Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

Most importantly, the young prince held a grudge against him for once winning a martial arts competition.

Upon hearing this, Chi Xing finally understood why the little eunuch had been chasing him away.

He looked down at Qi Siyu, who was fast asleep, and couldn't help but gently pinch his cheek, his lips curving into a smile.

"hate me?"

Qi Siyu naturally couldn't answer him, but she had no idea that she was being held and slept by this shameless man.

The next day, Qi Siyu slept until the afternoon. Chi Xing was worried that his body couldn't handle it, so she woke him up to eat something.

No matter how Chixing tried to tease him, Qi Siyu remained motionless, silent, and expressionless.

For three consecutive days, Chi Xing stayed by Qi Siyu's side, taking care of his daily needs.

Xiao Yezi delivered meals to the two of them on time every day, and to the outside world, she continued to do the same as before, having people guard the palace to prevent anyone from entering.

Even the Emperor and Empress were not allowed to enter.

This rule started when Qi Siyu first fell ill. He was worried that he would harm his father and mother, so he would have someone guard him and not let him in whenever he had an attack.

Chixing was unaware of Qi Siyu's condition and could only ask Xiao Yezi, Qi Siyu's personal eunuch.

At first, Xiao Yezi refused to speak, but it was only after Chixing said that he had a way to cure His Highness the Crown Prince that Xiao Yezi finally revealed what he could say.

Qi Siyu's symptoms usually last for more than ten days, and she doesn't have an attack every month. Sometimes, she will go crazy when she is stimulated by something.

Sometimes, like now, no one pays attention to him, but no one dares to get as close as Akahoshi.

"How long has he been ill?" Akahoshi asked.

In his memory, outsiders only knew that His Highness the Crown Prince would go mad, but they did not know that after he locked himself up, he would fall into a state of depression.

Xiao Yezi honestly replied, "It has been five days. On the day His Highness went to Qingyun Temple and drew a very auspicious fortune stick, but who would have thought that on his return he would encounter someone forcibly abducting a woman in the street."

"That villain was the third son of Minister Zhang. The woman wanted to crash into the carriage to die, but His Highness the Crown Prince saw the injustice and saved her. Who knew that the third son hadn't even seen His Highness's face before he swung his sword at him."

Qi Siyu was already in a state of excitement, and when he was provoked like this, he immediately started fighting with Zhang Chong.

After hearing the woman's tearful account, he stabbed Zhang Chong to death with a single sword stroke.

After hearing what had happened, Chi Xing said, "A Yu can't be an unreasonable person. This is clearly Zhang Chong's fault."

"Okay, let's go down."

Normally, he would have stayed with Qi Siyu for nearly ten more days.

Chi Xing narrowed her eyes slightly and took Qi Siyu out to bask in the sun.

Qi Siyu refused to walk, so Chixing carried him the whole time. He had the guards come out and carry the soft couch to the courtyard, where Chixing placed Qi Siyu on it.

Perhaps feeling the warmth of the sun, Qi Siyu slowly closed her eyes again and lay quietly on her side.

Chi Xing spoke a few words to the guards, and then the guards disappeared from the East Palace.

These are all Akahoshi's confidants, and they only listen to Akahoshi.

Then he called Xiao Yezi over and asked him to bring two buckets of hot water.

Chi Xing knelt down beside Qi Siyu's bed and said softly, "Ayu, while it's still warm, shall I wash your hair?"

It was already late autumn, and Akahoshi didn't dare wash his hair at night, worried that he would catch a cold.

The sun is shining brightly now, so I'm going to wash his long hair.

Qi Siyu didn't say a word, and didn't even open his eyes.

Xiao Yezi, standing to the side, was shocked. He couldn't understand why the Grand Eunuch would come to take care of His Highness personally, and even said that he would find a way to cure His Highness's illness.

Having confirmed that Akahoshi harbored no ill will towards His Highness, Xiaoyezi's affection for him increased considerably.

"If Ayu doesn't say anything, then I'll take that as a yes."

Chi Xing reached out and untied Qi Siyu's hair ribbon. Qi Siyu never liked to tie his hair up, and the emperor always indulged him and never forced him to do things he didn't like.

Only the former Red Star would restrain him according to the rules governing the Crown Prince, but it was only a minor punishment as a warning.

Akahoshi stroked her thick, smooth black hair and asked Koyo to bring over some hot water.

Gently lifting Qi Siyu up, and worried that the sun was too bright, Chi Xing gently covered his eyes with a black silk ribbon before starting to wash his hair.

Chi Xing was very considerate of Qi Siyu's feelings. When Qi Siyu frowned slightly, Chi Xing would quicken his movements and keep coaxing him.

"It will be ready soon, Ayu, just wait a little longer."

Qi Siyu's brows gradually relaxed when he heard his voice.

After washing his hair, Akahoshi immediately hugged him and gently dried his hair.

Qi Siyu's hair dried quickly in the yard.

"Um……"

Perhaps it was too sunny, Qi Siyu couldn't help but bury her face in Chi Xing's neck, and inadvertently made a sound.

This was the first time in the past few days that Qi Siyu had made a sound.

Akahoshi looked down at him and reached out to rub his head.

"good."

*

No one else knew about what was happening at the Crown Prince's Palace. That very night, something happened in the capital.

A fire broke out in Zhang Shilang's residence, and Zhang Chong's body, which was still lying in state, was burned to ashes along with everything else in the residence.

Not a single room remained in the entire mansion, and even the gold and jewels inside had vanished.

Zhang, the Vice Minister, and his wife immediately burst into tears and fainted.

When he woke up, everything in the mansion was gone, and even the gold and silver that Vice Minister Zhang had hidden in the secret room had been taken away without his knowledge.

"It's all over, everything is over!!" Zhang Shilang sat on the ground crying, his face and body covered in dirt.

Others are not much better.

It started with a fire in the mourning hall. The burial was supposed to take place seven days later, but this unexpected incident happened.

When the fire started, Zhang's two sons discovered it and then began to send people to put it out.

Just then, a sudden gust of wind caused the fire, which had been burning only in the mourning hall, to spread to other houses.

Before anyone could react, the main courtyard and the side courtyards were engulfed in flames, and the fire completely consumed everything in the Zhang residence.

The next day, when the Prefect of the Capital was summoned to investigate, the Zhang family had no leads and ultimately concluded that it was an accidental fire.

Upon hearing the news, Vice Minister Zhang was so enraged that he fainted again.

Everyone else in the Zhang family believed that Zhang Chong was the culprit, and that the fire started in Zhang Chong's mourning hall. From then on, even Zhang Chong's own mother refused to go looking for his ashes.

When the news reached Chixing, she was trimming Qi Siyu's nails.

Upon hearing what the guards had said, Chi Xing said, "Well done. Remember to spread the word about what Zhang Chong did."

The guard clasped his hands and said, "Yes."

Soon, Zhang Chong's evil deeds were exposed, and people in the capital spread rumors that Zhang, the Vice Minister, had failed to educate his son properly, and that Heaven, seeing this, burned down his house.

The matter reached the imperial court, and an imperial censor directly impeached Vice Minister Zhang. Upon hearing this, the emperor immediately fined Vice Minister Zhang half a year's salary.