limited backtracking

"Your Majesty calm down." Everyone in the hall suddenly knelt down and bowed their heads.

Only Bai Lian was still standing there, confronting him tensely.

"Why is the father so angry? What did my son say wrong? Didn't the five marginal cities be kept by Young Master Jiang? Could it be that Young Master Jiang is not qualified to guard them?"

"you……"

"Is it still the father who cares about the young master? The marginal conditions are difficult, and it is indeed not a good place."

Bai Liyi said angrily, "It's good that you know."

"This Yunsui is a rich place, the young master may not have returned to Yunsui for a long time, how about..."

Bailiyi was so angry that he fell back on the dragon chair, put his hands on his chest and panted heavily, "Retire!"

Everyone left in fear.

Baili Xi saw that Baili An had no intention of moving, so he stretched out his hand and tugged on his sleeve, and whispered, "Brother, let's go."

"You go back first."

"elder brother……"

"obedient."

"Yes."

After everyone else retreated, Bai Liyi stared at Bai Lian and said, "Did you forget what I said?"

"My son has not forgotten."

"Since I said this today, let me remember..." Bai Liyi said, "If you disobey my intentions again, he will definitely die."

Jiang Weiyan did not leave after leaving the palace, but stood behind the door and listened.

he?Does this "he" refer to himself?

Jiang Weiyan was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Bai Lian in astonishment.

The latter clenched his fists, his back tensed.If you look from the side, you can still see that because of his clenched teeth, the tendons connecting his jaw to his neck are protruding very clearly.

He didn't know what deal Bai Lian and Bai Li Yi had made, but his intuition told him that the deal was related to him.

It is impossible for Bai Lian not to care about Jiang Weiyan's life, he is just gambling.

Where is the bottom line for betting on Bailiyi?

Bai Liyi sneered and said: "You are so sincere to him, and you have repeatedly disobeyed me. I don't know if he treats you like this?"

"Father, if you want to blackmail him with your ministers, you can give up this idea as soon as possible." Bai Lian said hoarsely, "I treat him well because Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang are kind to me, so I care about him. Life. And I was nothing to him, and there was nothing in me that he could seek. It was not because of me that he became the head coach, and it was not because of me that he took the position of deputy privy envoy. Everything he has now is Spelled out by himself, with or without me, it has no effect on him."

"Whether there is any influence, I want him to say for himself." Bai Liyi got up and said, "I will choose another mansion, and you will stay in Prince Jing's mansion honestly during this time."

Bai Liyi left a word, turned and left the front hall.

Bai Lian stood there, turned around to leave after a long time, but suddenly froze.

"Jiang Weiyan?"

Jiang Weiyan stood at the entrance of the main hall, watching him quietly.

Bai Lian walked over quickly, grabbed his sleeve and took him to a secluded place.

"Your Highness..."

Bai Lian let go of his hand, "How much did you hear just now?"

"I heard everything that should be heard." Jiang Weiyan said, "What does the emperor mean? What did you promise him? Because of me?"

Bai Lian pursed her lips, thinking about how to fool her, "..."

"Don't you give me an explanation? Brother?"

"I, it's not..." He was always eloquent, but suddenly he didn't know how to say it.

Jiang Weiyan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "You said that you want me to go home, that is to go head-to-head with the emperor? If you are not his son, brother, you are already in prison now."

"I have my measure."

"Does the emperor want to threaten me with your life?"

Anyway, he had heard it all, and there was no need for Bai Lian to hide it, "Yes."

"You've just heard those words." He said again: "You can do whatever you want. Don't care about me."

"I care." Jiang Weiyan clenched his teeth, he thought of what Bai Lian said to the emperor in the hall, "You are very important to me, and I will never let anything happen to you."

Baili An's heart moved, and he raised his hand to wipe off the falling flowers on Jiang Weiyan's body, "Let's put this matter aside for the time being, you go back first, I will help Xiao Xi's homework."

***

After Baili Eucalyptus came out of the East Palace, he wanted to leave the palace and return home, but stopped at the corner.

Turning left is the way out of the palace. He looked to the right and moved forward a few steps hesitantly.A layer of sweat broke out on the palms of Baili'an, and after walking a few steps, he turned around and walked towards the palace gate.

Almost out of this road, Bai Lian stopped again, turned around and walked back after a while.

Ever since the Ciyuan Hall caught fire and the Empress passed away, few people passed by here, just like a cold palace.With trembling hands, Bai Lian pushed open the mottled door with peeling red paint, and stepped in after a long time.

He walked towards the backyard step by step, his feet seemed to weigh a thousand catties, otherwise how could he walk so slowly...

The backyard was in a mess, only the pear tree was safe and sound, but no one took care of it for a few years, and it didn't bloom so beautifully.

He walked slowly into the backyard.

After three years of wind and rain, he could not actually smell any burning smell, but he still felt that the closer he was to the smell, the stronger it was, making people feel suffocated.

Thyme eucalyptus supported the pear blossom tree beside it to stabilize its figure.Memories flooded in like a flood, and what happened three years ago is still vivid in my mind.

He was here three years ago, watching the fire engulfing the Ciyuan Hall with his own eyes, but he was powerless.

It's so uncomfortable, I can't breathe, my head hurts, my eyes hurt, and my heart hurts.

It hurts all over.

He left the Ciyuan Palace as if fleeing, there were many people in the palace, Bai Lian tried his best to make himself look the same as usual, but his face was so pale that people wanted to put him in the hospital.

Feng Zhi had been waiting outside the palace for a long time, and when he saw Bai Lian coming out, he immediately went up to meet him, "Master, why do you look so pale? Did you catch the cold again in the morning?"

"It's okay, let's go home."

Jiang Weiyan stood in front of Prince Jing's mansion, watching the carriage approaching slowly.

Feng Zhi jumped out of the carriage first, and said, "Master, we are here."

The car was very quiet, and Bai Lian didn't come down, so Feng Zhi called again, "Master?"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Weiyan took a few steps forward, raised his hand and lifted the curtain, only to see Bai Lian leaning against the window with his eyes closed, his face a little red.

Jiang Weiyan walked into the car, lightly touched Baili's face, "Yeah?"

Baili Eucalyptus woke up in a daze, his entire vision was blurred, he couldn't see who the person in front of him was, and he could only smell the familiar scent on him.

He let go of the fatigue around him, fell forward, rested his head on Jiang Weiyan's shoulder, and said vaguely, "Why are you here?"

"I just sent my mother out of Bianjing, and I'll wait for you to come back." Jiang Weiyan put his hand on the back of his neck, "Go home first, didn't you realize that you have a fever?"

"Really?" Baili Eucalyptus's voice was weak, and he fell asleep after speaking.

Jiang Weiyan picked him up, got off the carriage, and while walking towards the mansion, he told Feng Zhi and Feng Yi: "Feng Yi, hurry up and invite Master Uncle, and Feng Zhi to fetch a basin of water."

Feng Zhi and Feng Yi: "Yes."

Jiang Weiyan put Baili Eucalyptus on the bed, and pulled the quilt aside to cover him tightly.He put his hand on his forehead to test the temperature, and the slightly cool palm collided with the hot forehead, crushing a lump hidden in the heart of Thyme.

He felt the tightly locked brows under his palms slowly relax.

After he took his hand away, Bai Lian's beautiful brows frowned again, making a cat-like moaning sound.

Jiang Weiyan chuckled helplessly.

He had no choice but to put his hand back, and feel the process of Bai Lian's eyebrows slowly stretching again.

"Kid." He chuckled softly.

In the next few hours, Jiang Weiyan stayed by his bed.Besides being worried, what was more important was that Bai Lian always kicked the quilt, and would cover him with a quilt every once in a while, for fear that he would throw the whole quilt off the ground when he walked away.

"The quilt is covered. How old is he? I still kick the quilt." I can't count the number of times I covered him with a quilt. Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Weiyan simply took off his outer robe and lay down next to Baili Eucalyptus. Wrapped him in the quilt and hugged him, muttering, "See how you kick the quilt this time."

In the silence of the night, the room was lit with elegant agarwood, Jiang Weiyan hugged the soft thyme, and slowly fell asleep.

Baili Eucalyptus felt that she was floating, and many images flashed in her mind...

"Mother, where are you going?"

"Be good, my mother is going to leave for a while, you obediently listen to your father, don't lose your temper with your father, eat well, sleep well, and grow up well."

"Then when will you come back? The pear blossoms are about to bloom, and the queen mother agreed to watch them with me."

"Yu'er, as long as you want, the queen mother will be there."

He watched Mu Jingyan getting farther and farther away from him, no matter how far he ran, he couldn't catch up.

"Mother, come back early..."

The scene changed, and he was punished to kneel outside Yuqing Palace. The snow was so thick that his legs were almost completely sunk in the snow, and he was almost unconscious.Suddenly someone came to tell him something, Bai Lian was taken aback, he couldn't care about anything else, he stumbled and ran towards the Ciyuan Hall, all the wounds on his body were open.He fell to the ground, and the bright red blood fell on the pure white snow, which was particularly dazzling.

The fire in front of him turned his face red, he could no longer feel the pain of the wound, and the pain in his heart made him almost die.

He struggled to run in, and shouted out of control: "No... Queen Mother! Let me go, you let go, Queen Mother is inside, she is inside!"

"No, it's impossible, you lied to me, how could the queen mother be gone, you lied to me, lied to me..."

Jiang Weiyan heard Bai Lian muttering something in a half-dream, before he opened his eyes, he touched his forehead with his hand, and muttered: "Finally it's not so hot."

Suddenly hearing a few small crying sounds, Jiang Weiyan suddenly opened his eyes, and turned Bai Lian to face him.

Baili Eucalyptus seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, her face was wet, and she couldn't tell whether it was cold sweat or tears.

"Yuan, it's okay, don't be afraid." Jiang Weiyan wiped his face, then hugged him in his arms, and gently patted him on the back with his palm, trying to disperse all the nightmares that trapped Bailian, "I Here, it's all right."

He coaxed the person in his arms one by one, waiting for him to calm down.

"Jiang Weiyan?" Baili'an's voice still had the ambiguity of just waking up.

Jiang Weiyan let go of the man, brushed the broken hair in front of his forehead with his hands, and kissed him lightly on the forehead, "I'm here."

Bai Lian seemed to be returning to his senses, he stared at Jiang Weiyan for a while, and suddenly said, "I don't seem to have told you."

"Ok?"

"Three years ago, my father ordered me to go south to suppress bandits. I made an appointment with my mother to return to the capital before her birthday. The suppression of bandits did not go well. Qingqi and I were ambushed. The bandit's old lair has been taken away, and everyone has wounds on their bodies, and here..." Bai Lian pointed at the place no more than five inches above his heart, "I also got shot by an arrow."

Jiang Weiyan put his hand on his, and kissed the corner of his mouth, "Does it still hurt?"

Bai Lian paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

He continued in a very calm tone, "The doctor told us to rest for a few days before heading back to Beijing. I counted the days, but there was no time for me to stay. I set off a few days earlier than Qingqi, and returned to the capital quickly. "

But what greeted him was not the queen mother standing under the pear tree, but a huge fire that took half of his life.

"When I got back to the palace, I heard that Xiao Xi had been poisoned and passed out. I was also summoned by my father to the Yuqing Palace. In Xiao Xi's bedroom, there was a room full of imperial doctors kneeling. Everyone was helpless. It turned white and the lips were purple, which are indeed signs of poisoning. After I went in, the emperor dismissed other irrelevant people in the room, and threw a puppet full of silver needles in front of me."

At that time, he didn't know anything, so he picked up the doll inexplicably, and saw Bailixi's birth date written on the doll.Bai Lian's hands trembled a little, he knew this, it was recorded in the book by the predecessors, this is "witchcraft".

"Father, where did this come from?"

"Kneel down." Bai Liyi scolded, "Xiao Xi was unconscious after returning from the Queen's Palace in the afternoon, and later found this doll in your room. What excuse do you have?"

"What?" Bai Lian was startled, and looked at him in astonishment, "I have never done these things before. Xiao Xi is Erchen's younger brother, how could I harm him?"

Concubine Shu said: "The imperial doctor said that the brief analysis is about the Western Region Gu Art. Xiye Kingdom is located in the Western Region. It remains to be verified whether the Queen knows Gu Art, but this puppet..."

"The queen mother has always loved Xiao Xi, and she often warns my son to love my younger brother. If I don't believe my mother, the queen will attack Xiao Xi." Bai Lian clenched his hands tightly, "Whether the emperor father and the concubine Shu believe it or not, the son did not fight against Xiao Xi." What kind of puppet has been passed, my son will not recognize it."

"The writing on the doll is clearly in your handwriting, and you still have to be stubborn?" Bai Liyi pointed at the door and said angrily, "Go and kneel outside, when will you admit your mistake, and when will you get up."

Jiang Weiyan said distressedly: "Is your body the root cause of your illness because of that punishment?"

"Well, but if I hadn't suffered such a serious injury before, it shouldn't be like this now." Bai Lian said, "I don't know how long I knelt that day, and then the Temple of Ciyuan caught fire, and then I couldn't hold it anymore and fainted In the past, when I woke up, it was already three months later. After that, I would drink medicine every day to recuperate my body, and when I got better, I would practice hidden weapons, or sneak out for a walk.

"Xiao Xi later told me that he ate a few pieces of rose cakes in the mother's harem that day, and was persuaded by the mother not to eat too much, so as not to feel uncomfortable. He said that the mother and several nuns also ate, but only Something happened to him. Xiao Xi was pure by nature, but he was also a person who knew right from wrong. He actually knew who was really nice to him and who was lying. He didn't believe that it was a Gu played by his mother, and he didn't believe that I would harm him. He has come to me many times, just because he is afraid that I will misunderstand him, and that I will alienate him because of this, silly."

Jiang Weiyan: "Hasn't it been found out after three years?"

Bai Lian sighed, and said: "No, the people who knew about this matter are basically gone, either died, or were sent far away by the emperor, and there is nowhere to investigate."

"There will be a way, and I will investigate with you."

"I'm sorry." Bai Lian suddenly whispered.

Jiang Weiyan was puzzled: "Why are you apologizing to me?"

"You asked so many times before I told you."

Jiang Weiyan patted his head reassuringly, "I'll listen to what you say, and I won't force you to say what you don't want to say. You are not wrong, so you don't need to apologize to me."

Jiang Weiyan hugged him into his arms and repeated: "You are not wrong."

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