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Chapter 27
The rain, which had slowly stopped, began to patter again, and gradually there was a growing trend. Tang Zhuozhao got up and got out of bed and went to the window of the hall, only to see a string of distant lanterns.
Huoqiu is far away.
She lowered her eyes, looked down at the dark sky and did not know what she was thinking, and her face was as heavy as water. Anxia thought she was upset when she was quarreled, so she came over to knead her shoulders and said, "Lady, it's still late at night." the maidservant will wait on you and get some sleep. "
Tang Zhuozhao shook his head and turned to think of Zhong Yuxi, who came over in the evening.
"what is the situation of the one in Yuxi Palace now?" Her glazed eyes contained fine crushed ice and looked up in some direction in the dark.
That's where Yuxi Palace is located.
After a meal of action, Anxia's men looked carefully at Tang Zhuozhao's face and saw that her face was the same as usual. Only then did he say, "Niang Niang, the slave heard the little jade of Yuxi Palace say that as soon as Zhong Liangdi got back to the palace, she asked the maids around her to go to the courtyard where several aunts had access to the room. It was not clear what she had said."
Tang Zhuozhao fiddled with the glittering green fingernails in the candlelight, meditated a little, and then smiled carelessly.
"she has learned wiser."
It is becoming more and more like Zhong Xianfei in a previous life.
She pursed her lips, put the small sachet in her hand on the table, and her white fingers were suddenly delicate and fragrant, and she nodded with satisfaction.
Compared with Zhong Yuxi, the side of the Liu Han River is what she cares about most now.
But she couldn't say anything about it.
It used to be nice to mention a few words vaguely, but now she can't tell Huoqiu directly that your counselor will rebel, and you have to guard against it in advance.
Huoqiu will only think that she is out of her mind.
It's really sad.
Tang Zhuozhao gave a slight tut, and finally went to bed.
No matter how I read it in my heart, I am in a hurry, and it is of no use at all.
In the early morning of the next day, Tang Zhuozhao was awakened by the sound of cicadas outside and turned over, clutching the quilt, but heard a very light laugh. As soon as a head emerged from the soft quilt, she saw Huo Qiu, dressed in the royal suit of the prince, standing in front of the bed, looking at herself with a smile in the corner of her eyes.
She moved slowly to the cushion, her voice still soft and waxy after a long sleep, and asked, "when did your Highness come back?"
What happened last night?
Ann Shimo silently brought in the comb basin, wiped her face and rinsed her mouth, and then retreated with a smile.
Huoqiu's voice was a little hoarse, and it was only when she was so in love that she woke up with this delicate and languid look, and thought of a mass of soft noodles, which made him want to be one with himself into his body.
"it won't be long before the orphan comes back." He paused and said, "my father's son is ill. He doesn't have to go to court today. He finally stole a day of free time."
Tang Zhuozhao held his cheek with his hand, and the bell tied to his wrist was clear and moving, like the sound of raindrops falling into the bottom of a secluded well.
She murmured with a look of dissatisfaction, "I don't know who your Highness was seduced last night, but he was gone when he fell asleep."
As soon as Huo Qiulue meditated, his eyebrows grew cold, even with a chill in his voice. "yesterday, Liu Hanjiang was attacked by a group of people of unknown origin. He was almost injured and went to deal with it alone."
Tang Zhaozhuo looked up at him quickly, but he did not expect that he answered so neatly, and he did not make up any excuse to dismiss himself.
While fiddling with the dried flower salt in the cup, she was slightly surprised and said, "but Mr. Liu mentioned by my brother?" Is he under your Highness's command? "
Huoqiu's deep black eyes meant nothing, and after looking at her for a long time, she leaned over and rubbed her hair in her slightly nervous eyes and gave a light hum from her throat noncommittally.
Sure enough, she guessed what happened last night.
Tang Zhuozhao put down the complicated look in his apricot eyes and asked carelessly, "what happened to Mr. Liu?"
"did you find out the identity of the gang who carried out the assassination?"
Tang Zhuozhao frowned and realized that Liu Hanjiang's sudden defection in his previous life was not in collusion with the six princes, but that something unknown had happened during the period.
Huo Qiu had a layer of frost on his face, frowned deeply, and the fundus of his eyes shone brightly. It was only after a while that he gently shook his head and sneered: "except for the people on the other side of Huoqi, I don't think about it."
"before Gu sent some more people, Liu Hanjiang was fine, but his wife suffered some minor injuries, which didn't matter."
Tang Zhuozhao's men stopped and nodded very seriously, feeling that it was something that could be done by the people of the six princes.
With this nod, a few strands of green hair loosely lifted by a Jasper hairpin fell on the side of her white cheek.
Huoqiu looked at her from a few paces, her face softening quietly.
The sky outside was so bright that even the sun, which had disappeared for a few days, hung in the sky, slowly revealing the scorching light.
A moment later, Tang Zhuozhao changed his plain clothes and followed Huo Qiu into the study.
Huo Qiu can't feel at ease as long as she doesn't understand her.
Li Taiyi and cold operator held up their spirit until now in the early morning, and finally met the two correct masters. After looking at each other, they all got up and saluted.
Huoqiu waved their sleeves as a sign for them to get up, then turned around and asked Tang Zhuozhao, "what kind of medicinal tools do you need?" People are left alone to prepare. "
Tang Zhuozhao collected the delicate smile on his face and became particularly dignified, which was different from the object she had used to solve, and it was Huo Qiu who needed her to solve it.
She is the crown prince of the grand feast and the future emperor of Chongjian, but as far as she is concerned, she is the one who has protected her for two lives and is her husband.
At this thought, her palms began to sweat again, and there was a little wetting on the snow-white veil. She put the veil aside without a trace and said seriously to Li Taiyi, "I need a set of hot silver needles."
Li Taiyi and the cold operator looked at each other, and finally Li Taiyi exclaimed in disbelief: "is the Crown Princess going to give needles to her Royal Highness?"
Tang Zhuozhao nodded gently, and the latter shook his head again and again, caressing his half-hundred beard.
"the Princess of the Crown Prince, the application of needles is a big deal. if you try to hold it inaccurately, your Highness will be suffering!"
The cold operator also shook his head, but he meditated for a moment and asked, "dare to ask the empress, where is the needle?"
Tang Zhuozhuo stood quietly in the room listening to what they said. Tingting curled graceful and graceful. She pursed her lips and said truthfully: "head and face."
Cold operator and Li Taiyi were stunned and shook their heads again and again, but they could not trust her as a noble daughter of the family who had been raised in boudoir without touching the sun and spring water since she was a child.
How can you put your Highness's life in the hands of a woman? Especially when this woman once hated her Royal Highness.
Tang Zhuozhao, with a pretty face, drew down the emotion in his eyes and turned to look at Huo Qiu, who had never spoken.
Huo Qiu is the only one who can make the final decision with one stroke.
"your Highness,." As soon as she opened her mouth, Huoqiu held out her hand and stopped the next words. His eyebrows were deep, his cold eyes were full of dignity, and his eyes fell on Tang's burning peach blossom for a moment, and immediately told him, "go and prepare the silver needle."
Is this the preparation for the needle?
The cold operator shook the feather fan in his hand and weighed his words and said, "Lady, the method of acupuncture is careless and does great damage to your Royal Highness. why not ask Dr. Li to think of another way?"
Tang Zhuozhao pursed his lips and shook his head firmly after a moment. "if you talk about it again, you'll have to gouge out the meat and scrape the bones. Doesn't Dr. Li think this method is better for your Highness?"
Doctor Li hesitated for a moment, then knelt down with a look of sadness on his face, and said excitedly, "although that method has suffered a little, there is no worry about its life. In this way, whenever the silver needle goes in a little more, it will be the end of hemiplegia."
Tang Zhuozhao also knew what they meant. They all wanted to solve the problem for Huo Qiu, but Li Taiyi and the cold operator were seeking stability.
Tang scorched apricot eyes slightly open, the inside glowing, coupled with her extremely prosperous color, Li Taiyi was a little dazed for a moment.
With such an appearance, who doesn't love the men in the world? No wonder your Highness holds it like a pearl and loses some points of reason.
Tang Zhuozhao cherry lips gently opened, the word is straight and round word by word: "Li Taiyi can really stand and speak without backache. Do you want your Highness to suffer from the pain of flesh and bone scraping?" I am your Highness's first wife, and if anything happens to him today, he will take my life for it. "
Huoqiu turned the jade wrench on her thumb, her face gradually softening, and he stood upright and looked at the petite figure in front of him, and the blood everywhere in his body was shuddering, causing his heart to tremble.
It was the first time he had heard the word "wife" from Tang Zhaozhao's mouth, and she always hated the word most.
She has always been too lazy to waste her breath with others. Whether it is Zhong Yuxi or other people, she does not like it if she does not like it, and interprets the word out of sight and out of mind incisively and vividly.
His Jiaojiao!
Now, for his sake, he is arguing with his subordinates, and even using his own life to guarantee it, so that he will not suffer such pain.
In fact, why would he be afraid of this pain? No matter how painful it is, he has endured it.
Tang Zhuozhao also turned around at this moment, and his white cheeks glowed like a good piece of sheep fat, but his cheeks showed a little angry red because they could not make sense with them.
"your Highness, I." She paused, wringing her handkerchief and said with some difficulty, "I won't hurt you."
With that, fearing that he would not believe it, she repeated it in low detail.
In the end, she had no confidence. She had caused him countless troubles in her last life, and one chilling thing after another, but she had never hurt him.
Not to mention this life.
Huo Qiu's eyes became very deep for a moment, and he put his hands behind him and ordered in a quiet voice, "go and get the needle."
Cold operator and Li Taiyi looked at each other, did not dare to disobey his words, and then reluctantly did so.
The only thing that makes people feel a little more reassuring is that his Highness usually does things in a very measured way, and think he knows this very well.
The weather was suddenly hot, and an ice basin was placed in the study, and the wind blew coolly, with a touch of kapok fragrance, with a hint of sweetness in the cool, which made people relaxed and happy.
Tang Zhuozhao sat on the soft bench on one side, with an extremely dignified expression, and the cold silver needle was scorched in her hand.
The cold operator stopped shaking the fan and stared intently at the movements in her hand for fear that something might happen.
When the needles were hot, she tightened her lips, cleaned her hands with a veil, and then whispered to the man sitting upright opposite, "your Highness, are you ready?"
Huoqiu glanced faintly at the silver needle in her hand, nodded gently, and immediately closed her eyes, without fluctuation and reserve.
Tang Chao's face became extremely cold, and his hand under his sleeve robe trembled slightly.
When the needle was really applied, she slowly calmed down, and the silver needles were arranged one by one from the mouth of the left hand to the forearm and then to the lean arm. at the last moment, Tang Zhuzhuo gently exhaled and picked up the remaining two silver needles.
The cold operator and Li Taiyi, who were watching from the sidelines, were already sweating. Now saw that her eyebrows and hearts were beating, and her spirit was extremely tense.
Tang Zhuozhao was also nervous, with small beads of sweat pouring out from his forehead, but his hands were very steady, and he carefully twirled the silver needle into Huo Qiu's eyebrows and temples.
When all the needles had been applied, she stood up slowly and told her, "go and get a basin of warm water."
The cold operator observed Huo Qiu carefully and saw that he was breathing smoothly and calmly, so he was completely relieved, shook the feather fan and smiled and said, "the Empress is skillful, but I was wrong."
Tang Zhuozhao carefully observed the demagogue on Huo Qiu's left hand, smiled at the words, and said, "Sir, I'm flattered."
After another fragrant time, Huoqiu opened her eyes slowly, and he stared intently at the direction of his left arm. Tang Zhuozhao calculated that it was about time, and the clear eyes slid slowly across the man's face, and finally followed his sturdy forearm.
The purple and black above have all condensed into a ball, showing a strange dark blue.
Tang Zhaozhao was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief, the smile on her face was like water, and her soft, boneless fingers touched his forearm, probed the hardness under his flesh, and felt that she almost took out the needle one by one.
Cold operator and Li Taiyi also leaned over, saw the scene busy asked: "Niang Niang, this demagogic worm has not come out yet."
Tang's burning face solidified, facing Huo Qiu's eyes, her slender fingers pointing to the place where the needle had just been applied, and layers of black things appeared on the surface of the skin, slowly and creepy.
The smell of fishy smell spread in the air, and Huo Qiu frowned deeply, and the other hand hanging on her side could not help holding it vainly.
Now that she is so embarrassed, I don't know if she will dislike it.
Tang Zhuozhao looked for a moment, glazed apricot eyes sparkling water light, she crisp voice to Li Taiyi said: "borrow a knife."
When the small knife reached her hand, she bit her lower lip, half-squatted in front of Huoqiu, gazed at his dark eyes, and explained slightly with some chagrin, "your Highness, the demagogue pus in it can't come out, and I have to make a cut to let the things out."
As she drew nearer, the faint smell of fruit came on her, and her cool dress rubbed against Huoqiu's arm, stained with black filth, and Huoqiu looked away, her heart sore and swollen.
The person she had always loved most was sulking for a long time with a little dust on her body, and now she was half squatting in front of him, her cuffs stained with purulent blood from his body, and she didn't see a look of disgust.
Huoqiu suddenly clenched her fist, eager to squeeze her shoulder and ask.
Did she have a trace of affection for herself, or was she just determined to do her part?
What about Wang Yi?
Can Tang really forget it when she burns?
Huo Qiu's mind changed for a thousand times, and he was surprised to realize that there were scruples everywhere in this relationship. His face sank, and at last he only nodded gently and said, "it doesn't matter, let's start."