Hearing this, Leng Yu hurriedly spoke out to stop him.
"Xiao Lingzi, you can't leave. This is your home. Where are you going?"
Ling Xiao stood there, shaking his head in embarrassment.
"Your Highness, I cannot bring trouble upon you. If anyone discovers me here, they will come to embarrass you. I'd better leave. The capital is so big, there will always be a place for me to stay. I'll come to see you again in the evening."
At this moment, Luo Lan pushed the door open and walked in. His face was solemn as he spoke word by word:
"We are not afraid of being implicated. Although I didn't hear much of what you said, Leng Yu said you can't leave, so you can't leave. Prince Yu's Mansion is so big, it's easy to hide you alone."
Looking at Luo Lan in front of him, Ling Xiao suddenly knelt down in front of her.
"Thank you, Princess Yu, for taking such good care of the prince. Little Lingzi kowtows to you."
Luo Lan hurriedly gave him a fake support, "No need to be so polite, he is my husband, it is my duty to take care of him, please get up quickly!"
Hearing her say this, Leng Yu also said to him:
"Get up! Lan'er is in charge of all matters in the mansion now. If she says you can stay, then you can stay!"
"But...this..."
Xiao Lingzi stood there, looking at a loss.
Luo Lan motioned him to sit down, "I just have something to ask you, sit down and talk!"
Ling Xiao then found a round stool and sat down. "Princess, do you want to ask about that man in black?"
Luo Lan nodded solemnly, "Yes, tell me, what's going on?"
Ling Xiao straightened his brows and then slowly said:
"In fact, I had already arrived in the capital during the day. To avoid being discovered, I hid in the doghouse at the back door of the palace, thinking of coming to see the prince after dark."
"But I actually fell asleep hiding in a corner. When I woke up, I saw a dark figure climbing up the palace wall and heading straight for the prince's room. I followed him and saw him trying to use drugs, so I tried to stop him and then we got into a fight."
Hearing him say this, Luo Lan frowned and looked at Leng Yu, then sighed and smiled bitterly.
"It seems like someone is trying to harm you and me."
Leng Yu pulled the corner of his mouth and shook his head with a cold expression, "It's not that someone wants to harm you or me, but someone doesn't want me to live. I've implicated you."
Luo Lan shook his head indifferently, "I don't think so. If someone wanted to harm you, they would have had plenty of time in the past three years. You would have died countless times already. Why did they do it now? So I guess someone is afraid that you will stand up, and wants to kill us both."
Hearing her say this, Ling Xiao clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "This must have been done by that Leng Yun. He wishes His Majesty were dead. It was he who instigated the Emperor to send the four of us to Ningguta as slaves. Half of the people who sent us there were his men, and they nearly tortured us to death."
Mentioning these four people, Leng Yu sighed heavily, a sharp look appeared in the depths of his eyes. He half-clenched his fists and said bitterly:
"Don't worry, when I stand up again, I will save them from suffering even if it means risking my life."
At this moment, his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat. He didn't dare to think about how the other three people survived such a life every day.
Hearing his words, Ling Xiao's eyes suddenly reddened. He bit his lip tightly and nodded bitterly, "Your Highness, I made up my mind while I was on the way. I'll come back to see you, and then go back to save them. Even if it means risking my own life, I'll die with them."
"Don't do anything reckless."
Leng Yu stopped him silently, "Don't be impulsive. If you go and die, they will be even more sad. I said I would save them, and I will definitely save them."
At this point, he suddenly looked at Luo Lan.
"Lan'er, how long will it take for my legs to stand up again?"
Seeing his anxious look, Luo Lan frowned and pondered for a while, then said:
"If you're anxious, start exercising tomorrow. I've already asked Ayu to make you a custom cane. The meridians in your legs are almost unblocked, and your atrophied muscles are gradually recovering. I believe it won't be long before you can stand up again."
Hearing her say this, Leng Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Let's arrange a proper place for Xiao Lingzi!"
"I know."
Luo Lan glanced at Ling Xiao, then nodded, "No one comes to the backyard of our palace during the day, so he can stay here with you. It's just right that Ayu is busy with other things."
Hearing her say this, Ling Xiao looked at her excitedly and nodded continuously.
"Thank you, Princess. Xiao Lingzi will die with no regrets for being able to accompany the prince."
Leng Yu couldn't help but blame him like what Luo Lan had said when he was scolding him, "Don't talk about death all the time, it's unlucky. We all need to live well, so that we can seek revenge on those who wish us dead."
As soon as he said this, Ling Xiao nodded heavily, "I understand. When we were slaves in Ningguta, the most common thing we said was that the prince must have wanted to harm the prince, and we must avenge the prince. We all believed that the prince would not do such a thing."
Listening to Ling Xiao's words, Leng Yu's mouth twitched, and then she nodded at him, "Thank you for trusting me. You know me better than anyone else."
At this point, he saw Ling Xiao's frail face and said to Luo Lan:
"Put him to bed and give him something to eat. He must be hungry."
After Leng Yu said this, Ling Xiao finally realized that he was really hungry, and his stomach was rumbling.
He covered his stomach awkwardly, and Luo Lan said to him:
"Let's go!"
Ling Xiao stood up, bowed to Leng Yu, and then followed Luo Lan out.
Luo Lan asked A Yu, who was guarding outside, to arrange Ling Xiao in the side room closest to Leng Yu, and asked him to go to the kitchen to get him some cakes before returning to the room.
When she saw Leng Yu sitting on the bed, pale and in a daze, she sat beside him and gently persuaded him:
"What's wrong with you? Are you worried that someone will come and hurt us?"
Leng Yu raised his eyes to look at her, sighed, and said to her slowly with some resentment:
"Little Lingzi, Little Tanzi, Little Ningzi, and Little Shuangzi, they are my four great guards. They grew up with me and accompanied me to the battlefield. Although we are master and servant, we get along like brothers. They dared to cause trouble in the palace because they trusted me and would not do such a thing. But if it weren't for me, they would all have bright futures. How could they have been sent to Ningguta as slaves? How could they have lived a life worse than death?"
Having said that, he suddenly closed his eyes and frowned.
Luo Lan knew that he was very sad at the moment. For such a long time, he had never mentioned these four people to her. He didn't want to mention them, and probably didn't dare to mention them, because he knew better than anyone what kind of life those who were exiled to Ningguta lived.
She stretched out her hand, smoothed the wrinkles on his forehead, and whispered to him:
"They won't blame you. Sooner or later, we will save them from danger."
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