Hong Yan didn't come back until late at night. When he came back, he was tired.

Feng Hongluan was fine and had been asking Yang Yun to heat up the food and wait for Hong Yan. She guessed that Hong Yan was probably too busy and hadn't eaten yet.

Indeed, as soon as he came back, Liu'er ordered the kitchen to prepare dinner. Feng Hongluan hurriedly stopped him: "Stop being busy. I know you haven't eaten yet. It was already cooked. It's still hot. Yang Yun, please serve it."

!”

I went back to the room and saw Hong Yan. He was taking off his clothes. His clothes were a little messy and wrinkled, and his face was quite solemn.

His fingers were a bit messy, and he couldn't undo the buttons no matter how hard he tried. Feng Hongluan stepped forward without saying a word, took the copper plate buckle from his hand, and said softly: "I'll do it!"

The room was extremely quiet, so quiet that you could hear the breathing of the two people.

Hong Yan looked down at Feng Hongluan's smooth forehead, and finally broke the quiet atmosphere: "Fourth brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, Feng Hongluan nodded: "I know everything."

Hong Yan was slightly startled: "You know?"

"When Yang Yun went out, she happened to meet the third wife of Mr. Zuo Xiang. I heard what she said."

After unbuttoning all the buttons, Feng Hongluan reached out to untie Hongyan's belt: "Man, how are you?"

I feel somewhat worried in my heart.

Hong Yan shook his head: "The fever won't go away. I'm afraid you'll worry about me, so I'm coming back. I'll be going there soon."

Feng Hongluan didn't say anything, she just twisted a piece of handkerchief thoughtfully and handed it to Hongyan: "Wash your face first and use your dinner. I'll go find you some thicker clothes, and let Yang Yun arrange some clothes."

A maid and a woman will go with you. I heard that since the plaque was removed, the people in Fourth Brother’s house have become a mountain of birds and beasts, and it’s very deserted.”

Hong Yan said: "No need, the emperor won't let it go. Today, my brothers and I went to ask the emperor to let the fourth brother be released from prison for medical treatment. When the emperor's face was very ugly, if it was done in a big way, it would only

We are afraid that if the emperor brother is unhappy, we will not be allowed to care about the life and death of the fourth brother."

"Then what should you do? It's been a long time and I haven't even eaten dinner. It must be very deserted when I come to Fourth Brother's place. There's not even anyone cooking. What should I do if I'm hungry or cold at night?"

Hong Yan gently stroked Feng Hongluan's hair and forced a smile: "Don't worry, the brothers are all here. We will take care of ourselves. Besides, don't we still have our fourth sister-in-law?"

After saying that, he took a deep look at Feng Hongluan and moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.

Feng Hongluan didn't notice that he was hesitant to speak. Thinking of the memory of Hongzhi's funeral during the day, she always had an ominous feeling in her heart: "How is your fourth brother? Is it serious? He has been in poor health since he was a child, let alone

It’s said that it’s dark and damp in the sky prison. I’m afraid I’ll suffer a lot this time.”

Thinking about Hongzhi's funeral, everything in the past no longer mattered. There was always a faint sadness in her heart. Maybe it was because this person had saved her, maybe because this person had liked her, or maybe because of this person.

You are Hongyan's dearest brother.

Seeing the pity in her tone, Hong Yan frowned slightly and looked at Feng Hongluan's eyes, which clearly showed a hint of sadness.

"Do you care about fourth brother?"

Feng Hongluan stood behind him and undressed her. She didn't see his slightly sour expression and responded, "I just feel that the Crown Prince's matter cannot be convicted on Hong Zhi just based on Concubine Xia's words."

"Hongzhi!" Hongyan repeated.

Feng Hongluan's face turned slightly red. She had never called Hongzhi this way in front of Hongyan, because Hongzhi was her elder brother in terms of seniority, and in the past, Hongzhi was the prince in terms of status, not to mention the relationship between her and Hongzhi.

They shouldn't be so intimate by calling each other by their first names.

After all, Hongzhi is a full round older than her in age.

"I mean fourth brother." Feng Hongluan changed his words unnaturally. It was clear that the relationship between him and Hongzhi was innocent, but such a hasty explanation somewhat darkened the relationship.

She didn't know what Hong Yan thought, so Hong Yan simply didn't make any fuss about the title and said, "I actually feel that something is fishy. Fourth brother has always been cautious in doing things, and something happened when the queen was pregnant with the prince.

If the fourth brother hadn't saved him, where would the prince have come from? If the fourth brother didn't want the prince to come to this world, he would have refused to save him."

Almost everyone in the Hong Dynasty knew that King Huai bravely rescued the queen.

When the Queen was pregnant with the prince, she accompanied the Emperor, King Huai and others to the south of the Yangtze River for a private visit. As a result, she was targeted by a group of thieves in the inn in the middle of the night.

King Huai heard the Queen's cry from downstairs and rushed to the second floor despite the fire. He was afraid that the Queen had been kidnapped long ago.

She was abused while pregnant with Liujia, her reputation was not saved, and the fetus in her belly was definitely not safe either.

It is said that King Huai choked on the thick smoke while trying to save the queen. He coughed for several months and his lungs were not in good condition.

Because of this, the Emperor relied even more heavily on King Huai. All court affairs, no matter how big or small, must be discussed with King Huai before making any decisions.

King Huai's name was King Huai. In fact, he had already surpassed half of the prince's position of power. Even King Xuan Hongwen had to respect his younger brother.

Hong Yan's words confused Feng Hongluan's original speculation.

She had always thought that Hong Yan might be in charge of the prince's affairs, but now it seemed that it was not the case, otherwise Hong Yan would not have said such a thing.

So, who did what happened to the prince?

She always believed that he was definitely not Hongzhi.

"Now the emperor probably won't believe it. Concubine Xia's words mean that the emperor is sure that the fourth brother is the mastermind behind the death of the prince. For this plan, only you brothers can plead for mercy and the emperor can allow the fourth brother to be properly treated.

."

"Well, Lao Liu and Lao Qi are staying with Fourth Brother at the moment. After all, they are still young and may not be able to bear it. Their mansion is far away and it is inconvenient to go back at night. If they can't bear it, later

I will ask someone to bring them to our house in the middle of the night, and you can help take care of them. You should have seen them."

"Are they Hongyuan and Hongzong? I understand. You should hurry up and have a meal. These clothes are thicker. Fourth brother, who will be with you in the evening, you must dress warmly. You have to pay attention to the affairs at home these days.

Don’t worry, I’ve got everything covered.”

"Well, if you're not happy with that old woman, just deal with it. I've sealed my mouth to the outside world. Even if Han Huiqing comes to ask for someone, I will still give the order. Just say that the Yamen sent an old woman to her that day.

It’s just that you said a few words to her about the bad things she did to your mother back then, and she got angry and left, and has disappeared since then. No one will dare to reveal the slightest bit about this matter."

Feng Hongluan smiled, with a hint of sarcasm in her smile: "Humph, that person, how could I let her die so happily? You don't have to worry about it. Don't worry about these idle people. I have everything.

By the way, wait!"

Feng Hongluan suddenly turned around, took out a ceramic bottle from the closet, and handed it to Hong Yan.

"Take this, please. Here are some pills for nourishing qi and replenishing the body. Jiang Nanzi gave them to me before. See if they can be put to use when the time comes."

Hong Yan's expression changed slightly, but he smiled and nodded: "Yes! I understand."

"I just hope that fourth brother can escape this disaster."

Hong Yan nodded: "I hope so."

*

The night wind is bone-chilling. The palace of Prince Huai, which used to be full of flowers and lively and glorious, is now deserted and lonely. The fallen leaves on the ground have been accumulated for I don’t know how many days. Because it has rained, those dry and wet leaves will soon penetrate if you step on them.

After wearing satin shoes, Liu'er shivered in the cold, holding a lantern while busy and carefully picking up a clean place to walk.

"There isn't even a maid to clean in this house. I really shouldn't have worn cotton boots. I should have made a pair of deerskin boots like the prince. Now my shoes are soaked through. I'm so cold."

Liu'er didn't follow many rules in front of Hong Yan, but the hierarchy of masters and servants was still divided, and each one had a slave.

The weather was cold, and Liu'er huddled up and shivered, but Hong Yan in front of him had his back straight. Looking from the side, his handsome face was stained with a bit of indifference and ruthlessness.

Others may be a little unfamiliar with such a prince, but Liu'er is not.

In fact, ever since the villa was built, Liu'er has long been accustomed to seeing the prince always have such a face when no one is around.

When everyone thought that the prince was arrogant and licentious, Liu'er had already begun to get used to Hong Yan's cold and heartless expression, like the king of hell.

The prince is so cold and ruthless, but only in front of the queen mother and princess, he will restrain himself and reveal his tenderness.

In front of other people, even if he was smiling, the prince's smile did not reach his eyes, with a somewhat distant and distant look.

But today, it seems that the prince's face is so cold, even more so than before, which shows that the prince's mood is definitely not very good.

It was so cold that the princess prepared a stove to warm her hands, but the prince only put the stove in his sleeve, and in his hand, he was holding a ceramic bottle. I don’t know what was in it. Looking at the strength of the prince’s hands, it looked like it was alive.

It looked like he was going to crush the bottle. Liu'er's heart felt cold when he saw it, and he didn't dare to speak.

Following Hong Yan for many years, Liu'er could clearly understand what Hong Yan's eyebrows twitching meant.

Now there is clearly written on the prince's face: I am unhappy, very unhappy.

Although Liu'er couldn't guess why the prince was unhappy, it probably had something to do with the poor ceramic bottle that was about to be crushed.

He quickly kept his head down and did not dare to speak. He carefully followed Hong Yan with a lantern and walked through two corridors. There was a faint sound of conversation in front of him. The sound came from a brightly lit room. Hong Yan

Yan stopped and Liu'er stopped hastily and almost bumped into Hong Yan.

"What's wrong? Master?"

"Go in in a moment. You can take Master Six and Seven to the house first."

Liu'er nodded quickly: "Yes!"

He was smart and guessed that there was probably something to discuss, and he didn't want children to hear it and spread it everywhere.

Pushing open the door and entering, the room was quite warm. After all, Hong Yan, Hong Wen and others were here. No matter how strict the emperor was and no matter how much he hated Hong Zhi, since he had agreed to Hong Zhi coming out to see a doctor, naturally he would not really care about it.

It's like burning a charcoal stove in the house.

Hongzhi's fever persisted, but he complained that he was cold. The imperial doctor had cooked an ephedra soup for him to take, but it didn't work. The room was as warm as winter, and ordinary people would even feel sweating all over their bodies, and they couldn't wear their coats.

, but Hongzhi on the bed was shivering coldly, even confused, and kept shouting about pain.
To be continued...