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"Raise your head." The emperor's voice was not hurried or slow, not the voice of a young man, but the calm tone of a man just past his prime.

Song Nianguan knew how to do a little squat, and immediately raised his head with a shy expression, and his body trembled slightly as if he was terrified.

Xu Shi saw his face was too horrible to look at, the emperor didn't say anything for a while, Song Nian could only keep kneeling upright with his head raised.

"Although our two countries had some quarrels, you have come from a long distance, full of sincerity, and very lonely. I hope you will abide by your duty, work hard on state affairs, and do your best for the repair of the two countries."

"I would like to follow the emperor's instructions." Song Nian's face can be changed, but his voice cannot be changed. This voice is so clear and clear that everyone will probably sigh in their hearts. It's a pity for such a good voice.

The emperor on the throne probably felt that his voice did not match his face, so he asked him about the situation on the road and the culture of his mother country as if he wanted to hear more from him, and then asked him to step down.

There are clear dress regulations when entering the palace for an audience, and you must not wear too heavy clothes. Song Nian only wore a brocade robe with a black background and silver trim. Even if he was dressed so thinly, Song Nian felt that his back was drenched in cold sweat , sticky on the body, and the cold wind blows outside the palace door, and the whole body feels cold.Just now the emperor's eyes in the palace were too frightening, he kept his expression so calm, and his eyes were interspersed with sharp blades, and he looked directly at him, as if he had seen through Song Nian's disguise and only saw his muscles and bones.Song Niansheng was afraid that if he made a mistake, he would bring disaster to his mother country if he was not careful, but fortunately today he was not in any danger.

Deng Qi and Hu Mang were still waiting at the gate of the palace, when they saw Song Nian coming out, they quickly greeted him with a cloak and covered his whole body, Song Nian's face was pale and his lips trembled slightly from the cold.Deng Qi put his hands in his palms, only to feel that his hands were as cold as ice, so he simply opened his front and clamped his hands between his chest and abdomen.

Song Nian felt a little warmth at this moment, raised his head and looked at him with misty eyes, turned around to greet the eunuch who sent him out, and gave Hu Mang a wink before being supported by Deng Qi and walked to the carriage step by step go.

Hu Mang got his favor and turned around to talk to the eunuch who followed Song Nian.Hu Mang was originally born tall, the eunuch was not short, but he was also somewhat shorter than Hu Mang.But Hu Mang bowed his head and folded himself in half before speaking to him.

It was nothing more than thanking my father-in-law for his kind words, and while speaking, I took out a bag of scattered silver from the armhole and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand.The eunuch only saw a little smile at this time, Xie raised a pair of raised eyebrows, shook the silver bag in his hand, patted the back of Hu Mang's hand with a smile, and then turned and left.

Hu Mang felt that the place where he was photographed was like being licked by some cold and sticky beast, so he could get goose bumps all over his body, and he trembled a few times before walking quickly towards the carriage.

After Song Nian went back, the palace issued a decree, pity that he was about to live in another country for a long time, and it would be inconvenient to live in a post house, and pointed him to a small courtyard with a second entrance to show his grace and greatness.

Song Nian's background was originally poor, but this time he caught the cold and couldn't take care of him so he wanted to move, and eventually fell ill.This time the onset was urgent and the situation was dangerous. Deng Qi felt as if his whole body could burn people when he got burned.Everyone else returned to Xinguo, only Deng Qi and Hu Mang, and Hu Mang is a rough man with no seriousness, and Deng Qi didn't want him to be close to Song Nian, and he took care of all the affairs by himself. .

He just turned Song Nian over, put a soft pillow under his arm, and changed the cold towel.Deng Qi sat down and was about to rub his sore waist and legs, when he saw Song Nian suddenly stretched out both hands, grabbing in the air, and muttering about something.

Deng Qi quickly embraced Song Nian in his arms, patted him on the back, and softly coaxed him to sleep again.

If this situation is put in the eyes of other doctors, it can only be said that he is confused, but Deng Qi knows that this is because the emperor's spirit is unstable, and Song Nian's body cannot bear the hysteria caused by the emperor's spirit.Deng Qi sometimes thought, just ignore him like this, let him get sick, and the emperor will naturally return to his place after he dies, which also saves him from suffering so much.

But he knew that every calamity was caused by all kinds of sufferings and sorrows. He was not afraid of heaven's punishment, but he was afraid that the emperor would find out the reason and resent him.

Song Nian was dreaming a dream that he didn't even know what it was. He felt as if he was stuck in the thick mud, and he couldn't even move his fingers lightly. It was like drowning in the boundless sea of ​​suffering, unable to breathe, and hopeless to call for help.Suddenly a warm embrace came over and gently dragged him out of the desperate situation. The caress that landed on his back felt a real touch, and he gradually returned to world.

He opened his eyes bewilderedly, and sure enough, he saw Deng Qi's face. That face was a bit haggard, probably because he hadn't had a good rest for a few days and was tired.

"Brother Qi, I'm fine. Go and lie down for a while." Although Song Nianren woke up, his voice was still very hoarse, like the sound of rusty iron tools rubbing against each other.

When Deng Qi saw that he was awake, he knew that he had passed this test again. He had been taking care of Song Nian day and night for several days in a row. , I didn't even have the strength to lift my eyelids.

He gave a soft "um" and didn't care about saying a few more words to Song Nian, so he leaned on his bed in the posture of embracing Song Nian, and fell into a deep sleep.

Song Nian just woke up, not in a good spirit. Deng Qi wrapped his arms around his waist and slept well. He didn't want to move more, for fear of waking him up, so he turned his side with his back to Deng Qi, and fell asleep too.

When Song Nian woke up again, Deng Qi was no longer in the house, but Hu Mang was carefully cleaning up the burning charcoal basin in the corner of the room.Seeing that he was awake, he quickly brought him water and watched him drink it.

"During the past few days of my illness, is there any news from the palace?"

"Young Master's health has just recovered, so you shouldn't bother yourself so much, it's all about me and Lao Deng." Hu Mang hesitated, when Song Nian was sick, someone from the palace summoned him, but Deng Qi used both soft and hard tactics to stop him from going back.

"Brother Hu, I know you understand me, but, alas, let's not talk, but someone from the palace summoned you?" Song Nian covered his mouth with his sleeve, coughed twice, seeing that Hu Mang bowed his head and did not speak. Then he knew that his guess was right.

Hu Mang is a person who can't hide his words. Although Deng Qiqian urged him not to tell Song Nian, he always felt that Song Nian should be the main one.Then he told everything about Xuan Song Nian who came to the palace the day before yesterday and was blocked by Deng Qi when he entered the palace.

Song Nian continued to cough, so he could only say intermittently: "Did you tell me when you will let me enter the palace again?"

"I don't have a fixed date, I just say that the young master will go as soon as he is well."

"Tomorrow, you find an excuse to let Brother Qi go out, and you send me into the palace, remember?"

"Yes."

Just as they were talking, they heard Deng Qi's footsteps coming from the corridor, and the two quickly fell silent.

He also didn't want to enter the palace, and always felt that there was a lot of greed hidden behind the emperor's sharp eyes. He was the prey being targeted by hunters under his eyes, and if he was careless, he would be smashed to pieces.But as a proton with an embarrassing and humble status, being summoned by the monarch is already a great favor to outsiders, so how can he keep claiming to be sick again and again.At that time, when the fury of thunder breaks out, it will be the death of thousands of people in the country of Xin.

The next day Deng Qi was sent out by Hu Mang, and he got up early in the morning to paint Song Nian's face and left. Song Nian hurriedly ordered Hu Mang to prepare the car.When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he handed over a name card and waited to be summoned.

In the cold weather, Song Nian huddled in the carriage and waited for more than an hour before being summoned, but Deng Qi with an unclear expression arrived.

Deng Qi had a face full of shame, first he threw a sharp eye knife at Hu Mang who shrank away when he saw him and dared not look directly at him, then slowly climbed into the carriage, opened the door, and saw Song Nian's rabbit-like eyes hiding Behind the thick sable fur, seeing him open the door, she silently bent her delicate eyebrows and eyes at him.

No matter how angry Deng Qi was, Song Nian already softened in his heart after seeing such a situation.But he still wanted to tease Song Nian pretending to be serious, so he sat beside Song Nian with a straight face.

"Good brother, don't be angry, I won't be like this next time." Song Nian saw that the corner of his mouth was tightly pursed and refused to talk to him, so he had to speak first.

"It's so cold, you're still running around before you're ready, how can I not be angry."

"I entered the palace with a sickness, so that I can appear to be respectful and cautious. Besides, it's just a cough, so it's fine."

"I don't even know how to take the handcuffs, so hurry up and pick them up." Deng Qi knew he had been fooled shortly after he was sent out, and hurried back, but did not catch up with Song Nian, only to see that he was still lying on the couch After throwing it away, he quickly continued the hot carbon and brought it to him.

"Brother Qi is the one who loves me, but Brother Hu can't do it. He even forgot to cover me with his hand. It's cold, but thank you Brother Qi." Song Nian has been with him for a long time, and he already knows how to pick him up It's just that Song Nian doesn't feel any displeasure in saying these words.

"I'm not an unreasonable person. You can't do this again in the future. You enter the palace when you should. How could I stop you? I'm angry with you because of your body." Deng Qi couldn't hold back his serious face At this time, Song Nian was putting his hands on the face covering and putting his cold hands on it, rubbing it gently.

Song Nian looked at his drooping eyebrows, and really felt that those eyes were too extraordinary, always a little abrupt on this ordinary face, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

The two were talking in a hurry, when the voice of the eunuch summoning Song Nian came from outside the carriage, Deng Qi hurriedly picked up the hot tea that had been warming on the charcoal basin and let Song Nian drink a cup before getting up and opening the door, and leaned in after getting out of the carriage Help Song Nian get out of the car.

Song Nian still entered the palace alone, and Hu Mang and Deng Qi waited for him outside the palace gate as usual, but the eunuch who came to greet him was not the same as last time, and the road he walked was not the same as before.Song Nian didn't dare to look around, and didn't even dare to take too heavy a step, as if afraid of being startled.

Looking at the route and the surrounding scenery, it seemed that the place where he was summoned this time was not the main hall last time, nor did he seem to be going to the study, but rather the courtyard of some concubine.Song Nian didn't know the rules and regulations of Yan Kingdom's royal palace, felt strange in his heart and dared not speak up, so he could only follow the eunuch along the way.