Legend of the Orchid

Another month later, Li Zhonglan finally couldn't hold on anymore, and fell ill on the bed, shivering into a ball under the covers every day, her lips and skin were frozen purple and black, her body was so cold that it seemed that she could give off a chill at any time.

Zhao Guangyi urgently called the imperial physician for treatment, and prescribed a lot of warming and aphrodisiac medicines, but none of them worked. Zhong Lan refused to eat well, only drank a little hot soup, and she was so thin that she lost her appearance, her plump little face was sunken , which appeared to be dying.

The emperor went to the doctor in a hurry and invited Taoist priests into the palace. Taoist priests from all walks of life said that there were evil spirits in the palace. They recited mantras and drew talismans every day, but they still couldn't make Li Zhonglan better. up.

Finally, Zhao Guangyi remembered that there was Xu Xuan, a regular attendant, by his side, so he called Xu Xuan into the palace to see a doctor for Zhong Lan.

Although Li Zhonglan's consciousness is blurred, she knows that the teacher is by her side. Because the master and the student are no longer familiar with each other, she feels a little embarrassed. Excessive yin and evil qi and insufficient yang qi lead to a lack of energy and spirit. The so-called 'those who gain yang live, those who lose yang die'..."

"Enough!" Zhao Guangyi bluntly prevented the other party from continuing to chatter, and asked directly, "Is there any way to solve it?"

Xu Xuan hesitated again and again, and finally said: "It's not that there is no way, but it's extremely vulgar, I don't recommend it."

"Hurry up!" Zhao Guangyi roared impatiently.

"Your Majesty can choose ten strong men to serve Li Changshi every day, so that Li Changshi's health can be guaranteed."

Li Zhonglan squinted her eyes halfway, but she heard the teacher's words clearly. When she thought of being molested by ten men every day, tears flowed down her cheeks.

He gritted his teeth and thought, if Zhao Guangyi dared to do this, he would die immediately.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guangyi became even angrier after hearing the suggestion, and roared: "Bastard! What kind of idea is this! Pull down the heavy stick for twenty!"

Xu Xuan was so frightened that he fell to his knees and begged for mercy repeatedly. He completely lost the aura of the number one ghost in Southern Tang Dynasty, and instead looked like a submissive slave.

Zhao Guangyi glanced at the grey-haired Xu Xuan in disgust, frowned and said, "I think you are old and weak, so I will let you go today, and you are not allowed to speak nonsense from now on, otherwise I will punish you severely!"

Xu Xuan hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, his head banging on the bluestone bricks like pounding garlic.Li Zhonglan was extremely surprised when he heard the weird things around him, it was the first time he saw his teacher behave like this, and he thought that what the teacher usually said about "being upright" was just a righteousness of judging the situation.

After Xu Xuan sneaked out, Zhao Guangyi had some calculations in his heart. He secretly thought that Zhao Tingjie had practiced Xi and Heart Sutra.

With just half of the Heart Sutra, he could greatly increase his Yang Qi, which Zhao Guangyi had never imagined. He couldn't help regretting that he was busy with government affairs and neglected to practice. Otherwise, he would be able to share one or two of Li Zhonglan's suffering from cold poison.

And when he thought that Zhao Tingjie would detoxify Li Zhonglan in that way, Zhao Guangyi felt like a lump in his throat, and the blood in his chest was churning.He already regarded Li Zhonglan as his own, how could he allow others to get involved, not even Zhonglan's old lover!

But right now there is nothing to do, can they just watch Li Zhonglan weaken day by day until she dies?

Zhao Guangyi stretched out his pale and slender fingers, caressing Li Zhonglan's skinny face, but he was so cold that he withdrew his hand after just touching it. It was a pity that he didn't love Zhonglan earlier, and now he really can't touch her. , really makes him regret.

Forget it, let's see when Dezhao returns!

Zhao Guangyi stared at Li Zhonglan on the bed, thinking that if Dezhao returned to Beijing in time, he would return Zhonglan to the other party, and if Dezhao did not return in time, he would rather let Zhonglan die fragrantly.

Anyway, Zhao Guangyi was the one who stood by Li Zhonglan's side in the end.

Half a month later, a good news came from Wuyue that Zhennan King Qian had automatically removed his throne and handed over his military power. Zhao Tingjie also did not use war to force the opponent to surrender, but only lobbied and won a decisive victory.

At the same time when the good news came out, Zhao Tingjie had already got up and returned to Beijing. He was really worried about Li Zhonglan, and worried that Lan'er would suffer in prison. When he thought of Lan'er's frail body going to stay in the dark prison for two months, his mood was overwhelmed. Very heavy.

Thanks to Li Zhonglan's fate, when Zhao Tingjie returned to the capital, he was still heaving a sigh of relief, curled up on the bed with a wrinkled face, gritted his teeth and endured the bone-chilling cold.

Suddenly, he heard a powerful "Lan'er!" in mid-air, Li Zhonglan's beautiful eyes that had not been fully opened for many days widened, and a familiar figure jumped into his eyes. In joy, his hoarse voice broke through the heavy chill , Shout out: "Ting... Steps..."

Zhao Tingjie hugged Li Zhonglan from the bed into his arms, Li Zhonglan was very cold, Zhao Tingjie's bare hands and neck were frozen bright red in an instant, but it looked like they had been scalded by a branding iron, it was terribly red.

Zhao Guangyi's eyebrows twitched, he admitted that Zhao Tingjie cared more about Li Zhonglan than anyone else, but he thought to himself that Zhao Tingjie had practiced Xi and Heart Sutra, so he was not afraid of cold poison.

After covering Zhao Tingjie's arms for a while, Li Zhonglan felt more comfortable and had the strength to look up at the other party, but the crystal tears were rolling in her eyes, and her brows were frowned, as if she was blaming the other party for not hearing from him for so long.

Zhao Tingjie smiled slightly, wiped away Li Zhonglan's tears with his rough fingertips, and comforted him: "Lan'er, I'm here to pick you up."

Li Zhonglan let out a groan, then tilted her head up again, her bruised lips were pouting, as if she wanted to ask for a kiss.

Zhao Guangyi frowned in displeasure, cleared his throat, Zhao Tingjie looked away from Zhong Lan, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen took Lan'er back to recuperate, I will leave!"

Zhao Guangyi's fists hidden in his wide sleeves were suddenly clenched. He knew what the so-called "convalescence" meant. Seeing that Li Zhonglan, who had been indifferent for the past two months, was now smiling like a flower in Zhao Tingjie's arms, he felt The iron awl of jealousy was piercing his heart hard.

But you are not joking, he can only let Li Zhonglan go. The current border is unstable, and there are still many places where Zhao Tingjie needs to be used. For the couple in front of them, let them live with it for the time being!

Even so, the emperor couldn't feel relieved, he couldn't even say "retire", and only let out a cold snort from his nasal cavity, which was regarded as acquiescing to the other party's request.

Zhao Tingjie stood up holding Li Zhonglan in his arms, covered Zhonglan tightly with the cloak on his body, and left quickly. The two returned to the county palace in a sedan chair. Wang Yunyi and a group of family members stood at the door to welcome him. Zhao Tingjie frowned slightly, Instruct the housekeeper: "Close the door for three days, no visitors."

After all, he walked through the crowd with Li Zhonglan in his arms, and went to Xiyuan.

After carefully placing Zhong Lan on the bed, Ting Jie held her cold hand and asked, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll fill you up."

Zhong Lan smiled shyly, but after laughing, she met Ting Jie's gentle eyes and said ecstatically, "I want to eat you!"

A playful smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tingjie's mouth. He shook his head and thought for a while, then comforted him: "It's better to wait until you feel better..."

Before she finished speaking, Li Zhonglan had already hooked his neck and forced his lips to her own.

Zhao Tingjie licked Zhonglan's lips carefully, and said with a smile, "It's not that I'm sick, I'm still so strong."

After laughing, he couldn't bear the pain of two months of lovesickness, and began to savor the alluring sweetness carefully. The two hugged each other tightly on the bed, and the small room was soon filled with the beauty of spring.

For three full days, Zhao Tingjie did not take a step out of Xiyuan. Wang Yunyi was shocked and angry when she heard the maid said that the county king had been on Li Zhonglan's bed all day. , still wanted to give it a try, so he angrily condescended to go to Xiyuan to beg for others.

At this moment, Li Zhonglan was telling Zhao Tingjie why he was in the palace, and when Zhao Guangyi forced himself to do his own business, Zhao Tingjie knew that Li Zhonglan had used tricks to escape, but his expression sank and he clenched his fists.

Zhong Lan leaned against Ting Jie's chest, and comforted her, "It's okay, he has done this once, and he will definitely treat me better, at least he won't kill me again."

Zhao Tingjie narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer, "Zhao Guangyi tricked you, Lan'er, you don't have to deal with him."

Li Zhonglan was puzzled, and Zhao Tingjie explained: "I was not imprisoned at all. I am the son of the former emperor and a member of the royal family, and I need to fight for him. He dare not do anything to me."

"So..." Li Zhonglan nodded, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Did you buy a girl named Awen in Zuihonglou before?"

Zhao Tingjie's beautiful sword eyebrows frowned, and he said seriously: "I have never set foot in brothels."

Li Zhonglan's face was livid with anger, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He took a deep breath and swore: "Ting Jie, I will definitely help you regain the throne!"

"Little fool!" The other party scratched his nose, held him tighter in his arms, and gently stopped him, "You don't need to worry about court affairs, the most important thing for you now is to take good care of your body."

When the two were dating, Wang Yunyi's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Husband, I have something to tell you."

Since the revelation, Zhao Tingjie has completely lost his face towards Wang Yunyi, his regular wife. He would feel upset if he looked at her more often, so he responded impatiently, "What's the matter?"

But Wang Yunyi made a request: "Can the concubine come in and speak?"

Zhao Tingjie said coldly, "Say what you have to say."

The breath in Wang Yunyi's chest immediately raised her throat, she tried her best to suppress her anger, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "The concubine is happy, and Miss Rou'er is also happy. Congratulations to your husband and the twins!"

Li Zhonglan was kissing Zhao Tingjie's side neck lightly, when she heard this, her expression froze, she immediately opened her mouth wide, and bit Zhao Tingjie's bare shoulder and neck hard!

Zhao Tingjie breathed in the pain, but he didn't dare to shake off Zhong Lan, so he reluctantly responded, "Got it, go back!"

Li Zhonglan bit Zhao Tingjie's skin to bleed. After biting, he was about to get out of bed, but was held back by Zhao Tingjie. Li Zhonglan struggled like crazy, pinching and scratching at Zhao Tingjie. I beg unrelentingly: "Husband, please see me for the sake of the child in my womb!"

Hearing the word "baby", Li Zhonglan was so angry that she used both hands and feet, and she became a group of untouchable hedgehogs.

Zhao Tingjie was upset and shouted at the door, "Get out!"

He threw the rambunctious little fox in his arms onto the bed, and entered it fiercely from behind. Li Zhonglan let out a scream in pain, but fortunately, he stopped struggling.

"Lan'er, I only love you." Zhao Tingjie comforted Li Zhonglan from behind, hoping to prove his heart with actions.

Li Zhonglan wanted to scold Zhao Tingjie, but he could only let out a broken groan from his throat. Soon, all his emotions disappeared, leaving only a cloud of joy.

He was about to drown in the bed, he thought ignorantly.

If it weren't for the series of events that happened later, they would really have drowned in the bed.