The carriage stopped at the gate of the East Palace. A tall man in blue slowly got off the carriage. He raised his head with a dazed look.
Looking at the East Palace shrouded in the blood-red sunset, the layers of clouds and mist seemed like an invisible pressure. Xiao Gang couldn't bear to think about the white figure, how could that frail body endure such cruel loneliness.
His loneliness is like a floating cloud with nothing to rely on. Even though he is beautiful, he is still detached from the world. As the saying goes, it is lonely at the top. He is so high up that ordinary people cannot touch him, and the loneliness he feels is something that ordinary people cannot truly experience. Including him, Xiao Gang.
"Third Prince." The person behind him called softly, "We have to hurry, the Crown Prince is waiting."
Xiao Gang nodded slightly and walked forward. Led by the palace maids, he passed the front hall and went straight to the inner room. The carved wooden door was half-closed. He stopped at the door and looked inside. Outside the draped curtains, he saw Yao Yunshang with a sad face and two children beside her: five-year-old Xiao Huan and almost three-year-old Xiao Zhe.
Her eyes were filled with anxiety and concern. Seeing Xiao Gang at the door, she hurried forward and called out, "Third brother, you are here. Come and see your eldest brother..."
Xiao Gang was pulled by her arm and walked a few steps to the bed. He pulled aside the curtain and looked at the bed. Xiao Gang couldn't help but frown. The man on the bed was pale and almost transparent, so fragile that he seemed like a gust of wind could take him away.
"What happened?" Things happened too suddenly and Xiao Gang was caught off guard.
Yao Yunshang asked the maid beside her to carry the child out of the room and stepped forward a few steps and said, "Deshi felt unwell a few days ago. He suddenly collapsed after returning yesterday. He hasn't woken up yet."
"What did the imperial physician say?" Xiao Gang lifted his robe and sat down beside the couch. He put his hand on his forehead, which was ice-cold.
"They said he caught a cold, but I just can't understand how a cold could cause him to be like this and unconscious. So I asked you, my third brother, to take a look."
Xiao Gang nodded, and after taking the pulse, his face became solemn. The pulse was very thin and soft, or almost dying, intermittent. There was also a hint of a slow pulse, with three breaths coming and going very slowly. He slightly side-glanced and asked, "Sister-in-law, is there anything wrong with Brother's diet these days?"
Yao Yunshang thought about it for a while, then said, "There's nothing wrong. Deshi doesn't seem to have much appetite these days. He only eats some vegetarian food and hardly ever touches any meat."
Xiao Gangfu stretched out his hand to the area three inches below his neck. After a long silence, he spoke word by word, "Brother seems to have been infected with some kind of poison, and it definitely didn't happen overnight."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yao Yunshang exclaimed, staring with disbelief: "Third brother, are you saying that someone poisoned me?"
Xiao Gang retracted his hand and tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and said slowly: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. It is also possible that he was exposed to the poisonous gas from something for a long time. For example, flowers, tea sets, bowls and plates..."
"Is this poison strong?" Yao Yunshang asked anxiously, looking at Xiao Tong who had not woken up yet on the couch.
Xiao Gang was also unsure. His illness was like a cold, but the cold was even deeper. It was like there was a force that could suck his strength and body temperature little by little, until it became like ice and snow.
He shuddered. Who was it? Was he trying to kill Xiao Tong
"Sister-in-law, don't spread this matter first. Don't alert the enemy. Let me..." He rubbed his temple, "Let me check it carefully first." The man on the couch was still sleeping, his face was peaceful and calm. Xiao Gang saw it and felt sad. Such a man should not have such a situation. In fact, he is more suitable for a life like Gu Shan.
Gu Shan… ..Xiao Gang suddenly had an idea and asked quickly: "Sister-in-law, where is Qinglan?" (To be continued)