Xiao Jiu

48.

The little prince held Master Yan's hand tightly along the way, and he arrived in front of the palace in a blink of an eye.

When the little prince saw the three big characters "Rui Wangfu" that he had personally inscribed, he felt a sense of disappointment in his heart. He felt that Lord Yan must have taken a shortcut for him, otherwise how could the distance of a street go so fast.

Lord Yan didn't understand what the young prince was thinking, so he let go of his hand and said, "It's getting late, go back and rest early."

The little prince refused to obey, and grabbed Lord Yan's sleeve with his gallbladder.

Fortunately, Master Yan was able to turn the corner this time, and soon realized, he lowered his head and pecked the young prince's lips again.

The little prince pursed his lips, although he was still a little unfulfilled, but thinking about how long the future would be, he let Master Yan go back.

After Lord Yan left, the little prince kept touching his lips with his fingers, and happily skipped all the way back to the room.

However, the moment he stepped through the door, the little prince's smile was completely frozen on his face.

On the bookshelf in the room, a secret compartment was wide open, and the imperial edict inside had disappeared.

49.

The little prince's face turned pale, and his whole body was trembling. When he rushed out of the room, his legs were weak, and he almost tripped over the threshold.

He panicked and called Pearl's name, and Pearl hurried over when she heard it.

"Tonight... Who came here tonight?" The little prince couldn't even stand still, he held onto the pearl tightly to stabilize his figure.

Pearl has followed the young prince for many years, and has never seen him lose his composure like this. She replied tremblingly: "My lord, after you and Lord Yan left, the servants returned to the servant's room and never approached the room."

The little prince stopped talking. He left the palace today, and the guards at the gate were dismissed by Mr. Yan. Anyone can easily...

Suddenly, in this freezing night, layers of cold sweat oozed from the back of the little prince, his face was pale as paper, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "No, he must not on purpose."

Pearl carefully supported the little prince, and was about to cry out of fear: "What's wrong with you, prince, who are you talking about?"

The little prince broke away from Pearl's hand, his eyes were empty, he was still a playful and lovely person just now, but in a blink of an eye he seemed to have lost his soul.

He staggered towards the room step by step, and within a few steps, he passed out in the white snow.

50.

The little prince was in a coma for a day and a night, and he didn't wake up until the evening of the second day.

Pearl knelt by the bed and sobbed softly. Seeing the little prince opened his eyes, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "My lord, how are you?"

The little prince stared blankly at the curtain on the top of the bed, and the scenes of last night flooded into his mind one after another, making him have a splitting headache.

The little prince asked hoarsely, "Has Lord Yan ever been here?"

Pearl said, "No."

The little prince closed his eyes again, two lines of tears slowly slipped from the corners of his eyes, and slid into the hair between his temples.

Afterwards, the little prince lay on the bed for another two days, during which he seldom ate, and when he woke up, he stared at the bed curtain in a daze, without saying anything.

Pearl thought that the young prince had some strange disease, so she went to the palace and invited the imperial doctor to come to treat him. The imperial doctor shook his head and said it was a heart disease.

51.

Two days later in the early morning, a young eunuch suddenly came from the palace, saying that the New Year is approaching, the emperor will hold a banquet in the palace tonight, and King Rui is invited to attend.

Pearl looked at the distraught young prince in embarrassment, unexpectedly, the young prince seemed to have regained his spirit suddenly, got up from the bed, and said to the little eunuch: "I have thanked you for your eunuch, please rest assured, the king will definitely attend on time."

That night, the little prince entered the palace alone, wearing his favorite red jacket, and sat on the low table closest to the emperor's dragon chair.

All the ministers had already taken their seats, but the emperor was long in coming.The little prince looked in the direction where the emperor was coming, and saw Lord Yan, who hadn't appeared for many days, following closely behind, talking with the emperor as he walked.

The little prince clenched his palms tightly, and his gaze was firmly fixed on Lord Yan. Lord Yan seemed to sense it, and looked in the direction of the little prince.

At the moment when the four eyes met, a trace of panic unexpectedly flashed in the eyes of Mr. Yan, who was always calm and calm.