What kind of bad thoughts can Mr. Xiao have?

Chapter 40 Chapter 39

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

Of course, because Xiao Qi was someone she trusted enough, she obediently opened his 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 by himself, he will hold his breath and drink it up in one gulp.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, as long as she endures it for a while, she can quickly eat some sweet candied pastries to cover up the bitter taste from the base of her tongue.

But the chills brought about by the fever made her just want to lie still in bed, so she could only take small sips to make the bitterness on the tip of her tongue last longer.

Several times she tried to make Xiao Qi stop and let her eat something to slow down.But every time she was about to speak, Xiao Qi seemed to ignore it on purpose, and brought the medicinal soup to her mouth involuntarily.

No matter how drowsy and dull his brain should have realized Xiao Qi's unusualness at this time, he finally swallowed a bowl full of bitter medicine soup into his stomach.

Wei Huai'en, who was frowning in pain, turned his head, but was disappointed to find that there was nothing on the bedside table except cotton cloths, water basins and empty bowls for wiping her sweat.

There are only Xiao Qi and her in the room, and Shui Jing is nowhere to be found.

Ask Xiao Qi for sweet soup or candied fruit?
Wei Huai'en looked at his cold face with sharp edges and corners in the candlelight, and felt a little guilty. For some reason, he couldn't save face. He seemed to admit that fear of suffering is not a strong thing.

But why?Xiao Qi has always arranged the things around her in every detail, every detail, shouldn't he be prepared for nothing?
After she finished drinking the medicine, Xiao Qi sat silently beside her bed, neither spoke nor looked at her, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.

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

The scorching hot hand hesitantly got a little out of the quilt, and poked the side of his leg:

"Xiao Qi, I want to drink water."

Drinking water is always okay, who doesn't need drinking water anymore?

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

Wei Huai'en's expression became completely vivid now, and he shook his head while moving in to resist:

"Why can't you change the bowl? Cups, cups are fine too? Did you do it on purpose? Where's the water mirror? Let her come."

Xiao Qi got up again, poured the water mixed with the 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 coma of the little county king, the relevant people have been summoned to the palace to inquire. Now the gate of the palace has been locked, and Shui Jing will not be back until tomorrow morning."

There was no emotion in his voice, and Wei Huai'en wanted to close his eyes just like chanting scriptures.

"Oh, all right."

At that time, Shui Jing also noticed that the air in the room was not right. 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 around, the truth may have come to light, so she just waited for the news with peace of mind.

"Have you nothing to say to me?"

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

"In such a cold day, if I wasn't around, how could you just feel the wind and cold? Did you guess that something would happen at today's luncheon? Did Shui Jing also know?

So you guys downplay it so you don't take your body seriously?So I'm not supposed to know anything? "

"You know what these do?"

Wei Huai'en didn't quite understand.

"I'm just waiting for them to do it, and I brought you just for insurance. I fell into the water just because I was not careful. What do you want to know, wait for Shui Jing to come back tomorrow and ask her if she's okay, I'm going to sleep."

"Wei Huaien, I'm not making trouble for no reason!"

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

But when he wanted to go to Xuanyu Division to transfer people to take all the people present back for interrogation, Shui Jing told him that these were all His Highness's plans, so he didn't have to participate, 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 kindness and worry about wanting to do something for her was wrong.

Then what is the significance of his going to Xuanyu Division, and why did he go to the north and south to find out the news for her?
It turned out that he was still not worthy to be a part of her plan, and it turned out that he was still useless except to be a plaything.

It's a pity that Wei Huai'en didn't know the loss and entanglement in his heart, he 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 scheme the luncheon is. I can only guess that they will try to get me involved, but they won't really do anything to me.

So the more defenseless I am, the more relaxed they become.Besides, if I told you, wouldn't they have no chance at all today?
I don't know when I will come again next time. Although they won't hurt me, what if someone jumps over the wall and wants to hurt you? "

"You always have so much reason."

He seemed to have calmed down, and took her hand and stuffed it back under the quilt.

"I have never criticized you, but you should be obedient when it comes to recuperating. The imperial doctor said that you should stay in bed for three days. Even if the fever subsides, you can't catch the cold, otherwise the disease will leave the root cause of the disease repeatedly and it will be bad. Go to sleep, the servant is with you."

At this time, Wei Huai'en didn't have the heart to judge whether he really accepted her explanation. Seeing his calm face, he relaxed and closed his eyes.

"Okay, then you can lie down with me too, it's so warm."

After her breathing calmed down, Xiao Qi kissed the corner of her forehead, placed pillows beside her to prevent the quilt from dissipating heat, then gently lowered the curtain, put on a coat to keep out the cold, and walked out of the palace door.

Ming Feng outside the door waited for a long time, and saw him come out with a lantern to greet him:
"Master, everything is ready as you said."

Xiao Qi nodded: "Leave someone to protect the master."

"Yes, Master."

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

He didn't intend to be treated as an ordinary pawn by Wei Huai'en anymore. Xuan Yu Si was originally a spy for Chunqiu, privately judging the place of loyalty and adultery. It was only because of Wei Huai'en's expectation that he behaved calmly in front of her. evil.

But in Xuan Yu Division, he is the villain who single-handedly set the bloody tone of the prison, and he is the most unwilling criminal who is targeted by Xuan Yu Division.

At this moment, he must also admit that he got morbid satisfaction in 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 captured by Shifang, he was able to find another layer of high-sounding reasons for his brutality.

He is helping Wei Huai'en, he is protecting Wei Huai'en.So how could the evil he did be considered evil? Except for Wei Huai'en's safety, the lives of others were not important, even his own.

Didn't he mean 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 all the troubles of those who intend to harm her, then will she be absolutely safe, because he can control everything in his hands.

Including her.

She wants a wider world, and he won't stop her, but he wants to sweep away all dangers in advance, so that today's things will never happen again.

The traitor had nothing to offer, but he was still not satisfied. The smell of blood and burnt smell permeated the dungeon, and even the guards guarding the door walked away holding their noses.

The inhuman figure suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said when Xiao Qi walked over with a torture instrument that glowed with a cold light:
"I know that the servant Wanglou next to Princess Duan has always been looking after the little princess, and often goes in and out of Princess Duan's small courtyard. They must have an affair!"

Hearing Wanglou's name, Xiao Qi paused, connecting it with other information accumulated in his mind.Although the second half of the traitor's sentence is casual, but it is enough, this is a useful clue direction for him.

"That's a good one. If I said it earlier, why would you suffer such a big crime?"

He put the torture device aside and nodded approvingly.But when the traitor endured the pain and accompanied the smiling face to beg for his life, Xiao Qi made a "crack", but still smiled, but broke his neck.

"Watch Tower, Princess Duan. Alas..."

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

"Tsk, it's clean like this."

He looked at the things hanging neatly on the wall with satisfaction, and didn't care about the blood that hadn't dried up under his feet, and the twisted and horrible corpses beside him.

Duan Wangfu.

King Duan went to the palace, but the mansion was brightly lit because of King Xiaojun's coma.Pei Yi didn't enter a drop of water and stood by Wei Anxing's bed, weeping silently, for fear that if she didn't pay attention, she might miss the child's movement.

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

Wanglou also went to the palace, but after he explained what he had seen and heard, he was sent back to the mansion by King Duan on the grounds of returning home to report safety.

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

He could hardly suppress his ecstasy, he had to give himself two punches to calm down, and then started to act as if he couldn't bear to see Pei Yi take the risk to tell her the truth like this.

"You said, all this was arranged by the prince?"

　There is a loud noise in the sky, and the watchtower shines on the stage
　　
　
(End of this chapter)