Chapter 223 Chapter 223 Excitement
If Xu Yunfan hadn't known that he only had a high fever, and Qin Run had taken such meticulous care of him, he would have thought that he was the same as Xiao Hengzhi. "I'm almost well now. You don't have to wait on me like this. Just call me and I'll go out to eat."
"You're still weak, I'll wait on you." Qin Run said sullenly, "It's cold in the living room outside, but warm inside. If you find the sour beans smell too strong, you can go to another room later. I'll open the window for ventilation."
To be honest, Xu Yunfan didn't like eating in bed, but facing Qin Run's concern, he just sighed and sipped his porridge. "How's the restaurant business lately?"
"very good."
"How good?"
“I make money every day.”
"How much money do you make every day?"
Qin Run was stuck.
He really doesn't know the answer to this question.
In recent days, his mind was full of Xu Yunfan's fever. He was completely focused on Xu Yunfan and had no time to care about other things.
Xu Yunfan slowly scooped some beans into the porridge with a spoon and mixed it in. He said, "Run'er, haven't you noticed that you haven't been quite normal lately? You've been too nervous. Your emotions have affected the three children. Haven't you noticed, Run'er, what are you thinking about? Or rather, what are you afraid of?"
Because of Qin Run's nervousness, Qin Mu and the other two might not understand what he was nervous about, but Qin Run didn't smile at all. Children are actually very sensitive to adults' emotions. They felt the depressing atmosphere at home, so they didn't dare to play like before. Xu Yunfan told them stories, not because he was afraid that the three children would be bored, he just wanted them to immerse themselves in the stories and relax properly.
Qin Run lowered his head and moved his lips slightly. He wanted to say something, but couldn't.
But there are some things that, if he says them, he will seem very pretentious, and if he doesn't say them, he will feel very uncomfortable keeping them in his heart.
After a long while, after Xu Yunfan finished drinking the porridge, Qin Run spoke softly, "I... I'm afraid you will leave me."
Xu Yunfan was stunned. Obviously, this answer was beyond his expectation. "Didn't I tell you that I won't leave you?"
Yes, Xu Yunfan said that.
But some things will not happen just because you say them.
"You've said that, but I'm still scared, Xu Yunfan. Grandma told me the same thing before. She said she would stay with me until I grew up and got married. She would even embroider a beautiful wedding dress for me. She also said that now that my father is gone, she would watch over my brothers and me to get married. She would also give my father an explanation after a hundred years when we're over there. But she broke her promise the moment I went out to collect some firewood."
"My father was like that too. He said he loved me and my brother the most, but he went up the mountain once and left us behind. Without me seeing or knowing, they're gone. I wasn't prepared at all. I never even thought they would... But they're gone. Xu Yunfan, I'm so scared."
Xu Yunfan knew that Qin Run was scared. He didn't say anything else, but just rubbed Qin Run's head. At this time, no matter how much comfort he said, it seemed to be of no avail. Grandma Qin passed away suddenly, and Father Qin's departure was unexpected. Qin Run had experienced this twice, so naturally he would be scared.
He has seen through this kind of thing very clearly, so no matter how many assurances Xu Yunfan makes, it won't make him feel any better.
Xu Yunfan joked, "If one day... I won't say those unpleasant words. If I'm gone, if you really can't bear it, I won't have the face to ask you to live well after I'm gone. I know that sometimes, living is more painful than death. So, if you can't bear it, just go with me. These words are actually very unpleasant to hear, too irresponsible, but I thought about it, if you were gone, living alone, it seems that it would really be a hundred times more painful than death. People can't be heroes all their lives. Sometimes, being a coward is not shameful. So what are you afraid of? At worst, you can just chase after me when the time comes. I like you so much. Even if you do something stupid, can I still beat you up?"
Xu Yunfan paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and he chuckled in a slightly frivolous manner, "But I don't think that day will ever come. After all, with my physique, living to ninety shouldn't be a problem. Don't be afraid. You chased me once, so it won't hurt to do it again. I actually quite like it when you chased me. You don't even know how scared I was when you chased me back then. I even ran up the mountain, but you still kept chasing me. How could I possibly escape with you like that?"
Qin Run: “…”
Why does Xu Yunfan always like to say these shameful things?
He was so ashamed that he couldn't feel sad or upset anymore.
Seeing that Qin Run seemed speechless, Xu Yunfan leaned on him and said, "Brother Run, I feel much better now. Can you make me some chicken soup tonight?"
Logically speaking, Xu Yunfan had been drinking porridge for a few days and had lost weight, so Qin Run should have given him some tonic. However, Qin Run had made bone soup for him a couple of days ago, and for some reason, Xu Yunfan felt nauseous and vomited. After that, Qin Run only gave him porridge with some side dishes. "No, you're not well yet. I'll make it for you in a couple of days."
Xu Yunfan felt that he was better. The reason he was weak was because of the porridge. He deliberately showed a pitiful look, his eyes full of desire. He pulled Qin Run's arm with both hands and shook it gently, pleading like a spoiled child: "No, I'm already better, Run'er, I've been drinking porridge for a few days. You see, I've lost weight just by drinking porridge. If I don't eat meat, I feel weak all over. I only have strength after eating meat."
"But you will vomit." The last time Xu Yunfan vomited, Qin Run was very scared. Xu Yunfan vomited so much that tears and snot came out, and he looked very uncomfortable.
Xu Yunfan was in a fever period at that time, and all his body functions were in a relatively weak state. Too greasy food would increase the burden on his stomach and intestines. The soup he drank that night was a bit greasy. Xu Yunfan skimmed off the oil on the top, but there was still some at the bottom. It was the soup that Qin Run had specially made for him for an afternoon. Xu Yunfan was reluctant to refuse it, and thought that his body was not that weak, so he drank it. Unexpectedly, he vomited in the middle of the night.
Qin Run is just like the other villagers. For them, to nourish the body, they naturally have to eat big fish and meat. And big fish and meat for them means they are greasy, like fat, and the greasy soup is nourishing.
Xu Yunfan vomited once, so Qin Run didn't dare to give him any water. Xu Yunfan hadn't had a good meal for several days.
He was very greedy. "I won't vomit anymore, Run'er. I'm fine now. Aunt Qin came to see me yesterday and she said I've lost weight. Don't you feel sorry for me?"
"I feel bad." How could Qin Run not feel bad? But seeing Xu Yunfan vomiting violently, as if he was going to vomit out bile, he had vomited before, so he naturally knew how unpleasant it felt, and he felt even more bad.
Xu Yunfan curled his lips and said, "Since you feel sorry for me, then make me some chicken soup now."
Qin Run: “…”
It seems that Xu Yunfan is really jealous and resentful, because he was clearly not talking about these things just now.
He also discovered that when he was with Xu Yunfan, sometimes he couldn't feel sad.
"Doctor Meng said you need to eat lighter meals. Didn't you say you had a poor appetite these past few days? Wait a couple of days, okay?"
"But I'm already well. I'm half a doctor. I'm all well. It's you who didn't believe me and wouldn't let me go out or get out of bed. You even had to take care of me, like water and urine, while I barely moved. I couldn't digest food, so naturally I wasn't hungry. And if I wasn't hungry, I wouldn't have an appetite. But I was well yesterday."
Now that he is in good health, no matter if he exercises or not, he gets hungry quickly at his age and he is craving meat.
"You can't wait any longer?" Qin Run couldn't bear to be cruel to Xu Yunfan. He frowned and asked suspiciously, "You drank the chicken soup, so you really won't vomit again?"
"Really." Xu Yunfan felt that he was pitiful now. He hadn't eaten meat for several days. His mouth started watering when he talked about meat.
Seeing Xu Yunfan slurring his saliva, Qin Run softened his heart, put the cupboard in the kitchen and boiled water to catch the chicken.
Capital city.
Qin Feiyu waited at the Yunrun shop early in the morning. He was anxious to see Xiao Hengzhi.
After sending his confidant to inquire about the children, Qin Feiyu could not wait even for a day. He wanted to go and see the two children. He missed them so much.
When Xiao Heng arrived, he saw Qin Feiyu's hesitant look and couldn't help but sigh, "You want to go see the child, I won't stop you, but you have to go secretly and don't let anyone else know, understand?"
"I know." Qin Feiyu was very self-aware. No one was as good as him in leading troops in battle. Even Xiao Hengzhi might not be able to defeat him, but in terms of meticulousness, he was not as good as Xiao Hengzhi.
Xiao Hengzhi tried to persuade him, "Why don't you wait? They'll be in the capital next year. Right now, the Right Prime Minister is trying to stir up trouble again. The two princes are only a few years old, there are only four concubines in the harem, and the empress's position is vacant. His daughter... I heard that he has been asking the emperor to select concubines to fill the harem and give birth to more princes recently."
Qin Feiyu naturally knew about this. The Right Prime Minister had been recruiting people recently just to get the ministers to unite and put pressure on the emperor.
There are now four imperial concubines in the harem and no other concubines. Over the years, only two princes have been born. Compared with the previous emperors, Fu Qingyu can be said to be a vegetarian.
Xiao Hengzhi hadn't attended court in recent years due to health reasons. "Where's Qi Yuanyang? Did he enter the palace?"
Qin Feiyu shook his head. "No, I don't think it's appropriate for him to interfere in this matter."
From Qi Yuanyang's point of view, it is indeed inconvenient for him to say more about the matter of Fu Qingyu. Others may not know about it, but does he not know why his elder sister became a royal concubine?
Concubine Qi's son, now the eldest prince, is already seven years old. Usually, people call him uncle, and Qi Xiu Ze always responds reluctantly. It's not that he doesn't love his nephew, but the eldest prince was not born from his sister's womb at all.
His sister, Concubine Qi, a woman who loves women, would never let Fu Qingyu touch her. She thinks other men are disgusting. Fu Qingyu and Concubine Qi have disliked each other since childhood. If it weren't for Fu Qingyu's status as a prince, the two might have fought each other. Why would she marry Fu Qingyu because she didn't want Grandpa Qi and Grandma Qi to know about her affairs?
Of course, Fu Qingyu usually flipped through Concubine Qi's cards the most. When he went to Concubine Qi's room, they would roll their eyes at each other if they disagreed, and then turn around and sleep alone, with the 38th parallel clearly drawn between them.
Oh, and there is the second prince's mother, she is also a remarkable person. People outside thought that the two concubines Qi and Xue had a good relationship and were as close as sisters. Qin Feiyu and Xiao Hengzhi believed it before.
As a result, two years ago, Xiao Hengzhi, who had not entered the palace for a long time, went into the palace to look for Qingyu. When Xiao Hengzhi passed by the imperial garden, he saw an unbelievable scene. He then realized that the so-called sisterly love was fake, and adultery was real.
When Xiao Hengzhi witnessed the two concubines Qi and Xue kissing each other secretly behind the hill, he felt like he was struck by lightning. His brain was in a state of running away for a long time. Later, Fu Qingyu saw from a distance that something was wrong with him. He came over and was dumbfounded when he took a look.
Fu Qingyu had always known about the affair between Concubine Qi and Concubine Xue. He was shocked at first, but then he thought, if men can like men, why can't women like women? The world is so big and full of wonders. After thinking about it, Fu Qingyu accepted it. After all, it was none of his business who they liked or who they were with. As two women, they could be together so what was the big deal? They couldn't have children to confuse the royal bloodline. As the emperor, he had seen the world and what had he not seen?
But seriously, knowing is one thing, seeing it with your own eyes is another.
Yes, Fu Qingyu, who claimed to have seen the world, had never seen two women hugging each other and kissing each other passionately.
The speed at which they kissed each other was so fast that if you didn't know, you would think they were starving and eating each other.
Fu Qingyu was stunned. In the end, Xiao Hengzhi reacted quickly and pulled Fu Qingyu away and hid. The two of them didn't know why they were hiding.
In short, they hid. Xiao Hengzhi peeked out from the side of the rock. Fu Qingyu was squatting on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking about. He didn't say a word for a long time.
Is this a blow?
Well, as a man, who can feel good if his own woman has an affair with someone else?
Xiao Hengzhi wanted to comfort his good friend, but he racked his brains and didn't know how to start. He wiped his face, his cheeks flushed red. There was no trace of embarrassment or shame at all. He only felt the excitement of opening the door to a new world and seeing new things. He said excitedly, "Exciting! Two women can kiss so vigorously. They seem to be a little better than me. I really underestimated them."
Fu Qingyu looked up and remembered that before he and Fu Liu did that thing, kissing and touching were inevitable, but the relationship between them was indeed not as hot, fiery and fierce as that between Qi and Concubine Xue.
"Ah?" Xiao Hengzhi lowered his head suddenly and asked uncertainly, "What did you say? Are you serious? Is there nothing else?"
No, brother, you have two concubines together, and you just think it's exciting?
This stuff is really terrible.
Seeing that Concubine Qi and the others hadn't noticed, Fu Qingyu dragged Xiao Hengzhi to his own bedroom. After closing the door, he said, "I've known for a long time that they were having an affair, but this is the first time I've seen them do that..."
"What?" Xiao Hengzhi was shocked. "You knew? No, how did you know?"
"She told me, that's why I agreed to marry her!"
Xiao Heng's pupils trembled. He had never known his brother had such a hobby of stealing other people's love: "She likes women? And she likes Concubine Xue? So have they been together for a long time or did they get together after entering the palace?"
"I'm not sure about that, but I think they must have done that before entering the palace. It was Concubine Xue or Concubine Qi who begged me to marry them. If I didn't know that Concubine Xue liked women, I wouldn't be comfortable letting them be the mothers of my sons."
Xiao Hengzhi: "..."
Xiao Hengzhi was so confused that he became more and more bewildered the more he listened. After a long while, he said, "You...you three really know how to have fun."
"Why would I play with them?" Xiao Hengzhi's words were incomprehensible. Fu Qingyu looked over and found that Xiao Hengzhi's expression was not right. Fu Lin understood what he meant. "What are you thinking? What is my status? I don't have to rely on snatching a woman I like. I have never touched them. They are like that. They can't accept men. After all, I am handsome, suave, and elegant... Even with this, how can I not be liked by women?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. So, how did your two princes come here?"
Fu Qingyu said mischievously, "They just made it, otherwise they could have picked it up from the street?"
Xiao Hengzhi slammed his hands on the tea table. Damn it! They had known each other since childhood, so close they could practically wear the same underwear. Yet, Fu Qingyu had concealed such a huge secret from him. Their friendship was already in jeopardy. "You still want to satisfy me now? I've never heard of your other two concubines getting pregnant. The only ones in the palace who had given birth and got pregnant were Concubine Qi and Concubine Xue. You said they couldn't accept men, but you haven't touched them. So, where did the first and second princes come from?"
After being questioned, Fu Qingyu secretly said "Oh no", he let the cat out of the bag.
Fu Qingyu's eyes darted around, and he looked guilty. He talked about this and that, but couldn't get to the point for a long time. It was pure nonsense. Xiao Hengzhi knew at a glance that Fu Qingyu didn't want to tell him about the biological mother of the eldest and second princes.
Xiao Hengzhi changed his harsh questioning and asked Fu Qingyu with a hurt look on his face, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? When you had no intention of competing for the throne, it was me who stood by you, risking offending the two princes. You've seen over the years that Prince Xu always dislikes me. Whenever I say something, he'll always retort. For my brothers, I'm loyal to them. I'll risk everything for them. You're the emperor. Since ancient times, if the emperor wants his subjects to die, they must die. This relationship is cold, so I never treated you as the emperor. I was loyal to you because we grew up together and I treated you as a brother, but... it wasn't until today that I realized that our so-called brotherhood was just wishful thinking. You're the emperor, the most noble person in the Great Yan Dynasty. How can I, a king of the opposite sex, call myself a brother to your majesty? I'm too ignorant of my own limitations."
Fu Qingyu: "..."
If he hadn't seen through Xiao Hengzhi's tricks, he would have felt guilty to death after hearing these words.
The two have been brothers for many years, they don’t know each other.
Is it because of me that Fu Qingxu dislikes Xiao Hengzhi?
It was obviously Xiao Hengzhi who was too talkative and wanted to argue with Fu Qingxu, but Fu Qingxu just became more and more courageous. He knew that he was no match for the shameless Xiao Hengzhi, but every time he saw Xiao Hengzhi, he would rush up to him to cause trouble. Xiao Hengzhi was on good terms with him. When the late emperor was alive, he even brought Xiao Hengzhi into the palace so that they could study together. Given the late emperor's doting on Xiao Hengzhi, what could Fu Qingxu do to Xiao Hengzhi?
If it is really as Xiao Hengzhi said, who has never called him the emperor in private over the years?
In order to trick him into telling stories, he even lost all his dignity!
Fu Qingyu said a little angrily: "Don't worry, even if they are not born to me by the imperial concubine, they are all my children. I am not like you. I used to be merciful everywhere. Being merciful is fine, but in all these years, I have never seen anyone come to me because of the status of a mother with a son. Tell me, do you have any problems, or are you not good enough? While we are all free today, I will call a doctor to see you? This kind of thing cannot be avoided by doctors. You don't know how much my aunt wants to hold her grandson. You are not in a hurry, but you should at least consider them. Even if you are poisoned now, as a man, you don't necessarily have to do it yourself."
Since it concerns a man's dignity, it is impossible to see the imperial physician. Xiao Hengzhi ran away without bothering to ask who the biological mother of the two princes is.
Later, when he mentioned this matter, he was caught by Fu Qingyu and completely lost his chance.
Fu Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Hengzhi was too proud to let Fu Qingyu know that he was no different from a eunuch now. If one more person knew, it would just mean one more person feeling guilty and sad. Other things would remain unchanged, so why bother?
In the past, Xiao Hengzhi might have told Qin Feiyu about the affairs concerning the eldest prince and his men, but now, they are no longer in a relationship where they can share secrets.
How come the people who said they would be together forever ended up drifting apart?
Realizing this, Xiao Hengzhi could not hide his loneliness. Qin Feiyu didn't know what Xiao Hengzhi was thinking. Now, he had no intention of caring about other things. Right now, he just wanted to see his child as soon as possible.
Qin Feiyu pleaded, "I won't stand on his side when it comes to the Right Prime Minister. I can't wait any longer. Hengzhi, I want to see my son so badly. Don't worry, I will be very careful and won't let anyone find me. I will go secretly by myself, okay?"
Xiao Hengzhi was stunned for a moment. So, Qin Feiyu was asking for his opinion?
"Let me think about it." Xiao Hengzhi didn't dare to agree easily. He didn't want to take risks, but he had to consider Qin Feiyu's urgent mood. He scratched his hair, feeling a little anxious.
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