expression, his mind is calculating rapidly. Mr. Chen once said that in the end, the poison of death will become an empty puppet. The early symptoms are sometimes awake and sometimes blurry. It can still be solved at this time, but it is only necessary. Treasures from heaven, materials and earth are too difficult to find, and furthermore... there are no medicines or stones to cure them. She held the tea in silence for a while and then said, "I don't want Mr. Chen to be involved. I once advised him to go back to Jiangnan alone, but he didn't want to involve me. You can still block it for me now because the emperor is still hesitating. To put it bluntly, he just thinks that he is not at the end of his rope."

When that time comes, no matter how much distrust you have, it will turn into a desperate gamble.

At that time, even a hundred Ning Xiuyuan would not be able to stop an edict.

Ji Wuyan knew this, and Ning Xiuyuan naturally knew it too. He looked at Ji Wuyan's silence, and his eyes became darker and darker. After a while, he stood up and closed the open window, took the golden scissors and cut off the candle wick. He looked at the eyes that suddenly trembled and regained their composure. Huo Miao sighed softly, "Ning Ning... I'm just like that, can't I be trusted?"

Ji Wuyan shook the teacup he was holding gently, and the hot water sloshed out of the rim of the cup, splashing onto the tiger's mouth with a little burning heat. She turned to look at Ning Xiuyuan almost in panic, opened her mouth, "I..." She was silent again.

Silence again. Ning Xiuyuan sighed, the little girl avoided Xi Yu. If it's just a normal thing, that's fine. He thinks that a little girl occasionally has her own little secrets. But she... pinched herself like this.

This secret was so heavy, but she chose to bear it alone. When Ning Xiuyuan thought of this, he felt somewhat depressed. Coupled with her silence at this moment, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The string that was tightly pulled in his heart suddenly... broke. He put down the scissors in his hand, but his eyes still fell on the candlelight. In the scorching halo, his voice was hoarse, "The emperor met Mr. Chen, and Mr. Chen wrote a prescription on the spot, but it seemed like everything happened from now on." It had never happened before. The emperor didn't say that the recipe was good or bad, so I always felt a little strange. Later I figured out that Mr. Chen was hiding his clumsiness, avoiding suspicion, and protecting himself."

"I understand all of this." Ning Xiuyuan cleared his throat. He seemed to have something raw stuck in his throat, and his voice sounded extremely unnatural. "But, now, do you still want to hide it from me? "

He avoided the flames and turned to look at Ji Wuyan, but no matter where his eyes fell, all he could see was the flames, which were so bright that it was disturbing. On the contrary, Ji Wuyan's expression was hidden behind the light. Can't see clearly.