Gu Shan… ..Xiao Gang suddenly had an idea and asked quickly: "Sister-in-law, where is Qinglan?"
Less than a moment later, Qinglan was brought in. Her eyes first fell on the vague figure behind the curtain, and her eyes turned red. Before Xiao Gang could ask any questions, she knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
Xiao Gang silently pulled her up and asked softly, "Qinglan, get up. I have something to ask you."
Qinglan stood up with tears in her eyes, but lowered her head. Xiao Gang asked again: "Has Your Highness the Crown Prince felt any discomfort recently, such as feeling dazed, dizzy, or having no appetite?"
Qinglan walked to the table and wrote, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has caught a cold, and this is what happened."
Xiao Gang looked at her seriously, "Your Highness, what you have is not a cold. It is a poison." Qinglan looked up suddenly, with fear in her eyes. Then she heard Xiao Gang say, "The poison can be fatal."
Qinglan's figure swayed, and then she wrote in panic: "I deserve to die. I took care of the Crown Prince and caused him to suffer so much."
Seeing her tears streaming down her face and her petite body trembling uncontrollably, Xiao Gang felt soft in his heart and comforted her softly, "Qinglan, don't blame yourself. If there really is someone who can do this, it is not something you can stop. I trust you, and I will leave this matter to you. Qinglan, you must be very careful these days, and don't let anyone get close to the Crown Prince's meals."
Qinglan's eyes suddenly became clear and he nodded solemnly.
Xiao Gang smiled gently, turned around and said to Yao Yunshang: "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I'm here, nothing will go wrong."
Yao Yunshang kept nodding her head: "Of course I trust my third brother. As long as he is here, I have nothing to worry about." Xiao Gang gave a few more instructions, and then Yao Yunshang and Qinglan left the room first.
Xiao Gang stood still for a while, walked around but found nothing unusual. Then he called his personal attendant Shui Li and ordered him in a deep voice: "Follow Qing Lan and report her every move to me."
The gaze gradually turned cold, penetrating through the layers of palace gates and walls.
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For several days, Zhao Pei did not see Xiao Yi again. Although she knew that he had never left the house, the two of them were deliberately avoiding each other.
Zhao Pei was resentful in her heart and ignored him out of spite. However, she didn't know why Xiao Yi was so indifferent to her and she didn't bother to know. She told herself again and again, isn't it just one more woman? What's the harm? He can be free as long as Zhen'er is with him.
After lunch, Zhao Pei went to see Zhen'er. Zhen'er had just fallen asleep, so Zhao Pei didn't want to disturb her. This child had a problem. She would wake up and cry non-stop at the slightest sound. Zhao Pei tiptoed out of the room, feeling that this day was really boring.
When she turned around, she saw Ziye standing quietly behind her, with a sinister look in his eyes. Zhao Pei was startled, and cold sweat dripped down her back. She stared at her and whispered: "Ziye, you want to scare me to death! What good will it do you to scare me to death? You are standing here silently..."
Ziye waited quietly for her to finish, then said calmly, "Miss, a strange woman has come and is now in Xiao Yi's study."
Zhao Pei was stunned: "Strange?"
"The woman was wearing a veil, so her face couldn't be seen clearly." Ziye replied.
Zhao Pei's heart tightened immediately after hearing this, and she ran to the study without caring about anything else. Qiao Yu was standing at the door, and when he saw Zhao Pei approaching in a hurry, he stepped forward and stopped her: "Princess, the prince has guests now, so it's inconvenient."
Seeing Qiao Yu's nervous expression, Zhao Pei was really confessing, and she felt more and more that there was something hidden. A woman's excited voice came faintly from the room: "You said that you wouldn't hurt him, but now he..."
Then Xiao Yi said in a deep voice with hidden anger: "Remember your identity! These are not things you should worry about."
The woman refuted something again, but Xiao Yi immediately suppressed it and said with gritted teeth: "Remember your identity! Don't interfere in things that you shouldn't interfere in."
Zhao Pei didn't know what happened, but she knew it was not a good thing. Thinking of this, she became even more suspicious and concerned, and wanted to go in despite Qiao Yu's obstruction.
Qiao Yu had no choice but to shout, "Princess! You can't go in now!"
The sound was loud enough for the two people in the room to hear, and suddenly they fell silent. Zhao Pei also fell silent, staring at Qiao Yu in anger. Qiao Yu suddenly realized and loosened his grip on her shoulder. Zhao Pei did not speak, nor did she plan to go in, she just stood quietly at the door and waited.
After a long time, the door was opened and a petite woman in blue walked out. Although she was wearing a veil, her clear and eager eyes were still fresh in her memory. Zhao Pei remembered that her eyes were somewhat similar to her own.
She is Qinglan, the Qinglan beside Xiao Tong.
Who was the "he" in the previous conversation? What happened? She felt Qinglan's eyes on her, and the cold hatred came over her without any concealment, which made her stunned.
why is that.
She vaguely felt that the "he" was Xiao Tong. Qinglan stared at her for a long while, then turned away indifferently.
The next moment, Zhao Pei walked into the study. Xiao Yi stood with his back to her, hands behind his back, as if in meditation.
His tall figure looked even thinner under the dark clothes, and even more cold and fierce. Zhao Pei held the door frame with one hand, stared at his figure and asked in a deep voice: "What are you plotting?"
Xiao Yi did not turn around, and his words were full of sarcasm: "I haven't seen Peipei for a long time. How are you these days?"
Zhao Pei ignored him and asked word by word: "Xiao Yi, can you tell me what happened? I want to know."
"Xiao Yi?" He smiled softly and turned around slowly, his eyes floating with ice. "Since you call me like that, I will tell you clearly. Xu Zhaopei, you don't need to know this."
This Xiao Yi was just like when she first met him, cold, conceited, arrogant, and a little cruel. However, she couldn't stand him treating her like this. If it was in the past, she might not care, but now she couldn't tolerate it.
"Well, if you don't want to tell me, forget it. I have my own way to find out." With a cold snort, Zhao Pei could no longer stay in such a strange coldness for a moment, and turned away angrily. What kind of medicine did this man take? I haven't even gotten angry with him yet, but he seems to be angrier than me.
Xiao Yi stood quietly with his hands behind his back, staring at her angry red figure for a long time, then slowly withdrew his gaze and looked out the window at the azure blue sky. Pure blue, transparent blue, without a trace of impurities or dust.
"Qiao Yu, go and look after the princess. Do not allow the princess and the people around her to leave the palace." Youyou's voice echoed. (To be continued)