Morbid pet

Chapter 262 Are You Not Cruel?
Royal study.

There are wisps of white mist floating on the Jinluan incense burner, which is the taste of ambergris, with a bit of sour plum, which outlines the ambergris very well.

Xie Zhao likes this taste all because Chang Le likes it.

He has not been to see Changle for three days.

Because he didn't dare to do this.

Also unwilling.

I don't know how to face her.

The poison in An Ying's body is a huge threat to the Ming Dynasty, and such a big threat still looms in front of Chang Le and himself every day. God knows what he will do to solve it if An Ying poisons Chang Le.

His concern for Changle's safety has reached the point of being sick and insane.

If Chang Le doesn't want to talk to him, he will talk to An Ying.

However, it is often the closest people around who will hurt.

Xie Zhao opened the lid of a Lingshan Pu'er lamp at hand, looked at the light mist rising slowly, and fell into deep thought.

Xie Lingfeng suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty! The Queen is here."

No eunuch dared to keep Chang Le out. She was still wearing a thin white gauze. She looked like she had just woken up and came from the moon platform. Her black hair like algae was casually spread around her waist, and the tip of her nose and chin were all covered. He was red from the cold, and his eyes were also red.

Chang Le drew the sword of the guard in front of the hall, and with a swipe, the sword pointed directly at the young emperor who was lazily leaning on the dragon chair.

"Tell me, what happened to An Ying's Gu?"

Xie Zhao suddenly had an unknown fire in his heart, igniting the extremely suppressed emotions during this period of time at this moment.

He said coldly: "Chang Le, what do you mean?"

Changle heard his name coming out of Xie Zhao's mouth again and felt it was ironic. After so many years, how could he ever call out his name so coldly?
"Let me ask you, did you kill the mother Gu in An Ying's body?"

Xie Zhao stood up, walked to Chang Le, and at the distance of two arms, Jian Feng kissed his Adam's apple directly, and pressed it sharply.

"Why are you so sure I did it? Is there no trust between us?"

Xie Zhao suddenly laughed at himself. He took a step forward, and Chang Le took half a step back. The sword edge sank into his neck. All the guards around him drew their swords and pointed at Chang Le.

Xie Zhao was more concerned about the situation than Chang Le, "Take your swords and knives and get out!"

Xie Lingfeng stood there, a little puzzled and said: "Master."

Xie Zhao: "Get out!"

Xie Lingfeng hurriedly led the people out of the imperial study.

The golden gate clanged shut.

In the spacious space, there is only the confrontation between the two.

Changle's eye sockets were red, as red as the bloodline spreading from Xie Zhao's neck.

Her hand holding the sword was shaking, "Xie Zhao. Tell me, why?"

Xie Zhao took a deep breath, and suppressed all the grievances in his stomach, "Chuchu, listen to me. You may not know the Gu worms in Anying's body, and you don't know much about them. The Gu worms in his body can control people's hearts. It can kill people invisible, it is a very dangerous existence, and I am really worried about putting him by your side. I am afraid that he will do something to hurt you and your children. So... he can stay by your side, but his body Gu can't do it."

Chang Le raised his eyebrows and sneered: "No? Then you have studied it so thoroughly, don't you know that the Gu worms in his body are also his life-saving things? There is no mother Gu in his body, and he will die in three days! Do you know I know! He has less than three days left! You let him wait to die in Chang'an City? Are you not cruel?"

Xie Zhao was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said, "What did you say? If the Gu worm in his body dies, will he die too? No way."

Chang Le dropped his sword, and the heavy sword fell with a clang on the floor inlaid with gold foil. It fell several times before landing in the corner.

New blood lines were still spreading on Xie Zhao's neck, dyeing his white collar a little red.

Chang Le cried: "He will die without new Gu worms to replace him, don't you know?"

Xie Zhao shook his head and looked at Changle helplessly, "I don't know, Chuchu, I really don't know. Then find him a non-toxic Gu worm now."

This was the only solution Xie Zhao could come up with.

He didn't want to see An Ying die just yet.

After all, there are too few people around Chang Le, so as long as they don't hurt him, it's fine.

Changle breathed out a breath of air and said: "You always only focus on your own needs! Where can I find Gu insects that can adapt to the poison in his body now? He must go back to Northern Xinjiang, but the mountains in Northern Xinjiang are high and the roads are far away. Where can I find them? Can we arrive in three days? Are you asking me to just watch him die? Northern Xinjiang just returned, but An Ying died. What do you think the people will think? Guess it is difficult for the people in Northern Xinjiang to believe in the Ming Dynasty. What will you do again? Can you control it?"

This is indeed a huge hole and hidden danger.

Xie Zhao never thought of letting An Ying die, at least not now.

He explained: "Chu Chu, go back now and don't think about anything. I will find a way to solve this matter. An Ying cannot die, and I don't want him to die, so he will definitely survive."

Chang Le was so angry that he laughed back: "Xie Zhao, you have never changed, you are just as selfish."

Xie Zhao stood there at a loss: "Am I selfish? Isn't it all because of you that I'm selfish? I'm worried that An Ying will hurt you. You can't guarantee that everyone is non-toxic and harmless! People's hearts can change! Changle !”

Changle sneered: "The human heart is also made of flesh!" Then he turned around and opened the door without hesitation and left.

Xie Zhao didn't send anyone to chase after her, but watched her thin figure gradually go away. Dian Cui and Die Shi finally put the robes around her thin shoulders, and she left with the wind and snow on her shoulders.

Xie Zhao said coldly: "Bring the divine fortune teller to me immediately!"
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Tianji Pavilion.

Shen Suanzi sat in the living room in a Taoist robe, with a cup of hot tea in hand.

Xie Zhao stood in front of him and sneered: "You really don't know how to detoxify An Ying's body?"

The fortune teller shook his head: "Northern Xinjiang witchcraft has been lost for a long time, planting poison and Gu in the human body is no longer popular, and I don't know that the female Gu in Prince An Ying's body is to counterbalance the poison in his body."

Xie Zhao grabbed the divine fortune teller's neck with one hand and kicked him against the wall. His feet were suddenly dangling in the air, and large red marks began to spread on his face.

The fortune teller coughed and said, "I really don't know how to detoxify!"

Xie Zhaoyin smiled coldly, "Very well, after three days, then you can be buried with An Ying to die for him!"

On the verge of death, Shen Suanzi said: "I know a way to find the mother Gu again and send it into his body!"

The strength in Xie Zhao's hand loosened, and then he clenched it tightly again.Throwing the fortune teller on the ground, he squatted down and asked, "What can I do?"

Shen Suanzi didn't expect Xie Zhao to turn his face faster than turning a book, so he whispered a way immediately.

Xie Zhao smiled slightly, and then several guards took the fortune teller into custody in the royal dungeon.

When Xie Zhao strode out of Tianji Pavilion, it was still raining. He glanced in the southeast direction, which was the direction of Changle.
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When An Ying woke up, he found himself lying in the middle of the cold and damp stone room, surrounded by dark stone walls. He tried to get up, but the pain was unbearable when he moved a little too far, and his bones seemed to be crushed In general, the pain was excruciating, and his forehead was dripping with cold sweat.

He waited for a long time before he felt a warm current gushing out of his chest, warmly nourishing his damaged tendons, then his strength recovered, and he slowly moved to the stone gate, and he stretched out his hand to hold the stone gate.

The wind and snow outside blew in, stirring up dust and messing up his hair.

Xie Zhao!He gritted his teeth in hatred.

He tried hard to open the stone door, but found that it was impossible. There was no key in this sealed stone room, and there was no other exit.

He could only lean against the wall and sit with his body propped up, trying to alleviate his pain as much as possible.

Suddenly, his ears caught the sound of small footsteps approaching in his direction.

He became suddenly alert, held his breath, and listened.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. There seemed to be many people, and they were heading in his direction.

An Ying was suddenly very anxious, he was very familiar with the environment inside, and there was no one else except him and Xie Zhao.

He didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of attracting enemies.

"Prince!" A female voice called out, "Are you there?"

An Ying recognized her body and voice.

Princess Anning.

The last princess of Northern Xinjiang is not a direct line but a cousin, a child from her mother's side.

There is a five-year age gap between the two of them. Princess An Ning is more naughty and has a more rebellious personality, so her relationship with An Ying is not deep, and there is even a sense of incompatibility.

Princess An Ning was skeptical about coming to Xie Zhao to help save An Ying this time. Although she liked to play around, she was definitely not stupid. She knew that Xie Zhao's thoughts were not on them, and he never lied to her. Words.

And Xie Zhao was still the one who hurt An Ying, but he had to rely on him to save her in the end. Thinking about it, it feels extremely ironic.

She walked to the door of the stone chamber, opened the door, and looked inside, but she didn't see An Ying. "Brother Wang, are you in there?"

She yelled, but there was no response.

Princess An Ning frowned and was about to exit when she found a man huddled in the corner. He was thin and slender and his clothes were in tatters.

She screamed in fright: "Ah! Help! Help!"

The maid who was watching the night outside heard the cry and ran in. Seeing Princess Anning pointing at the man on the ground, she was surprised and said, "Isn't this Prince An Ying!"

Princess An Ning quickly pulled the palace maid's sleeve: "Move him out quickly!"

The residual toxins on An Ying's body had begun to wake up. His face was extremely pale, his eyes were scarlet, and a hoarse roar came from his throat, "Get out."

Seeing this, the maids were so frightened that they quickly dropped their belongings and fled out, while Princess Anning hid in the corner of the stone room, trembling.

An Ying gasped for a long time before he stopped struggling. He fell limply to the ground, looked up at Princess An Ning, and opened his mouth with difficulty: "An Ning. An Ning, I am your brother."

After hearing this, Princess An Ning stared at An Ying blankly for a long time. Then she suddenly rushed over and hugged An Ying tightly: "Cousin prince, how are you? Your Majesty said he wanted to save you and sent people everywhere to look for you. Why are you here?"

An Ying closed his eyes and said in confusion: "I don't know why I'm here. Also, Your Majesty said to save me? How could it be?" He smiled sarcastically, "How did the Gu bugs on my body get killed? He should You know it best, don’t you think it’s too late to save me now?”

An Ying picked up the dagger he was carrying with him from the corner. He knew that his time was running out, the toxins began to spread in his body, and he couldn't do anything.

The last pride is to commit suicide.

He held the dagger steady in his right hand and was about to stab his chest when a domineering force stopped him.

The dagger did not penetrate his body in the end.

Xie Zhao is here.

Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and an official jade on his head, he looked at An Ying coldly and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I did something wrong. I apologize to you. The poison in your body has found a solution. I'm here, don't think about seeking death, Changle will hate me forever if you die."

The last words were spoken from the bottom of his heart. Xie Zhao almost gritted his teeth and finished speaking. After that, he took the dagger from An Ying's hand and forcefully led him away.

Two guards carried An Ying away, one on the left and the other on the right.

An Ning followed him and whispered to An Ying: "Cousin Prince, please believe in Your Majesty for once." After all, they had no choice now.

An Ying smiled mischievously: "Yeah." Then he suddenly jumped up and kicked the two guards to the ground. From his cuff, the Hidden Sword was folded, and with a click, the black iron-like Hidden Sword became half an arm. Long, straight into Xie Zhao's back, leaving a large pool of blood.

The accident happened in an instant.

Secret guards in night clothes began to fall from all directions in the palace, pointing their swords at An Ying and the trembling girl behind him.

An Ning's silver teeth were almost broken. She couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Cousin Prince, why are you still so impulsive?"

An Ying smiled noncommittally: "Anyway, it's death. Dying while being experimented on is different from dying under the sword."

In an instant, a sword was placed between the necks of Princess An Ning and An Ying.

"You'd better hold back your temper."

An Ying opened his eyes and saw that Xie Zhao was standing in front of him holding a sword, while behind him stood two guards, one of whom was a celebrity beside Xie Zhao, in the middle of the night.

An Ying's eyes were full of resentment, "Kill me! Don't hurt the people from northern Xinjiang, let them go back! So the peace you said is to wipe out our existence in northern Xinjiang! Well, I don't know people clearly, I deserve to die .”

Xie Zhao glanced at him, then turned around and ordered, "Take him to take a bath and change into clean clothes."

"Yes!"

An Ying was helped to the side of the hot spring pool, while Xie Zhao sat by the pool, quietly watching him take a bath without saying a word.

An Ying couldn't help but clenched his fists, and he couldn't help but say, "What exactly do you want to do!"

Xie Zhao looked at him indifferently and said calmly: "You know what? I have thought about it for a long time. I never thought that I would kill you, but I have to guard against you. Because the poison you carry will always be A knife hanging on my neck. The more people have, the more afraid they are of losing it. You follow Changle all day long, and I am worried that you will hurt them. But my original starting point is just to remove the mother in you. I just killed you, I didn't want to take your life. After all, you are more useful to me alive than dead."

An Ying laughed back angrily. He taunted: "What are you kidding me about? Don't you know that my body is highly poisonous? The mother Gu is dead, and if I can't find a replacement, I will die. Now the poison in my body is poisonous. The poison has begun to spread, Xie Zhao, I have never bowed down to you sincerely. The young emperor always insists on going his own way, and is doomed to betray all relatives! Do you think you have won?"

"Yeah, I won."

Xie Zhao continued to sneer: "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, I have to save your life before I can live with Chang Le again."

An Ying raised his eyebrows: "What did Changle say?"

Xie Zhao just laughed and said: "I didn't say anything, but I said something. Don't worry, take a nap in the hot spring pool, and you will be alive and kicking when you wake up."

An Ying looked at Xie Zhao doubtfully. The latter stood up indifferently and left. However, he felt that he had never been so sleepy before and just wanted to fall to the ground and sleep.
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The next day.

Take the platform.

The room is scented with wormwood, mixed with bitter Chinese medicine.

Chang Le lifted her skirt and walked in.

The people on the bed were still asleep, Xie Zhao leaned on the beam of the house carelessly, looked sideways at Chang Le and said, "It's okay, the fortune teller has already guaranteed his life, An Ying will wake up soon .”

Chang Le glared at Xie Zhao, "Keep your voice down!"

Xie Zhao raised his hands and said helplessly: "Auntie, can you please speak properly? The child is still beside me."

It was only then that Changle noticed that the two nannies were walking around the door holding Nini and Tuantuan. The two children were getting bigger and clingier, as long as they woke up, they would see Changle, otherwise they would always cry non-stop.

Changle held his forehead and said, "Nanny, hold the child farther away. The smell here may affect the child."

The wet nurse said okay, then hugged the child and left.

The man on the bed suddenly moved his fingers, then frowned and opened his eyes as he smelled the smell.

An Ying: "Am I dead?"

Chang Le suddenly turned around and ran over, squatted halfway beside him, and shouted sideways: "Doctor Zhou, please take a look!"

An Ying smiled, "He's not dead—" His voice was drawn out and hoarse.

Xie Zhao turned his head to look at him, and smiled slightly: "Prince Anying, live well, Daming still has countless glory and wealth waiting for you to enjoy."

Doctor Zhou went up to check his pulse, and looked at the two masters behind him with some embarrassment and said: "Queen, Your Majesty, I have observed that the prince's pulse is normal, but the rest cannot be seen. After all, the witchcraft in Northern Xinjiang is really strong." It’s beyond my knowledge.”

Xie Zhao nodded and said, "Prescribe some prescriptions to nourish your body, let's go out."

Physician Zhou ran out as if he had received an amnesty, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows and looked at the person on the bed: "You are the best at witchcraft. Try running your mother's ghost and see if there is any problem?"

An Ying got up from the bed, bit his finger, turned his hands over again, and chanted a spell. A small white bug came out from the finger he had just bitten off, similar to the witch he once had. The bug king is different, this bug looks harmless to humans and animals.

Chang Le frowned slightly: "Is this a Gu worm?"

Xie Zhao said lightly: "I changed you to a non-poisonous Gu, but it can cure the toxins in your body, but you can no longer save or harm people in the future. After the Ming Dynasty, no one will use the poisonous Gu anymore. If your technique harms people, then you will be fine."

An Ying looked at the bug in his hand in disbelief, "Where did this come from?"

Xie Zhao smiled mysteriously: "Secret it. Take care of your health and help the queen earn money. You don't need to think about anything else, I will arrange it."

I don't know how long ago it started.

Xie Zhao didn't need to say anything about An Ying. The stab An Ying stabbed him in the back that day became part of his belief that An Ying would become his ally in the future.

Xie Zhao's back was still covered with gauze, which couldn't be seen from the outside, but he pointed at his back, turned his head to An Ying and said, "Hey, I'm done."

An Ying looked at the worm in his hand, and re-activated the power of witchcraft in his body, and found that his body was in normal condition. Looking at Xie Zhao again, he didn't feel so annoying anymore.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xie Zhao sneered and said, "If you want to thank me, just thank our family Chu Chu. It's her kindness and kindness that saved your life."

Chang Le looked at Xie Zhao angrily: "You are the only one who talks too much."

Xie Zhao smiled lightly, then waved his hands and left.He had been guarding An Ying all night, and he hadn't even slept a wink yet, in order to prove to Chang Le that he really wanted to save him.

Chang Le saw it all, he got up and caught up with Xie Zhao, and handed Xie Zhao a purple embroidered sachet in his arms, "Here, take it, put it under the pillow, it's a soothing incense. Go back and have a good rest. Look at the blackness of your eyes."

Xie Zhao accepted the sachet and asked, "Well, thank you my queen. How long will it take for me to sleep back?"

Chang Le pushed him, he took two steps back, covered his heart, frowned and said: "It hurts."

Chang Le held his hand anxiously, and then thought that it was his back that was injured, so he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You'll be hurt later!"

Xie Zhao laughed hahaha, "My heart hurts too."

Chang Le looked at him with folded arms, couldn't help chuckling, then stepped forward to hug him, leaning her head tightly in his arms, and said: "Go back and rest, Lanyuetai has always been your home, The same goes for the Western Suburbs."

Xie Zhao lowered his head and planted a kiss on the top of her head, "Come to see you after work at night."

Chang Le blushed and hummed, and the two parted ways in the corridor.

Xie Zhao was in a good mood and walked with a smile on his face. Xie Lingfeng couldn't help sighing in his heart that it was the empress who could control His Majesty.

After An Ying recovered from his injuries, he was about to retreat to his mansion. Changle told him not to worry, then he turned back to the room and picked up a black wooden box and handed it to him. "These are rare tonics. I apologize to Xie Zhao for hurting you."

An Ying felt flattered. For two days in a row, the emperor and empress personally took turns taking care of him and apologizing to him. He had never thought of this kind of treatment before.

Chang Le suddenly said: "Xie Zhao is actually not a bad-hearted person, but he will not let others bully me. Sometimes he will do some very extreme things because I have been hurt by others before," she considered. The words said: "Many times, so Xie Zhao is particularly sensitive to the people around me. But it is his fault that he did something to you for no reason. There was also someone around him who instigated it, and that person has already paid the price."
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Inside the Tianji Pavilion.

The fortune teller who paid the price was covered in scars, but he couldn't even hire an imperial doctor.

I had no choice but to bandage it with medicinal powder by myself. The [-]-year-old man looked extremely desolate.

And the heavy guards outside the Tianji Pavilion are all preventing the people inside from going out.

"I'll take it back slowly."

(End of this chapter)