Half an hour later, Guyu knocked on the door of the side room, carrying the bowl of boiled medicine.
Naturally, no one answered from inside. He made the noise deliberately, just in case he saw something he shouldn't see when he went in.
This house is only the size of a main entrance, and the side room is even smaller. As soon as you step into the house, you can see the bed by turning your body.
Guyu looked at his nose and his heart, not daring to look at the couch. He brought the medicine to the bedside and whispered, "Sir, the medicine is ready. Madam Tao just told me to drink it while it's hot."
When she walked to the side of the couch, Guyu realized that the prince was not actually there, and she felt a little relieved and no longer so restrained.
Shen Que was suffering from a fever and his mouth was dry. He had no memory of when Xie Shiguan left just now.
He did not immediately take the medicine bowl, but propped himself up, leaned against the head of the bed, raised his hand and gestured slowly: "Are my master and senior brother all right?"
Lanshengyuan was usually not within the surveillance range of these death warriors, and Guyu couldn't possibly stare at the mute every day, so he couldn't understand his gestures.
Seeing him stunned, Shen Que had no choice but to open his lips and silently said: "Chen, Luo, Commander Shen."
Guyu understood this time, and asked back with a smile: "Your Excellency wants to ask about the recent situation of these two, right?"
Shen nodded.
"It has been a while since I came out. I didn't hear that Commander Shen and Lord Shen were ill before I came out. The two Lords have always been in good health, so I believe they are fine now."
Hearing him say this, Shen Que heaved a sigh of relief.
Senior brother should be protected by the master, and Shen Xiangzhi was the first person to follow the prince. He has too many connections and is always decisive and ruthless in doing things. He is an important hub that maintains the inside and outside of the palace. Xie Shiguan will not abandon him unless it is absolutely necessary.
But even though this was the truth, Chen was still very afraid that they would be implicated by him. If something really happened to his master and senior brother because of him, he would hate himself to death.
He also had to take care of Si Lai. Although he could stay away from the prince due to his sickness, he didn't dare to get too close to the kid, for fear of passing on his illness to him. He was very careful when feeding him just now and hardly dared to breathe.
So Shen Que took the medicine bowl and drank the bitter medicine in one breath. After taking the medicine, Shen Que was finally able to fall into a deep sleep.
In less than an hour's rest, he had many absurd nightmares. He knew they were all fake, but he couldn't wake up.
Before his eyes was the boundless river, swaying in the wind and rain. A pale, cold hand suddenly grabbed his ankle and violently dragged him into the water. The river was rushing, and the biting cold immediately filled his mouth and nose, forcing him to fall rapidly.
Shen tried desperately to struggle upwards, but suddenly countless hands appeared in the abyss of the river and wrapped around him like seaweed.
In a trance for a moment, the river in front of him suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The scorching flames made it almost impossible for him to breathe. Soon, he felt extremely thirsty and his skin seemed to be burned.
At the same time, the hands that had pulled him into the abyss of the river reappeared, climbing up his skin inch by inch, wet and sticky, like human hands, but also like water snakes, wrapping around his entire body.
These things blocked the scorching fire, but made him feel even more uncomfortable for no reason.
Just when he was about to suffocate, he was awakened by a stinging pain in his calf. The wound felt hot, as if countless black ants were biting it. He couldn't help but curl up his feet and wanted to pull them back, but the man held his ankle tightly.
There was a man sitting beside the couch, wearing a jade crown and a crimson purple brocade robe. Even in this water town, His Highness seemed to be able to still maintain the grace and elegance of a superior with ease. He seemed to be the only one in a mess.
He was covered in sweat, even the wide robe he was wearing was wet with sweat, and his hair was sticky and disheveled.
This was the first time he didn't want to see Xie Shiguan, nor did he want the prince to see him.
"Awake?" Xie Shiguan's eyes drifted over and he wiped the wound bit by bit with the ironed cotton cloth. "Does it hurt you?"
His tone was extremely gentle, and it made my ears a little numb. However, although his words were so gentle, and even carried a hint of guilt, the movements of his hands were not gentle at all.
His Highness had always lived a life of luxury and had never changed bandages for others. When the gauze on his calf was removed, it was the bloody wound. Xie Shiguan only took one look at it and subconsciously frowned.
Shen didn't dare to bother him, so he sat up and reached out for the bottle of medicine powder in his hand.
"Don't believe me?" Xie Shiguan refused to give him the bottle. "Just lie down. How difficult is it to change the medicine?"
After saying that, he removed the red cloth cork, tilted the porcelain bottle slightly, tapped the side of the bottle with his index finger, shook out the Chinese medicine powder in the bottle, and sprinkled it on the wound bit by bit.
Shen's lips and cheeks turned white in pain, and he pressed his hands on his knees, pinching the skin on his knees until it turned red.
Only after covering all the bloody and fleshy areas did Xie Shiguan stop. He then picked up the clean gauze from the side and wrapped it around him in circles.
"Rest for a few more days, and then follow me back to the capital." Xie Shiguan was not asking what he meant, but just telling him, "This place is poor, with bad water and poor land. There is nothing to stay for."
But Shen didn't think so. He was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and said, "But I feel pretty good here, and I'm used to it..."
His Highness interrupted him, his eyes cold and his tone cold: "You are confused, how can this place compare to Kyoto, how can it compare to the royal palace? You have lived in Lanshengyuan for more than ten years, and you are not used to it. How long have you been here, and you are used to it?"
Whatever he says is what it is. How dare this mute disobey him?
He loved him too much. He had been tolerant since they met. Knowing that he was not feeling well, he only had brief contact with him and did not dare to touch him too much. When he did not get a satisfactory answer when asking questions, he was so angry that he wanted to have him immediately. However, when he saw how sickly he looked, he suppressed his anger and went to the yard to torture the thin snow on the ground.
No one had ever dared to make him suffer like this, and no one had ever flattered and coaxed him like this, yet he still didn't know how to appreciate it.
In the prince's mind, this mute is just spoiled because of his favor.
"Okay," His Highness leaned forward and pinched his chin, "Of course you don't have to go back, and you can die wherever you want, but that kid is my Xie family's bloodline. I won't take you away, but I will definitely take him away!"
Shen Que had no choice but to meet his eyes. The part that belonged to His Highness made him obsessed and couldn't bear to refuse. However, the other person hidden under this bright and clear face made him hate and resent him to the bone.
Xie Shiguan has always been a bad person. If they can use his secrets to humiliate him, they can also use his thoughts to threaten him. From the beginning to the end, he was the one who refused to see the truth and refused to see through it.
"What's wrong with going back with me, huh?" Xie Shiguan approached him, almost kissing his lips, "This kid will be the prince when he goes back, and he will be well fed and well clothed. What about you? As long as you are obedient, you won't have to serve anyone anymore. You can be a carefree little master. I will give you whatever you want. What's wrong with that?"
"Are you happy only if you stay here and become a country bumpkin?"
Of course, Chen Que knew that His Highness was always generous to his bed partners. Those noble men whom he favored, regardless of their status as legitimate or illegitimate children, would always receive a generous gift after he got tired of them and abandoned them, such as promotions for their fathers and brothers, or treasures such as gold, silver, and prosperous shops and fertile fields.
But Chen knew that he was born in a humble family, was disabled and mute, and had an ordinary appearance. He could only recognize a few characters. Compared with those beautiful young men who each had their own strengths, he was simply no match.
His Highness suddenly behaved like this, probably just on a whim and he would get bored soon, but those young men from aristocratic families were bored and still had homes to return to, but he had no one to rely on and only the palace as his home.
Give whatever you want, what a tempting statement, but it also means that the things His Highness gives can be taken back at any time. When he loses interest, he will find that his existence is just a stain on him. The young prince should not have such a lowly Aye.
Then he might be killed, and if His Highness wanted to wipe him off, it would be as easy as wiping mud off his boots.
If it weren't for the mask, he might have indulged himself for a while and enjoyed himself, but the bloody truth tore apart the vague love in his heart and the pain woke him up.
"Don't look at me like that," Xie Shiguan suddenly pushed him away and told him to fall down. He put his hand on his chest, almost putting all the weight of his upper body on him. He spoke slowly, "Do you really want to die?"
Xie Shiguan really wanted to kill him.
Shen Que's lost and indifferent look drove him crazy. How dare he look at him like that? How dare he still be angry with him until now?
However, Shen was hurt by his pressure, he couldn't breathe, and there was a slight moisture in his eyes. No matter how His Highness treated him, he would not be angry, annoyed, or hate him.
He was just disappointed and sad, that's all.
Xie Shiguan laughed out of anger, his eyebrows curved, but it seemed like a ball of fire suddenly cooled down: "I wanted to love you well, but you insisted on doing this... You don't know how to appreciate it."
He lifted the mattress with one hand. The clothes there were all soiled last night. But Chen was only wearing an outer robe, with nothing underneath.
"You are such a bad person, how can you learn to be good if you don't suffer some hardships?" Shen heard him laugh, a low, close breath.
As he was speaking, Xie Shiguan took out a semi-transparent cold jade "Ruyi" from somewhere. This thing was small, exquisite and lifelike.
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"Don't you like it very much?" Xie Shiguan looked at him with a smile, "Why are you pretending, Aque?"
But Shen turned his face away and refused to let him look.
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The mute could not shout, so he could only cry. A few tears flowed down his nose and wet the light brown mattress.
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His Highness then picked up a soft pillow and asked him to hold it between his legs.
"If you dare to get it out," he laughed softly, "I'll put another one in."
Chen was scared and didn't dare to move. He had to hold the pillow obediently. It took him a long time to adapt. His tears stopped, but his eyes were still red.
"Why do you feel so wronged?" Xie Shiguan leaned forward and tasted the bitterness of the medicine in his mouth. "You can't bear it anymore? It's so tiny. If you can't even eat it, how are you going to eat me later?"
"Do you hate me very much, Aque?"
He stroked his hair, still smiling: "But I am doing this for your own good. This is cold jade, just to help you lower your fever so that you can get better faster. I love you so much, why are you rejecting my good intentions?"
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