Every time the prince opens his eyes, he sees

Lu Yaoyao walked out of the hut. It was late at night and all around was silent. Only the occasional sound of the night watchman's drum in the distance reminded her of the passage of time.

She quickly found some dry firewood in the yard and started a fire.

The firelight illuminated her face, adding a bit of determination.

After the water boiled, she carefully brought it back into the house and found some old clothes to change Xie Qingchen into.

When Xie Qingchen saw her come in, he struggled to get up, but was gently pressed down by Lu Yaoyao.

"Don't move. Your task now is to have a good rest." Lu Yaoyao's voice was filled with unquestionable firmness.

She carefully washed Xie Qingchen's body and changed his clothes, trying to be gentle with every movement for fear of hurting him.

She threw the bloody clothes she had taken off into the fire without hesitation, and watched them turn into ashes. She prayed silently in her heart, hoping that all these disasters would dissipate along with the flames.

After dealing with these, Lu Yaoyao found some wood ash and simply disguised herself and Xie Qingchen.

Although the method is crude, it is better than doing nothing in such an emergency.

"Now, the only thing we can do is wait." Lu Yaoyao sat next to Xie Qingchen and said softly, "I hope Mother Li is safe and sound."

Xie Qingchen looked at her, his eyes full of apology, "Yaoyao, it's all my fault. I've implicated you."

Lu Yaoyao shook her head. "We already said we owe each other nothing, so stop talking about whether we're involved or not."

As the night deepened, the two of them stopped talking and just listened quietly to the wind outside, thinking in their hearts.

The next morning, Lu Yaoyao woke up just as the sky was turning pale.

In fact, she didn't sleep well the whole night.

She was also afraid that something might happen to Xie Qingchen, and now she couldn't go to the clinic to buy medicine openly. She was also afraid that something might happen to Mother Li, and she was also afraid that the officers and soldiers would search here and even implicate the Gu family.

She got up quietly, walked out of the cabin and looked around.

Fortunately, it seems that no officers or soldiers have searched here.

She prepared some simple breakfast for Xie Qingchen and brought it back to the house for Xie Qingchen to eat.

Although the food is simple, it seems particularly precious in such an environment.

The two ate in silence, occasionally exchanging glances, without saying anything.

After dinner, Lu Yaoyao began to clean up the cabin inside and out, trying to make it look tidier to reduce the chance of being discovered.

Xie Qingchen leaned on the bed, closed his eyes and rested, recovering his strength.

Time passed minute by minute, until the afternoon, when Mother Li finally sent someone to deliver the message.

The visitor told Lu Yaoyao that since no trace of them was found during last night's search, the officers and soldiers had begun to weaken their search intensity, and they were expected to be taken back to the brothel tonight.

Hearing this news, Lu Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, and the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

She looked at the visitor gratefully, and the latter just smiled slightly, his eyes full of understanding.

As night fell, Mother Li quietly came to the outside of the courtyard with a carriage.

Lu Yaoyao helped Xie Qingchen get on the carriage, and asked Mother Li to ask the people in the building to buy some medicine on the pretext that a girl in the building was unwell.

They were all anti-inflammatory and hemostatic medicines. She picked out the ones that could be used, made a new prescription, and asked the guys in the building to boil it and give it to Xie Qingchen to take.

At night, Gu Huai came over.

Obviously, Mother Li had explained everything to him, so the first thing Gu Huai said when he saw Lu Yaoyao was, "How is Xie Qingchen?"

"Much better. I should be able to leave after a few days of recuperation."

His beloved was kidnapped and imprisoned in the Eastern Palace. Now Xie Qingchen is no longer the crown prince. Even if the two of them were once as close as brothers, there is probably a gap between them now.

Lu Yaoyao felt a little guilty, but helpless.

She is also a chess piece manipulated by fate, and sometimes she can only go with the flow.

"I'll go see him."

"Okay." Lu Yaoyao did not stop him.

When two people meet, they will not fight without restraint.

And he always knew that Gu Huai was kinder than Xie Qingchen.

Gu Huai gently opened the door and walked into the room where Xie Qingchen was.

In the room, the candlelight flickered, illuminating Xie Qingchen's pale yet resolute face.

"Not dead yet?" I don't know why I got angry when I saw him. When Gu Huai came, I kept telling myself to restrain myself, but when I really saw him, I couldn't help but mock him.

Xie Qingchen opened his eyes slightly, looked towards the door, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. There was a bit of self-mockery and relief in that smile. "Yes, I disappoint you."

Gu Huai walked to the bed and sat down, looking at Xie Qingchen with complicated eyes. They were brothers in the past, but their current situations were completely different.

He sighed, his tone becoming more sincere, "Qingchen, we used to be the people who trusted and understood each other the most, why did it become like this?"

Xie Qingchen closed his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, as if recalling the past. "Power, status, love... these things can sometimes make people lose themselves. Gu Huai, you and I are no exception."

"But at least," Gu Huai interrupted him, his eyes firm, "I have never betrayed you, nor have I ever thought of hurting Yaoyao."

Xie Qingchen opened his eyes and met Gu Huai's gaze. There was an indescribable emotion flowing in the eyes of both of them. "I know, I was wrong. But even if time could go back, I would still do this. I don't regret the choice I made."

He even sounded so confident about stealing someone else's wife.

Gu Huai was furious when he heard this, but seeing that Xie Qingchen was almost half dead, he couldn't do anything to really hurt him.

"Xie Qingchen, I won't give you another chance, you'd better take care of yourself!"

At this moment, Lu Yaoyao knocked on the door outside, "The medicine is ready."

Gu Huai sighed, opened the door resignedly, and said helplessly: "Yaoyao, you are not afraid that I will bully him, so you are in a hurry to come over and take a look!"

"Then you feed him." Lu Yaoyao directly placed the medicine bowl in Gu Huai's hand.

Gu Huai widened his eyes in disbelief, but Lu Yaoyao's expression didn't seem like she was joking.

She even threatened with her eyes.

Gu Huai had no choice but to accept his fate and carried the medicine to the bedside, but his tone was still unhappy and a little sarcastic, "Master, I will help you drink the medicine."

He scooped a mouthful of medicine and handed it to Xie Qingchen's mouth.

Xie Qingchen looked at Gu Huai, then at the medicine bowl, and finally opened his mouth and drank it.

The medicine was bitter, but not as complicated as the feeling in his heart.

Lu Yaoyao stood at the door, looked for a moment, and left.

As soon as she left, Gu Huai was no longer so obedient.

"Your hand is not broken, drink it yourself."

Xie Qingchen smiled bitterly and didn't say much. He took the medicine bowl and drank the rest of the medicine one sip at a time.

After drinking it, he handed the medicine bowl to Gu Huai, who took the medicine bowl and went out directly.

Why didn’t I realize before that this guy is so flexible?

It's really hateful. He is good at pretending to be pitiful, but he can't act that way.

No wonder Yaoyao treated him badly.

But Lu Yaoyao is not really that heartless.

He returned to her room, and she smiled and said, "I've already prepared your favorite cakes. Come and have some."