Chapter 40 Chapter 39: Let evil turn the world around

Wei Huai'en's head was groggy due to the heat, but he was much better behaved than when he was awake.

Of course, because Xiao Qi was someone she trusted enough, she obediently opened her mouth and drank the medicine from his hand.

No one likes to drink bitter medicine. Usually when Wei Huai'en is sick, as long as he still has the strength to get up on his own, he will hold his breath and drink it all in one gulp.

The long-term pain was worse than the short-term pain. As long as she could endure it for a while, she could quickly eat some sweet candied pastries to cover up the bitter taste rising from the base of her tongue.

But the chill all over her body caused by the fever made her just want to lie in bed motionless, so she could only take small sips to let the bitterness on the tip of her tongue last for a particularly long time.

Several times she tried to ask Xiao Qi to stop and let her eat something to calm down. But every time she wanted to speak, Xiao Qi seemed to have deliberately not seen it and put the medicinal soup to her mouth without any explanation.

Even though his brain was dull and sluggish, it was time to realize that Xiao Qi was unusual, and he finally swallowed a bowl full of bitter medicine soup into his stomach.

Wei Huaien, who was frowning in pain, turned his head, but was disappointed to find that there was nothing on the small table beside the bed except the cotton cloth for wiping her sweat, a basin and an empty bowl.

There were only two people in the room, Xiao Qi and her, and Shui Jing was nowhere to be found.

Ask Xiao Qi if he wants sweet soup or candied fruit?

Wei Huai'en looked at his angular cold face in the candlelight, feeling a little guilty. He didn't know why but he couldn't save face. He seemed to admit that fear of hardship was not a strong thing.

But why? Xiao Qi has always arranged everything around her in every detail. Shouldn't she be unprepared?

After she drank the medicine, Xiao Qi sat silently beside her bed, neither speaking nor looking at her, his eyes darkened as he didn't know what he was thinking.

It's a pity that Wei Huai'en can't find the energy to speculate on him, and his current limited mind can only be used to solve the problem of face and lizi.

The burning hand hesitantly emerged from the quilt a little bit and poked the side of his leg:

"Xiao Qi, I want to drink water."

You can always drink water, right? Who doesn’t need to drink water?

Xiao Qi finally turned to look at her, stood up silently, brought the teapot over, poured it directly into the empty medicine bowl, and fed her with a spoon.

Wei Huai'en's expression became completely vivid now. He shook his head and resisted as he moved in:

"Why can't you change a bowl? A cup, a cup will do, too? Did you do that on purpose? Where's the water mirror? Let her come."

Xiao Qi stood up again, poured the water mixed with medicine into the flower pot, and came back to continue.

"Shui Jing probably won't be able to come back tonight. Because of your falling into the water and the little prince's coma, we have summoned relevant people to the palace to inquire. Now the palace door has been locked, and Shui Jing will not come back until tomorrow morning."

There was no emotion in his voice, and it was like chanting sutras that made Wei Huai'en want to close his eyes.

"Oh, that's good."

Shui Jing also noticed something was wrong with the air in the room at the same time as she did. Originally, this kind of situation would not hurt her at all, but she accidentally rushed into the water because she was in a hurry to save Wei Anxing.

But with Shui Jing here, the truth might have come to light, so she could just wait for the news with peace of mind.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Seeing her closing her eyes and going to sleep again, Xiao Qi leaned down and suppressed his tumbling emotions and asked this sentence.

"It's such a cold day, if I'm not nearby, why would you only feel the cold? Did you already guess that something would happen during today's lunch, and did Shui Jing also know about it?

So you downplay it, so you don’t take your body seriously? So I shouldn’t know anything?”

"You know what these do?"

Wei Huai'en doesn't quite understand.

"I'm just waiting for them to take action. And I brought you with me just to be safe. I just accidentally fell into the water. What do you want to know? Wait until Shui Jing comes back tomorrow and ask her. I'm going to sleep."

"Wei Huai'en, I'm not making trouble unreasonably!"

Xiao Qi was really worried and angry this time. According to his temperament, when he saw Wei Huai'en unconscious after landing ashore, he was already blaming himself for not protecting her.

But when he wanted to go to Xuanyu Division to mobilize people to bring back all the people present for interrogation, Shui Jing told him that these were His Highness's plans and told him not to participate, and just let him go back and wait for the news.

It was as if he didn't deserve to know anything. He was a fool beforehand and a hindrance afterwards. Even his good intentions and worries about doing something for her were all wrong.

Then what was the meaning of his going to Xuan Yu Division, and why did he go all the way to the north and south to find out the news for her?

It turns out that he is still not worthy of being a part of her plan. It turns out that he is still useless except as a plaything.

It's a pity that Wei Huai'en didn't know the loss and entanglement in his heart, and only thought that he was worried because of her illness.

She raised her hand and touched his cheek, coaxing:

"I know you are worried about me, but I don't know what kind of plan the luncheon is. I can only guess that they will find ways to involve me, but they won't really do anything to me.

So the less prepared I am, the more relaxed they become. Besides, if I tell you, wouldn’t they have no chance today?

I don’t know when I’ll come back next time. Although they won’t hurt me, what if someone jumps over the wall to hurt you?”

"You always make so much sense."

He seemed to have calmed down, holding her hand and tucking it back into the quilt.

"I've never been able to tell you off, but you should be obedient when it comes to recuperation. The imperial doctor said that you should stay in bed for three days to recuperate. Even if the fever is gone, you should not be exposed to wind or cold, otherwise it will be bad if the disease recurs and leaves the root of the disease.

Go to sleep, my servant is with you."

At this moment, Wei Huai'en had no intention of telling whether he really accepted her explanation. Seeing that he had a peaceful look on his face, he relaxed and closed his eyes.

"Okay, then you can lie down with me, it will keep you warm."

After her breathing calmed down, Xiao Qi kissed her on the forehead, placed a pillow next to her to prevent the quilt from dissipating the heat, then gently lowered the curtain, put on his warm coat, and walked out of the palace door.

Mingfeng outside the door waited for a long time. When he saw him coming out, he held a lantern and greeted him:

"Master, everything has been prepared as you said."

Xiao Qi nodded: "Leave someone to look after the master."

"Yes, Master."

The night was cold and frosty, and Xiao Qi, who was walking in the darkness with a vermilion lantern, no longer showed the tenderness and affection he had when facing Wei Huai'en, but looked like an evil ghost wandering in the world, stepping step by step towards the hell of flesh and blood.

He no longer intends to be treated as an ordinary chess piece by Wei Huai'en. Xuanyu Division was originally to spy on the Spring and Autumn Period and secretly determine the place of loyalty and adultery. It was only because of Wei Huai'en's expectations that he behaved in front of her and acted calmly and innocently.

evil.

But among the Xuan Yu Division, he was the evil man who single-handedly set the bloody tone of the prison, and he was the executioner that anyone who was targeted by the Xuan Yu Division was least willing to face.

At this moment, he must admit that he gained morbid satisfaction from the blood and screams.

Especially when he came to the private prison of the Princess Mansion and used those methods of extorting confessions on the traitors caught by Shifang, he was able to find another high-sounding reason for his cruelty.

He was helping Wei Huaien, he was protecting Wei Huaien. So how could the evil he did be considered evil? Apart from Wei Huaien's safety, the lives of others were not important, not even his own life.

Didn't he say that he would ruin her plan?

If he holds the lifeblood of the capital city and even the whole world in his hands, if he can detect the slightest move by those who intend to harm her, then she will be absolutely safe, because he can control everything in his hands.

Including her.

She wants a broader world, and he won't stop her. He just wants to eliminate all dangers in advance so that this kind of thing will never happen again.

The traitor had no more to offer, but he was still not satisfied. The fishy smell and burnt smell of flesh and blood filled the dungeon, and even the guards guarding the door held their noses and walked away.

The non-human-shaped person suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly spoke when Xiao Qi came over with a torture instrument that glowed with a cold light:

"I know that Princess Duan's chamberlain, Wanglou, has always been watching over the little prince, and often goes in and out of Princess Duan's courtyard. They must have an affair!"

Hearing Wanglou's name, Xiao Qi paused and connected it with other information accumulated in his mind. Although the second half of the traitor's sentence was casual, it was enough. This was a useful clue for him.

"This is a good one. If you had told me earlier, why would you have suffered such a big sin?"

He put the instrument of torture aside and nodded approvingly. But when the traitor endured the pain and tried to beg him for mercy with a smile on his face, Xiao Qi said, "Hey!", still smiling, but he broke his neck.

"Looking at the tower, Princess Duan. Alas..."

There was only one living person left in the dungeon, but there were more than one corpse. This place made anyone shudder when they saw it. Only Xiao Qi washed his hands carefully and wiped the torture instruments one by one and put them back to their original places.

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"Tsk, that's how clean it is."

He looked at the neatly hung things on the wall with satisfaction, and didn't care that there was still blood under his feet, and next to him were several twisted and horrifying corpses.

Prince Duan's Mansion.

Prince Duan went to the palace, but the house was brightly lit because of the coma of the young prince. Pei Yi stayed by Wei Anxing's bed without water and wept silently, for fear that she would miss the child's movement if she didn't pay attention.

Wei Anxing had already woken up once in the afternoon, but because he was weak, the imperial physician prescribed sleeping aids to help him recover in sleep.

Wanglou also went to the palace, but after he explained what he had seen and heard and cleared the relationship, King Duan sent him back to the palace on the pretext of returning home to report that he was safe.

Emperor Yonghe in the palace wanted to beat his son, so Wanglou took this opportunity to tell Pei Yi the so-called truth.

He could hardly suppress his ecstasy, and had to give himself two punches to calm down before acting like he couldn't bear to see Pei Yi taking the risk to tell her the truth.

"You said, all this is the prince's arrangement?"

There was a loud noise in the sky, and the watchtower made a shining appearance
Chapter completed!