"If you have the time, you should take care of yourself. You don't need to worry about my affairs."
"I understand, Fourth Brother, I won't say no more." Qi Changyi lowered his head and looked at his toes.
- Li Yu beside him couldn't stand it anymore, and spoke up for his own prince indignantly, "Fourth Prince, our master just..."
Qi Changfeng looked at Li Yu with a warning look in his eyes.
"When have you ever been allowed to interrupt? You are just a servant, but you have taken care of His Highness like this, and I haven't even questioned you yet."
Qi Changyi quickly pulled Li Yu behind him.
"Fourth brother, don't blame Xiao Yuzi. He is just worried about me. Xiao Yuzi is very good to me. He has suffered too much because of me.
"Your Highness, please don't say that. I did this willingly."
Qi Changfeng interrupted the two of them impatiently, "Alright, your deep love between master and servant, wait until there is no one around to show it off."
After saying that, he looked at Qi Changyi carefully again.
"Sometimes I'm very curious, what methods do you have to make other people treat you so well one by one, and it's not enough to have such a loyal servant, even Zhao Litang can go against Pei Zheng for you."
Qi Changyi suddenly asked nervously, "What happened to Brother Tang?"
Qi Changfeng was slightly surprised.
"You don't know? The emperor sent Zhao Litang to the enemy battlefield outside the border. It's really dangerous for General Zhao to lead such a small army deep behind enemy lines."
"Why did Father let Brother Tang do such a dangerous thing?"
Qi Changfeng sneered, "Of course, all of this was advised by your brother Pei to the emperor. Why didn't he even tell you these things? What about other things?"
"I, I haven't seen Brother Pei for a few days." Qi Changyi clenched his fingers under his sleeves gently, "He seems to be very busy recently..." Qi Changfeng knew that he would never lie, "In this case, I won't say much. There are still some things he will tell you when the time comes. I want to see how he can open his mouth. Take care of yourself. I'm leaving first."
Qi Changyi looked at Qi Changfeng's back reluctantly as he turned and left, "Fourth brother, will you come to see me again?"
Qi Changfeng didn't say anything, but his footsteps suddenly stopped, and then, as if he didn't hear anything, his footsteps disappeared at the end of the path.
Qi Changfeng walked away quickly, but when he reached the gate of the back garden, a figure blocked his way.
Pei Zheng didn't seem surprised to see him. He sneered and said calmly, "Your Highness, Fourth Prince, how come no one informed you of your arrival? I'm sorry for your negligence."
"There are no outsiders here, so there's no need to be so hypocritical with me."
Qi Changfeng looked away. He had never expected to meet Pei Zheng who suddenly came back.
"I have the utmost respect for the Fourth Prince. How can this be false?"
Pei Zheng deliberately took a step forward, trying to take in all the frustration on the face of the person in front of him.
Qi Changfeng heard the sarcasm in those words, and his tense emotions suddenly became unbearable.
He shouted, "Pei Zheng! What do you want? Why are you doing this to me? I am the fourth prince, how far are you going to push me before you stop?"
Qi Changfeng's eyes were red, "I believe I have never done anything to let you down. If we have to talk about being sorry, it is your Pei family that is sorry for me and Chang Yi!"
"The Pei family is the Pei family, and I am me. Don't confuse me with them." Pei Zheng suddenly leaned close to his ear and whispered, "If it weren't for the fact that you are the fourth prince, his fourth brother, I would not even allow you to be a prince."
Qi Changfeng was obviously shocked. "Impossible. You are just a prime minister. How can you be so capable? I am the son of the emperor. How could he listen to an outsider like you? The emperor is just angry now. He will definitely use me..."
"Really? If you do anything else secretly, I can't guarantee that..."
Pei Zheng deliberately did not finish the rest of his words. He stood up and walked into the back garden.
Qi Changfeng wanted to hold him back and continue questioning him, but his way was blocked by Chengfeng who came from behind.
"Fourth Prince, please go back."
Qi Changfeng took a deep look at Pei Zheng's back and left.
Pei Zheng walked towards the small building.
After such a long time, when he saw Qi Changfeng again, and saw such a miserable Qi Changfeng, he did not feel that strong sense of pleasure of revenge.
Originally, Qi Changfeng had been on a smooth journey and rose rapidly to prominence, and his position was unshakable.
However, he was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, and he tried to win over court officials and even combined forces with the queen's. Ultimately, he was an eyesore to the emperor.
I walked into the small building, but it was empty.
The maidservant who came over bowed and said, "My lord, you are looking for His Highness. His Highness has gone to the Plum Garden. I will go and ask His Highness to come back."
“No need.”
After Pei Zheng finished speaking, he walked towards the plum garden alone.
From a distance, you can see a little person standing on the path. He is wearing a furry coat, with his three thousand black hair not tied up, but draped behind him. He looks much better, and his lips have regained some of their former redness.
"Xiao Yuzi, be careful, don't fall down."
Qi Changyi stared at the tree next to him.
With a "bang", a figure jumped down from the tree, and Li Yu was still holding a black and furry thing in his hand.
"Oh, it's so cute!"
Qi Changyi called out in a baby voice, hugged Li Yuhuai's black body, held it in his arms, kissed and caressed it, and looked very happy.
Pei Zheng then saw clearly that it was actually a little kitten, shiny black all over, with beautiful fur.
"ah!"
Qi Changyi suddenly screamed.
Pei Zheng walked over quickly, picked up the black thing and threw it into Li Yu's arms, then carefully held Qi Changyi's hand and examined it carefully.
Seeing two obvious scratches on the white and tender little hand, with a slight trace of blood, Pei Zheng suddenly became a little angry.
"Who allowed you to come out? Who allowed you to hold it?"
Qi Changyi was frightened, and the wound on his hand was very painful. His eyes were red and he felt extremely aggrieved.
"I, I saw it couldn't get down from the tree, so I asked Xiao Yuzi to rescue it..."
"Throw it away."
Li Yu, who was holding the lazy cat, shuddered and asked with some timidity, "Sir, are you saying to throw it away?"
"Don't understand?" Pei Zheng's tone was terribly cold.
"this… "
Li Yu looked at Qi Changyi for help. After all, it was a small life and he really couldn't bear to do it.
Qi Changyi quickly grabbed Pei Zheng's hand and shook it.
"Brother Pei, please don't... Please let it go. I won't hug it again in the future. Okay?"
Pei Zheng still had a cold face and said nothing.
Qi Changyi then put his arms around Pei Zheng's waist and rested his chin on his chest.
"Brother Pei, please..."
Every time Pei Zheng heard his soft plea, the anger in his heart would transform into another surging emotion.
He didn't say anything, but put his arm around the little girl's slender waist. Even though she was wearing so many layers of clothes, her waist was still not thick enough to be held in one hand.
Qi Changyi said hurriedly, "Xiao Yuzi, send it somewhere else to raise it."
Li Yu didn't hear Pei Zheng give in, so he didn't dare to move and kept looking at Pei Zheng.
Seeing that Pei Zheng didn't seem to want to refuse, Li Yu hugged the kitten, bowed quickly, and then ran away in a hurry.
"Huh" Qi Changyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Zheng touched his cold little hand, "Cold?"
Qi Changyi exhaled hot air, "Yes, a little bit..."
Pei Zheng hugged him and walked towards the small building, wrapping him in his large cloak.
After returning to the small building, Jiang Yubai was already waiting inside.
After seeing blood dripping from Qi Changyi's hand, he hurriedly took out the medicine box, pulled the little guy to his side, took out some medicine powder and sprinkled it on the wound to stop the bleeding.
"How did this happen? What caught it?"
"Doctor Jiang, there is a little kitten on the tree in the back garden. It's so, so cute!"
Qi Changyi's tone was still somewhat excited, but he suddenly felt a pain in the wound and he frowned and exclaimed.
"ah… "
"You still feel pain? That kind of wild cat has a very fierce temper. Even though it's still small, it may hurt people."
Jiang Yubai bandaged the wound on his hand and said, "Fortunately the wound is not deep. Don't get it wet for the next few days. It will heal soon."
"Got it, Doctor Jiang."
Jiang Yubai left the small building after treating Qi Changyi's wound. When someone hurriedly called him just now, he thought that something big had happened to His Highness again.
The servants threw a few more pieces of coal into the stove, and the fire in the small building burned even more vigorously.
Pei Zheng dismissed all the servants, leaving only two people in the small building.
He took off his outer robe, walked to the bed and sat down, but the little man stood by the stove awkwardly, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Pei Zheng deliberately ignored him, pretending not to see it, and lay on his back on the bed with his eyes closed to rest.
The little guy slowly moved to the bedside, and finally couldn't help it anymore, and whispered, "Brother Pei, do you know who I saw today?"
Pei Zheng opened his eyelids and looked like he was waiting for him to continue.
"It's my fourth brother."
Pei Zheng's face darkened noticeably. He reached out and lifted the little man up to sit beside the bed, and took off his white robe.
"Fourth brother seems to have been punished by the emperor, right?"
Pei Zheng turned the little guy over and held his chin with one hand. "What did he say to you?"
"No, nothing." Qi Changyi shrank back.
Pei Zheng's men added some strength, "You don't want to say it? That's right, after all, we are brothers from the same mother. No matter what, we are closer than an outsider like me, right?"
The tone was so sinister and scary that Qi Changyi couldn't help but feel scared, so he answered obediently.
"Fourth, Fourth Brother said that Brother Tang is in danger now... Uh..."
Before he could finish his words, Pei Zheng suddenly blocked his lips and tongue. He felt a pain on the tip of his tongue and tasted blood in his mouth.
Pei Zheng pinched his cheeks and stared into his eyes.
"And more."
"Fourth brother also said that it was all your fault... it was you who advised the emperor..."
"So what if it's me." Pei Zheng sneered, "Are you going to plead for him now?"
"I...Brother Pei, are you targeting Brother Tang like this because of me? Is it because Brother Tang always helps me that you are targeting him?"
"Your Highness, you think too highly of yourself. I dealt with Zhao Litang only to consolidate my power in the court."
Pei Zheng's eyes were fierce, "He touched my things, of course he has to pay the price."