Xiao Chenglin had been in a bad mood for the past two days, and hearing Fan Chengzhuo's constant chanting made him even more irritated.
Fan Chengzhuo was startled and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Your Highness, please calm down! I was just anxious for the moment and was afraid of making mistakes... After all, King Lie is your biggest rival right now!"
Xiao Chenglin laughed at himself, "Opponent? He may not have taken me seriously."
Not only Xiao Chengqi, but everyone in the court would think that he, a disabled prince, had no qualifications to compete with King Lie.
In the past, Xiao Chengxuan was the most glorious one.
Now, Xiao Chengqi is the only one in the lead.
No one ever put him among the competitors for that position; they all felt that he was not worthy.
But Xiao Chenglin didn't care.
He exhaled lightly, calming down his anger a little, and looked at him again, and asked casually, "You don't look very well. Since she treated you, did she prescribe any medicine for you?"
Fan Chengzhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "She did give me a prescription, but don't worry, Your Highness, I have thrown away that prescription."
Xiao Chenglin narrowed his eyes, and no emotion could be heard in his tone.
"It seems that you don't trust her at all."
This is nature.
Although the two have never had a direct conflict, their relationship is not close.
In particular, Ye Chutang's public autopsy indirectly led to Fan Chengzhuo's demolition. He had long harbored a grudge against Ye Chutang.
However, today, Ye Chutang actually took the initiative to help with the diagnosis, and Fan Chengzhuo became even more suspicious of her intentions.
Of course he wouldn't believe the prescription she gave him, let alone use it!
"This woman is very thoughtful and must be guarded against."
Xiao Chenglin said calmly, "Even if she really had some intention, she wouldn't come up with a fake prescription, otherwise she would be asking for trouble."
Fan Chengzhuo looked up at him in surprise. He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he actually felt that… His Highness seemed to be speaking for Ye Chutang?
He was wrong, he must have been wrong!
Xiao Chenglin didn't seem to want to hear his answer, and said,
"The situation is tense right now, so you should keep a low profile. If someone catches you, even I can't save you."
Fan Chengzhuo's heart tightened, "Yes!"
Xiao Chenglin pinched his nose, seeming a little tired.
"Okay, go back and be careful not to be seen."
Fan Chengzhuo replied yes and took his leave respectfully.
…
Prince Lie's Palace.
"Did you come downstairs specially to wait for him to come?" Xiao Chengqi asked with interest.
The attendant standing in front of him nodded, "It's the same time as Miss Ye Er said before."
"Is that so..." Xiao Chengqi leaned back and couldn't help laughing, "Then she is really amazing. She told Fan Chengzhuo to go out when she told him to, and she let him go upstairs."
This ability to predict and calculate is even more accurate than that of fortune tellers.
"I see that Fan Chengzhuo looks very unhappy, as if he is seriously ill."
Xiao Chengqi nodded, thinking, "Come to think of it, he hasn't been to the court meeting for several days. Given his temper, he would never do this if he wasn't really sick and couldn't leave the house. But if it wasn't like this, Ye Chutang wouldn't be able to see him, right?"
Xiao Chengqi touched his chin, "Before, I suspected that he was pretending to be sick and wanted to avoid the recent limelight, but now it seems that this is not the case..."
He asked again, "Did you hear what they said?"
The long-servant shook his head. "Ms. Ye Er said that as soon as I saw him coming, I would go downstairs and leave in a hurry. Therefore, I did not hear their subsequent conversation."
Xiao Chengqi felt a little regretful.
He was quite curious.
The long-servant couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what do you think Miss Ye is planning to do?"
Xiao Chengqi thought about it for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up thinking about it. "Anyway, she always has her reasons for doing things. It's rare that she takes the initiative to ask for help, so just listen to her."
"yes."
Xiao Chengqi has been very busy recently.
Tuoba Yu has been captured, and people from Nanhu will come soon. He has to think about how to deal with them and give them a good kill!
At the same time, he also discovered that the Battle of Longcheng was not as simple as it seemed.
But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"You go down, I will go to the palace to visit my mother tomorrow."
…
The next morning, Xiao Chengqi entered the palace.
Ever since Emperor Mu Wu vomited blood and fell into a coma last time, Concubine Rong has also been ill and cannot get up.
She was weak to begin with, and could not withstand such emotional ups and downs. Although Emperor Mu Wu woke up later, Concubine Rong's condition had not improved at all, and she stayed in her palace all day.
Knowing that Xiao Chengqi had arrived, Concubine Rong was extremely happy, and her originally pale face now looked more healthy.
"Cheng Qi, why did you think of visiting mother today?"
Xiao Chengqi helped her to stand up, took the pillow and placed it behind her, "Mother, you are not feeling well, you should lie down. I just miss you and came to talk to you."
Rong Fei looked at him with a smile, a look of pity in her eyes, and sighed, "I heard that you have been very busy recently, so you didn't need to come here. Look at you, your face has become much thinner."
Xiao Chengqi laughed, "No matter how busy you are, I will never delay your son from coming to see you!"
Rong Fei patted his hand and said, "Don't worry. Although I haven't been out much recently, there are many people serving in this palace, so I don't feel lonely. Take Qinyang for example. She came to see me yesterday."
At this point, Rong Fei showed a loving smile on her face.
"Maybe it's because King Yannan is back. This girl is extremely happy. She has been smiling all the time. She is much better than before when she was so depressed..."
"What did you say?" Xiao Chengqi was stunned, "What happened to her before?"
Rong Fei sighed, "It's not a big deal. The last time she came, I saw that she was absent-minded, as if she was worried about something. In all these years, I have never seen her so distraught. But no matter how I asked, she just said that it was fine. I was very worried for a while at that time."
She laughed again, "I was thinking that I would ask her about it when she came back, but I didn't expect that King Yannan would return to the capital, and her worries disappeared all of a sudden! After all, Yue'er hasn't seen her father for several years, isn't she extremely happy now? Even if she had the biggest worries, they are all gone now."
As Xiao Chengqi listened, that vague feeling that something was not right came back.
He and Princess Qinyang don't have much contact on a daily basis, and if Concubine Rong hadn't mentioned it today, he wouldn't have known about it.
Suddenly, a white light flashed in his mind.
——He remembered that his father suddenly summoned Prince Yannan to return to the capital early because Chen Yanchuan had entered the palace that day.
Chen Yanchuan's reason at the time was that Princess Qinyang was about to turn 18 and she missed her father very much.
The emperor was grateful and issued an edict, allowing Prince Yannan to return to the capital early. (End of this chapter)
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