Oops, I've become the puppy apprentice of my stupid master.

Su Xiner is now at the age of a flower. Whenever people in the village see her, they basically want to talk to her about finding a partner.

Just like Grandpa Zhang just now is a good example.

Seeing that the other party was about to introduce herself to Chu Fengyi, she had to run away quickly.

If Grandpa Zhang really said something inappropriate, it would be so embarrassing.

Don't be scared away by just two words from the other party.

The two of them quickly ran out of the village, one in front and one behind.

Su Xiner panted and said, "Grandpa Zhang is old and talks a lot, so we should not listen to his nonsense, otherwise he will talk from the East Sea to the West Sea."

Chu Feng also nodded: "Miss Su is right."

At this point, Su Xiner just realized that they didn't seem to know each other's names.

She took the initiative to introduce herself: "My name is Su Xiner, and I'm also an orphan. I've lived alone since I was a child. How about you?"

Chu Fengyi glanced at the other person, and then said: "My name is Chu Fengyi, I have a younger brother, and he is very good to me."

"Oh, you have a younger brother. It's good to have someone who can treat you well. Unlike me, no one has ever been nice to me."

Chu Feng also asked in confusion: "Why?"

Su Xiner pouted and snorted softly.

"Before, everyone called me a little beggar. Who would be nice to a beggar?"

"You were also a beggar?"

"of course not!"

Su Xiner felt angry when she thought about what happened in the past.

"When I was a kid, I often worked for some pharmacies, helping them collect and dispense herbs. But the bosses wanted to bully me because I was wearing shabby clothes. They wrongly accused me of using the herbs I collected to make patients more seriously ill. I worked hard for most of the day, but in the end, not only did I not get paid, but they also bit me back."

"Over time, no one else dared to hire me..."

"But I really wasn't mistaken. They framed me on purpose!"

Chu Fengyi didn't expect that the other party's experience would be so pitiful. Looking at the other party's pitiful eyes, he quickly nodded.

"I believed you, so you came to live in this village?"

Su Xiner couldn't help feeling happy when she received the other party's affirmation.

"Yes, at first I was just like you, always caring about what others thought of me. When others said I had hurt others or that I had bad intentions, I would feel scared and panicked when I heard these words."

"It was only later that I understood one thing, which is to just be yourself with a clear conscience."

Anyway, all the animals she rescued later recovered well in the end.

The other party continued: "It's the same with you. No matter what your status is, as long as you do things with a clear conscience and live up to yourself, then you are the most noble."

Chu Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are the first person to praise me for my nobility."

Su Xiner also laughed: "Noble people are noble no matter what, just like gold covered in mud, but it is still gold inside."

The two of them talked and laughed along the way and got along very harmoniously.

It is also possible that they all have miserable lives, so they feel more relaxed when chatting.

Chu Fengyi stayed in the village for nearly half a month. The further time went by, the weaker his body became.

It's just that in the eyes of others, he currently seems to be no different from an ordinary person, but he can clearly feel the changes in his body.

During the half month he spent with Su Xiner, he had already fallen in love with her without realizing it.

There were several times when he wanted to express his feelings to the other party, but in the end he swallowed all the words because of his timidity.

It was not until later when he found that the poison he was poisoned with was getting worse and worse that he gave up the idea.

Now he doesn’t even know whether he will live or die, so how can he possibly implicate a clean girl?

Chu Fengyi decided to leave not only because of his poisoning, but also because if he disappeared for too long, the emperor would definitely become suspicious.

If they find out about this by then, Xin'er will definitely be implicated.

After thinking it over, he could only think of one stupid solution: leaving without saying goodbye.

After returning to the palace, before he had the chance to meet the emperor, he was put at knifepoint and thrown into prison.

It was not until ten days later that the news of Chu Feng's treason spread throughout the capital overnight.

He, the first prince who had never had a glorious life, was nailed to the pillar of shame by everyone in an instant and completely turned into a lowly sinner.

Three months later, Chu Feng was also carried to the Yonghe Hall.

After coming out of prison, the handsome man had been tortured by illness and was almost unrecognizable.

No one took care of him at that time. Later, Chu Jinning ran to help him take a bath and change his clothes. Only then did he look a little more alive.

The young man beside the bed hugged the other's arm and couldn't help but tears welling up in his eyes, but at that time he was too stubborn to shed tears easily.

He said with a distressed look on his face: "Brother, I'm sorry, it's Aning's incompetence. It's Aning who failed to protect you..."

He knelt and begged his father for three months, refusing to eat or drink, and only then did he save his elder brother from continuing to lie in prison in darkness.

Now that the other party has been poisoned by the other shore, he knows very well that he cannot save the person in front of him, so he can only find various magical herbs and medicines to buy his elder brother one more day to live.

At this moment, the man on the bed was still sleeping. No one knew what he was dreaming about. His brows were tightly furrowed and could not be smoothed out for a long time.

Chu Jinning tried calling out to the other party a few times, but there was still no effect.

He stayed by the bed for a long time before he finally heard the other person murmur something in a low voice.

"I... don't want to die. I still have a wish unfulfilled. Don't... don't take me away..."

Chu Jinning immediately put his ear to the other person's lips, "Brother, what is your wish?"

"no, do not want……"

Chu Fengyi finally said only these three words and then woke up.

Looking at the boy lying on the bed, he tried to force a smile and said, "Why hasn't Aning gone home yet?"

Chu Jinning is only concerned about one question now, and he still asks the same question: "Brother, what is your wish?"

The other party just said: "What could Big Brother wish for? It's just that Aning is fine."

"Brother, please stop lying to me, okay? Can you tell me?"

"Brother, you don't have any wishes. Ning, you should leave here quickly, or the emperor will blame you."

Chu Jinning stared at the other person's sick face for a moment, and finally turned away with gritted teeth.

Forget it, after so many years, how could he not understand what kind of person his elder brother is.

Normally he never thought about getting himself into trouble, let alone at a time like this when his life was about to come to an end.

"I can only come to see you this time, but I will find a way to help you, and you must hold on."

As Chu Jinning walked out of the hall, he saw two eunuchs coming to greet him outside.

One of them took a fox fur coat and put it on the other's shoulders, and the other held an umbrella over the other's head.

"Your Highness, you have done what you should do. Please follow His Majesty's instructions from now on."

Chu Jinning just glared at him without saying anything.

In the days that followed, he collected almost all the rare herbs that could alleviate the poison of the other side and secretly sent them to Yonghe Hall for his eldest brother.

Later, he had no other choice but to beg his father to give him a chance to go to Yuhua Mountain for trial.

It was also because of the magical herb he finally obtained in the Fantasy Beast Forest that Chu Fengyi was able to hold on until Song Zhili arrived.

……

"Extra Story: Gold Wrapped in Mud" is finished.