sick man

When Yuan Xi opened his eyes in a daze, it was already dawn. He rubbed the back of his neck which was inexplicably sore, and lightly pushed open the half-closed window. The gray sky was drooping, as if rain would come at any moment.

He was just watching it with fascination, when suddenly a silver hook dropped from the sky in the distance, and there were several thunderclaps, which scared him into a shudder.

Summer rain always comes as soon as it is said.

A few thick dark clouds had accumulated together just now, pouring down a torrent of rain as if they were gaining momentum.A curtain of rain was hung in front of the window for a moment, and the slightly intoxicating mist mixed with the smell of earth gradually floated up, and the Chaoyang Temple, which had been silent for a long time, was wrapped in a wanton mist.

In this kind of weather, Li Chengyan wouldn't even get out of bed.

Yuan Xi stretched out his hand to catch a little rainwater, the icy cold touch was like the coldness from the corner of his mouth.

"Physician Sun, Your Majesty... what disease did he suffer from?"

"Ah... Eunuch Yuan, to be honest, His Majesty's illness... is actually not a difficult and miscellaneous disease. It is all caused by a knot in the heart. Once the knot is resolved, it will be fine. It's just..."

"It's just... Your Majesty refuses to say anything, and doesn't cooperate with the treatment. In the long run, I'm afraid it will be wasted too much... Eunuch Yuan, you have been waiting by Your Majesty's side, do you know what he has unfulfilled wishes?"

"Physician Sun, Yuan Xi is just a humble person. I am very grateful to be surrounded by His Majesty's constant servants. How can He De get a glimpse of His Majesty's mind?"

"If even you don't know...it's...sigh!"

Hehe, so what if I know?

Of course, Li Chengyan had to pay for the sins he committed by himself.

"Eunuch...Eunuch Yuan...Eunuch Yuan?"

Someone gently pushed his shoulders, Yuan Xi suppressed his smile, turned around and saw Cui Zhen with a strange expression, and asked a little strangely,

"What happened?"

Cuizhen hurriedly raised the tray in front of him, Yuanxi glanced at it, but there was a medicine bowl on it, so she didn't notice anything.But then his face changed, he raised his head, showing a strange expression like Cuizhen,

"Your Majesty, is he willing to drink the medicine?"

Cuizhen's gaze also fell on the bottomed out medicine bowl, and she nodded happily and worriedly,

"Today, Your Majesty...is a little strange. The servant brought the medicine early in the morning and wanted to persuade His Majesty to drink more. But as soon as the servant entered the inner hall, he found that His Majesty had already woken up and was sitting at the table reading a book. After taking the medicine, he drank it all without frowning. Right now, he is urging the servants to pass on the meal, saying that they are hungry... Eunuch Yuan, look... can this be..."

Cuizhen absolutely did not dare to say the four words "returning light and returning to light".Ke Yuanxi understood what she meant immediately.Indeed, Li Chengyan's behavior this morning was too abnormal. Since he was bedridden, it was the first time that he took medicine in such a cooperative manner, and even took the initiative to order the meal for the first time.

"Cuizhen, go and invite the imperial doctor."

Yuan Xi thought about it, and finally felt that something was wrong. At this time, it is difficult to judge Li Chengyan's condition based on guesswork. It is better to ask the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment.If that time really comes...you won't be hurting yourself.

"Yes."

Cuizhen bowed her knees and nodded, paused, then raised her head and asked,

"Then... will the slaves still pass on food?"

Yuan Xi smiled,

"You little girl, are you scared out of your wits? How can we not listen to the master's order?"

Cuizhen nodded repeatedly, her skirt swayed, and disappeared outside the door in a moment.

As Li Chengyan's close servant, he actually overslept, and didn't even know Li Chengyan woke up.

Yuan Xi suppressed the faint uneasiness and anxiety in his heart, slapped his face with rainwater, and straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror before walking towards the inner hall.

As Cuizhen said, Li Chengyan was still sitting at the table reading a book. He was wearing a mountain green robe, a pure white jade belt around his waist, no crown on his head, and his long hair neatly tied up. He looked sickly and haggard. , but also has an indescribable beauty.

Li Chengyan's appearance resembles the Empress Dowager, who was the most beautiful in Yuyang City when she was young, otherwise she would not have won the favor of the former emperor and even made an exception to be promoted to a noble concubine without a descendant to rely on.Therefore, one can imagine what a handsome man Li Seung-yeon is.What's more rare is that there is no trace of femininity in this handsome beauty, and the only two sharp sword eyebrows inherited from the former emperor among the facial features give him an innate aura of a king.

All the women who have seen Li Chengyan, no matter the court ladies or concubines, seem to have lost their souls.Even men are often not spared. Since Li Chengyan ascended the throne, there are often jokes in the palace about young officials seeing His Majesty lose their minds and being punished with a board.

And you were also confused by his good-looking appearance back then, right?

Yuan Xi swallowed the bitter taste that kept surging in his heart, walked to the table, knelt down and said,

"Your Majesty, are you feeling better today?"

Li Chengyan slowly closed the book in his hand, nodded slightly and said,

"I feel better, Yuan Xi, let's get back together."

Yuan Xi thanked him, stood up and walked closer, turned his head to look out of the window, then at Li Chengyan, hesitant to speak.

Li Chengyan looked at him with his chin in his hands, and smiled slightly,

"Speak up if you have something to say."

"The slaves dare not."

Yuan Xi hurriedly lowered his head, and after a while, raised his eyes again, and said nonuo,

"Your Majesty, it's raining heavily and it's cold. Your body is just refreshing, so don't be careless. Can this servant close the window?"

With Li Chengyan's "hmm", Yuan Xi hurried over and closed a row of wide-open windows.

When he turned around with a sigh of relief, he found that Li Chengyan was still looking at him, his eyes seemed to be glued to him, and he never missed it.

Yuan Xi panicked when he saw him, kneeled on the ground with his legs bent, and kowtowed,

"What mistake did Yuanxi make? Please let your Majesty express it!"

He was answered by the sound of a stool moving.

Yuan Xi knocked his head on the ground, only to see a pair of feet moving from far to near, and finally stopped in front of him.

"Yuanxi, it's been hard for you these years."

Li Chengyan's inexplicable words made Yuanxi a little confused, he kowtowed heavily, and replied,

"It's a matter of course for a slave to serve his master, why is it so hard to say? Your Majesty is really going to kill slaves!"

"Ha ha……"

Li Chengyan sneered a few times, squatted down slowly, pinched Yuanxi's chin with one hand, and lifted his face up.

Yuanxi's face was full of panic, and the corners of his eyes had already leaked tears because of fear, but Li Chengyan looked into the depths of his eyes, narrowed his eyes and said,

"The hatred in your eyes is so deep. After so many years, I have never discovered it!"

"Your Majesty... Slaves, servants..."

Yuan Xi's whole body went limp, if not for Li Chengyan still holding his chin, he would have collapsed on the ground.

"Yuanxi, stop acting."

Li Chengyan threw away his hand, and took out something precious from his bosom.When that thing fell in front of Yuanxi's eyes, his pupils constricted suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice,

"You...how could you have...how could it be! How could it be in your hands!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab it.

However, Li Chengyan dodged it on guard, and put the very ordinary carp jade pendant back into his arms.

"I just tested you, and you were exposed. Yuanxi, you dare to lie to me for so long, and you never thought about the consequences of being discovered by me?"

"Hehe... Consequences? What are the consequences? The big deal is that I will be implicated in the nine clans, and I will be executed by Ling Chi, and I will be crushed and ashes after death."

Yuan Xi disagreed, and simply took off the careful obedience that he had pretended for many years, and no longer maintained a humble posture, stood up unsteadily, straightened his back and faced Li Chengyan.

"Your Majesty probably never thought of investigating me, right? I was abducted by human traffickers when I was very young. Where is my hometown and who is my family? One person, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be able to relieve his anger if he uses all kinds of torture to execute me."

"Yuanxi, you are so courageous!"

Li Chengyan was irritated by Won Hee's rascally tone, and pointed at him angrily,

"Do you really think that I can't do anything about you?"

Yuan Xi looked at him calmly, then smiled suddenly,

"Although your majesty is the son of heaven, you really can't do anything about a dead person. For example, Su Hongrui, if he dies, he is dead. Doesn't your majesty have nothing to do?"

"Nonsense! Hong Rui is still alive!" Li Chengyan interrupted him angrily.

"He's already dead." Yuan Xi replied coldly.

"Your Majesty personally gave the order, and I poured the poison myself. His body was thrown in the mass grave, and he must have been eaten by wild dogs long ago."

"shut up!"

Knowing that Yuan Xi was talking nonsense, but Li Chengyan still got hurt, he grabbed Yuan Xi's skirt, threw Yuan Xi, who was much smaller than him, against the wall, and shouted,

"You keep saying that Su Hongrui is dead, so why are you so flustered when you see this jade pendant?"

Faced with his aggressive questioning, Yuan Xi tilted his head and closed his eyes, completely unprepared to defend himself.

"Hengchun Valley, do you know about it?"

Li Chengyan let go of his hand suddenly, Yuan Xi slid down the wall and sat on the ground, but was shocked by his words.

"Who! Who told you!"

"The person who came here to give me the jade pendant last night."

Li Chengyan smiled with satisfaction. Last night he was awakened from his dream, and when he woke up, he saw a man in black standing in front of him with his face covered.He thought it was an assassin, but the man kicked him unceremoniously and asked him if he wanted to see Su Hongrui.

How could he not want to?

These days, whether he is asleep or awake, his thoughts are always on Su Hongrui.

But Su Hongrui has already...

"He's still alive."

The man didn't explain much, just threw him a jade pendant and a book.

The jade pendant is a common sapphire carp that can be seen everywhere, and the book is a medical book with a simple map inside.

"How can I believe that what you say is true?"

Li Chengyan held onto these two things tightly and asked anxiously.

Those who have already reached the window did not look back,

"Believe it or not, it's best if you don't believe it, so as not to disturb Su Hongrui's peace."

After the man finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash.

Li Chengyan rubbed his eyes vigorously, and searched around in the dim light, but found nothing.He thought he was just having an absurd dream, but the jade pendant and medical book in his hand clearly told him that someone really came.

And Hong Rui... is he really alive as that person said?

How can it be!How can it be?

Back then he clearly saw Su Hongrui's... being carried out, and in order to be safe, he entrusted this matter to Yuan Xi who he trusted the most.

Could it be... Yuan Xi lied to herself?

Li Chengyan squeezed the thing in his hand, his face changed a few times, and finally his eyes fell on the jade pendant in his hand, maybe...

He can find a way to verify it.

Thinking about it, Li Chengyan slowly curled the corners of his mouth, and the sluggish attitude of the past few days was swept away, and his whole body seemed to be reborn.