Chapter 853 Showdown (6)
Gao Yang felt Pei Lang's pulse and said, "Prince Rui summoned me to see you, so I came." After taking his pulse, he said, "You're almost stable. But Prince Ding tortured your legs earlier, and your bones and muscles have been injured. I need to give you acupuncture, otherwise your legs will be useless soon."
Pei Lang was stunned. Fu Xiuyi had attacked him ruthlessly, seemingly deeply resenting his betrayer. Although he hadn't killed him, he probably hadn't considered sparing him. Therefore, he didn't seem to mind his mutilated body. In fact, if someone hadn't rescued him from the fire, according to Fu Xiuyi, his kneecaps would have been dug out within the past few days.
Hearing Gao Yang's words at this moment, even though Pei Lang was always calm, he couldn't help but feel like he had survived a disaster.
"Fu Xiuyi is really cruel," Gao Yang took out a row of golden needles from the medical box, asked Gao Yang to prepare them, rolled up his trouser legs, and began to slowly acupuncture him, saying, "You wouldn't know he's so cruel from the outside."
Pei Lang's heart trembled. Gao Yang was a minister of Ming Qi, a royal physician, yet he addressed Prince Ding by his given name. Furthermore, when he spoke of Fu Xiuyi, his tone lacked a trace of respect, as if he were commenting on someone insignificant. For someone of Gao Yang's status, not only was he not being cautious, but he was actually acting this way... It was truly strange.
Gao Yang didn't even raise his head, concentrating on acupuncture for Pei Lang. Suddenly, he said, "Are you wondering what kind of relationship I have with Prince Rui?"
Pei Lang paused, then smiled and said, "Doctor Gao, are you willing to tell me?"
"To be honest, I am King Rui's man." Gao Yang said.
This time, it was Pei Lang who remained silent. He was surprised by Gao Yang's identity, but what surprised him most was that Gao Yang had told him this secret so openly. So what was Gao Yang now? A spy sent from Daliang to Mingqi? And what was his purpose in lurking within the Mingqi royal family? To poison Emperor Wenhui?
Or was he simply bribed by King Rui and instigated to rebel?
"Are you surprised? Why would I tell you such a big secret?" Gao Yang continued, as if he could guess what Pei Lang was thinking.
"That's right." Pei Lang admitted, "I really don't understand."
"What's the difficulty?" Gao Yang smiled. "There was a fire at Prince Ding's Mansion. After the fire is extinguished, Fu Xiuyi will send people to search for your remains. If he can't find your body, Fu Xiuyi is no fool. He will know that someone saved you. The person who saved you also set fire to his dungeon. Fu Xiuyi will naturally hold you responsible for this. If you offend Prince Ding's Mansion, only Prince Rui's Mansion can protect you in Mingqi. Whether you like it or not, you are tied to Prince Rui's Mansion. Since that's the case, we are all family. What secrets can't be shared?" Gao Yang raised his head and smiled at Pei Lang. "We are all in the same boat?"
Pei Lang had no idea what had happened when they were forcibly tied together. They even said they were "all on the same boat." He felt depressed, but he couldn't help but feel depressed. However, he quickly grasped the key point in Gao Yang's words and asked, "Did you set the fire in Prince Ding's Mansion?"
Gao Yang: "Of course."
Pei Lang gasped. That dungeon was arguably the most important place in Prince Ding's mansion, and the people held there were incredibly useful to Fu Xiuyi. Seeing it burned to the ground, Pei Lang could sense the rage raging within him. There was actually someone in the world who dared to do this. Gao Yang was right. In all of Dingjing, the only place Fu Xiuyi feared was Prince Rui's mansion, the only place that could protect him.
Pei Lang hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question he wanted to ask the most: "Was it Prince Rui who saved me?"
"Who else has the ability to rescue you?" Gao Yang said, "No one dares to take the risk."
"But why did he save me?" Pei Lang asked tentatively, "Because someone else asked him to do so?" He didn't know whether Gao Yang knew about Shen Miao's affairs, so he didn't dare to reveal Shen Miao's name, for fear of causing trouble for Shen Miao.
Gao Yang gave him a meaningful look and stabbed a golden needle into his knee. Pei Lang frowned slightly, then heard Gao Yang say, "Yes, because our princess asked me to do it."
"Princess?" Pei Lang was stunned. "Princess Rui?" He had never heard of Prince Rui having a concubine, let alone any relationship between him and Princess Rui. He asked, "Why is Princess Rui..."
"Perhaps it's because we once had a teacher-student relationship." Gao Yang smiled considerately: "After all, Princess Rui was once your student."
Pei Lang: "She is..."
“Shen Miao.”
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