Cypress Boat Floating

As the sky brightened, Lu Ci Qiu was already waiting at the palace gate, waiting to attend the morning court.

The dark circles under his eyes told others that he had not slept all night. As for the reason why he had not slept all night, it had already spread throughout the court. After all, that was the first time that the Imperial Preceptor had left the palace in more than ten years, and the first time he left the palace he went to the Palace of Prince Xian. Who would not be curious about this Prince Xian?

Everyone was speculating, could this wise king become the third contender after the crown prince and the king of Qin? If he really wanted to seize the throne, the relationship with the state teacher alone would bring him great benefits, and perhaps many people would come to curry favor with him.

But...it is rumored that the King of Qin also studied under the national teacher for a period of time.

The King of Qin and the King of Xian had a deep brotherly relationship.

It's hard to say. It's really hard to say. People with insight are still taking a wait-and-see attitude at this moment. Before all the situations are clear, it is easy to die if you stand on the side too early.

When Lu Zhixing arrived here, he saw Lu Ci Qiu standing in his seat with his eyes closed, resting. He sighed and walked in his direction.

"Didn't you sleep for one night?" Lu Ci Qiu was awakened by Lu Zhixing's voice, and looked at the newcomer with bloodshot eyes.

Seeing that the person who spoke was Lu Zhixing, his tense body relaxed and he smoothed his chest with his hand: "It's my second brother, you scared me."

"How is she?" Lu Zhixing didn't dare let others hear this, so he spoke very softly, keeping it within Lu Ci Qiu's hearing range.

Speaking of this, Lu Ci Qiu's mood suddenly became depressed. He shook his head helplessly, with sadness revealed in his eyes.

"The soul has not yet entered the body, and the person is unaware of anything. The whole person is in a daze and can't do anything, but he can blink his eyes and eat, and he sleeps more than he is awake."

Lu Zhixing's brows furrowed even more as he listened. Yesterday, before leaving, the Imperial Master told them that Ye Jianqing's soul had just been snatched back, and it would not be so clear for a while, and it would need to be integrated slowly. But he didn't expect that it would make people become like a living dead.

"The Imperial Master said that it will be fine in two days, so you don't have to worry too much." Lu Zhixing knew that it was useless for him to say anything now, and Lu Ci Qiu would not listen to him. He just patted his shoulder and said a few words of comfort.

Lu Ci Qiu nodded with a wry smile. He understood the truth, but when he really saw that Ye Jianqing was unconscious like a living dead and didn't react to anything, he felt uncomfortable.

In her previous life, Ye Jianqing would never have encountered such a thing. If she hadn't insisted on investigating the matter of the shrine, she wouldn't have gotten into this kind of thing. It was all her fault. She knew that the things she was dealing with were extremely dangerous, but she still insisted on taking Ye Jianqing with her.

If Ye Jianqing's life was going to be like this, he would never forgive himself.

The prince standing by noticed the two of them whispering and snorted with disdain, thinking that they were just being hypocritical.

The fact that the National Master left the palace yesterday alarmed everyone, including the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince was also very curious as to why the National Master went to the Xianwang Palace as the first thing he did after leaving the palace. He sent someone to inquire about the news and came back with information. He only knew that it was related to the woman who had always been with Lu Ci Qiu. She said that the National Master had also made Buddhist beads for the three of them.

This made the prince very angry. The imperial master's Buddhist beads were blessed. His father only had one, and he, as the prince, didn't even have one. Yet the imperial master actually made a pair of Buddhist beads for a little maid.

Overnight, the name Ye Jianqing was on everyone's curiosity list, and countless people were sent from the capital alone to investigate Ye Jianqing's background.

"Brother, you called me." At the prince's signal, Lu Mingyi, who was originally standing in front of Lu Ci Qiu, obediently moved to the side of the prince.

"Do you know who the woman next to Old Eight is?" The prince nonchalantly played with the jade pendant on his waist. Lu Mingyi was of little use to him here, and he didn't hold out much hope that he could get any information from Lu Zhixing.

"Are you talking about Ye Jianqing?" Lu Mingyi thought for a moment and asked.

"is her."

"Brother, I think you have also heard that the Imperial Master left the palace last night for Ye Jianqing and gave her a string of Buddhist beads before that, right?"

"Last night, they were in the room with the doors and windows closed. No one knew what the four of them said or did in there." The prince turned his gaze to him, "What do you think they did in there?"

Lu Mingyi's heart tightened. According to his understanding of the prince, the prince probably thought that the imperial teacher was going to stand on Lu Zhixing's side.

He pondered for a while before speaking, "I don't know what was said or done in there. But last night, Ye Jianqing's life was hanging by a thread. I'm afraid that the Imperial Master was merciful and couldn't bear to see this woman die so early, so he went to save her life."

The prince obviously didn't believe this statement very much; "The imperial teacher is not an imperial physician, what can he do if he goes there?"

"No, no. Think about it, brother. There are so many miraculous things in this world. It's not only the imperial doctors who can save people. Look, isn't it said among the people that this shrine can save people?"

Speaking of Kamiya, the prince became quiet. As a person who cooperated with Kamiya, how could he not know how Kamiya saved people? It's just that he couldn't say it. In the eyes of others, he was now a person who knew nothing about Kamiya. If he said it, he would only expose himself.

He snorted coldly and flicked his sleeves, not daring to ask any more questions. He only told Lu Mingyi to keep an eye on it and report to him at any time if he found anything wrong with Lu Zhixing.

Lu Mingyi sighed in his heart, returned to his seat and secretly observed the prince. He always felt that there was something wrong with the prince. Was he so easy to talk to before? Why did the prince become silent when he mentioned the matter of the shrine?

It seems that there is something strange about the prince.

The fact that the Imperial Master left the palace shocked the whole court. Even the Emperor would occasionally look at Lu Ci Qiu when he was in the court, as if he was testing whether there was anything about him that was worthy of the Imperial Master leaving the palace. Although he wanted to keep Lu Ci Qiu to ask him questions, he gave up when he saw that Lu Ci Qiu was absent-minded and let him go back to the palace.

"How is Miss Ye today?" Lu Ci Qiu rushed back to the palace without stopping after the court session. As soon as he entered the palace, he grabbed Huai Xi and asked about Ye Jianqing's situation.

"Yuqin fed her something this morning, and then she fell asleep again. She is still sleeping now." Huaixi followed Lu Ci Qiu and reported on Ye Jianqing's morning situation.

While listening, Lu Ci Qiu walked towards Ye Jianqing's room without stopping.

When they got to the room, Yuya stood guard at the door, while Yuqin stood by Ye Jianqing. This was the decision Lu Ciqiu made yesterday.

Ye Jianqing didn't like having someone serving him while he bathed, so no one knew when he fainted. If Yuqin hadn't been standing at the door and didn't hear any sound, and had gone in on her own initiative, she would have fallen into the tub and nearly drowned before anyone noticed Ye Jianqing was dead.

After this incident, Lu Ciqiu told Yuqin and Yuya that they could not leave Ye Jianqing alone in the mansion, and that they had to stay with her if she went out without him. In short, Ye Jianqing could not be alone.

Lu Ci Qiu slowed down his steps, took a deep breath at the door, and then walked in gently. He was afraid that if he spoke louder, he would wake Ye Jianqing.

"Your Highness." Yuqin heard the voice and looked outside. She found that it was Lu Ci Qiu who came, and she quickly stood up and saluted.

Lu Ci Qiu waved his hand and asked her to go down. He took her place and sat beside the bed looking at the sleeping Ye Jianqing.

Although Ye Jianqing's body temperature had returned to normal last night, Lu Ci Qiu was still worried and would test her temperature from time to time. Whenever there was something wrong, he would think of calling the imperial physician, but fortunately he was persuaded not to do so.

Ye Jianqing, who knew nothing about all this, closed her eyes. If she had not experienced what happened yesterday, Lu Ci Qiu would have teased her and said that she slept well and could sleep so soundly.

But after what happened last night, he now felt uneasy, anxious and scared when he saw Ye Jianqing sleeping like this. He was afraid that Ye Jianqing would never wake up again and he was afraid that Ye Jianqing would not want him anymore.

Lu Ci Qiu looked at her with longing and affectionate eyes. He held Ye Jianqing's hand tightly. Yesterday when he held this hand, he was nervous and shy, but today he just hoped that she would be fine.

"It seems like a lot of people know that the Imperial Master came to our place last night. Although I didn't go to see them, I could feel that they were all looking at me, even my father in the court. Do you think they know of your existence? Are they going to investigate you?" Lu Ci Qiu helped her smooth away the strands of hair on her forehead and told her what happened today. He wanted to use this method to make Ye Jianqing wake up earlier.

"My second brother told me that you will wake up soon. Is this true? I think so. My second brother has never lied to me. It should be true.

How do you feel today? What did you eat this morning? When you wake up, I'll take you to eat your favorite soup dumplings, okay? That mutton soup, didn't you say it was delicious last time we went to the market? We haven't been there to eat it since then, let's go eat it again, okay?"

His voice gradually began to sound like crying, but he was too stubborn to let Ye Jianqing hear it. He placed the hand that was holding Ye Jianqing's against his forehead and pleaded in a low voice, "Wake up soon, please? As long as you wake up, I'll do whatever you want me to do."

His pleas went unanswered.

No one could hear his voice.

He also knew that what he said now was just wishful thinking. He didn't want to disturb her rest, but he didn't want to leave her side either. He loosened the hand that was holding Ye Jianqing and gently put that hand back into the quilt. Seeing that the hair on her forehead was messy, he helped her to fix her hair. Seeing that her quilt was crooked, he helped her cover it.

When he finished all this, he looked up again, but saw only two empty eyes staring at him. He was neither surprised nor delighted.

Because there was no spirit or soul in those eyes.