The Emperor's uncle loves me! My paranoid wife, don't run away

The night was as dark as ink, weighing heavily between heaven and earth.

Although the summer night wind carries a hint of heat, it also reveals an indescribable dullness.

Clouds accumulated in the sky, obscuring the stars and the moon, and the entire Kyoto was shrouded in darkness.

Shen House.

Shen Kuo lay quietly on the bed, staring at the bed curtains above his head, his thoughts churning.

He didn't feel any obvious pain in his body, but he felt unusually weak, and his throat was so dry that it seemed like it would split.

The candlelight flickered in the wind, casting mottled light and shadows, making the expression on his face flicker.

"Am I possessed by a ghost?"

"Why did you agree to Ning'er's 'trick'?"

"If Father and Mother knew that all this was planned by Ning'er and me..."

Thousands of words turned into just one long sigh.

"Hey……"

At this moment in the Shen Mansion, except for the servants, all the heads of the family were bedridden.

It was late at night and the dew was heavy outside, and an indescribable silence filled the courtyard.

Suddenly, the door was gently pushed open, and a faint "creaking" sound broke the silence of the night.

Shen Kuo suddenly opened his eyes and through the dim candlelight, he saw a familiar figure standing at the door.

"Ku'er? How are you?"

The person who came was Wei Jiuzhao.

He looked tired, with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Wei Jiuzhao has been extremely busy in the past few months, as there are many things in Kyoto that need him to handle for Luo Mian.

I heard about the Shen Mansion earlier and was unable to escape. I was busy until late at night.

Shen Kuo moved his lips slightly, his voice hoarse: "You are here."

Wei Jiuzhao walked a few steps closer and sat down beside the bed, his eyes falling heavily on Shen Kuo: "I have sent people to investigate. Even if I have to turn Kyoto upside down, I will find the person who poisoned him!"

"Prince Ruyang has already known about the Shen Mansion."

"You dared to touch the Shen Mansion, you've had enough of living!"

Shen Kuo's brows twitched.

Looking at Wei Jiuzhao's expression, it seemed as if he wanted to cut the poisoner into pieces.

Shen Kuo lay on the bed, his face paler due to the poisoning.

He crossed his fingers.

Wei Jiuzhao obediently put his head close to Shen Kuo's ear like a good dog.

"Just do the surface work."

Shen Kuo paused and continued.

"It was Ning'er who poisoned me."

Wei Jiuzhao's eyes became sharper in an instant, anger surged in his heart, his lips trembled slightly, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes. He was so heartbroken and too angry that he lost his basic ability to think.

"What Ning'er?"

"Which Ning'er?"

"I'll go catch him and kill him right now--" (Mianzi, please come back soon, someone wants to kill your Ningzi! (??；))

"What???"

Wei Jiuzhao, who reacted quickly, frowned and stood there in a daze. The silence of a few seconds seemed to be magnified by time. An indescribable quietness filled the room and the air seemed to be frozen.

Dozens of seconds later, Wei Jiuzhao took a deep breath. His eyes were red and tears were welling up in his eye sockets. His original calmness was almost completely collapsing.

"Ku'er, have you been poisoned and become stupid?"

"My dear Kuoer..." He spoke with a choked voice.

"It's okay. Even if you're stupid, I still want you."

Outside the window, a crow flew by with six cubs who had just learned to fly. Their wings flapped, leaving several dark shadows in the night.

The little crows were obviously not very good at controlling their flight trajectory. They deviated from the group from time to time and flapped their wings panicking in the air.

"Jiuzhao, I'm not stupid."

Wei Jiuzhao's eyes were still red, and he felt so distressed. He was about to comfort Shen Kuo, but he heard the latter slowly add:

"Ok."

"Ning'er and I poisoned him together."

The air solidified again.

Wei Jiuzhao opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, no word came out.

Is there anyone who can understand Wei Jiuzhao’s mood at this moment?

Perhaps no one could understand it except himself.

What the hell is this operation?!

Wei Jiuzhao's expression was extremely interesting. He experienced a series of complex emotions such as shock, anger, heartache, and speechlessness, which finally boiled down to a few words -

"Um……"

"Kuoer..."

"Isn't life over?"

Shen Kuo looked at Wei Jiuzhao's dull yet cute appearance, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

He reached out his hand, gently put his arm around Wei Jiuzhao's neck, brought him closer to him, and whispered, "Jiuzhao, you're so worried about me~"

Wei Jiuzhao covered his entire body on Shen Kuo, even in a daze, with a buzzing sound in his ears, and he didn't react at all that he was being hugged by Shen Kuo.

"I'm telling you..."

……

"Meow~"

A naughty orange wild cat appeared from nowhere and jumped onto the wall of the Shen residence. It was about to nimbly leap to the other side, but... it slipped!

"Paji——"

The big orange cat fell flat on its belly, its limbs spread stiffly on the ground, staring at the night sky with empty eyes, as if thinking about its life.

The Shen residence is extremely lively tonight.

The flames continued to flicker, and Shen Runing's beautiful but slightly pale face was reflected in the light, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

She leaned quietly on the bed, a hint of fatigue between her brows, her fingertips gently stroking the jade bracelet on her wrist.

Chunzhi said softly, "Miss, the medicine has been sent to the master and his wife."

Hearing this, Shen Runing slowly raised his eyes and asked calmly, "Well, did you see them drink it?"

Chunzhi nodded, "I saw the master and his wife drink it with my own eyes."

Shen Runing breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good."

Qiu Zhi stood aside, looking at his young lady's distressed appearance, and felt so distressed that he couldn't help but persuade her: "Young lady, since everyone knows that the Shen family was poisoned, why don't you just take the antidote."

She paused, then added: "Just keep saying you're sick to the public."

Hearing this, Shen Runing slowly turned his head and looked at Qiu Zhi, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and his tone was gentle but with a hint of profoundness.

"Silly girl, how can you be sure that the servants in the Shen Mansion are all your own people?"

Qiu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then his face changed slightly and his heart sank suddenly.

"Miss, is there anyone in the mansion——"

Shen Runing narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his hand gently, signaling Qiu Zhi not to speak for the time being.

"Shh..."

Qiu Zhi immediately shut his mouth.

Just then, Liu Qing flipped in from the window with a strange tone in his voice.

"Miss, two sparrowhawks flew into the mansion tonight."

"And they all come with letterheads."

Liu Qing's reaction was not surprising. The Shen family usually used carrier pigeons to send messages, and Shen Runing and Luo Mian also used them.

The "communication" between Shen Runing and Luo Mian was carried out by carrier pigeons, which were letters for the emperor to see.

Of course, if there are "open letters", there are also "secret letters", that is, letters that are not shown to the emperor.

The crow was used.

But why did a sparrowhawk with a message fly over tonight?

Or two?