Adoption brings disaster

It is said that some faults are common to all human beings, such as laziness and arrogance. Everyone has these faults, but the seventh prince has them even more.

You ask me how I know this? It's because the Seventh Prince became arrogant after I begged him humbly that day. How could I not know what the Seventh Prince's character is like?

After that day, the Seventh Prince stopped going to school. He said nice things and just said that he was staying with me in the pavilion because he was afraid that I would be bored.

I didn't refute his ridiculous excuse. I was just thinking about the death of the Seventh Prince's friend. I haven't been in a good mood recently and may be a little lazy, so I didn't force it. I thought it would be fine after waiting for some time.

However, after a few days, the seventh prince not only did not get better, but became even worse.

In the first few days, he stayed in the pavilion with me to read books and practice martial arts. Later, he took A Da and a few others to wander around the palaces.

If they had just been gambling, drinking, and doing some dissolute things, it would have been fine. But later on, they were just like before, causing trouble everywhere, and there were at least a dozen groups of people coming to the pavilion to complain every day.

These people did not dare to directly accuse the Seventh Prince. Instead, they took advantage of the Seventh Prince's absence and, under the pretext of paying their respects, casually told him about the injuries or things that had happened.

I was naturally annoyed when I saw this, but I had no real evidence, so I could only try to persuade them indirectly with kind words.

But I didn't expect that my kind words of advice would make the Seventh Prince completely arrogant. He didn't even avoid me when doing these evil things. It really made me very angry.

Although I was angry, I had begged the Seventh Prince humbly once, so I couldn't go too far. I had no choice but to persuade him hard.

But I didn't expect that despite all my persuasion, the Seventh Prince not only didn't listen, but was very angry and threatened me. If I didn't listen to him, he would have me tortured to death after he left the palace and set up his own residence.

After hearing this, I was so angry that I was fuming. I just thought in my heart that this Seventh Prince really lived up to the old saying: if talking nicely was useful, what would the teacher be for?

I'm not a good-tempered person, so how could I stand such threats?

Without saying anything, he just sneered, pulled out the poisonous anaconda, and slapped it on the seventh prince.

This time I attacked with anger, without showing any mercy, I smashed the Seventh Prince's clothes into pieces and hit him hard on the arm.

This poisonous anaconda is a magical weapon. During normal whip practice, if I accidentally hit it, it would swell up badly. What's more, I used all my strength. I'm afraid the Seventh Prince's arm must be in pain.

Sure enough, after a while, a red and swollen mark appeared on the arm, which looked very scary.

When the servants saw this, they were all terrified. Seeing that I was very angry, they didn't dare to try to persuade me, so they had to kneel down and kowtow to calm me down.

The Seventh Prince was stunned by my attack, and seeing that I was really angry, he was even more frightened. He didn't dare to threaten me anymore, so he had to pretend to be pitiful and beg for mercy.

I felt a little distressed when I saw the wound on the seventh prince's hand, but I knew that I couldn't feel distressed at this time, otherwise this naughty child would definitely become worse in the future, and I wouldn't be able to control him.

So he looked at me with disgust and said viciously, "Your Kung Fu is better than mine now, and I can't control you anymore. Why are you so hypocritical? Who are you doing this for?"

I was furious and cursed him loudly. After I cursed him for a long time, the Seventh Prince didn't dare to talk back and just kept admitting his mistakes.

After scolding for so long, I’m actually no longer angry in my heart, but I have to maintain my attitude today.

So he drew out the sword that the Seventh Prince usually used for martial arts training and sneered, "Your Highness, it will take some time before you leave the palace and build your own residence. It would be better to kill me with a sword now. In the future, no one will control you and everything will go smoothly. Isn't that great?"

Seeing me like this, the Seventh Prince knew that I was angry about his threat, but the words were already out, how could I take them back? So, there was no other way, so he could only smile and say, "What are you talking about, Yuan Qing? I would rather stab myself than you, Yuan Qing. You are my beloved Yuan Qing."

When I heard this, I thought to myself that this is the nature of naughty children. If you are mean to them, they will try to please you. If you are kind to them, they will cause trouble. Therefore, my face became even more ferocious.

"Given what you've done recently, you might as well stab me to death right now, so I don't end up being branded a murderer and cursed by others."

"I was just fooling around in the palace for a few days. There was no way I was committing any crime."

It is true that the Seventh Prince committed the crime, and it is also true that I have no evidence, so there is no point in talking about this, and I will not discuss these matters with him.

He just said with a cold face: "I don't want to talk about this with you. Anyway, let me just say this: although I am afraid that you will kill me in the future, I am more afraid that you will bring disaster to the world and I will be infamous along with you for eternity."

After that, I threw the anaconda on the table again and said, "Either you change, or you kill me, or you can expect to be beaten by the anaconda every day."

The Seventh Prince grew up in the deep palace. He might not be good at other things, but he knows the ways of the world very well.

He didn't respond to my question, but simply held my hand and said with a smile, "I've had a good rest these past two days. I'll be able to start studying literature and martial arts starting tomorrow."

I snorted and ignored him, thinking to myself that if a naughty child is not punished for three days, he will tear the roof apart. It is true that good people can only be made good by the golden stick.

This child has been beaten and has admitted his mistake. I can't really do anything to the Seventh Prince. After scolding him a few more times, his expression eased a little. He didn't scold him, but just kept a cold face and didn't say anything.

When Chunyu and the others saw this, they knew that my anger had mostly subsided. The Seventh Prince and I needed a way out, so we hurriedly stood up to serve.

Chunyu and the others were serving me. The Seventh Prince didn't dare to sit down, but stood obediently by the side, saying all kinds of auspicious words to coax me.

Ah Da was also very worried when he saw that the Seventh Prince's arm was swollen, but I didn't offer to treat him, and no one dared to bring up this matter.

After waiting for a long while, Ah Da was really worried. He ignored the palace rules and knelt down to gently massage my legs. As he did so, he said flatteringly: "It is all our fault. We did not properly persuade His Highness the Seventh Prince. Please, His Highness Yuan Qing, give us a few whippings to calm His Highness down."

A-da and the others all know that I never take my anger out on others. I said this just to draw my attention to the injury on the Seventh Prince's arm.

In fact, I had noticed the injury on the Seventh Prince's arm a long time ago. Now that this topic had come up, I naturally took the opportunity to back off. I scolded the Seventh Prince a few more times and asked Chunyu to get medicine to treat the Seventh Prince's injury.

It is said that poisonous anacondas are very spirits and it is not easy for them to heal after injuring people. When the wound is slightly touched, the Seventh Prince will cry out loudly, which makes me feel very distressed.

But I didn't show it on my face, and just asked Ah Da to find some better medicine for the wound.

However, this poisonous anaconda is a divine weapon and cannot be cured by ordinary medicine. Therefore, even with the best medicine, the wound did not heal.

In the end, there was no other way, so they had to ask the Taoist priest to come and see if there was any way to cure it.

After examining the wound, the Taoist priest said that it could only heal on its own and that medicine would not be very effective.

After hearing this, I blamed myself for being too harsh and became even more concerned about the Seventh Prince.

When it was time to rest at night, I was afraid that he would touch his wound, so I held his hand while sleeping. This sleeping position was very uncomfortable, and I woke up many times during the night. Finally, I fell into a drowsy sleep after four o'clock.

I hadn't fallen asleep for long when I heard the Taoist priest say to Chunyu, "Didn't we agree yesterday that we would study hard and practice martial arts today? Why are the two Your Highnesses still not awake at this hour?"

Although Chunyu was not waiting in the room, she knew that I had not slept well and was afraid that the Taoist priest would wake me up, so she hurriedly whispered, "Taoist priest, please speak softly. The Seventh Prince injured his arm yesterday, and His Highness Yuanqing took care of the Seventh Prince and did not sleep much all night. He just slept for a while, so please don't wake the Prince."

When the Taoist priest heard this, he said, "If you don't practice today, I will go back."

"We need to practice. Taoist priest, please go to the front yard and wait for a while. We will come after we get dressed." After saying that, I shook my head to wake myself up. Seeing that the Seventh Prince was still asleep, I shook him and said, "Chongguang, get up and practice martial arts quickly."

I shouted, but the Seventh Prince didn't move. I was already feeling a little unhappy.

Normally, when I get up, the Seventh Prince would also be in a bad mood and would pester me to stay in bed, but he would always pay attention to me. But today, he ignored me completely. I felt a little angry and pushed the Seventh Prince again.

This push scared me. The Seventh Prince's skin felt like it was burning on fire.

Seeing this, he must have a fever. Could it be that he was injured and infected? I was so scared that I looked at the seventh prince's arm carefully again. Although it was still swollen, the skin was definitely not broken, so there was no problem of infection.

At this time, Xiaoshan and Asan also heard the noise, hurriedly lit the candles, and came over to help us get up.

Xiaoshan took one look and immediately exclaimed, "Could it be that the Seventh Prince has been infected with the plague?"

After hearing this, Ah San was furious and slapped Xiao San in the face. Xiao San rolled around in the room several times and finally hit the wall with a thud before stopping.

Ah San was still not satisfied after beating Xiao Shan, so he shouted angrily, "The Seventh Prince is a nobleman protected by dragon energy, how could he be infected with the plague? Curse His Highness again and I will tear you apart instantly."

After Xiaoshan was slapped, his face immediately swelled up, as if a big steamed bun was stuffed in his mouth.

Xiaoshan struggled to get up from the ground, covering his face with his hands as he spoke incoherently, "Look at the Seventh Prince's skin. Isn't there a lot of red rashes? If this isn't the plague, what is it?"

Asan didn't listen to these words at all. He raised his palm and slapped Xiaoshan on the chest. Xiaoshan flew five meters away and lay on the ground, unable to move.

Fortunately, Asan didn't dare to commit murder in Qianqiu Pavilion, so he still had room for maneuver. Otherwise, Asan could have sent Xiaoshan to see the King of Hell.

I didn’t have time to care about Ah San and Xiao San right now, so I quickly picked up the Seventh Prince’s arm and lifted up his clothes. Sure enough, there were many red rashes on his body.

After taking a closer look, he thought to himself that maybe what Xiaoshan said was right. The Seventh Prince was most likely infected with the plague.

Xiaoshan was still talking, but he was too badly injured to hear clearly. Ah San was getting annoyed and wanted to kill Xiaoshan. Seeing this, I quickly shouted, "Seventh Prince, it's important. Xiaoshan will be punished later. Ah San, quickly go get the imperial physician."

"Let me take a look." The Taoist priest also heard the words in the house and said after lifting the tiles on the roof.

The Taoist priest has superb medical skills, which are on par with the imperial physicians in the palace. I would be more than happy to have you take a look.

He immediately thanked the Taoist priest, who flicked his finger and a thread wrapped around the seventh prince's wrist.

Ah San looked at it and exclaimed, "The Taoist master's power has become so strong, his true energy has transformed into a physical form. I'm afraid that besides the prince, he must be the best in the martial arts world."

The Taoist priest ignored Ah San and simply loosened his grip, causing the thread to vanish without a trace. He then said, "According to the pulse, the Seventh Prince must have contracted the plague."

After hearing this, Ah San no longer cared about the Master's strength. He immediately grabbed Xiao Shan with murderous intent and said viciously, "It's all your curse."

After saying that, he was about to crush Xiaoshan's throat.

"Asan, let go."

"Your Highness Yuan Qing, let me kill this crow mouth."

"Chongguang's health is the most important thing now. As for Xiaoshan, we will have plenty of time to deal with him after the Seventh Prince recovers."

I'll save Xiaoshan's life for now. As for his outspokenness, I'll teach him a lesson later. But he never had this problem before. I don't know what happened today. He just can't control his foul mouth.