Gu Yan took Ye Zi back to the bedroom, gently put him back on the bed, and helped him remove his shoes, socks and coat.

Ye Zi was disturbed in her dream, mumbled something vaguely, and half-opened her eyes.He glanced at Gu Yan, then closed his eyes heartlessly and continued to sleep, still being manipulated by Gu Yan.

Gu Yan helped Ye Zi change his clothes, helped him lie down, and then sat down beside the bed.

Ye Zi slept soundly, as if extremely tired.

Gu Yan stared at Ye Zi's sleeping profile, full of helplessness.

Fortunately, he has been worrying about this little confusion for so long, this self-healing ability is really amazing, no wonder this person is always so confident about his body.

Ye Zi fell asleep until the afternoon and didn't wake up. He opened his eyes in a daze, and vaguely heard someone's voice coming from outside the door.Ye Zi was in a daze and couldn't hear what was being said outside. After a while, the voice outside the door stopped.

Gu Yan pushed the door in with a bowl of soup and medicine, Ye Zi hurriedly closed his eyes, turned his head and pulled the quilt to cover most of his face.

Gu Yan paused slightly, pretending not to see the unnecessary action of the man.

With his back turned to Gu Yan, Ye Zi heard the man slowly walk to the side of the bed, pull over the low table beside the bed, and put the medicine bowl in his hand on it.Ye Zi didn't dare to breathe, closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

But Gu Yan was patient enough to sit on the edge of the bed without moving, looking at Ye Zi calmly.

Ye Zi was so stared at that the back of his head was hairy, and his whole body was covered with ants, it was extremely unbearable.He finally couldn't bear it anymore, pretended to stretch, and turned around.

The corner of Gu Yan's lips curled up: "Are you awake?"

"Wake up...wake up." Ye Zi replied guiltily, shrinking back unconsciously, "I'm still sleepy, I need to sleep again."

Gu Yan ignored him, but picked up the medicine bowl beside the bed and checked the temperature: "Drink the medicine before going to sleep, the temperature is just right now."

Ye Zi's face immediately wrinkled: "Can I stop drinking?"

Gu Yan glanced at him and said lightly, "No."

Ye Zi resisted weakly: "I'm fine..."

The medicine was bitter and astringent, and it smelled even worse than the tonic that Gu Yan gave him when he couldn't change his form.The last time he was found by Gu Yan to use the leaves to decoct him, he was suppressed by Gu Yan and drank the decoction for more than half a month. After that, for a long time, the smell made him want to vomit.

"But you hurt your vitality." Gu Yan took a pillow and put it behind Ye Zi, helped him sit up, and handed him the medicine bowl, "Drink the medicine quickly, or..."

Ye Zi blinked: "Otherwise what?"

Gu Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised the medicine bowl and took a sip, leaned over to Ye Zi, and kissed his lips.The bitter decoction was passed into Ye Zi's mouth, Ye Zi couldn't break free, so he had to swallow it obediently.But Gu Yan didn't let him go, on the contrary, he became more and more wanton in his mouth, kissing Ye Zi until he couldn't breathe.

Gu Yan stood up straight, with a calm expression: "Do you want to drink medicine?"

Ye Zi couldn't bear Gu Yan's sudden treatment of him like this, blushed and panted a few times, and said in a low voice, "I...can I drink it?"

"En." Gu Yan responded, helped Ye Zi to sit up again, and stared at him as he obediently finished the bowl of soup.

Ye Zi finished drinking the medicine with a sad face, Gu Yan took the medicine bowl and put it aside, took out a small packet of caramel from his bosom, and fed Ye Zi one.

Ye Zi held sugar in his mouth to relieve the bitter taste in his mouth, and asked, "Who were you talking to just now?"

"The people sent by Pei Ge." Gu Yan said, "Ah Chu's mother had already taken the medicine in the morning, and the symptoms have been relieved. After another night of observation, if there is nothing wrong tomorrow, it should prove that the medicine is not wrong. question."

"That's great." Ye Zi said, "In this case, won't the medicine be distributed to the common people soon?"

Gu Yan nodded: "It should be so."

Ye Zi looked at Gu Yan's face and asked, "But you don't seem very happy, what's wrong?"

Gu Yan lowered his eyes, helped Ye Zi straighten the quilt, and said in a low voice, "Maybe I'm worrying unnecessarily, I always feel that things went too smoothly this time."

Ye Zi was silent for a moment, and took Gu Yan's hand: "Don't worry, I'm here. No matter what happens, I will face it with you."

Gu Yan brushed Ye Zi's long hair hanging in front of him, and smiled lightly: "Okay."

"Lie down a little longer and don't get up."

"But I slept all day..."

"..."

"Okay, I'll just sleep."

Early the next morning, Gu Yan went to Pei Ge's place to inquire about the progress of the drug test.Ye Zi lay on the bed for a whole day, and finally got to move around.However, the entire city of Yi'an is currently under strict control, without Gu Yan by his side, Ye Zi can't go anywhere, so he can only stay in the house and read the files that Gu Yan investigated in the past few days.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door suddenly.

Ye Zi's vitality has not yet fully recovered, and she was drowsy while reading the file.He rubbed his eyes and said loudly, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, it was Ah Chu.

Seeing Ye Zi sitting in front of Gu Yan's desk and flipping through the confidential files, Ah Chu couldn't help showing a bit of surprise in his eyes.

He quickly restrained his expression and stepped forward: "Young master."

Ye Zi looked up at him, and smiled: "It's Mr. Ah Chu, what's the matter?"

Ah Chu walked to the desk, and put a handful of things wrapped in plain white silk in front of Ye Zi.The silk is thin and light, and you can vaguely see the tender green color from inside, which should be the few green leaves that Ye Zi gave him that day.

Several days have passed, and the color of the green leaves is still as fresh as before, as if they have just been picked.

Seeing these leaves, Ye Zi felt pain all over his body, but he more or less guessed Ah Chu's intention of coming here.Ye Zi was silent for a moment, then said with a smile, "Master Ah Chu, what are you doing?"

Ah Chu said: "Dr. Pei just said that my mother is out of danger and will recover soon."

Ye Zi nodded: "In that case, congratulations to Master Ah Chu."

"Thank you." Ah Chu bent his lips and said in a low voice, "Since my mother has recovered, I don't need this thing anymore. Please take it back, my lord."

Ye Zi thought for a while, and took the silk back without saying anything more.

Ah Chu looked at those leaves, hesitating for a moment, as if he wanted to say something.Ye Zi noticed that he seemed to have something to say, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ah Chu pursed his lips, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know where you got these herbs, my lord?"

Ye Zi smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I'm just curious." Ah Chu said, "This should be an extremely precious thing. The young master gave me so much at once, which made Ah Chu feel a little panicked."

Ye Zi tilted his head and thought about it, and made up a lie: "The prince gave it to me, saying that it was a nourishing herb that came from a foreign land as a tribute. It's not a big deal. It's just that there are not many herbs in total, and there is no way to save everyone's life." .”

Ah Chu nodded, and thoughtfully said: "My lord... he is really kind to you."

Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, only to realize later that he came back to his senses.

This person didn't know his identity, and thought he was just a male favorite who followed Gu Yan.Gu Yan's kindness to him in the past few days is obvious to all, and it is indeed far beyond ordinary people.Ye Zi tilted her head, thinking maybe she should remind Gu Yan to be more careful outside.

However, he didn't correct Ah Chu's thoughts, but just nodded: "My lord really treats me kindly."

Ah Chu lowered his eyes and said softly, "I really envy you..."

Ye Zi hesitated and said, "Master Ah Chu, you..."

"I'm sorry, I just suddenly remembered some old things." Ah Chu looked up at him, and Ye Zi realized that this man had a pair of particularly attractive eyes, with long eyelashes and raised eyes, and there was a natural flow between his eyebrows and his eyes. charming.

No wonder Mr. Ge kept him in the mansion and wanted to send him out as a gift.

Ah Chu said: "Master Ye may not know that I was sold to Mr. Ge because of poverty in my family since I was a child. He sent someone to teach me carefully and treated me well. But I understand the price of all this. I'm good, just so that I can be given away as a gift in the future, and my future cannot escape being a plaything."

"Ah Chu, don't think so." Ye Zi looked up at him and said, "Master Ge doesn't dare to do anything to you now, if you are still worried, I can ask the prince to help you redeem the deed of selling your body, so that you You are freed so that you may not suffer such a fate."

Ah Chu was startled, and lowered his head: "Young master is really kind-hearted, no wonder you can win the heart of the prince."

He paused, and then said: "I can see that the prince really likes you. In fact, I felt a little strange from the banquet that day. Even if the prince really doesn't care about me, it shouldn't be like this on that occasion I resisted, and I didn’t even want to touch me. It wasn’t until I bumped into you in the courtyard that I realized that it was because of you.”

Ye Zi frowned indistinctly: "Ah Chu, what exactly do you want to say?"

Ah Chu was silent for a moment, and said truthfully: "I... just want to know, where did I lose?"

He whispered: "I was taught how to win the favor of a man since I was a child, but the first time I made a move, I was beaten dizzy. I don't understand, what is wrong with me..."

Ye Zi suddenly felt a burst of pity, he sighed softly, walked around to the young boy, bowed his head and said, "There is nothing wrong with you, you have done well enough."

"That night, Master Ge didn't send you here, but you followed him, right?"

Surprise flashed in Ah Chu's eyes, he lowered his head and didn't answer.

Seeing his reaction, Ye Zi knew that he must have guessed right.

Ye Zi said: "Master Ge was slapped at the banquet by the lord, how dare you let you approach him? You appeared there on purpose, trying to make a pitiful look of being forced in front of me and the lord, don't you want to?" Want the prince to accept you?"

"I..." There was a layer of mist in front of Ah Chu's eyes, and his voice was choked with sobs: "I really have no other way, Mr. Ge wants to drive my mother out of the Chankong Temple, I can only... I I can only get close to the prince. Sorry..."

Ye Zi sighed: "No one wants to live a better life. I can understand you doing this. You used us to put pressure on Mr. Ge, and now you have achieved your goal. I will not forget what I promised you. Just tell the prince, let him find a way to redeem your contract of selling yourself, as for how to live in the future, it's up to you."

Achu looked up at him anxiously: "I...I don't know how to repay you, I..."

"There is no need to repay." Ye Zi raised his face and gently wiped away the tears on his face, "Master Ah Chu, I am not a magnanimous person. No grudges."

Ye Zi paused, and said lightly: "I think you have a reason for what happened, so I can forgive you once. But please remember, if you dare to think about my people again, I will not let you go."

Ah Chu was startled: "You... your people..."

The corners of Ye Zi's eyes curled up, and he said with a smile, "Isn't he one of my people?"

Ah Chu lowered his head and replied softly: "I understand."

Ye Zi didn't say anything more, Ah Chu said goodbye to Ye Zi, turned around and left the door.Leaving the courtyard where Ye Zi lived, with a sigh, he took out a green leaf from his sleeve.He didn't return all the green leaves that Ye Zi gave him.

After all the trouble before, even if his mother's illness was cured, Ah Chu couldn't stay here any longer.

In order to treat his mother's illness, the little silver left in his family has been used up. How should he live next?

Ah Chu looked down at the small crystal clear green leaf in his palm, with a complicated expression on his face.

If this thing is really like what Ye Zi said, it is a strange medicine from the foreign land, find a place to sell it, maybe you can get some silver taels.

—He originally thought so.

But he didn't expect that the man was so kind-hearted that he was willing to help him redeem the contract of sale.

In comparison, his behavior was really unbearable.

But he dared not speak out.If he said it now, would that person have a grudge against him and would no longer be willing to help him?

Seeing that person's nonchalant appearance, perhaps he wouldn't notice the lack of green leaves.

Ah Chu squeezed the green leaf tightly in his hands, and crossed the courtyard with a heavy heart, without noticing for a moment, he slammed into an oncoming person.

Unprepared, Ah Chu took a few steps back and fell to the ground, raising his eyes to see the person in front of him.Ah Chu quickly knelt down on the ground: "Prince Jing makes atonement."

Gu Yi didn't look at him.

He bent down and picked up the green leaf that happened to fall by his feet.

Gu Yi held the leaf in his fingertips, looked at it carefully for a moment, and asked with great interest: "Little guy, where did you get this thing from?"

Ye Zi sent Ah Chu away, and went back to the table to look through the file.But this time, he couldn't calm down.

Human beings are born with compassion, but sometimes, compassion just happens to be the most useless thing.Ye Zi understood this, but she couldn't get rid of that bad habit no matter what.

Ye Zi was thinking about Ah Chu's affairs intermittently, and after some time passed, the door was pushed open again.

It's Gu Yan.

Gu Yan walked into the room with a food box: "You are hungry, find someone to make you something to eat."

As he spoke, he opened the food box and brought out the food in a leisurely manner.A few simple and delicate side dishes filled the table, all of which Ye Zi loved.

Ye Zi didn't feel hungry at first, but now when he smelled the aroma of the food, he immediately felt hungry. He quickly dropped the things at hand and hurried to the table.

Gu Yan filled a bowl of soup and handed it to him, and asked, "I heard from the guard that someone came here just now?"

"It's Ah Chu, he came to tell me that his mother is out of danger, and he wants to return the leaves to me." Ye Zi pointed to the unopened silk silk on the table, "Here, it's right there."

Gu Yan frowned, and said: "It should be taken back. You know that the leaves on your body are taken off, which is a rare and invulnerable medicine in the world. Only you would give such a precious thing so casually." people."

Ye Zi bit her chopsticks and said vaguely, "It's just a few leaves, they will grow out soon, if you don't believe me, take a look."

As he spoke, his eyes rolled, and a few small green leaves slowly grew from the hair on the top of his head.

Those little green leaves were shyly and timidly hidden in the hair, trembling slightly following Ye Zi's voice: "Look, I said it grows fast, I just pulled it out two days ago, so it grows so fast Out."

Gu Yan didn't answer, he looked at the green leaves above his head with great interest, and reached out his hand to gently touch the delicate leaf tips.

The tip of the leaf trembled, and Ye Zi's expression suddenly changed.

Seeing the green leaf's reaction, Gu Yan became even more interested, and couldn't help but hook the leaf with his fingertips, and even rubbed it lightly a few times.

Ye Zi's face was blushing, she endured it for a while, and pulled Gu Yan's hand unbearably: "You, don't touch it again..."

Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then noticed Ye Zi's abnormality.

He vaguely realized something, and tentatively said: "A Zi, you are here..."

Gu Yan didn't finish his sentence, and poked those few leaves with his fingers more vigorously.

Ye Zi whimpered, feeling numb from his spine to the back of his head, his waist was numb, and he couldn't sit still.

He just wanted to show Gu Yan the new skills he had just discovered, how could he know that those few leaves would be so sensitive.

Ye Zi gave up and buried her head on the table, wanting to cry without tears, her neck was completely red.

...lost, lost to death.

Seeing that he really couldn't bear it, Gu Yan had no choice but to withdraw his hand reluctantly.Ye Zi was teased so hard by him that the leaves on top of her head trembled slightly in the air, and she lay down on the table for a while before finally putting those leaves back with difficulty.

Ye Zi buried her face in her arms, turned her head to look at Gu Yan, and angrily accused: "You are too much..."

Gu Yan couldn't laugh or cry: "Obviously you wanted to show me."

Ye Zi felt wronged: "Did I let you touch it?"

"Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?" Gu Yan touched Ye Zi's back comfortingly, and said, "Get up first, and eat well."

Ye Zi responded, pretending to be calm and picked up his chopsticks again, no longer thinking about what happened just now.

Gu Yan looked at Ye Zi's head from time to time, and Ye Zi's spine was numb from his sight, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, why are you back now? What's going on at Chankong Temple?"

The topic changed so abruptly, Gu Yan didn't want to push Ye Zi hard, and followed his words: "Pei Ge is watching over there, it's not a big problem, but I should go to see it again later. .You are not a princess now, so it is inevitable that the servants will not care about you. I will come back to eat with you."

What he said was heartwarming, and Ye Zi's mood, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became noisy again.He settled down and stopped thinking about it, and asked again: "Has the prescription been prepared? When will it be distributed to the people?"

Gu Yan picked up vegetables for Ye Zi, and said: "I have already discussed with Pei Ge, if there is no accident, it should be distributed to the people of Chankong Temple tomorrow. It's just..."

Ye Zi asked, "Just what?"

Gu Yan was silent for a moment, as if deliberating.

Ye Zi pressed on and asked, "What happened?"

Gu Yan shook his head and said truthfully: "Uncle Liu Huang gave me a box of medicine powder earlier, I asked Pei Ge today, all those medicine powders are used as medicine, and should be able to save all the people in Yi'an."

Ye Zi didn't understand the deep meaning of his words for a while, and said, "Isn't it great to be able to save all the people in Yi'an, what's the matter..."

When he said this, his voice suddenly stopped, and he realized something.

Ye Zi raised his eyes to look at Gu Yan, and saw the same worries as himself in his eyes.

Gu Yan sighed: "It is not Yi'an that can be disturbed by the plague."

Ye Zi pursed her lips, and said softly, "King Jing..."

"His purpose is probably here."

They couldn't find out what the medicine that Gu Yi gave was. After saving the people in Yi'an, they would inevitably fall into the previous predicament again.If he wanted to continue saving people, he could only ask Gu Yi for medicine.

A terrible thought flashed in Ye Zi's mind, he put his hand on the back of Gu Yan's hand, and said, "Will King Jing..."

Gu Yan patted Ye Zi's hand and shook his head: "Anyway, I have to go see him once this matter is over."

Ye Zi said without thinking, "I'll accompany you."

"You can't go." Gu Yan said decisively, "The fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, I don't want to involve you in it."

After lunch, Gu Yan had to go back to Chankong Temple to continue his work, Ye Zi had nothing to do, so he went to help with him.In the following time, Gu Yan didn't mention the matter of finding Gu Yi again.The next day, Pei Ge officially gave the prescription to cure the plague, and everyone decocted the medicine according to the prescription and distributed it to the patients in Chankong Temple.

Within two days, all the patients improved by coincidence.

The news that the plague has been suppressed spread like wildfire in the city. In addition, the patients gradually recovered and left the Chankong Temple, and the bustle of the past in Yi'an City quickly resumed.

The common people spontaneously put up lanterns and streamers to celebrate the recovery from the disease.The city changed from the dead silence of the past, and it was very lively for a while.

Gu Yan sat in the private room of a restaurant in the city, looked down at the crowd on the street, and couldn't help sighing.

"Zi Cheng is now a great hero in Yi'an, who has saved countless lives, so why sigh?" Gu Yi's voice sounded from behind him, Gu Yan turned his head, the man waved his folding fan, and walked slowly in front of him .

Gu Yan got up quickly, and saluted Gu Yi: "Uncle Sixth Emperor."

Gu Yi hurriedly helped him: "Isn't today our uncle and nephew's family feast, why bother to be so polite?"

Gu Yan's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

The two sat down at the table.

On the eaves above the heads of the two, a slender stem and leaf was carefully hooked to the beam, and the petite flower spike was poking out.Ye Zi shrank herself in the shadow under the eaves, poked her head out and glanced at the two of them.

Gu Yan insisted on not bringing him here, but Ye Zi couldn't resist him, so he had to go along with him and didn't dare to follow him.

But if he was to obediently stay in the house and wait for him, he definitely couldn't do it.After thinking about it, Ye Zi had no choice but to change into his original form and follow out sneakily.

Fortunately, before Gu Yan left Chang'an, in order to prevent him from encountering any accidents, he took off the silver bell on his wrist.Otherwise, not to mention changing to his original shape and following him, even if he gets a little closer to Gu Yan, people will inevitably hear the tinkling silver bells on his body.

In the private room, Gu Yan poured a glass of wine for Gu Yi: "I heard that this wine is brewed locally in Yi'an, and it is very distinctive. How about trying it, Uncle Emperor?"

The two raised their glasses and touched each other. Gu Yi drank a glass and said, "It really is a good wine, and its reputation is well-deserved."

Gu Yan said: "If the emperor likes it, my nephew will send someone to deliver some altars to your house some other day."

Gu Yi smiled and said, "Zicheng, if you have anything to say, just say it straight. You suddenly become so earnest, it's not like you."

Gu Yan sighed softly and put down his wine glass: "Can't the emperor see what I want?"

"My nephew begs the emperor to give me medicine to save the people who are still suffering from the plague."

There was a moment of silence in the private room, Gu Yi said: "I still think it's something, isn't it just that the medicine has run out? To be honest, I was in a hurry to go out this time, and I only brought so much with me before. If Zicheng still wants to , I will send someone to fetch it when I leave Yi'an."

Gu Yan said: "Then I would like to thank Uncle Huang."

"You're welcome, it should be." Gu Yi played with the wine glass in his hand, and chuckled, "But Zicheng, I'll help you with this, can you do the emperor's uncle a favor too?"

This was not beyond Gu Yan's expectations, he paused, and said in a gentle voice, "Uncle, please tell me."

Gu Yi raised his eyes to look at him, and said in a low but clear voice, "I want you...to help me defeat Emperor Jinghe."

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