Birds on the edge of the abyss 22
"Yes, Your Highness," Shen Luli nodded.
"When you enter the palace tomorrow, I will also be there to listen. Whatever reward the emperor gives you, accept it all. Don't refuse. This is my second test." Chu Xin touched his chin and said thoughtfully.
Although Shen Luli didn't understand the twists and turns, he nodded in agreement. He took a few sips of tea, forced the bloody taste in his mouth down, and put the teacup aside with trembling hands.
"I will obey your Highness's order!"
Seeing that he agreed, Chu Xin took the seal beside him and stamped it on the document he had just written. Then he rang the bell and asked Xuan Leluo to come in. He looked at the pale and weak man and said slowly:
"I have delayed you for too long. Take this document. I am looking for someone to escort you out of the palace."
Shen Luli shook his head, saying it was no problem. With the help of Le Luo, he took the document, bowed his head and retreated. Before leaving, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a portrait from the corner of his eye. The person in the painting looked very much like him...
Chu Xin watched Le Luo hold Shen Luli's waist steadily and hold her easily as they walked out. His eyes stayed on Le Luo's hand on Shen Luli's waist for a moment before he watched the study door being respectfully closed by the other palace servants.
Chu Xin retracted his gaze and paused at the seat where Shen Luli was standing. He saw a trail of blood under the seat illuminated by the dim candlelight. Chu Xin stood up and walked over there with a frown on his face. After a moment, he finally walked back to his original position to continue processing official documents. However, the person who was originally concentrating and writing furiously disappeared, and he looked absent-minded instead.
Shen Luli was almost supported by Le Luo all the way to the front of Huangji Gate. After handing the document to the guarding imperial guards for inspection, the other party let him go.
"I have ordered the servants from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to come and pick you up. You need to wait here for a while." Le Luo stood at the palace gate and wrapped herself in the fox fur that Shen Luli was wearing. The snow-white fox fur made Shen Luli look even paler. In the dark night, he looked like a male ghost.
"Peizi thanks Miss Leluo for her help." Shen Luli was very grateful to Leluo, but he couldn't express any substantial thanks, so he had to say dryly again.
"This is what a servant should do," Le Luo said with a smile, looking at the beautiful woman's warm eyes looking at her intently, and sighed in her heart.
Your Highness the Crown Prince is not lying to me. It is true that even when a beauty is injured, she is still very pleasing to the eye...
Le Luo accompanied Shen Luli and waited for less than an incense stick of time before a carriage came galloping from a distance. As the carriage arrived at the gate of Huangji, a man jumped out of the carriage. The man was dressed in blue and a hooded cloak. He walked hurriedly and looked anxious.
Shen Luli looked at him curiously, but he never thought that when he lifted his hood, he would see Lan Huan's handsome face underneath.
"Your Highness asked me to take good care of Master Shen during this period." Lan Huan smiled and nodded at Le Luo. Then he took out a hot hand warmer from his arms and stuffed it into Shen Luli's arms, his face slightly flushed.
Shen Luli bowed his head and thanked him. He only stood there for a while, and he felt that the hot sweat in his body turned into coldness and stuck to his skin during the distance from the East Palace to the Huangji Gate. It was so cold that he could hardly stand.
He put the hand warmer into his hands and touched it. The heat slowly extended into his body along the palm of his hand. Shen Luli exhaled a breath of cold air. His lips hidden in the fur of the fox fur were frozen purple, and his cheeks were numb, itchy and worried. He listened to Lan Huan's explanation and subconsciously attributed it to the fact that he was now considered a person who could be useful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Since it is His Highness's order, then I will trouble Master Lan to take more care of it." Shen Luli said politely, and couldn't help coughing. A hot current surged in his throat. Shen Luli pursed his lips tightly, fearing that blood would spurt out and dirty such a beautiful and precious fox fur...
"Then I will go back first. Master Shen, please be careful on the road." Le Luo couldn't help but glance at Shen Luli. It was not too late now, and she had to go back and wait for orders. Then she said
Lan Huan helped Shen Luli sit in the thick and warm carriage that he had ordered the servants to lay. He pulled the curtains down without leaving a gap, then said goodbye to Le Luo and drove to the Zhenguo Mansion.
Little did they know that Shen Luli was lying in the carriage with his eyes closed, blood already flowing down the corner of his mouth and into his neck.
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The next morning, Chu Xin got up early and let the palace servants help him dress and wash up. He glanced at Le Luo beside him and said casually,
“Did anything unusual happen after Master Shen returned home yesterday?”
Le Luo walked forward and told the others to leave. After the palace gates were closed, he walked forward to help Chu Xin straighten the slightly wrinkled corners of his clothes and whispered,
"Mr. Shen vomited blood again last night. Fortunately, Lan Huan was there to save him in time, otherwise he would have died..."
"Oh? There was no abnormality when I diagnosed him yesterday. How come he is in a coma again?" Chu Xin was stunned and looked down at Le Luo.
"I'm not quite sure, but if Mr. Shen can be of use to you, you need to think carefully about how to prolong his life, at least until your Highness ascends the throne..."
Le Luo let go of his hand, took a step back, tilted his head and looked at Chu Xin's court dress, nodded with satisfaction and said
Chu Xin looked out the window at the early morning sky and said indifferently, "I have my own considerations."
It was not until the morning court session that Chu Xin walked into the Yinghua Hall with a calm expression. After changing into his casual clothes, he sat behind the desk, rubbing his forehead with an extremely surprised look on his face. Just now during the court session, those ministers had actually jointly petitioned the emperor to ask him to marry the Crown Princess. It was really absurd, and those ministers were such foolish and incompetent!
Now that the country is in danger, instead of considering how to rectify the situation, they are arguing non-stop over such a small matter, and even almost bursting into curses in the court. Do they really think that he, the crown prince, does not exist?
"Why are you so angry? Don't bother with those old stubborn people. If you really turn against them, you will fall into Prince Jing's trap. Didn't you see the officials who deliberately provoked trouble today? They are Chu Xiao's right-hand men. The dignified Prince Jing can grasp the news of the entire Kyoto from afar. You, the crown prince, are too frustrated. Hahahaha"
Jian Can walked out from the back hall. He was dressed neatly and neatly, and was holding a small package in his hand. He looked like he was going out.
Chu Xin's face darkened when he heard his merciless ridicule. He raised his hand and released his inner strength, forcing Jian Can to retreat violently. After a while, he ran back in disgrace. Without waiting for Jian Can to grumble, Chu Xin said,
"You are absolutely right. I am feeling very frustrated as the Crown Prince. Although I hold the power and authority as Regent, my father is wary of me. Secondly, the power of the court has been gradually hollowed out and fragmented. Thirdly, my brothers are coveting me and have evil ambitions. No matter how you look at it, I am now just a mascot."
Jian Can narrowed his eyes, and seeing the other party talking seriously, he raised the corner of his mouth and twitched, feeling speechless.
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