Chapter 238 Hot inside, cold outside
When the military doctor came, the sixth prince was wrapped in the fox fur cloak that Xiang Ying had given him before, sitting on the bed and shaking uncontrollably.
When the confidant guards came in, they were stunned when they saw it.
The Sixth Prince shouted angrily: "I just asked you to add charcoal to the fire, why is it still so cold? Keep adding charcoal!"
The guard glanced at the three braziers in the room, which were burning rumblingly.
He held up his hands in embarrassment: "Your Highness, there are already three braziers."
"Then why is it still cold in this palace? I feel cold... It seems that I am not sick, definitely not." His teeth chattered slightly, and he hurriedly Shut up.
In the sixth prince's impression, Xie Chen had a high fever all over his body, and his symptoms were different from Xie Chen's.
So he is definitely not a disease, absolutely not!
The military doctor approached, stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, and immediately frowned.
He pondered for a moment, his expression became much more solemn, and he was about to speak. However, when he raised his head, he saw the murderous eyes of the Sixth Prince.
As if the military doctor dared to tell the news that he had an epidemic, he would immediately separate the military doctor's body and head.
"Your Highness... your illness is not an epidemic, but it is serious and requires special herbs. Please allow me to search for it."
"Go and find it!" The Sixth Prince roared, "Three days If your Highness cannot recover, you will not be able to escape."
The military doctor accepted the order and left the room in a panic.
The Sixth Prince called his close guards: "Be on guard, if anyone dares to leak the news that I am ill, I will not let him go lightly."
"Yes!"
At this time.
Xiang Qianqian has already led people through the frost and arrived outside the granary.
The granary stands in the late night snow, with its outer walls covered with a thin layer of frost.
Xiang Qianqian knew that it must be very cold in the granary without even thinking about it.
Without the food and firewood, Xiangying and the others will definitely not be able to survive for three days, and they will freeze to death if they don't starve to death!
Xiang Qianqian walked to the door, her voice full of pride.
"Sister, I'm here to see you. I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
Inside the granary.
The silver charcoal in the brazier burned faintly, and invisible smoke drifted out along the hole in the back wall.
Xiangying and Xiechen took the time to smash this, it was only the size of a fist, just for ventilation and to prevent carbon dioxide poisoning.
At this moment, the charcoal fire was flickering, sometimes giving off a faint glow, and the whole room seemed to be covered in hazy light and shadow.
The fallen bed curtain was very quiet until Xiang Qianqian's voice kept ringing, calling her big sister.
Finally, the bed curtain moved, and a jade-white hand opened up.
Xiangying hugged the quilt and looked out vaguely. On the exposed white collarbone, there were bright red stamens like red plum blossoms blooming.
She glanced in the direction of the door and was about to speak. However, a big hand stretched out from behind, hooked her neck and hugged her back.
The bed curtain fell again, and Xiangying's muffled voice came from inside: "Are you completely recovered? Why are you more and more energetic!"
Xie Chen said nothing. Just answer her questions with actions.
Xiangying’s groaning complaints gradually changed its tune.
The minister outside the door stood shivering in the cold wind, but it could not dispel the proud look on her face.
"Big sister, big sister, why don't you say anything? Are you fainting from hunger?"
Xiang Qianqian walked to the window and wanted to look inside.
However, the sixth prince ordered people to seal the window with mud before, and now nothing can be seen. There was no sound at all inside.
Xiang Qianqian snorted, not caring whether Xiang Ying heard it or not.
She said: "You don't want to hear it, but I have to say it. The good news is that I was named the concubine by His Highness Sixth Prince, and my status is already much higher than yours. Sister, you can no longer use the title of concubine. My status as a concubine requires me."
"I think if my father knew that I could be the sixth prince's concubine, he would be proud of me. As for the bad news, Aren ran away."
< br>"You help this little boy, give him He gave him food and drink, but when he saw you in trouble, he ran away immediately. It's freezing outside, and I think he deserved it if he froze to death."
"Sister, give it to me. He has so many good things, he has them all I wonder if you would regret it if you used these things to help me in the first place. Now I will not die without saving you. At least, I will plead with His Highness Sixth Prince and leave a whole body for you Xie Chen!”
In the granary, the golden threads on the bed tents swayed, as if being blown by the strong wind. Sometimes the wind was strong, and then it became gentle when the wind slowed down.
Xiang Qianqian put her ear against the door. She always thought she heard a sound inside, but if she listened carefully, it sounded like the sound of heavy snow and wind outside.
She frowned and said in a vicious tone: "You've probably frozen to death, right? You deserve it! Let's go."
She couldn't bear the cold, and she felt like she just stood there for a while Her legs were already stiff, and Xiangying, who was freezing and starving in the granary, was definitely not much better.
She walked away. In the granary, Xiangying and Xiechen were still "quarreling".
She lay on her stomach, untying Chen's knuckled fingers and brushing aside Xiangying's hair stuck to her temples.
He lowered his head and kissed her on the side of her face, looking at her with beautiful eyes, she glared at him fiercely.
“Didn’t you say you don’t need to move?”
“I’m talking about you.” Jie Chen chuckled.
Xiangying fought back and wanted to hit him, but he grabbed her wrist and they fell into the cloud-soft quilt.
Xiang Qianqian returned to the competition ground where he was stationed. He wanted to enter the house, but found that there were several guards standing outside the sixth prince's house.
As soon as she approached, the guard stretched out his hand to stop her.
"His Highness said that the concubine does not need to serve tonight."
Xiang Qianqian was stunned.
“No need to serve...but I have to go in, otherwise where will I sleep?”
The guard's tone was cold: "His Highness didn't say anything about this. His Highness only told him that no one was allowed to disturb him while he was resting."
Xiang Qianqian was completely dumbfounded.
It is freezing cold now, all the rooms are full of people, even the stables have people sleeping in tents, it is as cold as frozen stones.
Xiang Qianqian knows very well how hard it is to sleep outside. Since she followed the Sixth Prince, she has never had to suffer the hardship of sleeping in the open.
Let her go out to live all of a sudden now, it is like being brought back to earth from heaven, how can she bear it?
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Xiang Qianqian shouted twice, sobbing softly and weakly, trying to awaken the conscience of the sixth prince, "It's freezing outside, how can there be a place for Qianqian to live?"
"I promise. , I won’t disturb His Highness after entering, okay?”
There was no sound in the room, and the guard drew his sword fiercely, making Xiang Qianqian’s face turn pale in fear.
"Your Highness has no other instructions. Please don't embarrass me, concubine, otherwise..." The sword in his hand flashed, and the words he did not say later were self-evident.
Xiang Qianqian could only choose to stagger away, walking around the door of each room with tears in her eyes.
However, her domineering attitude just now was noticed by all the prisoners. As soon as they saw her, they closed the door one after another.
Even the soldiers brought by Jie Chen looked away from her as if they were seeing a savage beast.
Xiang Qianqian had no place to ask for help, so she had to go to the stable, found the carriage she and the Sixth Prince were riding in, and climbed aboard.
Fortunately, there was still a quilt left in the carriage. She wrapped it tightly and fell in the carriage shivering.
While crying, I had to comfort myself: "His Highness definitely doesn't care about me, he is not so cruel to me..."