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In the afternoon of early autumn, the sun has become much milder, the curtains are slightly moved by the wind, and the room is filled with the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus outside the window.

The man leaned on the soft couch, supported his head with one hand, played with the jade flute in his hand with the other, and sighed: "I didn't expect Si He to block the knife for him, it's a pity..."

"Master Si is so talented, it's really a pity." A man dressed as an eunuch knelt down on the ground, heard the words, and continued following the man's words.

"I didn't say it was a pity for him," the man shook his head, "it was a pity for that knife, it was a perfect timing."

"By the way, I heard people say that the Ninth Princess of Linyuan is going to marry the prince of Qiguo." The man seemed to have thought of something, changed the subject, and asked, "Did you play the piano with Si Yan at the state banquet before?" The prince who painted it?"

"Exactly." The little eunuch replied respectfully: "Thanks to Mr. Si who came out that day..."

"Thanks to Mr. Si, he not only put honor on His Majesty's face, but also inadvertently humiliated Qi Guo, what do you think?" the man asked lightly.

For the state banquet, both Qi Guo and Lin Yuan sent princes and daughters to compete, but Cheng Guo was the son of a minister.

After a great battle 20 years ago, Qiguo and Chengguo had long disliked each other, not to mention the banquet at that time, Qiguo must have been unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

The little eunuch didn't know what to say for a while, he was afraid that if he said a wrong word, he would anger the man again.

"I don't blame you, most people think this way, presumably the same is true for Qiguo, but now Qiguo's military strength is weak, and there are conflicts at the Qicheng border, even if Qiguo holds a grudge, it is not scary." The man sighed, Casually said: "But I had other plans at the time."

"This..." The little eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead. Seeing that the man had no intention of continuing, he said worriedly, "Then...then next..."

"Don't move, the prince will get married at the end of the year." The man rubbed his brows, obviously very tired, the little eunuch took the order, just took a step out of the door, but heard the man behind him suddenly punch the table, almost Gritting his teeth, he roared, "The one who is capable is the king—why can't I be the king!"

There was a dead silence all around.

***

Si He lay on the bed for two days without doing anything. When he was hungry, he opened his mouth and yelled, and a beautiful maidservant brought porridge spoonfuls and fed it to his mouth; when he was bored, he opened his mouth and yelled, Knowing his temper, Si Yan specially invited a few young men to sit behind the bead curtain in the room to play the piano and sing music for Si He to relieve his fatigue.

"Comfortable, it's still the beauty that wins my heart—" Even though Si He's face turned pale from the pain, he still couldn't stop playing tricks for a moment.

"My lord is talking nonsense again." The maidservant held the bowl, covered her mouth and smiled, knowing that Si He was trying to make them happy and had no love for men and women, but there was warmth in her heart.

"He'er—" In the distance, only the sound of hurried footsteps was heard, Mrs. Si came again with Si Lu, Si He hurriedly kept the beautiful maidservants away, lest his mother go crazy and punish these little maids.

"Hey, mother." Si He smiled weakly, "I feel much better today."

"That's good, that's good." Si Lu also breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing this, Mrs. Si hurriedly said: "This morning, the palace sent things over. You are considered to have received Mu Huang's favor, gold, silver, jade, jewelry and antiques, rewards." There are so many things!"

When the imperial decree arrived, Emperor Jing thought that his wound had not healed, so he exempted Si He from saluting and accepting the decree. Because of his meritorious service in rescuing him, he not only gave two big boxes of treasures, but also gave him a signboard that allowed him to enter and leave the palace gate at will.

Si He leaned on the bed sickly, and muttered: "But mother, what's the use of me taking that brand, I won't enter the palace."

"Stop talking nonsense," Mrs. Si said angrily, "This is a treasure bestowed by His Majesty today. How many people have not had this blessing in 100 years, let alone ten years."

Si Lu was studying medical skills these days, so he asked Si He if he had heart palpitations or dizziness. The three of them were chatting when a young man ran into the house, "Ma'am, there are some young masters outside the house. Said to be the young master's friend."

"My friends?" Si He was drinking porridge, thought for a while, waved his hands impatiently and said, "Is it Jian Jinshan and the others? If you see them in the future, just let them in, and you don't need to report again."

"It's not Mr. Jian." The young man scratched his head and said, "I saw these young masters face to face, and I've never seen them before. It's clearly early autumn, and one of them is wearing a thick robe with a fur collar. It's weird."

"Cough cough—cough cough—" Si He didn't swallow the breath, it stuck in his throat, and coughed, "Put... put it in...cough cough..."

Such a recognizable dress...

Couldn't be... the person he thought of...

***

Ji Wanghuai and his party were led into the mansion by the young servant, they followed behind the young servant, passed through the hall, and entered the inner room.

Along the way, Ji Wanghuai was secretly looking at everything in this mansion. Although it was just a courtier's mansion, the flowers, plants, rockery, pools and fish in the mansion were all arranged just right and complemented each other. It was quite similar to the layout of a royal garden. view

"Madam is really leisurely." Ji Wanghuai praised, "The garden in the mansion is also a beautiful sight."

"Young master misunderstood, the flowers, grass, fish and insects in this mansion, the artificial mountains and green waters are all thanks to the young master." The young man said with a smile: "The young master likes these, Madam dotes on him, so let him go."

Ji Wanghuai was slightly surprised, but he just nodded with a smile and did not speak.

Gradually, after walking the long corridor, the inner room is in front of you.

……

When the corner of the black clothes appeared in Si He's sight, his heart was scratched uncontrollably, itchy and numb.

Did the wound move to the chest?

Mrs. Si had already left with Si Lu, and Si He was the only one in the inner room.He was already in much better spirits, but when he saw Ji Wanghuai, he leaned against the wall sickly, using this to hide his nervousness: "Why are you here?"

This is the distance between Qiguo and Chengguo, although Si He has never been there, but he heard that Ji Wanghuai once came to find a sorcerer, and he only rode a fast horse for two days.

Why did he suddenly want to come and see me?

Wait... Ji Wanghuai won't be looking for me this time...

"En, here we come." Ji Wanghuai still only had a few short words, and his tone was as normal as if someone asked him if he had eaten.

Si He tilted his head, looked behind Ji Wanghuai, not only Ji Wanghuai came, but also Yu Jiang and Xiao Lushui.

"I mean, why are you here?" Si He had a little hope in his heart. Although he didn't have the same affection for Ji Wanghuai as he did for Lu Yu in his previous life, if Ji Wanghuai said he was worried about him Can he understand that his charm has improved?

"Before you helped me find a magician to heal the crown prince. It was reasonable and I should repay this favor." Ji Wanghuai turned his head away and gently pushed Xiao Lushui up, "The crown prince's illness is already cured, I promise You will not leave Xiao Lushui in the palace, so you brought him out, on the one hand to heal you, on the other hand it will be more convenient for you to send him back in the future."

"Oh." Si He pursed his lips in his heart. It turned out that he was just trying to repay his kindness, so he was pretending to be affectionate.

Seeing that Si He suddenly felt a little depressed, Ji Wanghuai didn't know why, but fortunately, Xiao Lushui was smart, and said something to ease the embarrassment: "Brother Xiaohe, let me help you take a look."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Si He didn't refuse, there was little dew here, so it was useless.

"Then let me help," Yu Jiang hurriedly untied the gauze, while Xiao Lushui had washed her hands and waited quietly aside, but when the last layer of gauze was taken off, Si He suddenly thought of himself The dream I had after the assassination.

Why did I dream of Ji Wanghuai...

By the way, in the previous life, why did Ji Wanghuai go to prison...

He frowned and thought about it, it stands to reason that the day he will be imprisoned is next year, at that time, why did Ji Wanghuai come to Chengguo.

"Ji Wanghuai," he stared into Ji Wanghuai's eyes, and asked slowly, "I want to ask you something, tell me the truth."

"What?" Ji Wanghuai raised his eyebrows, not knowing why Si He was so serious all of a sudden.

"Except for the state banquet, did you know me a long time ago?"