When the hands reached into the quilt and held his hand, Li Fengqi almost collapsed and opened his eyes.

He no longer had the time to distinguish what the person beside the bed was muttering, and all his attention was focused on the hand being held.

The palm of the opponent's hand is very soft. Unlike his hands that are covered with calluses from holding knives all the time, there are only some thin calluses on the fingertips of the middle finger and ring finger. It is estimated that they are worn out by holding pens and practicing calligraphy all the time. The strength in the hands is not strong, and the two hands will

His hand was wrapped in it and he rubbed it gently, driving away the cold chill.

It was actually keeping him warm.

This is not the person sent by Li Zong.

Li Fengqi thought for a moment and guessed the identity of the other party.

It should be the male princess Li Zong used to humiliate him - Ye Yunting, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi. When he woke up in the morning, he should also be the one who wiped his face.

He knew a lot about the affairs of the Duke of Qi. In his early years, before Ye Zhili came to power, he married the sister of Wang Qie, the minister of Dali Temple. However, less than two years after the marriage, Wang died in childbirth, leaving only one child.

The son is the eldest son Ye Yunting. If you really want to talk about this, you can't blame Ye Zhili, but he remarried his current wife Yin Hongye less than a year after Wang's death. Not long after, Yin became pregnant again.

After the birth of their second son, Ye Wan, the Wang family cut off all contact with the Duke of Qi.

When Emperor Taizong of the Northern Zhao Dynasty founded the country, it was divided into one capital, five prefectures, and thirteen states. One capital was Shangjing, and the five prefectures were Yunrong, Runan, Longyou, Niyang, and five governorates in northern Xinjiang.

It is in charge of several states, among which the Yunrong Protectorate is the most powerful. Because the three states of Luzhou, Zhongzhou, and Jizhou under its command are the three states of Gyeonggi, they have always been responsible for the safety of Beijing and the imperial city.

Yin Xiaozhi, the current governor of the Yunrong Protectorate, was a close confidant of the emperor. Although he was no longer in Shangjing, it did not affect the Yin family's power and position in Shangjing at all.

And Yin Hongye is Yin Xiaozhi's favorite direct granddaughter.

She is a whole round younger than Ye Zhili. It is said that despite the objections of the Yin family, she wanted to marry Ye Zhili life and death. Yin Xiaozhi doted on this little granddaughter the most. Although he was dissatisfied, he finally agreed to the marriage. Ye Zhili has borrowed money over the years.

Thanks to the power of the Yin family, he finally climbed to his current position, from a marginalized prince with no successor to the position of Zhongshu Ling, who was more powerful than the prime minister.

After gaining power, Ye Zhili doted on Xu Xian and his second son, but the eldest son left by his first wife became the redundant one. Yin Hongye had a arrogant temperament. Although he would not regard this stepson as a thorn in his side, he would not treat him too much.

Okay. Ye Zhili turned a blind eye to this. Most of the time, he wouldn't even let his eldest son out, just pretending that there was no such person in the Duke's palace.

According to the old rules, Ye Yunting was the eldest son and should have been granted the title of Crown Prince after he turned ten years old. However, Ye Zhili kept delaying the appointment on the grounds that the eldest son was too weak and could not be favored too much. Until now, he actually sent him to this place directly.

The palace came to celebrate his happiness.

Although Li Fengqi had always known that Ye Zhili was a decent person with sinister and vicious methods, she never expected that he would be so cruel to his own son in order to make room for his second son.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Yunting's situation is similar to his.

However, Ye Yunting's reaction today was actually much different from what he expected.

A few days ago, Li Zong could not wait to tell him that Si Tiantai had chosen a princess with a compatible destiny for him. The princess had a good family background, good looks, and was a man.

Of course, the compatibility of fates was a lie told by Si Tiantai, and Li Zong just wanted to take the opportunity to give him a man as his princess to make him feel disgusted.

He still remembers Li Zong's expression at that time, looking at him so excitedly and impatiently, expecting him to show humiliation. Unfortunately, he did not do so, and finally returned to the palace in a rage.

However, Ye Yunting was indeed sent to the palace within a few days.

Li Fengqi had never paid attention to the eldest son of the Duke's Palace before. He only heard that he was locked up in the backyard all year round and rarely went out. He thought he was a cowardly and incompetent person.

Now that she was married to him for his joy, she became an abandoned son, and she might even be buried with him. She had to make noises and fuss, and it was human nature to even cry, make trouble, and hang herself.

But he never thought that Ye Yunting would take the initiative to take care of him, a dying person.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

Li Fengqi was thinking a lot, thinking about his purpose, when he felt a cold feeling on the back of his hands, and the hands that had been keeping him warm were pulled out from under the quilt, and then there were the sounds of footsteps walking away softly.

He opened his eyes and saw a tall and thin figure walking towards the bed.

Although Li Zong is becoming more and more extreme and crazy, there is one thing he is right about. The eldest son of the Duke of Qi is indeed good-looking. Just looking at his figure and back, he is also quite romantic.

Li Fengqi followed his back and saw him walking to the bed and starting to tidy up the half-made bed. His movements were a bit clumsy. He pulled the mattress from the left to the right, but he couldn't make it flat. Finally,

Maybe he was bored, so he just made a bed haphazardly and piled soft pillows and quilts on top.

Looking at that look, there is still some childishness that has not faded.

Li Fengqi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then decided to give him a try.

He closed his eyes, his long eyebrows knitted together in pain, and made a weak cry: "Water, water..."

Ye Yunting, who had just managed to make the bed, made a move and walked quickly to him to check. He saw that the unconscious man's lips were chapped and white, and a weak breath came out from between the lips, making him look even more sick and pitiful.

No wonder, he hasn't had any water for at least a whole day.

Ye Yunting hurriedly went outside and poured a glass of water in. But when he put it to his mouth, he suddenly remembered that this man had just been exposed to cold wind and was sick. He might not be able to feed him this cold water. After hesitating for a moment, he put the water glass back on the table.

He came up and brought another candlestick, then he held the water cup and placed it on the candle flame to bake slowly.

It was already dark by now, and the cold night wind blew in through the cracks in the window, causing the candlelight to sway.

The unconscious patient on the bed screamed for "water" again. Ye Yunting was so anxious that he could only protect the candle with one hand and hold the teacup above the candle with the other. When he finally heated up the cup of water, his

My fingers were also burned red.

Ye Yunting hissed twice, rubbed his red fingers, carefully put a soft pillow behind Li Fengqi's head, and put the warm water to his lips.

The warm water moistens the dry lips, flows through the thirsty esophagus, and finally falls into the stomach.

Li Fengqi originally just wanted to give him a try, but when the warm water entered his throat, his body couldn't wait to get it. He drank a glass of water in big gulps and couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he took a sip of hot water.

Five days, ten days, or a month?

Li Zong was deeply afraid of him. In the more than a month since he was poisoned and bedridden, he first killed his loyal confidants in the palace and trapped him in the palace. He also cut off the communication between Shangjing and Northern Xinjiang to prevent him from getting into trouble.

The news could not be spread back to northern Xinjiang, and there was no one to support it.

There are even more difficult situations than this when marching against the enemy, but this is the first time that I have been in such a mess. Although I am not unable to hold on, I would be lying to say that it is not uncomfortable.

The physical pain was secondary, but the anger of being betrayed was more important. If he hadn't had to endure it at this moment, he would have wanted to ask Li Zong personally if the deep brotherly love of more than ten years was fake?

He guarded the border for him, killed powerful officials, and consolidated the throne, but in the end he only got this humiliation.

Ye Yunting's cup of hot water at least made him feel that not all people in this world are as cruel as Li Zong.

Li Fengqi's chest rose and fell for several breaths before he opened his eyes.

Ye Yunting was observing his condition, and happened to meet his eyes at this moment.

The man looked at him deeply, with obvious scrutiny.

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, are you awake?" After a pause, he added, "I am Ye Yunting." He didn't say much else, but Li Fengqi probably knew it.

Li Fengqi stared at him for a moment and saw that his eyes were full of calmness and fearlessness, with a hint of concern. Then he said: "Thank you." His voice was still hoarse, but it was much better than the previous sound like gravel rubbing against gravel.

His attitude was much gentler than before. Ye Yunting was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to say thank you."

After he finished speaking, Li Fengqi did not respond and closed his eyes again.

The two of them were speechless for a moment. Ye Yunting saw that his expression was quite peaceful, and then looked at the darkening sky outside. He was a little worried about Ji Lian who had not come back yet, so he said, "I'll go outside to take a look." He got up and left.

Ji Lian has been out all afternoon, and it's getting dark now, so it's time to come back.

Ye Yunting was just thinking about where to look for someone when the door was pushed open and Ji Lian's voice came loudly: "Master, Master, we have dinner!"

From a distance, you can feel the joy in his voice.

Ye Yunting went outside to take a look and saw him entering the house carrying two bowls of hot porridge.

"Where did the hot porridge come from?" Ye Yunting was surprised.

"I cooked it myself." Ji Lian put down the porridge and closed the door, then said as if he wanted to take credit: "I went around the whole palace, found the kitchen, and found the unused rice, thinking that they

He didn’t even give me any food, so he cooked the porridge himself.”

This palace is a house with five entrances and five exits. Although all the servants have evacuated, some precious and valuable utensils have been confiscated and even taken away by the escaped servants. But in places like the kitchen, if you look carefully, you will still find

I can find something useful.

"It's a pity that all the meat and vegetables are spoiled, otherwise we could still make two dishes." Ji Lian said regretfully.

Ye Yunting laughed when he heard this: "Hot porridge is not bad either."

He lowered his voice and asked, "Have you discovered where those secret whistles are hidden?"

Speaking of this, Ji Lian felt even more proud. He leaned over and whispered to Ye Yunting the results of the investigation: "There are four people in total, all hiding on the old trees in the main courtyard, one each in the southeast and northwest. As for the others,

I've searched everywhere, but there's no one there. There are only two or three older servants living in the back room."

There were only four people guarding the main courtyard, which was a better situation than Ye Yunting imagined.

He asked again: "Where are the two maids? Did you see them when you were in the house?"

Ji Lian thought about it for a moment and shook his head: "They should not be in the house."

It was getting dark now. If he were in the mansion, he would definitely light candles, but along the way he walked, he didn't see any candles burning except in the house.

The maid was not in the palace... Ye Yunting lowered his eyes and thought deeply, guessing that these two people were not the maids of the palace originally. But he didn't know who sent them.

Seeing his frown, Ji Lian pushed the porridge bowl in front of him and urged: "Young master, please eat the porridge first, otherwise it will get cold."

Ye Yunting came back to his senses, picked up the bowl and was about to eat, when he suddenly remembered that there was someone inside. Then he got up and found a clean small bowl and divided one bowl out. He hurriedly drank the small bowl of porridge, and then

Carrying the remaining half of the bowl of porridge, I went to the inner room.
To be continued...