Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and turned to look at Li Chang'an.
Seeing the soldier's flustered appearance, Li Chang'an quickly stood up from his seat and went over: "What's wrong? Don't rush, tell me slowly."
Although he maintained a calm and composed demeanor, Li Chang'an's heart was involuntarily pounding with nervousness.
Something significant must have happened for someone to make a special trip from the military camp.
I've only been away from the military camp for a few days, could there already be some unusual activity?
Thinking of this, a chilling glint flashed in Li Chang'an's eyes, and his whole body exuded a decisive and ruthless aura.
"Something has happened to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The soldier breathed a sigh of relief, but then his face became anxious again. He wondered if anything bad had happened to the child, and whether it would threaten his own life.
Since the problem didn't originate in the military camp, Li Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief. But then he became tense again. He had just seen the child a few days ago, and he was still lively and energetic. How could something have happened?
"What's wrong with the Crown Prince? Has he fallen ill?"
Li Chang'an's face changed slightly with anxiety, then he turned to the people at the table and said, "Excuse me, everyone, I must take my leave."
After saying that, she nodded slightly to everyone to express her apology, and then prepared to leave with the soldier.
"Chang'an, I'll go with you."
Feng Beichuan quickly rushed to Li Chang'an's side, and then said to Cangyun, "I'll leave this place to you. Everyone, please enjoy yourselves. I'll treat you to a meal next time as an apology."
Although Li Chang'an had anticipated that Feng Beichuan would definitely follow him, given his meddlesome nature, he still felt it wouldn't be appropriate to leave everyone here unattended. So he frowned slightly and looked at Feng Beichuan: "You stay here, I can go by myself."
But Feng Beichuan wasn't about to listen obediently; he simply used a seemingly flawless excuse to brush off Li Chang'an.
"It'll be good for the two of us to look out for each other. In case something serious happens and you can't get away, having another person means more strength. Besides, His Highness the Crown Prince and I have always had a very good relationship..."
Feng Beichuan launched into a long-winded explanation, which gave Li Chang'an a headache. She didn't have time to listen to his nonsense, so she impatiently interrupted, "Shut up."
Before he finished speaking, Li Chang'an gestured for the soldier to lead the way, and then the two of them hurriedly left the restaurant.
"That shameless bastard!"
Watching Feng Beichuan's retreating figure, Yan Qianhe couldn't help but mutter a sarcastic remark.
I must have been blind to have fallen for this guy!
While walking, Li Chang'an heard the soldier give a general account of Li Changsheng's situation.
After learning the whole story, Li Chang'an really didn't know whether to be angry or heartbroken.
It turned out that ever since Li Chang'an and Feng Beichuan abandoned Li Changsheng and left the military camp that day, the boy not only cried and made a fuss all day, but also started to stubbornly refuse to eat or drink, and no amount of persuasion from anyone could persuade him.
Not only that, he also stopped doing the daily training that Li Changsheng used to do, which was reading and practicing calligraphy. Instead, he spent his days in Li Chang'an's tent with someone, looking lost and dazed.
Ye Lingxiao originally thought that children shouldn't have such a big temper, and even suspected that he might be taking this opportunity to act up and slack off.
Although I tried to persuade him at first, the child wouldn't listen to a word, so I had to give up and wait until he was hungry and thirsty before he would eat and drink. I just had someone deliver food to him every day.
But to everyone's surprise, the food delivered for three days in a row remained untouched. By the time everyone realized something was wrong, they found that Li Changsheng was so weak from hunger that he was practically powerless.
The group of grown men had never seen anything like this before, and they hurriedly tried to pinch Li Changsheng's philtrum and the space between his thumb and index finger, which made Li Changsheng scream in pain. After he finished screaming, he cried and insisted on leaving the camp to find Li Chang'an.
Ye Lingxiao tried to coax him into eating something, but the boy was really stubborn. His face was pale and he refused to eat anything. He just kept fussing and eventually collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
A group of people hurriedly helped Li Changsheng up and gave him some hot soup. Seeing that this couldn't go on, Ye Lingxiao had no choice but to quickly send someone to prepare a carriage to rush to the capital.
When they arrived at the general's mansion, they learned that Li Chang'an was at the restaurant. So Ye Lingxiao first took Li Changsheng to a nearby clinic, and then instructed the soldier to go to the restaurant to find Li Chang'an.
"This kid is really something, he actually came up with this idea, he's really ruthless!"
After listening to the soldier's story, Feng Beichuan couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. It seemed that he had underestimated Li Changsheng before. He originally thought that Li Changsheng was just a cynical little brat, but he didn't expect that this little brat had learned to use the self-inflicted injury trick at such a young age!
As he was thinking, Feng Beichuan looked up and met Li Chang'an's cold gaze. His expression immediately froze, and he smiled awkwardly at the woman: "This won't do. She's so stubborn at such a young age. She needs to be taught a lesson."
Li Chang'an couldn't help but roll his eyes twice, too lazy to pay any more attention to this guy who loved to watch the drama unfold.
The two rushed to the clinic, where they found Li Changsheng lying half-dead.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
Li Chang'an hurried over, frowning as she looked at Li Changsheng, whose eyes were closed. In just a few days, she felt that the child had lost a lot of weight, and his little face was sallow.
Although she knew that Li Changsheng had brought this upon himself by going on a hunger strike, Li Chang'an still couldn't help but feel sorry for him when she saw him like this.
"The child is too young, and I'm worried he won't be able to handle acupuncture, but I can't seem to get the medicine down his throat. It's not a major problem, but it's still a bit tricky..."
As the doctor spoke, he glanced helplessly at the person lying on the bed, holding a half-bowl of dark brown medicine in his hand.
"I pinched his philtrum the whole way, but there was no reaction."
Ye Lingxiao, standing to the side, also said with a helpless expression, then looked at Li Chang'an's anxious appearance and couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Chang'an, don't worry, everything will be alright."
"You make it sound so easy for you to say. Can't a group of adults keep an eye on one child? Look at the state this child has become!"
Feng Beichuan spoke up indignantly from the side, immediately choking Ye Lingxiao. In any case, he would never let go of any opportunity to strike back at the other party.
"I...I'm sorry, Chang An, it was my carelessness."
This time, Ye Lingxiao didn't refute anything; instead, he sincerely apologized to Li Chang'an.
"cut!"
Feng Beichuan snorted disdainfully, completely unaware that he had been automatically ignored.
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