Chapter 34 Li Cunjiu
Du Huaizhi slowly raised his head, his expression calm and without any fear, and met Li Cunjiu's enchanting purple eyes.
However, after seeing Li Cunjiu's face clearly, she was visibly startled, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. The candlelight in the tent flickered, casting a flickering light and shadow on Li Cunjiu's face.
Du Huaizhi: “…”
She seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.
Li Cunjiu took in her subtle reactions and a cold, intimidating smile appeared on the corner of his lips. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
When she smiles like this, she looks even more like him.
Du Huaizhi felt her scalp tingle, and she quickly suppressed her strange expression and lowered her eyes. "The Regent is so stunningly beautiful, I was momentarily distracted. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the tent gasped. Li Cunjiu was indeed very handsome, and his pair of purple eyes made him look even more enchanting. When he was young, he was well-known in Dalang.
However, it was taboo to make a fuss about Li Cunjiu's appearance. No one in the court dared to make fun of him to his face. He was not allowed to talk about his good looks in public, so he could only discuss them secretly behind his back.
Du Qiyue was so frightened that his face turned pale. He quickly raised his hands and bowed, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I am ignorant."
"That's fine." Li Cunjiu raised his hand to stop her, but his eyes remained fixed on Du Huaizhi. "Miss Du is very brave. I heard that it was you who saved the prince."
She still likes to ask questions even though she already knows the answer. If he says that the child is not her biological child, she, Du Huaizhi, will no longer sell pancakes from now on.
"It's just a coincidence. I dare not take credit for it." Du Huaizhi bowed slightly, but she caught a glimpse of the ugly, tattered waist belt on Li Cunjiu's waist, which had needle holes on it and was totally incompatible with the dragon robe he was wearing.
"What a coincidence." Li Cunjiu suddenly swung out a black piece and attacked Du Huaizhi directly.
Du Huaizhi's eyes flashed, and he remained motionless, taking the black dot head-on. The black dot pierced his shoulder, and the strong wind it brought with it struck him from behind, knocking Du Huaizhi to the ground.
"Puff--" Du Huaizhi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, fell weakly to the ground, and couldn't even get up.
"Miss Du." Li Zixian exclaimed, and regardless of etiquette, he stepped forward to support Du Huaizhi, "Uncle, what are you doing?"
Fearing that Li Cunjiu would attack Li Zixian, Xue Feiheng gripped the hilt of his knife tightly and turned to face Li Cunjiu's subordinates. The situation between the two sides was tense.
At this moment, it would be a bit unreasonable if someone didn't faint. Du Huaizhi mobilized the internal strength around his body, closed his eyes, and fainted perfectly.
…
I don't know how long it took before I heard sobbing.
When Du Huaizhi opened his eyes, he saw Du Ruzhi's tearful face. He looked around and found that it was not a tent, so he felt relieved.
"Sister, you're awake!" A strong shaking pulled the wound on her shoulder, and Du Huaizhi deliberately gasped.
"hiss--"
Du Ruozhi didn't dare to move, "No... I'm sorry, sister..." Seeing that tears were about to fall again, Du Huaizhi reached out and patted her head.
"I'm fine, don't cry anymore, or you'll stop crying." Du Huaizhi's tone was relatively normal. He sat up, clutching his shoulder, and looked out the window. It was dark. "What time is it now?"
Du Ruozhi helped her up, wiped her tears and sniffed, "It's almost the morning hour, sister, you've been sleeping for nearly an hour."
Du Huaizhi rubbed his swollen and aching head. He had only slept for an hour. It seemed that he had slept too much the night before and now he couldn't fall asleep.
"Where is this place?" Du Huaizhi asked again.
"Horse farm."
Du Huaizhi sat up straight suddenly, not caring about the wound, "Horse farm?" After all this time, they were still at the horse farm.
Du Ruozhi was shocked by her reaction. "Yes...it was the Regent who said that this matter concerns His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Anyone who was at the racecourse that day must stay and be questioned before they can leave."
Du Huaizhi held her forehead, so she fainted.
As he was speaking, the door was gently pushed open. Li Zixian walked in quietly, carrying a bowl of medicine. Seeing Du Huaizhi awake, his eyes lit up, "Miss Du, how do you feel?"
Du Ruozhi whispered in her ear again, "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who brought my sister here and even asked the imperial physician to see her."
Du Huaizhi's eyes fell on his hands, where the bandage marks were faintly visible on the edge of his wide sleeves. He then looked at the medicine in his hand, "Where is An Nian?"
"I don't know where Sister An Nian went with the imperial physician." Du Ruozhi replied.
"Don't worry, Miss Du. The imperial physician just said that your injury is no longer serious. If you want to return home, I will take you back after dawn and breakfast."
Li Zixian held the medicine in one hand and gently stirred the medicine with a spoon in the other.
"Can we go back now?" Du Huaizhi asked.
Li Zixian nodded.
Du Huaizhi finally relaxed a little, snatched the medicine bowl from Li Zixian's hand and drank it all in one gulp. The bitterness of the medicine made her frown, and she returned the empty bowl to Li Zixian, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Zixian stared at the empty bowl in his hand. Du Ruozhi was watching him eagerly, so he didn't want to stay any longer. "Miss Du, if you need anything, call me."
Du Huaizhi responded and then he left.
"Sister..." Du Ruozhi rubbed her head against Du Huaizhi's shoulder on the other side of the wound. "I'm sorry, mother said she would find someone to scare you. If I didn't agree, I wouldn't be able to play with you anymore. I didn't know it would turn out like that. Sister, please don't be angry with me, okay?"
As I was talking, I was about to cry again.
Du Huaizhi: “…”
Shouldn't she be the one crying? This Du Ruozhi must be made of water.
Du Huaizhi pinched Du Ruozhi's tender face and said, "When did I ever say I was angry with you? My injury is not because of you."
When Du Huaizhi mentioned the origin of this injury, she got a headache. She said how could someone be so abnormal, it turned out to be hereditary.
"Hmm..." Du Ruozhi frowned slightly due to being pinched, but she did not struggle. Her big watery eyes just stared at Du Huaizhi.
"Sister, what's going on between you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Du Ruozhi recalled that Li Zixian helped Du Huaizhi get on the carriage and was about to go back to the palace without saying a word. His attitude did not seem like they had just met.
"Creditor." Du Huaizhi's eyes turned, and Du Ruozhi reminded her that she had not yet settled the bill with Li Zixian, so she had to settle it carefully.
"Ah?" Du Ruozhi was puzzled. "What creditor?"
"Don't worry about the creditors for now." Du Huaizhi looked at Du Ruozhi, his eyes narrowed meaningfully, "Where is your Master Xie?"
"The Dali Temple said there's a major case and they're looking for him to handle it," Du Ruozhi replied. She realized belatedly that there was "your family" and a blush spread across her face. "Sister."
I wanted to tell her not to tease her, but suddenly I remembered that it seemed like she was the one who started it first.
"What big case?"
Du Ruozhi shook her head.
Du Huaizhi leaned closer and asked, "Didn't your Master Xie tell you?"
"Sister!"
Even without any confirmed news, Du Huaizhi could guess what it was. It was nothing more than the matter of Cangzhou sending the empress dowager's birthday gift.
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